Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 638 Harry has nothing to say

  It was the first time Harry entered Albert's dormitory. He opened his eyes and looked curiously at the dormitory of Hogwarts geniuses, and was surprised to find that it was no different from his own dormitory.

   If there was any difference, it would probably be the cat climbing frame on the wall. He had seen something similar at Mrs. Figg's house next door to Dursley.

  Almost forgot, Albert has a very fat cat, it seems to be called... Tom.

  Yes, Tom, with the same name as Riddle.

   A "creak" sound came from behind, and Harry turned his head to follow the sound, and saw that Albert had just closed the dormitory door with his backhand.

   The dormitory suddenly fell into a dead silence, and Harry felt his heart beat a little faster.

   "You want to ask me about Hagrid?" Albert asked straight to the point.

   "Before Hagrid is taken away by the Minister of Magic, let me come to you." Harry admitted honestly.

"If you want to ask whether Hagrid is the heir of Slytherin, my answer is: no." Albert probably understood why Hagrid asked Harry to come to him. He hoped that he could explain it clearly to Harry, and he didn't want to Let Harry misunderstand himself.

   "Fifty years ago, Hagrid was indeed expelled from Hogwarts because of the attack, but the attack that year had nothing to do with Hagrid."

  Seeing that Harry seemed to want to say something, Albert directly raised his hand to interrupt, signaling the other party to listen to him.

"Hagrid was expelled from the school more because a student died in the attack that year, and someone needs to be responsible for it. At that time, Hagrid unfortunately kept a big spider in the cupboard, and he was caught by Riddle At the time, he let the big spider go, so it is normal for him to take the blame, and he can only blame him for his own death."

  After listening to Albert's words, Harry opened his mouth involuntarily, not knowing what to say. It never occurred to him that Hagrid was expelled from school fifty years ago because of this reason.

  After learning from Albert that Hagrid was innocent, Harry couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, Harry was very worried that Hagrid was the real culprit of the attack, and he really didn't know how to face Hagrid by then.

  However, Harry was still a little puzzled. Just as he raised his head to ask, he met Albert's gaze and moved his head involuntarily. Looking into Albert's eyes reminded Harry that when he was facing Snape, the feeling of being seen through made Harry very uncomfortable.

"You don't suspect that Hagrid is the murderer, do you?" Albert looked into Harry's eyes and answered all the questions he wanted to ask: "Is it because the attacks stopped after Hagrid was driven away? "

  Harry nodded silly.

   "Actually, the answer is very simple." Albert sat on the edge of his bed, motioning for Harry to sit down and talk. "You should have seen it in Riddle's memory. Because of the attack, the school is facing a crisis of closure. The murderer of the attack does not want the school to be closed, so..."

"so…?"

"So we need to find someone to memorize all the crimes, and then stop the attack, and this matter will naturally go away." Albert told Harry the cruel truth, "The Ministry of Magic is now using the old trick to take Hai Grid, just want Hagrid to take the blame, hoping to use this to quell the attack again."

   "They clearly know that Hagrid is innocent, how could they do this." Harry was stunned for a moment when he heard Albert's words, and his brain was quickly replaced by anger.

"Of course they can. If sacrificing an insignificant person can make this matter go away, who cares?" Albert stared into Harry's eyes and asked, "If you lock Malfoy up, you can Put the attack to rest, will you?"

  If locking Malfoy up could stop the attack, of course Harry would like to. As for the truth, sometimes the truth is not necessarily important, but Harry couldn't say it.

   "You don't need to try to quibble." Albert waved his hand and interrupted Harry, who was hesitant to speak, and continued: "So, Hagrid, who has a criminal record, is locked up again."

"Just like fifty years ago, they can't catch the real culprit, and this consequence may lead to the closure of Hogwarts School." Albert showed a strange smile, "The Ministry of Magic will also be blamed , so the Minister of Magic needs someone to take the blame, otherwise he will be in bad luck with him."

"Why?"

"This is Harry Politics. Politics is the dirtiest thing in the world, bar none." The smile on Albert's face was permeating, which made Harry feel inexplicably uneasy, "If one day you stand on the side of the Minister of Magic The opposite of what I mean, and you'll see what I mean, trust me, that day isn't too far away."

  Harry was a little speechless, what is this?

   "Is this...a prophecy?"

   "You can think so." Albert didn't deny it, and continued, "However, you don't have to worry about Hagrid's affairs. He won't be blamed again this time."

   "Really?" Harry couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He was willing to believe what Albert said, and he could only believe it.

"Whether it was Colin, Nearly Headless Nick, or Hermione all saw the basilisk, if you noticed the expressions on their faces, it shouldn't be difficult to deduce this." Albert looked at Harry's blank expression. He had no choice but to explain: "When the student who was attacked wakes up, we can't hide the basilisk."

  Harry nodded.

   "Hagrid has no way of controlling a basilisk. I think Hermione should have told you that the only one who can control a basilisk is... a Parseltongue."

"snake…"

  Harry hadn't finished speaking, but Albert was the first to say it. He is in a panic now, and Albert always finishes his words, leaving him speechless.

   "How are you sure that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is the Basilisk?" Harry asked loudly. In fact, he also thought that the monster in the secret room was a basilisk. It's just that Harry felt that if he didn't say anything, he might be driven mad.

   "How can you be sure it's a basilisk?"

   "Yes." Harry nodded.

"Hagrid's pet spider in the cupboard is a monster called acromant. They still live in the Forbidden Forest. They are huge and scary. Maybe you heard it from Ron. Fred And George was almost eaten by those acromantia." Albert's tone paused, "Sorry, the topic went off track. Hagrid once asked about the spider he raised called Aragog, who hid in the school What is the monster in Hagrid's castle? Well, you don't have to doubt that the acromantula can speak human language. Aragog refused to tell what the monster in Hagrid's castle was, just like everyone is reluctant to mention the name of You-Know-Who. Reveal that the monster is the spider's natural enemy."

   "Spider's natural enemy?" Harry heard Hermione mention it.

"I looked through the information in the library, and found that the monster that the acromantula is afraid of is the basilisk." Albert glanced at Harry, and said to himself, "You probably don't know, the spider's eyes can't If it is completely closed, once you encounter a basilisk, you will be killed directly by the basilisk's gaze."

  Harry felt that he had learned a lot today.

   "Hermione once told me that you hear what other people can't, and you've been proven to be a Parseltongue, so that's the basilisk hiss."

  Harry nodded in agreement.

"Everyone knows that the symbol of Slytherin is the snake, and the Parselmouth is one of the symbols of Slytherin. If the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is still alive after a thousand years, then only the Basilisk is suitable, although this kind of Dark creatures are uncommon."

  Harry had nothing to say. Albert's evidence proved that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was a basilisk. In fact, he also believed that the monster was a basilisk.

   "Have you already…"

   "You want to ask me who the prisoner is?"

  Harry continued to nod.

  He found himself nodding a little bit more today.

"I can only tell you that this matter has something to do with the Malfoy family." Albert glanced at the wooden door and continued, "Hermione once told me that there was a house elf who caused you a lot of trouble, and it was like You revealed that the scariest things were going to happen at Hogwarts."

   "It's Dobby!"

  Harry couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he was finally able to speak.

"Lucius Malfoy expelled Dumbledore from the school at this time." Albert speculated maliciously, "This matter must have something to do with him, otherwise he wouldn't waste so much effort to do so .”

   "Besides, house elves are only found in old manors or castles. The Malfoy family is very rich, so it's not surprising to have house elves serving them."

   "Malfoy wasn't the murderer, we asked him?" Harry said dryly.

"I didn't say he was the murderer." Albert shook his head and said, "Lucius Malfoy would not let his son do that kind of stupid thing, he should have mastered some way to open the secret room, and will do it What happened to trigger the current attack. As for the method? I have some guesses, but I don’t plan to tell you, because even if I tell you, you won’t believe it.”

   "How do you know I won't believe it." Harry said stubbornly.

"Oh well!"

Albert read directly with his ears closed, filling the ears of those who eavesdropped outside the door with an indistinguishable buzzing sound, so as to prevent Ginny from hearing the next words, which led her to give Riddle's diary directly to threw.

"Riddle's diary, don't you find that diary very unusual?" Albert reminded, "I know you got it once and saw what happened fifty years ago, I can tell you, It is very difficult for ordinary wizards to do that, especially when using a diary. When the diary was stolen, I suspected that the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets was in Gryffindor College."

   "It's impossible!" Harry was shocked and speechless, he couldn't understand how Albert came to such a conclusion.

"It was Tom Riddle who caught Hagrid back then." Albert reminded, "You should know that Tom also didn't want the school to be closed, so he used Hagrid as a scapegoat. As long as the murderer is caught, the school will It doesn't have to be shut down."

  Harry quickly recalled what he saw in Riddle's memory, and had to admit that Albert's words made sense.

   "Have you found out where the Chamber of Secrets is?" Harry asked.

"I probably guessed where the secret room is. However, to open the secret room, you need a Parseltongue." Albert said mysteriously, "If you are curious, you can ask the student who was killed by the basilisk back then. We can find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets."

  Harry was very confused and didn't understand where Albert wanted him to find someone, and wasn't the person dead?

   "She came back as a ghost." Albert reminded.

   "Have you ever suspected that I am the murderer?"

"You are indeed suspicious. After all, you are the only Parseltongue in the school, but I don't think so. If it were you, Dumbledore would have found out immediately. After all, you are his savior." Albert He shook his head and said, "Okay, our conversation is over, remember to keep it secret for me!"

   "Who do you suspect?" Harry pressed, "Do you already know who was responsible for the attack?"

   "It doesn't make sense to tell you, because you won't believe it, just like you didn't believe what I just said." Albert shrugged: "Go find it yourself, maybe my guess is wrong."

   After finishing speaking, Albert walked to the door and opened it suddenly.

   There was only an ouch, and a group of people fell to the ground.

  Harry stared dumbfounded at the group of people who had fallen to the ground.

   "Have you heard enough?"

   "Haha, we just..." Fred was racking his brains for an excuse.

   "... a little curious," George added.

   "I didn't expect you to investigate so many things without saying a word, and you are not willing to tell us." Li Qiaodan tried to divert Albert's attention.

   "Did you already know who did it, why didn't you tell Professor McGonagall?" Ron asked puzzled.

   "Young man, you are so naive." Albert reached out and patted Ron on the shoulder and said, "There is no evidence, it's called slander, slander, and even if I say it, you may not be willing to believe it."

   "How do you know we don't believe it?" Ron retorted.

   "If Harry told the Minister of Magic that the mysterious man was still alive, how do you think he would react?" Albert asked after thinking for a while.

   "This, he should believe it, Professor Dumbledore also knows..."

   "Wrong wrong wrong!"

Albert interrupted Harry with three typos, "Unless the Minister of Magic leads a group of people to see that the mysterious man is still alive, everyone will only think you are crazy, and they will be happy to believe that you are a lunatic. You It doesn't take long to find out that the Daily Prophet starts reporting on something wrong with your head, too."

Looking at the stunned Harry, Albert patted him on the shoulder and said, "So, if I go and tell Professor McGonagall who is the real culprit of the attack, do you think Professor McGonagall will believe me, or do you think I'm just Frightened by the attack, a little bit stimulated, and my mind started to go haywire."

   Both Fred and George couldn't help laughing.

"Everything must be based on evidence, otherwise no one will be able to convince anyone!" Albert shrugged: "So, I will not publicly accuse who is the real culprit of the so-called attack, that will only make others think that I am a A mad dog that bites people."

  Harry fell silent.

  Do the professors really believe what they say?

   Difficult.

  (end of this chapter)