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Chapter 104: The Petrified Filch

As the Skeleton Dance Troupe's performance concluded, the Halloween feast drew to a close.

Ethan, along with Cho Chang and Penelope, followed the crowd out of the Great Hall, surrounded by conversations about hot pot and the Skeleton Dance Troupe.

Ah!

A piercing scream drew everyone's attention.

The young wizards instantly began to stir, rushing towards the source of the scream.

What happened again?

This Halloween feast is really good, ate hot pot, watched the Skeleton Dance Troupe's performance, and can even join in the excitement at the end.

However, everyone who ran to where the scream originated was stunned into silence.

Could it be that the Halloween theorem has happened again!

Last year, the troll that was supposed to appear was interrupted by Ethan and fizzled out, most likely solved by some professor.

This year, Voldemort's Horcrux diary was taken by Ron, the plot has already changed, so nothing should happen.

While eating hot pot, Ethan saw Ron inside, but Harry was still not at the Gryffindor table.

Ethan wasn't surprised by this, Harry should have been invited by the ghosts to attend their banquet, just like in the original story, but Ethan didn't know why he didn't bring Ron.

With a feeling of doubt, Ethan directly pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front.

"Filch and his cat?"

Penelope, who was behind Ethan, frowned at the scene in front of her, a little hard to believe.

Ethan had said a few days ago that there was a monster in Hogwarts Castle, and told them to be careful.

Unexpectedly, something happened so quickly?

And it's Filch!

But Penelope and Cho Chang exchanged glances and didn't say anything.

The surrounding young wizards were also filled with horror.

Someone actually died at Hogwarts, even when Ethan fought so fiercely last time, no one died.

Ethan glanced at Harry, who was standing alone in the center of the flooded corridor, looking somewhat at a loss.

In front of Harry was Filch, lying on the flooded ground, his lamp placed not far away.

And in front of Filch was Mrs. Norris, hanging upside down, with her right hand reaching forward. Ethan could even see her expression, anger and worry.

First, Mrs. Norris was petrified, then Filch discovered it and was petrified when he came to check!

The scene seems to be like this.

Ethan could feel that Mrs. Norris and Filch were not dead, were they really this lucky!

Seeing the basilisk's eyes through other mediums would only cause petrification, but they could keep their lives, and only needed to be de-petrified.

That is to say, they both saw the basilisk's eyes through these puddles of water.

Is it really such a coincidence, or does this young Tom not want to kill anyone at the moment?

Ethan saw Ron eating hot pot with relish during the feast just now, so Little Tom shouldn't be able to control Ron to control the basilisk.

The notebook is on someone else, has Ron really turned over a new leaf?

Soon, Ethan overturned this idea. If Ron could stop playing wizard's chess and Quidditch and instead love learning, then he should be suspected of being possessed by that old brother.

Then there is only one possibility, after the Skeleton Knight Troupe began to perform, the lights below the stage were turned off, and it was not easy for the young wizards leaving the stage to be noticed, and Ron seized this opportunity.

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, enemies of the heir, beware!"

"You're next,..."

Draco Malfoy, who had also squeezed to the front of the crowd, looked coldly at Harry, reading the scarlet letters on the wall word by word.

Just as he was about to add a sentence at the end, he suddenly thought of something and quickly swallowed the words back into his stomach.

Then he slipped behind the crowd in a puff of smoke.

Hiding behind his two cronies, Draco finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was so focused on Harry that he almost got carried away, luckily he didn't say it out loud.

Ethan didn't bother with Draco. He looked like he was pulling his weight, but he was actually too timid. He couldn't achieve anything. He wasn't even qualified to be a villain, he could only be a comedian.

Accompanied by a series of low footsteps approaching, the surrounding young wizards gave way to a passage.

Snape, dragging a black cloak behind him, his face so gloomy that water could drip from it, walked in. As always, he was the first to arrive at the scene.

After looking around at the situation, he stared at Harry with eyes that could freeze people to death, his voice without a trace of emotion.

"Potter, what is this?"

What kind of constitution does this child have? Whenever there's a problem, he's always involved.

Snape didn't see this unlucky child at the feast, and he felt that Harry was up to something again.

Then the scream came, and Snape's first reaction was that something had happened to Harry again. He quickly came to the scene, and sure enough, it was related to Harry!

"No, Professor, I didn't do it, really, believe me!"

Harry waved his hands desperately, the panic and fear on his face could not be concealed at all.

After attending Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, he heard that damn voice on the way back.

It was all about tearing, killing, and hunger.

In order to figure out the situation, he came here, but unexpectedly, he encountered the attacked Filch and his cat, and coincidentally, the crowd leaving the feast came out of the Great Hall and saw him at the scene of the crime.

"Ethan, Ron, you believe me, I really didn't do it, you know I wouldn't do this, just now I..."

Seeing that Snape didn't believe him, Harry turned his gaze towards Ethan and Ron.

"I… I believe you."

Ron's face was pale at the moment, and he stammered a little.

The people around didn't pay attention, assuming he was frightened by Filch's appearance.

"Professor Snape, I don't think this has anything to do with Harry. He just happened to be at the scene of the crime!"

"Can you prove it?"

Snape's cold gaze shifted to Ethan.

He had been wanting to find an opportunity to deduct points from him, but he didn't expect him to rush into his hands.

This was the culprit who caused Slytherin to fail in their attempt to break Hogwarts's longest consecutive House Cup winning streak.

He was usually slippery and hard to find an opportunity to deduct points. He knew the answers to the questions, and there was nothing wrong with his potion brewing. Over time, Snape pretended that Ethan didn't exist. He didn't expect him to be so stupid today.

"I can't prove anything, but Professor, do you think Harry has the ability to do this?"

This was the biggest truth. Harry was indeed a noob right now.

It was precisely because he was a noob that he could clear his suspicion.

Snape laughed directly, looking at Ethan with ridicule.

"That Potter idiot certainly doesn't have the ability, but you do!"

"So, are you trying to say that you are the culprit?"

"Adrian!"

Ethan didn't expect Snape to be so shameless. He was sitting in the front row of the Ravenclaw table, right under the noses of the professors. He didn't believe Snape didn't know.

"Be careful, I'll sue you for slander, Professor!"

"Many Ravenclaw students can prove that I didn't leave the hall during the dinner time."

Harry looked at Ethan gratefully. This was completely using himself to attract firepower, and he was right, I don't have that ability!

At this moment, Dumbledore also arrived with his group of professors.

All the professors who arrived at the scene fell into silence. Hogwarts hadn't had such a serious incident for many years.

Only Lockhart wandered around, highlighting his sense of existence.

"It must be a curse that killed them—most likely the Transfiguration Torture Curse. I have seen others use this spell many times. It's a pity I wasn't there at the time. I happen to know the counter-curse, and I could have saved them…"

"Stop for a moment, they are not dead yet."

Dumbledore directly interrupted Lockhart's performance. How did he find such a person to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?

"Let me take a closer look. They're really not dead?"

"I didn't see clearly just now. You know, it's been too long, and I can't tell the difference for a while."

Lockhart wanted to muddle through awkwardly, but now, apart from his fans, no one would pay attention to him at all.

After carefully examining the situation of Filch and Mrs. Norris, Dumbledore said to the surrounding young wizards:

"Everyone, led by the prefects, return to the dormitory in an orderly manner. And Harry, you come with me!"

Lockhart hurriedly stepped forward.

"My office is the closest to here, Headmaster, you can…"

Before he could finish speaking, Dumbledore interrupted: "Thank you, Gilderoy!"

The silent young wizards separated to both sides, allowing Dumbledore and his party to pass through. Lockhart was still saying something aside.

Hermione wanted to step forward to find Dumbledore several times, but she finally held back.

Her source of information was Ethan, and Ethan's source of information was the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest.

The Forbidden Forest was not allowed to go to, and there would definitely be punishment if discovered.

Hermione was now used to the hidden clause of Hogwarts that being caught didn't count as a violation of the rules.

But if she went to find Dumbledore like this, it would definitely implicate Ethan in the end.

And she would be the one who provided the evidence. Ethan would be punished and put in detention, and Ravenclaw would have points deducted. Hermione couldn't accept such a result.

In the end, she decided to hide this secret in her heart.

"Ethan, will something like this happen again?"

Hermione didn't follow the Gryffindor group back to the dormitory, but pulled Ethan into a corner.

Even if Filch wasn't dead, the problem must be very big, otherwise, in order to appease the young wizards, he would definitely be healed on the spot.

Although she had decided to hide it, she still didn't want such a thing to happen on campus again.

"Now that this has happened, Dumbledore will definitely take it to heart, and he will solve it."

Ethan was planning to find an opportunity to take the Basilisk. Although it wasn't very useful, its strength was okay, just to collect it.

"I think so too!"

Since Dumbledore had noticed, he would definitely solve it, and it was not her turn to worry.

After thinking clearly, Hermione jogged all the way and caught up with the Gryffindor team.

Ethan took out the Marauder's Map again. There was no Basilisk on it!

Ethan had taken out the Marauder's Map several times during this period, but there was no shadow of the Basilisk. He didn't know if it wouldn't show magical creatures, or what the reason was.

If he wanted to go to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, Ethan only knew one way, but there was a ghost squatting there, and he had to get it away.

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Chapter 105: Quidditch Match

Saturday, today is the first Quidditch match of the school year at Hogwarts.

Slytherin versus Gryffindor.

Although Ethan doesn't play Quidditch, it doesn't affect watching the Quidditch match.