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Chapter 514: Mark's Courage for Ginny
Hearing Hermione say that Myrtle was the girl who died fifty years ago.

Harry was stunned.

He suddenly remembered the horrified expression on Myrtle's face when she saw Tom appear at the opening ceremony.

And Myrtle shouted something like "He's coming" when she was escaping.

Could it be?

He suspected Tom again.

But this is impossible!

Tom Patrick is Mark's brother and Mr. Patrick's son. He cannot be the murderer behind the locked room incident.

Several people with different thoughts all fell silent.

"Perhaps, we should ask Hagrid."

After a while, Mark said to everyone.

night.

Mark, Harry, Ron and Hermione took advantage of the clear night and rushed to the forest hut where Hagrid was.

Mark asked Raven to tell his father on his behalf that he would not be going back to the farm at night, and he planned to share a bed with Harry for the night.

The four of them hurried towards Hagrid's lighted room.

It was not until they reached the other party's front door that they pulled off their cloaks.

A few seconds after Harry knocked, Hagrid flung the door open.

The two men stood face to face, Hagrid, who was extremely alert, aimed his bow and arrow at Harry, and the male hound barked loudly in the house.

"Oh, it's you little guys, what are you doing here so late?"

Hagrid let out a sigh of relief, put down his bow, and asked the others.

"We wanted to talk to you, Hagrid."

Harry and the others came into the room and said to him.

"of course can."

Hagrid asked them to sit down. He poured the hot water boiled on the fire into cups and handed them to them one by one.

"Sorry, I forgot to add the tea bags."

Hagrid scratched his messy hair and was about to stand up to add tea bags for a few people.

"No need, Hagrid. We want to ask you if you know about the Chamber of Secrets. A similar thing happened in Hogwarts fifty years ago. Legend has it that if the Chamber of Secrets is opened, the monster inside will attack non-pure-blood wizards."

Hearing this, Hagrid crushed the teacup in his hand with a "bang".

He quickly stood up and apologized to everyone in a panic.

"Sorry, I...I didn't control the strength well."

Hagrid, who was in a mess, picked up the broken pieces of the teapot, sat down dejectedly, and said to Harry and the others, "That was not me. Aragog is a kind animal. It has never hurt anyone."

"Aragog?"

Mark asked in confusion, "What is that?"

"It's a giant eight-eyed spider, huge in size. Aragog was originally a blind giant eight-eyed spider. I adopted him and kept him in a cupboard in Hogwarts Castle. Later, during the Chamber of Secrets incident, he was falsely accused of killing students. But I know that he would never hurt humans. Someone put the blame on him."

Hagrid sighed, "I was expelled from Hogwarts for this, and I've been living here ever since."

"Who framed you? Hagrid."

Harry believed that Hagrid was definitely not the murderer, and he asked him with a frown.

"No, you. You don't need to know his name."

Hagrid hesitated and glanced at Mark.

Finally, he stammered, "Harry, you'd better pay attention to Tom Padrick. Sorry, Mark, I didn't mean to say that about your brother, I just felt that way."

Mark was stunned when he heard Hagrid telling him to be careful of Tom.

After a while, he said to Hagrid, "Maybe you're wrong, Hagrid. Tom is not a bad man. He's just a little arrogant sometimes."

"Well, maybe I made a mistake."

Hagrid said a little uneasily.

Harry, who was holding a glass of water next to him, was lost in thought.

a week later.

morning.

The students of Gryffindor House gathered in the hospital wing.

Harry, Mark and Ron, who received the news from Professor McGonagall, rushed to the scene.

Harry's stomach twisted when he saw the tragic scene.

Madam Pomfrey was leaning over a curly-haired fifth-year girl, and next to her, lying was Hermione.

"Hermione!"

Seeing Hermione lying on the ground, Mark shouted in disbelief.

Hermione, her whole body stiff, fell to the ground with her eyes open, as if she had seen something unbelievable.

"what happened?!"

Harry asked Professor McGonagall who was standing beside him.

"It was Tom Padrick who first discovered it."

Professor McGonagall turned her gaze to Tom, who had a calm expression beside her.

Hearing that it was Tom again, Harry froze where he was.

He looked towards Tom in shock.

"When I was about to go to the library to look it up, I saw them lying on the ground."

Tom looked at Harry and said in his unique London accent: "There was no one or suspicious creature at the scene." Mag reached out and patted Tom on the shoulder to comfort him.

She took off her glasses and said in a choked voice, "There is no doubt that I have never been more sad than I am now. If the real culprit behind these attacks cannot be caught, then our school will most likely be closed."

Harry listened to Professor McGonagall's words with a confused heart.

He squatted down and found a broken lens next to Hermione.

Putting away the lens, he looked at the amulet around Hermione's stiff neck.

I found that the beautiful diamond-shaped amulet had disappeared.

Mark also cast a heavy gaze at Hermione lying on the ground.

Soon he noticed that Hermione seemed to have a note in her hand.

After looking at the students gathered around, Mark said nothing, preparing to wait until everyone dispersed before going to see what the note said.

Half an hour later, in the infirmary.

Harry, Mark and Ron came to Hermione.

While no one was around, Mark took the note from Hermione's hand.

The note was a piece of paper torn from an old book.

Mark smoothed it out, and Ron and Harry leaned over to look.

"Of all the terrible beasts and monsters that roam the world, none is more bizarre or deadly than the Basilisk, the 'king of pythons.' The Basilisk is gigantic in size and can live for countless centuries. It hatches from eggs in the belly of a toad. The most incredible thing about it is the way it kills. It not only has deadly fangs, but also a gaze that is so dangerous that anyone who comes into contact with it will be killed instantly."

"Basilisk is the natural enemy of spiders, so wherever Basilisk appears, spiders will flee. The crowing of a rooster is fatal to it, so it will flee when it hears the crowing of a rooster."

After the last line, there was a scribbled "管" in Hermione's handwriting.

Harry took a deep breath after seeing the handwriting on the note.

He said to the two excitedly, "I understand now. The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is this snake. I understand why I can hear that kind of sound, because I understand the language of snakes. Mark, you only hear strange sounds, but Ron, you and Hermione can't hear anything at all."

Mark pinched his chin and also speculated on the truth of the deaths of several people.

"If that's the case, it can also explain why everyone was petrified. Basilisk kills by staring, but no one died because no one has ever seen it directly with their eyes. When Colin looked at it through the camera and found Hermione and the fifth-year Carlo, there was a mirror next to them. Maybe they saw it through the mirror, and the amulet..."

At this point, Mark immediately figured out why Hermione's amulet disappeared.

Hermione's amulet was given to her by her father.

The basilisk must have tried to hurt Hermione after petrifying her, but was blocked by the amulet.

the other side.

"tube"

Looking at the words on the note, Harry began to associate them.

"Maybe it was the water pipe. The big snake might have come through the sewer. I've heard that kind of sound inside the wall before."

Harry guessed that what Hermione wanted to tell everyone was "the water pipe".

After deducing the clues left by Hermione, Harry's brows quickly frowned again.

Besides myself, there are also descendants of Slytherin who can understand Parseltongue.

Soon he thought of Tom again.

That day at the fight club, he saw that Tom also spoke Parseltongue.

Why all the clues
All related to Tom Padrick?

Is he really the real murderer behind this? !

If he was, what would Mark do?
Should I force him to kill his own relatives for the sake of justice?

Scratching his head, Harry fell into distress.

When he was playing Quidditch, he made Mark play against Raven. If he was forced to play against Tom this time, it would be too cruel for Mark to go against his brother and sister every time.

in the afternoon.

Mark received even worse news.

Ginny is missing!
And it is very likely that he has been taken into the secret room.

When Ron heard the news, he slid off his chair and collapsed to the ground.

Mark gripped his wand tightly, his face pale.

"Hey guys, did I miss anything?"

Lockhart pushed the door open and spoke happily to everyone.

Everyone looked at him with hatred.

Snape had been enduring this guy for a long time. He stepped forward and grabbed the other's collar and said, "Very good, Professor Lockhart. Now we have encountered a crucial matter. A girl has been captured. Now it's your turn to show your prowess!"

Hearing Snape's words, Lockhart's face turned pale instantly.

"Well, I... I've been feeling a little unwell lately, which may affect my spellcasting."

Professor McGonagall pretended to be puzzled and asked him, "Didn't you say you knew what was in the Chamber of Secrets? And you said you could get it with one hand."

"Did I say that? I don't seem to remember."

Looking at the serious faces of Snape and Professor McGonagall, Lockhart said with a bitter face, "I really didn't say that. You may have misunderstood that."

"This is not a misunderstanding, hurry up and get ready!"

Snape naturally would not let this guy go, and was prepared to force him to stay in school to fight the monster.

"All right."

Professor McGonagall clapped her hands and said to the students of Gryffindor College: "Tomorrow morning, all students will be sent home by express train. From now on, Hogwarts will be closed indefinitely."

Mark took a deep breath, clenched his fist, raised his hand and mustered up the courage to stand up.

"Professor McGonagall, I want to stay!"

For Ginny, he decided to do something he would not regret.

(End of this chapter)