Head of Teaching at Hogwarts

In the Gryffindor common room.

The trio were diligently flipping through a large pile of books borrowed from the library, trying to find some clues about the secret room.

Of course "effort" mainly refers to Hermione Granger.

She also successfully found relevant historical information in "A History of Hogwarts" and confirmed the information obtained by asking Professor Binns.

Hermione's question made Professor Binns, who had lived for thousands of years, feel very uncomfortable. Maybe he didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to come to him for a lecture, so he gave a very detailed explanation.

Ron and Harry, who had come with Hermione, almost fell asleep standing up.

But they still got useful information - the Chamber of Secrets is related to Salazar Slytherin, the founder of Slytherin.

"Salazar Slytherin! Ever since he created Slytherin, we know he must be a perverted old lunatic!" Ron said with a disgusted tone, "His descendants, all the descendants of Slytherin , they are all crazy too!”

Ron's words made Harry scratch his head in embarrassment. Hermione looked at Harry deeply, then glared at Ron, who responded and closed his mouth.

Hermione pursed her lips, "Harry, if Chamber of Secrets is really about Salazar Slytherin, I think we already have some direction?"

Then she stared at Harry.

Harry quickly understood the meaning in Hermione's eyes. After looking around for no one, he whispered: "You mean, my Parseltongue might..."

Ron suddenly felt numb, "No, it can't be Harry. Harry is a Gryffindor, and the heir of Slytherin must be a Slytherin!"

"Who should it be?" Hermione asked in a low voice, as if talking to herself.

"I don't know, but I am Malfoy, and he can do any bad thing!" Ron quickly said Malfoy's name.

Harry agreed with Ron's point of view without any thought: "Yes, it's probably Malfoy. After all, Malfoy's family has always been pure blood, and he also likes to call others mudbloods!"

Ron followed Harry's words and said, "Yes, even if he is not Malfoy, he is still someone related to the Malfoy family!" He said with great certainty.

Hermione suddenly felt an ominous premonition in her heart.

She couldn't help but remember that she went to the principal's office a month ago and saw Malfoy and his father. Russell sent them out and touched Malfoy's head affectionately.

And the scene when she first saw Russell - it was in Hagrid's cabin, Malfoy's father and Minister of Magic Fudge announced Dumbledore's punishment with a removal order.

Russell suddenly appeared when Dumbledore was trying to argue with words, interrupting Dumbledore. Then the next day, the little wizards at Hogwarts received Russell's replacement as Dumbledore's principal. announcement of.

At that time, Hermione, Ron, and Harry were hiding under the invisibility cloak, so Russell probably didn't notice them.

Hermione felt as if the thoughts in her mind suddenly became clear, but she wished she had never been so smart.

Emotion told her that she shouldn't doubt Russell, but reason told her that a Slytherin, a very good Slytherin, and a Slytherin who had a deep relationship with the Malfoy family was too suspicious. .

At this time, the twins came over from the side, leaned on the table, put their arms around Ron's shoulders, and said, "Hey, I heard you guys talking about the secret room. Do you also want to find the secret room?"

"We are wondering whether Malfoy is the descendant of Slytherin. Is it possible that he goes to the Chamber of Secrets every night and studies some evil black magic!" Ron quickly mentioned his and Harry's conjectures.

Fred sat down and sighed and then said: "At least it's impossible for now. We go out for night outing these days, and Principal Russell will catch us every time. Malfoy will definitely be caught if he goes out for night outing." live."

George took a similar look and said, "We were deducted twenty points for the night out last night, and we will be placed in confinement until the end of the semester."

Next, they chatted about continuing to participate in the Wizards League Glory Competition after Christmas, but Hermione's frown deepened.

......

At night, Harry and Ron were the only two people left in the dormitory. The lights had been turned off. The two of them were lying on the bed, having a dormitory talk without saying a word, preparing to go to bed soon, and then they heard Hermione's voice.

What followed was a dazzling fluorescent spell.

"Hermione - you shouldn't be here!" said Ron, covering his eyes with his hands to block the light.

"Christmas has passed, it's time to get down to business. I may have found out who is the successor of Slytherin, a professor." Hermione said seriously.

Harry sat up, suddenly awake.

"Who? Are you sure?"

"Professor Russell!" Hermione said, moving Scabbers aside and sitting down next to Ron's four-poster bed. "I'm just speculating, but I'm also certain."

"Huh?" Ron and Harry made an awkward sound at the same time.

"Isn't it Snape?" Ron's tone revealed disbelief.Harry looked at Hermione with the same confusion and added: "Professor Russell is a good man."

Hermione quickly said: "There is no point in doubting Snape. He has been at Hogwarts for ten years. Do you remember what happened last year? We thought it was Snape, but it was actually Quirrell. He saw You seem timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but in fact there is a dark devil behind your head!"

"How can Quirrell not represent Professor Russell?" Ron was still arguing.

This gave Hermione a headache. She suddenly discovered that because of the glory of the Wizarding Alliance, these two little wizards might admire Professor Russell more than she thought.

But Hermione didn't have too many surprises because she made up her mind after a whole day of mental struggle.

The biggest motivation in her heart now is - "If Professor Russell is really the descendant of Slytherin, he must be stopped before he makes a big mistake! Even if Professor Russell makes a mistake, it must be in Mal Fu was led astray by his father’s instigation.”

Hermione quickly said the thing that aroused her biggest suspicion, "Harry, Ron, think about the scene when we first met Russell. In Hagrid's cabin, Professor Russell was with Malfoy’s father appeared together!”

Ron and Harry suddenly stopped talking. They both remembered the first meeting that they subconsciously ignored at first.

Russell is with Malfoy's father!