Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 213 Discovery of the Basilisk, Thoughts on Independent Personality in the Diary, Unsuccessful Herbal Medicine Class

Lin Xia immediately entered the classroom.

The cold and evil murmurs entered her mind intermittently.

"Hungry... purified... torn into pieces..."

"Order...kill...kill her..."

Lin Xia immediately turned around and asked the Weasley twins: "Did you hear anything?"

The twins looked confused.

George: "What did you hear?"

Fred: "Heard nothing."

The two asked in unison: "Did you hear something?"

She was familiar with this bathroom, because it was the bathroom where Myrtle stayed during her lifetime, and it was also the entrance to Salazar's chamber.

The words Lin Xia revealed made the Weasley twins confused, feeling that they had said nothing.

Only she can hear it, and no one else can. This feeling is really depressing.

It can be seen that the appearance of this animal is extremely smooth, which is why the sound made by friction is so small.

She looked slightly condensed and looked towards the bathroom in front of her.

Either the animal has gone deeper and she is not capable of listening, or it has suddenly disappeared.

This strange phenomenon reminded Lin Xia of the last school year, when she occasionally heard this subtle friction sound while taking Professor Flitwick's Charms class.

She paused and said: "When you are in danger, you can close your eyes first."

The Weasley twins didn't know why and followed Lin Xia silently.

Suddenly, the sound turned around and seemed to enter another slide.

Fred added: “She was a generous customer!”

It's just that at that time, the sound made by the animal was even smaller, and she was not able to catch a little of it.

When George and Fred returned to the dormitory, they were still discussing Lin Xia's words.

Lin Xia frowned. She finally understood Harry's "unforgettable" mood.

In this place, the sound suddenly disappeared, and she could hear nothing.

That kind of subtle friction sound needs to be amplified several times before it can be heard.

All I can say is that you should go out less frequently for night outings these days, and don’t go to places where abnormal phenomena occur. And there’s—”

Subconsciously, Lin Xia thought: Could it be a basilisk?

They could sense that Lin Xia was doing something important. Maybe she had some special feeling, so they didn't bother her.

She practiced the super-sensible spell with only one thought, and she could cast it with just one thought.

Fred: "George, you shouldn't ask me this question, but ask Ron. Ron knows her better than we do."

If the animal that made this sound was the one she saw last school year, it was growing very quickly.

George asked: "Lin Xia, did you discover something just now?"

George agreed: "Yes, in our eyes, we just need to know-"

the other side.

Compared to her relaxed look, Draco looked sad.

Lin Xia immediately walked out of the empty classroom and kept turning left and right following the sound.

She frowned and looked solemn.

Time seemed to pass very quickly, but also seemed to pass very slowly. Lin Xia felt that she had been chasing that voice for a long time.

George: "I heard that she is a descendant of magical Eastern warlocks, and Eastern warlocks have more or less the blood of prophecy, so does she talk so eloquently when she talks occasionally?"

Only then did Lin Xia raise her head and look around to see where she had arrived.

That animal actually disappeared in this place... A certain suspicion jumped into her mind with increasing certainty.

Not like now.

As it kept sliding through the pipe, she kept looking for its location.

What she just encountered may be a basilisk!
A voice broke the dead silence in the room.

Fred: "I see that you are very serious and focused, and I don't dare to disturb you."

Lin Xia thought for a while and did not hide anything from them. He nodded and said: "I have discovered something, but I am not sure, so I can't reveal more information to you.

Nothing happened during the night patrol this time. Lin Xia wrote down the abnormal phenomena he learned from the Fat Madam on parchment and gave it to Professor McGonagall.

The cold sound didn't come again, but under the amplification of the supersensory spell, she heard the sound of some kind of slippery object crawling on the pipe.

Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at the ceiling of the empty classroom.

Suddenly, Lin Xia stopped.

After everyone dispersed, Draco and Lin Xia returned to the dormitory together, placed an anti-eavesdropping spell around them, and complained to Lin Xia.

"The two hours I spent with Professor Lockhart made me question countless times about the standards for recruiting professors at Hogwarts. Why do I feel that he is not even as good as Professor Quirrell?"

At this time, Lin Xia had to defend Professor Quirrell.

"Draco, don't underestimate Professor Quirrell.

You must know that the mysterious man was possessing the back of his head at that time. It was already very difficult for Professor Quirrell to fight against him and devote his energy to teaching us.

At least in the second half of the last school year, Professor Quirrell's teachings were very good, but it was a pity that he was too deeply controlled by the mysterious man. "

Draco immediately changed his mind and said: "I never underestimate any professor, but Professor Lockhart is really a bit outrageous, he seems to be more afraid of those abnormalities than me!
At the beginning, he pretended to stand in front of me, patting his chest and saying he wanted to protect me.

Later, we encountered the first abnormal phenomenon. The sound of a ball jumping suddenly sounded in the corridor.

He was so frightened that he hid behind me and asked me in a panic, where did this sound come from? "

Draco complained: "Since they are all abnormal phenomena, how do I know where it comes from? Anyway, there is a sound!"

Lin Xia listened to his endless complaints and combined them with comments such as "a despicable and shameless villain and a master of the Forgetting Curse" given by Zhiming Luopan.

She thought to herself: If she really wanted to ask Professor Lockhart for advice, it would be best to ask for the Forgetting Charm.

This is their special skill!
However, the problem comes again. Since it is a special skill, how could it be taught to other wizards so easily?

Lin Xia returned to the golden wooden house.

Before practicing, she first opened her diary and communicated relevant news with Tom.

Lin Xia: [The basilisk appears]
A large group of black stains first appeared in the diary. After a while, the black stains were twisted and arranged again.

After the combination of Heizhen was completed, a large paragraph of text appeared in front of Lin Xia.

Lin Xia watched with interest, feeling that Tom's answer methods were more advanced.

Although the forbidden magic text is usually used for isolation, the diary still draws strength unknowingly.

Tom: [The basilisk appeared, did you all see it? No, that’s not right, if you saw Him too, you wouldn’t appear here now, but would turn into a stone statue]
Lin Xia corrected: "As long as you don't look into the eyes of the basilisk, it won't turn into a stone statue." I didn't see it specifically, but I heard some kind of sound from it. This is one of my abilities. Anyway, I sensed it, and it was the basilisk]
Tom: [Now that the basilisk has appeared, the secret room must have been opened. Who is the heir? ]
The words "heir" were bolded and enlarged by Tom, showing his great mood swings.

Lin Xia: [What secret room? ]
This sentence completely confused Tom.

The Basilisk appeared, but the Chamber of Secrets didn't?
No, the original order he gave to the basilisk was: every time he takes away a person's life, he will leave a sentence to announce to everyone that the secret room has been opened.

Tom and Lin Xia were understanding each other's situation. Lin Xia talked about her investigation, and Tom realized that the basilisk was only discovered during its activities, but it did not take anyone's life.

Lin Xia: [So what is the secret room? ]
Tom: [This is a very long story. The story begins more than 1000 years ago. As we all know, Hogwarts was founded by the four greatest wizards at that time. Their names are...

In the first few years, the founders worked harmoniously, looking for young people who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to train them.

But slowly, differences emerged among the founders, and the rift between Slytherin and others grew wider.

Slytherin hoped that Hogwarts would be more selective when recruiting students. He believed that magical education should be limited to purely selected wizarding families. He was unwilling to accept children born by Muggles because he felt that they were unreliable.

Some time later, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a fierce quarrel over this issue, and then Slytherin left the school.

But at the same time, a secret room in Slytherin was also sealed up.

Even the other three wizards didn't know where this room was.

According to this statement, it is not until the real heir of Slytherin comes to the school that he can open this secret room and release the terrifying things inside, allowing it to purify the school and eliminate all those who are not worthy of learning magic]
Lin Xia: [So that scary thing is the basilisk secretly cultivated by Slytherin? ]
Tom: [At present, it should be]
Lin Xia suddenly asked: "Actually, I'm more curious about one thing. Why do you mention the secret room when you hear about the basilisk? Has this secret room ever been opened in your memory?" ]
Tom was silent for a moment.

Tom: [I don’t want to answer this question]
Lin Xia raised her eyebrows. This was the first time that Tom had shown such resistance, and he didn't even bother to deceive.

Lin Xia: [I am looking forward to the moment when you tell me the truth]
Lin Xia: [Tom, although I don’t know what your story is, I noticed that you highly admire the pure-blood wizard lineage, which I disagree with.

The nobility of a wizard comes from inner strength, not blood.

Tom, including you, even though you are a special spiritual being, I never think of you as despicable.

If possible, I hope you can live your own life as an independent individual]
After Lin Xia finished writing this paragraph, she closed the diary.

Tom was left to think about those words quietly in his diary. His thoughts were ups and downs, and for the first time, he had doubts about his own existence.

Ever since it woke up, it knew that it was just a memory. It knew extremely clearly that it was an incomplete and indestructible soul fragment.

It knows its mission very well and looks forward to meeting its master one day.

But the more it discussed with Lin Xia, the more it began to doubt the reason for its existence.

Although it is just a soul fragment, it can think and is no different from an independent person.

Why must we rely on the main personality instead of appearing in this world as an independent personality?

Tom had deep doubts about his own existence.

……

Early in the morning on the second day, Dean Sprout took her herbal medicine class.

In this herbal medicine class, they have to deal with the intermediate magic plant Mandrake and put them in new pots.

The scream of Mandrake is very harsh, but because it is immature, it will not be very harmful to the little wizard.

As long as you put on comfortable earmuffs in advance to isolate the sound of the mandrake being pulled out, you can immediately control the repotting.

But Neville's earmuffs may be of poor quality.

He hadn't performed the operation yet. He just watched Dean Sprout's demonstration and pulled out a mandrake. When he heard the grass that looked like a human face making a sharp and piercing cry, he rolled his eyes and fainted. On the ground.

"My God!"

"Send him to the infirmary quickly!"

Dean Sprout said: "I will send him to the infirmary. Lin Xia, you take everyone to change the basin first!"

Lin Xia was called and said calmly: "Okay, Professor."

This was not the first time she had repotted the mandrake.

In the last school year, she came to work every weekend, and even now, she still comes to the greenhouse on weekends.

In the last school year, the dean took her step by step and personally taught her many ways to deal with intermediate and low-level magic plants.

As long as it didn't involve high-level magic plants, Lin Xia's technique at this time was even praised by the dean: it was comparable to a textbook technique!

This Herbology class was attended by students from the four major houses, including students from Gryffindor, Slytherin and Ravenclaw.

Lin Xia first demonstrated it, explaining the important and difficult points, and then asked the little wizard to demonstrate.

Among them, the Slytherin students seemed a little arrogant.

While they were listening to the lesson, they even laughed at Neville who fainted.

"What a coward, you fainted at the sound!"

"This kind of wizard should not come to Hogwarts!"

"Longbottom is still a pure-blood family. How could he cultivate such a cowardly wizard? He should not go to Gryffindor, but to Hufflepuff!"

Just as a Slytherin student was speaking loudly, suddenly, all the students around him fell silent.

Lin Xia's unhurried and slow voice came from behind him.

"It seems that you have a strong prejudice against our Hufflepuff house. Are you timid and cowardly?"

The Slytherin student immediately lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "Then let the brave and generous Slytherin show us their cleverness. You twelve wizards can handle 50 pots of mandrake. It should be no problem, right?"

Grace Tolford stood up and said loudly: "Lin Xia, it's not fair for you to deal with it this way!"

Lin Xia said calmly: "I am a teaching assistant now. What I say is what the professor said. If you are unwilling to do it, do you want to have points deducted for disturbing classroom discipline?"

(End of this chapter)