Chapter 116 Fermentation
That night, Filch reported everything that happened in Gryffindor Tower to Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore. He did not exaggerate, but told what he saw and heard truthfully.
To Professor McGonagall's surprise, this time Filch did not angrily declare that a certain little wizard had violated the school rules as he had done in the past.
Even when Professor McGonagall asked him if he saw Harry controlling the venomous snakes to gather in the dormitory, he just answered calmly:
"Today's accident, I don't know if it was caused by Harry Potter, but judging from the reaction of his friend who was almost harmed, he should not be the initiator."
Professor McGonagall was a little surprised by this answer, and glanced at Professor Dumbledore beside him, thinking that Professor Dumbledore had calmed him down in advance.
Professor Dumbledore smiled and did not answer.
Professor McGonagall looked at Filch, who was covered in sulfur powder and looked very embarrassed. She asked:
"I remember that you had a very good opinion of Harry Potter, didn't you?"
Filch hesitated and looked at Professor Dumbledore, who smiled and nodded at him.
He seemed to be filled with some kind of energy, so he replied:
"I did think that it was Potter who petrified my Mrs. Norris, but these are two different things. I think they should not be confused."
"Very good, Mr. Argus, you did a good job today." Professor McGonagall couldn't help but praise him.
After Filch explained everything clearly, he said goodbye and left.
As soon as he left, Professor McGonagall pondered and her face became serious:
"Salazar Slytherin, the founder of Slytherin House, once knew Parseltongue and was a Parseltongue. Now the 'Chamber of Secrets' he left behind is shrouded in mystery, but a young Parseltongue suddenly appeared?"
"Professor Dumbledore, what do you think?" Professor McGonagall looked at Professor Dumbledore,
"The child was the first to discover the blood wall before, and this time he was exposed to know Parseltongue. Is someone deliberately framing the child?"
Professor Dumbledore shook his head and said, "I don't know, Minerva. The petrification incident is still going on, and now there are snakes everywhere. It is hard to guarantee that no one is secretly disturbing Hogwarts.
But the only thing we can do now is to be vigilant and protect the students of Hogwarts..."
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In the night, in the Gryffindor dormitory, Ron slept soundly, even the loud noise just now did not wake him up. Harry seemed to be a little tired after performing the Parseltongue twice, and soon fell asleep again.
Maika was lying on the bed. He had just triggered that space in his dream, but was awakened by Harry's voice, so the triggering of Lily Evans' last wish was interrupted.
He was holding Lily Evans's potion notebook, and wanted to enter that space again to continue the previous triggering of the last wish, but he found it regrettable that it seemed difficult to enter that dream again tonight.
Because entering it requires deep sleep, and his mind is full of thoughts about the snakes tonight.
"According to Harry's description, there is a voice driving the snakes, and the first target of the venomous snakes is clearly me..." Maika frowned.
He immediately felt that he might be exposed.
It may be that Voldemort saw through his identity during the last fight for the runes.
"This also seems to explain why Ginny behaved abnormally and wanted to follow me all the time."
Maika thought of the scene in the hall.
He felt that Ginny was probably controlled by Voldemort to distinguish whether he was the wizard who had a conflict with him that night.
It was after this attempt that the snake group attacked today.
"It seems that in order to prevent my vest from being exposed and to save my "little life", I have to resist." Meka sighed.
He quickly made a decision to make some arrangements as soon as possible to try to disrupt the opponent's actions and weaken the opponent's strength.
This also has benefits.
He had originally set his sights on the basilisk in the secret room. This giant snake has survived for hundreds of years and is a powerful monster raised by Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts.
Even among a group of magical animals with extraordinary talents, it can be regarded as one of the best.
Therefore, Meka hopes to obtain the blood of this basilisk. He believes that the blood of this basilisk will not let him down.
"In addition, after falling asleep at night, there must be some measures to save my life..." Meka was thinking about this problem.
He didn't want to encounter a situation similar to today again.
Otherwise, if he was really killed in the dream space, it would be too unfair.
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The next day, Meka and Harry were about to go to the Transfiguration classroom, and they were talking as they walked.
“A lot of poisonous snakes appeared in our dormitory yesterday?” Ron was surprised when he heard Harry’s words, and then wondered:
“Why didn’t I hear anything?”
Hermione frowned after hearing this, and she asked Meka:
“Meka, this group of poisonous snakes seems to come for you, who have you had a deep conflict with recently?”
Meka ‘thought’ for a while, and shook his head: “No, I’ve been reading books these days, and I’ve been staying in the dormitory almost all the time, and I rarely go out.”
“That’s strange.” Hermione pondered for a moment: “Could it be related to the Chamber of Secrets?”
After a while, she was suddenly startled, and hurriedly asked Harry:
“Harry, you said that you controlled the group of snakes last night by means that you don’t even know about?”
Harry nodded and said, "Well, before I entered the first grade, I once controlled a big snake in the zoo, but I didn't know what the method was."
Hermione asked Meka again: "Did you see or hear anything when Harry used that method?"
Meka glanced at Harry, and after getting his agreement, nodded and said:
"I heard Harry making a weird sound, which was somewhat similar to the cry of a snake. When the sound came, all the venomous snakes stopped and looked at Harry."
"Then Harry may be in trouble." Hermione took a deep breath and explained:
"The founder of Slytherin House, the legendary founder of the Chamber of Secrets, Salazar Slytherin, was once a Parseltongue."
"Parseltongue?" Harry asked.
"Yes." Hermione nodded: "Parseltongues are people who are born with the language of snakes and can communicate with snakes through snakes and thereby control snakes. In the history of Hogwarts, the only confirmed Parseltongue , only Salazar Slytherin.”
She looked at Harry with a worried look on her face and said, "I think what happened last night will soon spread, and someone will spread the word that you know snake language, and they will regard you as the heir of Slytherin. "
"This..." Harry also looked a little solemn, but then he shook his head and said:
"Filch was persuaded by Meka, so he probably won't publicize this incident casually, and several other people were also rescued from the snake's mouth by me, so they probably won't..."
"I think you overestimated their character." Hermione shook her head in response.
Suddenly, Harry's footsteps stopped, and whispers came from around him.
"Last night, many venomous snakes appeared in Gryffindor Tower, and the corridors became a 'snake cave'?" someone asked in surprise.
Another person replied: "Well, many people suddenly appeared there in the middle of the night. The scene was very scary. And I suspect that Harry Potter is the person who keeps the snakes. He actually used 'snake language' to control the venomous snakes last night." "
"Ah?" The man was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "No way, I remember, isn't it true that only 'Parseltongue' can understand the language of snakes?"
Another person spoke mysteriously again: "That's the problem. Think about it, who is the most famous Parseltongue? Isn't it Salazar Slytherin who created the legendary Chamber of Secrets? "
"You mean?" The man was a little shocked.
Another person said again: "Well, it's just what you think. I suspect that Harry Potter is the heir of Slytherin..."
These two people were not the only ones discussing similar topics. There were more people pointing fingers further away.
Harry's brows furrowed as he heard this. He couldn't help but look back, and immediately saw among the crowd, one of the curly-haired classmates he had rescued last night seemed to be very keen on this matter. He was smiling and kept talking about his... 'Deeds' tell others.
"You..." Harry wanted to reason with the other party.
Unexpectedly, the curly-haired classmate Joelman was stunned for a moment, looked embarrassed, and ran away immediately.
"This man." Ron couldn't help but cursed, "Doesn't he know that doing this will bring trouble to Harry?"
"That's not necessarily true." Min shook his head and said:
"It's also possible that he didn't care what happened to Harry at all, he just thought what happened last night was 'interesting', so he 'shared' it, and he seemed to enjoy it."
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