Chapter 199
Chapter 200 Diary
“Professor Lockhart, you mean……”Fred tried his best to put on a sad expression, like a fan who had just learned that his idol’s house had collapsed. He clenched his chest with his right hand and asked with an exaggerated expression:”It wasn’t you who stopped the werewolves and drove away the female ghosts?”
“That’s right.” Lockhart admitted without changing his expression. In the state of Veritaserum, he had no idea how much of a stir his words had caused in the auditorium.
“Use your brain,” he continued,”books can be deceiving. Does it mean that if I portray myself as a great adventurer in the book, it must be true? George asked sadly,” unacceptably”:”Then why do you describe other people’s experiences as your own?””
“Of course it’s for the sake of sales of the novel,” Lockhart replied immediately.”If I don’t let readers think that I did those things, then the sales of the book will be far behind. I know very well what readers like to read. What they want to see is a handsome wizard saving the world, rather than reading about the deeds of an ugly old American wizard who saved a village from the scourge of werewolves.”
“Put his wrinkled face on the cover, will anyone pick it up and read it?”
“I will watch!”Hermione immediately stood up and retorted angrily. She was extremely patient with this liar who, even in a half-awake and half-dazed state, still acted complacently about what he had done.
“Yes, I will watch it too!”
When she stood up, many people in the auditorium responded.
Padma, the president of the Lockhart Fans Support Club, stood up on behalf of the fans and asked:”Professor, which of the stories you wrote are true? ?”
“It’s all true except that the protagonist is not me.”
There was another commotion in the auditorium, and what Lockhart said for a moment overcame the haze that had been shrouding the hearts of the students for a while. Everyone was talking about it, and Ivis saw Padma angrily taking out her robe. He took out a banner that read”Lockhart Fan Support Club” and set fire to it.
While wondering why she would carry such a thing with her, he took advantage of the chaos and walked quickly to the guest of honor. At the table, Lockhart, who was still under the effects of Veritaserum, asked:”Lockhart, did you release the monster in the secret room?”
“it’s me. Lockhart affirmed.
This sentence caused the expressions of several professors who had been paying attention here to change. Dumbledore took out the Elder Wand, waved his right hand, and placed a soundproofing spell around Lockhart.
Snape looked calm. Face, asked Evans coldly:”Evans, what do you know? Ives ignored him and continued to ask Lockhart:”Did you get a black diary by chance? Where did you put it?””
“I……”Just when Lockhart was about to answer, a faint black mist appeared in his eyes, and he fainted.
Professor Flitwick on the side quickly did some simple examinations for him. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said,”He just fainted.””
“It is a kind of secret magic. It seems that the Chamber of Secrets is indeed related to Lockhart.”Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and said. He was very familiar with the aura of magic.
At that moment, he made a decision in his mind.
Dumbledore stood up and ordered to Professor McGonagall:”Minerva, you and Pomona After keeping an eye on the students in the auditorium, Severus and I went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.
After saying that, he looked at Avis again,”Aves, you also come with us.””
“clear.”Avis nodded, and then he blatantly put the wine glass Lockhart drank from into his pocket.
This move made all the professors present twitch their mouths. No wonder Lockhart was in such a state tonight. Weird.
Although everyone knew what was going on, they all tacitly kept silent.
Only Snape, who narrowed his eyes and subconsciously looked at the Ravenclaw table. As far as he knew, Ivy Snape didn’t have the ability to brew the truth serum, so the person who brewed the truth serum was… I really didn’t expect that Miss Know-It-All would actually do such a thing. Snape stared at Ives intently. Hermione thought in surprise.
He suddenly remembered a witch who was equally talented in Potions, and then took a sharp look at Harry on the Gryffindor table.
Harry’s body trembled inexplicably. , he turned around and immediately saw Snape, who was staring at him with hatred for his wife.
He shrank his neck, hid his face behind the bagel, and thought speechlessly: I don’t seem to have provoked Snape recently. Nap must be angry…
After checking everything on Lockhart and not finding the black diary that Ivis said, the group hurried to the third floor of the castle under the leadership of Dumbledore.
Pushing hard Opening the door to the office, the decoration in Lockhart’s office made Ives feel a little physically uncomfortable.
There were countless Lockhart photo frames hanging on the wall, illuminated very brightly by many candles. Some of them even had There was also his signature, and there was a large stack of photos on the desk as well as a mountain of letters from fans.
Without too much hesitation, everyone immediately started searching the office, and every time they found a book that seemed suspicious of They would all show him the black diary that Ivis mentioned to see if it was correct.
After shaking his head and rejecting several similar black diaries, Ivis’s expression gradually became solemn.
According to what Lockhart just said Judging from his performance, Voldemort’s Horcrux was indeed in his hands, but why couldn’t he find it? He couldn’t figure it out.
In addition to the office, did Lockhart have other places to hide things, or was it a diary? Ben had already moved…
After searching the whole room, everyone still couldn’t find what Ivis was talking about.
Just when Snape was about to ask if Ivis was teasing them, Dumbledore stopped and hung up. In front of the wall with Lockhart’s portrait, he looked at the painting in the middle with a serious expression.
This painting is the largest, taking up less than half of the wall. In the picture, Lockhart is holding a copy of his autobiography.”Magical Me” showed his signature smile to the people outside.
Dumbledore waved to everyone to come closer. With a wave of his hand, the photo frame floated down from the wall, and then, the shelf behind the photo frame separated, A small, thin diary was revealed, with a tat
tered black cover.
Looking at the diary hidden behind the photo frame, Ives was speechless. He could only say that this style of hiding things was very consistent. Lockhart’s character
“This should be the black diary Ives mentioned.”Dumbledore said in a serious tone.
Ives leaned over and picked up the diary amidst everyone’s nervous gazes. After opening it, there was a name written in ink on the first page: T.M.Riddle
“”Tom Riddle,” Dumbledore slowly read out the name of the owner of the diary. He continued to turn back, and every page was blank, without any trace of writing.
Professor Flitwick and Snape were both very fond of it. Doubtful, could this diary with no content be the mastermind behind the Chamber of Secrets?
Despite their doubts, they did not relax their vigilance. After all, this was the diary left by Voldemort.
“Professor, that’s it. Ives carefully handed it to Dumbledore’s hand.
The moment he touched the diary, Dumbledore showed an expression of surprise. He laughed and said,”Ives, you really gave it to me.” What an incredible surprise.
His blue eyes hidden behind the half-moon-shaped frames were full of joy,”Although I don’t know how you knew about the existence of this thing, I have to admit that this is really the biggest surprise I have gotten in this time.”.”
He looked at Snape,”I think that after our dear Defense Against the Dark Arts professor confesses everything he has done, he will definitely be punished as he deserves. Our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor The post of academic professor will be vacant.”
Snape’s eyes gradually brought a hint of joy.
“Severus, from now on, you can temporarily take over the get out of class.”
“clear.”Snape’s mouth twitched a few times, restraining his expression so that he didn’t look so happy.
“Ives,” Dumbledore looked at Ives again,”I don’t know how deeply you know about the diary, but I hope that you will not reveal the whole thing to others, including some of your friends”
“Including Hermione? Ives raised his eyebrows.
Dumbledore laughed and shook his head,”No.””
“Understood.”Avis nodded in agreement.
Dumbledore held the diary firmly and said seriously:”In a while, the matter of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets will come to an end.”
……
In the principal’s office,
Ives and Dumbledore were sitting face to face, having a secret conversation.
There were two objects placed on the table between them, one was Slytherin’s locket and the other was Tom Riddle’s diary.
Dumbledore crossed his hands, supported his chin, stared into Ivis’s eyes and asked:”Ivis, do you know what they are?”
“Horcrux.”Aves answered honestly.
The old principal nodded, satisfied that Aves did not deceive him.
“I checked a lot of information and finally determined what the magic was that kept Tom alive,” he said in wonder,”I didn’t expect it.……”
Dumbledore wanted to ask how Ives knew, but he remembered the ancient prophecy, and Ives had already passed his test.
Just as Ives trusted him, he was willing to give Ives trust.
Dumbledore opened the diary, picked up a quill and dipped it in the ink bottle, then dropped a few drops of ink on the blank diary.
The ink shone brightly on the paper for a second, then seemed to be sucked into the paper and disappeared without a trace.
The two waited patiently for a long time, but there was no movement in the diary.
Dumbledore pursed his lips and spoke slowly:”Tom, since you’re awake, stop pretending.”
After he said these words, the being in the diary seemed to be irritated, and the blank paper suddenly There is a lot of text seeping out:
【Dumbledore, after all these years, you still linger like this! 】
Aves is numb. Did he see something he shouldn’t have seen?
“”Back then,” Dumbledore recalled,”all the professors thought you were a good student with both academic and moral excellence. Only I saw the darkness hidden deep in your heart.””
【You fart!】
“It’s because they didn’t see your true face that a student died in the school.”
This is the second time after the last New York incident that Ives saw the usually gentle Dumbledore showing such an angry expression.
“I told Principal Dippet many times to keep an eye on you. But they still believed your lies and expelled the innocent Hagrid from school.”Dumbledore quickly regained his composure.
After the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was opened again, he remembered what happened fifty years ago. He had doubts about Voldemort, who was still a student at the time. From Loha After finding Voldemort’s diary in Dumbledore’s office, Dumbledore immediately knew who had done what happened back then.
【Innocent Hagrid? ]
Ives seemed to see Voldemort’s sarcastic expression from these lines of text.
【He is not innocent at all. He raises Acromantulas in the school. I am just helping the school eliminate hidden dangers in advance.】
“Alas,” Dumbledore sighed,”So, you admit that you were responsible for Myrtle’s death fifty years ago?”
【……】
No new content is displayed in the diary for several seconds.
“You probably don’t know what happened fifty years ago.”Dumbledore looked at Ives and explained to himself:”Fifty years ago, a student died in the school. At that time, the young Voldemort was also studying in the school.”
Although Ives wanted to say that he knew clearly, the old man who was immersed in memories did not look at him.
“He was once a perfect top student in the eyes of all his professors. He had excellent grades, was polite and personable, and all the professors liked him. So when he pointed out that Hagrid secretly raised Acromantulas and killed the child, everyone felt that what he said was correct. I was the only one who had doubts.”
“At that time, the Acromantula Hagrid raised was only the size of a box, and the toxins in its body were not enough to kill a wizard. Moreover, I have examined Myrtle’s body and there is no external injury at all on her body. She was obviously killed by an extremely advanced magic.”
When he finished speaking, Ives asked:”Professor, do you now know what the monster that killed Myrtle was?”
“Basilisk.”Dumbledore said firmly
“I have always wondered who is driving the basilisk. He took a sip of tea,”Tom’s diary confirmed my guess.””
He put down the teacup and looked at the open diary,”Tom, tell me, where is the entrance to the secret room?”
【I have no idea】
“Forget it, I already know that.”Dumbledore smiled and closed the diary.
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(End of this chapter)
