After Neville neighed like a snake, the entire auditorium fell silent.
Even Snape stood stunned on the spot, unable to react for a moment.
When Ted saw that something was not right, he pulled Neville and walked out the door. The friends behind him hurriedly followed in a tacit understanding.
The eyes of the others followed the group of six until they were out of sight before looking back.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Neville asked, not knowing why.
"You know Parseltongue? Didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Harley asked with a surprised look on her face.
"Parseltongue?! I don't know it!" Neville was startled and his lips trembled. I really don’t know how~
"But you just talked to a snake." Hermione said worriedly.
Ron's expression was also very strange: "But Neville saved Ginny."
Neville's face turned green: "The first time I talked to a snake, I didn't know I was a Parselmouth!"
Jerry was confused and asked quickly: "What is Parseltongue?!"
Harley explained what Parseltongue is - the ability to communicate with and even command snakes.
"Legend has it that Slytherin is a Parseltongue." Harry looked at Neville and said.
"Neville, are you the heir to the Chamber of Secrets?" Jerry's eyes widened and his ears stood up.
"Me? No! No, I'm not!" Neville denied.
Ted stopped them from thinking and said, "Stop thinking nonsense. You are in the same dormitory. Don't you know who Neville is?"
Could Neville be the heir of Slytherin? He can't~
Therefore, the "S" mark on the forehead contains a fragment of Voldemort's soul just like in the original work. The Parseltongue abilities he brings to the table.
This is a question related to the big plan to completely eliminate Voldemort in the future...
Neville was now terrified. He couldn't explain why he had the ability to speak Parseltongue, and he couldn't accept the fact that he might be the heir of Slytherin.
Ted had to comfort him: "Don't worry, Neville, you don't necessarily have to be the heir of Slytherin if you know Parseltongue. Paracelsus discovered Parseltongue in the 16th century, although it existed in classical times and the Middle Ages. Someone has already used it. And even the despicable Herbo can speak Parseltongue..."
When Neville heard this, he became even more anxious: "So, Parseltongue is a language that only dark wizards can speak?! I..."
"Don't be too nervous. This is just a special magic language. It's just that all the famous wizards who have ever had it haven't done anything good, so they were misunderstood."
What else could Ted say?
It does seem that only dark wizards know this stuff. I wonder if I can teach myself?
Harry also spoke to comfort: "Not necessarily. I read the records of the Black family. The Gaunt family that has disappeared before had people who knew Parseltongue. They are said to be descendants of Slytherin. Maybe they are the descendants of the Longbottom family. There was intermarriage and you inherited this ability.”
Neville was about to cry: "So, I am more sure that I am the heir of Slytherin?!"
…
This thing fermented quite quickly.
The Dueling Club has attracted quite a lot of attention. First, Lockhart made a fool of himself, then Ted won a dozen consecutive games, and then Neville's Parseltongue.
Parseltongue~
Almost all young wizards from wizard families know what this means.
So, the Boy Who Lived, the heir to the Longbottom family, turned out to be a Parseltongue? !
Moreover, he might be the heir of Slytherin? !
Was he the one who released the monster that opened the secret room two days ago and attacked the Ravenclaw dwarf girl?
That night, the three Nevilles returned to the dormitory. Dean, the little black man, and Seamus, the demolition genius, were all huddled in the bed like quails, not daring to say anything.
As soon as Neville said something to them, they were so frightened that they crawled into bed and began to tremble... Well, wait, something is wrong, right? !
In short, the current view of Neville among the students in the school has been completely changed.
From the boy-who-lived, to an ordinary and somewhat clumsy student, to the evil heir to the secret room~
It can be called a big storm!
Ted looked at a card he had just completed the mission at night.
[Drawing: Shadow Goggles (Green)]
prop card
Use: Learn to craft these magically engineered goggles.
Number of uses 1/1.
Ted chose to use it, and the card in his mind suddenly burst into flames and disappeared, just like other disposable cards.
After using it, Ted had some more knowledge in his mind about making magic goggles.
This is an engineering creation from the world of Azeroth, which involves a lot of alchemical knowledge, as well as some strange magical knowledge!
Ted had seen the term in library books published in recent years.
The word "magic" appeared together with the conjunction of the stars, specifically with the dwarf clan.
Most dwarfs, like wizards, have magic powers in their bodies since childhood. It can be regarded as a race born with magical powers.
Although they also have their own unique spell-casting skills, most of them prefer fancy illusions and the like.
They mostly use magic power to make magic weapons.
Ted had seen the first scene where the dwarf girl Clara was petrified. She was wearing a pair of strange glasses. However, judging from the scene, the glasses had been severely damaged, and the lenses had melted. That makes sense.
The current magic engineering goggles are somewhat biased toward alchemical wonders + magic tools.
As for the effect, according to the knowledge in my mind, it can greatly increase the resistance to abnormal magical effects.
It's much more "scientific" than the glasses I made haphazardly.
Give it a try, it's an emergency, don't delay.
That night, Ted tried his hand at making it.
It’s just that I didn’t succeed even after thinking about it until late at night.
The first is the material issue.
Obsidian is ground into thin lenses, which requires very fine magic control. Then you have to cast a spell on it to make it transparent.
Then there is alchemy to make magic bronze glasses frames, and use silver wire inlays to arrange "magic transmission circuits", which is a bit like making a circuit. This should be called a magic circuit.
The best situation is to inlay brushed silver inside the bronze glasses frame, but if the technology is not up to standard, inlaying it on the surface will also work.
Then there is a pair of opals, which are only produced in Sri Lanka. A pair of opals the size of a grain of rice costs 8 galleons.
After inlaying the cat's eye stone in the center of the silver magic path, the oil of shadow must be applied for final treatment.
This Shadow Oil also requires additional potions to brew, and the materials required are not too expensive, but the materials are relatively unsophisticated, and you have to spend time asking Mr. Giggs to buy them in Diagon Alley or even Knockturn Alley.
In short, this thing cannot be done in three or two days.
…
When Ted returned to the dormitory tiredly in the middle of the night, it had begun to snow outside the window. By the time it was almost dawn, it had turned into a violent snowstorm.
As a result, the last herbal medicine class of the semester was cancelled.
The next day, the students all knew that Neville could speak Parseltongue.
During the morning meal, the six of them, Ted, almost occupied a long table.
Except for the twins who were eating not far away and winking at everyone, Peggy came over and patted her little brother and comforted Neville, and Ginny came over with Luna to say thank you, everyone else wanted to stay away.
Oh, what a fool.
Ted still remembered the scene when the Gryffindor little lions cheered "We have the Boy-Who-Lived" when they were sorted. But now they all have doubts and vigilance written on their faces, which makes people sigh.
In the afternoon, the twins also came to play pranks, clearing the way for Neville and the others in the corridor, shouting: "Make way for the heir of Slytherin, he wants to have afternoon tea with his evil servant in the secret room~" "
Harley almost gave them both a big hug and brought them down.
By dinner time, even Peeves knew about it.
He came here specially to laugh at Neville. He was floating in the sky with a smile that didn't deserve a beating, and he sang in a high-pitched voice: "Longbottom is the heir, open the door to the secret room~The monsters are coming to clear the place, everyone run away~"
Don't tell me, some people actually believed it, especially the first-year students. They all ran away in a hurry.
Harry was so angry that he shouted on the spot: "If you have the ability, just wait!"
Peeves still doesn't know whether to live or die: "Little devil, what can you do to me~"
After a while, Harley ran back in a hurry, and she even brought the "Ghost-killing Whip" refined by Ted.
Without waiting for Peeves to move, Harry flicked the willow whip - "Plop~" Ron fell to the ground.
Harry, who had never practiced with this soft weapon, swung his hands around Ron's feet and dragged him to the ground.
Ron's feet were tied up and he was like a big butt, and he was stunned: What's going on? Someone harmed me!
Harley apologized quickly: "Oh, Ron, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it."
When Peeves saw this thing being taken out, he threw himself into the wall and ran away with a loud "ouch".
If Ron hadn't shielded him from disaster, he would have been whipped at least.
Fortunately, this was a "ghost-killing whip" made with the thoughts of school students. It was aimed at Peeves and would not harm others. Otherwise, Ron would have cried for half an hour.
The semester ends on the 21st and the Christmas vacation begins.
The six-person group all stayed at school. Last year, the Weasleys went to Romania to visit their second son, Charlie, who had just graduated and was training dragons in Romania. This year, they were going to Egypt to visit their eldest son, Bill, who was working as a curse breaker in Gringotts.
So the five Weasley brothers and sisters who were still in school stayed at school.
Ted wondered if the couple were on a Christmas honeymoon?
(End of chapter)
