Hogwarts in the shadows

Dumbledore waved his wand and conjured up two soft, comfortable sofas.

He sat leisurely on one of the sofas and motioned to Hephis, "Sit down, let's have a good chat."

Hephis did not move.

Who is Dumbledore?

He said he was second to none in Transfiguration and no one dared to claim to be first.

In the current situation, does Hephis dare to sit?

That's definitely delivering meat to your door.

Dumbledore didn't care. He asked, "Did you see him? What's his condition?"

"Hmm... pretty handsome." Hephis thought for a moment and said to himself.

Dumbledore was slightly stunned when he heard this, but Tom was indeed very handsome at that time.

Moreover, Tom has great personal charm and has attracted many young girls and young women.

"In that case, it must be a Horcrux he made when he was young." Dumbledore fell into deep thought, frowning.

"It should have been made during school. He still wears the prefect badge," Hephis added.

"It's been so long," Dumbledore muttered to himself.

"You! Don't pretend in front of me." Hephis shrugged.

"That diary was made fifty years ago. If you take into account the time he disappeared, it has been at least forty years. He must have made more than one."

"Yes! Do you know how many there are?" Dumbledore asked subconsciously.

Hephis rolled his eyes and said nothing. He didn't know where to go.

Dumbledore seemed to realize his mistake.

He coughed lightly, "Ahem, Hephis, you did a good job. Many adult wizards can't resist his temptation."

"Because he's not as handsome as me." Hephis said toothlessly.

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes slightly. Hephesus seemed a little different today.

Or maybe he prefers last year's Hephis, who had a clear price tag, was a little greedy, but relatively easy to satisfy.

"Do you speak Parseltongue?" Dumbledore asked suddenly.

Hephis frowned and secretly complained in his heart: How much did this old Deng see?

Forget it, it doesn’t matter.

"meeting."

"So are you born with it or do you learn it?"

“I learned it.”

"With whom?"

"snake."

Dumbledore felt that today was not a good day to communicate with Hephis.

What about the previous riddle style?

We won’t play guessing games today, but it’s becoming more difficult to have a conversation.

Dumbledore sighed helplessly, "You have a great talent for languages. You can actually learn it directly from snakes."

"Principal, it's getting late. How about another day?"

Hephis now has two ideas.

If Old Deng didn't do anything, he would go back to take a shower and sleep.

If old Dumbledore takes action, don't blame him - he Apparated.

Dumbledore seemed to see through his thoughts, "What are you going to do about the basilisk?"

Hephis pointed to the suitcase and said, "Just keep it. Only Hagrid doesn't know about such a rare magical creature, otherwise he would be so excited."

"Remember, don't let it hurt the little wizard." Dumbledore said sternly.

"Uh... OK." Hephis was a little confused. He agreed so soon?

Dumbledore said in a deep voice: "Speaking of Hagrid, I need you to provide some basilisk meat and blood."

Hephis frowned slightly and looked at Dumbledore in confusion.

"Fifty years ago, Tom Riddle, also known as Voldemort, opened the Chamber of Secrets and killed an innocent student."

"Since Hogwarts might have been closed at the time, he put the blame on someone else and pushed the crime onto Hagrid."

"Hagrid became the scapegoat for this."

"Hagrid was also imprisoned in Azkaban for a while, but was eventually released on bail due to insufficient evidence."

"If you can provide something from the basilisk, maybe you can clear Hagrid's name and let him live in the sunshine from now on."

Hephaestus got into the suitcase before Dumbledore finished speaking.

Not long after, he appeared with a piece of snake meat weighing at least ten kilograms and covered with scales.

Dumbledore looked at the snake meat, snake blood, snake fangs and the photos of the basilisk that looked like a corpse floating before his eyes.

His gaze became more complicated.

He waved his hand lightly, and the items disappeared without a trace.

"Hephis, I thank you on behalf of Hagrid," said Dumbledore.

Hephis shook his head, "No, Hagrid is my friend."

Dumbledore smiled slightly, "It's getting late, you should go back and rest."

"Good night, Principal." Hephis just stood up.

"Hephis, it's better not to let too many people know about the Horcruxes. Especially for Hermione, it's too early for her." Dumbledore said suddenly.

Hephis looked at Dumbledore and spoke slowly, "I think it's best that she never knows."

Dumbledore's eyes flashed with a gleam, "Perhaps you will help me."

Hephis shrugged, "I still have use for the Chamber of Secrets."

Dumbledore nodded.

Then Hephis called An An.

An An bowed to Dumbledore and returned to the dormitory with Hephis.

Hephaestus was finally tricked by the White King.

The next morning, the little wizards got up and gathered in the restaurant to have breakfast.

However, when they looked at the house score hourglass, they discovered that Slytherin had increased by 200 points overnight!

This change made Slytherin, which was already ranked first in the house score, even more far ahead.

The young wizards from the other three academies were all feeling despair and confusion.

So the young wizards from the four academies transformed themselves into Sherlock Holmes and began to look for the answer.

However, even the deans of the college just smiled at the matter and were unwilling to reveal a single detail.

Of course no one dared to ask Professor Snape, not even the little snakes.

By the afternoon, a rumor began to spread quietly in Hogwarts.

In order to help Slytherin win the house cup, the "Old Bat" simply ignored the ethics of martial arts and gave Slytherin extra points at will.

When this news came out, it immediately aroused anger and dissatisfaction among the young wizards from the four academies.

Yes, the little wizards of Slytherin House were even more angry.

Although they knew that Professor Snape was indeed partial to his own house and was accustomed to deducting points from other houses.

But absolutely not, it would be so random to add points, and add a full 200 points.

It's so obvious, it definitely wasn't the work of the Snake King.

In the end, the mystery was solved by the twins.

Because they were caught, and it was Professor McGonagall who caught them.

They were sent to the display room to clean their medals.

It was there that they discovered a brand new medal.

"Hephis Damm Special Contribution Award", the reason for the award was not stated.

This discovery immediately caused an uproar in Hogwarts.

The young wizards also knew where Slytherin got the 200 points.

They were all extremely curious, like a cat scratching its heart and lungs.

What on earth did Hephis do to deserve a special contribution medal?