Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 221 Irreversible fate, Tom’s anger, Halloween surprise!
The professors hurried over and looked at this scene with equally shocked faces.

"What happened here, what happened?"

A gloomy and hoarse voice came, and Filch stumbled into the crowd. He was attracted by Grace's shout.

When he saw Mrs. Lorris hanging on the wall, he grabbed his face with his hands in horror.

"My cat! My cat! What's wrong with Mrs. Norris?" he screamed.

"Who killed my cat? It was you people, right? It was you who killed my cat!" Filch screamed.

"Argus!"

Dumbledore suddenly appeared and maintained order.

He said seriously: "Other little wizards, get out of here quickly."

Dumbledore took the two cats away and looked at Harry and the others: "Follow me."

Lockhart remained firm in his opinion.

Dumbledore just snapped his fingers, and an enhanced version of "luminescent flash" appeared in front of everyone.

He didn't trust Harry, but he trusted Lin Xia.

Professor Lockhart said flatteringly: "Headmaster, my office is nearby. You can use it."

"Principal, please allow me to say a word."

Although Harry, Ron and Hermione didn't like Filch, they couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for him at this moment.

Mrs. Norris was still lying there stiffly, like a newly made specimen.

Snape said from the shadows: "Maybe Potter and his friends just weren't supposed to be in that place at that time."

"He's not dead, Filch."

His lips twisted in a sneer, as if he doubted it.

Filch slumped in his chair, covering his eyes with his hands, not daring to look at Mrs. Lorris.

"But we did encounter a series of questions: Why on earth did they go to the corridor above? Why didn't they go to dinner?"

Just as Lin Xia was about to comfort Filch, Professor Snape's voice suddenly sounded.

He looked at Lin Xia, "Smart little witch, your guess is correct, they were just petrified. But I don't know exactly how they were petrified."

Lin Xia replied at this time: "Professor, my cat was petrified. I had a strong premonition and was very flustered.

"It must have been a spell that killed them - probably the Transformation Torture Charm. I've seen people use this spell many times. It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time. I happened to know the unspelling method and could have saved them. …”

Under the bright light, the professors all observed seriously.

Before Lin Xia could speak, Dumbledore was the first to deny it.

Filch was still very agitated.

Dumbledore said, "Thank you, Gilderoy."

The group of them hurried into Professor Lockhart's office.

When we went to that area, the line of blood on the wall was already there, and my cat was petrified. "

At this time, Dumbledore muttered some strange words in a low voice and tapped Mrs. Norris with his wand, but there was no response.

"Ask him!" screamed Filch, turning his mottled, tear-stained face towards Harry.

So I ran, and they just ran with me. If I had to explain it, it was my sixth sense. "

Lin Xia said calmly at this time: "Professor Lockhart, please stop making baseless speculations. These two cats have not encountered this kind of black magic. They were just petrified."

The same goes for White Fairy.

Dumbledore said softly, straightening up.

There was no need for Lin Xia to lie to him, not to mention that Lin Xia's cat was petrified in this incident!

"No, Lin Xia, this is not groundless conjecture. I remember a very similar thing happened in Ouagadougou."

The reason why he was led there by a voice that only he could hear was completely untenable.

He followed that voice!
However, he had a hunch that Snape would never approve of such a lame excuse——

The portraits of Lockhart hanging on the wall all ran away with panic on their faces when they saw Dumbledore.

Lin Xia also echoed: "Filch, if you don't believe Harry, you can believe me. I was with Harry when he discovered the crime scene.

Lockhart said: "A series of attacks were recorded in detail in my autobiography. At that time, I provided various talismans to the people, and the problem was solved at once."

"It is impossible for a second year student to do this," Dumbledore said firmly. "It requires the highest degree of Dark Arts."

If Harry is the real murderer, Lin Xia will definitely break up with him!
"But, but..."

When he said this, the portraits of Lockhart hanging on the wall all nodded in agreement, and one of them even forgot to take off his hairnet.

Filch tugged at his hair impatiently, desperate for an explanation.

Harry's lips moved slightly, trying to say what he could hear.

Lockhart's words were interrupted by Filch's tearless sadness.

Lin Xia said calmly at this time: "Actually, the real culprit in this case is already very clear. It was either caused by a wizard who is extremely proficient in black magic, or by a magical creature that can quickly cast petrification."

She said calmly: "Rather than placing the suspect on the little wizard, it is better to quickly search for information.

Perhaps the professor knows better than us what is hidden in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

I have heard some information about the Chamber of Secrets. Slytherin students are always clamoring that the Chamber of Secrets will be opened one day and the true heir of Salazar will cleanse the entire Hogwarts.

So what is hidden in the Chamber of Secrets that could lead to a cleanup of Hogwarts? "

Snape stared at Lin Xia closely, thinking of what Lin Xia had said to him when she came to him before.

But that thing was too ridiculous for him, and he didn't believe it.

Filch cried sadly: "My cat... my cat..."

Dumbledore said soothingly: "We can cure it, Filch, Professor Sprout has recently obtained some mandrakes.

Once they grow to maturity, they can create an anti-petrification potion that can bring Lady Norris back to life. "

"I'll configure it," Lockhart interrupted. "I must have configured it a hundred times. I can prepare the Mandrake Resurrection Potion while dreaming."

Snape said coldly: "Please forgive me, I think I am the Potions Professor in this school!"

The group dispersed.

Lin Xia did not put Fairy Bai in the infirmary, but took her back to the golden wooden house.

She didn't have time to wait for the batch of mandrakes in the greenhouse to mature!

That night, she wrote a letter to her parents asking for their help.

The White Fairy was petrified, Lin Xia suppressed her anger, opened the diary, and continued talking to Tom.

Through this incident, she suddenly discovered.

Some established fates are difficult to reverse.

Once you want to reverse it, it will cause changes in the surrounding things.

Her white fairy is the victim who tried to reverse her fate!
The original clue given by the fateful compass was that all tragedies would happen on Halloween.

However, this time, the petrification incident was brought forward!
Lin Xia's eyes were filled with deep thoughts. Does this mean that ghosts will riot on Halloween still exist?

Tom: [Lin Xia, you are a little absent-minded today and your reply to me is very slow. Do you have some unspeakable troubles?]
Lin Xia: [This is exactly what I want to tell you. In addition to the last time the ghost was petrified, two pets in Hogwarts were also petrified, and a line of blood was left behind, indicating that the secret room has been opened. ]
A line of words quickly appeared in the diary.

[What did the words in blood say? Didn't you say you wanted to enter the secret room? Have you already seen the basilisk in the secret room? ]
Lin Xia wrote calmly——

[No, I did not enter the secret room, and not a single professor believed what I said.

What is written in blood is: The secret room has been opened. Those who are enemies of the heir, beware!

Some Slytherin students said that the great wizard Salazar would release his captive pets to clean up Mudbloods who did not fit the style of Hogwarts]
Lines of scrawled cursive characters appeared quickly.

[What about Dumbledore? Isn't he the headmaster of Hogwarts? There's such a big problem, and he won't come forward to solve it?
Also, who is Salazar's heir? ? ? ]
Tom used three question marks in a row to express his deep doubts.

Lin Xia doesn't know his details, doesn't he himself?

It is obviously the descendant of the orthodox Salazar and the successor of the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets!
But somewhere it didn't expect, someone actually opened the secret room and released the basilisk, causing panic in Hogwarts!

Tom only felt extremely ridiculous. Suddenly, he came up with many explanations.

Did the other Horcruxes in the body take action? Was it the Horcrux that released the basilisk in the secret room?
But it shouldn't be.

If it was done by the original body, he couldn't possibly not know what consequences this would have on Hogwarts.

The Tom in the diary is Voldemort in his youth.

During this period, Voldemort had great ideals and ambitions, was young and healthy, and was addicted to the ocean of knowledge.

Tom is handsome and charming.

His outstanding magical talent always makes him think that he can do anything.

But Dumbledore personally broke his pride as a descendant of Salazar.

Tom has been regretting it ever since he released the basilisk.

It almost caused Horolotz to be shut down because of this mistake!
In its eyes, Hogwarts is a warm place like home.

When he was confused and overwhelmed, it was Hogwarts that took him in, gave him support, and accompanied him to grow.

In young Tom's mind, Hogwarts held an unusually important position.

So even now, judging from the memories he still retains, he values ​​Hogwarts more than anything else!
Lin Xia looked at the words that appeared in the diary.

I was a little confused for a moment. Tom clearly represented Voldemort's thoughts, but Voldemort wanted to cause chaos in Hogwarts at this moment.

But at this time, young Tom wants to protect Hogwarts?
Lin Xia: [Dumbledore has already come forward, but I feel very uncertain.

Just the petrification incident of ghosts and pets has made the whole Hogwarts in panic. If a little wizard is petrified next time, I am worried that the school will be closed down]
Tom: [So we must prevent the tragedy from happening as soon as possible]
At this time, Tom seemed even more anxious than Lin Xia.

Tom: [I have other methods, maybe we can find another way out of these methods...]
the next day.

Lin Xia started selling "Guardian Buttons" to the little wizard.

Although there was a pet petrification incident last night, no little wizard was harmed in the incident, so class must continue.

The entire Hogwarts is still functioning normally.

But as the investigation result of this matter was classified as "unknown cause", the little wizard began to become nervous again.

Suddenly, the school's "guardian charm" became a hot seller again.

At this time, the "Guardian Button" developed by Lin Xia's team spread among the young wizards.

They are second-year wizards, and the first people they sell to are naturally their second-year classmates.

When Lin Xia told them that he had more powerful protective power than the guardian talisman, the little witches from other colleges generously donated their money and expressed their intention to buy it.

The little witches said one after another:
"Great, I'm worried that there aren't enough guardian talismans!"

"I have worn four of the guardian charms in school, but I still feel they are not safe enough!"

"You developed the Guardian Button, there must be nothing wrong with it!"

Not only was the sales going smoothly on Lin Xia's side, but also on Hermione, Draco, Ron and Harry's side.

They just mentioned the beginning: "Hey, brothers/sisters, do you know the guardian button? It is a new type of guardian talisman just developed by our research team. It has a stronger effect than the guardian talisman. If you are willing to buy it, just by……"

Before they could finish speaking, the little wizard rushed to say, "Buy, buy, buy!"

However, the amount of guardian talismans they prepared was only so large.

There was one little wizard each, and they were all sold out in a short time.

So some little wizards wanted to make a reservation.

The level of panic in those little wizards' hearts was that they would just shove Yinxico into their arms, hoping that they could conjure it up directly!

After a while, Ron's arms were filled with many silver coins.

Occasionally, among a pile of silvery things, there are still a few golden lights shining.

Ron said in disbelief: "How come so many orders were placed at once? What's worse, someone else gave me Galleons, and I didn't even have any change to give them! I don't even remember who ordered it..."

Hermione said calmly on the side: "It doesn't matter, I have already registered all the customers' names. Those who gave you gold galleons, that's because their reservation was particularly large."

There was a quill floating beside her, and the quill was still jumping diligently, writing countless lists.

Ron looked at Harry, who also had a pile of Silver Sickles in his arms.

Such a scene did not happen to Lin Xia.

Although Lin Xia was approachable, her various auras deepened, so the little wizard did not dare to trouble her too much, and would rather go to Hermione to register.

Today is Halloween.

In addition to having classes in the morning, Lin Xia and others have rest time in the afternoon.

The other little wizards have already enjoyed the Halloween party in advance, but Lin Xia and others still have to work hard to make guardian buttons.

There are about 100 guardian buttons in the first batch, and they have already sold them all.

Lin Xia didn't know what role these 100 guardian buttons could play. At least, she had exhausted all her means in the fight against this fate.

But limited to her own strength, the resistance she can do is really limited.

Lin Xia looked down at her arm, thinking about the letter she had sent to Amazon but had not yet received a reply, and sighed softly.

I hope I can get a response from my parents.

In one afternoon, they urgently produced a batch of guardian buttons.

Hermione and Draco wanted to stay in the laboratory and continue making it, but Ron and Harry were a little restless.

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the auditorium for dinner. Today is a rare Halloween, so we have to enjoy the party."

On the other hand, she also wanted to know.

What was the scene like when the "ghost riot" that Zhiming Luopan informed about in advance actually happened?

As the group walked into the auditorium on the second floor, they clearly felt that the ghosts were extremely active.

They passed a corner and saw Nick, who was almost frowning, standing in a doorway with a black velvet curtain hanging on his body.

It looked extremely sad: "My dear friends, because many unusual things happened at Hogwarts this time, the school decided to cancel our Halloween party."

Nick changed his words, "But it doesn't matter, we can also commandeer the auditorium and let the ghosts enjoy it together."

Look ahead again.

The sight before me was truly astonishing.

——The auditorium was crowded with hundreds of milky white translucent figures, most of them wandering around on the overcrowded small stage, waltzing with the terrifying and trembling sounds of the 30 musical saws. .

The band playing the saw was sitting on the stage covered with black cloth.

In a chandelier overhead, 1000 black candles were lit, releasing pumpkins at midnight.

As the little wizards walked among the ghosts, their breath formed clouds of mist, making it feel as if they had walked into a refrigerator.

Ron said with half excitement and half fear: "I didn't expect that Dumbledore really got up and the Skeleton Band was playing on the stage!"

However, the music... is really unflattering.

Hermione couldn't help but said: "These ghosts are simply crazy!"

The ghosts floating in the auditorium are not only ghosts from Hogwarts, but also ghosts from other places.

To them, Halloween is like Christmas.

Even if the professors repeatedly stop it, unless they can directly change the holiday of Halloween, the ghosts of Hogwarts will not give up.

Lin Xia and others walked slowly around the edge of the stage, passing a group of unhappy repairmen, a man in chains and ragged clothes, oh, and a fat monk.

The fat monk is the ghost of Hufflepuff with a lively personality. He is currently chatting with a knight with an arrow stuck in his forehead.

It saw Lin Xia and Draco, took off the hat on its head, and greeted them politely:
"Good evening, little wizards, and I wish you a happy Halloween."

Lin Xia and Draco responded: "Hello, fat monk, I also wish you a happy Halloween."

Just as they each found their seats at the academy table and sat down.

Suddenly, the black candle suspended in the starry sky above our head originally emitted orange candlelight, but in a sudden moment, it turned into a ghostly blue like a will-o'-the-wisp!

"God, what is this!" A little wizard shouted in horror.

(End of this chapter)