Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

There is a rumor in Hogwarts recently - Filch went crazy after losing Mrs. Norris.

Since Filch received the stain remover from Gray, the wall where Mrs. Norris was attacked has been wiped clean.

Everyone even noticed that he no longer secretly hid in the corridors like before, and then suddenly pounced on the unsuspecting little wizards, trying every possible means to find excuses to lock them up.

Every day he took a piece of cloth and wiped everything in the castle.These days, everyone has discovered that the candlesticks in the corridors, the armor, and even the picture frames in the castle that hide dirt and evil due to their fine patterns have become spotless.

Even the people in the portrait nodded with satisfaction. They looked very happy because their appearance was clean.

Lockhart sometimes even stopped in the corridor to adjust his hair in front of the polished ball candlestick.

Gray was looking for information about Elixir's yeast in the library when he saw Harry, Ron and Hermione talking to Mrs. Peace.

"Power Potion?" Mrs. Pince read it doubtfully and tried to take the note from Hermione's hand, but Hermione refused to let go.

"Give it to her...Hermione." Ron persuaded from the side, "You will have the opportunity to get Professor Lockhart's signature again in the future..."

"What a coincidence!" Gray came over holding a copy of "A History of Alchemy in the Wizarding World". Harry and the three of them immediately took a breath when they saw Gray.

"Professor Morris." Mrs. Pince greeted Gray, "These children want to borrow this book. Please take a look -"

"Yes! It was...Professor Lockhart agreed, and he signed it for us!" Harry said hurriedly.

"Professor Lockhart?"

Gray remembered that these three people had faked Lockhart's signature and came to borrow banned books to brew polyjuice potion. Anyway, Lockhart would sign anything that could remain unchanged for a period of time.

"Since Professor Lockhart has agreed, I have no control over it. I will not interfere with other professors' teaching plans." Gray said with a smile.

Harry and the others were obviously relieved.

Mrs. Pince held up the note and held it up to the light, as if to check whether it was a forgery.

"Well, to be honest, I don't think Professor Lockhart's signature is authoritative..." Mrs. Pince put away the note, "Since Professor Morris didn't say anything..." She muttered and left the library. The office desk moved toward a group of bookshelves in the distance.

"It seems that Professor Lockhart also pays attention to after-school teaching, right?" Gray looked at the three of them with interest, "I should also learn from him and make up for the students after class..."

Gray pretended to flip through the book and began to make up random stories in his mind.

"I was studying alchemy recently, and it reminded me of a story I heard about 50 years ago. Alchemy was still included in the Hogwarts curriculum 50 years ago... Unfortunately, there was an incident that forced the school to call Stop this class."

"Professor, what happened?" The three of them were curious.

"Someone at Hogwarts was attacked, and the school was almost shut down... and the person who was attacked... was Myrtle."

"Wait...Professor, Myrtle?" Harry and the other three were a little surprised.

Gray thought about being rudely thrown out the door by Mason.

"Yeah, I don't know exactly what happened. I only heard that people were killed. This made the already timid alchemist in the school...Professor Mason, a timid alchemist who loves to cry and cry, have trouble sleeping and eating!"

Mason has been shutting himself up in the bell tower cabin. No matter how much Gray says bad things about this weird old man behind his back, it doesn't matter, he won't be discovered anyway.

"It is said that he was very afraid that his life would be threatened, and Myrtle would cry and wail in the bathroom from time to time. This timid professor was so scared that he resigned immediately. From then on, there is no alchemy course in the school!"

The thoughts of the three little wizards in front of him were no longer here, and Gray's goal was achieved.

After they brewed the polyjuice potion and learned from Malfoy that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened 50 years ago, everything could be connected, and the truth would soon surface.

He adjusted the "History of Alchemy in the Wizarding World" in his hand: "Otherwise, maybe this book will mention more about Hogwarts. The incident 50 years ago had too great an impact. , it also caused Hogwarts to lose alchemy——"

"Professor, who was the murderer of that incident 50 years ago?" Harry asked.

Gray opened the book again: "To be honest, I don't know much about it. These are all things that happened a long time ago, and what we know is very limited. Maybe...asking the ghosts will help. Speaking of this, but Don't ask Bloody Barrow how he died, he will be angry. When I was in school, he chased me and scolded me badly..."

Gray frowned, pretending that he was recalling an unpleasant experience.

"Bloody Barrow has a somewhat eccentric personality. After all, ghosts other than him are very happy to be asked how they died. I guess Myrtle will also be happy."

Mrs. Pince returned with a thick, moldy book in her hand.Hermione carefully put it into her bag, and the three of them said goodbye to Gray and left in a hurry.

"As timid as a mouse...a crybaby..." A hoarse voice came from behind Gray.

Gray looked at the ferocious face in front of him in surprise, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Mason gave him an angry look, bumped his shoulder and walked past without looking back.

……

The legend of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets that Gray taught in class was spread throughout the school, and the attack aroused even more heated discussions. Even the professors discussed it from time to time, especially the mysterious petrification magic.

"Even Professor Dumbledore can't figure out what's going on..." In the staff lounge, McGonagall was sitting on a chair discussing the attack with several professors.

"It's indeed strange, Professor McGonagall." Gray turned around and put his arms on the back of the chair. "It's more like an inscrutable magic."

"So far I have never seen this kind of petrification that cannot be broken by spells... Maybe this is very likely to be black magic." Flitwick touched his beard, "But in the safest place like Hogwarts, Who would dare to do such a thing..."

"Maybe we started at the wrong point from the beginning, Professor Flitwick." Gray pretended to think deeply, "What if...I mean what if, it wasn't petrified by a curse? What if it wasn't cast by someone? "

"Oh?" Flitwick looked at Gray curiously, "Is there any other possibility? I want to hear your opinion, Gray."

"Although the black magic guess is correct, the caster may not be a human being, but may be some kind of monster. You also know that the content written on the wall is about the secret room. It is said that there is a monster in the secret room——"

"This is not a wild guess, Gray. There is no basis to prove that the legend is true. I advise you not to talk nonsense to the students." McGonagall was a little dissatisfied. She never liked to use hearsay as a basis for inference. "Okay. Yes, it's already 10:30, everyone, the Quidditch match is about to start."

As eleven o'clock approached, the teachers and students of the school began to head to the Quidditch Stadium.

In the upcoming game, Harry and Malfoy will be the Seekers of each team competing for the Golden Snitch.The Bludger was constantly attacked by Dobishka's magic, but Harry finally got the Snitch.Gryffindor won, but Harry paid the price - breaking his arm.

It was precisely because of this broken arm that he was made boneless by Lockhart, who was unreliable but wanted to stand out.While in the hospital at night, the little fanboy Colin Creevey secretly ran to the school hospital to visit Harry, but was petrified by a basilisk on the way. This was the first time a student was attacked.

Gray sighed. Even if it was to let Dobby talk to Harry in the school hospital and let him understand that it was related to Lucius, and also to let the students realize the seriousness of the matter after Colin Creevey was attacked, he decided Stay out of the game and let the Bludger fly a little longer.

Next, we have to find the three little wizards to provide some clues about the basilisk so that they can speed up their progress.

"I don't want to lose to Slytherin." McGonagall and Gray were walking on the way to the Quidditch pitch. She kept saying, "I hope Harry and the others will perform well and strive to win. We have been competing against each other for seven consecutive years. The trophy is out of the question. This is what Professor Snape kindly reminded me last night..."

Snape and McGonagall have always been secretly competing for the Quidditch Cup, and McGonagall used to be on the Quidditch team.

McGonagall is a talented Quidditch player, but she was fouled by Slytherin in the seventh grade and fell heavily to the ground. Not only did she suffer a concussion and break several ribs, but she has also been holding on to it ever since. The desire to witness Slytherin's defeat on the Quidditch pitch.

Although she gave up Quidditch after leaving Hogwarts, her competitive nature made McGonagall have high hopes for her own academy team, and she often looked for students with Quidditch talents, such as Harry.

"Don't worry, Professor McGonagall." Gray said with a smile, "Gryffindor will win. Wood and the others are training very hard these days. You have to believe them."

"You're right, we should believe the children."

"Harry! Our Harry! Will win!" Lockhart changed into a golden robe today. "I gave him some advice about Quidditch a few days ago. I told him that this is what I have used over the years. Summed up by the time..."

McGonagall pursed her lips and quickened her pace without even looking at Lockhart.Only Gray and Lockhart were left side by side.

Mag is so ruthless!

"Professor McGonagall, wait...!" As soon as Gray said it, Lockhart pulled him over.

"Gray, I wrote a book about Quidditch before. If you read it, you should know that I was also a seeker back then. They asked me to run for the national team, but I am willing to devote my whole life to eliminating The dark forces..." He began to keep mumbling.