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His accusations were somewhat influenced by personal grudges.

Because Harry had found his letter, which read "Quick Spells, Introductory Course in Magic."

This was the reply from the Quick Spell Company. He had applied for the course from them, but unfortunately, he was a Squib and couldn't learn any magic.

So the rapid chanting company rejected him; this is a rejection letter.

Filch figured Harry must know he was a Squib.

Now he believes that Harry petrified his cat.

With both old and new grudges combined, he wanted nothing more than to kill Harry.

Doesn't he realize that if Harry can petrify his cat, and you're jumping around like that in front of him, aren't you afraid he'll petrify you too later?

“It wasn’t me, I swear.” Harry looked at Dumbledore with a wronged expression.

“You’re talking nonsense!” Filch retorted.

"Please wait a moment, I have a few words to say," Snape stepped forward, indicating that he had something to say.

"Perhaps he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Harry was surprised to hear this, not expecting Snape to speak well of him.

But Snape's next words immediately made him realize Snape's ill intentions.

“But the situation is indeed suspicious, since I didn’t see Potter at dinner.”

As Snape spoke, he strode toward Harry, giving Harry a sense of oppression.

Zicomo could see it clearly; a hint of mockery flashed in Snape's eyes.

Since he had a child, his feelings for Harry have become less complicated.

But he still couldn't stand looking at James's face, so he would cause Harry trouble every now and then.

Just like now, seeing Harry's tense expression, Snape felt pleased.

"I'm afraid this is still because of me. I asked Harry to write back to my fans for me."

Lockhart, who was standing nearby, spoke up for Harry to help him out.

Harry vowed that from this moment on, he would no longer be averse to helping Lockhart reply to fans' letters.

"Yes, I ran into Zicomo and the others as I came out of Professor Lockhart's office. We found Mrs. Lorris on our way back to the dormitory."

Harry didn't mention that he could hear strange voices, since there were other people present.

(Snape: Kid, you're not talking about me, are you?)

"Alright, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Severus, could you please brew an antidote for Argus's cat?"

Dumbledore brought this matter to a close.

But Filch disagreed: "My cat has been petrified; someone has to be punished!"

Seeing Filch's expression that this matter was far from over, Zicomo was getting impatient.

For him, having just finished eating, he should find a comfortable place to relax and play a couple of games; he's been standing long enough now.

"Mr. Filch! The real culprit hasn't been found yet. Who do you want to punish? Or do you not care about the truth at all, and just want to see someone punished? If so, the person to be punished is you. What do you think of this decision?"

As he spoke, a blue light shone from Zicomo's hand, exactly like the 'Radiant Meteor' that had just struck Filch.

However, Zicomo only wanted him to let go of Harry, so he didn't use much magic at all.

This time, the ball of light in his hand was the size of a fist.

The professors, seeing that Zicomo had no wand in his hand and had not chanted any spells, felt even more regretful that they had not taken Zicomo as a student sooner.

They had never heard of a wizard at this age who could cast spells without a wand or a sound.

Moreover, judging from the magic in his hands, it seems to be something that no one has ever seen before; it's possible that he invented it himself.

He is a genius who is only seen once in a millennium.

As for concerns about Filch's safety?

Sorry, they also didn't really like Filch's unreasonable arguments.

Moreover, judging from the power of that spell, at most it might break Filch's bones, then he can be taken to the school infirmary, it's not a big problem.

The professors were surprised, but Filch was horrified.

He looked at Dumbledore with a frightened expression.

"Alright, I think Argus is just too attached to his cat, that's why he's so agitated. Zikomo, please put away your magic."

Upon hearing Dumbledore's words, Zicomo withdrew his magic, since he had only intended to scare Filch anyway.

If I were to actually cast this spell, I might actually lose points with the professors.

P.S.: Sorry, I have something to do today, it's the Ghost Festival. I'll update another chapter tonight.

Chapter 83: The Basilisk and the Secret Chamber, the protagonist's unique loud conspiracy.

The next day, a notice was posted on the Hogwarts bulletin board about the attack on Mrs. Norris the previous night.

At the end of the notice, it reminded everyone that the real culprit has not yet been found, and asked the young wizards to be careful.

In the Great Hall, at the Gryffindor long table, Harry and the others were discussing what had happened the previous night.

“I really did hear voices last night,” Harry emphasized to Ron.

“Yeah, you’re right, but we didn’t hear you,” Ron said, swallowing a bite of bread.

"Do you think I should tell Professor Dumbledore about this?" Harry asked hesitantly.

Hermione retorted, "Come on, hearing strange noises is not a good thing even in the Muggle world, let alone in the wizarding world."

And don't you find it strange? You heard voices, and then Mrs. Lorris was attacked.

Zicomo nodded in agreement; it was indeed quite strange.

It screamed about killing all night, and in the end, it petrified a cat and went back to its den. This snake monster is really strange.

The three of them discussed it for a long time but couldn't come up with any solutions.

Hermione saw that Zicomo was calm and collected, and she guessed that he probably already knew the truth, but just didn't want to say it.

So she secretly asked Zicomo while Harry and Ron were away.

Zicomo didn't tell her, but instead told her she would find out soon.

Because soon, Zicomo plans to move the basilisk into the 'Zen Garden'.

As for the reason, well, there's no particular reason; it's simply because this serpent monster is big enough.

Boys like big things.

Moreover, this is probably the only snake monster in the world that has lived for nearly a thousand years, and it is also probably a snake that has been living in seclusion for nearly a thousand years.

After being brought to Hogwarts by Slytherin, it guarded the Chamber of Secrets until the Parsleyan summoned it.

The last time it was summoned was fifty years ago by Voldemort, when he was still called Tom Holmes.

After being called out, Tom used it to petrify a girl, and then ignored it completely.

That girl's name is Myrtle.

Thus, she also acquired the nickname "The Weeping Myrtle".

Many people believe that Myrtle was killed by the Basilisk.

Zicomo, however, did not think so.

He guessed that the basilisk might have just petrified Myrtle.

Because Myrtle wears glasses, she and the Basilisk only have indirect eye contact.

One can only die from direct eye contact with the basilisk.

Lady Lorris only saw the basilisk's reflection in the water on the ground.

Voldemort was the one who truly killed Myrtle.

Creating a Horcrux requires killing one person with 'Avada Kedavra' and then using an additional spell.

This spell will cause the user's soul to split. At this time, all that is needed is to prepare an item that can hold the split part of the soul.

Voldemort's first Horcrux was his diary from his student days.

Therefore, Voldemort must have killed people during his student days.

Zicomo speculated that around that time, Voldemort had just acquired knowledge about Horcrux making and happened to discover Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

When he summoned the basilisk using the parsnip, he was accidentally seen by Myrtle, and the basilisk petrified her.

So he decided to go all in and use Myrtle's life to create his first Horcrux.

He also framed Hagrid for Myrtle's death.

At that time, Hagrid had just acquired an eight-eyed giant spider, Aragog, which was killed by Zikomo the previous semester.

Although the giant spider was still young at that time, its venom was enough to kill a person.