HP solves the mystery

When Sif saw the basilisk, Xiu Dou's brain finally started to work again. Why should he be afraid of Tom when it was around? Could it be that because the basilisk keeps getting smaller, the subconscious ignores it?

Sif thought about it, whether it was because he was angry or because of the effects of the medicine, his mind became groggy again. The fright just now had not disappeared, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep on the floor. Even so, he could still hold the wand in his hand. Tight.

He was well prepared, but he fell asleep!

Tom sighed helplessly, he carefully picked up Sif and put him on the sofa, rubbing his fingers on the red lips.

"What should I do with you, Sev."

Tom was overwhelmed by complex emotions that seemed both regretful and fortunate. This was not the original plan. He had not yet fully understood this feeling.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Was he coveting the warmth of this family, or...

The Dark Lord cannot have a weakness, even a possible weakness.

Tom slowly raised his wand, a weak spot appeared, and his master wanted to destroy it.

He raised his arms for a long time, and the clock pointed to twelve o'clock.

Finally, Tom moved the wand away from Sev's chest and looked at him silently, "Maybe you are right, you should never have picked me back from the beginning."

The Dark Lord's weakness should always be caged.

Tom thought leisurely as he covered Sif with a blanket and placed a kiss on his smooth forehead.

What the Dark Lord wants, he can get.

Tom looked at Sif deeply, stood up and left the study.

The basilisk emerged from the corner, its head moving back and forth between the study and Tom, [Hiss, are you over so soon? 】

Tom looked at the basilisk with a lewd aura and frowned slightly.

[Did you enjoy watching the show just now? 】

The basilisk looked at him in surprise, shook his head and denied, "How could that be?" I am protecting Sif, the magic power you just exposed is not...tsk tsk...]

[Helpo, I won’t hurt him. 】

[At least for now. ] The basilisk spat out the message and reluctantly believed Tom's words.

Tom squinted his eyes and snapped his fingers, and a house elf appeared in the living room. It was the elf from Voldemort's manor.

"Clean up and do your work." After he ordered, he waved his hand to make the elf disappear.

The basilisk watched this scene silently, and the house elf that could summon it had told him that its snack suitcase should be cleaned.

Tom noticed the abnormality of the basilisk and explained patiently, "This is the only elf who signed a soul contract with me." 】

The basilisk nodded in confusion, even if it didn't understand, it still pretended to understand.

Tom took the basilisk into the potion room. After arranging the defensive spells and anti-eavesdropping spells, he sat on a chair and talked to the basilisk.

[Can you tell me something about Slytherin and the Pact? ] Tom thought of opening the secret room in Gaunt's old house, thinking that the basilisk might know something.

The basilisk looked through the memories in his mind and the information in the contract, and came to a conclusion that was not a good one.

[You know that I always sleep in Hogwarts, and the descendants of Salazar wake me up very rarely. Moreover, the contract was last updated 241 years ago, and the property inside has dropped to one-fifth of its peak value. Already...]

【What is the peak period? 】

[In Stuart's 1386, there were so many manors and plantations...]

There were a lot of basilisks, and they said everything they could think of.

Tom compared the address mentioned by the basilisk with the information collected by Lucius, and gained a better understanding of his ancestor's prodigal fortune. You must know that the Malfoy family is still continuing and has accumulated countless wealth.

[But don’t be discouraged. After Salazar’s second daughter married into the Gaunt family, she brought a lot of things with her... I remember there was a toad that could spit out gold coins. Remember to help me find it...] The basilisk tried to comfort Tom, It no longer desires a farm full of lambs, it really needs this toad to buy snacks.

However, Tom's words were like a bucket of cold water poured out, causing the basilisk to split open on the spot.

[Do you remember when we went exploring a dilapidated house and you got me a ring? That house is the old Gaunt house. 】

【? 】

[Moreover, many of the properties you mentioned have disappeared or been sold to other families... In short...] Tom looked at the basilisk in a playful manner, [The toad you mentioned should be in the Ministry of Magic, and it was treated as a trash can. 】

【? ? ? 】

A miserable wail sounded in the potion room, and the basilisk lay on the table like a dead snake.

[That is the piggy bank that Salazar prepared for me. I gave it to his second daughter to celebrate her wedding... Wuwuwu...]

Tom put an earplug on himself and waited for the basilisk to finish crying before continuing the discussion about Slytherin.

[I don’t know much, but Salazar likes equal exchange. You have to explore the rest by yourself. 】

Tom touched his chin thoughtfully and asked an unrelated question.

[Whose property is the castle at Hogwarts? 】

The basilisk twisted a few times and seemed unhappy, but finally said it.

[At first, it belonged to Salazar alone. When Hogwarts was built, it was divided among the other three people. But later, the prodigal son outsourced the castle. If it weren’t for the fact that he said he couldn’t sell the castle when he inherited it, you would now It's hard to say what he could see...] The basilisk straightened up and flicked its tail, its vertical eyes full of helplessness, [I guess that's why my Lamb Manor is gone...]

Tom refined the basilisk's nonsense and tapped his fingers hard on the table.

[So that means,] he licked his dry lips, [can I inherit Hogwarts? 】

The basilisk nodded and shook its head, not sure.

If Dumbledore knew that he would inherit the castle, he would probably run to Austria immediately, right?

The imagination is beautiful. Although the reality is a little difficult, it is not far from achieving the goal.

After Tom's identity was exposed, he simply stopped pretending, contacted Lucius and other subordinates in front of the Basilisk, and assigned tasks one by one.

Nagini jumped and cheered beside him, shouting that she would go back to the manor to soak in the hot springs and eat deer and lamb.

The basilisk watched silently for a while, then swam towards the study. Until now, Sif had not woken up. It had to stay by its side to protect his safety.

In the evening, a golden eagle soared in the golden sky, and soon landed outside the window of a house in the city center.

Tom reached out and took off the package from the golden eagle's leg. Inside was the Gaunt ring that he asked Lucius to ask the goblin to reforge.

[This ring of yours is really ugly. You should use a red gemstone and a gold ring. ] The basilisk lying next to Sif commented on the ring in Tom's hand.

Tom ignored the basilisk. He took Sev's left hand and put the Mobius ring on the slender ring finger. The black gemstone shone brightly.

The basilisk slid between the two of them and tapped the black stone gem with its tail tip. After feeling the energy attached to it, it felt very hungry.

[Helbo, I have to go out for a while. 】Tom rubbed the back of Sev's hand, looking at his frown that was still frowning when he was sleeping, and said with determination, "When I come back, I will take you to the magic world and live in a large manor." 】

The basilisk grinned and seemed to smile, guessing what Tom was going to do.

[Be careful, Tom. Salazar's stuff isn't that easy to get. 】

Tom hummed upon hearing this. He carried Sif into the bedroom, and even took off his shirt and jeans on his own initiative, and put on his cotton and linen pajamas.

After everything was done, Tom carefully tucked Sif into the quilt.

"Sifu, don't run away, try to accept me, I will be sad too." He whispered softly, and kissed Sifu's red lips carefully.

This kiss was not mixed with any distracting thoughts, and it only lasted for a second.

The basilisk was squeezed between the two of them, and it didn't quite understand the point of humans kissing each other.

Tom sat holding Sif's hand for a while longer before taking his wand and going out and apparating away.

Sifu's eyelashes trembled as he was sleeping soundly in the bedroom, but he still didn't wake up in the end.

The street lights were turned on one by one, and the dim path was completely illuminated.

Lucius took Regulus, Bella and Dolohov to wait for the arrival of someone in the old Gaunt house. They held the road map scanned with Muggle instruments in their hands and explored the secret passage of the Gaunt family. .

They have already placed isolation spells and defensive spells around the place, not to mention that this place is already inaccessible, making it easier to talk about.

Bella played with her hair boredly with her fingers. She was not interested in Lucius's plan, she just wanted to meet the Dark Lord.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of them. Even if he was wearing ordinary Muggle clothes, his outstanding appearance could not be concealed.

"Good day, Lord." Bella's harsh voice shocked the three people who were gathered together, and they all saluted to the visitor.

Tom raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, then took the map and looked at it.

Bella looked at the young Tom excitedly. She was fascinated by his handsome features and tall figure. Although she didn't know why the lord had become so young, it happened to prove his strength.

Among the wizards in the magic world, except Nicoléme, who has the magic stone, he can live a long life, but no one can rejuvenate himself!

Tom discovered that the tunnels under Gunter's old house were very similar to those at Hogwarts, and he had an idea in mind, "You guys stay here while I go down and take a look."

"If I haven't come out yet at dawn, you can leave on your own."

"Yes, my lord." Lucius and Regulus looked at each other and responded in unison.

Bella bravely took a step forward. She didn't want to lose sight of Lord just after she saw him.

"Lord, the tunnel may be dangerous. Bella wants to escort you..." Bella's excited cheeks turned red and her eyes widened, looking extremely weird.

Tom fiddled with his wand and suddenly realized that horror movies shot by Muggles still had merit.

"Bella, stay here and watch the sunrise with Lucius."

After saying that, he ignored everyone and walked towards the ruins of Gunter's old house, then turned a corner and walked into the forest behind.

A bunch of idiots, the tunnel in Gunter's old house is a deception, the real secret passage is somewhere else.

Tom recalled the description of the basilisk and found a stone door covered by vines and moss next to a dead tree under a cliff in the forest.

He opened the stone door in snake language, and a rotten aura hit his face along with the sound of arrows breaking through the air. If he hadn't been able to dodge quickly, he would probably have been told here.

[Hiss, why are there still arrows? Didn't Haierbo say that the Gaunt family are all wizards? 】 Nagini got out of Tom's pocket that was scratched by the arrow, complaining about the irrationality of the mechanism.

Tom touched its head, obviously agreeing with this statement.

However, this also confirms that not only wizards would look for the secret room at that time, but also Muggles.

Tom avoided traps with curses and huge boulders blocking the way, and finally came to a stone door full of snake-shaped statues. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, answered the weird questions of the snakes in snake language, and then After speaking the secret words to the biggest snakehead, the stone door finally opened.

[It feels like playing Mario. ] Nagini looked at the dark doorway, [Unfortunately, there is no princess waiting for our rescue inside. 】

Tom laughed out loud after hearing this. Nagini really became a lot smarter after playing with Helbo. Thinking of this, he thought of Sif again. Isn't this the Sleeping Beauty Princess?

He was about to walk into the dark corridor with a flashlight. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step forward, the lights on the wall automatically turned on, revealing the true appearance of the ground paved with bluestone slabs.

Tom looked up and was stunned when he saw another stone door at the end.

What are you doing? There is a statue of an old man's head in the Gaunt family secret passage that is the same as Hogwarts? Is there a basilisk here too?

While Tom was thinking, Nagini had already swam over.

[Tom, look, this pattern looks so familiar! 】

Tom was startled when he saw Nagini jumping around on the statue, but he felt relieved when he saw that the statue was motionless.

He was often chased by Shidun soldiers in the secret passage outside.

Tom approached Nagini and saw that the pattern was very similar to Slytherin's locket, and there was a handprint groove next to the pattern.

The locket was perfectly embedded into the pattern, and the left eye of the old man's head statue opened, revealing the giant ruby ​​eye inside.

Seeing this, Tom poured the blood of the American Gaunt descendant into the groove of the handprint. The bright red blood flowed along the groove in a circle. The right eye of the statue also opened, and it was staring at him blankly at this moment.

Two pairs of ruby-like eyes stared at each other. The statue opened its mouth and spit out a steady stream of gold coins. Soon they piled up into a hill, and finally a roll of parchment was spit out.

With quick eyesight and quick hands, Tom used the levitating spell to get the parchment over. The content of the letter made him embarrassed.

'You unfilial thing, get out of here after taking the gold coins, and don't bother us. '

This is an ancestor with foresight. He knew that his descendants would be in trouble, but why didn't he tell them earlier that his bloodline was withering and almost gone?

Tom was a little disappointed. Is that all there is in the secret room? He looked toward the mouth of the statue, wondering where the gold coins led to.

[Nagini, let’s go in and take a look. ] He shouted, but there was no response from Nagini, [Nagini? 】

Tom's voice echoed in the secret passage, and the parchment in his hand crumpled into a ball.

[Hiss, Tom, I'm here! 】 Nagini said and came out of the mouth of the statue. It had returned to the form of a big snake, and its tail seemed to be wrapped with something, and it was swimming towards him happily.

There was also a man's miserable howl echoing in the background, and those who didn't know it thought the statue came to life.

"Ahhhhh, damn it, let me go, I'm going to vomit! Yue..."