[Comprehensive] Digging Secrets in the Academy of Magic

If you walk too much at night, you will always meet ghosts, and if you travel too much at night, you will run into Dumbledore sooner or later...

Al and George followed Dumbledore with drooping heads to his office.

Dumbledore gave them a plate of candy, and the two of them didn't need to be more honest and self-conscious when they were caught in a night tour. They each chose their favorite candy and chewed it.

While chewing, he secretly rejoiced that the secret passage hadn't been opened just now, or he would have been discovered.

"You won't put us in detention, will you, Headmaster?" George asked, giving Dumbledore a flattering smile.

"Of course not, it's just some minor turmoil in adolescence." Dumbledore smiled.

Al and George: "...?"

"I have some questions to ask you, Mr. Malfoy." He said he was asking Al, but Dumbledore looked at George, making it clear that he wanted George to go out first to avoid it.

George acted as if he hadn't heard, and sat in his seat motionlessly.

Dumbledore and George were in a stalemate for a few seconds, Dumbledore gave up and stroked his beard: "I didn't want to disturb you, the petrification incident in the school is already a dereliction of duty by the students, and it depends on the children to solve the incident." ..."

Al's mouth twitched slightly.

In the world of children, they always seem to deliberately ignore the existence of adults, endure being bullied by themselves, and only want to solve problems by themselves, just like Harry and Ron in the original book when they faced Ginny in the second grade and were arrested. After the crisis of entering the secret room, the first thing that comes to mind is to find an opportunity to go to the secret room.

Although they still brought in a Lockhart, but Lockhart... is not as good as a first-year.

However, Harry and Ron made such a choice because their words were not believed by the professors in the first year. In comparison, Al absolutely trusted Severus.

Moreover, Severus would not hold him accountable for knowing that Lucius had put the diary into Hogwarts, and he would say Lucius... a lot of words.For example, when Al and Draco went home to recuperate, Lucius was read by Severus for two weeks, and his face was almost green.

But it didn't hurt, Lucius didn't lose his position as school trustee.

While thinking wildly, Al built up his own brain defenses to prevent Dumbledore from using insanity on himself.

Al has never stopped practicing the brain defense technique, but unfortunately, no one has tested him, and Al can't bear the consequences of his secret being seen by others, so he doesn't know how far his defense level has reached. Can't stand up to masters of insanity like Severus and Dumbledore.

"Harry told me something. I'm sure you and the other Mr. Malfoy are the ones who talk to Voldemort's diary the most. Could you please tell me what you know about him—?"

George hadn't heard Al mention this yet. Al just said who was in the diary, but didn't mention what he thought of Voldemort.

"Hmm..." Al thought for a moment, then replied, "He's very handsome."

Dumbledore: "..."

George: "..."

This answer was really unexpected. Both Dumbledore and George looked a little unhappy, and Al quickly said, "It's just a joke."

"He has his own thoughts and wisdom, I don't think he is just a memory." Aldau, he knew that Dumbledore just wanted to confirm this, "He is very good at deceiving others, not only Isabel, he also achieved Draco's trust."

Dumbledore nodded, asked a few more questions, and said, "You are very wise in dealing with danger. You are too young to face Voldemort by yourself. Let the professor handle it."

"You think Voldemort will come again, don't you?" Al asked.

Dumbledore hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"One more question." Dumbledore leaned forward. "Where did you get the diary, Mr. Malfoy?"

"It's in the book I bought at Lihen Bookstore." Al put the pot on Lihen Bookstore without blinking. Lido couldn't track it down at all, even if he had doubts about Lucius, without evidence, he still couldn't shake Lucius' foundation.

Dumbledore nodded suspiciously: "Last question, another passage about Miss Isabel William hidden in Ravenclaw's diadem by Voldemort... Let's call it memory for now, we have reason to believe that the diary and diary I found and destroyed the diary, but I never found the diadem."

"Mr. Malfoy, this crown, do you know its whereabouts?"

Al recalled for a moment, and said affirmatively: "We escaped after Professor Sever——Professor Snape came, and never went to the Chamber of Secrets again, I don't know."

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"Do you think he found out about the secret passage?"

After leaving the office and walking a long way, Al asked George in a low voice.

"Probably not. If he found out, he would have asked," George replied, sounding a little displeased.

Al only thought that he was discovered because of his night tour, so he was unhappy. After all, he rarely overturned his car after so many years of night tour, so he patted George on the shoulder understandingly: "Don't worry, we will come back next time when we are invisible. I'm about to learn the illusion spell."

George nodded feebly, glanced at Al, hesitated to speak.

Al was thinking about something along the way, and when he was approaching the Slytherin cellar, Al asked hesitantly, "George, do you remember how to say 'open' in Parseltongue?"

George nodded and asked puzzledly, "Remember, you still want to go to the Chamber of Secrets?"

"I want to confirm something." Al rubbed the tip of his nose hesitantly. He always felt that it was not the right thing to keep involving George in matters related to Voldemort. In the original book, except for the outbreak of the final war, George was almost not Having been involved in this kind of thing, Al always felt that it was dangerous.

"Or you teach me that sentence—"

"If you want to enter the Chamber of Secrets by yourself, don't even think about it." George said seriously, "That's not a place for a 12-year-old kid."

After coming out of the secret room, even George himself had nightmares for several days. He didn't believe that it would have no effect on the little boy Al.

Al muttered dissatisfiedly: "I'm 13 years old, and the basilisk in the secret room is dead and there is no danger."

"Then why are you worried about me?" George raised his eyebrows.

Al opened his mouth and found that he really couldn't refute him.

Sighing, Al compromised: "I'll get the broom so we can get in and out easily."

Al sneaked through the lounge to his bedroom. It was not time to sleep, and there were many Slytherins in the lounge, all of whom looked at Al more or less curiously.Draco was in the shower when Al returned to the bedroom, which relieved Al that he no longer had to make up excuses to coax him.

Honestly, it's not good to always lie to little kids, even if it's for their own good.

Al took two brooms back to the cellar door, and this time attracted even more attention.

It's a good thing Pansy isn't here, otherwise the little girl will definitely pester him to ask questions, and maybe Draco will cut him off.

At the door, George was still waiting.To be on the safe side, he directly cast the Disillusionment Charm on the two of them, making them invisible even with the broom, and the two hurried towards the entrance of the secret room with the broom.

After entering the girls' bathroom, there was a splash of water in the quiet room, and a female voice asked, "Who's there?"

George and Al, who thought their whereabouts had been discovered, hid in a compartment.

Through the crack of the door, Al saw a pearly white soul floating out of nowhere, wearing round glasses, and some freckles could be seen on her face, she wandered suspiciously in the bathroom, asking aloud from time to time.

This is myrtle.It was the first time Al saw her, and looked at her curiously for a while, until the other party hid in a compartment, and did not know which other bathroom followed the sewer, Al and George came out.

"That's Myrtle?" asked George thoughtfully. "I've heard some rumors about her, poor girl."

Al shrugged.Myrtle was a little nervous, but not a bad person.

Finding the faucet that was not producing water, Al made a "please" gesture.

George cleared his throat, imitated the snake language, and hissed: "Open."

The little snake on the faucet twisted, but it didn't open it as fast as Draco's order from Tom's possessed, but slowly and somewhat reluctantly.

Al let out a "pop" laugh: "George, does it dislike your accent?"

George: "..."

In any case, the two little wizards entered the passage smoothly. The passage is quite spacious. Perhaps considering the size of the basilisk, it is no problem to ride a broom to enter, but it requires extremely high flying skills.The passage is winding, and from time to time there is a long section of vertical downward, and a person who is not well controlled may fall down.

Fortunately, among other things, the two batters were equal in control of the broom. The two of them went all the way down to the bottom of the tunnel smoothly. Except for a little mud on their bodies, everything else was fine.

There was no one in the tunnel below, and it still kept the appearance they left—except for the stone walls that were riddled with holes, which were probably the traces left by the battle that day.Another section of the road collapsed, and George used his magic to clear a hole through which the two little wizards could pass.

All the way to the place where Isabel was found that day, they stood at the foot of the huge statue, and they had to look up hard to see the face of the statue.

"I guess it's Salazar Slytherin," Al whispered to George, "do I have to say goodbye?"

George: "..."

"Looking for a crown here?" George asked.

"I'm not sure...the place I can enter must have already been found. This statue should be openable." Al looked up at the statue uncertainly, "Try to say something?"

George cleared his throat again, imitating the pronunciation of Parseltongue: "Open!"

After a moment, nothing happened, and Al looked around, and there was nothing that seemed accessible.

...Are you going to return without success?

Although a little reconciled, neither of them really knew Korean, so they shrugged, and when they were about to leave, there was a rumbling sound above their heads.

The two looked up, and saw that the mouth of Salazar's statue opened, and the mouth grew louder and louder with the sound, until it was big enough for a basilisk to enter and exit, leaving only one mouth in the entire face. It turns out that the eyebrows, eyes and nose are squeezed together.

Al and George: "..."

Who built this statue for Salazar?How much hatred do you have with him?

Anyway, it’s all here, and the statue is opened, so you still have to go in and have a look.Al and George climbed onto their respective brooms, exchanged glances, and took off simultaneously, toward the opening in the statue's face.