[HP] The Elegance of the Night

In the Gryffindor common room, the lion cubs gathered in a corner, and no one said a word. There had never been an afternoon that passed as slowly as today. When the sun was about to set, the twin brothers of the Weasley family came again Couldn't sit still anymore, they went back to the dormitory first, the smiles from the past disappeared on their faces.

"She must know something, that's why she was taken away, she must have discovered something about the secret room. It must be so, that's why she--" Ron rubbed his eyes desperately: "I mean Yes, she's a pure-blood, she wouldn't have had her turn, and there can't be any other reason. Say, maybe she hasn't—you know—"

"Ron, you need to calm down!" Ellie said firmly: "She will be fine, and everyone will be fine."

"Thanks, Ellie, I really hope you're not trying to comfort me." Ron said sadly.

"I didn't comfort you!" She would survive and become Harry's wife, and they would have three lovely children in the future!But I can't reveal the plot...

"Trust me, Ron, she'll be fine. My premonitions are always good." Ellie said earnestly, "We can't sit still, this is not the time to be depressed, Ron."

"I'll go find Lockhart." Harry stood up, the blond man was dangerous, he really didn't want to touch it unless necessary, but Lockhart would definitely help for his master.

"Me? Harry, you missed a word, it's us!" Ron hurriedly stood up, "You won't leave us to take risks, will you? Ellie is right, I can't be depressed anymore, The longer the time, the more dangerous Ginny becomes."

"I want to go too!" Ellie straightened her body, she could miss this kind of thing so much.

Harry was silent for a moment, then nodded.If the strength is exposed, as long as two "everything is empty" afterwards, the problem can be solved, and there is nothing wrong with having two more helpers.

"Okay," he said, but there was a faint sense of disobedience in his heart.

It seems that something is wrong.

In Lockhart's office on the third floor, countless framed pictures hung on the wall, brightly lit by many candles. The beautiful blond men in the pictures were blinking, and some of them were signed.

There was a large stack of photos on the table, a small silver-green snake was nibbling on the turkey, it used its tail to swing the chicken bone accurately on the photo, leaving a cloud of oil stains.

"Don't eat at my place!" Lockhart's forehead protruded from a well, and his new perfume all over the room smelled like roast chicken. "You are a snake, how can you spit out bones!"

With a cold hiss, Nagini took out the double-sided mirror from the bow pocket. [Hiss...I want to tell the master] "You snitch—" Lockhart was talking, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Nagini slid down from the desk to hide , it swiped nimbly with its tail, and all the photos and chicken bones on the table fell under the table, out of sight.

Lockhart adjusted his appearance and opened the door, and the Gryffindor trio appeared in front of him.

"Professor Lockhart, we need your help," Ron said eagerly to the beautiful blond man as soon as he entered the office. "My sister was taken away. You said that we would find the guy who opened the secret room—we already know who he is. Where are you--"

"Aha, Weasley—" Lockhart shrugged regretfully, "I advise you to go back to the dormitory now, I'm very sorry about Ginny, but I can't help, that person doesn't even have pure blood Don't let it go-"

"Are you scared? Coward!" Ellie couldn't help crying even though she knew the result a long time ago. Why did she think he was charming back then, this vase man!

"Professor Lockhart, you should come with us," Harry kept paying attention to the blond man's expression, it was definitely not because of fear or cowardice.

"It's not enough for us to catch the heir!" Harry emphasized the three words heir. Does he and his master want to stay out of it?This is absolutely not allowed.

"I can't go with you, don't make things difficult for me, Harry." Lockhart opened the door and made way for it: "You'd better go out by yourself."

"If I say no, Professor Lockhart!" Harry pointed his wand at him, and Ellie quickly snatched the wand from Lockhart's pocket.

"Well done, Ellie." Ron also drew his charm and pointed at Lockhart. "You cowardly liar!" he said angrily. "I came here so convinced that you could defeat the Heir."

"Trust? It's a ridiculous word." Lockhart turned his head and laughed while maintaining the posture of opening the door, "Your trust is worthless to me."

"I wish everyone could see your face..." Ron's wand tapped Lockhart's back.

"Are you teasing me, little boy?" The blond sneered, and Ron kicked him in the back.

"Oh, you won, little wizards." Lockhart dusted off his robes and walked out of the office. "But I want to be clear," he emphasized, "I didn't do it voluntarily."

"Speed ​​up, you disgusting man..." Ron roared.The three little lions escorted Lockhart out of the office, and no one noticed that a small silver-green snake was swimming out of the open door.

[Hiss...I will tell the master...Idiot Lockhart...Master has expected it, curiosity will kill you sooner or later...Hiss...I have to inform the little master] "I want to ask you what's wrong dead."

In the bathroom, the weeping Gold Digger was sitting on the innermost toilet tank, looking curiously at the three little wizards and the blond-haired Professor Lockhart.

"Ouch, it was horrible, I died in this bathroom. I remember very clearly, I heard a boy talking, like another language, so I opened the door, told him to go away, and then —" Myrtle puffed up her chest in self-importance, her face glowing, "and I'm dead."

"..."

"How did you die?" Harry asked.

"I just remember seeing a pair of scary big yellow eyes. It's almost there." The Gold Digger vaguely pointed to the pool in front of her.

"Look at this, Harry!" Ellie found a small snake engraved on the side of a copper faucet. Seeing that Ellie wanted to unscrew it, Myrtle said happily, "This faucet never comes out of water."

"Fight," said Harry, trying to speak Parseltongue, and Ron shook his head.

"You're talking human, Harry." Ellie said, at this moment, a chuckle came from behind them, and the little lions pointed their wands at the door vigilantly.

"I... Black!" Allie said in surprise, "Why are you here!"

Igil smiled and walked in through the door without answering her question. "Kidnapping the professor is a crime." He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lockhart.

A small snake popped out of his pocket, and quickly shrank back.

"I think we should go back, kids." Lockhart showed a terrified expression on his face, "We can discuss it with Vice Principal McGonagall." At this time, Ron's wand poked him in the waist again .

"Blake, you'd better explain why you're here." Harry's spell pointed at Igil.

"You want to use the Disarming Charm on me again, Potter." Igil glanced at him.In front of this boy, he will not be careless anymore, one disarming spell is enough. "You seem to have forgotten that Ginny Weasley is a Slytherin."

"Are you here to help us, Blake?" Allie said happily, she walked quickly to Igil's side, and whispered softly, "Actually, you came here through the clothes."

Ignoring Miss Windsor's inexplicable words, Igil made a sarcastic smile, "Help? Is Gryffindor too big?"

Stopping Ron from rushing forward, Harry mediated, "Since everyone has the same goal, let's act quickly, Ginny may not be able to wait..."

"Hurry up, Harry." Ron immediately let go of his prejudice after hearing this, and urged him.

"Open," said Harry, and this time a strange hiss came out of his mouth.Immediately, the dragon hair emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly.Then the pool moved, and they watched the pool slowly disappear from sight, revealing a very thick water pipe that could allow a person to get in.

"Oh." Igil exclaimed, the little lions are really capable, and they managed to find the pet-only passage in Basilisk.

but!Is he going to climb down this kind of thing too?

In fact, if the Saviors couldn't find the Chamber of Secrets, Igil would take them through another passage—one closer to the Gryffindor common room.

"I'm going down!" said Harry.

"I'll go too." Ron said without hesitation.

"Of course I'm going too." Ellie clenched her fists.

"..." Yigil didn't say a word, the enthusiasm of the Lion House really didn't suit him.The gazes of the three little lions fell on him, and Yigil's jaw moved extremely gracefully.

"..."

I dislike him!This is Ron's inner voice, this kind of arrogance in his bones disgusts him as much as Malfoy.

"Well, it seems you don't need me anymore," Lockhart said with his usual smile on his face, "I'll just—"

"You can go down first," growled Ron, prodding the blond in the back with his wand again.

"Boy, I have endured you for a long time! Although I lost my wand, there must be a limit to molesting—"

"You disgusting man, get down!" Lockhart thrust his legs into the pipe under the threat of the Gryffindor trio's wand partner, Ron pushed him from behind, and the blond boy The child slid down and was out of sight.

"How long has it been since this pipe was cleaned?" Igil murmured, and the Gryffindor trio couldn't wait to enter one after another. Igil got into the pipe last, gritted his teeth and let go, letting himself slide down.

It felt like rushing down a dark, sticky, endless chute.Igil could hear the slight clinking of the lion cubs around the bend.

It didn't take long for the water pipes to become parallel, and Igil slid out of the mouth of the pipe, and fell onto a ball of soft cushions with a plop.

"You're crushing me..." Harry's voice came from under him, and Igil quickly jumped away and helped him up.

"It hurts!" Ellie covered her mouth. When she came down, her center of gravity was unstable and she knocked her teeth hard. "My ass, Ellie! There will be teeth marks—" Ron limped to his feet, clutching his hip.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to either!" Ellie said with a look of disgust.

"Merlin, my wand!" Ron screamed again, his wand was almost broken in two, the upper end was pulled down, and only a few pieces of wood were connected.

"I'm sorry, Ron, I'll buy you a new one." Ellie was almost crying with joy, the old wand still hadn't escaped the strong correction power of the plot, and it was broken. Does it prove what she did before? All are correct.

"Clean it up!" Igil cast a spell on his robe, and Lockhart got up from the ground with a pale face, covered in mud.

"What are you doing!" Ellie screamed, and Lockhart lunged at her, trying to snatch his wand back.

"I need a cleaning spell," said Lockhart, without his trademark smile, and Harry thought he saw Lockhart again in the hospital wing.Just because of a small wound, this man had all the bones in his hand removed.

"Cleaned up!" Harry said, and Lockhart looked at the clean clothes on his body, showing six teeth in satisfaction.

"..." Terrible man, maybe he shouldn't have been brought here, Harry regretted it.

The surrounding walls were dark and slimy, and they must have reached the bottom of the lake.Harry cast a "Lumos" and his wand glowed, throwing their shadows on the wet wall, looking like hobgoblins.

"There's something over there..." Ron said hoarsely, grabbing Harry's shoulder.

They saw the coiled silhouette of a monstrous creature lying motionless on the other side of the tunnel.

"It's snake skin." Harry approached it slowly, and found that it was empty. It was obviously the freshly cast skin of a brightly colored poisonous snake, at least twenty feet long.

"This, this..." Lockhart trembled all over, just when the little wizards thought he was frightened, Lockhart took out the bag with the spell of stretching without trace, and stuffed the snake skin into it, " Sev—Sev would love it."

"We don't have time to hang around here, Professor Lockhart!" growled Ron.Lockhart didn't even look at him, and continued to wear snakeskin excitedly.

"Don't get in my way, boy, I told you I wouldn't go with you," said Lockhart. "You took my wand and forced me to come here. If I get my wand back—"

"Passed out!"

Lockhart looked at the spell caster in surprise, and fell to the ground unwillingly clutching the snake skin.

"Blake, you..." Ellie gasped, and Igil lowered the wand in his hand.

"I don't want him to hold back, you better hurry up." Igil said, "I will stay and hide him in a safe place, and then follow you."

"Please, Black." Harry stared at Igil's face, trying to see what he was thinking but in vain, maybe as Igil said, Lockhart's failure to cooperate would only hinder them.

Harry turned and hurried to catch up with those in front of him, and by this time Ron and Ellie were some distance away from him.

"Have a nice day..." Igil said in his heart, he bent down and stuffed the snakeskin into Lockhart's pocket, dragging him to the corner.

"Stay here obediently, Professor Lockhart."

Igil cast an invisibility spell on Lockhart and made a striking mark on the stone wall.