"Of course not," Sean replied immediately, "I just heard that the Chamber of Secrets was opened once fifty years ago - don't look at me like that, Hagrid, I think from the bottom of my heart it was not you, I just
I think there might be some connection there."
Seeing his sincere expression, Hagrid finally chose to believe Sean. He squatted down with some annoyance, and then told Sean what happened back then.
"When I was at Hogwarts, I was obviously an unpleasant student..." Hagrid recalled that year.
As he listened, even Sean lowered his head silently. He was afraid that Hagrid would notice his strange expression.
I have to get into trouble every other week, raising werewolf cubs under the bed in the dormitory, going to the Forbidden Forest to fight trolls, and starting in the third grade by myself going in and out of Knockturn Alley to buy rare magical animals brought by smugglers...
Hagrid, it's really strange that you can be so lovable... Sean sighed secretly.
However, Hagrid didn't notice Sean's unnatural movements. He was immersed in unpleasant memories.
"The principal at that time was Mr. Armando Dippet. He, he obviously never liked me very much..." Hagrid muttered, "In the fifth grade, the secret room was opened. The situation at that time was just like now.
, no, it is even more serious, a girl lost her life because of this - Hogwarts is already facing closure, and Mr. Dippet knew about my private raising of Aragog."
"Aragog is an Acromantula," he explained, "but it is very human. I can guarantee that it has not done anything to harm others!"
Hagrid waved his huge fist and said angrily, but he soon became depressed again: "But Mr. Dippet seems to think that it was me who did it. I was expelled from Hogwarts and my wand was broken."
Until the second year, the generous and wise Professor Dumbledore persuaded others to let me return to Hogwarts and then became a gamekeeper. He always thought that I was not responsible for that thing. He is such a good person.
.”
Hagrid took out a dark handkerchief and blew his nose, then wiped the corners of his eyes vigorously.
"Hagrid, I don't think it was you who did it." Sean comforted him softly.
"Oh, Sean, thank you," Hagrid looked touched, and then sighed, "But the Ministry of Magic has always kept my record - I even think they will come to the school in a while.
Captured me."
He smiled bitterly.
"As long as we can find out the truth, Hagrid, I need you to tell me, was the girl who died back then was Myrtle?" Sean asked.
Hagrid glanced at him in surprise: "How do you know? Yes, Moaning Myrtle is that poor girl, but she can't prove anything. Dumbledore has already tried to clear my grievances, but Myrtle
Mother has no idea who the murderer is - and the Ministry of Magic is unwilling to believe the testimony of a ghost, especially a ghost from Hogwarts. You know, they always feel that Dumbledore can control everything in Hogwarts, including
Let a ghost give false testimony."
"Then do you know Tom Riddle?" Sean asked another question.
"Oh, yes..." It seemed that knowing Riddle made Hagrid feel a little embarrassed. He looked unhappy, "In fact, he came to see me last year, although we were not very familiar with each other when we were in school -
—But I didn’t expect that he had turned into a dark wizard.”
"Then, is it possible that Riddle framed you?" Sean asked seductively.
"Riddle?" Hagrid showed a puzzled expression, "Although he took a wrong path later, there was no reason for him to frame me up when he was in school."
"Why not? He might find out your secret or something..."
Hagrid touched his forehead: "He does seem like someone who can do such a thing... But, this is impossible."
"Why?" This time it was Sean's turn to not understand.
"The Chamber of Secrets was opened when I was in the third grade, and Riddle entered the school two years earlier than me. If he was still in Hogwarts at that time, he would have been in the fifth grade. However," Hagrid paused, "
He transferred to Nurmengard at the end of his fourth year."
Transferring schools? Sean stayed where he was.
"There was quite a fuss in the school because he was very popular among the students back then. Mr. Dippet even publicly expressed his regrets..."
Hagrid was still talking to himself, but Sean no longer noticed what he said next.
Tom Riddle transferred to Nurmengard at the end of his fourth year?!
So who opened the secret room back then?!
A chill ran from the soles of Sean's feet to the Tianling Cap. He originally thought that the secret room this time might be the work of someone else, but he did not expect that it was not Riddle who opened the secret room back then!
Sean seemed to see a pair of invisible black hands, which had appeared fifty years ago!
No, if Riddle didn't open the secret room fifty years ago, why would another person close the secret room and not cause trouble in the past fifty years?
In the original plot, the reason why Tom closed the Chamber of Secrets was very simple, that is, Hogwarts was about to close. The only obsession of this crazy dark wizard at that time was Hogwarts.
No matter how terrifying he will be in the future, at least at that time, Riddle's feelings for Hogwarts were real and strong, which ended Riddle's mediocre and lonely life in the orphanage - this was also his
The main reason for not wanting to close Hogwarts.
But would another person think the same way?
So today, fifty years later, why did that person open the secret room again?
Who is that man? Are there other descendants of Salazar Slytherin?
A lot of questions rushed into Sean's mind.
Fifty years ago, what happened fifty years ago... Sean trembled, and he quickly looked at Hagrid: "Hagrid, do you know when Nurmengard was founded?"
"When Riddle transferred to school, Nurmengard had just been established," Hagrid shrugged. "In fact, Riddle was the first batch of Nurmengard students, or in other words, he was the only senior student at that time.
s student."
Fifty years ago, Nurmengarde established a school... Sean thought of Dumbledore's memory, that prophecy that spanned thousands of years. Before that, Grindelwald had already had the idea of establishing a school!
Is the Chamber of Secrets related to the founding of Nurmengard? Or is it related to the prophecy?
Sean still remembers that in that memory, the kidnapped prophet Cassandra Valquist was in a very abnormal state. Grindelwald said that she was entangled in some kind of mystery.
Sean has an intuition that the 'mystery' is related to the prophecy and the opening of the secret room!