A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 37 The Investigation of the Trio
After class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked out of the classroom, discussing the information they had just received from Professor Binns.

"I've known for a long time that Salazar Slytherin was a sick old madman," said Ron in disgust.

Hermione was still sorting out the current information: "Professor Binns mentioned the monster in the Chamber of Secrets. No one knows what it is, but Harry, we already have a direction."

She gave Harry a deep look.

Harry miraculously understood his words, glanced quickly left and right, and whispered, "You mean, my Parseltongue..."

Ron also looked at the two in horror.

"That's right!"

The three squeezed through the crowded corridor and soon came to the corridor where the attack occurred.

The scene in front of me has changed quite a bit from that night. The stagnant water was emptied, the petrified cat was no longer hung on the torch bracket, and the words "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened" were also cleaned up.

There was, however, an empty chair against the wall.

"Filch has been standing guard here," Ron whispered. "He's been very irritable recently, and he often finds various reasons to deduct points, such as talking too loudly or smiling."

"But it has nothing to do with us. We just need to check the scene to see if there are any missing clues." Hermione said.

Several people moved quickly, Harry lay on the ground, his glasses were almost stuck to the ground, and soon he found the scorched marks, and Hermione also discovered the spectacular sight of spiders queuing up to escape from the castle.

"What does that mean?" Harry asked a little puzzled.

Ron stayed away from the spider, with a look of horror on his face: "This can explain a lot of problems-for example, the spider is afraid of that monster."

Hermione combed through the clues as usual: "So, it was a snake that launched the attack. Its characteristic is that its attack can cause petrification, and it is the natural enemy of spiders. This clue is very close to the truth!"

The little witch said excitedly: "Give me a week, at most two weeks, and I will be able to find out its information. Ron, to be honest, why are you trembling all the time?"

So next, Ron told the story of holding a teddy bear when he was a child, and the twins used crappy magic to make the bear have many legs, which made her giggle.

Ron said angrily, "If you've ever had that experience, it won't be funny. Imagine you're hugging a teddy bear and calling its name, and it pops out with legs..."

"The water on the ground is gone," Harry said suddenly.

"Maybe someone cleaned the floor, like Filch, that's his job," said Ron without thinking.

"Where did the stagnant water come from?" Harry instinctively thought that this might be a clue.

"Ah! I figured it out." Hermione screamed.

"what happened?"

"It occurred to me that a possible witness, who was right next door to us, might have witnessed the whole attack."

Following her gaze, the two boys looked at the sign of the girls' bathroom, and swallowed in unison.

……

After supper they left the castle and followed the path to Hagrid's hut.

Along the way, they're still arguing about what happened during the day.

"If I ask you, we shouldn't be going to the girls' bathroom, and that myrtle, and that place...it's a nightmare! And we were discovered by Percy." Ron babbled along the way.

"But we also know that she died 50 years ago. Before she died, she saw a pair of big scary yellow eyes. What does that mean? Those are the eyes of a snake."

Hermione ignored Ron's mumbled "Not necessarily", and continued: "Your information is also very useful. We also know the name of Tom Riddle. He won the school's special contribution award 50 years ago. Perhaps This is no coincidence!"

Harry's eyes widened, "You mean, that Tom terminated the last successor to the Chamber of Secrets."

"Yes."

The three knocked on Hagrid's door, and he enthusiastically welcomed the three little wizards in.

Ron looked surprised, "Hagrid, your house has become clean."

Indeed, the three of them looked at Hagrid's hut, which was not a little bit cleaner, at least visible to the naked eye, the black floor turned into a dark brown floor.

"Oh, you said this," Hagrid said casually, "Professor Haip came to visit me last time and helped me clean up before leaving. It was very simple for him, just waved his wand."

"Professor Hap?" Hermione asked in surprise.

"Yes, Professor Haip. He was recommended by Dumbledore. He needs some advice on magical animals. I am an expert in this field, but he is not bad. He is very insightful in some remote directions, yes Yes, very insightful."

Hagrid served a plate of pretzels, a jug of pumpkin juice and three glasses.He said proudly: "Professor Haip is an excellent wizard. I didn't have much contact with him when he was in school, but—" he pointed to a book on the chair, "Look, that's what he gave me. one's gift!"

The three couldn't wait to open the book, and Hermione found that the book was somewhat similar to Muggle comic strips, most of them were photos, and there was a brief introduction at the bottom of each page.

"These are all magical animals?" Ron asked curiously, it was completely different from what he had seen as a child.

"No, this is a creature from the Muggle world." Harry said excitedly, "Look, this is a lion, this is a giraffe - it has a long neck, I've seen it in the zoo, this is a badger, and The Hufflepuff signs are somewhat similar, but they're certainly not one of a kind."

Hermione was no stranger to these animals. She had read the entire set of "Encyclopedia Britannica", which contained chapters on animals.But pictures in Muggle books don't move.

So Hermione asked, "Is this a book made by Professor Haip himself?"

Hagrid took a gulp of butterbeer and burped: "Yes, very hard, right? I think I owe him a favor..."

After a long time, the three of them remembered their reason for coming.

"The Chamber of Secrets? The heir? The monster?" Hagrid's face paled suddenly.

"Yes, we found some clues, 50 years ago..." Harry was about to introduce their findings, but was quickly interrupted by Hagrid.

"Listen, there is no chamber of secrets and no monsters, it was just an accident!" Hagrid was a little excited, waving his thick palms, and then his voice became softer, muttering: "It was really an accident, no one thought Things like that happen, no one..."

The three were then driven out of the hut.

"He's definitely hiding something!" said Ron indignantly.

"We can all see that."

The three returned to the warm common room, had to face reality, and started to catch up with homework.

After a while, Hermione suddenly closed the book, which startled the two of them.

"Who do you think the heir will be?" Hermione asked them in a low voice, and seemed to be talking to herself.

"Must be a Slytherin, Malfoy I guess," said Ron quickly.

Harry immediately accepted this point of view, "Maybe it's really him, you think, their family has been pure blood for generations, he has reason to do so, and the most important point, he has suffered a lot recently—— He was imprisoned by Professor Haipu for insulting Hermione!"

Hermione's breathing stopped suddenly.

Ron also seems to have found a theoretical basis, "Harry, you are so right, he must have done it, maybe the Malfoy family is one of the descendants of Slytherin, and their family has kept this secret for generations... right, Hermione?"

At this time, the twins came over from a distance, "I seem to hear you guys talking about Professor Haipu, did he do anything interesting?"

The twins sat on either side of Harry and Ron.

"Nothing." Ron said quickly.

Fred next to him put one arm on his shoulder and winked at the three of them, "Come on, we can exchange information. We also admire Professor Haipu."

George next to Harry smiled and said, "Yes, I admire him very much. We can't wait to take him apart and study his brain."

Fred sighed, "George, you sound like we have some ill intentions towards Professor Haipu."

"Have it?"

"of course not."

"The most we can—"

"Trying to imitate his magic puppet." The two said one after another, and finally said in unison.

Harry thought for a while, "Okay, we went to Hagrid's cabin in the evening and saw a magic book given by Professor Hape."

"What is it about?"

"Muggle animals, you know, Hagrid is fascinated by them."

"Cool!" The twins looked at each other and said Qiqi.

Ron said, "It's your turn. We agreed to exchange information."

Fred blinked, "Our little Ronnie has learned—"

"—It's not easy to cheat." George followed.

"However—who told you to be our younger brother?" Fred usually joked, and whispered: "We can provide information, you know, we are fans of Professor Haipu, if any of you want to Find out about his whereabouts, such as initiating a chance encounter or something..."

Ron said in surprise: "You follow the professor?"

"Don't say that, we just got a little help. For example, Professor Haipu has often been to the Forbidden Forest recently." Fred shrugged and said a big piece of news casually.

"Forbidden Forest?" Hermione asked in surprise.

The three looked at each other.

　Two more five thousand words
　　
　
(End of this chapter)