Tom and Hermione returned to the hill outside Hogwarts again. This time they saw the hair crown and the cross necklace in their hands, and they had a completely different feeling.
Hermione carefully put them away.
"Tom, you said what we just experienced..."
"It may be history that really happened, but in the real world line, Ben and Elaine most likely failed to fulfill each other's requirements... That's why the video just happened." Tom told the story that was closest to the truth.
Speculation.
Hermione looked at the night sky, feeling a little sad.
"It's a little cold, let's go back." She suggested, then turned back to the tunnel first.
When the two returned to the secret room, they realized that they had just entered the curfew, so they could only stay in the secret room.
"Hermione, come here!" Tom called Hermione to the elevator mechanism, stood on it with her, and took her to the cabin left by Slytherin.
"This may be the treasure left by Salazar Slytherin. I'll go in and test it out first - you must not touch this door. I'm afraid there is a mechanism above. If you fall in, you'll be in trouble."
Hearing that there was a trap, Hermione frowned, "Then why don't we find Professor Dumbledore..."
"It's not necessary." Tom shook his head. In the final analysis, it was still the greed in his heart that caused the problem. He wanted to enjoy this secret treasure exclusively. If Dumbledore got involved, how much benefit could he get for himself? Five plus points for Ravenclaw.
very?
The confidence he dared to explore alone lay in the trump card of Nirvana and his analysis of the secret room.
What is the Chamber of Secrets used for? It was originally used for teaching, but later its purpose changed, but it was also left by Slytherin to his heirs. In other words, this place is more like a novice gift package left by the predecessors to the younger generations. How could anything be left behind?
What about traps? It should be more of a test.
Basilisk is deadly, but to see the basilisk you need to speak Parseltongue. But if you can speak Parseltongue, according to Slytherin's order, the basilisk will obey your instructions and will not hurt you. This snake
Weird, more like the "pet" Slytherin left to his descendants
It even feels like a five-star magic pet that can be given away with a click.
Tom looked at the door now and felt that the level of danger was not very high. Imagine that a Slytherin heir came to the Chamber of Secrets and found the door. He touched the door and died.
.
Isn’t this nonsense! Why would Slytherin want to trick his own heir into death?
Tom predicted that the punishment this door would bring would be to trap you or banish you at most. In this case, there is nothing to be afraid of.
"I'll go in and test it out first. If I haven't come out by tomorrow, you can go find Professor Dumbledore." After analyzing his judgment on the door, Tom and Hermione prepared to enter and explore what was behind the door.
space.
However, before entering, he still said in Parseltongue, "Junior pays homage to Slytherin, the greatest of the Big Four." After that, he stretched out his hand and touched the silver door.
The moment he touched the door, he felt that the door didn't feel like metal, but more like some kind of liquid. Then there was a suction force from the door, pulling Tom in at once.
After entering, Tom was startled because there was a person sitting cross-legged in front of him!
The distance between the two was no more than three meters, and he could clearly see every hair of that person.
After Tom took a closer look at the man's appearance, he was even more shocked: he looked exactly like the Slytherin stone sculpture outside!
Is Slytherin still alive? Such a thought flashed through Tom's mind, but didn't Slytherin leave Hogwarts after a conflict with Gryffindor? Could it be that he sneaked back?
Tom had no room to continue thinking, so he hurriedly saluted and bowed to Slytherin.
The Slytherin who was sitting cross-legged opened his eyes. He was obviously just an ugly old man, but he gave people a strong sense of oppression. Cold sweat broke out on Tom's back.
"Is anyone here to take the test again... Go up." Slytherin's voice didn't sound like a human voice, but more like a snake talking. Behind each word was the hissing sound of a snake exhaling.
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Slytherin's tone was very calm, without any emotion. Tom looked at him strangely, always feeling that something was strange. Tom even had a feeling that the thing in front of him was not a real Slytherin.
After thinking about this, Tom was able to think about the surrounding environment: the structure of the room behind the door was very simple. It was more like a stairwell than a room, with only a small platform and a staircase hidden in the golden smoke.
"Slytherin" was sitting on the platform, and his meaning was clear: he wanted Tom to go up the stairs.
As soon as Tom stepped onto the stairs, he heard Slytherin's voice say behind him: "Let me see your talent."
When Tom's feet landed on the first staircase, the scene in front of him suddenly changed. Tom was in an open room with three tables.
Tom walked to the first table and found several small jars and a crucible on it. There was also a recipe beside the table. Tom looked over and found that it was a very basic method of preparing potions.
Tom quickly mixed the potion.
Then he walked to the next table and found a simple little charm on it. Tom cast the spell effortlessly.
On the third table, there is a rune carving tool and an hourglass. As soon as Tom picks up the carving knife, the hourglass starts timing. The test on this table is to carve runes within a time limit.
When Tom finished carving, his eyes blurred, the stairs appeared in front of him again, and he had successfully stood on the first step. Tom found that he could no longer remember the content of the trial in the first room.
I vaguely remember the general categories of the tests.
"Potions, curses and magic words..." Tom understood Slytherin's thinking. He wanted to test his heir's talent from these three aspects. The formula of the potion, the key points of the magic spell and the lines of the magic words.
They are all strangers, and those who participate in the trial need to learn and take the test by themselves. It does not test the knowledge reserve, but the talent and understanding.
Fortunately, the first level is very simple.
Next, Tom passed the third level test one after another, but at the fourth level, he timed out when carving the runes. So in the fifth level room, the table representing alchemy disappeared.
Tom felt a little regretful: he was actually sure of carving out the rune, but it was a pity that he didn't have enough time.
In the seventh room, there was also a problem when Tom's potion was prepared, so only the table representing the magic potion was left in the eighth room. However, at this time, the magic spells on the table became more and more black magic.
It makes sense. Tom thought that his trial was about to end, but because the question was biased toward black magic, he actually kept going all the way...
As a result, we walked all the way to the end of the stairs.
There was also a Slytherin sitting at the end of the stairs, but this Slytherin's expression was much more vivid.
Seeing Tom walking up, he showed an ugly smile.
"Finally, someone has passed the test I left and came before the great Slytherin. As a reward for you, I allow you to sit in front of me."
A Slytherin-style cushion appeared in front of Tom. Tom bowed to Slytherin and sat on it.
"You must have a lot of questions, ask them." Slytherin saw that Tom had a lot of confusion and confusion in his heart.
"This question is a bit presumptuous, but I still want to ask, how do you survive until now? Is it a Horcrux?"
Slytherin seemed to have been insulted, "Horcruxes? You really underestimate me. Using Horcruxes to obtain eternal life is something I disdain. Of course, if you want to learn it, I can teach it."
you."
"You shouldn't be a student of Slytherin House, right?" Slytherin could see Tom's distrust of him.
"I'm from Ravenclaw House." Now Tom was just glad that he didn't enter Gryffindor, otherwise he might have been kicked out directly.
"That's right. It's impossible for students from the other two houses to pass my previous test. But based on your performance in the assessment just now, it would be a pity not to enter Slytherin. I don't need to lie to you. This form is indeed not a soul.
device."
"Then you are..."
"It's just a doll with Slytherin's memory. The other three guys should have left similar things - but that fool in Gryffindor may not have." Slytherin did not continue to delve deeper into this topic.
Go down and say, "Come on, since you have passed the test, you can choose an inheritance from me."
"Has anyone passed the test before me?" Tom did not rush to choose inheritance, but asked another seemingly irrelevant question.
"No, someone was just one step away from seeing me before, but he also got enough benefits."
"I understand. Great Slytherin, I want to gain knowledge from you."
"This tone really sounds like Ravenclaw." Slytherin complained, and then a small table appeared at hand, with three rolls of parchment and a silver snake statue on it. "These three rolls of parchment are all
You can choose any of the valuable occult knowledge I have collected."
"As for this little snake, you take it to another room and stick it on the door, and you can learn a magic spell."
Slytherin pushed the small table in front of Tom and stopped talking.
Tom looked at the small table and tried to distinguish the difference between the three rolls of parchment, but failed. The three of them looked exactly the same in appearance. They were all very ordinary scrolls with some yellowing on the outside. There were a thousand of them stored in the secret room.
Even though they are years old, they are still intact. This is the most extraordinary thing about them.