Ashes of Hogwarts

In the days that followed Ash began to pay attention to Lockhart.

Few wizards are immune to Veritaserum unless they are of a different bloodline.

But Lockhart certainly wasn't. His life was well documented, although much of what happened after he graduated was made up.

In order to ensure the authenticity of the Veritaserum, Ash even added a few drops to Draco's dinner. As a result, he kept chatting with Harry for more than half an hour.

Almost all the little wizards in the academy are Ash's spies, especially George and Fred.

When they heard that Ash was going to investigate Lockhart, the two of them were so excited that they hurriedly followed Lockhart without even paying for it.

Unfortunately, even after more than a week, Lockhart still had no problems.

Professor Lockhart took over the Defense Against the Dark Arts class for first and second year wizards, in his words.

"How could I let such a beautiful lady work in such a hard job?"

In fact, Lockhart, a first-year freshman, was at a level that even Harry and the others, who had just entered second-year, could not fool.

If he was a senior, he might have been hung up and beaten by students taught under Ash's "do it if you don't accept it" educational policy.

In the second grade class, the little wizards rarely saw things that they could not see in previous classes.

Cornish elf.

In the original novel, Hermione petrified everything in one go.

Not very lethal, but extremely insulting.

After Lockhart fled, the little wizards in the classroom put on their armors and took away the elves one by one and used them as toys.

At the weekend, Ash walked out of the library with brisk steps.

Lockhart's affairs are not settled, and he has recently begun to study the basilisk again.

Among the currently known native magical creatures, the basilisk is considered the most dangerous.

This kind of instant death curse that stares someone to death is not very common even in the soul world. After all, it requires casting time at all.

What's even scarier is that even ghosts can be hit.

Ash hadn't thought of a good way to deal with it yet.

It would be too wasteful to kill it directly. To be honest, Ash still covets its eyes.

"godfather."

Outside the library, Hermione called Ash, followed by Harry and Ron.

"It's Hermione," he stopped. "It looks like you are going to the library. Did you encounter any questions that you don't understand?"

"We want to find out if there are some people with special talents who can hear sounds that others cannot."

Hermione wouldn't hide anything from Ash.In fact, if they didn't find what they were looking for in the library, they would seek help from Professors Lothric and Snape.

Ash was shocked when he heard it. The world of Bloodborne has really arrived?

Fortunately, he did not delve into this unreliable idea.

"I think you can tell me carefully what you heard, or who heard it."

Hermione looked at Harry. It was obvious that the child was the one with the problem.

"It's me, Professor." Harry said a little sluggishly.

It was only one week into the new school year, and he had already experienced countless hardships.

Being plotted by Dobby, being forced into social death by Lockhart, and the heavy Quidditch training - especially this, in order to keep the Quidditch trophy, Wood trained everyone like crazy this year.

But everyone went to play fencing.

The worst thing was that last night, when he was writing a reply to Lockhart's fans full of resentment, he heard intermittent sounds in the office.

"Kill you...tear...death..."

At the time, he even thought he had said these words out of extreme resentment.

As Harry spoke, Ash gradually frowned.

Harry's Parseltongue was brought with Voldemort's soul fragment, and it is normal for him to be able to hear the words of snakes.

But here is the problem.

Who released the basilisk?

Dumbledore would never hand over such a dangerous diary to others, so little Tom naturally had no way to trick others into opening the secret room.

As for bewitching Dumbledore?Stop it.

It's better to call Grindelwald.

"If I guess correctly, you have awakened a certain ability to talk to animals, and the sounds you hear come from that animal." Although there are questions in my heart, I still have to give the answer. , Ash answered the doubts for the three of them.

"The ability to understand the speech of certain animals can be achieved through acquired learning, but if you want to have a conversation, you can only rely on the talent passed down in the blood."

Harry lowered his head and began to think wildly.

Finally, he thought of an answer.

"Probably a snake."

"snake!"

Ron screamed in horror.

"That's right, before I entered school..."

Harry excitedly told the story of how he once communicated with a python at the zoo.

This time, Ron was completely quiet.

"Harry, did you know that only descendants of Salazar Slytherin can talk to snakes? This is called Parseltongue. So the symbol of Slytherin is a snake." Hermione searched her mind. Encyclopedia, popular science about Harry.

Harry was confused.

"Don't worry Harry, it's normal for pure-blood wizard families to marry each other directly, and Voldemort can also speak Parseltongue." Ash patted Harry on the shoulder, "Besides, you are all descendants of the Peverell family. It's normal for something like this to happen. According to your seniority, you have to call Voldemort uncle."

Leaving Harry stunned by reality, Ash walked away.

The awakening of Parselmouth doesn't mean much, but the Basilisk is indeed a troublesome thing.

The appearance of the basilisk has gone awry, and Ash cannot guarantee that the people in Hogwarts will be lucky enough not to be harmed by life as in the original work.

As for who released the basilisk, this is secondary.

I went to Dumbledore and asked for the diary. The old principal was also a little surprised when he learned about the presence of the basilisk.

"If you need Fox's help, take him with you."

Although he had confidence in Ash, he still had to be careful in case the basilisk's eyes had an effect on Ash.

"Just keep Fox to yourself, and I'll leave the Fireproof Girl to you too."

The person who released the basilisk is still lurking in Hogwarts. In order to prevent the little wizards from being hurt by the bastard, Ash suggested that Dumbledore gather everyone in the school to the auditorium tonight.

Among the four deans, Dumbledore and the fire girl, no one can afford to make trouble.

In the auditorium, the four masters stood in the four corners. Filch was holding a hardcover version of "Soul and Faith" and was reading it with gusto.

The little wizards who didn't know what was going on were whispering excitedly to each other.

"Hey, Granger, do you know why the headmaster gathered everyone together?" Draco didn't get an answer from Snape, so he chose to ask Hermione, who had stronger information channels.

But what could Hermione know? She couldn't even contact her godfather.

If her godmother hadn't been sitting calmly on the professor's chair, she would have really suspected that something had happened to her godfather.

At this time, Principal Albus Dumbledore, a respected figure in the wizarding world, was quietly opening the door to the girls' bathroom on the third floor with Mr. Ash Lothrick, a rookie in the wizarding world and a potential recipient of the Order of Merlin's Second Order.