[hp] warm as jade

The newest member of the Malfoy family even had a section in the Daily Prophet, with photos of the four of them descending the stairs.The girl with a gentle smile is described as the protagonist with hype, and the rest is used to speculate on the meaning of the Malfoy family's move.

Snape was eating breakfast at the teacher's table when he received the newspaper, and the tearful accusation of the protagonist "mysterious, gentle, noble, beautiful Miss Casiopeia" came back to his mind.

"Those people are terrible! They can boast to me, won't their conscience be condemned?!"

Then look at the person at the Slytherin table below who was biting a piece of bread gracefully, listening to what Pansy was saying beside him, with a soft smile, just as beautiful as described in the newspaper.Who can see that she is so... outrageous in private?

Really... How did he teach such a student?Or did he miss it at first?

Snape shook his head, casually put the newspaper aside, and decided not to think about such brain-burning questions any more.

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Lucius didn't waste the holiday, and Dumbledore certainly didn't, either.He successfully found the dead person in the secret room - the weeping myrtle.After a thorough inspection of the bathroom, the eyes were locked on a copper faucet that never came out, and a small snake was carved on the side of it.

"Slytherin's own proud ability is to talk to snakes, so Slytherin's symbol is a snake. This means that we need someone who can talk to snakes to open the secret room."

In this notorious girls' bathroom, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Harry, Rong Jiu, and Draco stood in front of the sink.Weeping Myrtle was lying on the last shelf, looking like she was watching a show.

Without Dumbledore calling his name, Harry had already consciously stepped forward and leaned over to stare at the faucet.Apparently, the Headmaster and he had had a conversation this holiday, so Harry wasn't as awkward as before, resisting this unique ability.

"Open it," he said.

Nothing happens to the tap.

Harry looked up blankly at Dumbledore, who shook his head at him: "It's not Parseltongue."

Harry leaned over again nervously, pondered for a while, and said very confidently: "...Open it."

"Pfft." This time there was a movement, Draco laughed outright, even McGonagall and Dumbledore had smiles on their faces, not to mention Snape, the sarcasm on his face was shining brightly, Almost outshine the torches on the wall.

Harry blushed in embarrassment: "Professor, I...seem to..."

"Maybe it's because it's just a dead thing?" Rong Jiu said suddenly, "After all, Harry never said anything to the Slytherin sign, maybe it's fine when he's facing a living snake?"

Dumbledore looked at her approvingly and nodded: "You can give it a try."

Under Dumbledore's signal, Rong Jiu took a step back, raised the wand in his hand, pointed at the faucet, and said in a low voice, "The spirit snake has come out of its hole!"

This time things went well.Facing a living snake, a hissing sound escaped Harry's mouth.The faucet emitted a dazzling white light, and began to spin rapidly. Then, the pool also moved, and gradually blurred and disappeared before their eyes, revealing a black water pipe mouth, which could allow a person to get in.

Dumbledore turned his head: "Severus."

Snape nodded, gripped his wand tightly, and stepped forward.

The moment he stepped into the gnawing black hole, an inexplicable worry arose in Rong Jiu's heart, and the uneasiness forced her to take a step forward involuntarily, calling out: "Professor!"

Snape turned his head impatiently.

Rong Jiu opened his mouth: "...be careful."

The professor in pure black paused for a moment, seemingly surprised, but finally nodded slightly, and then quickly put the other leg in.Immediately afterwards, it completely melted into the darkness, and could no longer see anything.

The waiting process was extremely difficult.After a few hours—or maybe a few minutes—a bright light shone from that end.Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief: "It's safe for now. Then the next..."

The piercing blue-gray eyes darted over the three students before pausing on Harry.Just when Harry was already clenched his wand and was about to leave, he moved it away again: "Nine."

"Yes, Professor."

The yin energy coming from the hole made Rong Jiu squint his eyes involuntarily.Even though she knew that Professor Snape was below, at least there would be no danger in the tube, she still took out a talisman and held it in her left hand, while her right gripped her wand tightly.She took a deep breath, and then put both legs in.

About to glide?Or is it flying?It's hard for Rong Jiu to describe this feeling.The rapid slide made it difficult for her to open her eyes, and she could vaguely see some other branches spreading out.

Oh my God, she won't get lost, will she?What if she drops the wrong tube because she is younger?Will it fall into the sewer... Uh, it's better to kill her!

Rong Jiu suddenly felt a little regretful, he should let Harry come down to explore the way first, what if something really goes wrong?What if it just fell into that Medusa's mouth?Can't even communicate!

In my wild imagination, the water pipe has been leveled and seems to have come to an end.Then with a puff, Rong Jiu spit it out.

Before she had time to rub her painful buttocks, Rong Jiu rolled up from the ground with a grunt, looking around vigilantly, guarding against all possible dangers.

Suddenly, a bright light lit up, and before Rong Jiu could react, Professor Snape's voice came from not far in front: "The posture is good."

"..." Rong Jiu put down his wand and patted his clothes.

Snape came over, and while sending another signal to the top, he asked, "Won't fluorescent lights work?"

"In such an unknown and dark environment, the bright light is telling others to shoot here." Rong Jiu's face was full of past memories.

Back then, she was still an ignorant and innocent child who was thrown into the woods by her unscrupulous father when the ghost gate opened, and then she turned on the flashlight...

Snape glanced at Rong Jiu with a sad face: "It seems that you don't fully understand the ability of your teacher. I hope you can feel it carefully in the next tutoring session."

"..." Rong Jiu quickly changed the subject, "Is this the secret room, Professor?"

She didn't wait for an answer, because another "poof" from behind interrupted Snape's reply.

This time it was Draco who came down, and the voice came faster than anyone: "Why do you let me come to such a ghostly place!"

"Give you a chance to see the traces left by the great Slytherin, and you're not happy anymore." Rong Jiu stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and pulled Draco up from the ground.

Harry was next to come down, and finally Dumbledore.Mag stayed on top to prevent any accidents.After several people met, Dumbledore gave a few simple reminders, and then began to walk along the road under his feet.

There were all kinds of bones along the way, Harry and Draco didn't seem to be feeling well, but Rong Jiu was obviously used to it, and from time to time he would get together to study it, and finally came to a conclusion: "There are no human bones in it."

"How did you get it?" Harry asked curiously.

"This kind of place is very yin, and if someone has resentment on their bones, it will get heavier and heavier." Rong Jiu replied.

Dumbledore looked interested: "What is resentment?"

"Oh, it's just before the creature dies..." Rong Jiu happily ran to Dumbledore and explained it to him. From time to time, he picked up a bone or two as a demonstration, and described in detail the bones with and without resentment difference.Dumbledore nodded from time to time and asked some questions from time to time, the old and the young chatted very happily.

Draco and Harry walked in the middle, these two people actually got together and muttered something; Snape with a calm face walked in the front, pretending not to know the people behind.The whole atmosphere was very relaxed, as if they were going on a spring outing.

Until Snape stopped and sounded a warning.

Appearing not far from them was the outline of a gigantic creature, which seemed to be a coiled snake, filling the entire tunnel.