258 Unknown summer vacation, victim, traitor
In the original timeline, Hogwarts became more dangerous due to Myrtle's death, and was even on the verge of being closed down.
Principal Armando Dippet also rejected Tom Riddle's application to stay in school during the summer vacation because it was inappropriate and he did not want to put the [excellent] Riddle in danger.
Therefore, during the summer vacation of the same year, Riddle found the Gaunt family based on his middle name "Marvolo", successfully learned about his "lowly" life experience, and took away the Gaunt family inlaid with the Resurrection Stone. ring.
But now, Myrtle is not dead.
And in Hagrid's words, Voldemort actually successfully stayed in school because of this!
Even a whole summer vacation!
During this time, Riddle was completely free.
He fulfilled his long-cherished wish ahead of schedule - staying in the first place he considered "home" for a long time.
This was even freedom from Dumbledore's surveillance. It was impossible for him to spend the summer doing nothing but staring at Riddle - especially under Professor Slughorn's words, Dumbledore became particularly busy. , even the appointment with Riddle was late.
However, it was enough for Riddle to secretly do more.
For example... quietly change the location of the secret room entrance so that it no longer appears in the girls' bathroom on the second floor.
In the dark ward, Karan narrowed his eyes slightly and had no intention of sleeping.
He originally thought that Slytherin had changed everything in the Chamber of Secrets.
But from now on, this may not have much to do with Slytherin.
For some reason, Dumbledore strengthened his surveillance of Riddle, which caused him to stop thinking about doing bad things secretly. He confessed Hagrid before Myrtle was killed, and framed all this on Eight Eyes. On the giant spider.
Riddle became more careful, more cautious.
That's why he dispelled the magic at the entrance to the secret room in the bathroom on the second floor to avoid being discovered by Dumbledore.
And Hagrid's attempt to prevent Riddle from approaching the Forbidden Forest was not completely successful. Otherwise, Lucius would not have known about the existence of Acromantulas there, let alone used them to cause trouble last semester. .
It is very likely that Riddle told him all this.
Karan felt that he was getting closer to the truth, but he felt more confused.
There were too many things that he still couldn't figure out, unless he could know what Riddle had done during that summer vacation.
Even earlier than that summer vacation.
Karan once again thought of the crown in the Room of Requirement, and his frown deepened.
Unfortunately, he did not have a diary that he could use to communicate and view his memories.
Even he was still not sure whether the monster that attacked Mrs. Norris was a basilisk.
Because there was no trace of water in the corridor at that time, this was a sign that the basilisk emerged from the water pipe.
Moreover, the rooster that Hagrid raised in the yard was still alive and well - this was something Karan observed by the way while attending the party.
The basilisk's Achilles' heel is the crowing of roosters. If anyone is controlled, there is no reason not to kill these roosters.
The night was getting darker.
Karan lay upright on the hospital bed, his eyes wide open.
He didn't need to grow any new bones, so he didn't feel severe pain, but he felt a little itchy in his left arm.
But Karan was not sleepy at all.
He became increasingly confused as to what was going on.
At this time, footsteps came from the corridor outside.
Karan was startled for a moment, and then he immediately lay still, his eyes quietly opened a crack, and he pretended to be asleep.
Dumbledore walked backward into the ward, wearing a long woolen dressing gown and nightcap, holding one end of a sculptural object in his hands.
A second later, Professor McGonagall appeared, lifting the thing's feet, and they put it on the bed together.
[Another victim. 】
Karan said silently in his heart.
The two people on the other side were not in a hurry to find Madam Pomfrey. They were all watching the victim silently.
Then Professor McGonagall spoke.
Karan heard her voice tremble.
"So...Dorcas's guesses are all true?"
Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore solemnly and asked, "What is the mysterious man really looking for? He even set his target at Hogwarts?"
Karan was a little confused, but he didn't show anything strange and just waited patiently.
After a moment of silence, Dumbledore spoke.
His voice was much calmer and steady, with a reassuring power.
"First the goblins of Nottingham were killed, and then Bellatrix and her husband Rodolphus suddenly appeared in the pyramids of Egypt... Voldemort's arrangements have never been so scattered."
"Dorcas guessed right. Voldemort is indeed looking for something."
"He acted very impatiently and had no patience to wait any longer."
"What could that be?" Professor McGonagall asked quickly.
But Dumbledore once again gave her a disappointing answer.
"We can't be sure yet." He shook his head slightly.
"But that's obviously what Voldemort needs, and it may give him more power."
Professor McGonagall frowned, and she looked at the sculpture-like figure again.
"But why is it Hogwarts?" She lowered her angry voice: "What does Voldemort want have to do with Hogwarts?"
"How dare he commit such an evil act so blatantly in school!"
"Calm down, Minerva." The reassuring voice sounded again.
"You and I both know why he chose this place."
"If there is one place Voldemort must go to, it must be Hogwarts."
"Here is what he desires most."
"It's been like this since he was in school."
There was a brief silence.
That seemed to be the end of this secret conversation.
Professor McGonagall went to find Madam Pomfrey. After Dumbledore stared at the figure on the hospital bed for a while, he slowly moved his gaze to Callan's bed.
Callan remained motionless, breathing steadily, wondering if Dumbledore had noticed that he was pretending to sleep.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Madam Pomfrey to arrive in a hurry.
She put a jacket on over her pajamas, and Karan heard a gasp.
"What...what's going on?" Madam Pomfrey asked Dumbledore in a low voice, and Callan noticed that her voice was also trembling.
"Another attack," Dumbledore said. "McGonagall found him on the stairs."
"There is also a strawberry pudding beside him." Professor McGonagall said: "I guess he wants to sneak here to see Sangster."
When he heard this sentence, the expression on Karan's face did not change.
But he quietly stood up so that he could see clearly who the statue on the bed was.
A ray of moonlight shone on the face that was not as handsome as Sirius.
It's Regulus Black.
Karan's heart suddenly thumped.
"Petrified?" Madam Pomfrey asked in surprise.
"Yes," Professor McGonagall said in a serious tone, "He was indeed petrified."
"The students of Slytherin House were attacked by the heir of Slytherin."
This was the most ridiculous thing Karan had ever heard.
But in the face of the unmistakable facts, no one spoke out to refute, and the ward was eerily quiet.
"What the hell..." Madam Pomfrey almost screamed, but luckily she lowered her voice in time.
"How is this possible?" she asked in a low voice, "If I remember correctly, he should be a pure-blood, right?"
"And he is a pure Black." After a brief evaluation, Professor McGonagall suddenly looked at Karan's bed in confusion.
"Maybe... not so pure? Just like his brother?"
"It's just that one was sorted into Gryffindor and the other secretly became friends with a Hufflepuff student?"
There was another short silence.
"Students can always bring us unexpected surprises." Dumbledore summed up simply.
Professor McGonagall nodded silently, her mind obviously not on this matter.
Madam Pomfrey asked her doubts.
"But is this true?" she asked: "Did the heir of Slytherin really attack Black?"
"The secret room... was really opened?"
"I wasn't sure before," Dumbledore said, "but now the result is obvious."
"The chamber of secrets has indeed been opened."
Madam Pomfrey covered her mouth with her hand, and Professor McGonagall's eyebrows furrowed.
"But [who] could it be?" she asked pointedly, as if she already had a suspected candidate.
"The question isn't who."
Dumbledore's eyes rested on Regulus.
"The question is, why..."
Callan could see the look on Professor McGonagall's face in the shadows, one of confusion.
But unlike Professor McGonagall, Karan already had an answer in his mind.
He saw Principal Dumbledore glance at him quietly again, and believed that the two of them had the same guess.
Because of coming to visit him, Regulus became a [pure-blood traitor].