Chapter 483: A Child Raised by a Snake

A streak of light that was invisible to the naked eye streaked across the night sky.

Originally, this stream of light would randomly fall in a corner of the world, allowing the soul wrapped in the stream of light to start a new life. However, soon after the stream of light left the train, it was attracted by a weak force coming from the unknown, causing its direction to change.

call out--

A shooting star streaks across the night sky over the Scottish Highlands.

Standing on the top of the Astronomy Tower, Dumbledore raised his head. The meteors were reflected in his lake-blue eyes, but they could not dispel his inner troubles.

It was already the second day after the second stage of the Global Young Wizarding Championship ended. A piece of bad news brought him back to reality from the joy of Hogwarts's dominance in the championship.

Les Lint from Slytherin College disappeared, and charred remains resembling human remains were found in the astronomy tower.

Dumbledore was able to remain calm after hearing the first piece of news, but the second piece of news was quite shocking.

After learning about this, Dumbledore rushed to the scene and soon determined that the charred mass was the remains of a human body.

Combined with the news of Les Lint's disappearance, it becomes clear who this piece of charcoal is.

But this is exactly what puzzled Dumbledore.

He was well aware that this student was unusual, so this could not be regarded as an ordinary disappearance. The matter behind it was very complicated and had to be treated with caution.

"Aurora, does anyone else know about this?" Dumbledore asked in a deep voice.

Astronomy professor Aurora Sinistra immediately responded, "No, Professor Dumbledore, there are no astronomy classes these two days. I reported to you immediately after discovering the body, and did not alert other professors."

"Very good." Dumbledore nodded, "Don't tell anyone else about this."

"Yes." Professor Sinistra's expression became more serious. She also realized the seriousness of the matter. It seemed that this could not be treated as an ordinary, simple murder case.

"Let's go downstairs first." Dumbledore carefully put away the charred corpse and motioned Professor Sinistra to go back to the principal's office with him.

When Professor Sinistra's back was turned, Dumbledore drew his wand -

"Everything is forgotten!"

Professor Sinistra's expression suddenly became confused.

Dumbledore sighed: Aurora, I'm sorry.

Then he walked quickly to Professor Sinistra and said with a smile, "The weather was really great just now. Let's arrange for the students to come to the Astronomy Tower for astronomy class as soon as possible."

The confusion in Professor Sinistra's eyes gradually dissipated, and then she remembered the purpose of her appointment with Headmaster Dumbledore to come here in the evening: since the weather was suitable for stargazing, she applied for an extra astronomy class.

"...Oh, okay! I'll go tell the kids right away!" Professor Sinistra walked away quickly.

Dumbledore watched her disappear around the corner of the spiral staircase and sighed.

The matter is really serious, he has to do this, and it is necessary to block the news.

After a little thought, Dumbledore returned to his office.

Sure enough, there were already two people waiting for him in the office.

"Professor White, Professor Arius, good evening." Dumbledore greeted the two first, then sat in the armchair opposite them.

"Professor Sinistra just told me that she found what appear to be human remains in the astronomy tower." As he spoke, he took out the collected remains and placed them on the table.

"After my observation, this is indeed a human corpse."

Professors White and Arius remained silent, so Dumbledore continued.

"I also heard that Les Lint from Slytherin House is missing. No one has seen him since the players returned from the competition yesterday."

Now, the two finally spoke.

Rowena asked Dumbledore if anyone else knew about the body found in the Astronomy Tower.

"No. Professor Sinistra's memory was also modified by me," said Dumbledore.

"Very good." Rowena nodded in satisfaction.

The fewer people who know about this, the better. If too many people know about it, then Salazar's identity will be ruined.

"Student Les Lint has temporarily suspended his studies because he was...cursed during the competition." Helga thought for two seconds, then gave Salazar a reason not to show up for the time being.

"Nothing happened in the astronomy tower." Rowena replied, and waved her wand lightly to collect the charred corpse on the table.

Dumbledore was stunned at first, then realized that this matter was just as he expected, and there was an unusual secret hidden behind it.

"Can I know what happened?"

Helga and Rowena looked at each other and felt that as the current headmaster, Dumbledore seemed to have a certain right to know.

"He will come back naturally after a while." Helga said with a firm tone, but she couldn't help but think of the prophet's prophecy in her heart.

This prophecy sounds unlucky, but considering that Salazar said that there is a sequel to the prophecy, which was interrupted because the prophet did not have enough physical strength to support the continuation of the prophecy, it may not be a completely bad omen.

"He was injured while helping me with some personal matters, and was attacked by the bad guys who sneaked into the school. But it's not a big problem, it's all within our expectations."

"Hmm?" Dumbledore raised his head alertly. He had heard terrible news.

"This villain..." Dumbledore's eyes flickered with a flame of curiosity.

"It's the person you were thinking of."

Dumbledore's eyes widened suddenly. They had hinted to him before that the man who claimed to be Gryffindor could not be trusted. Was this finally confirmed?

But why did the two of them sit by and watch that person commit such a sin? What was the meaning of their actions?

"The matter behind this is quite complicated, and it is difficult to explain it clearly at the moment, but we have our considerations for doing this. Professor Dumbledore, don't worry, the matter is not beyond our control."

Seeing Professor Arius say this, Dumbledore's heart immediately fell back into his stomach. He didn't even want to continue to explore.

Why worry about this? It's unnecessary!

"Do you need me to do anything?"

"No need." Rowena shook her head again. She didn't think it would be any use for Dumbledore to get involved. Even if there was a battle, he would not be able to form any combat power at all - his fire domain was completely restrained.

Let her and Helga handle the matter. Besides, Salazar's plan was not bright at all, so it was better not to let the white wizard know.

Seeing Professor Arius's decisive refusal, Dumbledore realized that it was impossible for him to obtain any more information from them.

He leaned back in his chair and earnestly assured the two professors that he would do his best to help them if they needed it.

Dumbledore's sincere words did not move Rowena. The two hid their bodies and left the headmaster's office.

They didn't want the impostor to know that they had been in and out of Dumbledore's office, which would increase their risk of being exposed. Now every extra day they could hide, their chances of success would increase.

The two men came in a hurry and left in a hurry, with the sole purpose of handling some follow-up matters for Salazar to prevent the situation from being too passive after his return.

Just imagine, when Salazar returns, he finds that Hogwarts has even finished holding Les Lint’s memorial service. What kind of scene would that be?

Although Rowena really wanted to know what kind of expression Salazar would show, she was also afraid of angering Salazar, so she did her best.

Soon, the young wizards learned that Hogwarts contestant Les Lint had withdrawn from the competition due to injury and was admitted to St. Mungo's.

This only caused a brief discussion, and then the storm died down. Hogwarts was now in a great advantage, and they didn't lack Rice's points. Although it was a pity that he retired due to injury, the impact was limited.

Except for a few people, no one continued to pay attention to this issue.

After hearing about this, Loki secretly sneered, thinking that Dumbledore was just trying to save face and concealed the news of that guy's death. After all, this was during the tournament, and such negative news must not be leaked.

'If he knew that the person who died was not an ordinary student, but the founder of Hogwarts, the expression on his face would be wonderful.' When Loki thought of this, he was so happy.

……

Crackle, clackle——

It's the sound of water.

A small wooden tub floated down the river from upstream, swirled at the edge of the river, and got stuck under the shade of a tree at the bend of the river. The baby in the tub frowned, but was not awakened by the shaking of the tub and was still sleeping soundly.

There is an endless forest beside the river, which is home to a large number of wild animals.

Animals often wander to the riverside, either to get water or for the salt and alkali on the mudflats, and some predators come there to fill their stomachs.

Soon, the bushes near the wooden basin shook, and a huge brown bear emerged from them.

It twitched its nose a few times and soon found the little cub in the basin.

It is small and has not much meat on it, and is insignificant compared to the big, fat fish, but its advantage is that it is easy to get.

Just when the brown bear decided to have an appetizer before dinner, a rustling sound came from the dense forest behind it, like something dragging on the ground.

The brown bear immediately raised its body in alertness, its nose twitched rapidly, and then a great fear flashed in its small eyes.

It's that monster!

The brown bear immediately ignored the food that was right in front of its mouth, dived into the river in front of it, and swam hard to the other side of the river without even daring to look back.

A few seconds later, the small bushes were parted again, and a giant green snake came out with its tongue bared.

It originally came for the fat brown bear, but now a small thing by the river piqued its interest.

The giant snake circled the wooden basin twice and then wrapped its body around it.

It raised its head and looked down at the baby in the basin, a light of wisdom that was not quite consistent with that of a reptile gradually emerging in its eyes.

After thinking for a few seconds, it opened its mouth wide, swallowed the baby into its mouth, and then quickly ran back to the forest.

Despite the giant snake's huge size, it moves extremely fast in the jungle, almost as if it were flying close to the ground.

A few minutes later, it came to a big tree.

This is a very tall snake mulberry tree, nearly twenty meters high.

Hundreds of snakes were coiled up and down the treetops, as if this place had some extraordinary attraction for snakes.

The giant snake swam under the tree, twisted its body and crawled into a tree hole at the root of the tree.

As soon as it entered the tree hole, it spat out the baby in its mouth onto the moss in the tree hole.

It was like a miracle that this huge snake, which could scare people to death just by looking at it, did not harm the baby.

The baby was still sleeping soundly, as if nothing had happened.

After the giant snake vomited the baby out, it left. Ten minutes later, it returned to the cave again, and this time it brought back a female wolf with a bulging belly.

After being thrown into the cave, the frightened mother wolf dared not move at all, completely frightened by the giant snake, but the baby was woken up.

He turned over, crawled under the wolf's belly and started sucking milk.

The mother wolf's milk became his nourishment. As he sucked the milk, wisps of silvery-white mist seeped out from the tree roots exposed at the top of the cave, fell on the baby, and were absorbed by his skin.

The giant snake hissed in satisfaction and coiled its body.

In the following days, two more guests appeared in this cave that belonged to the snake king: a baby and his wet nurse.

As the days passed, the baby grew older and became a teenager. By human reckoning, he was already eleven years old.

Compared with ordinary children, the boy who was raised by snakes is very strong and healthy. When he opens his mouth to speak, he makes a "hissing" sound instead of human language.

Unlike ordinary children, he was calm and composed. He didn't like running around, and every day he stayed in the tree hole under the snake tree, absorbing the silver mist emanating from the tree roots.

……

At the same time, it was already midsummer in the outside world, and the final stage of the competition had arrived.

The top sixteen players in the second stage of the competition will advance to the third round of the championship.

This time, the game will be held on the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch.

Now that the schools' rankings have been finalized, the third round is entirely a competition of individual honors for the contestants.

They will compete on the dueling stage in front of countless people, and the winner and ranking will be determined by a duel.

The whole Hogwarts was filled with excitement.

However, at this moment, not everyone is paying attention to the final stage of the competition, such as Professor White who is teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Royna, it's time." Helga pushed open the door of Rowena's office again, urging her to take action.

It's time to welcome back their old friends from the alchemy world.

It is time to reveal whether Salazar’s “experiment” was successful.

Rowena glanced at her old friend and nodded.

"Why not—" Helga choked up in the middle of her words. She didn't expect Rowena to agree this time! She had always objected to it when she approached Rowena before!

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