The days at Hogwarts

A shrill voice, with a hint of tears in it, answered him, "I-I really don't want to come out. You guys go by yourselves."

Harry and Ron heard it and rushed over: "Hermione, we know Millicent is ugly, no one will know it's you."

"No—I really can't—I don't think I can go. You guys should hurry up and don't waste time."

Harry looked at Ron, confused.

Ron laughed out loud: "Your expression is more like Goyle. Whenever the teacher asks him a question, he always has this expression."

"Stop messing around." Loren called to the two of them, "There must be something wrong with Hermione's transformation. I'm going to take her to the school infirmary. Let Ron follow you wearing an invisibility cloak, and you guys go ahead."

Harry and Ron looked at each other, and combined with Hermione's reaction, it seemed to be true. Harry hurriedly checked himself, touched his hands and feet, and touched his cheeks and facial features, and was relieved to confirm that there were no missing parts.

"We'll meet you in the infirmary when this is over," said Harry, and Ron nodded.

Before leaving, Loren stopped them and reminded them after thinking for a while: "Safety comes first. If something goes wrong, make some noise. The professors will notice it."

According to his estimation from the last duel with Crabbe, Crabbe's strength should not be as good as Harry's, or even Ron's. But when it comes to Voldemort, being cautious and safe will not go wrong.

In fact, the safest way is to cancel the action directly, but as Dumbledore said, Harry has the right to face Voldemort, and he should face Voldemort...

Chapter 209 Chapter Hermione: Meow meow meow?

After the two left, Loren knocked on the bathroom stall door and shouted while trying not to laugh, "They're gone, come out. We're going to the infirmary to find Madam Pomfrey."

"Go away! Don't!" Hermione's voice was soft and thin, and as fierce as a kitten. Perhaps her throat and vocal cords were also affected by the Polyjuice Potion.

Loren threatened the little girl quietly, "Go, if you don't leave now, when Myrtle comes back, this door won't be able to stop her."

Hermione was silent and thought for a moment. Myrtle could even watch the male prefect taking a bath for several days. If she really saw her like this, she would definitely be laughed at.

Her voice weakened, with a hint of tears in her voice: "You, you must promise not to laugh at me."

Loren's lips curled up. No, I can't guarantee it. I want to laugh just by hearing the sound, and I want to see it.

He took a deep breath, tried to control his expression, and said seriously: "Polyjuice Potion is a relatively complicated potion. It is normal for some problems to occur during use. I am half a pharmacist and have read many related cases. I will definitely not laugh."

Hermione didn't know that the people outside were already waiting for the cat girl. She thought that Loren was really focused on the potion issue, so she felt a lot more at ease. After hesitating for a moment, she pushed open the door of the single room.

As soon as I looked up, I met Loren's bright, expectant eyes.

The little cat girl was about 11 or 12 years old. She was small, with a round face and eyes. Her whole body was covered with soft cat fur, which was fluffy and looked very cuddly. Her eyes had turned into round yellow, and her triangular ears were drooping with a shy pink color. Her tail stuck out from her robe and dragged weakly on the floor.

"That's a cat hair!" Hermione cried aggrievedly, "M-Millicent must have a cat! But, but Polyjuice Potion is not used to transform animals!"

Loren's fingers hanging in his sleeves swayed restlessly, each one shouting: Cute! I want to get my hands on it!

He tried hard to suppress the joking thoughts. If he said anything sarcastic again at this moment, he would definitely be beaten up by Hermione in cat form.

"There have been cases of animal hair being misused in Polyjuice Potion in the past. It's not a big problem," Loren consoled softly. He had indeed looked up related cases beforehand.

Hermione raised her head, her round eyes seemed to have stars in them, staring at him expectantly: "You'll recover soon, right?"

"No," Loren's words were extremely cruel, "On the contrary, it will prolong the transformation time of the Polyjuice Potion. Even with the intervention of the healer, it will take nearly a month to recover."

Hermione's eyes widened in disbelief, the three pairs of naughty long whiskers around her lips trembled, and she looked like she was about to cry at any moment.

"But that was a case many years ago. Madam Pomfrey might have another way." Lauren naturally reached out and touched Hermione's forehead, as if it were normal comfort, if he hadn't scratched it with his fingers.

Sure enough, it is soft and hot, and feels great!

But Hermione was still in deep shock and didn't notice. She was led by Loren and huddled behind him as they walked out of the bathroom and into the school infirmary.

The school clinic was on the second floor. They were familiar with the route and arrived there quickly.

Loren went forward and knocked on the door: "Ms. Pomfrey, Madam Pomfrey!"

Strangely, the door of the school infirmary was not closed tightly, but was ajar, and Loren opened it with a light knock.

The creaking sound of the loose-leaf pages spread in the quiet space and was particularly obvious.

Lauren turned and looked at Hermione, both of them had doubts in their eyes. Madam Pomfrey was a careful and responsible therapist, and it was impossible for her to forget to close the door.

Loren pulled up Hermione's fluffy cat paw, stepped into the school infirmary step by step, and moved inside cautiously.

It was a mess inside, with several white sheets scattered on the floor, and some bottles of medicines knocked over. The patient who was supposed to be lying on the bed was missing, and most importantly, the therapist in white was lying unconscious on the floor.

The two quickly surrounded her, "Madam Pomfrey! Madam Pomfrey!"

……

"Damn it, why is the Slytherin common room so hard to find?"

"I thought it would be easy to find, but the corridor below is like a maze!"

It took Harry and Ron some time to go back to Gryffindor Tower to get the invisibility cloak. After entering the basement, they ran quickly in the maze-like corridors, trying to find the entrance to the Slytherin common room as soon as possible.

As a result, there was still no result after more than ten minutes. They had never expected to encounter this problem before and almost thought that today's operation would fail.

The two men clung to the wall and gasped in frustration.

"I never thought we would fail for this reason." Harry felt annoyed.

Ron looked around. "It would be nice if we could wait for a Slytherin. We could follow him into the Slytherin common room."

"Goyle was knocked down by us. Malfoy is probably staying in the common room. Are we just waiting for Crabbe who has been missing?"

"Alas, without Loren and Hermione, we can't do anything."

Suddenly, the sound of unexpected footsteps was heard in the quiet underground corridor.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, and Ron quickly put on the invisibility cloak. Harry subconsciously wanted to hide under the invisibility cloak as well, but then he realized that he was now Goyle from Slytherin, so he straightened his chest and stood there confidently.

At this time, only Slytherin people would be in the basement. Harry was delighted: "If it's Crabbe, we can ask him where the common room is. Goyle is a fool anyway, so it's normal that he can't remember the common room."

If it's Malfoy, even better...

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and when he flashed out from the shadows, Harry opened his mouth in surprise: "Percy! What are you doing here!"

Percy looked strange and a little panicked at first, but he quickly calmed down and retorted firmly as if he was offended: "This is none of your business!"

"You are Goyle, right?" Percy said proudly, as if he were a prefect. "Go back to your own dormitory. It's not safe to wander around in the dark corridors these days."

"You're just wandering around!"

"I'm a prefect, nothing's going to come after me."

Harry looked at him suspiciously, paused, and said tentatively, "I, I forgot where the lounge is... Also, there is a password."

Percy squinted his eyes and looked at the "Gyor" in front of him. His penetrating eyes brought some oppression to Harry.

Yes, it was very suspicious that a second-year wizard didn't even know where the common room was.

Harry prayed that Goyle's usual image of a fool would be so ingrained in people's minds that Percy wouldn't notice anything unusual.

After a moment, Percy turned and pointed to the aisle behind: "Go that way, and pay attention to the snake pattern on the torch stand. The direction of the snake's head is the direction of the Slytherin Common Room--"

Harry was about to thank him when Percy stared at him and continued, "The password today is, Glory."

The look was so piercing that Harry almost thought the Polyjuice Potion had lost its effect. Harry gritted his teeth, endured Percy's gaze, thanked him hurriedly, and ran away in a hurry.

After turning several corners and making sure Percy could no longer see him, Ron excitedly pulled off his invisibility cloak and jumped a few times in excitement: "He even knows the Slytherin password! He even knows the Slytherin password!"

Harry was confused and asked, "Isn't this something the prefect should know?"

"Of course not, Harry," Ron's face was filled with smiles. He was proud of his brother. "Percy must be investigating the heir of Slytherin. He may even have sneaked into the Slytherin common room!"

Harry was also happy because it meant that Percy did not doubt him: "Let's go, we have to hurry."

The entrance to the Slytherin common room was hidden in the stone wall, and if it weren't for the two snake heads on the torches facing each other, they would never have been able to find it.

After the command was given, the stone door slowly opened, and "Gol" and the invisible Ron strode in.

The Slytherin common room was a long, low basement with walls and ceiling made of rough stone. Round, green lights were hung from the ceiling on chains.

In front of them, beneath an ornately carved mantelpiece, a fire crackled, casting a shadow of Malfoy as he sat in the carved chairs surrounding it.

Malfoy was reading a newspaper from yesterday, with the words - Daily Prophet written at the top of the page.

Harry glanced over and saw that the largest board had a photo of two men shaking hands, smiling broadly. On the left was Lucius Malfoy, and on the right was Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic whom he had met during the day.

It says:

Malfoy helps the Ministry again

Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge met with the famous philanthropist, gentleman... (a long list of names) Lucius Malfoy. The Malfoy family will donate funds to the Ministry of Magic's winter allowance for staff, Auror equipment subsidies... and many other urgently needed funds for the Ministry of Magic...

The Malfoy family will host a banquet for several Ministry of Magic officials during the Christmas holidays to discuss issues such as the long-term development of the British wizarding community...

damn it!

Lucius Malfoy is a member of the school board. He must have colluded with Cornelius Fudge to arrest Hagrid without any evidence.

Harry gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and then lowered them.

Draco Malfoy put the newspaper on his legs, looked up at "Gyor" and frowned: "Why did you come back just now? Didn't I tell you to stay away from Crabbe recently? Are you hanging out together again?"

Harry remembered what Seamus had said to him. Many young wizards in Slytherin had felt that something was wrong with Crabbe recently. It seemed to be true. Even Malfoy and Goyle were staying away from him.

Seeing that "Goyle" was hesitating and unable to speak clearly, Malfoy frowned even more.

Harry didn't want to waste time on these matters, so he said, "Yes, is there any news about the Chamber of Secrets?"

The topic change was too abrupt, and Malfoy felt a little uneasy. He looked at "Goyle" carefully, but couldn't see anything wrong, so he just thought he was being stupid again.

He slapped the newspaper on the small wooden table next to the carved chair. "I'm surprised too. It's been two months and the Daily Prophet hasn't reported on these attacks yet. I'm really surprised."

Malfoy continued thoughtfully: "I guess Dumbledore wants to cover everything up. If he doesn't stop the situation, he will be fired. My father said that the school reform is to get rid of the management of the board of directors, and Dumbledore wants to expand his power. First the school, then what? Ha, the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore wants to be the Minister of Magic."

Harry saw nothing wrong with Dumbledore being the Minister of Magic. He would definitely not accuse a good person for money.

Harry continued in Goyle's voice, "Who do you think the heir will be?"

At this moment, Harry felt pain on his scar, and he turned around under some kind of intuition. He saw Crabbe walking out from the direction of the dormitory. Harry felt a pain on the scar on his forehead, which then passed away.

He walked past them without even looking at them, and walked out of the common room. Harry noticed a bulge under his magic robes, as if he was carrying something.

Malfoy curled his lips and sneered, "I didn't see him during the whole dinner. I thought you were hanging out with him, hiding in some classroom eating something delicious. I didn't expect him to be in the dormitory the whole time."

Harry felt the pain go away and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that it was no wonder they couldn't find Crabbe, because he hadn't gone to dinner at all.

Ron, who was hiding nearby, saw the lightning-shaped scar on Goyle's head and almost screamed. He quickly grabbed Harry's sleeve and whispered in his ear, "It's time, let's go!"

Harry was startled, holding his stomach and ran outside in a panic: "My stomach hurts, go get some medicine for it."

"Stay away from Crabbe! Do you hear me?" Malfoy warned from behind.

Harry and Ron rushed through the Slytherin common room, and when they rushed out of the stone wall, Harry had completely changed back to his original form. They saw Crabbe's figure disappearing around the corner in front of them, and they slowed down their pace at the same time.

Harry said to the empty space: "My scar suddenly hurt just now. He must be related to Voldemort."

Ron came out of the invisibility cloak and looked in the direction where Crabbe disappeared. He said with a headache, "Is there really a Voldemort hiding in the back of his head?"

"Never mind, let's follow and see." Harry said, reaching out and unfolding the invisibility cloak to cover both of them, then pulling Ron to chase after them.

Crabbe's speed was not fast, at least not as fast as the two running people. Harry and Ron soon caught up.

What was strange was that Crabbe did not go directly to the basement exit. Instead, he wandered around in the corridor on the first underground floor and finally walked into an inconspicuous room.

Just as Harry and Ron were struggling over whether to follow in, Crabbe came out with two stiff bodies floating behind him.

Ron instantly covered his mouth and Harry's to stop them from screaming, and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

It's Colin and Justin who are petrified!

Why are they here?

Are they dead?

Is Crabbe the heir to the Chamber of Secrets?

Countless questions came to their minds. They looked at each other tacitly and followed quietly until they came to a place they were very familiar with - Myrtle's bathroom.

Crabbe stepped into the bathroom, walked to a plain sink, and held out his sleeve toward a copper faucet. A thin black snake emerged from his cuff and hissed into the faucet, "Turn it on."

The faucet emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly. Then, the pool began to move. They watched as the pool slowly disappeared from their sight, revealing a very thick water pipe with an entrance large enough for a person to crawl into.

Chapter 210 Harry: What kind of teammate is this?

Crabbe took the petrified Colin and Justin into the water pipe and disappeared into the dark passage in the blink of an eye.

Harry and Ron's eyes widened. All the clues were connected by this line.

The entrance to the secret room is inside the sink in the bathroom. The basilisk can easily enter the pipes of Hogwarts Castle and roam around the school with the help of the pipe system.