The victim of the second attack was a Ravenclaw prefect, Penelo Crivat.
She was found in the corridor of an abandoned classroom on the fifth floor of the castle. The poor witch was petrified like Mrs. Norris.
When she was found, she fell to the ground stiffly. She may have been dressing up before being attacked. There was a broken round mirror on the ground.
The person who discovered her was Percy Weasley.
At this moment, he was sitting in Dumbledore's office, looking in great pain and sobbing.
"...I...I asked her to meet in the abandoned classroom on the fifth floor after dinner. I waited there for a long time, but she never came."
"Later I was very disappointed and thought she might be delayed by something, so I planned to go out and leave, but...but as soon as I went out, I bumped into..."
At this point, Percy was almost too sad to speak.
At this point, the professors present could already deduce what happened.
Percy and Penello had a date in the abandoned classroom on the fifth floor. Percy got there first, but Penello was attacked on the way to the date.
As for the broken mirror, it's easy to guess. It's impossible for a girl not to dress up before going on a date with the opposite sex.
"Okay Percy, you don't have to say anything anymore. We already understand. Don't worry, you are not at fault in this matter."
Dumbledore said in relief.
McGonagall patted Percy on the back and said with a worried look: "Albus, I think I have to send him to Madam Pomfrey. The child needs a little cheer. He is too sad."
"Come on Minerva, we still need you here." Sprout quickly took over the task.
"Then I'll trouble you, Pomona." Mag asked.
After sending Percy away, Dumbledore sighed, and his expression became extremely serious:
"Everyone, I think the worst has happened. The secret room has really been opened."
When the professors present heard this, they straightened up and realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Fifty years ago, the secret room was opened once, resulting in the death of a girl, which caused the school to be closed briefly for a period of time."
Mag said: "The secret room was only opened for a short period of time, and the person who opened it was soon caught..."
However, when she said this, she glanced at Dumbledore and strangely did not continue.
"There is no need to mention the past, we must focus on the present..."
Dumbledore said:
"Hogwarts is in danger and we need to protect our students."
As the vice principal, McGonagall first said:
"I have made arrangements. The younger wizards must now act as a group. At night, the students will return to their common rooms. I have also arranged for the prefects to be responsible for night patrols..."
Dumbledore shook his head:
"In such a dangerous matter, I'm afraid we can't place too much hope on the prefects, Minerva. Now one of them has suffered a misfortune, and the other one may take a long time to recover. "
As he said that, he turned to look at everyone: "I have no choice but to trouble the professors with this matter. I want to ask for your help. If possible, I hope everyone can participate in the night patrol. Filch alone may be too busy." Don’t come here.”
The professors all knew that this was a critical moment, so they all nodded in agreement.
"Everyone should try to comfort the students during class and not make them too nervous."
Everyone nodded, and after Dumbledore made the final arrangements, the emergency meeting was over.
When the professors were about to leave, Dumbledore stopped Aaron:
"Aaron, please stay here for a moment. I have something I want to talk to you about alone."
Aaron was a little strange, but he still stopped leaving.
At this moment, a hearty laughter came from outside the door...
Gilderoy Lockhart walked in wearing a flashy golden pajamas:
"Aha, did I miss something? Pajama party!"
Everyone present frowned when they saw his appearance, and Mag's face was so gloomy that it looked like it could drip water.
"Go back to bed, Lockhart, you have nothing to do here."
Dumbledore said helplessly.
…
Now, only Aaron and Dumbledore were left in the lounge.
"I have a very important thing to ask you, Aaron..."
Dumbledore said in an unprecedented and solemn tone.
"Go ahead, Professor."
"I hope that you can use your wisdom to help find out where the secret room is."
"I?"
Aaron was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect that Dumbledore kept him here specifically for this matter.
The legend of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets has a long history. Many headmasters of Hogwarts and numerous magic masters have searched the castle, but they have found nothing.
And now, Dumbledore actually expected himself, a twenty-year-old young man, to find it.
"Yes, I have tried my best to search, but found nothing. I think if it exists, it must exist somewhere in a blind corner of my mind..."
Dumbledore said: "Your intelligence astounds me, Aaron. If we want to accomplish something impossible, I think you will be a more suitable candidate than me."
Aaron nodded: "I understand, principal, I will try my best to find the secret room."
Dumbledore finally showed a smile: "Very good, since you accepted my request, then I will tell you what I know now so that you can search better..."
"For example, the opening of the secret room fifty years ago."
Hearing this, Aaron couldn't help but pricked up his ears. This involved the hidden history of Hogwarts. To this day, the attack fifty years ago is still shrouded in mystery.
"Fifty years ago, the reason why the incident of opening the Chamber of Secrets could be solved quickly was because a student quickly caught the murderer who opened the Chamber of Secrets, and that murderer was identified as Hagrid."
"What?!"
There seemed to be a storm in Aaron's heart.
Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets? Hagrid killed Moaning Myrtle?
"Aaron, I trust you, I know your character, that's why I told you this matter. For Hagrid, this is his most secret pain. Please don't tell this matter out..."
Dumbledore said with some sadness: "Hagrid was not the murderer. He was wrongly accused. It was just that the headmaster at the time, Armando Dippet, insisted that he was responsible for the incident and sent him to Azka." class."
