Joel couldn't stand Eddie's insistence and told his three roommates everything that happened underground, but he hid many details, such as his Animagus form.
Regarding the Animagus matter, the fewer people know about it, the better. Now he is sure that only Lockhart, Harry, Ron, and Haylis know about his Animagus form. As for Bernie,
…Joel also didn’t know if this guy had the ability to think independently when he was possessed by Riddle.
In order to conceal his Animagus form, the battle scenes described by Joel were much thinner, but even so, they still caused the three roommates to scream in surprise.
"My God, a 25-foot-long giant snake?" Eddie compared the distance, "Isn't it about the same width as our dormitory?"
"That's right, and if you look at a basilisk, you will die." Allen was a little scared thinking about it. "I guess it would be difficult for me to even move when I see it."
Sergey also nodded in agreement. Although his magical talent was amazing, actual combat more tested his adaptability and strategic ability. Sergey believed that he could not be as calm as Joel when facing a huge basilisk.
With a mind and magic power far beyond those of his peers, Sergey has always been arrogant and self-possessed. He looks down on his classmates, which is why he does not communicate with them. But for Joel, he is truly convinced.
Starting from earning the first pot of gold from selling that set of signed books, the new way of playing cards, the establishment of CLBT, the Soviet gold rush... and then finally escaping from death in the secret room, Sergey had to admit that his
My roommates are better than me in every aspect.
In the evening, the four of them went downstairs to the auditorium for the dinner.
Students from the four colleges gathered together, with smiles on their faces. After experiencing a series of events, they realized how valuable safety is.
Dumbledore sat in the middle of the teacher's chair and spoke, "Dear colleagues and classmates, this school year has been extremely difficult for Hogwarts. We have experienced incidents such as students being petrified, faculty and staff being injured, etc..."
"But we survived," Dumbledore said with a smile. "During the day today, we successfully found the real culprit who opened the Chamber of Secrets and killed the monsters in the Chamber of Secrets."
The students from the four houses in the audience applauded vigorously. Draco Malfoy's pale face turned red with excitement, while Lucius beside him looked as ugly as if he had eaten cake.
"Here I want to commend a few students," Dumbledore said in good spirits after taking a break. "Harry Potter and Ron Weasley from Gryffindor House, they have the courage to help protect their classmates. I
They will each be awarded 50 points."
The Gryffindor students were laughing and making a fuss, and the Weasley twins stepped forward and ruffled their little brother's hair vigorously.
"Halys Selwyn and Joel Taylor from Ravenclaw Academy played an important role in fighting the monster in the Chamber of Secrets. Each of them was awarded 150 points."
150 points!
Caitlin Lauer pounded the table excitedly.
This is the highest single bonus point in the history of Hogwarts, and it actually appeared in their Ravenclaw house!
These 300 points directly confirmed Ravenclaw House's leading position in the competition for the House Cup, leaving the other three houses behind. This is Caitlin's last school year at Hogwarts, and she will use a House Cup to win.
The ending is just right.
Several students who were familiar with Joel came up to express their congratulations. In addition, there were many elementary school girls who took the opportunity to take advantage of Joel. Who doesn't like a handsome and strong senior?
"In addition, I would also like to thank Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, who played a huge role in this trip to the Chamber of Secrets. I have applied to the Lord Merlin to award Professor Lockhart with the Order of Merlin, Second Class," Deng
Bullido raised his glass to pay tribute to Lockhart beside him, "The teachers and students who participated in the Chamber of Secrets operation will receive the Hogwarts Special Contribution Award, and your photos will be left in the prize display room."
Lockhart took a sip of red wine happily. Although he did not kill the basilisk alone, he gained a lot of fame. Dumbledore said, this second-level Order of Merlin is basically confirmed.
"Everyone, you can enjoy the delicious food next. Our semester will last until mid-June as usual, and the petrified student teachers will wake up at the end of May when the mandrakes are fully mature." Dumbledore
After saying this, we sat down and the dinner officially began.
There was a harmonious scene at the four deans' tables. Without the pressure caused by the secret room attack, the students simply let go and had fun. Even Gryffindor and Slytherin were enjoying themselves.
Joel stuffed a piece of pie into his mouth, dealt with the schoolgirls who came around him, and took a sip of pumpkin juice to smooth his throat.
Beatrice Shafik took the opportunity to come over from the Hufflepuff table. She glanced around Joel and knew that Haylis was not at the long table, and she felt reassured.
"Joel, can you tell me how you subdued the monster in the secret room?" She said in a whisper, holding her throat.
Joel shivered all over and had goosebumps.
"...Speak nicely."
"Tell me quickly, what is going on in the Chamber of Secrets?" Beatrice returned to her normal tone. No one from Hufflepuff College entered the Chamber of Secrets. They could only enter the Chamber of Secrets from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw Houses.
Extract information of interest.
Joel thought for a moment and felt that if he didn't answer Beatrice's question, she would turn to other topics that would make him even more embarrassed.
It wasn't a secret anyway, so Joel simply recounted what happened in the secret room.
Beatrice's eyes turned starry when she heard it, "Joel, you are so strong..." She whispered softly in an adoring tone.
Joel was dumbfounded. He felt as if the wheel had just run over his face again.
"Well... you go and chat with your classmates. I have something to tell Professor Lockhart." Joel quickly found an excuse and slipped away, ignoring Beatrice's resentful eyes.
Professor Lockhart stayed in his chair. He was hit by the Cruciatus Curse in the secret room. Although Bernie Selwyn controlled by Riddle did not have high magic power, it was still an extremely lethal Unforgivable Curse.
Lockhart still felt a dull pain in his heart after taking the potion brewed by Snape.
Sitting next to Lockhart was Professor Trelawney, who taught divination. She obviously had no appetite, so she ate a few bites and ran back to the tower office, where she went to work on her divination.
Joel sat down quickly, and Professor Flitwick kindly placed a plate of fried chicken legs in front of him, and brought him a glass of juice, and then patted him on the shoulder, "You did a great job today, as expected of your parents."
child."
He exchanged pleasantries with his dean, then turned to talk to Professor Lockhart.
"Professor, can I ask what you were doing with Hagrid before?"
Lockhart had already prepared, "You will know better after the summer vacation. I will write everything in my book..."
"You went to the Forbidden Forest, right? And after that, you modified the memory of gamekeeper Hagrid?" Joel whispered into his ear, and sure enough, he saw Professor Lockhart's pupils dilated slightly.
"You shouldn't know about this," Lockhart glanced at the other professors on the teacher's bench and whispered, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"You know my parents, right?" Joel took a fried chicken leg and took a bite. The outside was coated with a layer of bread crumbs and the inside was juicy. It was a model of crispy skin and tender meat. The kids next door were so excited to smell the aroma.
cried.
"This is a fair exchange of information." Joel felt that the fried chicken drumsticks on the teacher's bench were no less than the specialty of the Hufflepuff long table. "I am tight-lipped. Please tell me what happened to my parents back then."
Lockhart thought about it in his mind and felt that it was not a bad idea.
"Your parents were already in seventh grade when I entered school." Lockhart saw that Joel was eating more delicious food, and he was a little greedy. He snatched a chicken leg from the plate and took it out. "They are two very powerful people.
Academic level or dueling ability..."
"Dueling ability?"
"They often dueled in the common room and made a mess on the sofas and chairs," Lockhart said in a nostalgic tone. "Barty Crouch, Pandora, Xenophilius and so on were also involved. We
These junior students learned a lot of practical spells from them at that time.”
"Who was stronger between my parents and Prefect Caitlin when they were in seventh grade?" Joel asked. Caitlin Lauer was the strongest student he had ever seen - except, of course, Tom Riddle.
"Your parents," Lockhart answered without hesitation, "they were the idols of many students at that time. There are very few students who won the Merlin Award and the Second Order of Merlin when they were students. If you are interested in runes, you can
It will be of great help to look up the papers your parents wrote at that time, which completely opened up a new theoretical research path."
Joel had roughly judged the strength of the parents of the original owner of the body, which made him psychologically prepared to study the reasons for the disappearance of the Meadows couple. At least he had to wait until his strength reached a certain level before making any plans.
"I don't know much about the specifics. You can find out more about Xenophilius Lovegood. They had a good relationship when they were in school." Lockhart shrugged and finished chewing the chicken drumstick in his hand.
.
Joel knew that Lovegood was the father of freshman Luna.
"By the way, Miss Pandora is..." He did not give up on anyone who might have information about the parents of the original owner of the body.
"Pandora and Xenophilius are a couple," Lockhart picked up another mutton chop. "But two years ago, I heard that Pandora died in some curse accident. Wasn't their daughter also in Ravenclaw?"
Will you be in first grade?"
Joel mentally put a visit to the Lovegoods on his summer vacation schedule.
"Don't forget your promise." Before leaving, Lockhart didn't forget to ask Joel for a guarantee, "Don't tell anyone else!"
"Of course I keep my word," Joel laughed, "Who do you think I am?"
Lockhart is not a bad person, but he cares too much about fame and fortune. He wants to take all the credit for the Basilisk. He threatens Hagrid. He should also want to find some kind of creature in the Forbidden Forest and write it into his new book. Joel Mouth
It's not so frivolous that I have to say it out loud to cut off other people's money.
Haylis returned to Hogwarts on the third day after the dinner. Joel learned the news through the double-sided mirror. When he rushed to the gate of Hogwarts to pick her up, he did not find Bernie.
·The figure of Selwyn, escorting Haylis is her father.
Joel naturally took Haylis's luggage from Mr. Selwyn. Mr. Selwyn's face turned dark when he saw his daughter's expression of indifference and even wanting to laugh.
"Hailes, you go back to the dormitory first," Mr. Selwyn said, "Mr. Taylor, I have something to say to you."
Hailis took three steps and turned back, finally not daring to disobey her father's words and disappeared on the hillside.
"First of all, I want to thank you for rescuing Bernie," Mr. Selwyn led him to a remote corner. Mr. Filch, the gatekeeper, went to catch students who violated the rules and entered the center of the Black Lake. There were only
The two of them said, "If you hadn't solved the basilisk, the consequences would have been disastrous..."
"It's nothing. Is Haylis's body okay?"
Mr. Selwyn nodded, "I'm recovering well. The Cruciatus Curse is not very powerful. The therapist at St. Mungo's prescribed some potions and put them in the suitcase along with the instructions for taking them. You must urge Hailey when you come back."
Si Lao drank the medicine honestly."
"Bernie's arm was successfully reattached. Professor Gilderoy Lockhart's action was quite measured and would not affect his subsequent actions," Mr. Selwyn sighed. "I talked to him.
I feel that he is not suitable to continue studying at Hogwarts. Beauxbatons is more suitable for him. France is not far from the UK. I came to Hogwarts today to see off Haylis and to do something for Bernie.
Transfer procedures.”
Joel was silent. He could understand Mr. Selwyn's approach. It had been three days since the secret room incident. Speculations about the real culprit behind the scenes were intensifying. Most people's suspicions were that Bernie Selwyn was chopped off.
He lost an arm and was in the Chamber of Secrets at the time, but Professor Dumbledore never mentioned Bernie's name from beginning to end, which is contrary to common sense.
If Bernie returned to Hogwarts after having his arm healed and faced the suspicious and questioning looks of his classmates, his situation in school would be worse than before, so transferring to another school would be reasonable.
"Listen," Selwyn took a step forward and gently touched the sapphire brooch on Joel's school robe with his finger. This was a Christmas gift that Haylis gave him when he was in first grade. "I don't
I object to your relationship with Hailis, but you are still young and should focus on other more important things."
"...I understand," Joel nodded, "Don't worry, I won't delay Haylis."
Seeing that this boy is so sensible, Mr. Selwyn finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now the Selwyn family only has one direct heir, Haylis. If he wastes his time and neglects his studies because of dating boys, then he will really cry without tears.