The discussion among the little wizards was in vain. How could empty talk lead to a conclusion? However, the faces of Victorique's roommates gradually became serious. They looked around in the common room for a long time, but did not see Victorique.
Looking at Victoria's figure, and thinking of Victorique's recent performance, they all had a bad feeling in their hearts.
The lounge was as noisy as an early morning vegetable market. Even the questions and answers outside the common room door were covered up, causing the little wizard who was near the door to be startled when the door was pushed open.
Dumbledore led the four deans and Professor Lockhart into the lounge like a student council going to bed. The little wizards in Ravenclaw were as quiet and well-behaved as the students being checked. The lounge was like
Someone pressed the mute button, and there was no sound in the audience.
Tom felt that such a high-profile search would cause further panic, but there was no better way to deal with it than this: Victorique's personal brand should indeed be checked as soon as possible to find Riddle's diary - at least it should be confirmed that it was the culprit. See
Looking at Dumbledore who was in the center of everyone's attention, Tom sighed in his heart.
Several people walked through the lounge and walked up the stairs leading to the student dormitories.
Peggy raised her eyebrows as she watched the professors disappear down the stairs.
It was the first time for Tom to enter a girl's dormitory.
[Mission: Wandering in the world. Goal: Exploring the magical world
Five stages of progress: 3/16 Ravenclaw girls’ dormitory unlocked]
Tom:……
He never expected that the girls' dormitory could really be used as a check-in place! When he was collecting check-in progress, he noticed that the Ravenclaw boys' dormitory could increase the task progress by one. At that time, he had sneaked into the girls' dormitory.
The thought of seeing if he could improve his progress was suppressed by himself.
He thought he could ask Hermione in the future if she could...
As expected, they actually came in openly today. However, the scene was as embarrassing as being caught sneaking in. Because when they walked in, they were surprised to find that Lockhart's stickers were posted everywhere in the room.
Poster! Those big white teeth dazzled everyone present.
"It can be seen that our Professor Lockhart is very popular with the little witch." Snape teased.
"This is the smile that won the Wizarding Weekly Most Charming Smile Award five times!" Tom pointed desperately at a giant poster that was three feet long, "Do you think I want to be hung up on it?"
While Tom and Snape were bickering, Dumbledore patiently checked Victoria's belongings one by one and found nothing unusual. When he dug out a suitcase from Victoria's suitcase,
When stacking posters and pink envelopes with "Dear Professor Lockhart" written on them, Tom really wanted to tell Dumbledore the truth about the diary being the real murderer.
After seeing Dumbledore rummaging through Victoria's personal belongings and finding nothing, Professor McGonagall made a suggestion: ask Victoria's roommates, maybe they could get some clues.
After just a brief inquiry, they really got an important piece of news: Victorique had been mentally depressed for a long time, holding a diary and writing in it every night.
There was no diary in what Dumbledore just checked!
The professors present were keenly aware of the problem: a diary with a black cover.
Several people immediately returned to the dormitory and searched the entire dormitory, but still found nothing. The professors determined that Victorique's experience was inseparable from the diary.
When several professors returned to the common room, the little wizard finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Someone stood up and asked loudly: "Professor Dumbledore, can you tell us what is going on in the Chamber of Secrets?"
Everyone looked at the warrior and found that it was the old prefect Robert Hilliard. He mustered up great courage and directly asked Dumbledore about the truth about the Chamber of Secrets.
Prefect Robert asked everyone's thoughts.
Dumbledore paused and turned to look at Robert. Beads of sweat suddenly appeared on Robert's head. But Dumbledore's eyes made him feel relieved: he saw approval and appreciation in it.
Dumbledore did not show off, but with a smile, he pulled up an armchair by the fireplace, and while warming himself by the fire, he told an ancient story to the young wizards in the lounge.
About a thousand years ago, four of the greatest wizards of that era: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slater
Lin, and jointly built Hogwarts Castle, giving Britain's young wizards a pure land away from Muggles to learn magic.
At first, several founders worked together harmoniously, looking for talented young people and teaching them magic. But later they had differences in their enrollment philosophy. After a fierce quarrel, Slytherin left the school. It is said that,
He built a secret room in the castle that only his true heir could open, the Chamber of Secrets. On the day the Chamber of Secrets is opened, Hogwarts will be purified, and all those who are not worthy of learning magic will be eliminated.
After the story of the Chamber of Secrets was told, the whole lounge fell silent. Everyone continued to stare at Dumbledore, hoping that he would tell more. There was an uneasy atmosphere in the air.
"Professor Dumbledore, since you don't even know about the other three founders, how did this legend spread?" After thinking about it carefully, someone discovered the flaw in this legend.
"The descendants of Slytherin and the Gaunt family have been secretly promoting this matter, but no one has ever dared to actually open it." Dumbledore answered his doubts.
Although Slytherin concealed the existence of the Secret Room from the other three founders, there was no need to hide it from his descendants and students who upheld his own ideals - otherwise no one would know that there was a secret room.
Who will inherit Slytherin's will and legacy?
Descendants of Slytherin who know about this sometimes tell the news to those they decide to share it with. Obviously, members of the Gaunt family are not people who can keep secrets. These descendants also know the existence of the basilisk, and they
You can hear it and even communicate with it directly. But no one has ever dared to release this monster, until a mixed-blood orphan came to Hogwarts.
The fundamental purpose of Slytherin leaving the Chamber of Secrets is definitely not to "purify the school" - something that Slytherin never did during his lifetime. Isn't it too illusory to expect future generations to solve it for him? His Chamber of Secrets is more like
An inheritance. As for the basilisk inside, it is a meeting gift for the heir.
But for Slytherin, if someone really "purified" the school, he would be fine.
Someone continued to ask, "Professor Dumbledore, is the Chamber of Secrets really reopened?"
Dumbledore nodded, "But don't worry, Professor Lockhart found the secret room and rescued Victorique from inside. Miss Brown is fine now."
Everyone turned their attention to Tom.
"you……"
Tom answered his question directly.
"There are some manuscripts from previous generations in the library. I found clues in them and finally found the secret room."
Many young wizards in Ravenclaw are very excited: the answer is really hidden in the book!
"Miss Brown is fine. She will return to class after regaining her energy in a few days. But I want to remind you that the evil existence that intends to eliminate 'people who are not worthy of learning magic' is still lurking in the school. You must be careful.
All wizards are in danger, and the attacks are indiscriminate attacks. Remember, never trust anything that can think for itself, unless you see clearly where it hides its mind!"
Tom paused, "What bewitched classmate Victorique was a diary with a black cover. It can communicate with people."
"If anyone has clues, be sure to contact the professors." Tom had no hope for this. Riddle was not someone who was easily exposed. His ability to confuse people could always fascinate those little wizards. Think about it carefully.
Didn’t you also covet his knowledge and not deal with him immediately?
Burying Riddle is his mission.
After telling most of the truth to the little wizards, Tom followed Dumbledore and the others out of the lounge, leaving the little wizards looking at each other. Everyone's emotions had been ignited by this series of breaking news.
"It turns out that the secret room really exists!" Lisa Dupin poked her good friend Padma Petil. She had always thought that the so-called "secret room" was just a cover-up and excuse for the murderer, but she didn't expect that it really existed.
Padma nodded in agreement with her friend and decided to tell her sister about it tomorrow. Next to them, a senior named Penello was already lying on the table writing a letter.
"So where is Hermione? She doesn't seem to be in the lounge..." Su Li was more concerned about Hermione's whereabouts. She had just observed that Hermione was not in the lounge. This made her think that Hermione had also encountered misfortune.
Where is Hermione at this time? She is having dinner in Tom's office. Tom specifically asked her to go back to the lounge late, so as not to come in with the professors and become the focus of everyone's attention, affecting the peaceful life of the next few days.
"Professor Lockhart is amazing!"
"I didn't expect that Professor Lockhart could actually find the legendary chamber of secrets."
The secret room and the victim had answers to these two major questions, so the little wizards focused more on Professor Lockhart, who turned the tide.
They enthusiastically discussed this senior who graduated from Ravenclaw Academy, his adventures and the various magics he was proficient in.
But now, this "Professor Lockhart" is blocked by a "person".
"Ms. Grey, what can I do for you?" Tom met the ghost of Ravenclaw: Helena Ravenclaw on his way back to his office after separation from Dumbledore and the others.
"Can I take a look at the ring on your hand? I mean what it really looks like." Her voice was cold, but Tom could hear the hint of excitement behind it.
Tom thought for a moment, took off the disguise on the ring, and stretched out his hand in front of Helena so that she could see it more clearly.
"Sure enough..." Helena showed a reminiscing look, as if remembering some past events, "I'm afraid you are not the real Lockhart, are you? Can I know your real name?"
"You can call me Tom."
When she heard this name, the cold and distant look on Helena's face disappeared. "It's another Tom..." She looked a little sad.
Tom thought she wanted to talk to him about something else, but unexpectedly she turned around and left. She floated out for a few steps, then stopped and looked at Tom with a complicated look, "Ravenclaw's diadem was taken by me.
It's hidden in a hollow tree in a forest in Albania. If you want it, you can look for it. If it's still there, it's yours."
After leaving such words, she got into the wall next to her and disappeared, leaving the confused Tom standing alone. He didn't understand why Helena was suddenly willing to tell him the whereabouts of the Ravenclaw diadem.
But it’s useless to know this news, because the crown has been taken away by Riddle and turned into a Horcrux! This kind of behavior is as disgusting as using the Holy Grail as a urinal. Riddle’s quirk is indeed disgusting enough:
After painstaking efforts to collect the relics of the four founders, and then make them into Horcruxes...
Pooh!
Except for Gryffindor's sword, all the relics of the other three people were brutally murdered, and the Resurrection Stone, one of the Three Holy Artifacts of Death, also became a Horcrux.
This is blasphemy, as disgusting as smearing a layer of shit on an antique or writing a short composition on a calligraphy and painting.
"Wait, the crown..." Tom suddenly thought of something. If the diary has been lost, the crown has been hidden in the Room of Requirement. You can find the crown first and nip it in the bud.
But three hours later, looking at the endless hills of debris, Tom gave up the idea: there were tens of thousands of contraband hidden in the Room of Requirement, and trying to find the crown inside was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Harry could find it here
Finding the crown among the debris can only be said to be destiny.
Of course, the fragment of Voldemort's soul that possessed his soul also played a crucial role. Perhaps it was the mutual attraction of the soul fragments that allowed Harry to meet the diadem.
"Perhaps I should ask Harry to come over, or I should study divination by myself..." Tom muttered these words and left the Room of Requirement.
The second attack on the Chamber of Secrets was like a stone thrown into a pond, causing splashes and ripples, but it quickly returned to calm. The initial panic was eliminated by Dumbledore's explanation. Everyone knew that the Chamber of Secrets was indeed opened.
, but all problems have been solved.
Fear comes from the unknown. When the mystery of the secret room is taken away, the little wizards are no longer so afraid of it.
The so-called heir to the secret room was not a real person, but a diary of black magic. This made the young wizards breathe a sigh of relief. They instinctively felt that they would never be deceived by that diary. This kind of mysterious confidence,
Just like most people feel that they will not be fooled.