[HP] Seven Nights Talk

Dumbledore seemed completely oblivious to the others around him.He walked to the front of the hut, reached out and knocked.The door opened instantly, Hagrid ushered him in, and then closed it again.When Malfoy walked over, all he saw was a closed door.But he didn't approach, but turned half a circle around the vegetable field, walked close to the wall, and slowly approached the window.

In this case, no one would believe that Malfoy hadn't planned to eavesdrop.Harry walked over slowly.He wasn't worried about making noise, but a sudden gust of wind in the air would be eerie enough.But the Invisibility Charm was obviously much more convenient than the Invisibility Cloak at this time, and he was easily approached, just like Malfoy, stuck under the other side of the same window.He wondered what exactly Malfoy wanted to hear.

The walls of the room were so thick that the sound could only be transmitted through the raised curtains.

"...No really, I asked the centaurs... unicorns? Not to mention..." This was Hagrid's voice.

Then there was silence for a while, and Dumbledore's voice rang out.Although his voice was not loud, he spoke clearly. "That doesn't make sense. It shouldn't have happened. Severus checked, and the slough is not only real, but at least 300 years old."

"What?" Hagrid was visibly taken aback. "I thought...for decades..." The voice behind was inaudible again.

"Although I don't know when the rumors about the Chamber of Secrets started to spread, it is absolutely impossible that they started while you were studying." Dumbledore's voice sounded a little tired. "And now it's proven to be true. The chamber of secrets was really opened, and the thing inside turned out to be a basilisk. And now we can only confirm this, and there are no other useful clues at all..."

That's right, that's exactly what Voldemort wanted, Harry thought.Seeing Malfoy on the opposite side, his originally impatient expression slowly turned into panic.He covered his mouth, his body tended to go limp and slumped, obviously frightened by what he heard.

Hagrid's voice sounded startled. "I always thought...Slytherin...just for bluffing people...then I...deeper in the Forbidden Forest..."

"Perhaps not," said Dumbledore. "The centaurs are always very sensitive. When they say no, they basically don't. Can you get a prophecy from them, Hagrid? I guess they should. "

"No, you know that too...they've always...kept secrets...but...it's okay..." Hagrid added something.

"All right?" Dumbledore repeated.The voice sounded calm, but Harry could almost imagine the piercing blue eyes beneath those half-moon glasses.It was unlikely that Dumbledore believed that, and the voice inside confirmed it. "Maybe I need to visit them myself."

Hagrid seemed to want to stop him. "Recently...restless...unsafe..."

After that, Harry didn't listen very carefully, because he thought he probably understood it already.Dumbledore was sure that there was a secret room somewhere in the castle, and it was probably a thousand-year-old basilisk that had slipped out.In other words, someone opened the secret room under his nose, and he spent a lot of thought, but still didn't find any clues.

Harry felt that according to this progress, Dumbledore would definitely call a few more reliable people to inspect the castle during the summer vacation.Slytherin's thousand-year-old chamber of secrets, a genuine basilisk, someone who can open the chamber of secrets without a sound...no matter what, it's not reassuring.But only the Parseltongue can open the secret room, the basilisk has gone far away, and the one who opened the secret room is not even a person...

"You must think such a game is very interesting, don't you?" Harry said angrily.Of course, no one else could hear it except him and Voldemort.

"So-so," Voldemort replied, "thank you for your caution. We managed to avoid suspicion by not revealing your Parseltongue."

He was just trying to avoid his own trouble!Harry rolled his eyes at the sky.Who knew that Voldemort would be counted into it at this moment?But think about it again, although the secret room incident was finally resolved last time, if it does not cause widespread panic, this time is still better than last time.He can't say anything about it, or the whole thing will fail, so now he can only say such things to himself.

"Oh, here comes the show," said Voldemort suddenly. "Stand still and don't make a sound, Harry."

"...What?" Harry was a little taken aback.He thought that the other party just wanted to know that Dumbledore was helpless against his little trick, and now that he had heard it, what else was there to watch?But within two seconds, he realized what was the reason—the black-faced Snape suddenly appeared in front of him, and reached out to grab Malfoy's collar: "What are you doing here, De Raco?"

Malfoy was obviously too frightened to stand still, and he fell back when he mentioned this, but was fortunately supported by Snape. "...basilisk!" was all he could say.

Snape's frown deepened. "How do you know?" He obviously didn't see the invisible Harry, his eyes were only on Malfoy's face.

The noise outside was so loud that the people inside heard it.Harry heard the draw of the curtains - he flinched indistinctly - and heard Dumbledore say, "Oh, Severus, are you here? Is Draco there too? Come in Let's talk." The voice sounded very normal, without any shock.

Harry saw Snape frowning slightly, and Malfoy shaking his head frantically.But Snape finally turned and walked towards the door without letting go of Malfoy.

"...Why even Professor Snape..." Harry breathed a sigh of relief.If Voldemort hadn't reminded him just now, he would have screamed when he saw Snape's face, and it would have been worse if he moved.Fortunately, nothing happened.Then he digested Dumbledore's words and understood a little more.Apparently Dumbledore and Snape made an appointment, for example, to teach Hagrid how to find a hidden basilisk.Dumbledore probably already knew about Malfoy's crappy stalking, otherwise it wouldn't be that tone of voice.

In other words, Dumbledore deliberately wanted to tell Malfoy about the basilisk?

Harry was taken aback by his own guesses.But Voldemort immediately affirmed his thoughts: "Isn't that obvious? The Chamber of Secrets that Gryffindor can't find, maybe Slytherin will find something?"

"Through Draco Malfoy to Mr. Malfoy?" Harry said quickly.The more he thought about it, the more likely it was, because it was impossible for Draco to know any special news, and he was probably here for the missing diary.

As if to test his thoughts, the voice inside came out. "...I really didn't know what a basilisk was before! Isn't the Chamber of Secrets a legend?" Malfoy's voice seemed to be screaming.

"Then what news does Lucius want you to inquire about?" Dumbledore asked, his voice still calm.

Malfoy seemed to shiver, because Harry felt his voice shake. "...No, it's not a basilisk!"

Then Snape's voice came up. "You'd better tell the truth, Draco. As much as I'd love to be on your side, you'd better explain what you just did."

There was a long silence.All Harry could hear was Hagrid's heavy breathing, and he was clearly not happy about being overheard.

"...I was just looking for something!" Malfoy finally compromised, "I was looking for my diary, and it's gone."

"Your diary?" Dumbledore's voice rose slightly, as if he had thought of something. "Tell me, what does it look like?"

Harry's heart was lifted, and he knew that the Malfoy family was looking for the notebook that disappeared for no reason.He straightened up quietly and leaned against the corner of the window.Through the gap in the curtains, he could now see what was going on inside.With Dumbledore's back turned to him, he could still see half of Hagrid's arm, while Snape's black robe was facing the front.And Malfoy was sitting in a chair, crying all over his face. "It's just a diary. It's dark and hard-covered. It looks old..."

Neither Snape nor Hagrid responded.But Dumbledore obviously thought about it, because he leaned forward slightly: "Older? Do you like the style, Draco?"

Malfoy couldn't answer the question, and Harry saw him keep glancing towards the door, but Snape blocked it.

Dumbledore stared at him for a few seconds. "Okay, I see. Severus, you take him back. Let's talk about today's matter in the evening, in my office."

Snape nodded, then took Malfoy by the arm and led him out.After the sound of the door sounded and disappeared, Hagrid asked in a rough voice: "Is it okay that the students heard all about what happened just now?"

"Secrets are always known by a few people," Dumbledore replied, and Hagrid bowed his head.Harry thought he'd been spotted before realizing that what Dumbledore said was exactly what Hagrid had told them.

"It's time to go," Voldemort reminded him. "Any later you'll be locked out."

Harry half wanted to keep listening, but he knew Voldemort was telling the truth.He backed away cautiously, walked around the back of the house to a distance, and then rushed up the hillside. "Professor Dumbledore seems to think of my diary?"

"There is no doubt about it," said Voldemort, "but you don't have a diary now, and your ring turned into a beetle and flew away, or in Dumbledore's office, didn't you?"

Harry paused. "Is this all what you planned?"

"No." Voldemort denied. "But it cannot be denied that the performance of the Malfoy family is better than I imagined."

Harry thought there was a gnashing of teeth in his words.But just as he reached the castle gate, he saw Malfoy break free from Snape's hand and run away.Snape's face was full of anger, but there was nothing he could do.