#181 - Chapter 181 Malfoy, your snake is mine
Nothing eventful happened in the following two weeks.
Perhaps the heir had become aware of the Auror training program's investigation, or perhaps they simply didn't have the intention to act yet; Hogwarts seemed calm overall.
The only difference was that the students went to the dueling club more often, and practiced their spells more diligently.
After all, no matter what, the Chamber of Secrets had indeed been opened, and the monster inside had appeared.
Although it didn't seem very powerful at the moment, only attacking Filch's cat.
However, no one could say for sure what the monster's true power was.
According to legend, it was a monster personally left behind by Slytherin himself, and it wouldn't make sense for it to only have this much power.
Among the young wizards, there was a speculation that after a thousand years, the monster was now relatively weak, so it could only attack small animals.
The recent two weeks of calm were just the monster quietly recovering its strength.
Perhaps one day, the monster would reappear and stir up trouble.
The young wizards understood very well that in this situation, improving their combat power was definitely the best choice.
At the Friday dueling club, there were young wizards practicing in pairs everywhere.
Malfoy was constantly moving his feet, locked in a fierce duel with Harry.
Unlike Harry, Malfoy had neither joined the Auror training program nor participated in the Quidditch team tryouts.
He saved his time and devoted it all to practicing spells, gradually narrowing the gap between himself and Harry.
He had a fire burning in his heart; he wanted to defeat Harry head-on this year, instead of relying on the sneak attack with the Misty Cloud spell like last year.
To achieve this goal, Malfoy had been practicing spells in his family's manor throughout the summer, without stopping for a moment.
To achieve this goal, he began to actively delve into the family's magical books, which made Lucius very happy, exclaiming that the Malfoy family had worthy successors.
To achieve this goal, after the start of the school year, he directly gave up his beloved Quidditch, giving up the opportunity to become a Quidditch player, and instead devoted his time to studying.
As a true Slytherin, Malfoy had great ambitions in his heart.
He wanted to become the leading figure of the new era of Slytherin, he wanted to recast the glory of Slytherin.
He wanted everyone to know that Draco Malfoy would never be weaker than anyone, even if the other party was the Savior!
He dodged spells while staring firmly at Harry.
He had recently learned a spell and wanted to test its power on Potter.
After dodging a Disarming Charm from Harry, Malfoy raised his wand and shouted, "Serpensortia!"
In an instant, a giant black snake appeared out of thin air and landed on the open space between the two.
It looked at Harry, raised its head, and without the slightest hesitation, swam towards Harry.
Success! This snake was even bigger than when he practiced before.
Malfoy's heart was filled with pride.
This was a spell he had practiced for a long time, a spell that could summon a giant snake.
Hehe!
Potter, facing the giant snake and this young master's pincer attack, I don't believe you won't panic.
Once you show a weakness, that will be the moment for this young master to win.
Faced with the attacking giant snake, Harry was indeed a little flustered for a moment.
He couldn't decide for a moment whether to deal with the giant snake first, or withstand the giant snake's attack and directly take down Malfoy.
After hesitating for only a moment, Harry made up his mind to defeat Malfoy first, and then deal with the giant snake in front of him.
Relying on his nimble footwork, he dodged the attacks of the giant snake and Malfoy, and then used all his strength to fire spells at Malfoy.
However, the giant snake was also very agile; no matter where Harry ran, it could flexibly keep up with Harry's pace.
Under the interference of the giant snake, Harry's spells were wildly inaccurate, which made him extremely irritable.
Harry looked at the giant snake that was chasing him relentlessly and roared angrily, "Get away!"
To his surprise, the giant snake was stunned, and then obediently crawled to the side.
That's right!
He seemed to be able to talk to snakes.
In that case, could he order this giant snake to attack Malfoy?
Thinking of this, Harry pointed to Malfoy and, as if possessed, said to the giant snake, "Attack Malfoy!"
After hearing Harry's order, the giant snake was stunned again, and after seeing Harry's gesture clearly, it actually followed Harry's instructions and attacked Malfoy.
Success!
Harry couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.
Hehe, Malfoy, now you're going to suffer the consequences of your own actions.
However, it's so strange, why does Malfoy look so stunned, without even the intention of dodging the giant snake's attack.
Harry's attention was too focused, he didn't realize that the lively dueling club had quieted down when he shouted 'Get away'.
Everyone, like Malfoy, looked at him in shock, as if looking at a monster.
Seeing that the giant snake had already reached Malfoy, suddenly, a spell flew from the side and hit the giant snake.
In an instant, the giant snake turned into a puff of black smoke and disappeared.
Snape walked over from the side, looking at Harry with a complex expression.
As the teacher on duty at today's dueling club, he was guiding several older students in practicing the Shield Charm.
Suddenly, a peculiar sound entered his ears.
The sound was extremely cold; hearing it suddenly almost made one shiver.
He never expected that the one making this sound was actually Lily's son.
Moreover, Harry actually used this voice to control a snake.
Parseltongue!
As soon as this answer appeared, it quickly sank Snape's heart.
His heart was in turmoil; he didn't know what it meant for this talent to appear in Harry.
After helping Malfoy out of the predicament, he really wanted to ask Harry something.
However, his clever mind became like paste at this moment, preventing him from saying a word.
Seeing Snape appear, Harry came back to his senses and noticed the strangeness around him.
Why is it so quiet?
Why is everyone looking at him?
And their eyes are both surprised and fearful, strangely so.
Harry felt that the surrounding atmosphere was a bit oppressive, and he could vaguely see people pointing and whispering at him.
What exactly happened? Did he just do something out of line?
Before Harry could speak, he saw Ron and Hermione come forward, pulling his clothes and walking him out of the dueling club.
Along the way, the young wizards stepped aside, as if afraid of being tainted by something ominous.
Looking at Harry's departing figure, Malfoy's heart was in a mess.
What's going on?
Potter is actually the legendary Parseltongue.
This is a talent that only people of that family have!
Could it be that Potter's ancestors have Slytherin blood?
In that case, the Chamber of Secrets heir who has been making so much noise recently is actually Potter!
Merlin's pants!
Slytherin's coffin lid is probably going to be unable to hold it down.
He actually chose a genuine Gryffindor as his successor.
Malfoy glanced at Snape, whose expression was complex, gritted his teeth, and chased after Harry and the others.
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