Chapter 228 Helga Hufflepuff

Of course, he couldn't walk away in vain. Finny saw a groove on the stone wall at the end of the tunnel, which was in the shape of an upright golden cup. Obviously, Hufflepuff's golden cup still needs to be placed on it.

Feeney was very confused. Hufflepuff's golden cup was just a tableware she used to serve food, and the magic on it only made the food more delicious.

What could be so valuable about such an item that Hufflepuff had used it as a key so many times?

Feeney's brain was spinning rapidly, and a large amount of information flashed through his mind.

Although he had thought about a lot of things, it actually only lasted a few seconds.

After inserting Hufflepuff's golden cup into the stone wall, the stone tablet in front of him opened directly.

There are no vibrations, no special effects, not even magic. This stone wall is the simplest Muggle mechanism, the same one from a thousand years ago.

In other words, even if it is not Hufflepuff's golden cup inserted into the stone wall, the stone wall will still open normally.

In this way, Feeney had to suspect that Hufflepuff at that time made the key in the shape of a gold cup because he couldn't think of other keys.

Although he also knew that this idea was just a joke, in fact, the golden cup as a key must have its reason.

After nothing happened and the stone wall opened calmly, Finny finally saw the true face of Hufflepuff's Chamber of Secrets.

Stepping over the stone wall, the entire Hufflepuff Chamber of Secrets came into Finny's sight, and he had a panoramic view of it.

Rather than saying this is a secret room where Hufflepuff's heritage is stored, it's more of a lounge.

Feeney has never found a chance to enter the Hufflepuff common room in Hogwarts. However, he has seen Hufflepuff in the control center of Hogwarts Castle above Dumbledore's office. Model of the Chipachi Common Room.

The secret room in front of him at this time was not exactly the same as the Hufflepuff common room, but it could also be said that it was exactly the same.

Of course, there are no two passages leading to the men's and women's dormitories. There is a double four-poster bed in a corner of the secret room.

This kind of four-poster bed is usually used in castles. All dormitories in Hogwarts use this style of bed. The only difference is that Slytherin’s bed is the most luxurious and the most luxurious. comfortable.

After all, there is a high probability that Slytherin's little wizard is not suitable for the school director's son, the school director's nephew, or other relatives.

In other words, Slytherin is a place where the rich second generation gathers. Not only the beds are the best here, but the decoration, sofas, fireplaces, everything is the best in the entire Hogwarts.

But the four-poster bed in this secret room surprised Feeney.

It’s not surprising that Hufflepuff has a bed in her Chamber of Secrets. After all, Ravenclaw’s Chamber of Secrets is built in her office. It’s not surprising that Hufflepuff chooses to use the Chamber of Secrets as her bedroom.

What surprised Feeney was that there was a set of luggage on this bed at this time, and Feeney had observed that there was no dust on the quilt.

In other words, there were people living here not long ago!

This discovery is very shocking.

After Feeney discovered this, he didn't even bother to check the placement of other furniture in the secret room or search for the inheritance. Instead, he searched the secret room and made sure there was no other entrance. It feels even worse.

The reason for this feeling is that Finny has determined that there is only the intersection he came from, and if you want to enter, you need Hufflepuff's golden cup.

What matters is that Hufflepuff's Gold Cup has been in Lestrange's vault for at least eleven years,

And he has determined that once the two stone walls entering the secret room are opened, there is no way to close them.

In other words, the people living in this secret room came in when Hufflepuff built the secret room thousands of years ago!

You know, this person has lived for thousands of years.

Although he had previously guessed that the four founders might still be alive, that was just a conjecture and never a reality.

It’s not that immortality exists in the magical world. Nico lived for five hundred years.

Haierbo, who created the Horcrux, is still alive, but he was sealed by the Council of Elders.

However, the high probability of being able to enter Hufflepuff's Chamber of Secrets is Hufflepuff himself.

As the founder of Hogwarts, she had lived for thousands of years but was hiding in this place, and it was the kind of place where she couldn't get out. This made Finny confused.

It can't be Hufflepuff sealing herself in this place.

"Why is there only one person this time?"

Suddenly, in the secret room, which was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop clearly, a voice like this appeared,

The voice was very hoarse and eerie, as if coming from the Nine Netherworld.

Feeney subconsciously trembled and looked around, looking for the source of the sound.

Puff and Egg Roll also immediately stood next to Feeney one after another, looking around vigilantly, ready to deal with emergencies at any time, and working hard for this.

In the most important thing in the secret room, the fireplace that had been extinguished long ago and had not been burning for a long time, there was a sound of footsteps.

Ta, Ta, Ta, Ta,

The footsteps were getting closer and stronger.

As the footsteps approached, Feeney, Puff and Egg Roll became more and more nervous.

This is the tension of the unknown, the tension of the irresistible.

Feeney knew very well that no matter whether the person living in the Chamber of Secrets was a Hufflepuff or not, he was still an old monster who had lived for a thousand years. He would never be an opponent of such an old monster, even if he added puffs and egg rolls. of.

Finally, the footsteps were heard, and a figure appeared in the fireplace,

A short, somewhat fat lady wearing a khaki robe walked out of the fireplace.

After walking out directly like that, it was at this moment that Feeney discovered that the fireplace was actually fake. It was a magical building like Platform 9 and Three Quarters of King's Cross Station.

Only when the lady walked from the fireplace into the light of the secret room did Feeney see her face clearly.

A head of light golden hair, which looks more like white hair in this dim environment.

The eyebrows are very light, and although the nose is straight, it is much wider than ordinary people. Combined with the slightly pointed chin and the rich figure, it gives people a very gentle and kind feeling.

Of course, that's assuming that Feeney didn't see her terrifying pair of red-yellow eyes full of murderous intent, sharp ears, and the sharp and bloody teeth exposed at the corners of her mouth.

Seeing her appearance and clothes, Feeney had already determined her identity.

She is indeed Ms. Helga Hufflepuff, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, because she is almost identical to the portrait of Ms. Hufflepuff in Hogwarts.

But there are some differences, namely her eyes, ears and teeth at the corners of her mouth.

Regarding the characteristics of these three places, the three creatures that popped up directly in Finny's mind were werewolves, vampires, and elves.

Hufflepuff's appearance at this time put a lot of pressure on Finny, and gave him the urge to turn around and run away immediately.

The faint smell of blood that filled the air because of Hufflepuff's appearance made Finny think of some horrible things, and made his urge to escape even more obvious.

But his body didn't obey the instructions of his brain at all. No matter how much he wanted to turn around and take steps to escape, his body didn't move at all.

It was as if the entire body was not his own.

"Let me ask you, why are you the only one here this time?"

Hufflepuff's voice sounded again. It was different from before. This time her voice was filled with chill.

"Which branch are you a descendant of? Prowse? Prince? Or Smith?"

Hufflepuff's voice continued to ring in Finny's ears, and the people who appeared in this question were all descendants of Hufflepuff.

"I remember that I clearly left a request. Every twenty years, there must be two people coming. How come you are the only one coming this time? Moreover, this time is less than twenty years. Do the math. This time The first generation should be Smith, so what happened?”

Hufflepuff didn't wait for Finny to answer and continued to ask,

And her question also told Finny a lot of information. First of all, the three families should all know the news that Hufflepuff is still alive.

No, there was only one member of the Prince family in the previous generation, and that was Eileen Prince, a witch. She married a Muggle, Tobias Snape, and left a child, who is now Howl. Gwarts's Potions Professor, Severus Snape, so the Prince family may not know the news that Hufflepuff is alive. They may have known it before, but they definitely didn't know it after Eileen. Yes. In fact, they didn't even know that they were descendants of Hufflepuff. If Feeny hadn't come from the upper echelons of the Presbyterian Church, he wouldn't have known about it.

As for the Prowse family, they are even more pitiful. There is only a five-year-old little witch in their family, and the rest of them have died due to some things. Now the little witch is being raised in an orphanage established by the Presbyterian Church, and will also be there in the future. Will directly enter Skull to study, and eventually become one of the thugs of the Presbyterian Church,

Before meeting Hufflepuff, Feeney didn't pay much attention to the Prowse family. Now, he suddenly felt that there might be something else behind the disappearance of this family.

Because like the Prince and Prowse families, the Smith family seems to have only two descendants now, one in Gryffindor House and one in Hufflepuff House.

In other words, all the descendants of Hufflepuff are left are these four or five scattered people. Thinking about it this way, there must be the handiwork of the Presbyterian Church among them.

The more dangerous the situation, the faster Feeney's head turns.

"No answer? So you are not actually my descendant?"

Hufflepuff saw that Finny didn't answer her question and said,

"So where did you get the golden cup? Answer me and I will spare your life!"

At the last sentence, Hufflepuff could be said to be roaring,

Seeing this, Feeney had no room for resistance and said,

"I am indeed not your descendant, madam. I am a student of Hogwarts. The reason why I came back here is to look for the inheritance you left. There have always been four founders of Hogwarts who left them before they died. The saying of inheritance,”

Feeney is honest, at least about some things.

"As for the gold cup, it was indeed in the hands of the Smith family more than ten years ago. However, your descendant, Hepzibah Smith, the then patriarch of the Smith family, showed it to another person in the magic world as a talking point. , and then she was killed and the gold cup was taken away by that person. "

"As for why the gold cup is in my hand now, it starts with the identity of that person. That person's original name was Tom Riddle. He was a dark lord in the wizarding world, but he was defeated and died eleven years ago. It was not until recently that we were sure that he made Horcruxes while he was still alive."

"Horcrux?"

Hufflepuff's voice suddenly rose much higher and she asked,

"You mean, he made my golden cup into a Horcrux?"

As he said that, Finny felt as if the golden cup in his hand was being pulled up by something, and floated towards Hufflepuff.

"Sure enough, it smells like the stinky soul used to make Horcruxes. And this smell is that of a basilisk? Did you use the venom of a basilisk to destroy the Horcrux?"

Feeney nodded,

Hufflepuff said with praise,

"It's a good idea to clear the soul without destroying the item itself. Unfortunately, this method cannot completely clear the soul."

As she said this, Feeney saw the golden cup begin to shrink in her hand, and finally turned into a metal ball, which could not be destroyed anymore.

"Tom Riddle?"

Feeney nodded and said that was the name.

"Very good, I remember it. Because of him, I lost a tool. Okay, boy, go ahead and tell me why none of my descendants went looking for my golden cup, but you found it instead."

Feeney then told Hufflepuff about the three formations of Prince, Prowse, and Smith in the wizarding world.

After Hufflepuff listened quietly, his eyes became much more terrifying.

"Very good, very good, Presbyterian Council. If you don't choose this path, why don't you allow others to choose it? Since you have cut off my way, then I will also cut off yours!"

After saying that, she looked at Feeney and asked again,

"You said you came here to find my inheritance?"

Finny nodded and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Hufflepuff's next words,

"Huh? You smell like Salazar. Are you his descendant? In that case, I won't attack you. After all, he is one of my rare friends. Otherwise, if he finds out in the future, It’s time to show off his eldest temper with me again. Well, since you told me these things, I can’t let you come in vain, so I’ll give you this.”