Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"You know what, he sounds a lot like Percy, the prefect, the head of the schoolboy, and maybe number one in every subject!" Ron wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"From the way you speak, it sounds like it's a bad thing to do," said Hermione in a slightly hurt voice.

"That's right, I never thought he would be that kind of person." Ron replied in a deceived tone, and then he turned his head and looked at Ivan nervously, "How are you going?" How is it, what did you find in the diary?"

"No!" Ivan shook his head, he thought it was best not to talk about Riddle with others.

"Look at what I said, it's just an ordinary diary."

"Actually, this diary is not ordinary at all. I'm sure it's fireproof, waterproof, and spellproof, and I can hardly find any way to destroy it."

"That's great, Riddle must want to take good care of his diary." Ron looked unnatural.

Chapter 48 The Second Confrontation

Time passed quickly, and it was February in a blink of an eye.

After a brief communication on Christmas, Ivan did not try to contact Tom Riddle again. He thought it was necessary to keep him cold for a while.

The atmosphere in the school has always been tense. Although there have been no more attacks since Justin Fenriely was attacked, and the mandrakes have begun to mature, most of the students are still fighting.

Under the circumstances, Lockhart seemed to think he needed to do something.

At the end of a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he told everyone, "You don't have to worry at all, the Chamber of Secrets will never be opened. Those criminals must have known, and I will catch them sooner or later, but It's a matter of time. It would be wise to stop now, before I start to deal with them."

There was a burst of discussion from the audience, and most people expressed doubts about his statement.

"What the school needs now is to boost morale and eliminate those bad things in memory! I can't say more now, but I think I have a plan."

By breakfast time on the fourteenth of February, it was known what Lockhart had done to boost morale.

When Ai Wen entered the auditorium early in the morning, he saw that the four walls were covered with big and dazzling pink flowers.To make matters worse, there are also many heart-shaped confetti falling non-stop from the light blue ceiling.

At the teacher's table, Lockhart was wearing bright pink robes to match the ornaments, and the professors sitting across from him were all stern-faced.A muscle in Professor McGonagall's cheek bulged; as for Snape, he looked as if someone had just poured him a large glass of strong drink.

Next, Lockhart announced on his own initiative that he had arranged a small surprise for everyone.

Through the doors leading into the hall strode in a dozen sullen-faced dwarfs, unlike most dwarfs, with golden wings and harps on their backs.

Lohart calls them friendly little Cupids with greeting cards!

He encouraged students to use them to deliver Valentine's Day cards, or ask Snape for advice on how to concoct Ecstasy.

Ai Wen didn't know if anyone would dare to ask Snape for advice on how to make Ecstasy, but these dwarves kept rushing around the school, sending Valentine's Day cards.

Among them, he received the most greeting cards, nearly 200 cards.

This made him listed as the most unpopular person by the teachers. When a dwarf No. 12 broke into the transformation class classroom, Professor McGonagall drove Ivan and the other party out of the classroom with an ugly face.

The two stared at each other for a long time in the corridor, and the dwarf seemed to remember his mission. This time, he brought Ivan a Valentine's Day gift with singing.

But Ivan was faster than him. He pulled out his wand, and a neat "Lock Tongue Sealing Throat" spell made the whole world quiet.

In order to prevent other dwarves from harassing him again, Ivan walked back to the common room dejectedly, and there was no one in it.

He weakly threw the schoolbag onto the sofa, and Tom Riddle's diary fell out of it.

Ai Wen's eyes flashed, this coincidence is not very happy, he is sure that his schoolbag will not be loose like this.

It seemed that after more than a month of neglect, the other party couldn't wait any longer.

Aiwen opened the diary, and before he could write, an article appeared on it, which perfectly answered the potion class homework he asked last time.

"Riddle, I have already finished and handed in that assignment by myself. Professor Snape gave me a terrible evaluation. My problem now is..." The corners of Ivan's mouth turned up slightly, and he casually referred to his recent magic research process. Write down the problems encountered.

After about a minute, another answer appeared on the diary.

Riddle gave a perfect answer to the problems that Ivan encountered, which gave him a feeling of enlightenment, and some of them were even deeper than the understanding of the professors.

In this way, Ivan started the second communication with Tom Riddle.

Every night, when everyone fell asleep, he quietly took out his diary and wrote down the difficulties he encountered in magic research. The difficulty of the problems became more and more difficult, and many of them were no longer ordinary little wizards. should be mastered.

Riddle didn't seem to notice, it was still Ivan who asked what he answered, and sometimes even took the initiative to impart relevant magical knowledge.

In addition to answering questions, Riddle has always wanted to talk to Ivan about things related to the secret room, and also wanted to tell him who was the person who opened the secret room 50 years ago.

But Aiwen changed the subject or closed the diary directly at the most critical moment every time, and Riddle gradually adapted to Aiwen's jumpy communication method.A strange tacit understanding was reached between the two. He often told a story about the secret room first, and then it was time for Ivan to ask questions.

As Voldemort in his youth, Tom Riddle has a very strong reserve of knowledge, as long as he is willing, he can answer almost all the questions raised by Ivan.

From the simplest classroom assignments to the most esoteric magical theories.

For example, the method of recording sound that has troubled Ivan for a long time, Riddle gave him an improved copy spell, which can save a sound on any item, and the saving time is related to the magic power of the caster and the material used.

Thanks to Riddle's help, the overall level of the "Academic Research" section of "Hogwarts Wizardry" is booming. It is no longer full of boring articles such as crucibles and horned snoring beasts, but real magic research. .

After a transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall even expressed to Ivan that she was surprised by the depth of his research on Animagus transfiguration.

In addition, Mr. Gu Fei, the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" who has been paying attention to this newspaper, also expressed his willingness to reprint some of the research articles. Ai Wen even received invitations from many professional magic academic journals.

Of course, most of these are the results of Tom Riddle's research.

I don’t know if the editors-in-chief of the magazines who asked Ivan to write papers would faint from fright after knowing that the academic articles they published were written by Voldemort.

In just over a month, Aiwen has improved very fast.

He learned a lot of theoretical knowledge from Riddle that would never be taught in the classroom, including even black magic.In fact, the other party seems to have been teaching black magic to Ivan intentionally or unintentionally, and verbally encouraged him to use these magics.

At first, Ivan didn't feel anything unusual.

He simply felt that these magic spells were very powerful, much stronger than normal spells.

After consulting Professor Flitwick, he realized that what Tom Riddle had been teaching him was black magic.

Until that time, Ivan did not realize the seriousness of the problem.He even thought that knowing more about black magic would be very helpful for improving his strength.

After going on for a long time, he finally noticed that something was wrong, the black magic seemed to be negatively affecting his thinking.He gradually became irritable, irritable, and sensitive, and whenever he practiced using these black arts, some cruel thoughts appeared in his head.

Especially during a recent conflict with Malfoy, Ivan took out his wand without even thinking about it, and used a newly learned spell on the other party.

This spell is a bit similar to the "Shen Feng Wu Ying" invented by Snape, but it is more powerful. If Malfoy is hit, it is estimated that Malfoy will be in danger, because Tom Riddle has not taught him to counter the curse.

Fortunately, Aiwen woke up at the last moment and cast the curse into the air aside, so that no one had irreversible consequences.

This incident made him terrified, which was an extremely dangerous signal.

He suddenly understood why Riddle was uncharacteristically teaching himself the magic knowledge. This was one of his methods of demagogy.

Riddle is looking for a loophole in Aiwen's mind. Since Aiwen is wary of him and not interested in the secret room, he uses powerful magic power to lure him to fall.If Aiwen is lost in the power and cannot extricate himself, then Riddle can take the opportunity to control him.

Even if he can't control it as he wants, Aiwen is likely to become an evil dark wizard like Voldemort in the end.

Since then, Ivan has never dared to touch that diary again. Tom Riddle is really terrifying. He can gradually control a person's mind invisibly.

Even someone like Ivan who has been on high alert against him from the very beginning is no exception.

Chapter 49 The Past Fifteen Years Ago

Because he didn't know who Tom Riddle was controlling before, Ivan was afraid that the other party would steal the diary back while he was away.

So, he always carried the diary with him, but never opened it again.

Thanks to Aiwen's care, there was no more attack in the castle.

Four months have passed since Justin was petrified.

Almost everyone seemed to think that the attacker, whoever he was, was done for good.

While eating breakfast one day, Ivan heard Professor Sprout happily say to several students, "Mandrakes held a lively and noisy dance party in the third greenhouse. When they want to move to We know they're fully ripe when they're in someone else's pot, and then we can bring those poor people on the hospital ward to life."

The continuous good news made people gradually happy.

Hufflepuff's Ernie is no longer avoiding them, and Peeves is finally getting tired of his "Oh Potter, you bastard"; sales of the Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry are picking up, and everyone will Attention has turned back to the upcoming Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff Quidditch match, which could lead to this year's Quidditch Cup.

In this environment, Ivan was really surprised when he saw all the second graders sitting in the common room with sad faces on Easter.

"The school asked us to choose a third-year curriculum."

Harry held a class schedule full of markings, and explained to Ivan and Colin who had just walked in, "It seems that we need to add a few courses."

"Professor McGonagall warned us to be cautious." Hermione looked at Harry and Ron seriously, "Choose carefully, this will affect our future."

"I don't know, but I just want to give up Potions," said Harry.

"Impossible!" Ron said in a low mood, "I have to take all the original subjects, otherwise I would have thrown away the Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

"But that class is important!" said Hermione in surprise.

"Like Lockhart's teachings, I don't think so," said Ron. "I didn't learn anything from him except don't let the elves out."

Children who grew up in wizarding families used owls to ask for opinions at home. For example, Neville, who was sitting by the side, received many letters from relatives, which made it even more difficult for him to make a decision. He had to ask others nervously. Do you think that arithmetic divination sounds more difficult to learn than ancient runes?

As for Harry being raised in a Muggle family, he had no one to advise him.

In the end, he even closed his eyes, used his magic wand to randomly click on the list, and chose whichever course he clicked.

"You can't do this, Harry!" Hermione hastily stopped him.

"So do you have any good ideas?" Harry said with a frown.

"We can choose all of them. The school didn't say it's not allowed, did it?" Hermione said uncertainly.

"That's right, but I'm sure I wouldn't do that." Harry shook his head hastily, "Hermione, your idea doesn't suit me."

"The divination class looks very interesting, you should choose this." Ai Wen leaned over to look at Harry's class schedule, "I am very interested in this aspect, if there is a chance next semester, I would like to go with you Listen in."

"Alvin's suggestion is good. Divination can help you see the future." Percy walked over. Since he knew the news that the mandrake was about to mature, he seemed to have completely returned to normal. He guided Harry, "The course you choose depends mainly on where you want to go in the future."

"People always say it's stupid to choose Muggle studies, but I personally think that wizards should have a thorough understanding of non-magical society, especially if they want to work closely with Muggles. Look at my father , he has to deal with Muggle business all the time. My brother Charlie has always liked the outdoors, so he took Care of Magical Creatures. Play to your strengths, Harry."

Percy's suggestion didn't help much, as Harry couldn't think of any strong suits for him other than Quidditch.

"Professor McGonagall wants us to hand in our choices tomorrow, so think about it carefully, Harry." Hermione signed all the subjects, "And you too, Ron, you have to worry about your future Responsible."

"That sounds like my mother!" Ron wrinkled his nose uneasily, looking listless.

In fact, his condition has been very bad lately. After asking Madam Pomfrey for two large bottles of sedatives, it didn't have any effect. Everyone believed that this might be an adverse reaction caused by the Imperius Curse.

Ginny is also in a bad state. Aiwen can be sure that the other party must have something to hide from him, but he talked to her a few times, but there is no effect.

That night, Ivan, Harry, and Ron sat in front of the fire in the common room, and they discussed each class.

In the end, Harry and Ron chose the same few new subjects.They feel that if these courses are difficult to learn, at least two people can still keep company.

When they had just signed their names on the subjects they had chosen, they saw Hermione running in in a hurry.

"I found the man who was expelled from school 50 years ago."

Hermione lowered her voice and said eagerly, "It was Hagrid. It was Hagrid who opened the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago."

"That's impossible!" Harry stood up hastily.

"I hope it's not him, but the evidence I found is against him." Hermione continued, "Because I couldn't find any information in the library, I wrote a letter to the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, Mr. Letter, asking for his help."

"Then what did he say?"

"He sent me a newspaper from 50 years ago." Hermione took out a newspaper, "Look here, it says that Rubeus Hagrid caused a serious accident at Hogwarts, Expelled from school."

"What is this? We already knew that Hagrid was expelled!" Harry said unwillingly.

"Pay attention to the time of the report, Harry!" Hermione said, "think of that newspaper clipping that Alvin showed us 50 years ago, it said that there was an accident in the school, and Moaning Myrtle was the scene. Accident victim. Hagrid was expelled from school shortly after this, also for causing a serious accident."

"Perhaps, these two things are not connected." Harry said distressedly.

"But since Hagrid was kicked out, the attacks have stopped!" Hermione sighed, "Do you think there is something serious enough to expel a student from the school. Think about it, the last time we were in Knockturn Alley Met Hagrid."

"He was just there to buy a potion to get rid of flesh-eating slugs." Harry raised his voice, "Hermione, Hagrid would never kill someone on purpose!"

"He certainly won't, but the monster he raised is hard to say." Hermione said hesitantly, "Hagrid likes dangerous animals, he thinks they are very interesting, think about what he raised in school last year Well, a giant three-headed dog and a baby dragon. You see, shouldn't we ask Hagrid about these things?"

"That was a lovely visit. Hi, Hagrid, tell us, have you let out some savage, hairy thing in the castle lately?"

"That's not funny at all, Ron, just out of caution, I think . . . "

"No, Hermione! Hagrid is definitely innocent, I believe him." Harry said stubbornly.

All four were silent, and the atmosphere was awkward.For a long time, no one spoke.

Chapter 50 Hagrid and Aragog

Late at night, Ivan was the only one left in the common room.