Chapter 102 The basilisk that acts as a monster

Gryffindor common room.

Harry was telling Irina and others about his promise to Nearly Headless Nick to attend the death anniversary party, and invited the three of them to attend with him.

"The Deathday Party?" Hermione said with interest. "I bet there aren't many people alive who can say they've been to one of those parties. It's going to be an amazing experience."

Ron said with a little disdain: "Why do some people want to celebrate the day of their own death?! It sounds very unlucky to me..."

Irina, who is familiar with the plot, advised Hermione: "It's wonderful, but I bet you won't like the death anniversary party. Maybe the ghosts used rotten food covered with white maggots... "

Hearing Irina's words, Hermione and Ron imagined that scene and shuddered at the same time.

"Irina, can you stop talking so disgustingly..." Ron complained.

Irina shrugged her shoulders and said, "Maybe this is true! The Halloween dinner on Halloween Eve is one of the four most sumptuous dinners in Hogwarts Castle in the year. The food must not be disappointed! Harry, I suggest you decline Nearly Headless Nick."

Seeing that none of the three Irina wanted to go, Harry was a little frustrated and said: "But I have already promised Nearly Headless Nick..."

Irina patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Then don't worry, Hermione and I will bring you some food. Maybe there is something interesting there?"

Ron nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, yes, I will bring you a big chicken drumstick!"

It was obvious that Ron really didn't want to go to this so-called death anniversary party.

Harry reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​inviting the three of them. In fact, after Irina's words just now, Harry didn't want to go to the so-called death anniversary party.

But he still had to fulfill his promise to Nearly Headless Nick.

So, at seven o'clock in the evening on Halloween, Irina, Hermione and Ron walked happily towards the auditorium. Only Harry looked a little depressed. After passing the brightly decorated auditorium, Go in the direction of the underground classroom.

Along the way, Harry, who was already a little depressed, became even less beautiful. In the aisle leading to the death anniversary party of Nearly Headless Nick, there were small dark candles burning, and these candles painted Harry's face. The light was eerie, like a walking corpse.

Moreover, the closer he got to the death anniversary party, the colder the surrounding temperature became, which forced Harry to wrap up his clothes tightly.

At this moment, there was a sharp sound like fingernails scratching the glass. It seemed to be the music of a death anniversary party. This "yin music" caused great torture to Harry's ears.

"My dear friends, welcome, welcome...I am so happy that you can come..."

The infinitely sad voice of Nearly Headless Nick came over, and Harry finally arrived at the death anniversary party.

Under the foreshadowing of those things from the underworld, Harry had no hope for this so-called Death Anniversary Party. However, after seeing the long table filled with food in the underground classroom, Harry immediately wanted to The thought of leaving.

What is placed on the long table on beautiful silver plates is no longer food. It is large pieces of rotten meat, charred black cakes, and meat-stuffed lamb tripe filled with milky white maggots. And a rotten cheese covered in green hairs.

In the center of the table, there was a gray cake in the shape of a tombstone, with the name and date of death of Nearly Headless Nick spelled out in corpse oil-like icing.

It’s exactly what Irina said, these foods are all covered with maggots!

Harry immediately put on a mask of pain. He didn't even have the mood to say hello to the nearly headless Nick, and ran away quickly in the direction he came from.

Even Peeves, who wanted to stop him, couldn't stop Harry who was running for his life.

In the Great Hall, the little wizards of Hogwarts are enjoying the delicious food on Halloween.

At this time, Irina saw Harry running back from the underground classroom.

"Hey, Harry, why are you back so early?! Isn't the death anniversary party interesting?"

Irina, who was well aware of Harry's experience, asked teasingly.

Harry still had a mask of pain on his face. He was crying and complaining: "Stop talking, Irina, you guessed it right! That's not a place for people to live!"

After listening to Harry narrate his recent experience, Hermione and Ron immediately cast a grateful look at Irina. If Irina hadn't helped them step back from the brink, I'm afraid they would have foolishly followed Harry to the so-called Death anniversary party.

"Harry, if you don't eat, these things will probably be replaced by desserts later."

Irina looked at Harry helplessly and reminded him.

Hearing this, Harry became excited and quickly sat down next to Ron. He even grabbed the big chicken drumstick that Ron had just taken and stuffed it into his mouth.

Unfortunately, Harry came back too late. Before he could take two bites, the delicious food on the table disappeared in just a few breaths, and was replaced by pudding and other exquisite desserts.

The sad and angry Harry had no choice but to regard these desserts as his staple food and stuffed them into his mouth in big gulps.

But just as Harry was filling in the food, a voice that only he could hear sounded in his ears.

"...Tear you apart...Tear you apart...Kill you..."

The sudden cold voice almost made Harry choke himself to death, he choked several times before looking at Ron, Irina and Hermione beside him in horror, and asked, "Did you hear that? There is a voice saying that someone is going to kill someone!"

"What sound? Harry, you..." Hermione was stunned.

Harry interrupted: "That voice appears again... don't talk yet!"

"... I'm starving... It's been a long time... It's time to kill someone..."

The cold voice rang in Harry's ears again, but Harry found that Irina and others seemed to be completely unable to hear the voice.

The sound became weaker and weaker, and Harry could feel that the owner of the sound was moving upwards, but the ceiling above the auditorium looked like a starry sky, and there was no one there at all, unless the other party was someone who could pass through the wall the ghost.

"Follow me! That person must be up there!" Harry stood up immediately, trying to stop the owner of the voice from killing someone.

However, Irina held him down.

Irina glanced at the desserts that had disappeared on the long table, and the little wizards around who got up and were about to return to the common room, and said, "It's not normal that you can hear voices that we can't hear. , Besides, all the students have already gone in the direction you said, and you are not missing!"

Irina naturally knew that the voice she could not hear was the basilisk from the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts Castle.

And now, Halloween is the day when the basilisk leaves the secret room and becomes a monster for the first time!