Rehearse your words first.

Click, click, Aragog waved his pincers angrily, and the sound was echoed by the large group of spiders in the hollow.It's like applause, except the normal applause doesn't make people sick with fear.

"But that was many years ago," Aragog said angrily. "Many, many years ago. I remember it well. That's why they let him leave the school. They believed I was the monster that lived in what they called the Chamber of Secrets. They thought it was Hagrid who opened the Chamber of Secrets and let me out."

"Where did you come from, then?" Hermione asked boldly, and Harry felt her bleeding from his arm.

"I!" said Aragog, clacking his pincers angrily, "I was not born in a castle. I came from a faraway land. A tourist gave me to Hagrid when I was an egg. Hagrid was only a kid, but he hatched me and took good care of me in the cupboard. Hagrid was a good friend of mine, he was a good man, he even got me a wife— — Mossag. You see how prosperous our family is, and it's all thanks to Hagrid."

At this time, there was already a clattering sound, countless long legs were rustling, and a huge black shadow was dangling around him.

"The guy that lived in the castle," said Aragog, "was an ancient creature that we spiders fear most. I remember well pleading with Hagrid when I sensed the beast moving about the school. let me go."

The clicking sound became louder, the rustling sound became denser, and the spiders seemed to be gathering around.

Aragog didn't seem to want to talk anymore.It retreated slowly into his hemispherical web, but his spider mates were still moving slowly, inch by inch, towards Harry and the others.

"Let's go then," Ron called desperately to Aragog, hearing the leaves rustle behind him.

"Go?" Aragog said slowly, "I don't think so."

"But—but—" Ron said anxiously.

"My sons and daughters obeyed my orders and did not harm Hagrid. But fresh human flesh came to their door automatically, and I couldn't stop them from enjoying it. I promised Hagrid not to attack humans, but my sons and daughters don't need to restrain themselves. Farewell, Hagrid's friend." Aragog said ruthlessly.

Harry turned, and a few paces away, high above him, the spiders formed a solid, towering wall of brass, claws clacking together, eyes gleaming on those hideous black heads shine.

"Since you are so cool, then we don't need to be soft on your descendants." Harry said calmly, and he hissed to summon several giant pythons.At the end of the first grade, Hydra ordered all the snakes in the Forbidden Forest to obey Harry's orders.

That night, after Harry led Ron, Hermione and Draco to use almost all the spells they could use, they took their time to let the python deal with these difficult spiders.

Then he walked out of the Forbidden Forest with three friends dragging the corpses of acromantia—basically all contributed by the python.

As soon as they left the Forbidden Forest, Harry and the others were photographed by the reporter arranged by Lucius in advance.

The next day, the Daily Prophet published a joint statement between Lucius and Dumbledore that the killer spider had been executed. Parents, please rest assured that the school is safe.

Three shifts

With the killing of these acromantulas, the cloud that had been hanging over Hogwarts since Halloween finally dissipated, the sun began to quietly shine through the window sills again, and the campus returned to calm and tranquility, with laughter and joy. There was a lot of excitement again.The corridors were not always quiet anymore, students who had been suppressed for a long time could be seen everywhere chasing and playing with each other, and Filch's work became difficult again.

Fortunately, his right-hand man, Mrs. Norris, is about to recover.

Everyone is grateful for the Gryffindor trio, even Draco's reputation in Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw is much better.

Everyone said that Malfoy and his son had really reformed themselves, abandoned evil and followed good.

Dumbledore wanted to give Harry and the others a hundred points each as a reward, but Lucius stopped them on the grounds that they could not breed their pride and complacency.

But in fact, everyone knows the real reason. Only Draco in Slytherin participated in the "round up the murderer" operation, while Gryffindor had three people headed by Harry.Regardless of whether it is based on headcount or merit, Slytherin will lose from the house cup, it is better not to add points.

Ron was very dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do.

Hagrid was also back from the Ministry.After the mediation of Dumbledore, who is the chairman of the International Union of Magicians and the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, and the support of Lucius Malfoy for some reason, although no announcement was made to the public, Hagrid was restricted from using The ban on wands had been quietly lifted, and his dark history file at the Ministry of Magic had been withdrawn.

The basilisk was hidden from the public, but not from the Ministry of Magic—Lucius immediately reported to the Minister, Mr. Cornelius Fudge, that Mr. Weasley had no way to teach his daughter.

Harry and the others went to visit Hagrid nervously, they were all worried that Hagrid would be angry with them because of those acromantulas.The little friends are ready to bear Hagrid's anger and comfort Hagrid.

However, Hagrid happily entertained his little friends with fruit cakes and salted peanuts in his log cabin.He was humming a little song, happily waving his wand to change from one to the other, eager to show Harry and the others his fancy magic skills, and from time to time he stretched out his hand to stroke the smooth fur of the long-lost dog Fangya. .He also bragged about his experience as a guest at the Ministry of Magic, described the contacts he made in the Ministry of Magic, and repeatedly praised Lucius as a kind and good man who has reformed himself.

Hagrid had cut the largest piece of cake that Harry and Ron and Hermione combined were smaller than.

Then Hagrid carefully spread all kinds of nut ingredients such as honey toffee, strawberry and mango on it for embellishment, arranged in the shape of a pink heart, and then graciously handed it to the disgusted Draco: "Taste it, I heard you have a sweet tooth. Oh, thank you dad for clearing me up, he's such a prodigal son!"

In short, he didn't feel sad for those acromant spiders at all.

On the uphill road back to the castle from Hagrid's cabin, Hermione said out of breath, "I don't think Hagrid has much affection for those spiders, except for that Aragog."

Ron retched uncontrollably: "If you want me to say that Hagrid was fired 50 years ago, it's not completely wronged. He made a mistake in hatching Aragog!"

"The half-giant is quite happy. He can finally use magic freely now. The price is only a few dead spiders, and there are thousands of such spiders in the Forbidden Forest." Draco said , He gritted his teeth viciously: "If I were the headmaster of Hogwarts, I would definitely get rid of all these spiders. No, I wouldn't have allowed the spiders to reproduce as they please!"

"When you put it that way, I actually quite support you as the headmaster of Hogwarts." Ron shivered as he hugged his shoulders.

Only Harry's focus was different: "I feel like Hagrid has gained weight."

"I feel it too! Dad said that he really sits in the Ministry of Magic every day, reading newspapers, drinking tea and eating biscuits. It's very comfortable! There, he doesn't even have to do the chores of patrolling and cleaning Hogwarts. Dad envies him very much." Ron said angrily.During Hagrid's absence, he was responsible for feeding Fangs with the house-elf - this was specially ordered by the school director, Mr. Lucius Malfoy.If Ron disobeyed, Gryffindor would lose points for it.

But just now Hagrid was too busy "syphoning" Draco, and he didn't appreciate Ron who was a coolie at all.

Before long, the mandrakes were all ripe.Snape configured them all into potions, and the petrified students, as well as the ghost of Nearly Headless Nick, were all rescued.

Of course, the first to save is Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris.

The students felt sorry for Mrs. Norris, but when she woke up, everyone hated her again.It stared at the student even harder than before it was turned into stone.

Harry also went to Madam Pomfrey's school hospital to visit two of his fans - Colin Creevey and Justin Finlayry.

On the way, I also met Percy, who went to see his girlfriend, the petrified Ravenclaw prefect.So Harry and Percy went to visit the first-year Gryffindor who was petrified with the prefect first, and then went to see their friends separately.

Colin Creevey was very excited in the face of Harry's visit, his excited face flushed abnormally, and he danced so much that he was about to faint.In the end, Madam Pomfrey had to ask Harry out of Colin's ward for his health considerations.

Justin Fenriely was leaning on the hospital bed and reading a book. He was very calm about Harry's visit: "I know you will come to see me, Harry."

He closed the book, held the newspaper on the bedside table and asked Harry: "Harry, I read the Daily Prophet, and it said that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is an acromantula. I want to know if the murderer has been executed? After a pause, he added: "Myrtle told me that 50 years ago, when she was dying, she saw a pair of huge eyes. I also saw through Nick's transparent body before being petrified. They are golden yellow, are these eyes the acromantula's eyes?"

Harry looked at the book in Justin's hand. It was a dilapidated library book with all kinds of weird creatures shouting and walking on the cover.

The book is called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by Newt Scamander.

He had seen this book before, it was on the top shelf of the bookshelves in the west corner of the restricted and book area of ​​the library.Harry found the records about the basilisk in this book.

Harry blinked, picked up the old book that Justin had closed, and opened the page that recorded the basilisk - the corner of this page had been folded by Justin.

Harry knocked on the book and said, "The murderer has been executed. There are still many spiders in the Forbidden Forest, but the ones with the petrification ability have been wiped out. Those golden eyes will never appear in Hogwarts again. .Dumbledore said he would make sure no other spiders came out of the Forbidden Forest."

Justin smiled knowingly as he looked at the pages Harry was tapping with his fingers.

He looked around nervously, then pulled up the curtain of the ward, lowered his voice and said excitedly to Harry: "Actually, it's not a spider, is it? It's a basilisk, right? These are the work of the Dark Lord, right?" No? I heard he's a Parseltongue. Only when it comes to the one who can't be said, will the authorities keep it so mysterious!"

Harry patted his head and said angrily, "Oh, I don't know anything. But," he winked at Justin playfully, "I'm also a Parseltongue."

Justin Fenriely's face was flushed with excitement, and he said excitedly: "So, you also gave that powerful basilisk from the Dark Lord—don't worry Harry, I'll keep it a secret Yes! I can assure you that it was you who got us back by defeating him this time. I will always support you, Harry! If you ever become Prime Minister and need to form a cabinet, oh, I mean if you become Prime Minister If the Minister of Magic needs staff, I am willing to be the first to serve you!"

Harry smiled and shook hands with Justin: "Thank you for your encouragement and support, I will work hard."

Justin was so excited that he clasped Harry's hand tightly with both hands, trembling all over.The bed curtain also swayed with the amplitude of his body.

Well, now Madam Pomfrey came back and blamed Harry for messing up Justin too.

A few days later, another piece of surprising good news came, the rest of Defense Against the Dark Arts class this semester was cancelled.It is said that Professor Gilderoy Lockhart took Neville to the Forbidden Forest for some unknown reason, and then used the Memory Charm to make himself stupid.

According to Neville, Lockhart wanted to take him to capture a few more acromantulas for meritorious service. Lockhart firmly believed that the acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest had not been caught.As for the memory spell, it was said that Lockhart had originally shot it at Neville, but something went wrong and the shot missed.

Ron sneered: "Is there room for this man to be stupid? I thought he was stupid enough."

Harry and Hermione had gone to see Lockhart, whose blond curls were still brilliant and his blue eyes still bright, but he always wore a blank smile showing his dazzling white teeth.He had no memory of who he was, nor did he know Harry and Hermione.

When Harry and Hermione left, Lockhart asked them friendly: "Thank you for coming to see me, do you need my autograph? I'm practicing autographing." He took out a notebook and handed it to Harry and Hermione. , with the name "Gideroy Lockhart" densely written on it.

This made Hermione burst into tears, but Harry felt a little strange—could a person who really lost his memory be so organized and logical?

When saying goodbye, taking advantage of Hermione's inattention, Harry quickly whispered in Lockhart's ear, "Professor, maybe I will go to St. Mungo's to see you someday, but I can't guarantee when go."

Lockhart smiled foolishly again, and he said equally quickly, "I have nothing to teach you, Harry, but if you're interested in my own Memory Charms. I can teach you at St. Mungo's." "

But no matter what, they never saw Professor Lockhart at Hogwarts again, and he was sent directly to St. Mungo's Hospital by Lucius Malfoy the next day for recuperation.

And Ron, of course, washed away the Hufflepuff students' suspicion of him.

In one herb class, Professor Sprout arranged for everyone to prune Abyssinian shrunken figs.Ron caught up with Ernie just in time to catch some dead sticks on top of the compost pile.

Ernie took a deep breath and said very formally, "I just want to say, Ron, I'm sorry I ever doubted you. I apologize for all the stupid things I've said before—"

Ron interrupted him impatiently and arrogantly waving his hand: "If an apology is useful, what do you want an Auror for?"

Ernie clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and glared at Ron: "Then what do you want?!"

Harry tugged at Ron: "Almost done."

Ron patted Harry's hand away and said, "Believe me, if it were you, you wouldn't let Ernie go so easily." He said triumphantly to Ernie, "Unless all the rest of the second grade Herb class, you have done all the work for me! Here, now, go and help me pile up the manure!"

The author has something to say: Harry in the original book, no matter who is misunderstood and suspicious, even if he is being teased, as long as the other party turns around and expresses an apology, he will immediately forgive him.

Oh, what a little angel~

Sending the third watch today, I wish the bubbling little angels a happy study, work and life, thank you.

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