HP solves the mystery

In the next few days, Severus could always hear the cold voice. He asked Andre, who was sleeping with him, if he heard it, but received a confused look from the other person.

When he met a giant white snake before and could understand its words, he tried it on other animals. The result of the experiment was that he couldn't understand it, so he concluded that he was a snake speaker.

But could the strange sound he heard this time be what he thought it was?

"Severus, don't be in a daze, go and eat quickly." Andre touched his flat belly, walked out of the cellar, and walked up the steps, "I hope the pudding hasn't been eaten yet."

Then Severus heard it.

[Damn, these troublemakers...tear them to pieces...]

It's that voice again, now cold. He said murderously.

He slowed down, resting his palms on the cold stone wall, listening intently, while looking around, squinting up and down the corridor to find where the sound that sounded like a stereo surround was coming from.

"Severus, come on, what are you doing-?" Andre turned around and urged.

"Oh, it's okay, let's go quickly." Severus retracted his palm and said casually.

【So hungry! I've been so hungry...for a long time...]

The voice sounded again, getting closer and closer.

【leave! Go away... kill you all...]

The sound grew fainter, and Severus was sure it was moving, perhaps inside the castle's secret passages.

There was no time to think too much, and after saying a few words to Andre, he slowly followed the retreating movement.

Severus took advantage of the students' dinner time to run quickly in the castle, walked through the marble stairs to the third floor, and was attracted by the weak voice to wander around on the third floor.

[Hiss...fresh blood...energy...]

The hissing sounds were endless, and the words he spoke were even more horrifying.

Severus hurriedly walked around the third floor. When he turned the last corner, he met an unexpected person.

"Oh, Mr. Snape, is there something urgent?" Dumbledore's kind voice sounded, and the half-moon-shaped glasses on the bridge of his nose seemed to reflect light.

Severus' breath froze and he looked towards the empty corridor behind him, and the cold voice could no longer be heard.

"It's nothing, Headmaster. I just haven't finished writing some of my papers. I'm in a hurry to go to the library to check the information." Severus loosened the hand holding the wand on his waist without leaving any trace, and panted.

Dumbledore pushed up his glasses and smiled cheerfully.

"No matter how anxious you are, you must pay attention to your health. Student Snape, you can't skip eating." He expressed concern, then seemed to think of something, blinked and said mysteriously, "There are many secrets in Hogwarts Castle. If It will definitely be a surprise to find out.”

"Okay, Headmaster." Severus nodded obediently and saw a few spiders running away in panic out of the corner of his eye.

Dumbledore stared at him through his glasses for a while, then Shiran left, looking in the direction of going to the Great Hall.

Severus just felt baffled. The Riddler's riddle time?

He shook his head and exhaled a breath. When he realized that he couldn't hear the sound, he returned to the hall.

Late at night, a bell somewhere struck twelve times.

Severus buried his face in the quilt, still thinking about what the sound was, so that in his dream, he dreamed that he was in the school corridor, and the characters in the portrait turned into terrifying black shadows chasing him. Following him, he kept running until he fell into an endless abyss...

"Severus...are you okay..." Andre asked worriedly, looking at Severus who was extremely pale and had obvious black eyes under his eyes.

"It's okay," Severus yawned, tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, and his pale face gave him the fragility of a sickly beauty.

"I won't have lunch. You call me in half an hour." He listlessly crossed out a few poor sentences written by Andre, pointed out the errors in the herbal medicine class paper, and then went back to catch up on his sleep.

Andre was biting his quill in distress while revising. He nodded and continued to work on the paper.

For the next week, Severus walked around the castle, always listening for the source of the sound, but he had no clue.

Severus listened carefully to the rumors about the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets from Andre, and then learned that he and Barty had already explored the castle at night, but had not found it.

Although "A History of Hogwarts" has been written, it is specious.

After Severus and the others had dinner that day, they saw some exciting news.

A new notice was posted on the bulletin board announcing the Apparition exam date. Before the first exam (April 21), students over the age of 17 can sign up to attend special training in Hogsmeade Village (with strict supervision).

Severus had succeeded twice before and had some confidence in himself.

At the weekend, the weather was particularly nice, spring was coming, and it was a rare sunny day for a long time.

Severus joined Ravenclawry's sixth-grade students who would turn seventeen before April 21st, preparing to go to Hogsmeade for special training.

"Perfect eyes, determination and calmness..."

The special Apparition training in Hogsmeade Village is also inseparable from these three key points.

Severus followed Tycross's guidance, and the students from the four colleges in the same period, after several attempts, moved from the outside of Mrs. Puddieff's Teahouse to the front of the Literary Residence, and made considerable progress.

After lunch, he sat in the corner of the Three Broomsticks, drinking butterbeer and reading a pamphlet from the Ministry of Magic: "Common Mistakes in Apparition and How to Avoid It."

Andre didn't know what he was doing. He was nowhere to be seen the whole weekend except sleeping and eating.

The sun was bright and warm on people's bodies. Severus touched the notches on his watch and felt that time flew by so fast.

The next few weeks will be dedicated to special training in Hogsmeade. The exam time is getting closer and closer, and those sixth graders who have turned seventeen can't wait to practice every moment.

After a certain special training session, Severus was grabbed by several Ravenclaw classmates and prepared to find a secluded place to practice again.

Severus followed them and accidentally bumped into Lily who was chatting and laughing with Potter. He wanted to ignore it by pretending to read a booklet.

But he was stopped by Lily and had to say hello.

Severus flexed his fingers, looked at Potter's fire-breathing eyes, couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, and chatted with Lily for a few more words before leaving at the call of his partner.

"Look at Lily! He's always like this! I'm your boyfriend!" Potter rubbed his hair irritably, but had to suppress his anger in front of the girl he loved.

"Oh, James, we are just saying hello," Lily frowned upon hearing this. She thought Potter had grown up, "Also, you are just my suitor! I haven't agreed yet!"

The two quarreled, but in the end it was Potter who kept his temper and won the goddess's heart and continued playing.

The place where Severus and the others practiced Apparition is also easy to find, right near the Shrieking Shack.

This area is sparsely visited because the villagers are convinced that this place is haunted.

They found a relatively spacious place and practiced the Apparition movements. Someone corrected them according to the booklet.

"Goal...determination..." Severus stood on tiptoes and made a neat spin while muttering, "Calm down..."

He had the wand in his hand, and his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about the contents of the pamphlet. He didn't seem to have set a goal for himself.

The next moment, his internal organs were torn apart by something invisible, and his body disappeared into the open space.

"Fluorescence...I am..." Severus stood in the darkness and used the faint light to discover that it was a dark and deep stone tunnel. "What strange place have you come to?"

It was as silent as a tomb, except for his slightly rapid breathing.

"Hello, is there anyone?" Severus called. He couldn't move very far after apparating, right? What's more, it was a place he had never been before, but it piqued his curiosity.

No one answered, and his voice echoed in the empty tunnel.

He walked a few steps and found that the soles of his feet were slippery and sticky, making walking very difficult. He touched the wall and it was also sticky.

His feet made a snapping sound on the wet ground, and a cold aura enveloped his upper body. The light of the wand could only see a small patch of land in front of him, but it could not dispel the coldness.

"Crack."

A crisp sound came from the sole of his foot. Severus lowered his wand and looked at the ground. From the fine fragments, it could be seen that it was a rat skull.

He held up his wand and turned around, and found that there were skulls of small animals everywhere, some of which looked like deer bones, and they looked very fresh.

Severus pursed his lips nervously and had some guesses in his mind, but he felt that his luck was not that bad.

He turned and walked back, trying to apparate out again through there.

Although thoughts were swirling in his mind, it only lasted a few minutes.

Severus walked with difficulty, and there was a rustling sound in his ears. Because the tunnel was too quiet and wide, every sound was amplified countless times.

The sounds behind him were getting closer and closer, including the "squeak" of animal bones being crushed, the "cheep" of objects rubbing against the slippery ground, and a fishy smell coming down the tunnel...

Severus changed from walking to running without looking back, the cold sweat on his back almost soaking his clothes.

Bad luck, bad luck... He shouted in his heart, it was just an exercise in Apparition!

[Hiss...you can't run away...]

The cold hissing sound came closer and closer, and a sound broke through the air. Severus, who had no time to dodge, was knocked to the ground.

He swallowed the cry of pain that was about to escape his lips. Before he could get up and continue running, something caught him and lifted him up with his hands.

Severus kicked his feet randomly, looking through the light of the wand, he saw patches of emerald green scales.

The vague thoughts in his mind came to him in an instant, but it was useless to think about it. He could only close his eyes tightly and think about escape strategies.

"Don't eat me! I'm a student at Hogwarts! Studying in Slytherin House!" He said loudly, regardless of whether the snake could understand it.

[Hiss...hehe... Slytherin's brat? No wonder the taste is so familiar...]

The cold voice spoke and sent the wrapped person in front of his eyes. Snake Xinzi kept hesitating in the air.

[You have Salazar's breath on you. You can open your eyes and look at me. Don't be afraid. 】

Severus was even more scared. What should he do? He could actually understand the voice of this snake, but he had experimented with other snakes. Could this object still be formulated?

"Here, Lord Basilisk...I will be petrified..." He smelled the fishy smell and swallowed. Who would joke with his life?

[No, you are the one chosen by Salazar. 】

The cold voice was affirmative, and the person on the snake's tail was shaking curiously. It was also a black-haired boy who woke up and found it decades ago.

"Sir, can you put me down? Please forgive my rash interruption. I didn't mean to intrude on your territory..." Severus resisted the desire to vomit and said bitterly. This is more exciting than any big pendulum. too much.

Although the basilisk was curious about why he was so timid, he still obeyed the advice and just lay down on the slippery ground.

[I am a basilisk, or king of snakes. ] The basilisk said, its tail swinging in the tunnel and dust being swept into the air, [The person who gave birth to me was called Herbo, so some people called me, Herbo II. 】

Severus calmed down and coughed involuntarily after listening to the basilisk's words.

"Ahem, can you close your eyes? I'm not sure if you will petrify me..." He said uncertainly, his palms holding the wand were covered in sweat, "I got here by mistake, I'm sorry to disturb you. you……"

[Hiss... I can't call it disturbing, little brat. ] The basilisk replied, [From the moment you entered the castle with that thing, I knew there would be such a day...]

"What?" Severus asked. He knew that he was not a blood descendant of Salazar, and there was nothing that attracted the giant monster, except...

[Hiss... The contract on your body, what I smell, was made by Salazar... and his relics...]

"Contract? I signed one accidentally...but..." Severus breathed a sigh of relief. It would be nice to know the reason. "But the only relic of the senior Slytherin is the locket..." It is still missing.

[It's not a locket, hiss...] The basilisk spat out a letter, and lay lazily on the ground with its raised head, [It's a flute, a bone flute, made of Salazar's finger bones...]

"Finger bones?" Severus's eyelashes trembled as he closed his eyes, remembering that he wore the flute because it looked good, and sometimes took it out to play with and play, which made his whole body feel bad.

[Yes, finger bones. An inherited token unique to Salazar’s descendants. ] The basilisk yawned humanely, [Let future generations tame me to better protect Hogwarts, and then terminate the contract when the years are up. 】

[But it’s really annoying. Salazar’s descendants haven’t visited me for hundreds of years. I thought they were all dead. Hee hee hee. Fortunately you are here. 】As he spoke, the basilisk pushed Severus, who was half sitting, with its huge snake head, knocked him down and laughed.

Severus climbed up in embarrassment, rubbing the goosebumps on his hands when he heard the laughter.

"But I'm not a descendant of Slytherin, so I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." He didn't dare to lie. Maybe Slytherin had left some kind of blood-detecting magic here on the Basilisk.

[Oh, that's it.] After a while of silence, the Basilisk finally spoke, [Hiss...it's okay, just the contractor is here, I can finally go out to play...]

"Um, sir, I'm afraid that if you are of your size, you will be arrested by the Ministry of Magic as soon as you go out..." Severus said euphemistically, and also gave an example, "There is a dragon locked under Gringotts... Just To guard Gringotts..."

The basilisk breathed out depressedly, and the breath was like wind, blowing Severus' hair even more messy.

[Let me think about it...] The basilisk thought for a while, then rolled up Severus with its tail and swam in a certain direction.

[I'll take you out first. I'll come back to you later when I think of a way. 】The basilisk hissed and spit out the letter, and the cold feeling disappeared.