In 1943, the headmaster of Hogwarts was still Armando Dippet.
Dumbledore stood at the corner of the stairs in the auditorium and saw Myrtle being covered with a white sheet and being carried out of the castle from the bathroom.
At that moment, he was thinking that if he could become the principal of Hogwarts, he would do his best to protect everything in this school.
And now the more terrifying future is not far away, and he doesn't dare to take any chances. This is why he would rather exchange identities with Grindelwald to ensure the smooth execution of the basilisk than give the Slytherin snake
Half a chance of survival because he is Albus Dumbledore.
You know, Myrtle's death almost fifty years ago almost forced Hogwarts to the brink of closure.
Dumbledore could not imagine what a terrible and terrible thing it would be if Hogwarts lost four students this year.
As for the reason why Elena is so interested in Miss "Reserve Justice", it is also very simple.
This is not something difficult to understand. If Dumbledore asked himself, if it were him, if he knew that a monster would take the life of Aberforth Dumbledore one day in the future, his first reaction would be to draw out his wand directly.
Kill that monster directly.
In fact, Elena did exactly this. She was even more determined than Dumbledore in executing the basilisk.
"After ten centuries of searching, months of negotiation and layout, we have decided to bring the 'Secret Chamber' to an end."
Dumbledore said, his blue eyes looking around the silent school auditorium, and his tone gradually became relaxed and gentle.
"During the Christmas that just passed, we opened the Chamber of Secrets with the Ministry of Magic and killed the out-of-control creatures entrenched in it. The skeleton and head specimen of the basilisk created by the dark wizard 'Despicable Herbo'
It will be displayed in the Museum of Magical Creatures Culture outside the school this week. It is temporarily closed to the public. The professor of Magical Creatures Conservation will decide the specific use and visiting time...
"By the way, Myrtle Elizabeth Warren also asked me to tell everyone that the girls' bathroom on the second floor can now be used normally."
"Except for Myrtle's exclusive cubicle, all other cubicles can be used normally... Also, on the other hand, Ms. Warren also said that she will occasionally listen to your voices in the cubicle. If you feel that you have been disturbed by the campus
Bullying, you can go to her there for help.”
Dumbledore glanced at the Weasley brothers with his shining eyes and added seriously.
"Of course, only girls. Mr. Filch has expressed to me before that he is willing to listen to the boys' problems."
In Hogwarts, campus bullying has always been a bad trend that is difficult to eradicate completely.
In other words, this phenomenon will exist on any campus.
Although Dumbledore has some doubts about Elena's suggestion and whether Myrtle can fulfill this responsibility.
But he didn't mind trying it out for a while to see the effect. As for how effective Myrtle's "anti-campus bullying persuasion" was, and even the details of the actual implementation process, as a male wizard over a hundred years old,
Dumbledore originally had no say.
Moreover, in this way, the problem of the girls' bathroom on the second floor being abandoned for many years will also be solved.
This change alone was enough to convince a group of little witches and other female faculty members to support this decision.
"However, Professor Dumbledore, the report in the Daily Prophet seems to be slightly different from your statement."
At this moment, Bill Weasley suddenly raised his hand and asked seriously with a frown.
"When the Ministry of Magic answered questions from reporters, they stated that they had eradicated the evil monster that Salazar Slytherin had tamed in the school and planned to cleanse those students who were 'not qualified to learn magic' from time to time. The previous openers of the Chamber of Secrets also
They are all heirs of Slytherin..."
Along with Bill's voice, there was another chaotic and noisy whisper in the auditorium.
Since the fall of Voldemort more than ten years ago, Slytherin College has been labeled as the "Dark Wizarding" College.
Even with the combined efforts of Snape and previous Slytherin students, they once defended the House Cup championship for six full years, but the alienation and resistance of the other three houses of Hogwarts towards Slytherin became more and more obvious, and in
After this Christmas, it dropped directly to freezing point.
In the past week, various discussions about Salazar Slytherin have never stopped.
The students in the four houses of Hogwarts respectively represent the ideas of the four founders.
This also means that if Salazar Slytherin is a dangerous wizard with "character flaws", then the Slytherin students selected according to his ideals will have "original sin" and "Slater" from the time they enter the academy.
"All the people in Forestry College are Azkaban suspects", "potential murderers, a college for dark wizards"... Such rumors began to appear in Hogwarts, and they became more and more intense.
In fact, with the help of some unknown forces, there are even voices calling for the abolition of Slytherin House.
"Slytherin is an integral and indispensable part of Hogwarts"
Dumbledore paused, looked meaningfully at the Gringotts B-class member, and said without hesitation.
"As one of the four founders of the school, Salazar Slytherin, like the other three, has a lifelong dream to build a safe place where magical knowledge can be passed down and where minor wizards can be protected. Everyone is
It is complex and has infinite possibilities. There is no 100% wizard who belongs to any house. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will never define the quality of each founder or student of each house."
"Salazar Slytherin is not a dark wizard, and he would never harm any underage student."
Dumbledore paused, his blue eyes scanned every face in the auditorium through half-moon lenses, and said seriously.
"In the era when the four founders lived, the non-magical world and the magical world were at war. The concept upheld by Salazar Slytherin was not the pure-blood supremacy advocated by later generations of Tom Riddle and others. He was just
It is to express one’s attitude from a cautious and careful perspective.”
"Perhaps many classmates and even people from all walks of life will be shocked by the secret room Slytherin left in Hogwarts."
"Even the Ministry of Magic and outside newspapers and magazines prefer to summarize this matter simply and crudely."
"However, I believe that taking a little time to explain clearly will be infinitely better than directly labeling a certain person, every behavior, and every group with a fixed label. If we roughly label the people in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets
Defining the basilisk as completely evil, or attributing all tragedies to Salazar Slytherin's blood discrimination conspiracy, would be an insult to both Hogwarts and Slytherin."
As Dumbledore finished speaking, as expected, there was another commotion in the auditorium.
Hermione saw that many Slytherin students suddenly had a glimmer of light in their eyes near the Slytherin table.
Elena, on the other hand, seemed very calm. Like Dumbledore, she waited quietly for the muttering in the auditorium to briefly explode and then gradually fall silent.
"In the war between wizards and Muggles more than a thousand years ago, the basilisk was a very dangerous 'magic war weapon'. It was not a magical species born naturally. The reason for its appearance in this world is the same as that of all swords and guns.
Like cannons, they are all designed to take away the lives of others. Judging from some existing information, the role of the Basilisk in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was mainly to resist the intrusion of Muggles after he left..."
Dumbledore coughed lightly, raised his gaze slightly, and looked over everyone's heads towards the door of the auditorium directly ahead.
"In fact, we still don't fully know the full significance of the Basilisk in Hogwarts. It's too early to draw conclusions now. After careful discussion among the faculty and staff, we decided to hand over the task of finding the truth to
In the hands of everyone here."
"Well, yes, Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets will become a semi-public area to be explored starting from today."
"After a series of efforts and negotiations, the entrance to Slytherin's secret room was moved from its original location to the corridor on the fourth floor, which is where the 'Dark Magic Defense Practice Assessment' was held last school year. Through that entrance, you can directly enter the secret room deep underground.
main pipeline.”
"For more detailed entry rules, qualifications, and follow-up ideas, Mr. Filch and Professor Apokalis will post announcements on the bulletin board outside the auditorium and along the corridor on the fourth floor. This exploration activity will still be conducted in groups.
Team mode, out of respect for Salazar Slytherin, each team member must have at least one student from Slytherin House, and no more than half of the total number of members."
Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets is a fairly large and stable idle space, which is a very precious space resource in Hogwarts.
Just like Hufflepuff House's "Helga's Dungeon", Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets obviously also has the basic capital to become a "school-level back garden", and the development and exploration of Hogwarts's pipeline system, point
Brightening, cleaning, and transforming the secret room environment is a very suitable job for exercising, improving the little wizards' ability to work together, and cultivating their ability to live independently. This is the "Hogwarts version of the home system"!
"So, Professor Dumbledore, what are the qualities of Slytherin House?"
Just when everyone was still trying to digest the "new copy" proposed by Dumbledore, a voice suddenly rang.
Everyone turned their heads and saw Draco Malfoy standing up, his pale face seemed a bit paler and more nervous than before.
He looked directly at the old wizard standing in the middle of the faculty seat, thought for a while, and asked again.
"The Sorting Hat will sort us into different houses based on the characteristics of each of us. So if Slytherin House is not about blood, is not against Muggles, and is not wizard supremacy, then we are in line with Salazar Slytherin House.