Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Chapter 41 Rumors Spread

After the professors left, Ivan, Hermione, Colin and Ginny hurried into the ward to visit Ron.

Ron apologized to Ivan, and he said he didn't remember anything.

Madam Pomfrey didn't let them stay for too long. According to her, Ron needed to rest.The effect of the Imperius Curse on the soul is not so easy to recover, and poor Ron will probably need to spend the coming Christmas in a hospital bed.

In addition, the final investigation results of this incident also surprised Ivan. Ron was just hit by the Imperius Curse, not what he imagined.

Ivan wanted to tell Dumbledore about Tom Riddle and the diary, but he didn't say anything in the end.He didn't know how to explain how he learned about Voldemort and Horcruxes.These are top secret information, so far, even Dumbledore is only guessing.

The situation became more and more complicated and confusing, and everything could only depend on Aiwen himself.

It wasn't Ron who opened the Chamber of Secrets, his guess was completely wrong.It is not very difficult to control a weak-willed little wizard. As long as Tom Riddle controls him, anyone can use the Imperius Curse on Ron.Moreover, Ron has come into contact with so many people, and it is impossible for Ivan to check them all.

It's all back to square one, and even worse than it was before.

Ron, who was under the Imperius Curse, used the Corruption Curse and the Killing Curse on him, which shows that Tom Riddle or someone else has become suspicious of himself and wants to get rid of him.Aiwen shifted his suspicious eyes to everyone around him, but almost everyone was very suspicious.

In the next few days, security was strengthened in the school, and professors could often be seen patrolling the corridors and escorting students.

A Slattery descendant was bad enough, and now this madman not only opened the Chamber of Secrets, but went around using the Imperius Curse on people with a wand.

The little wizards who didn't know the truth were talking about Ron's disappearance. They kept pouring into the school hospital, wanting to see for themselves whether Ron had been attacked.Madam Pomfrey had to take out long curtains to completely cover Ron's bed.

Professor McGonagall announced that the reason was that there was something wrong with Ron's wand, which made him fall into a very powerful curse, but no one believed it.

Everyone agrees that Ron has been attacked, rumors are rampant in the school, and young wizards are talking about who is the heir of Slytherin.

If Harry was just the object of suspicion, now it is almost certain that it is him, especially after he revealed that he can speak Parseltongue at the Dueling Club.This made Harry feel bad, and he wanted to talk to Justin about it, but he kept avoiding him.

On Friday night, Ivan and Hermione were in the library preparing the next issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" and saw several Hufflepuff students whispering about it.

He and Hermione looked at each other and moved forward quietly.

"Anyway, I told Justin to hide in our dormitory so that Potter couldn't find him." A tall boy said, "I mean, if Potter finds him Yup, he'd better hide for now."

"But why..."

"Needless to say, I expected this to happen ever since Justin accidentally told Potter that he was a natural Muggle. Justin actually told Potter that he had Eton. That's not something you can say about a descendant of Slytherin, is it?"

"That's right!" Several Hufflepuff students nodded hastily, "But, Ernie, are you sure it's Potter?"

"Don't you understand that he speaks a Parseltongue, which everyone knows is the mark of a Dark wizard. Have you ever heard of a decent wizard who could talk to snakes? They call Salazar Slytherin himself Snake language is clear."

"But he looks very friendly, not like a dark wizard." A girl with a golden ponytail said uncertainly.

"Hannah!" Ernie said seriously. "Look at the facts, he can speak Parseltongue, and he's the first one to show up when an attack happens."

Hearing this, everyone started talking in whispers.

"Do you remember what was written on the wall?" Ernie went on, "Enemies of the heir, beware. Filch's cat won't let Potter into the girls' bathroom on the third floor, as we soon learn , the cat was killed."

"And Penelope Crivat, she also met Potter outside that bathroom, she must have found something and got murdered; as for Moaning Myrtle, she stayed in that bathroom , so it is not surprising that it was removed."

"But why did Potter have to go into a girls' bathroom?"

"Who knows, maybe he's experimenting with some evil black magic in there, or the entrance to the secret room is in the girls' bathroom." Ernie hesitated.

Several Hufflepuff students took a breath, and Ivan, who had been eavesdropping, was also taken aback. Who would have thought that Ernie's nonsense was actually the truth.

"Come on, Ernie, what you said doesn't make sense at all." Hannah said hesitantly, "In addition to Potter, Hermione Granger and Ivan Mason also fit what you said, but they don't Possibly descended from Slytherins, whose parents were Muggles."

Hearing Hannah's words, several girls nodded hastily.

"They're Potter's helpers!" Ernie went on. "Just say that Mason, what normal freshman would think of starting a newspaper, and his spells, I bet none of the lower grades Man is his opponent."

"But I think it's cool..."

"Don't be fooled by appearance, Hannah!" Ernie lowered his voice mysteriously, and the Hufflepuffs got closer together, "Look at Ron Weasley who was attacked recently, he must be trying to stop them, It was poisoned."

"But Professor McGonagall said something happened to his wand."

"An accident with the wand won't make people lie in the hospital bed all the time. Another thing, think about it carefully, it was Potter who made the mysterious man disappear."

His voice was as low as a whisper, and Ivan and Hermione had to move forward again.

"No one knows how he escaped death when he was attacked by a mysterious person. You have all read the article written by Ivan. When that incident happened, Potter was still a baby. He should have been bombed Breaking into pieces is the way to go. Let me tell you, only a truly powerful dark wizard can escape a spell like that. Probably because of this, the mysterious person wants to kill him first, and he doesn't want another monster to appear to compete with him .”

"Anyway, it's just Hufflepuffs left now, and I dare say the next attack..."

Hermione couldn't take it anymore, she walked out from behind the bookshelf, and Ivan hurriedly followed.He found the scene in front of him very funny, and when he saw them, every Hufflepuff was stupefied with fright, and Ernie's face suddenly turned pale.

"You, y'all heard, if you're trying to get me in the way," Ernie said hastily, "I might as well tell you that you can trace my blood back to nine generations of wizards in my family, and I'm as pure as anyone, so ..."

"Poor!" Seeing Ernie's appearance, Hermione turned her head away in disdain.

"I don't care what kind of blood you have!" Ivan leaned over and squinted at Ernie, "Listen, if you are still spreading such rumors in public, don't use the heirs of Slytherin, I can make you a stuffed shelf like Filch's cat."

Hearing Ivan's words, Ernie fell down in fright.

Chapter 42 Christmas Gifts

Neither of them mentioned it to Harry, but what happened in the library spread like wildfire.

Now, almost everyone is avoiding them.

It's as if they will grow rotten teeth at any time and spew poisonous juice to attack others.

On Monday morning, during breakfast, Ivan, Harry and Hermione sat together alone, and people pointed and murmured to the three of them.

"That's interesting, it's a pity Ron didn't see it," said Fred, coming up.

"Yeah, Harry!" George went on, "you've got everybody scared. You've done what Snape's always wanted to do."

"This joke is not funny at all!"

Ivan is in a very bad mood now. In addition to being suspected by others, the low sales volume of this issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" is also the main reason.

"Be happy, Ivan." Fred patted him on the shoulder, "Our joke products are also selling poorly, but that's nothing."

"In difficult times like this, we need a little more humor," George said.

And they did, after breakfast, Fred and George made a point of running ahead of Harry, strutting along, shouting, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, the most wicked wizard!"

"It's not something to make fun of." Percy resented the behavior.

"Get out of the way, Percy!" said Fred. "Harry is short on time."

"Yes, he's going to the Chamber of Secrets to have tea with his toothy servant," said George, laughing.

This is what Fred and George call humor, and Ginny wants to stop them.

Harry didn't mind, at least he was relieved that the idea of ​​the twins thinking he was the heir of Slytherin was ludicrous.

Their antics seemed to irritate Draco Malfoy, though, and every time he saw them do it, his face grew uglier every time.

When everyone went to visit Ron in the ward, they told him about it.

"It's because he's eager to claim that he actually did it."

Ron, who seemed to be recovering well, said wisely, "You know how much Malfoy hates being surpassed in any way, he did a dirty trick and now Harry gets all the credit."

"Yeah, but it won't be too long." Hermione said in a satisfied tone. "The Polyjuice Potion will be ready soon, and we can get something out of him at any time."

"I wish I could go too. I'm almost fine, but Madam Pomfrey insisted that I stay here until the end of Christmas."

"Don't worry, we'll let you know the result as soon as possible, Ron."

Three days later, the semester ended.

In view of the current situation in Hogwarts, most of the young wizards chose to go home for Christmas, and the castle was as thick and silent as snow on the ground.

This made Harry breathe a sigh of relief, and he was very happy to think that he could walk around Gryffindor Castle at will without being judged by others.Aiwen also stopped his current research. His recent progress has been very slow. Up to now, he has not found a magic spell to replicate the sound of a rooster crowing or a way to deal with the basilisk.To make matters worse, Hagrid's roosters were almost dead.

Hagrid said either a fox or a blood-sucking ogre was attacking his cock.

But Hermione insisted it was weird, and wondered if she had noticed anything.

In the morning, they went to the school hospital to play the wizard flag with Ron, and they discussed matters related to the secret room for a while.After lunch, Ivan and Harry went to practice dueling in the secret passage, while Hermione continued to read in the library.

Besides them, Colin, Ginny, Fred and George stayed at the school, and they built a snowman outside the castle.

Percy was unimpressed by these childish behaviors, and he made frequent visits to the school hospital.

Ron was surprised to say that he never knew that Percy cared about him so much. He had been visiting him in the hospital more often than everyone else combined, even though Ron had almost nothing to say to him.

But Percy still made frequent trips to the school hospital, and he proudly told a few of them that he stayed for Christmas only because, as a straight A student, it was his duty to support the teachers during this turbulent time, and Watching Ron keep him from getting into trouble.

While having dinner, Ivan saw Malfoy and his two followers, Crabbe and Goyle.In addition, he was also surprised to see Justin Fenriely, who had disappeared for a long time, and he also stayed.

Justin was in a bad state, especially after seeing a few of them, and he seemed to be still worried about the fact that Harry was going to attack him.

Harry tried to go over and apologize to him, but it didn't work.

As soon as he saw Harry approaching him, Justin took a few pieces of bread from the table and ran out in a hurry, which spoiled Harry's recovering mood.

Early the next morning, Ivan was woken up by Colin.

"Ivan, thank you for the magic camera you gave me. It's too expensive. I guess it must have cost a lot of money!" Colin shouted in surprise.

Ivan saw that Colin was sitting on his bed unwrapping gifts, and his own bed was also full of gifts.His parents ordered him a Nimbus 2001, which fits the Muggle perception of wizarding, and they also wanted Alvin to take part in more sports.

Colin gave him a precious photo, which was a group photo of everyone standing together when the first issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" was sold successfully.

The gift that Lockhart gave was also a photo, which was a signed photo of himself, and Ivan was going to pass it on to Hermione later; Hagrid gave him a big bag of fudge, but it was almost the same as Rockhart. Hard as a pie.

Ron gave him a book called "How to Better Run a Magic Newspaper", and Harry and Hermione also gave him the same books, namely "Basic Quidditch Rules" and "Duel Secrets: Detailed Explanations of Common Spells" ".It seems that Aiwen likes to read books, which has left a deep-rooted impression in the minds of the three of them.

Fred and George also gave some of their recently successful products to Ivan; just as the two agreed in Diagon Alley, Ginny gave him a thick black diary, which was of high quality. it is good.

If Aiwen plans to make Horcruxes in the future, he will definitely give priority to it.

By the way, Mrs. Shusley gave Ivan a brand new hand-knitted sweater with a greeting card inside, thanking Ivan for helping Ron.They learned everything from Dumbledore. If Ivan hadn't discovered that Ron had taken the Imperius Curse, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

When Ivan finally crawled out of the pile of gifts, he found that Harry and Hermione had already arrived in the common room, and the compound potion had already been brewed.

The three of them went to the school hospital to find Ron and reorganized the plan.

After confirming that there was nothing missing, they decided to do it tonight, and they must ask Malfoy for clarification.

Chapter 43 Entering Slytherin

For the Christmas banquet, the auditorium looked magnificent.

A dozen Christmas trees covered in silver frost complemented the thick friezes of mistletoe and holly that crossed on the ceiling. The sky above the auditorium was enchanted, and warm and dry snow flakes gently fell from the ceiling.

All the people ate with relish, and when Ivan and Harry had just finished their third serving of pudding, Hermione led them out of the auditorium to realize their plans for the night.

The first thing to do is Crabbe and Gore, which is not too difficult.

As long as there are two cakes with sleeping potions, these two tall guys are at their mercy.

Ivan and Harry took a lot of effort to hide them in the cabinet at the other end of the hall to ensure that they would not be discovered, pulled out a few more hairs, and brought out their shoes, because Crabbe and Goyle's big feet couldn't fit in their own shoes.

The trouble is here with Hermione, Ivan insists that the black hair she is holding in her hand is not Millicent Burst's hair, but a cat hair.

"Impossible, Ivan!" Hermione said stubbornly, "I got this from Millicent's clothes at the fighting club."

"But she also has a cat, and the hair in your hand is almost exactly the same as the fur on that cat, we better be careful."

In the end, under Aiwen's insistence, the three had to return to the auditorium to look for opportunities.

They wandered around the Slytherin table for a long time, and when they saw Pansy Parkinson standing up and walking towards Snape, Hermione hurried up and hit her hard, and pulled it off her head before the other party was about to get angry. a hair.

When Hermione apologized to Pansy, Ivan and Harry saw Snape looking at them with a malicious sneer, making both of them stand on their heads.

They hurried back to the bathroom, which took a lot of time.

"I think Snape seems to have discovered something?" Harry said uncertainly, "Maybe we should look for another chance."

"No, tonight is the best chance. After Christmas, students will start returning to school."

Hermione took out the prepared Polyjuice Potion and nervously read the stained page of "Power Potion".

"It looks just like the books say, and after we drink it, we can have a full hour to turn back into ourselves. My plan is perfect, Snape won't find us, he sees only Crabbe, Goose Hall and Parkinson."

She scooped up large globs of soup with a long-handled spoon and poured them into three glasses.

Then, with trembling hands, she poured Parkinson's hair from the bottle into the first glass.

The soup made a loud noise, like a pot of boiling water, frothing vigorously.After a second, it turns an ugly brown-black color.