A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 148 Follow-up
The next morning, Owen was woken up by the noise outside the school hospital.

After what happened yesterday got out, and after a night of discussion and ferment, a large group of students who had no classes on the weekend crowded in the corridor of the school hospital fearfully and curiously, wanting to see the person who was attacked.

Madam Pomfrey became very angry, and aggressively drove the crowded little wizards out, and then slammed the door of the school hospital with a "bang", blocking many prying eyes.

But several people in the ward did not find peace.The Shafiks and the Malfoys rushed over early in the morning, and the aura of the four standing in the room was comparable to that of a gangster party, making Colin Creevey shivering in a corner and not daring to show his head.

"Dad, Mom, why are you here?" Owen smiled mischievously, letting Ms. Adeline pinch her cheek with her fingers innocently, and her white and tender face was kneaded like dough in her hands into various shapes.

"After such a big thing happened, do you think we can pretend it didn't happen?" Mr. Albert ruffled Owen's meticulously groomed hair vigorously, and said through gritted teeth, "Or, do you think that as long as you don't give We write letters and we're kept in the dark?"

"Cough, am I not hurt at all? I don't think you need to worry about such a small matter." Owen said sincerely, enduring his parents rubbing his paws on his head, and from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Harry covering his head. The mouth held back a smile, and the face turned red.

"It's a small thing... I heard that you almost lost your life. It's such a small thing." Albert gritted his teeth with a smile, "It was just being chased and killed by a basilisk. , oh, and you fought a werewolf the other day, and you had a great time. We're making such a fuss, aren't we?"

"You are going to heaven, have you forgotten that you are only in the second grade?" He paced back and forth angrily, looking around.If it weren't for someone else here, he'd be blowing up Owen's ass.

Owen blinked aggrievedly, and said in a low voice, "I didn't ask for that, it was all an accident, and I didn't expect to encounter such a thing..." He was also very aggrieved.

"Really?" Adeline finally let go of Owen's cheeks, and whispered with a half-smile.She stared deeply into Owen's eyes. There was tenderness and concern in her dark green eyes, and she seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.

Ms. Adeline does not know Legilimency, but she has a delicate and transparent mind. She has always possessed keen insight and precise judgment, and she can always look at problems directly to the essence.She watched Owen grow up, and knew his temperament well, so she could naturally keenly sense that Owen was not as innocent and wronged as he showed, otherwise she would never pretend to be pitiful so calmly now.

This kid probably already has some clues, and he might even be thinking about something... Adeline sighed softly with a gloomy gaze, it really became more and more worrying as she got older.Although she knew that Owen had been a child with ideas since he was a child, and would not do things that were not sure, but he became more and more fearless, so accidents were easy to happen.

Well, although this look is indeed extremely cute... Seeing Owen's shamelessly cute face, Adeline couldn't help reaching out and pinching his soft and delicate cheeks, but it's impossible to be cute.

She exchanged glances with Albert tacitly, this child... has to be taught a lesson.But how to do it specifically needs to be considered in the long run, and it must be unforgettable for him, and he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

The two nodded slightly, and silently glanced at Owen, which made Owen inexplicably feel chilly.

"Cough!" Albert changed the subject, his face darkened, "I want to hear you explain in detail what happened to you yesterday, Owen."

Owen organized his language and told about his encounter with the basilisk and being blocked by Ron.

"Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets..." Albert and Adeline glanced at each other, their expressions were very solemn, "As far as I know, the Chamber of Secrets was opened once 50 years ago, and there were a few Muggles The person who was born was attacked, and one died... Rubeus Hagrid was caught as the heir at the beginning, although smart people knew that he might be a scapegoat, but the attacks did stop after that..."

Harry, who faintly heard these words, turned his head suddenly, so fast that he seemed to snap his neck.He opened his mouth wide in shock, and couldn't help but listen carefully with his ears sideways.Hagrid had never told him such a thing!

Harry's actions could not be concealed from the Shafiks and his wife. They glanced in Harry's direction imperceptibly, and Mr. Albert continued: "I investigated the events of the year before I came, and Hagrid was fired because of this. Dumbledore guaranteed that he was not sent to Azkaban, and the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was not found."

Ms. Adeline said slowly: "The real heir has never surfaced. But we discovered an interesting thing. It was another student who caught Hagrid at that time, named..." She paused, this before continuing, "Tom Marvolo Riddle."

"Few people know this name, because people with this name have never heard from anyone after graduation." Albert continued, glancing at Harry who was eavesdropping lamely, "but people don't know Unfortunately, the man just didn't use that name anymore. He brought fear to the wizarding world by another name - he became the Dark Lord."

"His original name has become a taboo. Basically, only the first group of Death Eaters who followed him when he was still in Hogwarts knew about it..." Adeline placed her fingertips in front of her lower abdomen, With a calm and dignified expression, "But in the circle of our group of people, this is no secret."

Owen looked at Harry, who was getting closer and closer, with a smile, and asked pretending not to know: "You mean, it was the Dark Lord who opened the Chamber of Secrets, and Hagrid was later blamed?"

"This is just a reasonable speculation based on the established facts." Albert spread his hands and said, "Things have passed for so many years, and it is difficult to restore the truth. As for who is the person who opened the secret room at this moment, we don't even know." I know, but he is obviously more cautious and lawless, and even dared to control the children of the Weasley family to openly attack you during the day..."

As he said that, his expression twisted: "Hogwarts hides so many hidden dangers. I thought what happened last semester was dangerous enough... Owen, you really don't plan to transfer? I think Dem Strong is much more peaceful than here, or Beauxbatons if you want."

"Every school is full of accidents, Dad. Hogwarts is always safer with Dumbledore in charge. I don't think I need to escape to a new place, and the new environment I am afraid of. It's hard to get used to," Owen said, blinking.Where else can Hogwarts be so exciting and exciting, as well as cute little Tom and funny Voldemort...

Mr. Albert glared at him when he heard the words. Are you going to adapt to the new environment?Throwing you into the pile of dark wizards will make you happy, right?

He squinted his eyes and rubbed his fists maliciously: "Then tell us, what big news are you planning to make? Let your mother and I be mentally prepared in advance, so as not to be scared and have a myocardial infarction."

Do you want to harm the Dark Lord?Owen blinked and shook his head sincerely.

Albert gave him a "do you believe me?" look, and then scrunched his hair into a chicken coop.

"Oh, you're Harry, aren't you?" Ms. Adeline said with a soft smile, looking at Harry who was eavesdropping openly.Harry, who was brainstorming after hearing so much information, was caught off guard and almost fell to the floor.

"Well, yes... yes, ma'am," Harry stammered, slightly relaxing his whitish hand.

"Thank you for your tolerance and help to Owen these days, Harry." Adeline went over to pat him on the shoulder with a smile, and said cordially, "Owen must have caused you a lot of trouble, right?"

"No, actually Owen has been helping me. He has saved me several times." Harry waved his hand quickly and said.Although Owen did not tease him less.

Adeline smiled with her chin lightly resting on one hand, narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, and whispered in his ear: "If he bullies you, I will secretly tell you a secret, Owen is very ticklish..."

Harry's cheeks flushed.It was the first time he came into contact with such an elegant and noble woman, as if the queen in a fairy tale came out of a book, beautiful, dignified, and gentle, which made him blush.

Owen smiled and watched his mother talking to Harry so affectionately that his ears turned red.He knew that his mother definitely did it on purpose, teasing the innocent and cute little boy on a whim.

On the other side by the window, Draco was also talking with his parents, and said with an exaggerated expression: "...the heir of Slytherin dared to release the basilisk in broad daylight, with such a thick tail!" He opened his hands He gestured with his arms, "That monster petrified a person at a glance, and then chased and killed us all the way! Me, Owen, and Harry! If we didn't run fast, I would definitely be eaten by that big snake!"

Narcissa Malfoy hugged her son with a pale face and wiped tears, Lucius Malfoy's face was extremely ugly, the hand holding the snake-shaped cane loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened again.

"The heir is still controlling Weasley to block our way. He wants me to die on purpose!" Draco said anxiously, his tone extremely aggrieved, "That's a madman at all. Cleaning up the mud in the school... Muggleborns, and not caring about us purebloods!"

"Has he been caught? The heir?" Narcissa asked tremblingly.She looked her son up and down, for fear that he was missing a strand of hair.

"No! That guy just controlled Weasley and let him attack us." Draco said angrily, his face turning pale, "Do you know which spell he was trying to use? The Killing Curse! If not Dobby showed up just in time to interrupt him, and I'm afraid you won't see me now..."

Narcissa groaned softly, pinching her husband's arm with her right hand, somewhat resentful.Lucius' complexion was pale, as if a mask had been put on his face.

"Dumbledore didn't do anything, maybe he did it on purpose!" Narcissa whimpered and hugged Draco in her arms, with a look of distress and fear, "Oh, Draco, we transferred to Hogwarts Okay? We won't stay here anymore..."

"It doesn't matter, Owen didn't leave, Harry didn't leave, and I couldn't escape." Although Draco's face was pale, his chin was stubbornly raised, "And I'm not afraid of that sneaky A shameful heir. Yesterday I threw all the magic items on me, and I didn't let him succeed, and almost killed him on the spot. He was so angry that he jumped up and yelled!"

The snake-shaped cane in Lucius's hand fell to the ground with a "click", and his face was bloodless.Draco looked at him suspiciously, and watched him pick up the cane and leave the school hospital in a hurry, even staggering a little.

"What's wrong with Dad?" Draco asked suspiciously.

"Leave him alone, let him handle the matter he caused." Narcissa still had a trace of complaint on her face.

The whole morning passed quickly, and Shafiq and his wife had already left the school.After a while, Lucius Malfoy, who had been away for a long time, came back, took Narcissa away with a gloomy face full of thoughts, and before leaving, he carefully told Draco to be careful not to be in the castle at ordinary times. Shaking around.

Owen and his party were finally allowed to be discharged from the hospital by Madam Pomfrey. They returned to the castle and went to the auditorium for lunch, but they received more attention and horrified discussions.The students who were eating stopped, and some even left the table in a hurry with panic on their faces.

Now it was Harry's turn to worry.

Despite his strong orders to keep Colin Creevey and Draco a secret, word spread that Harry Potter was a Parseltongue.Well, from the portraits of the big mouths hanging on the wall of the stairs, they hid in the distant picture frame and watched the thrilling situation yesterday, and then enthusiastically shared it with other portraits And curious little wizards.

The fact that Harry could talk to snakes spread throughout Hogwarts last night, and everyone was talking about it.In people's general impression, Parseltongue is the symbol of dark wizards, which is evil and terrifying.

The rumors that Harry is a powerful dark wizard are rampant, and more people are beginning to believe that the reason why the mysterious man wants to kill him is because he doesn't want to see another devil to compete with him.On the other hand, the news that Harry is the heir of Slytherin has also spread among the students, and even most people think this is the truth.

At the long Hufflepuff table, Ernie McMillan peeked at Harry's direction, and said to his friend on the side: "Justin, you can hide in my dormitory. Before Potter is out of the way, You better hide yourself..."

Justin shrunk his body pale, his shoulders trembling slightly.

"Ernie, are you sure it's Potter?" Hannah Abbott asked eagerly, "He was attacked twice by monsters in the Chamber of Secrets!"

"But he was unhurt both times." Ernie said slowly. "Think about it, Hannah, if you ran into that monster in the Chamber of Secrets, do you think you could get away with it? And twice?"

After hearing this, everyone started talking in whispers.

Ernie went on to say: "The monster appeared twice. The first time it failed to attack Potter, and then petrified Krivat. The second attack still failed to hurt Potter, but petrified Hermione Gerrard." Ranger, also left Ron Weasley seriously injured and unconscious. See what's wrong? Why is Potter always safe and sound every time he happens to be there? Unless the monster was controlled by him... "

"Think about what happened yesterday!" He lowered his voice and said in a gloomy tone, "Monsters attacked Potter and the others, but in the end only Granger was petrified, while Potter, Shafik and Malfoy It's all right!"

"Shafik and Malfoy are both pure-blood advocates... you mean, the three of them are in the same group?" Hannah covered her mouth in horror, "They lured Granger out , want to kill her?"

"It must be so, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence." Ernie nodded firmly, "I think Shafik and Malfoy have already been tamed by Potter."

"But Weasley is pure blood too, how could he be attacked?" Justin whispered.

"Don't forget, Weasley is a pure-blood traitor in the eyes of those people, and Malfoy wants the Weasley family to disappear immediately." Ernie said, "And Weasley and Granger are friends, maybe He accidentally saw something and knew something he shouldn't know, so Potter decided—" He made a gesture of cutting his throat, causing the young wizards around him to gasp.

"But Creevey's all right..." said Hannah hesitantly.

"Creevey is an admirer of Potter. When facing idols, people are always easily deceived and even stand up for idols." Ernie said confidently, "Of course, I think Potter must be disgusted by someone like this." He was born as an admirer, but he needs someone who witnessed the whole process to testify for him and clear him of the suspicion! If something happened to Creevey, the suspicion on him would be too obvious!"

"Oh——" a group of audience suddenly realized, and couldn't help casting terrified eyes in Harry's direction.

Feeling the substantive gaze focused on himself, Harry blushed and bent the fork in his hand expressionlessly.

"See? He doesn't even let go of a fork!" The little wizards who witnessed this scene looked back in horror.

(End of this chapter)