The fuse didn't ignite [Comprehensive]

"Because I am a Slytherin, I don't want others to talk about the rumors of Slytherin's heir in the future, saying that it is you..." A half-giant who is confident in raising magical animal honey is not in line with Slytherin's ideals. aesthetic.

Hearing Severus' sarcasm, Hagrid was relieved, "I can take you to Aragog, but you have to promise not to tell anyone where he lives."

"No problem." Severus drew a symbol in the air, this is the symbol of a common promise among wizards, after Severus finished drawing, Hagrid began to prepare things - he was going to take it to Aragog Snacks - sliced ​​pieces of cooked beef.

Starting from Hagrid's hut to the Black Forest, this dangerous forest has been familiar to Hagrid for 40 years. They met a centaur on the way, Hagrid and the centaur said hello, but Severus had no idea The centaur didn't feel comfortable looking at him. After all, the centaur's divination was better than Trelawney's ability to see through people's hearts. He recently had some thoughts that he didn't want others to see through.

In the depths of the Black Forest, the Acantaramanus had already formed their habitat. Of course, the leader was Aragog. Severus and Regulus stopped under a big tree and rashly broke into the eight-eyed spider. The fate of the arachnid's habitat is not good.Hagrid went forward to distribute snacks to these "furry little guys", and then said something to Aragog. The acromantula nodded and followed Hagrid.

"Rubus said you asked me about things 40 years ago?" Acromantula's voice was strange, but it was indeed in English.

"Yes, to verify a guess, it was the basilisk that killed Myrtle 40 years ago, isn't it?"

Hearing the name of the basilisk, the acromantula subconsciously took a lot of steps back, and its pincers clicked impatiently. Under Hagrid's reassurance, it said with certainty, "Yes, it is it." All spiders are afraid of basilisks, and the acromantia was sure.He didn't dare to say the word "basilisk" because of fear, and Hagrid asked him many times.

Now that someone has finally spoken, Aragog can tell the complete "story" at that time.

It turned out that when Tom Riddle discovered that the basilisk had killed a student as soon as it came out, he panicked. He was not the later Dark Lord, so he thought of blaming others.He knew that Hagrid had an acromantula, so after he let the basilisk hide in the secret room, he went to catch the acromantula, fainted it and put it at the scene of the crime. "I heard them talking in Parseltongue, and I couldn't speak and was terrified."

"So is that basilisk still at Hogwarts?" Regulus said, and that was all he cared about.

"Yes, I can feel it. It was still there when Hagrid took me out of the castle. Hogwarts protected it. But it seems to be hibernating. I haven't felt it for so many years." Eight Eyes The giant spider said.

The long life of the basilisk has a lot to do with its "hibernation". Other snakes hibernate in winter, but the basilisk can do whatever it wants unless called by a Parseltongue wizard. will wake up.

I got the worst news from the acromantula. A few days later, Severus told Dumbledore about it, and Dumbledore's trip to Germany went smoothly. Horcruxes in Ravenclaw's Diadem.After listening to Severus's speech, Dumbledore was a little shocked and somewhat expected. He said: "It seems that my suspicion back then is true, Tom Riddle, Hagrid has worked hard all these years."

"Will Principal Dumbledore reverse the case for Hagrid? Find that Riddle?"

"Reversing the case, of course, but it is really difficult to find Riddle, did you guess?" Dumbledore used his wand to write "Tom Marvolo Riddle" in the air, and then reversed the order of the letters , that is, "I am Voldemort".

"No wonder, no wonder he cares so much about Hogwarts, the fighting power of the basilisk can be compared to countless dark wizards." Severus sighed, if Voldemort hadn't listened to that prophecy, he would still be the same Snape, cooperating inside and outside Occupy Hogwarts and release the basilisk, then the British wizarding world will not be able to stop Voldemort.

Thinking of this, Severus said with some "Gryffindor" excitement: "We just let the basilisk stay at Hogwarts? Wait for Voldemort to wake it up? Why don't we—"

"No, Severus, it's not animals that are dangerous, but people. That basilisk should have been left by Slytherin. For so many years, the descendants of Slytherin have not allowed it to do evil. Only Tom Riddle one."

"Then we can only leave the basilisk alone?"

"Can any of us open the chamber?"

"No." Severus admitted that there was nothing they could do against the basilisk who didn't know where it was, not to mention that Hogwarts Castle "protected" it. "so……"

"So we must guard Hogwarts well, prevent Voldemort from entering, and prevent his horcruxes from appearing to confuse anyone, and open the Chamber of Secrets to release the basilisk." Dumbledore's tone was a bit serious, contrary to his usual relaxed tone. said.

"Okay, that's the only way to go." Guarding Hogwarts is the responsibility of every Hogwarts professor. "With such a result, I don't know if Rael will be disappointed."

And Regulus knew that the result was so passive, he was really unhappy for a while, relying on him being a ghost, he turned from floor to floor, even including the Black Lake, but it was indeed like an eight-eyed giant. As the spider said, Hogwarts castle protected the basilisk, and he found nothing, which made him very sad.The sorrow emanating from the soul makes the milky white ghost even more distressing.

"Master Black, please get up and answer this question!" Because of the basilisk, Regulus was a little distracted in class, it should be said that he didn't listen to the whole class, and this was still Severus' Potions class.Severus finally couldn't stand it anymore, and called Regulus who was distracted in Potions class to answer questions.

It's really unfamiliar to say the title "Master Black" from the mouth of the senior, "Sorry, learn...Professor Snape, I don't know." Regulus also called him "Professor Snape" like two people It's just ordinary teachers and students, not any other relationship.

Hey, what does it matter, they just explored the secret of the basilisk hidden in Hogwarts Castle, just like the closest comrade-in-arms, he wanted to do a big job, but in the end he couldn't do anything.

"If you don't know, you have to pay attention to the class, Master Black."

"Understood, Professor Snape." After finishing this sentence, Regulus really listened to the class seriously, and Severus somewhat hoped that he would talk back or something. It was better to have a fight than to ignore it these days.He knew that when he told Regulus the result he got from Dumbledore, neither his comfort nor explanation could make Regulus let go of the basilisk matter.And these days, he couldn't find him when he went looking for him.

This Potions class seemed to go very long. After the get out of class bell rang, Severus stopped Regulus who was about to drift away, "Rael, I'm sorry, I..."

"Senior, you don't need to apologize. I really didn't pay attention to the class."

"I know you are sad that the basilisk matter is over in the end. You want to destroy the power that the Dark Lord can rely on, and I am the same, but we can't be too naive. Now we can only listen to Dumbledore."

"I know, I know, I just haven't adjusted my mood, and I made the senior worry." Regulus probably didn't realize it himself, but the senior's "Me too" made his depressed heart a lot easier.

And in the following time, in order to keep an eye on Regulus and not do anything stupid, Severus always found various reasons to stop Regulus. Two people were in the office, one was correcting papers, and the other was sorting things out. , or read a book.This benefited Hogwarts students inexplicably—Professor Snape hadn't punished the students for going to his office at night for confinement for a long time!

One thing that made Regulus happy before Christmas was that the case was overturned that year. Dumbledore went to the Ministry of Magic to appeal, but due to the fact that "fantastic animals cannot be used as witnesses" and the fact that the real The murderer was arrested and brought to justice, and the Ministry of Magic just revoked Hagrid's punishment of not being able to use magic.

And at Hogwarts, Principal Dumbledore canceled the Special Contribution Award awarded to Tom Riddle for this incident, which now seems to be a really ironic award.

This news made Hagrid cry like a half-giant baby, and Regulus watched on and was also happy. The bad guys have to carry all the crimes they have done, and they can't wrong any good guy.

And from the spring of the second year, Hagrid kept a lot of roosters beside his hut. The daily crowing of the roosters made Hogwarts students from the east feel inexplicably at home.

This is a spring event, and now Hogwarts students are counting the arrival of Christmas day by day. Because of the Wizarding Secrecy Act and various historical reasons, wizards also celebrate Christmas, and the following New Year, a whole week During holidays, of course, you can choose to stay in school, but most students choose to go home.

where to go for christmasRegulus naturally went back to Black's house. Although at 12 Grimmauld Place, he was just a ghost who couldn't do anything, but that was his home, and Christmas was a day of reunion.

"What about you? Senior, are you going to my house? My brother said that there is a party prepared. Senior Lupine and Senior Potter's family will go." Regulus invited enthusiastically.