A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 37: Investigation by a group of 3

After class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked out of the classroom, discussing the information they had just received from Professor Binns.

"I've known for a long time that Salazar Slytherin was a perverted old madman," said Ron in disgust.

Hermione is still sorting out the current information: "Professor Binns mentioned the monster in the Chamber of Secrets. No one knows what it is, but Harry, we already have a direction."

She gave Harry a deep look.

Harry miraculously understood his words, he glanced quickly left and right, and whispered, "You mean, my Parseltongue..."

Ron also looked at the two in horror.

"That's right!"

The three squeezed through the crowded corridor and soon came to the corridor where the attack occurred.

The scene in front of me has changed quite a bit from that night. The stagnant water was emptied, the petrified cat was no longer hung on the torch bracket, and the words "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened" were also cleaned up.

However, there is an empty chair against the wall.

"Filch has been standing guard here." Ron whispered, "he has been very irritable recently, and often finds various reasons to deduct points, such as talking too loudly or smiling."

"But it has nothing to do with us, we just need to check the scene to see if there are any missing clues." Hermione said.

Several people moved quickly, Harry lay on the ground, his glasses were almost stuck to the ground, soon he found the scorched marks, and Hermione also discovered the spectacular sight of spiders lining up to escape from the castle.

"What does this mean?" Harry was puzzled.

Ron stayed away from the spider, with a look of horror on his face: "This can explain many problems-for example, the spider is afraid of that monster."

Hermione sorted out the clues as usual: "So, it was a snake that launched the attack. Its characteristic is that its attack can cause petrification effects, and it is the natural enemy of spiders. This clue is very close to the truth!"

The little witch said excitedly: "Give me a week, at most two weeks, and I will be able to find out its information. Ron, to be honest, why are you trembling all the time?"

So next, Ron told the story of holding a teddy bear when he was a child, and the twins used crappy magic to make the bear into many legs, which made her giggle.

Ron said angrily, "If you've ever had that experience, it won't be funny. Imagine you're hugging a teddy bear and calling its name, and it pops out with legs... "

"The water on the ground is gone," Harry said suddenly.

"Maybe someone cleaned the floor, like Filch, that's his job." Ron said without thinking.

"Where did the stagnant water come from?" Harry instinctively thought that this might be a clue.

"Ah! I figured it out." Hermione screamed.

"What's wrong?"

"It occurred to me that a possible witness, who was next door to us, may have witnessed the entire attack."

Following her gaze, the two boys looked at the sign of the girls' bathroom, and swallowed in unison.

……

After supper, they walked out of the castle and followed the path to Hagrid's hut.

Along the way, they're still arguing about what happened during the day.

"If I ask you, we shouldn't have gone to the girls' bathroom. That Myrtle, and that place...it's a nightmare! And we were discovered by Percy." Ron babbled along the way.

"But we also know that she died fifty years ago. Before she died, she saw a pair of big scary yellow eyes. What does that mean? Those are the eyes of a snake."

Hermione ignored Ron's mumbled "not necessarily", and continued: "Your information is also very useful, we also know the name of Tom Riddle, he received the school's special award fifty years ago. Contribution Award, perhaps this is not a coincidence!"

Harry's eyes widened, "You mean, that Tom terminated the last successor to the Chamber of Secrets."

"Exactly."

The three knocked on Hagrid's door, and he enthusiastically welcomed the three little wizards in.

Ron looked surprised, "Hagrid, your house has become clean."

Indeed, the three of them looked at Hagrid's hut, not a little bit cleaner, at least visible to the naked eye, the black ground turned into a dark brown floor.

"Oh, you said this," Hagrid said casually, "Professor Haip came to visit me last time and helped me clean up before I left. It was very simple for him, just waving his wand."

"Professor Hype?" Hermione asked in surprise.

"Yes, Professor Haip. He was recommended by Dumbledore. He needs some advice on magical animals. I am an expert in this field, but he is actually not bad. He is very good at some remote directions. Insightful, yes, insightful."

Hagrid served a plate of pretzels, a jug of pumpkin juice and three glasses. He said proudly: "Professor Haip is an excellent wizard. I didn't have much contact with him when he was in school, but—" he pointed to a book on the chair, "Look, that's what he gave me. A gift from!"

The three couldn't wait to open the book, and Hermione found that this book was somewhat similar to Muggle comic strips, most of which were photos, and there was a brief introduction at the bottom of each page.

"Are these magical animals?" Ron asked curiously, it was completely different from what he had seen as a child.

"No, this is a creature from the Muggle world." Harry said excitedly, "Look, this is a lion, this is a giraffe - it has a very long neck, I have seen it in the zoo, this is a kind of Badgers, somewhat similar to Hufflepuff's logo, but they're certainly not the same kind."

Hermione is no stranger to these animals. She has read the full set of "Encyclopedia Britannica", which contains chapters on animals. But pictures in Muggle books don't move.

So Hermione asked: "Is this a book made by Professor Haipu himself?"

Hagrid took a gulp of butterbeer and burped: "Yes, very hard, right? I think I owe him a favor..."

After a long time, the three of them remembered their reason for coming.

"The Chamber of Secrets? An heir? A monster?" Hagrid's face paled suddenly.

"Yes, we found some clues, fifty years ago..." Harry was about to introduce their findings, but was quickly interrupted by Hagrid.

"Listen, there is no chamber of secrets and no monsters, it was just an accident!" Hagrid was a little excited, waving his thick palms, and then his voice became softer, muttering: "It was really an accident, No one thought that something like that would happen, no one..."

Afterwards, the three were driven out of the hut.

"He's definitely hiding something!" said Ron indignantly.

"We can all see that."

The three returned to the warm common room, had to face reality, and started to catch up with homework.

After a while, Hermione suddenly closed the book, which startled the two of them.

"Who do you think the heir will be?" Hermione asked them in a low voice, and seemed to be talking to herself.

"It must be a Slytherin, I guess Malfoy." Ron said quickly.

Harry immediately accepted this point of view, "Maybe it's really him, you think, their family has been pure blood for generations, he has reason to do so, and the most important point is that he has suffered a lot recently Strike—Professor Haipu put you in confinement for insulting Hermione!"

Hermione's breathing stopped suddenly.

Ron also seemed to have found a theoretical basis, "Harry, you are so right, he must have done it, maybe the Malfoy family is one of the descendants of Slytherin, and their family has kept this secret for generations... Right, Hermione?"

At this time, the twins came over from a distance, "I seem to hear you talking about Professor Haipu, has he done anything interesting?"

The twins sat on either side of Harry and Ron.

"Nothing." Ron said quickly.

Next to him, Fred put one arm on his shoulder~IndoMTL.com~ and winked at the three of them, "Come on, we can exchange information. We also admire Professor Haipu."

George next to Harry smiled and said: "Yes, I admire him very much. We can't wait to take him apart and study his head."

Fred sighed, "George, you sound like we have some ill intentions towards Professor Haipu."

"Is there?"

"Of course not."

"At most we--"

"Trying to imitate his magic puppet." The two said in unison.

Harry thought for a while, "Well, we went to Hagrid's hut in the evening and saw a magic book given by Professor Haip."

"What is it about?"

"Muggle animals, you know, Hagrid is fascinated by these."

"Cool!" The twins looked at each other and said Qiqi.

Ron said: "It's up to you, we agreed to exchange information."

Fred blinked, "Our little Ronnie has learned a lot—"

"—It's not easy to cheat." George followed.

"But - who told you to be our younger brother." Fred usually joked, and whispered: "We can provide information, you know, we are fans of Professor Haipu, if you Does anyone want to know his whereabouts, such as launching a chance encounter..."

Ron said in surprise: "Are you following the professor?"

"Don't say that, we just got a little help. For example, Professor Haipu has often been to the Forbidden Forest recently." Fred shrugged and casually revealed a piece of important news.

"Forbidden Forest?" Hermione asked in surprise.

The three looked at each other.