The Last Goodbye

Staring at his guardian in bewilderment, it was bad enough that he had been dragged into the girls' bathroom, and now he cast such a strong protective spell on the door, what the hell was he trying to do?

Riddle felt that he couldn't understand the adult world.

After casting the spell, Harry walked to the sink not far away. Riddle reluctantly followed.In front of them is an ordinary sink.His guardian suddenly turned his head, "Are you ready?"

"What are you ready for, Professor? Can I say that the date you've chosen is too romantic?"

"Of course." Harry smiled slyly, as if he didn't understand the sarcasm. Riddle looked at him incredulously, but Harry just turned his head back, looking at the sink again.He thought for a moment, then slowly said...

【Open. 】

His pronunciation is not standard, but it is indeed Parseltongue! Riddle's eyes changed from unbelievable to shocked, and he suddenly remembered what Nagini said not long ago - it's over - the boy beat himself hard in his heart, I've said a lot to Nagini in front of him...!But he couldn't think any further.

The faucet was emitting a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly.Then the whole sink moved.The pool slowly disappeared from their view, revealing a hose thick enough for a grown man to slip through.The inside of the pipe is pitch black, and the end can't be seen at a glance. The occasional sound of water comes from the darkness, like an entrance to another world.

There was no expression on Riddle's face, but his eyes gave him away. "It's still too late to leave. I don't guarantee what will happen when we get down there." Harry looked at his ward happily, the excited and struggling eyes of the other party were so funny. "What's down there?" The boy's curiosity had already been hooked.He decided to ignore the fact that the other party can speak snake language.Together they gazed into the boundless darkness. Harry lowered his voice mysteriously, "The most precious treasure of Salazar Slytherin is buried here."

The pipes are filthy, dark, and seemingly endless. When Riddle slid down, he felt that the surface was getting farther and farther away from him, and the mystery and danger from the unknown realm made him extremely excited.The tunnel twists, spins, slides down steeply, and finally sticks out flat.He knew he was almost at the end, so he adjusted his sliding posture and jumped down from the end of the pipe.With a thud, Riddle's feet hit the wet ground.It was pitch black all around, but the air was not as heavy and sticky as imagined, instead there was a hint of salty and damp wind.The tunnel is wide enough for one adult to stand upright, or two adults to walk side by side.He drew out his wand, "Lumos!"

The spell echoed in the darkness, and the wand's light could only illuminate a short distance ahead.Surrounded by walls of sticky black stone. Riddle frowned in displeasure, if he had known, he would have learned a few more cleansing spells from Abraxas.There was the sound of another person slipping down the pipe, and after a while the young man also jumped down nimbly. Harry stood firm, and waved the dirt off the two of them. "This way." He walked in one direction, his sense of direction was as good as that of a nocturnal animal. Riddle stepped up to keep up.

The underground pipe is as quiet as a tomb, the only unexpected sound is the creaking sound when the young man accidentally stepped on a mouse bone. Harry would take the trouble to clean it up every time he came across it.This made Riddle feel a little funny, could it be that the other party raised a big cat here?They turned one corner after another.The wand's light cast the figures of the two on the wet wall, swaying like ghostly shadows.There was bottomless darkness all around, but Riddle felt reassured by his side, and he even felt a little bored.Then the road ahead stopped and they came to the end of the tunnel.A solid wall stood in front of the two of them, with two intertwined snakes engraved on the wall, and the eyes of the snakes were huge shining emeralds. Harry was about to speak when Riddle stopped him.

[Your Parseltongue sucks, Harry. 】The young man hissed, 【You have to practice hard.Listen.Open. 】

The wall cracked in the middle, and the two snakes also separated.The two and a half walls slid away in a balanced manner, and finally disappeared without a trace.Here is a huge stone room, dimly lit, surrounded by towering stone pillars wrapped in stone pythons.Their twisting bodies stretched upwards until they merged into the darkness of the ceiling.Emeralds were inlaid on each stone snake, and the faint light from the gems reflected the dark green in the whole stone chamber.It was so quiet here that Riddle could hear his own heartbeat.

"Welcome to the Chamber of Secrets in Salazar Slytherin."

Beside him the young wizard smiled, his green eyes in the dark like the jewels of the stone serpent.

As the two entered, the snake door slowly closed.They walked between the pillars carved with giant pythons, and every step they took created layers of echoes in the hollow stone chamber.When they came to the last pair of pillars, a sculpture with the same height as the stone chamber jumped into their sight.The sculpture rose against the wall behind it, and Riddle had to look up to see the huge face above it - it was a man.His long, sparse beard hung down to the bottom of his floor-length stone robe, a stone necklace was carved around his neck, and a serpentine letter was embedded in rows of emeralds on the locket.

[Salazar Slytherin. 】The little demon king couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth.

"It's spectacular, isn't it?" Harry also raised his head to look up at the stone sculpture, "I was also surprised when I saw it for the first time."

"During your school days?"

"It's about the same age as you are now."

"So you are indeed a student at Hogwarts?" Shrewd black eyes looked over, "You are a Slytherin."

"No, I'm a Gryffindor." The young man's tone was extremely proud, "I don't know why people always think I'm a Slytherin."

"Does anyone else at school know about this secret room?"

Harry shook his head.

"You didn't tell anyone?"

"except you."

And you still don't understand why people always think you're a Slytherin?

The boy raised his eyebrows happily. [Green matches you very well. 】Riddle suddenly hissed, and then jokingly added, 【However, our college is indeed not suitable for students with rough lines. 】Harry rolled his eyes, not as knowledgeable as he was.Sure enough, he understood - Riddle was overjoyed.

"So where is the treasure in Slytherin?"

"Don't worry. We'll meet a basilisk when we go in later. Don't wake it up."

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The look in the black eyes became very complicated.

"You have a basilisk." In fact, he now felt that Harry Potter would not be surprised if he had a dragon.

"I didn't raise it." The young man was extremely innocent, "It was just ordered to guard Slytherin's treasure." However, the black eyes on the other side still stared at him suspiciously.

Tom Riddle has always claimed to be good at knowing people, but at this moment he has to admit that his guardian is better - how innocent and harmless those green eyes look, who would have thought that their owner is so mysterious and dangerous. "Anyway, don't wake Herpo up." Harry reminded again.

Riddle nodded obediently, but rolled his eyes silently in his heart.He actually stopped me from raising Nagini?He raised such a big snake himself!And using Slytherin as an excuse.He glanced sympathetically at the founder's stone sculpture.At this moment Harry suddenly put his arms around his waist, Riddle was taken aback for a moment.

"what are you doing?"

"Hold me tight."

The free hand of the young man raised upwards, and both of their feet left the ground.They were held up by an invisible hand.It felt fantastic, and Riddle laughed. "You're really brave." Harry admired.After a while they were far away from the ground.The lower part was gradually shrouded in darkness, surrounded by dark green gem light.The two were suspended in the secret realm, approaching Slytherin's huge face.

They stopped when they were level with the locket.In front of it are serpentine letters inlaid with diamonds.As he got closer, Riddle realized that the locket was actually a secret door. 【Open. 】 He subconsciously said.The door slowly opened, and a dark green light came out.They float in.Here is a long and narrow corridor, which becomes brighter as you go in, and finally leads into an oval room.The wall and floor tiles are made of obsidian, and the ceiling is a huge half arc inlaid with emeralds.Unlike the gemstones elsewhere, the gemstones in the dome seem to be textured...

Riddle took a closer look, only to realize that it was not a texture at all, but a pattern on the body of a giant python on the other side of the translucent gem dome.The basilisk was bigger than he had imagined, and its thick body covered the entire ceiling.The snake's head is curled in the center, and the eyes are safely closed.

Harry walked ahead calmly, waved his hand and cast a soundproofing charm.The surrounding walls are covered with large and small portraits, and a book is placed on the black stone platform in the middle.That