HP sea mermaid

Chapter 20: The Chamber of Secrets

Lockhart obviously thought Triton was making fun of him, because he'd been crying and begging them to let him go the whole way.

"Then what kind of qualities does he have now?" Shani, who really couldn't stand the magic sound piercing through his head, asked Triton.

"It proves that he is very good at crying scenes, just open his mouth." Triton said happily.

And Lockhart couldn't help but feel even more sad when he saw the corner of Triton's mouth curled down and thought he was talking ironically. "Children...the chamber of secrets is very dangerous, and I don't even know where it is... I lied to Professor Spruutt when I said I knew the entrance..."

"We know," said Harry grimly.

"But I don't know what the monster in the secret room is. It's too terrifying to turn people into petrification just by reflecting their sight..." Lockhart said eagerly.

"We know." Ron said angrily.

"But...but I don't know anything..." Lockhart looked at them haggardly.

"We will." Shani didn't have a straight face, he gave the future cash cow a teasing smile.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Lockhart asked weakly.

"Stay by the side." Triton said happily.

It's just that his expression made Lockhart howl in despair, deeply feeling that this time there will be no return.

Now the professors were probably all settling students in the student dormitory, and there was no one in the castle. They arrived at the girls' washroom where Myrtle was located downstairs in Lockhart's office.

However, right at the door, Triton and the others encountered an unexpected visitor—it was Draco Malfoy who had broken up unhappy before and never spoke again.

"You are really here." Draco's face was pale, "You are still running around in such a dangerous situation, hurry back with me—"

"You came to see us specially?" Triton asked unexpectedly.

"That's not it..." A tinge of pink appeared on the platinum boy's face, "I helped the godfather find you because I saw that you were gone, don't talk about it, let's go, the pure-blooded Weasleys have been captured!"

Ron didn't choke with Malfoy. In his opinion, it's only natural for Malfoy to be so scared. Ginny is a pure-blood, so it's not her turn.But now the purebloods are all scared. Percy, who was attacked last time, is still lying in the medical wing, and now Ginny has been taken directly to the secret room, and her life and death are uncertain...

"Draco, we can't go back now," Triton said. "I'm touched that you came to us in fear of our safety, but you don't have to do this at all. You go back to the Slytherin common room."

"You...you come here." Draco pulled Triton and walked up the stairs.

Shani walked a few steps and wanted to drag Triton back, but after thinking about it, he gave up. It's rare that the young master Draco is willing to put down his figure to show his favor. It's better for him to be more reasonable.

Harry asked everyone to go to the bathroom first and wait for Triton. It would be wonderful if other professors or students saw such a large group of them crowded at the door of the bathroom.

It is worth mentioning that the future star Mr. Lockhart's expression when he knew that he entered the girls' bathroom was unforgettable.

They were not idle while waiting for Triton, but asked about the cause of Myrtle's death.

After Moaning Myrtle re-enacts her own death with dramatic exaggeration, Harry finds a faucet engraved with the little snake's logo.

"It's unbelievable that the entrance to the chamber of secrets of the sages of Salazar is in such a ghostly place!" Undoubtedly, only Draco Malfoy can keep talking about this kind of aristocratic aria.

When Harry turned his head, he saw Malfoy follow Triton into the bathroom with a disgusted expression on his face. "No one forces you, you can leave."

Triton didn't speak, just squinted at Draco, his eyes were full of the meaning of what you promised me just now, if you dare to go back on it, you can try it.

Draco furled his feathers angrily. At this juncture, he would not be so stupid as to confront Potter in front of Triton, "This is the Slytherin's secret room. As a Slytherin, of course I want to go to it." Pay homage to the demeanor of the ancestors."

Harry pursed his lips, feeling that it was no fun arguing with Malfoy who was being strangled, and he looked at the faucet in front of him again, how to turn it on?

"You are Parseltongue, and Slytherin is also Parseltongue, try using Parseltongue." Shani was reminded by Triton's eyes.

"Open." Harry tried to make the carved snake look like a real one and spoke to it.

"No, buddy, you still speak English," said Ron, who kept pointing his wand at Lockhart to prevent him from acting rashly.

Draco dragged Triton forward, listening curiously to the random hissing sound from Scarhead's mouth. As a Slytherin, it would be nice if he could learn a few words of Parseltongue.

"Open." Harry tried hard for a while, and when he didn't know what to say, the small carved snake suddenly moved.

Everyone around the pool took a few steps back and closed their eyes just in case, Lockhart's face was full of unstoppable horror.

There was another dazzling white light, and the whole pool moved creakingly and rearranged. When the light disappeared, a dark and very thick circular water pipe appeared.

"Such a big water pipe..." Triton broke the silence, "Does it mean that the basilisk is this big?"

"Obviously." Shani knew that Triton was beginning to waver at this moment and wanted to arrest the basilisk, so he hurriedly described (nonsensical) why Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets underground thousands of years ago, "... Think about it, it has been living in the sewer, the mud and parasites on its body..."

What he said was so careful that several people's expressions changed. Lockhart, who was more slender, was trembling and grabbed a sink, looking like he could spit it out at any time.

"... Well, it will always shed its skin..." Triton comforted himself in this way, "Then, who will go down first?"

"Me. That's my sister." Ron said, swallowed, walked to the hole, and jumped in when everyone thought he was just looking inside.

Everyone: "..."

"This... well... as expected of Gryffindor." Triton was still holding up his wand, and wanted to put a protective spell on Weasley before, but he went down so fast that no one could react . "Professor the second."

"Oh, wait, wait, I think, oh—" Lockhart was reluctantly pushed down by Harry unceremoniously.

"I'll go down first." Shani said, he cast a spell on his body that looked like it was contained in a cover, and jumped down holding his breath.

"The two of us?" Triton looked at Harry inquiringly, "Draco is last."

"I'm in front of you, I can catch you later." Harry finished speaking, and when Triton put a protective spell on him, he went down decisively.

"Be careful." Triton cast a protective spell on the last Draco, seeing the black water pipe like the mouth of a giant snake, his heart skipped a beat.

Triton pointed his wand down to let the fluorescent light illuminate the pipe he was in, and along the way he saw many branches of water pipes extending from the pipe he was in.The journey was long and seemingly endless, but Triton could feel the humidity growing in the air around him the further down he went.Just when he felt that the humidity in the air reached a certain level and stopped increasing, the little sea mermaid had a premonition that he might be almost there.

Triton spat out with a pop, but Harry caught him firmly.

"Oh, thank you..." Triton adjusted his robes. "Harry, I mean, you can let me down now."

There is such a friend, even if he is the radiant savior, Ron always feels ashamed: "..."

Shani coughed hard.

"Oh, yes, yes." Harry laughed, and reluctantly put down the little sea merman.

"I've been down for a while, why didn't Draco come down? Is it enough to be entangled?" Triton said doubtfully, looking back at the tube in mid-air.

"You're waiting here for Malfoy, I'll take a step first." Ron said with a trembling voice as he looked at the dark tunnel ahead.For Ginny, he will fight!

"Wait! Ron!"

"Wait! It's not safe to be alone here!"

Harry and Shani stopped at the same time.

"But—" Ron struggled to refuse, but Triton raised his hand and interrupted him.

"Wait a minute, I heard Draco come down, Weasley, please wait a little longer." Triton listened intently, "About 1 minute."

Ron looked suspiciously at the mouth of the pipe that hadn't moved at all, and began to mutter in his heart while counting silently, hear?Can his ears hear this far?

57...58...59...

"Merlin... I don't want to come here again..."

Ron opened his mouth wide and watched in amazement as Draco Malfoy actually fell out of the tube, crashing completely.

"I'm sorry Draco..." Triton hurried forward, "I forgot to help you..."

"Ahem, it's okay..." Draco threw a dozen or so to himself to clean up before he felt better.

They adjusted their formation again, agreeing to close their eyes as soon as they heard any movement, but the specifics depended on the signal from Triton, and then they started to move forward.

They lowered the light of their wands, and tried their best to only illuminate the square inch of land in front of them. A group of people tried their best to lighten the movements of their feet like pulling a string of gourds, and tiptoed forward.

Triton's night vision ability was better than all of them, and he relaxed a little when he heard that there were no other monsters moving around here, but he didn't tell others, after all, it was much safer to be vigilant at all times than to relax.

They turned a bend, and Triton grabbed Harry's coat when he caught a glimpse of the gigantic figure ahead.

Harry was about to ask Triton what was wrong when Ron grabbed him by the shoulders and said hoarsely, "'Harry, there's something over there...'"

The group stopped immediately and looked around cautiously. They saw a twisted giant lying quietly on the other side of the tunnel, motionless.

"It's a snake slough." Triton said, "Draco, come and see, how long has this snake slough been?"

Draco's face was pale, he had never seen such a huge snake slough, it was the snake slough of a basilisk, but the inexplicable excitement made him step forward, took out the dragon leather gloves he carried with him, put them on, and gently He gently kneaded the edge of the snake's slough a few times. "Less than a week."

"Put it away and give it to the professor as a present!" Cui Dun excitedly rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward.

Everyone who looked at the beautiful snake in awe: "..." Do you think we are going on a day trip in the secret room?And what does it mean that you move so fast?

Lockhart suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"What's the matter with you?" Ron approached Lockhart to check his condition, "Are you okay—ah!"

Lockhart triumphantly twisted Ron's arm, stood up waving Ron's wand, and put his exclusive smile on his face again, "This is the end of the adventure, children!"

Ron: "...I was stupid to pull you, but you are even more stupid than me..."

"Professor Lockhart, I advise you to put down your wand..." Harry looked strangely, looking at Lockhart with some sympathy.

Shani also knew what Ron's wand was. He tilted his head and asked Triton in a low voice, "Should we reconsider now? Will a world superstar who is too stupid have an impact on our company's reputation?"

Triton didn't take it seriously: "At least his acting skills are not bad, he has deceived Weasley."

Draco watched the boring scenes of this group of people, and silently rolled his eyes gracefully.

"My dear Triton, give me the skin, and then' I'll take the belt to the school and tell them I was too late to save that girl, and you... see her flesh and blood Indistinct corpses, sadly insane—'Farewell to memory, children! Forget it all!"

The little wizards all knew that the problem with Ron's wand was too big and didn't take it seriously at first, but accidents always came unexpectedly——

"Bang!!!"

Ron's wand exploded.

The earth trembled in the tunnel, and large chunks of rubble fell from the ceiling. Harry subconsciously dragged Triton and ran away. After the shaking ended, he found that there were only four people on his side. personal.

Ron and Lockhart were stuck on the other side of the thick rubble.

"Ron!" Harry called Ron anxiously, not caring that his voice would startle the basilisk, "Are you all right, Ron?"

"I'm fine—" Ron's voice came muffled, "but Lockhart is not necessarily—he was hit by his spell!"

The four little wizards looked at each other, and finally Harry said: "Ron! Look at how he is. If he is not injured, you can stay here with him and wait for us to come back! If we don't come back in an hour-you can find a way go out……"

"You, you have to be careful—" Ron said slightly choked up, "I'll move the rocks with him, so that when you come back—you can get back...Harry...you must be careful... Bring Ginny back!"

"We will!" said Harry in a low voice. "See you later."

This accident made them feel very uncomfortable. They walked forward silently, followed the tunnel and turned one after another, and finally came to a wall engraved with two intertwined emeralds with shining emeralds. Eyes of the snake in front of the wall.

The three of Triton waited silently.

Harry took a deep breath, trying to recall the snake language he said when he turned on the faucet just now, "Turn on."

They walked silently across the stone wall into a long, dimly lit room filled with green mist.

"This color, shouldn't it be poisonous?" Shani asked.

Draco looked serious, and after smelling it carefully, he shook his head and said, "It's not poisonous, it's just that the water vapor has accumulated too much, reflecting the color of the moss."

"Let's go to the side, the target in the middle is too obvious." Harry squinted his eyes and looked at the furnishings of the long and narrow room, and found that the other end was too far away, and he couldn't see the scene on the other side clearly.

Triton listened intently for a long time, then said in a low voice with some hesitation: "There is a faint breathing sound at the other end of the room."

Harry cheered up, "Could it be Ginny?"

"The breathing is very weak... it should not be a basilisk." Triton finally confirmed.

Draco and Shani looked at each other and found each other relieved.Although their original intention of coming down was not to rescue Ginny Weasley, it was a comfort and joy to them that she was safe and sound. After all, they all saw Ron Weasley's sadness along the way.

They got up their spirits, walked expectantly and carefully behind the huge stone pillar carved with coiled serpents, and wanted to get closer to Ginny who was waiting for rescue at the other end of the room more quickly.

"No..." Draco groaned uncontrollably.

Triton and Shani couldn't help being dumbfounded looking at the scene in front of them.

"What's the matter with you?" Harry, who had the worst eyesight with glasses, was the last to see the statue clearly, and now he couldn't help but chuckled. "So this is the sage of your house, Salazar Slytherin..."

[It was an old, monkey-like face, with a long, sparse beard that stretched almost to the hem of the wizard's robes carved in stone, and two gray feet standing on the smooth floor of the room. ]

"It turns out that after 1000 years, the costumes of the magic world have not changed, and people's fashion awareness is too backward..." Triton said regretfully, he seemed to be shocked by the true appearance of "Sage Salazar" Draco, who was too big, "Look at his robes - hey, isn't that Miss Weasley?"

They hurriedly ran to the foot of the statue, and hurriedly picked up Ginny Weasley who was lying face down. "Ginny? Ginny? Wake up! Ginny?"

"She won't wake up," said a voice softly.

The author has something to say: several chapters exceeded expectations and the second grade is not over yet...

Fight for tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow...

Then we will enter the third grade!

A warm welcome to Padfoot and Moonface!