Dressed as a Hogwarts portrait

——No matter who it is, don't easily guess a Slytherin's mind, and don't think that you can keep up with a Gryffindor's brain nerves.

On the afternoon of February 23rd, first-year Ravenclaws and Gryffindors were having protection of magical creatures class, because it was clearly posted on the notice board in front of the school hall that tomorrow would be the second game, and all the students were whispering, The hidden news was leaked when several Ravenclaws warned each other.

"Don't say you didn't read the report by Rita Skeeter."

"Several scholars who have been in contact with my father have said that Nyx is not just a cursed surname, you know..."

The big Hagrid was introducing the unicorn lying under the shade of a tree with great interest. It was a rather beautiful creature. The golden hair all over its body was soft and beautiful, indicating that it was still a juvenile. Although there are many unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, it is not easy to find such a juvenile and bring it out of the depths of the Forbidden Forest. Ravenclaw, who is eager for knowledge, forgets about this cute little guy and joins the discussion , it is nothing more than that some of the families of pure-blood wizards among them have heard the terrible rumor.

"Salazar Slytherin's mother was named Nyx."

"Ministry of Magic, no, I mean Principal Dumbledore may have found the closest wizard in blood to You-Know-Who to counteract the curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

"How can I remember that the bloodline of the Nyx family has been cut off long ago?"

"Fool, if this is true, then you have to accept the fact that our Professor Nyx and Aerys, who only remembers food all day long, are descendants of Slytherin like the mysterious man!"

"..." The little eagles all showed expressions of being struck by lightning.

Aerys was looking at the little unicorn there. Her expression was definitely not normal curiosity and surprise, but a look of thinking about what is delicious about this creature and how to eat it.

The little unicorn hadn't grown the ability to really fight against the terrible danger, but it was obviously very disturbed, and because it didn't find any suspicious smells or creatures, it seemed very restless. No matter how Hagrid tried to appease him, he didn't feel restless during the whole class. A girl can successfully touch it.

On the way back to the castle after class, the children were still whispering: "If they are descendants of Slytherin, then Aerys should be able to speak Parseltongue." Quietly throw the snakes in the hallway, imagine Harry Potter's reaction to speaking Parseltongue two years ago. But obviously, those snakes were caught by Aerys with bright eyes, hope they don't end up as dinner , Merlin!"

"After all, Harry Potter is also a descendant of Slytherin, because he can speak Parseltongue, which is confirmed by the professor." There is no precedent! And Lily Potter is a Muggle-born wizard, it's written in these books, don't say you don't know."

"No, I just want to demonstrate that even being sorted into Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat doesn't prove that you are definitely not a descendant of Slytherin, does it?" "That can't be Aerys either."

"What if it's Professor Nix?"

"That's quite possible, I agree."

"... "

February 24 at 10:30 am.

Three tall wooden towers were built on the Black Lake. The cheers were originally heard, but when they saw the familiar purple star robes, familiar white beards, and familiar wrinkles, all the students immediately fell silent again. These ten days Since then, they really thought that the principal would never come back, and now they are extremely frustrated and disappointed.

Ludo Bagman even felt that the accident during the visit ten days ago must have been caused by his insanity. He twisted uncomfortably. The mermaid didn't come up to protest him, and Dumbledore didn't say that the match couldn't go on. I really didn't think too much. According to the plan, all the people who need to be rescued should be underwater.

——All the professors silently looked at the Duke of Slytherin sitting next to Dumbledore.

Is it true that one is here and the other is underwater?

Professor McGonagall, who was in charge of sending those unconscious children underwater, pursed her lips nervously, because she couldn't be more clear—the only three children she handed over to the merman were taken away.Looking around, it seems that everyone who should be there is there, Dumbledore is there, Professor Snape is there, even the big man Hagrid who the basilisk suddenly likes to approach recently is there, but——

"Where's Mr. Crouch?"

"I don't know. The Ministry of Magic sent an Auror three days ago because they couldn't get in touch with him."

"Bad enough."

Ludo Bagman didn't know whether he was talking about the weather or what, but his expression was very understandable. Last summer, a female official of the Ministry of Magic disappeared mysteriously while traveling, and has not been found until now. Barty Crouch's recent neuroticism and inconsistencies are really not a good omen.

The weather was gloomy, and everyone was still wearing thick clothes. To dive into the black lake to save people in such a temperature was a tingling thing in itself. Krum and Furong were superimposed one after another. Cast yourself a warming spell to stretch your muscles and nerves so you don't get cramped as soon as you step into the freezing water.

All four of them took off their coats, wearing only a close-fitting garment, and tied the leather holster of their wand firmly to their thighs.

Harry kept rubbing his arms, and looked sideways at the people beside him with a heavy heart.

Aerys stood there motionless, her big eyes staring below the water's surface, with a clearly distressed expression.

Last night, the master forced her to bury the inedible golden egg in the bathtub and listen to the singing of the mermaid inside.One hour is all right, but what did the mermaid take?The two masters said goodbye to her well this morning. She was so scared that she swallowed all the cakes, snacks, candies and other collections last night. The birthday present the master gave her was locked in the cabinet. Besides, the books published by Muggles If it has been soaked in water, can it still be there?The headmaster who gave her the candy was looking at her and smiling, and the professor who gave her the potion also ignored her with a dark face, so what did she lose?

By the way, that locket.

She wants to get back the owner's locket!Black Lake is the territory of mermaids, they must know it.

"Welcome to the scene of the second match of the Triwizard Tournament. Now, the warriors only have one hour to bring back the treasure that was taken away by the mermaid...I mean, the most important thing! Before that, I must reiterate that there may be great dangers during each of the competitions in the Triwizard Tournament, so no matter what happens, please do not enter the water, and now, our four warriors are invited!" Ludo Bagman wiped the sweat from his brow.

Aerys watched as Harry frantically stuffed a small tawny grass ball into his mouth.

"Wait until the cannon fires..."

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, the cannon that Filch was in charge of lighting had already exploded.

Krum and Fleur had jumped into the lake. Harry struggled and staggered while touching his throat and cheeks with a painful expression. Under the eyes of everyone, Aerys kicked the savior into the lake. into the water.

"It doesn't feel bad."

If Garfield had Odie, she would have Harry, Aerys said to herself.

Ling Zha's fingers tucked into his robe were a little convulsed. Although he didn't show any expression, he felt a little regretful—how could a basilisk be innocent?It can be cute, or as arrogant as a certain cat is acceptable, but obviously the premise is that he and Salazar must completely abandon the lady's etiquette education about basilisks.

Taking a deep breath, Aerys was the last to plunge into the lake.

The water in the Black Lake is opaque and becomes invisible below three meters. The depth and aquatic plants are the root cause of the turbidity, but she has to sink deeper to return to her original shape.

The basilisk is not afraid of water, on the contrary, its huge magic power is enough to support its hunting and predation under deep water.

The rapid sinking process was very painful. Because he couldn't breathe, he vaguely saw that Harry would calm down after struggling in the water. It seemed that the method he adopted was effective. Aerys could vaguely see a growth growing under his feet through his blurred vision. Something like fins.

Very well, it's always nice not to have to worry about her.

After the wide algae leaves completely covered her, after casting a reflective spell on her eyes, she hid her wand under a huge rock, and then her huge body continued to sink and hide in the lush algae.

"Miss Delacour used the bubble head charm on herself, very beautiful! Oh! Krum turned half of his body including his head into a shark, which is wonderful! Next we saw Harry under the water .Potter...he seems to have turned himself into a kind of fish, with gills and webs...Look! He swims very fast, awesome! Oh, I forgot Miss Nyx...Eh, strange, she was where?"

Not only Ludo Bagman was looking for it, everyone's eyes were wide open.

"Unfortunately, I hear she's been sinking just now... Oh! What's that! What a big wave—"

The Black Lake is very deep. As a basilisk that often comes here for food, it knows the terrain very well. After passing the 100-meter stretch from the beginning of the castle, there will be a very steep underwater cliff, and then the depth can reach several hundred. rice.There are no gorgeous freshwater fish and aquatic plants in the Black Lake. It is a dull gray-yellow color, which is very uncomfortable. It is calm below the water surface, and there is no rapid current. The same sandstone-like reefs are scattered here and there, and pairs of hunters' eyes are hidden there. later.

The mermaid lives under deep water, and here there is only a flat reef area with a depth of ten meters. The aquatic plants are very lush, but it cannot completely cover its huge body and slide to the cliff without being discovered.

Aerys used the fastest speed, the scales stood upside down, and scraped across the countless sand and stones at the bottom of the lake, turning into a muddy mess, it exerted a sudden force.The strong thrust of the body against the water flow directly caused it to dive into the undetectable deep water, and the water surface suddenly turbulent, and the huge waves directly hit the wooden tower on the water.

The light began to dim, and countless weird aquatic plants were entangled and shaking.

The same as before, wherever it goes, even the leisurely little fish scurry around like crazy.

It passed 30 meters below Furong's body. The girl felt something was wrong and looked around, but she didn't look at her feet. She carefully identified the road leading to the mermaid's residence among the aquatic plants.

Mermaids, also known as sirens, are found all over the world. They have various appearances, almost as many as human appearances, but they are generally characterized by populations.Although they all live under deep water, the mermaids in the sea are different from those in the lake. Some wizards who understand the mermaid language even said that the appearance of mermaids has a lot to do with the environment they live in. If the climate is warm and the aquatic plants are luxuriant There are many kinds of fish in this paradise, where mermaids are as beautiful as in Muggle legends, shuttling among the gorgeous corals and plants.

As for the mermaids in the Black Lake, they are grayish yellow and ugly like the plants in the lake.

But no matter where the mermaids are, they all have wisdom and perfect singing voices. They build houses underwater, have their own traditions, and refuse to associate with wizards.The Serkis of Scotland and the Mellows of Ireland, beautiful in outline and terrible in appearance, are similar to the group in the Black Lake. They even attack humans. In Muggle lore, they have even more terrible names, kraken.

The further Aerys swam, the deeper she buried herself in the weeds.

A group of Grindylows are gathering above the aquatic plants. They are underwater magical creatures tamed by mermaids. Their greatest hobby is to pull people in the water to the deep water.Their long fingers are waving in the water, and their chosen target is Hibiscus. These horned, light green water devils don't have much brains, they just swarm them. Harry Potter swims not far away, Green Dillo hadn't spotted him yet.

Iris found Krum. This big man is not what he looks like. From his World Cup games, he is very cunning. In order to effectively avoid underwater dangers, he also buried himself deep in the water plants quickly. Moving forward, the terrifying appearance of the shark on his front half has scared off a Grindylow trying to get close.

Krum watched vigilantly at the huge black shadow that appeared deep in the water plants.

Too long, at least thirty feet.It looks like a sea snake, but this is a lake. Just like sharks cannot appear here, sea snakes are not creatures here.

"Kelpie?"

Horse-shaped water monsters are also magical creatures that often appear in lakes in Britain and Ireland. They can change into various shapes, but they like to turn into horses and hang around the lake when hunting, whether they want to eat horses or not. Beasts or humans who want to tame horses will quickly drag these prey into deep water and devour them, but the horse-shaped water monster's favorite image is a sea snake, and it often changes into this shape when it is leisurely.

Krum is not a student of Hogwarts, he has no idea that there are no horse-shaped water monsters in the Black Lake, he can only carefully avoid this one, which is classified as XXXX in the Ministry of Magic, and it is comparable to Phoenix, Griffin A class of dangerous creatures.

Aerys narrowed his eyes slightly to avoid accidental eye contact. Otherwise, even if there is a reflective spell petrifying underwater, it would be fatal. It watched Krum quickly step back and take a long way, and opened its mouth wide in mockery and complacently. A few dizzy fish Was hit by such a suction.

[Bah, it's so unpalatable! ]

Just like the mermaid here, it's ugly and not tasty.