[HP] Snake

"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded more than 1000 years ago. The founders were the four greatest wizards and wizards at that time, and the four colleges were named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Hull Jar Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Together they built this castle away from the prying eyes of Muggles, because in those days, Muggles were afraid of Magic, wizards are persecuted a lot."

Severus spoke dryly.

"In the first few years, the four founders worked harmoniously together, looking for young people who showed signs of magic, bringing them to the castle and nurturing them. But, slowly, there were differences between them. Slytherin and The rift between the others was growing, he wanted Hogwarts to be more selective in its admissions, he believed that magical education should be confined to purely magical families, he was reluctant to accept Muggle-born children as unreliable Yes. Some days later, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a violent argument over this issue, and Slytherin left the school."

"That's what solid historical sources tell us, but these pure facts are overshadowed by a quaint legend about the Chamber of Secrets. The story says that Slytherin built a secret chamber in the castle, and that the other founders No idea. According to the legend, Slytherin sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that no one could open it until his true heir came to the school. Only that heir could open the Chamber of Secrets and release its horrors, Let it purify the school of all those unworthy of learning magic."

"The above is all I know."

"Pfft—" I couldn't help laughing, the person who wrote this history was too good at making it up.

"What?" Severus twitched the corners of his mouth and continued in a dry voice.

"First, Hogwarts Castle belongs to Slytherin's property, and the school was only borrowed here. Second, Salazar never thought of expelling Muggle-born wizards. You must know that they are also from the wizarding world. Part of the most persecuted group of people at that time, after all, they had to appear in Muggle territory frequently, for their Muggle relatives. All we can say is that Muggle-born wizards are indeed unstable factors. Often someone catches their muggle relatives to try to threaten and get information about wizards. Third, the four founders all have their own secret chambers, and there are even quite a few. Fourth, this legendary chamber of secrets, I have never I've heard of it, but according to Johnsy, the terrifying thing inside should be Basilisk, the basilisk. If I remember correctly, it should not belong to Salazar, but I came from a certain forest Brought back to Hogwarts." And I've completely forgotten about it...

At that time, I brought a lot of things back to Hogwarts, and I handed them all over to Helga, who was careful, and then left again. The basilisk that had just broken its shell was handed over to Salazar, who knew Parseltongue. , who knows what they did with it afterwards...

Scratching his head in embarrassment, he looked up to see Severus' blank expression.

"Sev, what's wrong with you?" Was it too surprised? ? ?

"No... you mean, the basilisk?! Is that the basilisk I know?! The basilisk that has lived for more than 1000 years?!" After the initial shock, Severus quickly returned to his original nature , the rare potion ingredients are the most important...

"Yes, maybe, we can go to the so-called secret room, since today is Saturday."

"of course."

【Johnsy, I want to meet Basilisk, I hope you can lead me the way. 】

[Harry, hiss, of course. 】Johnsy swayed her body, got off the ground, and swam out the door.

"The girls' bathroom?!" Severus' eyes widened and he growled, "Is your snake lady playing tricks on us?"

"I think, I know where Salazar put Basilisk."

"what?"

"Sev, don't worry." She turned around and smiled at him, calming his agitation.

【Dear Johnsy, go find it first, and we will come later. 】

[Harry!Hiss, Basilisk is he, not it! ] Johnsy yelled at me with rare excitement.

[Okay, I apologize, it's him, you can go to him first, okay? 】

[Hiss, Harry, okay. 】

Johnsy continued to swim in, and said "turn on" to a faucet, a channel similar to a sewer pipe appeared by the wall, she twisted her body and slid down.

"Sev, let's go back to the cellar."

"what?"

"This is only a passage for the basilisk. There are naturally secret passages for humans to pass through in the cellar. After all, this is the secret room set up by Salazar."

It's not the first time I've been in this room, but it's the first time since Severus entered the main cellar.

Before, this place belonged to Salazar's bedroom.However, it has changed a lot.The current room is completely in Severus' style, it's pitch black, mixed with a little dark green.

The entrance to the secret passage is in the fireplace in the bedroom.

【Open. 】

The two intertwined snakes depicted on the upper end of the fireplace twist slowly, forming a somewhat weird "S" shape. The wall inside the fireplace opens little by little, forming an arch that can accommodate one person.

"Come on, Sev." Turning his head with a smile, he reached out to the man behind him.

He didn't say anything, just slowly raised his hand and held mine.

The inside of the secret passage is quite dark, and it is even difficult to see the faces of the people behind, but just the temperature of the palms can make people feel warm in the heart.

After a few forks along the way, we soon saw our destination, Salazar's vault.

At first, I didn't think that Salazar would leave Basilisk at the door of his vault, but the bathroom on the second floor leads directly to the tunnel, which obviously came here.

【Open. 】

The tall stone door opened in response, and through some stone pillars carved with serpentine shapes, a huge statue of a figure came into view.

An old, monkey-like face, a long sparse beard that almost reached the hem of the wizard's robe carved in stone, and two gray feet stood on the smooth floor of the room.

"Pfft—don't tell me, this is the statue of Salazar." He laughed out loud, the appearance of this statue is really weird.

"What?" Severus asked suspiciously.

"It must have been done by Rowena," pointing at the statue, and explaining to Severus with a smile, "Salazar's magic power is very strong, and his appearance has always maintained his appearance in his 30s. This kind of old-fashioned look, not to mention, when Salazar and the others...were only about a hundred years old, it is impossible to make them look like this."

I couldn't help thinking about the Dickworth Forest again, and my mood suddenly fell.

"Harry, don't be sad." Severus bent down slightly, reached out and rubbed the top of my head, and dropped a light kiss on my forehead.

"I know, Sev."

【Hiss... Joan... hiss... master...】

The sound came through faintly, and the ground began to vibrate slightly. I saw that weird statue slowly opened its mouth, forming a huge hole, and then, a dark green big head emerged from it.

"Pfft—Rowena is too bad for ruining Salazar's image like this."

Looking at Severus next to him, obviously equally surprised, his expression went blank again.

"Sev, close your eyes, that's a basilisk."

He quickly closed his eyes, covering my eyes with his slightly cool hands.

"Don't worry, I'm the master of his contract, he can't hurt me." He reached out to caress the big hand and patted it soothingly.

He hesitated for a while, and then slowly let go of his hand. At this time, Basilisk had swam up to me, and Johnsy, who had changed back to her original shape, also poked her head out of the hole.

[Basilisk. 】

[Master, hiss, master, the minibus misses you so much~] The big dark green head was arched against my waist, and the gloomy snake language sounded a bit coquettish.

[I'm sorry, I haven't come to see you, Basilisk. ] reached out and touched its head, apologetically.

[Bass... hiss... Bass...] Johnsy clung to him from behind, looking much smaller than him.

【Joan, hiss, thank you for bringing the master here hiss...】

[Basilisk, recognize the person next to me. ] I pointed to Severus who was frowning and closing his eyes beside him, and was about to introduce him.

【I know, hiss, the master's partner hiss... he doesn't need to hiss... close your eyes, my hiss... eyes won't hurt him hiss...】

【what? 】

[When the master's body becomes an adult hiss...and a soul hiss...contract, he can also hiss...understand snake language...]

[Basilisk, you know what my bloodline is, right? 】

【Yes, hiss, master, you are... a descendant of a certain ancient snake clan hiss...】

[Some kind of snake family?Doesn't this race have a name? 】

[I don’t know, hiss, this snake family has disappeared hiss... It’s been a long time, the minibus has been hissed since he was born... long ago there is no hiss...]

A race that has long been extinct thousands of years ago?How could you have anything to do with me?