Hogwarts Slytherin

Chapter 157 The secret under the hollow tree

Albanian forest.

wow wow wow...

It's raining!

The weather changed at a moment's notice, and the raindrops slid down the robe, and the dry tree trunks frantically absorbed water, making a "squeaking" sound.

The tree has no heart. Although it is immortal, it still looks like a gnarled tree.

In this forest in Albania, few people go deep into it even during the day, let alone at night.

I knew it was dangerous inside, it was getting dark soon, and there were very few humans in the entire forest at this moment.

Anyway, Reggie followed Natasha all the way without bumping into anyone.

Find the target!

Next, he wants to find out what big secret this hollow tree hides.

......

The hollow tree has been dug up three feet.

Reggie drank a bottle of talent potion and felt the magic power in his body recover rapidly. Snape was continuing his work - waving the wand in his hand and continuing to dig deeper.

Fortunately, they are wizards and do not need to use Muggle methods, but the magic power consumption is a bit high.

No one could have imagined that the root system of this hollow tree, which looked unattractive in appearance, could extend so deep and wide.

Not far away, there are collected roots of hollow trees. They are densely packed and not too thick. They are mainly broken accidentally during the excavation using magic.

In the corner, the white snake Natasha was lying happily on a pile of hams, with a glass bottle wrapped around her tail. The bottle had just been opened, and the liquid originally contained in it had been drank by it.

happy!

So happy!

Natasha looked forward in a daze, and the letter in her mouth slipped out of the corner of her mouth uncontrollably, just falling on the ham underneath her.

"It smells so good!"

I just kept licking it.

Anthony, on the other hand, was playing with a dagger and looking around with vigilant eyes, as if he was looking for something to practice his skills on.

I'm too busy.

Before coming, all the pores in his body were shouting with excitement, especially after he found out in the small tavern not far from the forest that this forest was extremely dangerous.

Anthony felt like he was so excited that he wanted to get in quickly.

Well now.

After the three of them entered the forest, the biggest danger they encountered so far was Natasha.

Thinking of this, Anthony glanced at it and saw that the white snake had a pure sun, as if it was trying to hold back a taunt in its throat.

These guys like to exaggerate!

......

"boom"

The spell hit a snag.

The spell that was originally flowing smoothly seemed to have been rebounded, and was bounced to the pit on the side, splashing a large amount of soil.

Natasha, who was so happy that she fainted on a pile of hams, felt her eyes go dark - and then she was buried.

It was only at this moment that Reggie suddenly stood up from the ground.

Everyone's eyes turned to the large pit under the hollow tree.

Even Snape and Anthony, who were quite disapproving of this at first, cheered up and looked at the big hole dug by their own hands.

Is there really something down here?

"It's raining!"

Reggie walked to the edge of the pit, his tone was light, and he looked around, "Do you believe me now?"

"We've always believed in you."

Snape replied dully.

Reggie grinned: "Now, I have a new intuition! There must be a big harvest down there!"

"I wish it was a monster!"

Anthony whispered.

"No! It's Big Baby!"

Reggie heard his words with sharp ears and gave him a fierce look, bad luck!

Albonia…Hollow Tree…Monster…

For Merlin's sake, if Anthony's crow's mouth was right, he would never think of the second possibility except Nagini.

If it's Nagini below - "Hiss" Thinking of this possibility, Reggie felt his heart was a little irritated, and he gasped, it was also a snake disease.

It must be a baby, it must be a big baby!

Rumble!

At this moment, the dark night was cut by lightning, and a huge thunder sounded.

Several people trembled and their expressions changed slightly.

Reggie stood up quickly with a serious face: "My intuition tells me that on such a night with lightning and thunder, there is either a big treasure or a big monster!"

Yes, he lied.

This is not intuition, it is experience.

When things go awry, there must be monsters. In the words of Taoists, "either monsters appear out of nowhere or treasures appear out of nowhere."

Although this is the Western magic world, the art of the Five Elements does not respect geography.

"boom!"

There was another loud noise.

Only, this time it wasn't thunder.

Something rushed out of the pit.

Reggie stood on the edge of the pit and bore the brunt of the mud splashing all over his face.

His face looked a little ugly, and he said stiffly: "Fortunately...at least it's not a monster!"

......

After cleaning up the sludge on his body, Reggie wiped away his previous embarrassment and carefully looked at a blue seed in his hand.

Take this from Natasha.

When the thing broke out of the ground, Natasha just crawled out of the ground, flew up like lightning and bit it - the seed.

Then...bring the seeds to make Ruiji.

After pretending to be heartbroken and giving out another bottle of joy potion, Natasha swam back to the pile of hams with satisfaction.

"What the hell is this?"

Several people looked at each other, especially Snape and Anthony. They just felt that their work was in vain and they really couldn't figure it out.

It looks inconspicuous. Apart from the movements it made when it was unearthed, the seed is now lying quietly in the palm of Reggie's hand without any movement at all.

Reggie knew better.

This must not be a simple and ordinary seed.

The reason why he was so sure that this hollow tree held a great secret was naturally because he knew more.

Lady Gray, the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw, quietly stole Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem and headed straight to Albania after being unwilling to remain under her mother's halo for a long time.

Later, Lady Gray was found by Barrow, sent by Lady Rowena Ravenclaw. After discovering her, Barrow tried to persuade her to return to Hogwarts.

It's just that Ms. Gray is willing to submit obediently. I don't know what happened between the two of them. The final outcome is always that Ms. Gray dies.

And turned into a ghost.

However, her mother Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem was secretly hidden by her.

谷疹

During the years when she returned to Hogwarts as a ghost, countless adult wizards and students tried their best to get the whereabouts of Ravenclaw's diadem out of her.

Because Ravenclaw's diadem symbolizes wisdom, or so everyone thinks.

But without exception, those people all failed.

Until, Tom Riddle, also known as Voldemort, appeared.

The arrogant and indifferent Ms. Gray finally fell. Can you blame her?

It’s just that the young Voldemort was too handsome, too good at disguise, and too good at deceiving people!

With only a little effort, he gained Lady Grey's trust and told him the secret that he kept until the end of his life - Ravenclaw's diadem was located under a hollow tree in Albania.

What happened later became much clearer.

After graduation, Voldemort found the diadem and made it into a Horcrux. Then he smuggled it into Hogwarts two years ago and hid it in the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

Then, the ignorant and fearless Reggie squatted there, almost killing him, which was a blessing in disguise, and destroyed it with the venom of the basilisk.

But he came here today not because of the Ravenclaw diadem, if the diadem gave him a hint of curiosity and some clues.

Then, Voldemort's subsequent actions gave him a definite answer.

By the time the savior Harry was born, it became known that Voldemort had failed on the night he set out to destroy his destined nemesis.

It became a dilapidated existence.

After he was severely injured, he did not hide back to the place where he lived hidden in his soul - which is why no one could find him.

Regardless of the Fidelity Curse or the Unbreakable Vow, Voldemort would never be able to tie his secrets to anyone else.

This is a very, very old and useless magic. In order to hide one's place of residence, and it is still in the soul, if one does not have great confidence in one's own magic control, no one is willing to take such a big risk for it. .

Even so, even if he was the only one in this place, after being severely injured, he still did not choose to go back and hide.

Of course, he didn't go to his Death Eaters who claimed to be loyal.

In fact, after such a big change happened that was beyond Voldemort himself, he suspected that this was a huge conspiracy.

A huge conspiracy was laid against him.

Why would he believe this foolish prophecy?

It must have something to do with Dumbledore, but the others may not be trustworthy.

So weak, so weak in his condition that even a muggle without a wand could have easily killed him.

at last.......

He fled to Albania and found the hollow tree.

Because of this, Reggie had deep doubts about his behavior.

After all, what does Albania have——

In other words, what does that hollow tree hold?

Only then could the weak Voldemort travel across the ocean, pass through the dark and dangerous jungle, and live here.

It seemed that there was something here that attracted him.

In other words, it would make him more likely to survive.

So here he comes.

After examining the hollow tree in various ways, Reggie didn't find anything special about it.

Finally, with a wave of the magic wand, dig down!

Let this blue seed float in the air and place it among the three people.

"So, what kind of big treasure is this?" Anthony looked left and right, up and down. This seed is just that simple!

Reggie's face turned slightly pale.

Anthony thought he had been hit, so he stopped talking angrily, but unexpectedly Reggie was also hit. Sure enough, he was still too young and had blind confidence in his own judgment!

But Reggie was not shocked.

He just listened to the thunder, feeling a little angry and frightened: "It's thundering, it's raining! Severus, have you collected the eggs of the Ash Snake?!"

This was an important material for the Wolfsbane potion. Since the expected search time was not long and they did not plan to spend the night in the forest, they booked a room in a nearby tavern.

The eggs of the Fire Ash Snake must absorb moonlight in order to be more effective in the process of making potions.

But it rained today!

It’s still raining so heavily! ! !

Then wouldn't all the eggs of those ash snakes be destroyed? !

Damn!

Snape's face darkened under his reminder.

As if taunting him, the thunder in the sky became more and more intensive, and the rain became heavier and heavier.

Reggie regained his composure at this moment: "Let's go back. We have already obtained the things. As for their value, we can go back and study them carefully. It is not safe here after all."

Before they left the forest, they encountered a problem.

Natasha relied on them.

Strictly speaking - it depends on St. Regis.

It seems to have determined that this is a very rich and generous animal of its kind, and must hug this thigh tightly.

******

Britain is not too hot in the summer, and it is also the busiest time in Godric's Hollow.

I imagine the quiet village is occupied by the sound of children laughing and playing.

This is a village where wizards and Muggles live together, and it is also the hometown of Godric, one of the four giants of Hogwarts.

In July and August, not only wizards but also Muggle children also have holidays.

Such hustle and bustle is rare in other small villages, because most of the wizards living in the valley are Gryffindors, or not pure blood.

"We can go to the zoo." On the streets of London, a very well-educated boy said to his companions.

"It's really uncomfortable to wear it like this." Anthony kept tugging on his sleeves.

That's right.

It was the three Reggies.

Snape was a little better. He had grown up in the Muggle world. Compared with the clothes he wore before going to Hogwarts - he didn't have any dissatisfaction now.

Reggie was a native Muggle in his previous life.

But Anthony is different from them.

In Germany, they are blood theorists, and even if they are not as bigoted as Black, they are definitely Muggle discriminators.

Even if it declined later, when it came to the UK, it still changed from discriminating against German Muggles to discriminating against British Muggles.

Later, after a long period of brainwashing by Reggie and Muggle science popularization.

Anthony has now put away his contempt for Muggles, but this does not mean that he can completely accept Muggles!

At this moment, wearing Muggle clothes made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"Relax, Anthony, you'll get used to it soon. Trust me, wearing robes in this weather will only attract more Muggle eyes. You don't want Muggles staring at you all the way." Bar?"

Anthony fantasized about the scene. Although it was still awkward, he nodded restrainedly after weighing it.

That's right, he doesn't want to!

In Reggie's opinion, the Muggle world is much more interesting than the magical world.

Think about it, the only big entertainment for wizards is Quidditch!

I definitely want to bring two friends with me today - one is a pureblood, and the other grew up in the Muggle world but has almost never left Spider-End Alley. It will give them a lot of experience!

They saw a lot of people at the entrance of the zoo, all parents with their children!

The combination of three people is a bit eye-catching, it looks like...

Uh-one kid with two other kids?

Snape was a little dull at first because he was not used to such a noisy environment.

Especially when children scream at animals from time to time!