Chapter 48 048. Plan The truth behind the nickname

After leaving the sight of the three Potters, Scott immediately took out a small piece of ebony from the deformed lizard skin bag on his waist.

He took out his wand again and used Transfiguration on the ebony to turn the block of wood into a wood carving.

Then he engraved a simple magic circuit. When the magic circuit was engraved, he waved his wand again, and the wood carving gradually came to life and turned into a black raven.

The raven shook its feathers, jumped in Scott's palm, spread its wings and flew up, responsible for exploring the way ahead of Scott.

Scott directly held the wand in his hand and followed the raven from a distance.

Basilisk, an extremely dangerous magical creature.

Any creature that directly meets the eyes of the basilisk will be killed immediately, and even if it meets the eyes indirectly, it will be petrified.

The basilisk left by Salazar Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets has survived for a thousand years.

Scott recalled the information about the basilisk, but he still couldn't remember the state of the basilisk at this point in time-was it only passing through the pipe, or could it crawl out of the pipe at any time?

Maybe the "original book" itself did not describe it directly, or maybe he forgot. But there is no doubt that the monster has been awakened.

Scott guessed that the thousand-year-old basilisk should have been asleep most of the time until the diary, a Horcrux, came to Hogwarts and awakened it.

The basis for his judgment was that Potter had never heard "strange sounds" in the previous school year.

Scott walked quickly through the castle.

The raven always flew in front of him. If he met other students head-on, the raven would fly back and land on his shoulder disguised as a pet.

Although he remembered that in the "original book", the basilisk began to attack students in the castle after Halloween.

But Scott felt that if he believed too much in the so-called "original book" plot, he might get himself killed.

Of course, if he was more careful, he could basically avoid encountering the basilisk around the corner with the product of transfiguration and the perception of magic.

At the same time, Scott began to think about the plan he had previously drawn up for the "Chamber of Secrets Incident".

Because of the omission of memory, the plan that he thought was perfect had prerequisites.

He originally planned to do it after Filch's cat was petrified on Halloween and the message of "Slytherin Heir" appeared.

At this point in time, Scott had no good way to deal with it without wanting to jump out too much.

Now, everything about the "Chamber of Secrets" has not yet been revealed, but Potter heard some "strange noises". Scott couldn't jump out and do something under such circumstances, or tell others without any basis that there was a basilisk lurking in the castle.

And Scott was reluctant to give up his original plan.

Then there was only one choice.

He had to wait for the right time while ensuring his own safety.

If the next "plot" did not change, he would solve this annoying trouble in one fell swoop after Halloween.

After thinking it through, Scott successfully came to the library and let the raven stay on the windowsill near the library.

But when he found the new issue of the basic academic magazine and was ready to read it, Jacob suddenly found him.

Scott glanced at the librarian, Madam Pince, and whispered, "It seems that you have completed my commission?"

"Yes." Jacob also lowered his voice, "I have found out how that nickname you hate came about."

Scott smiled slightly, "Very good, you are very efficient. Now..."

At this point, he noticed that Madam Pince was staring at them with unfriendly eyes.

The Hogwarts librarian was very sensitive to all the movements in the library.

"Go out and talk."

Scott stopped talking, stood up, put the magazine back on the bookshelf, and called Jacob to walk out of the library together.

"Go out for a walk."

Because of the existence of the basilisk, Scott didn't want to walk around in the castle now.

He took out his wand and waved it gently, and the raven that stayed on the windowsill flew up again.

"Is this your pet?"

Jacob looked curiously at the black bird flying in front of him.

"You can say that."

Scott smiled and didn't explain much.

After leaving the castle, the two came all the way to the courtyard.

Seeing that there were no other students nearby, Scott stopped and said to Jacob: "Just here, tell me the results of your investigation."

"Okay."

Jacob nodded, but then a strange smile appeared on his face.

"You will never guess, Scott." He seemed to be trying hard not to laugh, "The reason for this matter is completely different from what you think."

Looking at Jacob's expression, Scott frowned.

"What do you mean?" He suddenly felt that it might not be a good idea for him to investigate this matter, so he asked unhappily.

Jacob seemed to be more lively than before. He said in a somewhat exaggerated tone: "Oh! I can only say that everyone's understanding of language is different. The original intention of the person who gave the nickname was just to praise you, but you think it is a humiliation."

"Praise?" Scott's eyebrows were raised high, and he asked incomprehensibly, "Praise me like a dog?"

Jacob nodded affirmatively, and he explained, "To be honest, I don't think it's a big deal. The four major colleges of Hogwarts also have their own representative animals."

"..."

Scott suddenly felt that this might be a mistake.

His cognition still carried the imprint of his previous life, and he naturally thought that being called a dog was an insult.

But in the end... people didn't think so?

Of course, he could also see that Jacob didn't lie to him. And there was no need to lie to him about this fact that was very easy to expose.

He saw that Jacob wanted to say more, so he raised his hand to stop him, "Stop, don't tell me who gave you this nickname."

"...Really?" Jacob asked in an uncertain tone, "Maybe you should want to know? The nickname comes from a girl who admires you."

"I don't want to know who it is." Scott was in a complicated mood.

Jacob shrugged his shoulders, "Okay, but please rest assured, I have told her that you hate this nickname very much."

"That's good." Scott didn't want to discuss this topic anymore.

Jacob asked again: "Then what about my reward?"

Scott said helplessly: "Although it doesn't feel very cost-effective, I will not regret the deal I agreed on."