Chapter 72 The Magic of Love

Chew, chew, chew...swallow——

After finishing the last apple cinnamon pie, Professor Dumbledore finished listening to Adam's story and saw the diary with only four pages left.

Looking at the pitiful diary, Professor Dumbledore suddenly sighed.

Tom, have you ever thought that the Horcrux you created by killing a life would one day be so fragile?

"What's wrong, Professor Dumbledore?"

"It's okay, I just thought of something..."

Professor Dumbledore shook his head and began to answer the question Adam asked him:

"This diary is supposed to be a Horcrux, an extremely evil black magic item that must be killed to make it. That's why it has such strong magic resistance."

Speaking of this, Professor Dumbledore couldn't help but move his eyebrows:

"In fact, most of the methods in this world cannot cause harm to it..." Otherwise Voldemort would not hesitate to cut his soul in order to make Horcruxes.

Unfortunately, Voldemort's Horcrux met Adam.

While sighing, Professor Dumbledore suddenly remembered the basilisk. If he remembered correctly, the evil magic power of the basilisk was enough to destroy Horcruxes.

"Is the basilisk's body still in the secret room?"

"Oh, no, it's not dead yet."

"It's good that you're not dead...huh?!"

Professor Dumbledore's eyes widened as he watched Adam take out a dark round container from his shoulder bag. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a glass jar wrapped in black cloth.

"I shrunk the basilisk and captured it. It's right here."

Adam said as he opened a slit in the gauze and took a look:

"It's sleeping now."

"..."

Professor Dumbledore opened his mouth and felt that his head was a little hard to turn around for a moment.

"Professor, do you want to see it?"

"Uh, no."

Professor Dumbledore finally figured it out:

"You...shrunk the basilisk?"

"Yes, the basilisk's strength has also decreased, and now even a glass jar can seal it tightly."

Professor Dumbledore wanted to say that the basilisk's skin has magic resistance that is almost as good as that of the dragon, but considering that the magic resistance of the Horcrux is much stronger than that of the basilisk and the dragon, he did not say anything on this issue. , just looking at the black jar, he hesitated to speak:

"Adam, I have to remind you that raising a basilisk is illegal..."

"Professor, I checked the wizards' laws. It is illegal to breed basilisks, but it is not illegal to raise basilisks."

Adam blinked at Professor Dumbledore:

"So as long as I can prove that I did not breed this basilisk, I will not violate the wizards' laws."

"...Okay, you're right."

Professor Dumbledore was silent for a moment after recalling:

"But keeping such a dangerous animal on campus—"

"Professor Dumbledore... This basilisk is already in its safest state in my hands. Should I let it out? Or should I kill it? Although it once killed a person, that was Wasn’t it the mysterious man’s instigation?”

Adam looked at Professor Dumbledore sincerely, trying to awaken Professor Dumbledore's teacher-student love:

"Beyond that, all it's done since birth is sleep in Hogwarts for nearly a thousand years - it's almost as big as Hogwarts and has witnessed the history of Hogwarts!"

Looking into Adam's eyes, although Legilimency found nothing, Professor Dumbledore could see the pure love for magical animals, which reminded him of an old friend.

If the other party were here, they would probably try to protect this basilisk...

And after all, Adam is just a student, a Hufflepuff, and the heir of Nico Flamel, and he has just saved the school, so what bad intentions can he have?

In the end, Professor Dumbledore relented:

"Okay... But you must ensure that no student will be injured by this basilisk's attack - even if it is petrified."

"Of course I can, Professor."

Adam smiled and put away the basilisk jar, then looked at Professor Dumbledore:

"By the way, Professor, I read in the book that although you were not born a Parselmouth, you learned the language of snakes through acquired learning... Is that so?"

Professor Dumbledore blinked, understanding what Adam wanted to do. But I have to say that this is actually a good idea... At least being able to communicate with the basilisk will only allow Adam to take better care of the basilisk.

After thinking for a moment, Professor Dumbledore stretched out his hand, and a book on the bookshelf floated into Professor Dumbledore's hand:

"This is a book about snake language and mermaid language... I hope you will remember to return it to me after you finish learning it."

"Of course~"

"Don't tell your classmates what you said in the principal's office today. If they insist on asking, just say that I asked you to keep it secret."

"No problem, Professor, but..."

Adam recalled for a moment and said:

"Harry seems to have heard a lot."

"...I'll let Minerva tell him."

Professor Dumbledore sighed:

"So, that's pretty much it. Finally..."

After a pause, Professor Dumbledore showed a smile on his face:

"200 points for Hufflepuff for getting rid of the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets in time before anyone suffered misfortune!"

Adam was a little surprised, but he found that he didn't need to be so surprised. It would be strange if Professor Dumbledore didn't give him extra points. Although it seemed a bit stiff for Harry to give Gryffindor extra points at the end of each year, it must be said that the things he did were indeed worth extra points.

Otherwise, how could other professors sit and watch Professor Dumbledore's performance?

However, Professor Dumbledore's performance was not over yet:

"For solving the truth of the case that year - Hufflepuff gets 50 points. I thank you for your feat on behalf of Myrtle and Hagrid who was framed that year. It seems that a medal in the trophy display room should be cleared out."

"This is what I should do, professor."

Professor Dumbledore smiled and nodded:

"Don't forget to keep these things confidential, and pay attention to your little pet. Go."

After leaving the principal's office, Adam counted his gains today.

First of all, the existence of the Clow Cards and his knowledge of Horcruxes were made public, so that his spellcasting, which was not concealed, could be more open and aboveboard, and the Ravenclaw crown obtained from the Room of Requirement could also be arranged.

The second thing is about the basilisk. Professor Dumbledore gave me a book on learning snake language, and also gave mermaid language as an extra gift, which was an unexpected gain.

The last thing is to test the magic of the love card.

"Sure enough, this love card that has been in effect is very powerful."

This is also the effect of the love card that Adam accidentally discovered: the love card can subtly influence the people around him.

For people who have a certain emotional foundation with themselves, the love card is probably equivalent to a halo that rationalizes things. The effect is proportional to the depth of emotion and the degree to which the other party is affected by emotional factors.

Even if it is such an outrageous thing to raise a basilisk in school, Professor Dumbledore actually agreed. It seems that Professor Dumbledore is really emotional.

Originally, Adam thought that at most he would be shaken. He was ready to sacrifice this basilisk. Now it seems that another basilisk can be put into the pot. Make basilisk soup or dragon and phoenix fight...

Coming back from the food, Adam's attention returned to the love card. The effect of the love card he has discovered so far is not just affecting the people around him.