Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 58 Conversation
That sentence really scared Harry, even when facing Quirrell last semester, Harry was not so scared.

Quirrell's threat is visible to the naked eye, not to mention Ike was there to help, but now no one knows who is behind the scenes.

Facing the unknown, people are always subconsciously afraid, which is normal.

Hermione on the side stopped the conversation between the two, and after a long silence, she said, "Maybe...Harry, that voice wasn't you."

"It wasn't me? Who was that? You didn't hear that!" Harry replied.

"I saw that Ike's expression was not quite right just now, and when I met him outside the library recently, I could always hear the slightest sound from his mouth." Hermione frowned, "I think, maybe He can hear it too."

"Si, Si's voice?" Harry froze for a moment. He always felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't imagine when he heard it before. What is certain is that it was before coming to Hogwarts.

"That's right, it sounds weird. Maybe he's learning some language." Hermione nodded. "He's been talking a lot since this semester, and he doesn't even go to the library much."

"Maybe, if I say it's a weirdo, don't take it too seriously." Ron interjected, "But Harry, you should be more careful these days."

"Of course, even if that voice wasn't talking about me, it was about me," Harry replied.

As soon as the words fell, the three of them heard a bell ringing.Hermione said quickly: "It's twelve o'clock, let's go back quickly."

"That's right, before Snape comes to pick on us again."

The three of Harry hurried back to the Gryffindor dormitory to rest, while Ike yawned and drank chocolate milk, enduring Fox lying on top of his head, staring blankly at the row on the opposite wall. The portraits of past principals are in a daze.

When he was in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Dumbledore assigned tasks to each professor, and then led Ike to his office.

As soon as he entered the house, he arranged for him the classic combination of heating milk with a pile of cockroaches, and asked Ike to wait for a while, and walked into a small door by himself, not knowing what he was doing.

Ike drank half a glass before Dumbledore came out, still holding a thick book in his hand.

That book was very familiar to Ike, it was "Methods of Breeding Dangerous Magical Creatures".

"It's a good book, isn't it? Mr. Strider." Dumbledore put the book on the desk and took a sip of the special chocolate milk himself.

"Very good." Ike understood in his heart, but there was no trace on his face, he just nodded.

"I remember that you took this book from the restricted area not long after school started." Dumbledore said, "So I thought, you must know something, maybe you can clear up my old man's doubts ?”

"Of course, but Professor, I don't know much."

"It's already pretty good, but before that, you still need to listen to an old man's nagging." Dumbledore pushed his crescent-shaped glasses, thought for a while, and then said, "Mr. , You also saw that line of writing, right? Do you know... what is the Chamber of Secrets?"

Ike nodded, "I know."

"Legends say that after the establishment of Hogwarts, Gryffindor and Slytherin had a quarrel because of differences in ideas, and finally Slytherin left. However, Slytherin left a secret room before leaving , there are monsters left in it, and when the time is right, his heir will open the secret room, release the monsters inside, and get rid of all the people in the school who he thinks are not worthy of learning magic."

"Yes, it is a legend," said Dumbledore, "but obviously it is true."

"It does." Ike shrugged.

Dumbledore patted the "How to Cultivate Dangerous Magical Creatures" on the table with his right hand, with a little scrutiny in his eyes: "Then Mr. Strider, have you guessed what that monster is?"

"Professor Dumbledore, you guessed it too, didn't you?" Ike asked back, "It's not hard to guess."

"Among the known magical creatures, whether they are naturally reproduced or bred by wizards, most of them don't live very long..."

"Assuming that the monster in the secret room has lived until now, it should be almost 1000 years."

Ike paused, and then said: "Considering the purpose of Slytherin, this monster must be very dangerous, and it cannot be a group, otherwise it would not wait until now..."

"Then the scope is very small."

"Considering the symbol of Slytherin, the answer is obvious..." Ike scratched Fox's itchy head and replied affirmatively, "Basilisk! This is the only possibility!"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Dumbledore applauded, and even the headmasters behind him who had been watching the show all admired him.

"Excellent reasoning!" said Dumbledore. "Yes, Basilisk! I think so too."

Picking up "How to Cultivate Dangerous Magical Creatures", Dumbledore flipped to the part of the basilisk, and said slowly: "Put a male egg under a toad to hatch, and you will get a big snake with extraordinary abilities." ..."

"...it is dazzlingly green, and its long fangs are extremely poisonous. But the most dangerous thing is its eyes, any creature that looks directly into its yellow eyes will die instantly..."

Dumbledore sighed softly: "The matter is already clear. Sir Nicholas is a ghost, and he was already dead, so he just petrified after seeing the eyes of the basilisk, and Mrs. Norris passed through Sir Nicholas." Everything the body sees makes sense.”

"However, we don't know where the entrance to the secret room is. How to solve it is a big problem."

Ike tilted his head: "Indeed, this is a troublesome matter."

"Besides, I heard the voice of the basilisk in the scarlet just now, and it said that the next one will be me!" Ike leaned forward, his eyes fixed on Dumbledore's, "Professor, I need protection." !"

"Mr. Stryde, please rest assured that Hogwarts will protect its students." Dumbledore pointed out, "Besides, you are well prepared, even without the help of others, you can Avoid danger, no?"

"I can't guarantee that it's [-]% okay." Ike shook his head, "The looking glass, spiders, and learning Parseltongue are all just precautions, and I can only escape as much as possible..."

"What's more, there are other people? What about other students?"

"Hogwarts will protect its students." Dumbledore repeated, and with a wave of his right hand, he refilled the milk in the two cups, and said after taking a sip, "We will find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and solve the problem." Gotta get rid of the basilisk, but there's one thing I need your help with, Mr Strider."

"What?" Ike asked, stunned for a moment.

"I noticed that you have a very good relationship with Miss Granger of Gryffindor. Please pay more attention to Harry, just like you did last term."

"Sorry." Ike shook his head, "I can't do anything about this."

"Professor Dumbledore..."

"I'm not Harry Potter's nanny!"

(End of this chapter)