Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Chapter 298 Weeping Myrtle

--alright.

In the "original", the scene where Harry discovered that he was a Parseltongue should have been the night of the "Dueling Club" hosted by Lockhart.

Therefore, Harry was considered the "heir of Slytherin" and was ostracized.

However, it was precisely because Harry was a Parseltongue that Hermione deduced that the monster in the "Chamber of Secrets" was a basilisk.

However, in this world, Harry, Hermione, and I were not members of the Dueling Club, so Harry didn't realize he was a Parseltongue.

When I returned to Hogwarts from Romania, I was worried about this, but I didn't expect to be greeted by the excited Harry and Hermione. (Charlie's term ended, and after sending me back to Hogwarts, he hurried back to Romania.)

"Ronnie, listen to me! We may already know what the monster in the 'Chamber of Secrets' is!"

"That must be the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets! Salazar Slytherin is a Parseltongue, so he can control it!"

Ok? ? ?

Is the plot moving so fast???

I was just away for a while, what happened during that time?

I almost missed curfew, and Professor McGonagall personally took me to the dormitory. When I stepped into the entrance of the "Fat Lady", in the empty common room (because it was close to curfew, of course there was no one), Harry and Hermione grabbed my hand and took me to the corner of the common room.

The two of them explained excitedly in low voices, and I gradually understood what was going on:

1. They used Polyjuice Potion to sneak into the Slytherin dorm while I was in Romania. (?!)

2. Harry becomes Crabbe and Hermione becomes Goyle (really?), and they ask Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini about the Chamber of Secrets and Salazar Slytherin. Although they are a little skeptical, they still get some information.

3. Although they failed to identify the "Heir of the Chamber of Secrets", they learned that Salazar Slytherin was a Parseltongue.

4. It was then that Harry realized that being able to talk to snakes was not normal.

Well, after all this, everyone should have understood——

Harry finally realized that he was a Parseltongue.

He himself was also greatly impacted by this.

By the way, it was also Hermione who quickly connected the sound of the "Chamber of Secrets" with the snake. I have to admire Hermione's reasoning ability.

Are you someone who has lived three lifetimes?

By looking up information about snakes in the library, Harry and Hermione finally deduced that the monster in the "Chamber of Secrets" was a basilisk.

Hermione's next reasoning left me dumbfounded:

? Although the basilisk's gaze can be fatal, the victims do not die because they do not look directly into the basilisk's gaze.

? Mrs. Norris was turned to stone that night in the corridor, which was filled with water, and she may have seen the Basilisk through her reflection in the water.

? Colin did it through a camera, and Ginny did it through the glass window in the corridor.

? Justin of Hufflepuff through Sir Nicholas.

? Sir Nicholas is a ghost, so he won't die a second time.

? That night, the spiders in the corridor began to behave strangely because they sensed the presence of the basilisk.

? Harry said that the noise he heard on the other side of the wall was because the basilisk was moving through the pipes inside the wall.

Hermione's reasoning was so completely logical that I couldn't help but wonder, is she really our age?

However, Hermione's explanation reminded me of something disturbing, and I murmured under my breath:

"…Speaking of spiders, I remembered something. Do you know why Hagrid was expelled?"

"Well, it's because he kept forbidden magical creatures and harmed students, right?" Harry replied, confused.

"Yes, there is a rumor that the student is dead. Do you know when this happened?"

Hermione's quick reaction made her quickly understand what I meant.

"Fifty years ago... when the Chamber of Secrets was last opened... do you know what kind of magical creatures Hagrid kept?"

"It's an Acromantula...!" Hermione exclaimed.

I nodded in agreement. "Hagrid's magical abilities were modest, but his knowledge of magical creatures was unmatched. However, the student did get hurt, and Hagrid was expelled for that."

Hermione fell into deep thought: "Either situation is possible."

And Harry fell into a deeper question: "Was Hagrid's expulsion a misunderstanding?"

I explained that although Hagrid had not been sent to Azkaban that time, it was because he was underage. However, this time he had once again kept illegal magical creatures, and as a result he was inevitably imprisoned.

Then I told them a more disturbing news: "According to records, the Acromantulas raised by Hagrid were neither executed nor released into the wild. So they are likely still hiding in the Forbidden Forest."

Harry and Hermione couldn't help but groan at the same time.

Harry decided to write to Sirius for help, hoping to use the power of the Board of Governors to investigate the Forbidden Forest.

Finally, the wizards entered the "Forbidden Forest" during the summer vacation and found a huge nest of eight-eyed giant spiders, which almost led to tragedy. This incident later caused Dumbledore to be fined a year's salary, but this is a later story.

……

"… Let's get back to the topic. I think we all know the student who was victimized 50 years ago."

Although I had brought it up myself, I decided to change the subject in order to get the Akromantula incident out of my mind.

"What?"

"What do you mean, Ronnie?"

Facing Harry and Hermione's confusion, I told them.

"In this school, there is a ghost wearing a uniform that is almost the same as ours... The design of this uniform was about 60 years ago."

Although the length of the skirt and the number of buttons have changed over time, the overall design has remained virtually unchanged.

"Most of the ghosts at this Hogwarts are from the founders' time or close to that time, but only one ghost is wearing a school uniform."

“No way…wait, is this true?”

"It all makes sense if you think about it that way, Hermione. She must have seen the Terror of the Chamber of Secrets."

"I understand that... But is it really possible..."

Although Harry and Hermione were confused by the sudden speculation, they seemed to be gradually understanding it.

"Let's go ask her what she knows about the incident 50 years ago."

Our target is the girls' restroom on the third floor.

It's time to meet Moaning Myrtle.