When they heard the inexplicable sound, Harry and Ron quickly moved in the direction of the sound. .
"hiss……"
Ron gasped. I didn't know how to describe the scene in front of me for a while. Harry also swallowed.
On the wall in front of them, something glistened. They approached slowly, squinting to make out the details in the darkness. Between the two windows, on the wall a foot high from the ground, there were some writings daubed on it, glimmering under the light of the burning torch.
The secret room has been opened,
Be wary of those who are enemies of the heir.
When Harry stepped forward, he was hit by the water under his feet and fell flat on his back. Ron was taken down because he didn't hold him back when he was pulling him.
The two people got up from the ground, one rubbing his butt and the other rubbing his face.
Then, they saw clearly what was in front of them.
Looking at Mrs. Norris hanging on the lamp in front of her. Harry and Ron both turned pale instantly. Although they have always hated this damn cat. But when the cat really died in front of them in such a tragic way, they still felt scared and pity after all.
Harry looked at Mrs. Norris in front of him, and suddenly a feeling of compassion surged out of his heart. Some strange memories surfaced in his mind. So he subconsciously stepped forward to take off Mrs. Norris. But Ron suddenly stopped his hand.
"Should we rescue one..."
"We should leave!"
Harry's words were refuted by Ron. Ron didn't think that the two of them could get involved in such a thing. And as they stand here, with their usual style and behavior, it is inevitable that they will not be treated as murderers. But it happened that there were only two of them here.
If I don't leave now, I'm afraid yellow mud will fall into my pants.
But unfortunately, it was still a step too late. A group of students had already gathered around.
The students first glanced at the unclear words. Then he focused his gaze on Harry.
When students like Ernie, Draco, and Pansy saw the words on the wall, their expressions suddenly changed.
But none of them spoke immediately.
Malfoy looked at Harry with some suspicion. Ernie looked a little surprised.
"stop!"
Filch pushed aside the students who were watching and saw the tragic situation in front of him. His eyes widened and he walked out with a ferocious expression, a trace of resentment on his face.
He looked at Mrs. Norris, who had a frightened expression and her hair was blowing up, motionless. He couldn't help but feel sad, and felt sad in his heart. But the next moment, he stared at Harry in front of him menacingly, with a sense of resentment in his tone.
"You! You killed Mrs. Norris!"
Such a sound is simply not like a sound that a person can make. And it looks very much like an old cat whose child was robbed. It was so shrill that it seemed like a ghost was howling.
"I didn't!" Harry defended himself loudly. He looked panicked but also had a hint of determination.
Unfortunately, Filch ignored Harry's excuse at all. He seems to have lost the ability to distinguish right from wrong. He just looked at Harry hatefully.
….
Filch stepped closer to Harry, and Harry stepped back step by step.
Originally, Harry just found Filch annoying and liked to make things difficult for them. But in fact, he somewhat looked down on Filch. After all, in the eyes of many senior students. Although Filch is annoying, he is not difficult to deal with. He's a squib. How could the Squib have too much resistance in front of the wizards?
The same goes for Luke, who once said of Filch that he wasn't even as troublesome as his cat.
But there was no disrespect in his tone. After all... to Luke, there is actually not much difference between Filch and Cat. Both guys were non-existent when he was also wandering at night.
Luke had also arrived at the scene at this time. So the students present who had some speculations about this matter all focused their attention on Luke.
"Argus!!"
Dumbledore's voice rang out. Filch stared at Harry with eyes wide open. His bloodshot eyes were filled with tears. This made Harry confused for a moment, but while his scalp was numb, he also fell into a kind of surprise.
In the end what happened? ? ?
After Dumbledore approached, he first stopped Filch's violence. He was visibly relieved when he saw that Harry was okay. At the same time, he also felt a little strange.
Why is Harry so able to cause trouble? It's just that I didn't stare for a while, and something like this happened.
He looked at Filch who had stopped and Harry, who had been pulled to his side by Ron, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he glanced at the writing on the wall over there.
Then, he immediately turned to look at Luke.
Of course, whoever did this didn't know Dumbledore was a person. The professors who gathered later, as well as the aristocratic disciples who knew about this secret. And those classmates who followed everyone's gaze and looked at him.
It can be said that Luke is the focus of the audience now.
"The secret room has been opened. Those who are enemies of the heir, please be careful..."
Luke muttered under his breath.
The atmosphere on the field fell into stagnation for a moment.
"Mr. Gunter, explain!"
Before anyone else could speak, Professor Snape was the first to ask. Of course, he also had such a stance. After all, Luke is also a student of Slytherin.
"It can't be about Luke Professor...there's a lack of motivation."
Ernie burst out and said to Snape: "Why does Luke need to do such a thing? We all know what kind of person he is..."
"I want to hear an explanation other than yours! Mr. MacMillan!"
Professor Snape scolded with a cold face.
Ernie was speechless by his scolding, and Hannah Abbott behind him tugged on his sleeve. Ernie retreated into the crowd reluctantly.
"Professor Impossible. It's just a cat. So what if Luke kills it in front of Filch? It's not worth the trouble."
Pansy Parkinson also stepped forward to explain to Luke.
This time, Snape did not speak anymore, but sneered at Luke: "Mr. Gunter, speak up, I don't want to hear these classmates speak up for you anymore."
….
At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Luke, as were Harry and Ron. The two of them didn't understand why this matter had anything to do with Luke.
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Hermione and Taylor stood aside and looked at Luke strangely.
"What the hell is Luke doing here?"
Hermione said to Taylor in a voice that only two people could hear.
Taylor didn't speak, but shook his head with a complicated expression.
She didn't know what Luke had planned in this, but she knew that without Luke's advance notice, the two of them would have just watched the show.
Now...it's Luke's show time.
"Professor, this matter has nothing to do with me."
Luke looked at Snape without any fear, his tone was quite serious.
"You! You! It's you!"
Before Snape could speak, Filch turned his hateful gaze away from his target. He walked towards Luke with an oppressive feeling that was overwhelming.
And what greeted him... was Luke's wand drawn out.
This made the professors on the side nervous. The students around him also subconsciously took a step back.
Even Filch was so frightened that he lost his momentum.
Luke looked at Filch coldly.
"Mr. Filch... I'm warning you, the thing I hate most in my life is that others deceive me. It's that others wrong me. The latter is even worse than the former."
The wand in his hand had a cluster of faint blue flames on its tip.
"If you don't pay attention to your words and deeds, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"you you you……"
Filch pointed at Luke, but quickly put it down. Apparently he was a little afraid that Luke would cause trouble for him.
Ignoring Filch's actions, Luke turned his head and said to a group of professors with ugly expressions: "Professors can investigate when this happened. I will show my alibi at the time. Again. Or, just like Ernie said. I had absolutely no motive for doing it.”
He glanced at the wall not far away.
"Anyway...it's not me."
The vast majority of students chose to believe Luke at this time. The professors had no objections.
But Snape had no intention of giving up.
"So you mean...the 'heir' written above is not you?"
"Of course not me."
Both Luke and Snape looked unhappy. When the two people were goring the cow, the scene fell into silence again, and no one else dared to speak.
"That's strange...the heir to the secret room is not a member of the Gaunt family?"
Although Malfoy's voice was not loud at the moment, it was enough to reach everyone's ears.
As soon as he said these words, he knew something was wrong. Glancing at Luke, whose face was not pretty, he wished he could give himself a big mouth.
But Luke didn't mean to blame him, but glanced at the people gathered around him.
….
"Indeed, I'm also very curious...Which one? Removed my identity as heir? That's amazing..."
Luke's tone was obviously cold. It was rare for the students to see Luke so angry as he was. While they felt novel, they also felt a little surprised.
Those who knew what the Chamber of Secrets meant couldn’t figure it out. If Luke isn't the heir... then who else might be?
"Okay, let's all disperse..."
Dumbledore waved his hand tiredly.
Then he looked at Luke and said, "Come here."
At this time, Lockhart hurried forward.
"My office is closest to here, principal—it's upstairs—you can—"
"Okay, thank you, Gilderoy...Mr. Potter, Mr. Weiss, would you two please follow us."
With that said, Dumbledore took the first step towards the direction upstairs.
The silent crowd parted to let them pass. Lockhart was very excited and looked very proud, and hurriedly followed Dumbledore; Professor McGonagall and Snape also followed.
As he passed Hermione and Tyler, Luke gave them both a smile. He signaled to the two of them to feel relieved. But it obviously didn't have much effect, and the two people still looked at him seriously.
As they entered Lockhart's darkened office, there was a sudden commotion on the walls. Harry saw several photos of Lockhart hiding in panic, with curlers in their hair. At this moment, Lockhart lit the candle on the table and stepped back. Dumbledore placed Mrs. Norris on the smooth table and began to examine it carefully.
Dumbledore studied it carefully for a while in the candlelight. Lockhart glanced briefly, and then said loudly: "It must have been killed by a spell - probably the Transformation Torture Curse. I have seen others use this spell many times. It's a pity that I I wasn't there at the time, and I happened to know the method to break the curse, so I could have saved it..."
"Mr. Gunter! Please don't worry! I'm very sure that such a spell is not yours."
Such a little wizard can deal with or cast! Only a powerful wizard like me can use it. Therefore, this matter must have nothing to do with you. "
Faced with Lockhart's vow, Luke didn't even give a single unnecessary look.
Snape sneered, while Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and shook her head helplessly.
But no one cares about a clown.
"Luke! Give me an explanation!"
Dumbledore took off the glasses on his nose and put them on the table, his tone was not very good.
Luke didn't hide it either: "Basilisk, Professor. There is a basilisk guarding the secret room. Someone did open the secret room and let the basilisk out."
When Luke said the word basilisk, both Snape and Professor McGonagall's expressions immediately darkened. Dumbledore closed his eyes in pain.
Ron's eyes widened, while Harry was a little confused.
And similar to Harry's expression was Filch. A squib who is still thinking about learning how to cast spells will naturally not understand what a basilisk is.
But……
"Basilisk! Ha! Yes! I knew this must be a basilisk! Damn it!"
Lockhart said angrily: "If I had been there at that time, I would have made this guy unable to eat anything and carry him away! Then I stared into his eyes. I questioned him with my eyes burning with the flame of justice!"
So... the expression on Dumbledore's face became even more painful.
"Professor Lockhart...is really amazing."
Snape said coldly.
Lockhart glanced at Snape in surprise. He never expected that the first person to praise him would be the sinister Headmaster of Slytherin!
"In terms of activating the atmosphere, your skills are far better than ours."
"I actually find it a bit funny when you say such a terrible thing..."
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