Section 228

Looking at Pansy who had turned into a statue, Professor McGonagall retracted her wand, adjusted her glasses and asked, "What... is this?"

"If it were just a simple spell, maybe nothing would happen..." Weizet said, taking out the notebook held in Pansy's hand, "It's a pity, her malice is really strong..."

Dumbledore stroked his beard and said, "Minerva, it's just some little magic that belongs to him. Don't pay too much attention to it."

…

"Clear water like a spring!" Weizet opened the notebook and cast a water-making spell to summon a stream of ink, which poured onto the notebook.

Similar to the situation just now, the notebook was not stained black by the ink. Instead, it was completely absorbed, revealing two lines of writing.

[Hold the notebook and it will guide you to become the heir of the great Salazar Slytherin. 】

[Dedicate your blood, and the notebook will guide you to the Chamber of Secrets and continue the great unfinished work of Salazar Slytherin. 】

Weizet continued to turn the pages and found that there were pages of rough maps at the back, on which the corresponding routes could be found from the Slytherin common room to the abandoned bathroom.

As he turned to the page of the abandoned bathroom, there was a string of writing on the schematic diagram of the sink.

[Look for the snake-shaped mark on the sink, hold the notebook and say to the snake-shaped mark: Open. 】

The writing is also marked here in the secret room, [Take the notebook, close your eyes tightly, and say to the statue of the great Salazar Slytherin in the most respectful tone: Speak to me, Slytherin! The greatest of the Hogwarts Four! 】

…

Weizet used his magic eyes, combined with his mastery of alchemy and magic prop making skills, to test and inspect the notebook to determine the specific purpose of the notebook.

After a while, he handed the notebook to Dumbledore, "Principal Dumbledore, it contains unplottable magic... so we have never been able to find Pansy Parkinson."

"In addition, the notebook uses a unique magic technique to imprison a rune snake inside... I think Pansy Parkinson can speak Parseltongue, which should have something to do with it."

"Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the basilisk will not completely obey Pansy Parkinson's orders... But it is too coincidental. Why does it happen to be a rune snake?"

"Principal Dumbledore, could this notebook and Pansy Parkinson... be just scapegoats? Of course, this is just a guess... After all, I don't have sufficient evidence."

Dumbledore took the notebook and waved his wand to examine the notebook while listening to Weizet.

After Weizet finished speaking, Dumbledore also put down his wand, "In a short period of time, I can only summarize so much."

"Are the notes and Miss Parkinson just scapegoats? This is an interesting guess...but these are things we should consider."

He looked up at the statue of Salazar Slytherin, "Would you like to take a look inside the statue? See if there is anything else there besides the basilisk..."

Vizette said to the basilisk, "Let's go inside and take a look, and I'll take you to Dean Slytherin later."

"Okay... hurry up..."

Weizet turned to look at the statue of Salazar Slytherin, "Talk to me, Slytherin! The greatest of the Big Four at Hogwarts!"

The statue of Salazar Slytherin moved, its mouth opening wider and wider until it turned into a dark cave.

Dumbledore waved his wand, gathering the bones together and turning them into a wide bone ladder, which was placed over the dark cave.

Professor McGonagall moved quickly, transformed into a tabby cat, and took the lead in jumping down the bone ladder into the cave...

Chapter 196 Let me find Lucius? What a coincidence!

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Weizet saw a bit of excitement and impatience in the tabby cat's jumping movements.

Professor McGonagall is usually relatively stable, but it is relatively rare for him to show off his Gryffindor style like this.

The interior of the cave entrance is very spacious, even if two basilisks pass through at the same time, there should be no problem.

Going down the stone stairs at the entrance of the cave, you can see a stone chamber in the distance.

The stone room was in chaos, as if it had been ravaged by a fire, covered with mottled black scorch marks.

Perhaps because of the crawling basilisk, the ground was relatively clean. Only near the walls could one see a thick layer of ashes.

Professor McGonagall sighed: "The stone chamber needs to be destroyed in this way... Maybe there is some secret here."

Hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Weizet frowned slightly.

Some kind of secret?

I'm afraid it's a curse...

Since it was Voldemort who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago, it is indeed possible for him to burn the place to the ground in order to monopolize the secrets here.

"I must say...it fits his character very well. What a pity!" Dumbledore's emotion was a disguised support for Weizet's guess.

Everything in the stone room was destroyed. Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall carefully inspected the stone room and determined that the damage here was difficult to repair.

When they inspected the stone chamber, Vizette collected the ashes of the stone chamber and planned to bring them all to Salazar Slytherin together with the basilisk.

…

Wizette lifted the petrification effect on Pansy and took the basilisk out of the secret room first.

After watching the two people leaving, Professor McGonagall said, "Albus, what Wizette said makes sense...Miss Parkinson is most likely the scapegoat."

Dumbledore nodded in agreement, "Of course...it is in line with Voldemort's usual tactics...at least when he was still a student."

"Back then, he also used Hagrid to successfully exonerate himself and continue studying at Hogwarts. This time... what new tricks did he come up with?"

Professor McGonagall asked: "Do we need to conduct another round of searches? Miss Parkinson belongs to Slytherin, maybe we should start from Slytherin House..."

"I have to trouble Severus again," Dumbledore said. "I need to try to sort out the clues to determine where Miss Parkinson has been and see if there is anything new to discover."

…

Dumbledore asked about several portraits and determined Pansy's route before returning to the principal's office.

Looking at Snape who was already waiting in the principal's office, Dumbledore asked with a smile: "How was it? Did the process go smoothly?"

"What did you do to Dobby?" Snape asked, raising his eyebrows. "Why does the image of Voldemort exist in Dobby's memory...and does it overlap with the image of Vizette?"

Dumbledore sat down in his seat and asked with interest: "I'm more curious about Mr. Malfoy's reaction."

"I passed out while using the pensieve." Snape's face looked strange. "The Vizette in Dobby's memory said that he wanted to torture Dobby through the Cruciatus Curse, knowing that house elves can apparate freely. Secret' time..."

Dumbledore crossed his fingers, "It seems that he has a deep memory of this image of Voldemort?"

Snape recalled: "The Cruciatus Curse... they used to do it for fun."

"Are you doing this for fun? It seems that Mr. Malfoy also knows that... the Cruciatus Curse is not easy to bear." Dumbledore groaned, "So what's his next plan? What is he going to do?"

"Give Dobby as a gift to Wizette for him to torture..." Snape narrowed his eyes, "This should be what you want to see...right?"

"There is such a reason." Dumbledore nodded, "In addition, there is also good news to inform you."

"We have captured the 'Heir'. Unfortunately...she is a Slytherin named Pansy Parkinson."

"What a coincidence." Snape crossed his arms, his eyes full of doubts, "Let me guess the specific time when I caught her... it was when you asked me to take Dobby away, right?"

"Yes, it was that time! When you say that, it is indeed a coincidence!" Dumbledore smiled slightly, "In addition to discovering the notebook that commanded the basilisk, I also killed the basilisk."

"Is it that easy?" Snape narrowed his eyes slightly, "Where is the notebook?"

Dumbledore said: "That notebook is a magic item. Wizette wanted to take it back and study it, so I gave it to him."

"Actually, the principle is not complicated. Magic such as the Unplottable Curse is used... to avoid certain magical detections."

"The reason why it can open the secret chamber and communicate with the basilisk is because a rune snake is imprisoned inside."

"What a coincidence!" Snape said again, "How logical! I don't think Pansy Parkinson did the notebook well..."

"She should change the material. It is best to use chocolate and honey to make the notebook. This may be more harmful to you."

Dumbledore waved his hand, "We have experienced therapists and talented potion masters... I think it won't do much harm."

Snape curled his lips and said, "Since Pansy Parkinson holds the notebook, I will investigate the inside of Slytherin to see if there is any abnormality."

"I also prepared a route map." Dumbledore took out a piece of parchment from his pocket. "This is most of the places she passed before entering the abandoned bathroom."

Snape glanced at the route map roughly and stood up immediately, "I'll go investigate right away!"

…

Along the way, Snape checked many places according to the directions of the road map.

Regrettably, no abnormality was found in these places. There were no traces of black magic. Even the traces of ordinary magic... there were only traces of some prank props.

Snape looked at the next location with a look of disgust on his face, "Gilderoy Lockhart's office..."

Boom!

Lockhart, who had curly hair on his head, opened the door and said with a high-pitched voice and an exaggerated tone: "Aha, let me see who it is? It turns out to be Xi..."

Before Lockhart could call out his name, Snape had already raised his wand and pointed at Lockhart's throat.

Lockhart was immediately speechless, with a hand on his throat and a look of panic in his eyes.

He waved his other hand desperately, trying to prevent Snape from entering the room.

"Get out of the way!" Snape looked disgusted, pushed Lockhart violently, and rushed in.

Outside the corridor, the Harry trio happened to see this scene.

With the loud bang of the door closing, Harry gasped, "Hiss... Snape and Lockhart had a conflict! Will they duel?"

"It shouldn't be, right?" Hermione said with a worried look on her face.

"It's so hard to choose..." Ron scratched his head, "Do you think... is there a possibility that they will both lose?"