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Chapter 218 Riddle's Diary
After the Halloween incident, the bloody text initially caused quite a bit of panic.
In particular, some people found through checking the information that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened decades ago, and an unfortunate student was killed at that time. People speculated that there would be new victims, because the heir of Slytherin would never be satisfied. For killing a nasty cat.
Some people think that Harry is the hidden heir - everyone was attending a dinner when the cat was killed, but he happened to be the first student to arrive at the scene. He may have returned to the scene of the crime to admire his masterpiece. The murderer - and then he accidentally exposed the secret of being a Parseltongue in front of the black snake conjured by Malfoy, which was very suspicious no matter how you looked at it.
But more than a month later, except for Filch's cat, which was still lying cold and stiff in the school hospital, there was no second victim.
Some people think that they should not let down their guard, and some people think that the secret room is just a bluff, but most people slowly let go of their suspense.
The mentality of eating melons replaced the panic. The speculation about whether Harry was the heir of Slytherin was mixed with various other remarks, resulting in a strange interpretation:
The "enemy of the heir" in "The Letter in Scarlet" refers to Filch. Filch had just punished Harry for a trivial matter and had become enemies with him, so Harry released a monster to kill his cat as a warning. .
If Filch dared to give Harry a hard time again, he would soon end up with the same fate as his cat.
Hermione returned to the Gryffindor common room with the book in her arms, and Ron was telling Harry this funny speculation.
Hermione slammed the book onto the small table between Ron and Harry, and criticized Ron seriously, "You shouldn't take it as a joke!"
"It's really funny, Hermione, that they think the heir of Slytherin opened the Chamber of Secrets just to kill a cat - and failed."
"It's just a joke, we can't take it seriously." Harry noticed that Hermione was not happy.
"It's not funny at all." Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron angrily, "You two have seen the scene after the professors' battle. This shows that the monster has indeed appeared, and it is very difficult to deal with. The murderer has not yet Found, no monster body - all evidence points to it just running away, not dead."
Ron defended, "I think it died soon after being seriously injured. There was so much blood on the ground. Otherwise, why hadn't it been summoned again for so long?"
"I haven't heard any strange voices in the walls since," Harry added.
Hermione grabbed a copy of the "Illustrated Book of Poisonous Animals" and said, "Don't forget that it is most likely a snake. Harry, you were the only one who heard that voice. I saw some snakes in another book. After being injured, it can lie dormant and wait for it to shed its skin. After the skin is successfully shed, the wound will heal automatically. If it is of this type, what should we do if it comes out and hurts people again?"
"Hermione, does the venom of the self-healing snake you mentioned have a petrifying effect?" Ron asked.
Hermione buried her head in her book and ignored him. The answer was obviously no.
She turned to the next page irritably, and the bookmark accidentally slipped out of her hand.
Ron picked it up and read clearly what was written on the bookmark, "Is this a signature?"
Hermione panicked, "Oh, don't look at it, give it back to me quickly!"
"You made a bookmark with Professor Lockhart's signature," Ron said gloomily.
Hermione has been absolutely crazy this semester. She circles all the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes with love circles on her timetable, and knows by heart what color Lockhart likes to wear and what brand of wine he drinks.
The way she listened to Lockhart's lectures attentively in class was unbearable to look at. At least Ron couldn't stand it. He didn't know why he was particularly disgusted.
Now Hermione had turned her signature into an exquisite bookmark, and Merlin's beard. He really hoped that Hermione wouldn't put these Lockhart-related things under her pillow - he had seen Ginny put newspapers about Harry Carefully cut it out and place it under your pillow.
What's so good about Lockhart?Ron had serious doubts that all the things he claimed he had done in the book were fabricated.
Hermione hurriedly grabbed the bookmark and put it back into the book. Then she asked suddenly, as if she was anxious to change the subject, "What happened to the diary we found near the place where the incident occurred?"
Harry took out the old diary with a black cover and said regretfully, "No matter what method I use, there is still only the name Riddle. How could someone buy a diary and only write their name? There must be something wrong, He must have used some method to prevent the contents of the diary from being read."
Reluctantly, Hermione tried the Appearance Spell a few more times. "In order to protect privacy when writing a diary, I usually use an invisibility potion, but Riddle uses an anti-Appearance Spell. I will go to Diagon Alley to buy Appearance Erasers and Appearance Spells during the Christmas holidays." Appearance potion, by the way, look through other books to see if there are any other ways to relieve it."
There were people coming and going in the lounge. Many people had left the exams that had just ended behind them and excitedly discussed what they were going to do during the Christmas vacation.
Tomorrow is a holiday!
Fred and George's heads popped up from behind the sofa, "You might need a password."
George said, "One of the maps we used last year was like this. Before you use it, you tap the parchment with your wand and say 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good'."
Harry felt like he had grasped hope, "It makes sense, but how can we find the password?"
"Communicate with it," Fred said.
"Yes, with its permission," George said.
Harry believed it, opened the diary, tapped it three times with his wand, and then said to it clearly and carefully, "Hello, I am Harry Potter."
The five of them stared at the book for a while without any reaction.
Fred suggested, "Try writing 'hello' on it."
George also said, "It is a diary, and perhaps communication can be achieved through writing."
Hermione could whip out a pen and ink anytime, anywhere.
Harry picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink, placed the notebook on his lap, and then wrote a greeting in a crooked way.
The tip of the pen left the paper, and the handwriting lived up to expectations, flashed in front of everyone, and disappeared.
After only a second, the book responded.
"Hello, my name is Tom Riddle." The words oozed out from the paper, as if written in a hurry by someone with usually neat handwriting.
"Wuhu! Perfect!" Fred and George cheered and high-fived, attracting the attention of many people around them. They have the talent to be the focus of the crowd.
Ron stood up quickly to block Harry's probing gazes and said in a low voice, "Let's go back to the dormitory to talk, otherwise those guys who doubt you are the heir will spread rumors that you are doing something suspicious again."