Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

——Ronnie’s perspective——

It's been three days since I woke up in the infirmary.

Finally, Madam Pomfrey approved my discharge, and I was summoned to the headmaster's office with Harry and Hermione.

During this time, the "Mandrake Restoration Potion" was finally completed, and the petrified victims such as Ginny woke up one after another, which was a happy thing. But I haven't seen Ginny yet. I heard from Percy and the twins that she had fallen behind in her studies, so she stayed in her room except during class time.

Percy also grumbled that she didn't even come to visit her sister. But I already knew from the diary that Ginny hated me from the bottom of her heart, so I was relieved. If she came to visit me on purpose, it would make me feel even more terrible, and I felt that she should be like this.

***

In the headmaster's office were Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, father Arthur, mother Molly, and Sirius.

Before I could react, my parents rushed over shouting "Ronnie!!!" and hugged me tightly.

"It's so good to be alive." "You are always so willful...!" "When we received the news from Hogwarts, we were terrified..." Mother Molly kept talking, while Father Arthur hugged me tightly and nodded silently, as if agreeing with her. I heard him sobbing slightly, it seemed that he was crying.

It turned out that they couldn't see me because Madam Pomfrey felt that they might affect other patients (I later learned that my mother's emotional instability, in particular, might affect my recovery). Today they were finally allowed to see me in the headmaster's office, and they had been waiting for my arrival.

I felt so sorry that I had to apologize over and over again, “I’m sorry.” “I’m fine now.” Luckily, my parents calmed down after ten minutes and we were able to sit on the couch.

Dumbledore then went over the details of the incident with the three of us.

——Harry is a Parseltongue and discovers that the monster in the "Chamber of Secrets" is a basilisk.

——Fifty years ago, the "Chamber of Secrets" was opened, and it was learned that there was a victim, and it was deduced that it was Moaning Myrtle.

——After listening to Myrtle’s story, we found the entrance to the “Secret Chamber”.

——We were planning to report to Dumbledore early in the morning, but we were discovered by Lockhart and almost taken away by force. During the argument, I accidentally fell into the entrance hole.

——Harry jumped down as well, fearing for my safety.

—Harry sensed the approach of the basilisk and came to the large room while escaping.

When we talked about Lockhart, Arthur's face turned livid and he cursed Lockhart with extremely vulgar words. Sirius patted him on the shoulder, told him that Lockhart had been fired, and promised that he would not let him off easily. Only then did Arthur calm down a little.

In fact, Sirius's assurance was not empty words. Two days later, the Daily Prophet revealed Lockhart's various crimes. He was arrested by the Ministry of Magic and sent to the Wizard Court for trial.

After listening to our story, Dumbledore explained in detail what had happened in the past five days. I was especially shocked by the news that the petrified basilisk had been completely killed by the "Sword of Gryffindor".

It turned out that Dumbledore returned to the Chamber of Secrets with Harry the next day after we sent him to the infirmary.

"After all, the basilisk is a mythical magical creature... its petrification ability may disappear over time. For the safety of the students, we can't just ignore it."

The three of us, along with the adults, agreed that if Voldemort ever came to Hogwarts with the Basilisk still alive, we would stand little chance.

Although it's a bit pitiful, saving your life is more important.

Next, we heard about Theodore.

Thanks to me (though I'm a little embarrassed to say it myself), Theodore survived, but he is extremely exhausted both physically and mentally, and is now in St. Mungo's Hospital. His father forced him to use the diary and has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. When he is released from the hospital, he will stay with the Malfoys.

There is no orphanage in the wizarding world, and his only relative, his father, was sent to Azkaban, so he was arranged to live with the Malfoy family. Due to the influence of the "Horcrux", Theodore was almost insane, so he would not be held accountable or expelled from Hogwarts.

I was relieved to hear this. It sounds like he was just being used...

However, just when I felt relieved, Dumbledore dropped a bombshell.

"Although you have violated many school rules, thanks to you, this incident was resolved without any casualties. I have decided to award you the 'Hogwarts Special Merit Award'. In addition...each person will receive an additional 200 points."

Dumbledore announced with a hearty laugh, and cheers came from the adults who used to be Gryffindors before we children did.

The three of us were shocked by their excitement for a moment and were slow to react. We looked at each other and shrugged.

"Don't you think we should celebrate, Minerva?" said Dumbledore.

"Yes, that's right, Albus! I'll go inform the kitchen right away. There's a party tonight, kids, look forward to it!"

With Professor McGonagall's rare excited smile, we saw her off, and then the three of us left the headmaster's office.

It seemed that the parents and Sirius still had some adult topics to talk about, so they remained in the principal's office.

Harry, Hermione and I were secretly discussing tonight's party, and we had no idea what was going to happen next...