A Hogwarts dissertation guide

Professor Binns has been the History of Magic professor since the beginning of the school. He can be said to be a living fossil who has witnessed Hogwarts for thousands of years. Hermione thinks he must know something.

"That's right." Hermione took a deep breath, "I wonder if you can tell us what the Chamber of Secrets is about?"

Professor Binns blinked. "My course is History of Magic, Miss Granger," he said in his dry, breathless voice. "I study facts, Miss Granger, not myths and legends. ——But since you want to know," he cleared his throat, made a soft sound like breaking chalk, and continued: "I can talk to you."

All the students were very surprised. They thought Professor Binns would ignore Hermione at all.

They firmly believed that no student, living or dead, had interrupted Professor Binns like this.

"Let me think about it," Professor Binns said slowly, "Yeah, let me think about it," he lowered his head, "I must first explain that what you said is a very sensational, even ridiculous. story......"

Now, the whole class was listening intently to every word Professor Binns said. Even the drooling Ron who was sleeping on the table raised his head.

Binsui Aoshou looked at the students with drowsy eyes, and every face turned towards him. This made Professor Binns feel embarrassed. This was the first time he had seen such a scene since he became a ghost.

"You all must know that Hogwarts was founded more than 1000 years ago..."

Professor Binns's voice was still so dry, but the students listened extremely carefully.

He starts from the founding of Hogwarts, until the differences between the four founders, Slytherin leaving the castle, and the legend of the Chamber of Secrets...

The story ended quickly, and there was silence, but not the sleepy silence that usually characterized Professor Binns' classes.Everyone continued to stare at him, hoping that he would continue speaking. The atmosphere was unsettling, and Professor Binns looked slightly annoyed.

"Of course, the whole thing is nonsense," he said. "Of course the school has investigated whether there is such a secret room. It has been investigated many times and the most learned witches and wizards were invited. The secret room does not exist. .This is just a story designed to scare simple-minded people.”

"Miss Granger, you should focus on more valuable things instead of these mythical legends."

But Hermione just raised her hand again, "Sir, what did you mean by the 'scary things' in the Chamber of Secrets?"

"It was believed to be some kind of monster that only the heir of Slytherin could control," Professor Binns said in his dry, thin voice.

The classmates exchanged nervous glances.

The bell rang soon, and the students packed up their textbooks and left the classroom. Uncharacteristically, Professor Binns did not leave the classroom through the wall.

He stayed in the classroom.

And Hermione noticed this.

"Ron, you go to the next classroom first."

"why--"

"No reason, remember to stand in the front row for me." Hermione said quickly, while observing Professor Binns with her peripheral vision.

"Okay." Ron muttered, picked up Hermione's schoolbag, and left the classroom.

The classroom door closed, and now only Hermione and Professor Binns were left in the room.

"Hermione, is it okay if I call you that?" Professor Binns asked softly.

"of course can."

"Then, as your professor and elder, I recommend that you never pry into the secret room." Professor Binns said uncharacteristically, firmly while staring at Hermione firmly.

Hermione bit her lip lightly and asked, "Do you know something?"

"You are Mr. Lumpo's disciple, so you can also be regarded as my junior," Professor Binns said slowly. "The best advice I can give you is not to explore the existence of the secret room. The castle has a principal, and ethics Nothing will happen to you, Mr. Poe."

"But I want to know why." Hermione said firmly. "We have the right to know that the Chamber of Secrets has threatened our safety."

"Not exploring it is the greatest safety." Professor Binns said softly, "I will not tell Mr. Lumpo today, but if I hear from other professors or ghosts that you have any unusual behavior, I will Tell Mr. Rumple the truth."

"Are you also a friend of the teacher?" Hermione stared at Professor Binns. She vaguely felt that she had underestimated her teacher again.

"That should be a matter of my body," Professor Binns sighed, and glanced at Hermione, "However, I will not reveal a word before getting permission from Mr. Rumple."

"Okay, secrets, secrets again." Hermione gritted her teeth and said, "Why does the teacher have so many secrets?"

"You have chosen a very good teacher, Hermione." Professor Binns said softly, and then ignored Hermione's reaction, got into the wall and left the classroom.

"I hate secrets!" Hermione cursed under her breath.

She had to rush to her next class.

The principal's office on the eighth floor.

"Edward, do you know about the Chamber of Secrets?" Dumbledore asked, holding a cup of hot tea in both hands.

Edward raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard something."

"I knew I couldn't hide this from you." Dumbledore smiled, but quickly disappeared. "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again. This is by no means a good sign."

"Opened again? Has it been opened before?" Edward asked doubtfully.

"That's right," Dumbledore nodded seriously, "just 50 years ago."

"Who is it? You didn't catch him?"

"Hagrid, Rubeus Hagrid." Dumbledore said solemnly, "It's incredible, isn't it?"

"It's indeed hard to believe." Edward nodded, "But Hagrid...why can he open the Chamber of Secrets? Because of his giant blood?"

"Obviously not. Hagrid was wrongly accused." Dumbledore sighed and said, "That was 50 years ago. I was not the principal at that time. I was just the Transfiguration professor, Armando Dupay. Especially the principal.”

A snoring white-bearded wizard in the picture frame on the wall blinked, and then snored again. He was obviously pretending to sleep and had been secretly paying attention to the conversation between Dumbledore and Edward.

Not just him, but other portraits are similar.

"Is this an obvious mistake?" Edward asked in a bad tone.

"Yes," said Dumbledore, "but the Ministry thinks so, and they have proof."

"Evidence? It's impossible for Hagrid to open the secret room. What evidence do they have?" Edward raised his voice, "I don't believe you didn't testify for Hagrid."

"I tried hard, but there was nothing I could do. They found a nest of Acromantulas in Hagrid's dormitory, and someone reported that Hagrid opened the secret room and released the Acromantulas."