Hogwarts in the shadows

Draco talked for a full twenty minutes, his eyebrows raised and spit flying.

Hefeth summarized it briefly.

In fact, Lockhart asked them to practice in pairs.

Professor Snape put Draco and Harry in a group.

Draco originally wanted to scare Harry, so he used the spell "Shock Wave" that he learned during the summer vacation.

But after Lockhart's mysterious actions, the little snake was angered and it was ready to attack Passerby A.

In desperation, Harry used Parseltongue to control the little snake.

So the fact that Harry could speak Parseltongue was exposed in public.

Although the so-called heir did not cause any more trouble except petrifying a cat.

However, for young wizards who lack entertainment activities, it is still a hot topic.

In particular, the term Slytherin Chamber of Secrets remained high on the topic list.

Now many young wizards are talking about the fact that Harry is the heir.

After all, many children from wizarding families know that Parseltongue is Salazar Slytherin's signature skill.

"That's what you want to say!" Hephes had already started taking off his clothes.

"Hephis, that's Parseltongue! Parseltongue!"

Draco seemed to feel that Hephis did not understand the seriousness of the problem, and raised his voice to emphasize.

"Okay, I understand what you mean." Hephis showed his fair upper body.

He said casually, "It's just Parseltongue. To put it bluntly, it's just a language. It's no big deal. Anyone can learn it if they want to. It's nothing magical."

"But Harry obviously doesn't seem to have learned it. Could it be that his ancestors really have Slytherin blood?" Draco seemed a little disappointed.

"If there is, then there is! The Potter family is also a pure-blood family, so there is nothing wrong with the two families marrying each other."

Hefeth took off his pants and headed for the shower.

"But, Harry he...he..." Draco stammered.

"Are you trying to say that Harry is stealing the show?" Hephis turned his head with a hint of teasing in his eyes.

"I...I didn't..." Draco's face flushed slightly.

"Isn't it easy to stand out?" Hephis interrupted Draco.

"I'll take some pictures of you riding a dragon later. I guarantee they'll be more popular than Parseltongue."

"But wouldn't that expose Novia?" Draco said worriedly.

"Is your dragon farm just for show? Do you have to ride Novia?"

Hefeth rolled his eyes and closed the shower door.

Draco watched Hephis walk into the shower room, shook his head helplessly, and then turned and left.

As for the fact that Harry could speak Parseltongue, it was naturally not so easy to get over it.

After a night of fermentation, the little wizards have now spread the story with details.

Harry obviously took the top spot on the trending search list.

The next morning, Hermione went to Hephis with an anxious look on her face.

She didn't give Hephis any chance to speak.

She couldn't wait to tell him again what Draco had said last night.

Her account also included a part that Draco didn't know about, which was the strange sound that Harry had heard twice.

After Hephis listened patiently, he told Draco what he had said before.

He repeated it to Hermione in a more delicate and gentle manner.

"Hermione, don't worry." Hephis whispered soothingly.

"Knowing Parseltongue is not a big deal. Besides, these little wizards are just bored and this matter will be over soon."

Hermione said worriedly, "What if the Chamber of Secrets is really opened again?"

Hephis patted Hermione's shoulder gently.

"If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Don't forget that we still have Headmaster Dumbledore, who is not short at all."

With Hephis's antics, Hermione was finally persuaded to leave.

Maybe it was because the class was about to start and she had to leave.

The cold winter quietly retreated, and Hogwarts welcomed the spring flowers in February.

It was Friday night, the weather was gloomy and the moonlight was hazy.

Hephis, dressed in a black robe and carrying a small suitcase, quietly cast an illusion spell and strolled to the abandoned bathroom on the second floor.

He walked straight to a slightly old sink, fixed his eyes on the side of the faucet, and saw the small snake carved on it.

"Open." A hissing sound came from Hephis' mouth.

As the sound fell, the faucet suddenly emitted a dazzling white light and began to rotate rapidly.

The pool gradually disappeared, revealing a thick water pipe.

The black robe behind Hephis fluttered up and carried him down the pipe.

The pipeline was long and winding, and he flew for five minutes before he stood on the wet ground.

Before me was a dark stone tunnel with slippery and sticky walls.

Hephis waved his wand, "Lumos!"

A ball of light flew out from the tip of the wand, illuminating the road ahead.

The black cloak carried him and flew forward ten centimeters above the ground.

Soon Hephaestus saw a huge shed snake skin, green and twenty feet long.

In line with the principle of not wasting anything, he waved his wand lightly and put the snake skin into his suitcase.

The tunnel twisted and turned, and Hephis relied on his memory to finally come to a stone wall.

Two snakes entwined with each other were carved on the stone wall, their eyes inlaid with bright emeralds.

Hephis hissed again, "Open."

The two snakes slowly separated, and the stone wall cracked in the middle, revealing a wide hole.

He approached the cave entrance and saw huge stone pillars standing around it.

There was a giant snake coiled around each stone pillar, and the ceiling was green.

Hephis walked slowly, carefully feeling the magical fluctuations emanating from the stone pillars.

The magic power attached to the stone pillar is very strong.

It was hard for him to imagine that this was a spell cast by Salazar Slytherin thousands of years ago.

If all of these were activated, even Dumbledore would have little benefit.

A huge statue caught Hephaestus's attention.

He was an old man with a haggard face and a monkey-like figure. His hair was as red as flames and his beard was sparse and long.

It was Salazar Slytherin.

Although Hephis had seen this statue in his memory, when he actually saw the real thing, he still felt that Slytherin was quite ugly.

He coughed lightly, adjusted his mentality, and spoke to the statue.

"Speak to me, Slytherin, the greatest of the Hogwarts Four."

As soon as he finished speaking, the statue's mouth slowly opened, forming a black hole, and rustling sounds came from the black hole.

A snake monster that was over twenty feet long, as thick as a train, and completely green slid out from inside.