Hogwarts Slytherin

Chapter 144 Rumors and Truth

The future Barty Crouch Jr. is a somewhat neurotic, very crazy and cruel person who is very contemptuous, arrogant and dismissive of Mug wizards.

but now.

14-year-old Barty Crouch Jr. wears a green school robe. She is one of the few students who can wear a tie. Her robe is always wrinkle-free.

He is also very polite and courteous to the students around him. He seems to be an introverted student with a good tutor.

As for the attitude towards Mazong wizards, you don't need to pay attention to this, because there is no way for him to come into contact with Mazong wizards in his circle.

Fortunately, like Black and others, he didn't bother to personally deal with those little wizards.

Regulus chatted with Barty Crouch Jr. for a few more words.

Reggie looked away.

Barty Crouch Sr. may have been a good official, but he was certainly not a good father.

After putting away the newspapers on the table, Anthony glanced at them briefly and said nothing.

"When is the next match?" Snape asked.

"next month."

The inter-school wizard duel competition is finally coming to an end. In the words of Professor Flitwick, those Ilvermorny students have ruined the atmosphere of Hogwarts.

Madam Pomfrey's medicine contains some extra contraceptive potions.

Why, for Merlin's sake, are these American wizards going around in heat!

They are good at rhetoric, and the witches of Ilvermorny are very enthusiastic. Whether they are students who have never seen the world or students who have seen the world, almost no boys can refuse.

"When are you going to tell us?" Snape pursed his lips and turned his eyes to Reggie.

Reggie didn't raise his eyes.

"About the Mirror of Erised——"

Reggie immediately raised his head and looked at him, with obvious shock in his eyes.

How could Snape know?

Anthony stared at him, obviously knowing.

It’s just that Reggie has never mentioned this matter to the two of them, how could the two of them suddenly know about it?

Could it be that Professor Flitwick went to find them?

No.

impossible.

Based on his understanding of Professor Flitwick, he was not such a talkative person.

So how did they find out?

Snape and Anthony just stared at him eagerly.

After thinking for a while, Reggie cleared his throat, as if he wanted to say something big.

"If we can successfully develop the wolfsbane potion, I will tell you." Reggie raised his chin slightly and said.

Snape's face suddenly darkened.

The research and development of Wolfsbane Potion was much more difficult than he imagined.

"I still don't understand that Wolfsbane potion has a very single audience - it is only effective on werewolves, and as far as I know, most werewolves are very poor, and the potion materials we have currently consumed determine the price of this potion. Not cheap. In that case, what’s the point?”

Of course it makes no sense from an economic perspective!

But Reggie didn't intend to use the Wolfsbane potion to make money. What he wanted was the social effect in the magical world.

He didn't refute, just smiled and shook his head.

The meaning is clearly expressed.

This matter is not discussed.

After such an interruption, Snape forgot to persist, and instead buried his head in his meal rather depressed.

Anthony also patted his chest, looking like he was surviving the disaster.

Thankfully, his potion talent was so mediocre that he didn't need to passively participate.

******

The Black Lake at Hogwarts.

The wind blowing from the lake blew his robes, and it got dark very early in Scotland in spring. Before seven o'clock, Hogwarts was already lit up with thousands of candles.

At this moment, Reggie had some reasons.

To jump or not to jump?This is a problem.

"Oh! What are you doing." Alecto Carlo, who had just interacted with him not long ago, saw Yan raising his wand and pointed it at her, and hurriedly made a defensive move.

"What are you doing here?" Reggie put away his wand impatiently, frowned slightly, turned around and faced Shen Wu's nonsense again, too lazy to pay attention to her.

And what about Alecto Carlo?As if she couldn't understand colors, she unceremoniously sat down next to Reggie, stretched out, and then lay leisurely on the lawn under his angry glare, patting the place next to her.

Reggie: "..."

"Carlo, I'm sorry if that has caused you any misunderstanding."

Reggie was speechless about some of Alecto Carlo's recent behaviors. He didn't seem to be very familiar with her, right?

"There have been rumors in the school that you and the Gryffindor...those people had a falling out because of me." Carlo suddenly said this without any clue.

"What?" Reggie's eyes widened and he finally turned his attention from the bottom of the black lake to the girl next to him for the first time tonight.

"You understand." Alecto Carlo grinned, looking a little gloating.

I don't understand.

Ruiji silently withdrew his gaze, but his heart felt like ripples on the surface of a rippled lake.

Why do they think my taste is so bad? !

Have you forgotten the kiss of the century at the Slug Club dance? !

"Thank you for telling me this useless news, Carlo."

"You're welcome. To be honest, I also want to thank you for what you said to Dumbledore that night."

Reggie hesitated for a moment, then nodded, accepting.

Are you done?

When you're done, you can leave.

Perhaps it was due to overdraft of luck. Recently, Rui Ji felt that no matter what he wanted to do, there would always be various unexpected people or things that would interrupt him.

As for the mermaid’s blood, it seems we’ll have to wait until next time.

……

On Saturday, Hogwarts students were finally allowed into Hogsmeade again after such a long incident.

After bidding farewell to his friends briefly, Reggie secretly followed the familiar figure in front of him.

Until then the figure got into a house.

Rodolphus Lestrange, what is he doing here?

Reggie stood at the door and looked curiously.

As the only pure wizarding village in the UK, Hogsmeade naturally has more than just shops, and there are also many wizarding residences here.

Did the Lestrange family buy property here?

impossible.

If that were the case, Rodolphus would not be sneaky and looked very alert.

It's just that the other party has already entered the house, so it's hard for him to follow him in. This kind of house usually has a barricade at the door. Unless he can destroy it, Rodolphus will definitely sense it.

When he was about to turn around and leave, he saw a beautiful figure that made his eyes widen.

Helena!

That Hufflepuff witch!

That night I kissed Rodolphus passionately by the window.

If the tracking hadn't been discovered that night, his strength wouldn't have advanced so quickly.

Helena is completely different from Rodolfos. Rodolphus is surrounded by a group of purebloods like him.

And what about Helena?

Judging from the last time, the blond witch was at least very obedient, as if she was used to facing the moody Rodolphus.

Helena is a beautiful witch.

To a certain extent, she looked very similar to Narcissa, and they both had a desire to protect themselves.

It's just that Narcissa's beauty is monotonous and dignified, which makes people intimidated.

Helena's beauty is as fragile as snowflakes, clearly sending out a signal to people with ill intentions - they don't have to pay any price for provoking him.

Apparently the house was used by the two for private meetings.

Would Rodolphus really like a Muggle-born witch?

There is no firm answer to this question.

Men don't just have two emotions towards women: dislike and love. Sometimes they just think the other person is interesting and they will act decisively.

No one knew that after Helena graduated, that house became her prison.

*****

History of Magic class.

Professor Binns' teaching method is still as boring as ever. The only ghost professor in Hogwarts uses his unchanging tone to describe historical events in the magical world day after day.

"... The Magical Congress of the United States of America passed a decree to abolish the law that wizards are not allowed to marry Muggles. This law was firmly opposed by many well-known local wizard families..."

Starting from the founding of Ilvermorny and talking about the different marriage laws in the United States, it is also a method.

Professor Binns's lectures are always so disorganized.

Nowadays, Reggie can skip the Charms class, but he will always force himself to listen carefully in Professor Binns' class.

He will not ignore history. Any history is a mirror worth learning from.

Hearing Professor Binns mention Slytherin... Reggie raised his hand.

Professor Binns was surprised and seemed to be used to it when he saw it was Reggie.

"Mr. Duke?"

"Professor, I would like to ask you something about Slytherin himself."

Reggie stood up. The Chamber of Secrets has always been a legend in Hogwarts, especially the secret passage discovered between the legs of Salazar Slytherin himself. Sooner or later, he would go there again. It is necessary to collect more information to minimize your own risk.

"Please speak, Mr. Duke." The dying professor said dryly.

"That's right, Professor Binns, I would like to ask you about Slytherin himself leaving a secret chamber in Hogwarts."

"Swish"

The surrounding students cheered up in unison.

Before just now, they still had no reaction, simply because they had been accustomed to Reggie's interaction with Professor Binns in the history of magic for such a long time.

This also makes him look more admirable!

How difficult it is to be able to listen to Professor Binns' class with gusto!

"What we are studying is real history, not mythical legends, Mr. Duke." Professor Binns' voice finally had some ups and downs, but he still continued to talk about the founding of Ilvermorny.

However, Ruiji reluctantly began to speak again: "But the legend also has a certain basis, isn't it?"

Professor Binns looked around at the curious eyes, and couldn't help but pause: "Okay... you all must know that Hogwarts was founded more than 1000 years ago by the four greatest men at the time. Fifty men and women - Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Three of the founders got along very well. , the last one is relatively in stages.”

"Salazar Slytherin hoped that Hogwarts would be more picky when recruiting young wizards. He believed that magic education should be limited to pure magic families. He was unwilling to accept Muggle children, who were subject to the restrictions of the time. Due to the influence of the general environment, I think those Muggle children are unreliable."

"In the end, Salazar Slytherin could not convince the other three and chose to leave Hogwarts."

"Obviously they were driven away." Someone muttered in a low voice.

"And the Chamber of Secrets - it is rumored that Salazar Slytherin built a secret room in the castle. Everyone calls this room the Chamber of Secrets. Just before he left school, Salazar Slytherin chose to call the Chamber of Secrets Sealed so that no one can open him until his true heir comes to the school.”

"It is said that only the heir of Slytherin can open the Lost and release the terrifying things inside. At that time, all the people in the school who Slytherin believes are not qualified to learn magic can be eliminated."

"Mudblood!" A happy voice sounded among the uproar.

"Of course, this is a legend after all. In fact, the successive principals of Hogwarts later conducted many searches of Hogwarts, but no secret rooms were found."

Most people react differently to this.

But his answer was not what Reggie wanted.

The previous ones are just foreshadowing. He has already entered the real secret room. How can he still not know whether it really exists?

"Professor Binns, did the legend say anything about what is in the secret room?"

"I must remind you that this is just a legend."

Reggie nodded in understanding.

"It is said that the things in the Chamber of Secrets can only be controlled by the descendants of Slytherin. It is a very terrifying monster."

This really disappointed the students. What monster can defeat the wizard?

"What about other things? For example - about Slytherin's treasure."

"I don't know, Mr. Duke, I don't think it's a good thing to indulge in illusory stories." Professor Binns rarely said such warm words.

"Of course, I have no questions. Thank you, Professor."

He stopped talking, but the whispers in the class continued, and his eyes fell on her from time to time.

"What I said about the Chamber of Secrets was just the big words Slytherin said before he was kicked out of Hogwarts."

"What if it's true? After all, you didn't hear the professor say that only descendants of Slytherin can open it. Apparently no descendant of Slytherin ever became the principal."

"Quiet!" Professor Binns hurriedly arranged his textbooks, "Children, I said, there is no such thing as ten meters. It is just a legend."

He started talking about the rebellion that happened in the wizarding world in America again.

It's just that everyone's thoughts have already flown to the secret room.

On the contrary, Reggie began to focus. He just gave it a try and was not too surprised by the result.

I remember the secret room incident that happened more than ten years later. At that time, I did not guess that it was a basilisk. If the professors had known about it earlier, they would not have caused accidents to the students one after another.

It seems that if you want to know what is inside, you can only take the risk and try it yourself.