Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 105 Basilisk Attack

By the time Peter and Hermione arrived in the bathroom, Lavender had already been wrapped in a warm robe and a blanket, and Parvati was kneeling beside her in a pink bathrobe, bewildered.

Peter bent down to check her body, and touched her cheek, "She's not dead, she's just been petrified." He said calmly, "There's a basilisk in the pipeline that specializes in attacking Muggle-born students. Its eyes were deadly, and Lavender was lucky she saw them through the water in the bathroom, so she was merely petrified."

Hermione covered her mouth in horror, and Parvati asked in a trembling voice, "Professor, but Lavender is a pure blood witch!"

"I think the basilisk's target should be Hermione," Peter replied briefly. "It got out of the pipe and met Lavender's eyes by chance."

He opened the magic space in the bathroom, and found no trace of black magic. It seems that the basilisk has returned to the secret room annoyed after attacking the wrong student.

Outside the bathroom, the Gryffindor boys also noticed something unusual and gathered together. They all wanted to help, but they were too embarrassed to go into the girls' bathroom.

"Hermione! What's the matter?" Ron called from outside the bathroom, wearing a burgundy bathrobe that was too short for him with ankles showing.

Before Hermione could answer, Professor McGonagall hurried over, and she was so anxious that the bun on her head fell apart.

"Professor McGonagall, Lavender was attacked by a basilisk, and his life is not in danger." Peter calmly told McGonagall about the situation. McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief and hammered his heart. Behind her, Dumbledore Lido also walked in.

"Finally, the attack happened to the students..." Dumbledore said, "Minerva, please send Lavender to the infirmary first; Do what you say, protect the Muggle-born students."

Professor McGonagall conjured up a stretcher, suspended the stiff Lavender in mid-air, and transported it to the infirmary. Parvati followed beside the stretcher, holding Lavender's pale hand. The boys made way for them, They all showed regretful eyes.

At the foot of the stairs, Snape also appeared out of breath. He frowned and glanced at Lavender on the stretcher, sideways to make way for Professor McGonagall, and then he glanced in Harry's direction.

Peter supported Hermione's back and escorted her back to the Gryffindor common room. Harry and Ron followed after seeing this. Hermione, who was still in shock, explained to them what had just happened. Before going upstairs, Peter Snape looked displeased to see Dumbledore whispering something to Snape.

The basilisk attack spread quickly in the school, and the students' nerves paralyzed by the Ministry of Magic became sensitive again. Someone was selling exorcism suits on campus. The "luxury package": garlic skewers and troll toenails.

Now every class has to be escorted by a teacher, and the Muggle-born wizards in each class are concentrated in the most protected position next to the teacher. Students must go to the toilet with more than three people. It is best for Muggle-born wizards to go quickly. Come back and solve it quickly.

Since Peter had already determined the location of the entrance to the chamber of secrets, Myrtle's bathroom was closed, probably because she was unbearably lonely, and Myrtle began to randomly appear in various toilets and bathrooms, and the students were unbearably disturbed, especially the boys. Myrtle made all kinds of harassment to them.

There are always teachers and security guards patrolling the corridor. Sirius is always holding his wand in his pocket. After Peter told him about the abnormality on the eighth floor of the corridor, he often checks there for any abnormalities, and Constantine spends most of his time there. They are checking which girl is more beautiful.

Snape, who was suspended by Dumbledore, stayed in his office most of the time. Dumbledore gave him a stricter ban, forcing him to take more time to rest, but people often found themselves in the underground of Slytherin House. Hallways and foyers see him patrolling sullenly.

The students of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons hardly dared to come to the auditorium, they would rather stay in their own big boats and carriages, but Madame Maxime and Professor Andonova volunteered to join the patrol, especially It was Andonova, who often patrolled alongside Peter.

In order to come up with a new explanation to appease the public, the Ministry of Magic was overwhelmed. Percy no longer studied the problem of smuggling flying tapestry. The wastebasket was full of paper.

"Shut up, I've got an important job done for Mr. Crouch!" Percy called to the Weasley twins.

"Does he still call you Wetherby, Wetherby?" Fred handed a cream biscuit to Dean, who turned into a giant canary.

On the night Lavender was petrified, Mr. Crouch came to the school once. He became stronger and no longer as haggard as before. He stretched his face and asked how Dumbledore managed the school. , how the Ministry of Magic will calm the panic among the people and foreign guests.

"Barty, I think what we need is a way to enter the Chamber of Secrets and kill the Basilisk, not a newly published "Daily Prophet." Dumbledore said calmly.

Lavender has been lying stiffly in the infirmary these days, unconscious, and Parvati stayed by her side when she had no class, making lucky cards for her. Hermione felt very guilty, but she could not act without authorization, and could only When you meet Parvati at night, ask her to bring the gift to the ward.

Professor Trelawney also went to the infirmary to see Lavender several times, "That day... that day I foresaw a terrible disaster, and the eye of the sky has predicted everything. The thing I fear most will happen on Wednesday, and sure enough..." She Whispering, Parvati looked at her with scorching eyes that were both admiration and fear.

Of course, Peter has not been idle these days. He often spends time in the library looking up information about Parseltongue, and even read the forbidden books in the restricted section of the library that students cannot touch, but none of the books provide the necessary information for learning Parseltongue. clues.

According to the book, Parseltongue is a kind of ability that is inherited along with the blood, and it is believed to be related to the evil dark wizard.

Apart from Haipo and Slytherin, one of the ancient Parseltongues known so far is Gormley Gaunt, who used her Parseltongue to command the wand of her niece Isolt Thayer to disable it, Unexpectedly, it awakened the long-horned water snake-horned wands of Isolt's adopted sons, and was finally turned into gravel by the poisonous arrow.

These interesting historical stories didn't help Peter much, but not long after, he found another book in the restricted area, "The Complete Book of Ancient Dark Wizards", which reads:

"The despicable Hai Erbo was a dark wizard in ancient Greece, and he had a profound influence on later generations. Hai Erbo is the first known Parselmouth, who discovered the method of breeding Basilisks, and he was also the first to successfully create a soul. There is a theory that Haierbo’s soul wanders to this day, always looking for the method of resurrection.”

Peter's eyes lit up.

Perhaps the horcrux of the vile Helbo still exists, undestroyed, but he died before he could find a way to resurrect himself.

He left incantations and rituals to summon his remnant soul—in the era when Haierbo lived, short incantations had not yet become mainstream.

He needs to absorb the power of other people's souls to prevent his own soul from dissipating, so he uses power as a bait to lure the descendants of Squibs who have long been away from the wizarding society and lack awe of black magic. According to rumors, his Horcrux is hidden in a corner, undamaged...

Logically, Hai Erbo needed an alias, and "Snake God Enigal" might be a good idea.

Peter borrowed the forbidden book, and he had already found another Parseltongue in the world.

(End of this chapter)