Hogwarts lazy snake

In the Room of Requirement, there is a mysterious room filled with crucibles. The flames under the crucibles are jumping happily, casting flickering light and shadows all around.

Hermione sat next to a small cauldron and carefully threw the two-eared grass into the pot. Her focused expression seemed as if she was performing a sacred ritual.

As she operated, she kept muttering, "Harry, are you sure you didn't tell Horn and the others?"

"No, I can't tell you..." Harry watched Hermione brewing the potion, his eyes revealing a hint of hesitation and entanglement.

"Harry, do you think what Dobby said is possible? Look, Draco and Hermione were petrified together this time." Ron frowned, looking at Harry who seemed a little impulsive, and tried to persuade him.

Harry frowned and said, "I think it's possible that Draco did it. Like Horn said, this may be a self-torture tactic to make us believe that he had nothing to do with it. Besides, maybe he accidentally hurt himself, after all, the boys' and girls' bathrooms are so close to each other."

Hermione threw another handful of liquid bugs into the boiling cauldron, then turned to look at Harry and said seriously, "I think Draco may really not know. Didn't we ask him last time?"

He stirred the potion again and said, "Besides, I don't think Dobby's words can be trusted. Why don't we try that annoying Carlo? Maybe we can get some clues."

Ron nodded in agreement with Hermione and added, "Yeah, I think Draco has really changed a bit. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do something like this."

Harry was silent for a while, then slowly said, "But Dobby told us that the Chamber of Secrets was opened when Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy, was in school. Maybe it was Lucius who opened it? After all, Dobby is the house-elf of the Malfoy family."

At this point, Harry turned his head and looked at Hermione, "Hermione, you were there when Dobby said these words in the infirmary."

Hermione was speechless for a moment. She did hear what Dobby said.

Looking at the potion being brewed in front of her, Hermione secretly thought that she should tell Horn secretly, hoping that he could stop Harry from doing anything stupid.

Thinking of this, she tried to persuade Harry again: "No, Harry, go and test Carlo first. Don't forget, Draco saved you on the court."

Harry fell into deep thought after hearing this, his mind full of contradictions: "Could it really not be Draco? But Dobby is so sure, who should I believe?"

He subconsciously touched the arm guard on his arm and looked at Ron and Hermione. "I don't know who to trust now. Horn and Draco, they are all Slytherin students."

Seeing that Harry was a little shaken, Ron suddenly became happy: "Yes, then let's investigate Carlo. Carlo was so suspicious when Colin was petrified, he must know something."

But in his heart he was secretly wondering whether he should tell Horn about Harry's plan and what Dobby said.

Hermione put another potion ingredient into the cauldron and stood up: "Okay, let's go, this Polyjuice Potion will take a long time to boil.

Let's go out first. Isn't tomorrow the day when the duel club opens? Let's go back to sleep. Horn taught me the formula of this potion."

Harry felt uncomfortable after hearing Hermione's last words. He knew that his behavior might be inappropriate, but he still wanted to check it out himself first.

He always felt that Horn seemed to know something but was unwilling to say it.

Ron stretched and yawned and said, "Harry, I think you still can't trust Dobby too much. Also, haven't Headmaster Dumbledore and the others figured out what's going on with that crazy Bludger?"

At this moment, Harry heard Hermione and Ron defending Horn so much, and suddenly a nameless anger surged in his heart, as if a voice kept echoing in his ears: "They don't believe you, they only believe Horn."

Harry couldn't help blurting out: "I think this Bludger might be Snape..."

Before he could finish, Hermione and Ron interrupted him: "Harry! Didn't Horn say that? Professor Snape..."

Harry looked at the two people in front of him and suddenly felt that they were so strange. Hermione knew Horn first, so it was fine for her to defend him, but Ron was his good friend, so why didn't he trust him?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He said loudly, "Why can't I say it? Just because Horn said so? Horn! Horn! Could Horn be wrong? Maybe it was Snape! After all, there is no one else besides the professor!"

"Who else could control the Bludger so well? And, besides Snape's bad attitude towards me, who else could it be? Could it be Professor Lockhart? Or Professor McGonagall?"

After saying that, Harry slammed the door angrily without caring about Hermione and Ron's reactions, leaving Hermione and Ron in shock.

The two looked at each other. Ron looked at Hermione and said worriedly, "Could it be that Harry has been affected by the monster in the Chamber of Secrets? Hermione, are you feeling anything unusual?"

Hermione also felt that Harry was a little strange these days. She shook her head and said, "I'm fine. And Harry was not petrified or attacked by the monster. And it's strange why the monster attacked Draco. After all, Draco is a pure blood."

Ron suddenly thought of this, looked at Hermione blankly, and muttered to himself, "Yes, Draco is a pure-blood. Maybe he seems to have listened to what Horn said. He is truly excellent. Could it really be Carlo?"

Then Hermione also yawned. Seeing this, Ron walked towards the dormitory with Hermione.

Recently, due to these series of incidents, the professors' patrols at night have become more frequent, and they have to hurry back before curfew.

At the same time, Horn pretended to make a bold inference based on the scene when the people who were petrified by the attack were attacked by monsters. After careful consideration, he made a bold inference: Slytherin's monster might attack people by looking into their eyes.

The reason why Draco, Hermione, Colin and others did not have any major problems was probably because they did not look directly at the monster at the time, but saw the monster through mirrors, cameras or reflections on the water, so they did not encounter more serious danger.

Once this rumor spread, regardless of whether it was true or not, the young wizards at Hogwarts all took action.

Some bought glasses to wear, some carried mirrors with them at all times, and some prepared all kinds of strange reflective objects. The whole campus was filled with a tense and somewhat funny atmosphere.

Time passed quietly in the midst of all this trouble. Since the quarrel that night, Harry rarely went to their secret base.

Hermione and Ron were both very worried about him, and each told Horn that Harry was acting strangely.

Horn also felt very strange after listening to their story. He comforted the two and asked them to continue to cooperate with Harry. He would keep an eye on Harry's situation. However, Horn did not intend to directly interfere with Harry's affairs for the time being.

Moreover, although no clues were found at the scene of the Bludger incident, the voices of Lockhart and Ginny heard in the bathroom that night made Horne full of suspicion.

He couldn't understand why Lockhart was involved with Voldemort? Why were there more and more strange things happening recently?

Horn felt like his head was about to explode. In frustration, he decided to teach Neville in his own loving way, hoping to temporarily get rid of these troubles in the process of helping Neville.