Chapter 224 The Dormant Voldemorts

"I mean what is the monster in the chamber of secrets."

"I know it was controlled by Voldemort."

Ron said angrily.

Hagrid couldn't help but become curious after hearing Voldemort's face of fear and anger, and hearing about Slytherin's monster.

"That's right," Harry said, lost in memories, "That's a basilisk."

"The shed skin alone is at least twenty feet long."

"That little kid -" Hagrid became excited, "I mean that scary monster?"

"It's still alive."

Both Harry and Ron had black lines on their heads.

Little did Hagrid realize that the cutie he was talking about killed Myrtle, causing him to be expelled.

Although Harry thought that the basilisk was probably innocent and being controlled, Hagrid's attitude was also——

"It's still alive. As a legacy of Slytherin, it never caused any casualties to young wizards before Voldemort appeared."

"If we hit it, Dumbledore might take action."

"But all we saw was its shed skin."

Hagrid breathed a sigh of relief, "Then can I go and see it?"

He forced out his sadness and resentment, "In addition to the mysterious man, that monster was also the indirect murderer of my imprisonment. I always have to get in touch with it to understand whether it poses a threat to the school."

Harry was speechless, "That's a basilisk! Its glare can kill people. Anyone caught in its gaze will die immediately."

"You still want to go see it! I really--"

"You can kill someone just by looking at it!" Ron exclaimed, "Is it so dangerous? No wonder that old lunatic from Slytherin chose it as a killing tool."

"Why didn't Dumbledore kill it? Such a dangerous monster is in the castle. What if-"

"Kill it?" Hagrid was a little angry, "It is very rare and precious!"

"It is a rare beast that can only be hatched from an egg by a toad at a specific time and under a certain star condition."

"And its weakness is very obvious. It will run for its life when it hears the crow of the rooster."

"The most indispensable thing in the Forbidden Forest and next to my cabin is the rooster."

Harry shook his head, "There's no need to kill it. Its only entrance and exit to the castle is in the girls' bathroom where Myrtle stays, and it can't open it by itself."

"Although it can move in the pipes, from the fact that I have never heard it speak, it is most likely that it was arranged to live and hunt deep underground. I think the pipes in Hogwarts also need the help of the heir."

Ron muttered, "Well, it must be deep, or the ghosts would find out."

"What are we here to do?"

Harry was stunned for a moment and looked at Hagrid.

Hagrid lowered his head and poked his thick index fingers together, like a little boy who had been caught making a mistake.

"It's about clearing my name."

Harry was speechless, "Then can you tell me how you were expelled?"

"There must be a reason why Dumbledore hasn't dealt with it until now."

"By the way, what does this have to do with Aragog?"

"I remember you once said that it was also the 'monster' mentioned in your expulsion notice."

"It's him." Hagrid corrected, "I'm a standard Gryffindor."

"I've been getting into trouble every other week since I started school, just like Fred and George."

"Raising werewolf cubs under the bed and sneaking into the forbidden forest to fight giant monsters gave the then principal, Armando Dippet, a headache."

At this point, Hagrid chuckled happily.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, feeling that this was enough to get them fired.

And Hagrid hadn't gotten to the point yet.

"In my third year, my steps were no longer limited to the Forbidden Forest."

"Hogsmeade has also unveiled its mysteries to me."

"At that time, I hung out in bars, and my larger stature made people think I was an adult and could drink more exciting drinks besides butterbeer."

"Hogsmeade is a pure wizarding village, and many foreign wizards come to visit."

"Of course. It's not as lively as it is now."

"This also brought a lot of contraband, including more than 4x eggs of magical creatures."

"The Pig's Head Bar, where customers keep their heads and faces covered, is a perfect place to trade these contrabands."

"At that time, I was short of money and could only watch helplessly from the sidelines."

"But a generous traveler noticed the longing in my eyes and gave me Aragog's egg."

Harry and Ron looked at each other. No wonder Hagrid didn't wonder about the dragon eggs in the first year. It turned out that he did this more than once.

"Of course, this is also related to my rich knowledge of those beautiful little cuties."

"At that time, I was still a little kid."

"The only option is to hide him in a cupboard in the castle and feed him crumbs scattered on the table."

"He is very sensible and has well controlled his appetite for humans, which is rare for his species."

"He had never attacked anyone before last year's disaster."

"I'm sure Aragog has never seen any part of the castle except the cupboard he grew up in."

When he said this, Hagrid's voice started to choke.

"Such happy days lasted only a short time."

"The body of the girl, Myrtle, was found in the bathroom."

"But it's definitely not Aragog's fault. There are no wounds on the body at all."

"This incident has caused a big uproar. The school has to be closed."

"Then Tom--" Hagrid took a deep breath, as if he had seen something dirty. "The mysterious man in my youth, who I once thought was my friend, came to me and planned to use Aragog as a scapegoat."

"The box was opened with a spell, and Aragog fled in a panic-towards the Forbidden Forest."

"But even so, Tom still wanted to take action."

"What can I do? I can only snatch his wand and knock him to the ground."

Harry and Ron already had a picture in their minds.

The strong Hagrid pressed the thin Voldemort to the ground. Voldemort could only struggle helplessly and watched Aragog escape.

For a moment, they forgot to call a halt, not realizing that they had figured out the whole story, and just listened quietly.

Hagrid continued, "Unfortunately, Headmaster Armando was also called in, and I was caught red-handed."

"You all know the rest of the story. Tom received the award for special contribution to the school."

"I was expelled and my wand was broken."

"Fortunately, my poor father had died a year ago. If he knew I was expelled, he would have fainted."

"Later, the great Dumbledore believed that I was innocent."

"He persuaded Headmaster Armando to let me stay in school and follow the then gamekeeper Ogg."

"When I came of age, he helped me take over the position of gamekeeper."

"And repaired my wand."

"And during these years, Aragog has been living in the woods."

"I often visit him and get him a female eight-eyed giant spider - Mosag."

"He and his children have flourished in the Forbidden Forest, and I am warmly welcomed every time I go there."

Hagrid's black beetle-like eyes were filled with tears, and the past resurfaced.

Being licked by Aragog's children, Aragog scolded jealously, and the clacking sound of his children's mouthparts and giant claws rubbing against each other when they dispersed in dissatisfaction

During the time when Hagrid was silently recalling the past, Harry and Ron also came back to their senses.

For the first time, they felt that Hagrid's expulsion was actually correct.

I'm afraid that more than one eyewitness at the time knew that Hagrid was innocent.

But Hagrid was just qualified to be expelled, and he should have been expelled long ago.

Now expelling Hagrid, you can also take the blame and let the school continue to operate, why not do it?

From the fact that Hagrid was able to stay in Hogwarts seamlessly and successfully inherit the lucrative position of gamekeeper, it can be seen that the then headmaster Armando also knew that Hagrid was innocent in this matter.

So Hagrid did not need to clear his name.

In fact, no one bothered him to say that he could not use a wand.

The two of them backed out.

"Harry," Ron said stiffly, "We have understood it clearly, it's time to go."

Harry nodded quickly, "Yes, we should go."

Without waiting for Hagrid to answer.

The next second, two beams of light enveloped the two, and they disappeared from the spot.

In his own world, this large-scale movement of light channels naturally could not be hidden from Basil's eyes.

However, Basil had already added Harry to the whitelist.

What happened between Harry and Ron today also reminded him of the neglected basilisk.

In fact, he once thought about making a basilisk card, but he was limited by the lack of gems.

But now, for him now, the basilisk has been out of version.

The murderous gaze can destroy the venom of the Horcrux, and Basil has a hundred kinds of simulated reproduction.

In short, hiding the killing curse in the gaze and firing it is as easy as breathing for Basil.

However, for Kobayashi Masaru, who dares not leave the castle gate now and hides in the shadows all day to avoid the light of the world tree and avoids meeting Harry.

The basilisk is still a trump card he needs to master.

But now. The most important thing for him is how to bypass the devil's net that spreads throughout the hall.

Some time ago, he was just hiding at the entrance, and recently he discovered the changes in the hall.

Those devil's snares absorbed the venom of the basilisk and were not afraid of sunlight and fire.

Unless destructive black magic like Fiendfyre was used, or a way to move in space was found, there was no way to bypass it.

The familiar remnants of the magic magnetic field from other clones prevented him from using these loud methods.

So, it was also possible to let the house elf Lalai, who came from Slytherin, take him to Apparate.

He could not guarantee whether the master Lalai recognized included him.

But the basilisk was different. Even if he recognized other masters, he had a way to control it again with Parseltongue.

This knowledge came from the crown of Ravenclaw, and only he, whose soul and crown were one, knew it.

Even the main body did not understand it.

There were countless taboo dark magic knowledge in it.

No wonder Ravenclaw was reluctant to give the crown to his daughter.

Was he afraid of affecting his image in his daughter's heart?

It was really ridiculous. He was not completely bad.

But no matter how much he looked down on Ravenclaw,

But the knowledge inside is indeed very useful, especially the method of sacrificing powerful magical creatures to forge a new body and live another life.

And this thousand-year-old basilisk is the best target.

"I must get you." Xiaolin muttered while looking at the statue of Slytherin, "You are my only chance to surpass the main body."

"Hatch!" A curled-up baby sneezed deep in Kalimantan.

But only the appearance was similar. It had no hair, and it seemed to have scales on its body. Its skin was dark and red, like injured tender meat.

Its arms and legs were thin and soft, and its face - no living child had such a face - was a flat snake face with a pair of sparkling red eyes.

And this slimy ugly thing was in the arms of a quiet girl.

The contrast between ugly and beautiful was like heaven and hell.

One could not help but wonder what kind of bodhisattva heart the girl had to not strangle this devilish baby to death.

She patted the 'baby' on the back gently, "Do you need to add a set of clothes?"

A sharp and cold voice came out of the 'baby's' mouth, "It's the damn traitor, he's looking for me!"

Thinking of this, the 'baby' wanted to kill someone.

He thought that the one chasing him would be Dumbledore, a member of the Ministry of Magic.

However, the closeness from the soul level made him realize that the one chasing him was not someone else, but the diary he met last year.

That fragment of his soul when he was 17 years old.

He kindly gave this little kid a place to live and a way to escape from Hogwarts.

But he was hunted down.

The Malfoy family, which he wanted to occupy with Lucius, was also occupied by the young him.

He had to abandon Nagini, who he had just found, and create a temporary body.

He had to flee the Albanian forest and come to the tropical rainforest of Kalimantan Island, which was full of eight-eyed giant spiders.

"Avada, eat the big melon!" The quiet girl stretched out her index finger, and the green light of death flashed.

A huge, hairy, low body froze, the black legs that were gathered together, the two knife-sharp pliers stopped dancing, and the eight shining eyes also lost their spirit.

"Hateful spider." The 'baby' growled, "Hateful Rubeus!"

This reminded him of the miserable experience of being pressed down and humiliated by Rubeus.

If Armando hadn't been right next to him--

"Listen carefully, I'm going to drink meat soup later."

"Stupid spider, besides the venom, your only value is your leg meat."

At this point, he suddenly looked up and looked at the girl's face.

"Albus Dumbledore, your students will be at my mercy after death."

"Dorcas Meadows, as powerful as you are, you are now just a puppet dancing in my palm."

The little hand full of red scales opened, and the palm was like the black hair of the giant spider, which made him gloomy.

"Tom Riddle!"

"If it weren't for you, how could Nagini be separated from me."

"How could I choose the spider's venom to maintain the stability of my body."