The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 251 16-year-old Tom Riddle

The legend of the Chamber of Secrets has existed for thousands of years. The previous headmasters of Hogwarts have also searched for traces of the Chamber of Secrets many times, but they have not been able to find Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

The Chamber of Secrets has become a Chamber of Secrets that has disappeared, and it has become a legend.

It wasn't until 1992, when the Chamber of Secrets was opened again, that people realized that the Chamber of Secrets was not just a legend, but a real existence.Not to mention that no one would have thought that the entrance to the secret room was actually hidden in the girls' bathroom, just under the sink.

Headmaster Dumbledore entered the secret passage first, followed by Ada.In the dark, sticky slide, Ida slides down. It feels a lot like playing in a water park, except that the slide here is a bit cramped, depressing, and dirty.

The pipes under the pool have many forks, leading to all directions. These should be the drainage pipes hidden deep in the school.But no matter which branched pipe it was, it was not as thick as this one. Ada's heart sank, and this basilisk might not be too small.

This pipe twists and turns, and the slope is very steep all the way down.I don't know how long it took to slide, the water pipe became horizontal, and then Ada emerged from the mouth of the pipe.

Ada, who was in mid-air, used magic power to adjust her figure so that she would not be flat on the ground.When Ada landed safely, she saw a dark stone tunnel ahead, and Dumbledore was holding up his wand, checking the situation inside with the help of the light from the tip of the wand.

Not only the feet here, but even the air is damp, surrounded by dark, sticky walls, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of water.Snakes have always liked dark and humid environments, and so do basilisks. This is simply a paradise for this cold-blooded animal.

After cleaning up the filth on her body with a cleansing spell, Ada, who felt much refreshed, also stepped up and stood beside Dumbledore.After a while, Harry, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Sprout also appeared behind him.

Both professors were clean, only Harry was covered in slime, dirty like a mud monkey.Ada walked up to Harry, raised her wand to him, and whispered, "Clean up!"

"Let's go!" Dumbledore said softly, "Be careful, and pay attention to any abnormal noises." Dumbledore's voice echoed in the dark tunnel, and after he finished speaking, he raised his wand and walked forward, and everyone hurriedly behind him keep up.

It was too dark in the tunnel, and the only light came from everyone's fluorescent spell. The light from the wand reflected their shadows on the wet wall, adding a bit of weird and evil atmosphere to the tunnel.

The tunnel was as silent as a grave, no one spoke, and everyone held their breath so as not to make too much noise.Gradually, everyone found the bones of many small animals on the ground, and the deeper the tunnel, the more bones of these small animals.

Turning around a dark bend in the tunnel, Dumbledore, who was walking in front, stopped suddenly, and everyone behind him also stopped.Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, throwing the light from the tip of his staff into it.

With this light, Ada saw the silhouette of a huge coiled creature lying motionless on the other side of the tunnel.Ada subconsciously thought it was a basilisk, and quickly lowered her head to look at the ground, preventing herself from looking directly at the basilisk.

"Snake Slough, it's a big guy." Dumbledore said in a serious voice, "Everyone, be careful, we shouldn't be far away."

This piece of snakeskin that shed some time ago is estimated to be twenty feet long.It was conceivable that the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets would only be bigger, perhaps reaching fifty feet.

The three professors and two students continued to walk deep into the tunnel.When passing the snake skin, Ada took a look at the snake skin. This snake skin was full of green and very bright in color. It was coiled and lying on the ground of the tunnel, and it looked very valuable.

As we walked, we came to the end of the tunnel, but the basilisk that made everyone fearful never appeared, and there was only a solid wall waiting for everyone.Also carved on the wall were two intertwined snakes with large, shining green gemstones in their eyes.

"Harry!" Dumbledore called softly, and he needed the help of Harry's Parseltongue to get through the wall.

Harry, the door opener, walked up, and Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout followed, standing on either side of Harry.Dumbledore stood a little behind Harry, and at the same time just blocked Ada's view.

In this way, when there is any change in the wall, the three professors can protect the two students in an instant, and can also prevent the basilisk from harming them in the first place.

In the dark tunnel, a low, hoarse hissing sound sounded, the two snakes that were originally entangled in one place separated, the stone wall split from the middle, and slowly slid to the sides and disappeared.

Dumbledore put down his hand covering Harry's eyes, and continued to walk forward, saying as he walked, "It seems that we have arrived."

The basilisk still did not appear, and what appeared before everyone was a long, dimly lit room.This is the secret room built by Slytherin, the secret room that has disappeared for thousands of years!
Many stone pillars engraved with coiled and entangled snakes stand tall and support the ceiling that melts in the darkness of the heights, casting long and treacherous black shadows on the entire room filled with green and mysterious atmosphere.

Footsteps echoed only in the haunted room, and at the far end of the room was a statue as tall as the room itself, clinging to the darkened wall behind it.

"Salazar Slytherin!" Professor Flitwick blurted out, looking at the statue, which looked exactly like the portrait of Slytherin kept in the castle.

"Ginny Weasley!" Sprout exclaimed, her voice sounding odd bouncing off the walls.

Between the two feet of the statue, a figure in a black school gown sat there. His hair, which was originally as red as a flame, had lost its former luster, like a clump of withered grass.

Although worried about Ginny's situation, Ada did not rush to check, but raised her wand to guard the surroundings, and the three professors did the same.

Harry ran over recklessly, and he threw his wand on the ground casually. Harry squatted next to Ginny and softly called the girl's name, hoping to wake her up.

But Ginny just sat there blankly, her eyes glazed over, her little head drooping lifelessly.No matter how Harry shouted and begged, the little girl didn't respond to her male god, like a broken doll.

"Pick up your wand, Harry!" Ida couldn't stand it anymore, she reminded, "Let's take Ginny away first!"

In such a dangerous room, even if he was worried about Ginny, Harry shouldn't let go of his wand.A wizard who has lost his wand is no better than a Muggle, and he has no ability to resist when he encounters danger.

Before Harry could make a move, a strange voice suddenly sounded in the secret room, "Welcome, welcome. The presence of Professor Dumbledore makes the secret room full of glory!"

A tall boy with black hair suddenly appeared in the room. The outline of the boy was unclear, neither like a living person nor a ghost.

From Ada's point of view, the boy looked a bit like a reflection from a projector.Although he couldn't see his face clearly, it was strange that Ada thought he should be handsome.

"See you again, Tom." Dumbledore said calmly, as if the sudden appearance of the boy did not surprise him.

Hearing this name, the two professors didn't react for a while.After all, the name Tom is too common, and the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, the owner of the flat walnut, is also called Tom.

"Tom Riddle!" Ada whispered, "Heir of Slytherin."

The two professors trembled at the same time. Even the Hogwarts professors would inevitably be afraid of Voldemort, who was famous for his fierceness.

Tom Riddle, who had an odd, foggy gleam about him, said with a smile, "Yeah, we meet again. After all these years, you still recognize me instantly."

"Because you are still the same as you were 50 years ago, nothing has changed." Dumbledore said, "You opened the Chamber of Secrets again."

Tom Riddle had a good-looking smile on his face, and he played with his wand, Harry's wand, between his long fingers.

He smiled and said, "I fooled everyone at the time, and they all thought it was big fool Hagrid who killed that Mudblood. Only you, only you have been suspicious of me."

"So, you kept your 16-year-old self in your diary, waiting for today, right?" Dumbledore asked.

(End of this chapter)