The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 233 The Spider in the Castle
The protagonists of these two attacks, Mrs. Norris and Colin Creevey, were both petrified, and Dumbledore said that this kind of petrification is extremely advanced black magic, which cannot be done by students.Therefore, the only thing that can petrify Mrs. Norris and Colin Creevey is the legendary monster in the Chamber of Secrets.

When mentioning the ability to petrify people, Ada naturally thought of the Gorgon Medusa.Of the many monsters (myths and legends) with the ability to petrify, Medusa is probably the most famous.

According to legend, Medusa has a pair of petrified eyes, anyone who sees her will be petrified.

Medusa is a Gorgon in ancient Greek mythology, one of the three Gorgon sisters.She was beheaded by Perseus, and the blood dripping from her head fell into the desert and turned into ferocious poisonous snakes.

Medusa's head was dedicated to Athena by Perseus, and Athena embedded Medusa's head in the center of the aegis (Aegis).

It's just that Medusa only exists in ancient myths and legends, and Hogwarts can't have a snake-haired banshee.Even if there was, she would not submit to that old Slytherin monkey, let alone live in a secret room that was never seen.

Ada hopes that she can find some clues at the scene of the crime, so as to make a profile of the monster in the secret room and delineate a range, so that she can find it from among the many magical animals or dark creatures. Petrified monster.

But Professor McGonagall did not tell Ada the exact location. There are so many stairs in the castle, it is impossible for her to find them one by one.Moreover, the staircase where the incident occurred will be passed by other students, even if there was something, it has been destroyed by the students unintentionally.

But Professor McGonagall is Professor McGonagall. She is afraid that Ida will go into the corner, and use the most stupid method to directly conduct a carpet-like investigation on the castle.At this time, Ada had better not run around in the castle, so she told Ada about the scene.

For example, Colin Creevey went to visit Harry, for example, he still brought his favorite camera.

Colin is an avid photographer and takes his camera with him wherever he goes, and it was the same on the night of the attack.When the petrified Colin was discovered, his movements were frozen at the moment he raised the camera to take a picture.

It's just that Colin couldn't take a photo of the murderer or the monster, let alone a photo, the entire camera was destroyed, the inside of the camera and the film were melted.

Time has entered December without knowing it, and Hogwarts is covered in silver again, but this year there are no lively students on the playground.

The students are not in the mood to play around, they just hope that they can leave school during the holidays, or that the murderer will be brought to justice as soon as possible.

There is still some time before the Christmas holidays, and although Colin Creevey has not been attacked again, the corridor is still deserted.Everyone hides in the dormitory, as if only here can give them a sense of security, every time they leave the dormitory to go to class, everyone is in groups.

After a Potions class, all the students left the dungeon quickly except Ada, who was left alone by Snape.It was the first time she had been left alone by Snape this school year.

Probably because of the double blow of the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup, Snape has never looked for Ada this school year, nor has he troubled Ada in class.

Of course, this is just Ada's own guess, without the slightest evidence.How could Professor Snape be such a stingy person?Absolutely not.

After all the students in the classroom had left, Snape started by asking random questions.He asked, "Why are you wearing glasses? Have you seen too much stuff you shouldn't have seen, or are you wandering around at night again?"

Ada pretended to help her glasses, and she said: "I did see something that I shouldn't see. My eyes were polluted by my greasy hair, so I had to wear glasses to protect it."

"Do you need me to give you another set of toiletries for Christmas this year? How about the bird egg shampoo produced by Lockhart?" Ada added as if feeling that it was not enough to relieve her anger.

Sure enough, Snape's sallow complexion turned black, and after hearing the shampoo and Lockhart's name, his complexion became so dark that ink dripped out.In order not to make himself more angry, Snape could only end the conversation as soon as possible, and he bluntly stated the purpose of keeping Ada.

He asked: "I'm missing some ingredients in my personal storage room, bicorn horn and African tree snake skin, are you planning to make a polyjuice potion recently?"

Compound decoction, an extremely complicated potion, took a long time to prepare.This potion can make the user look like another person, and it is exactly the same.

"No, what do I concoct something so nasty to drink?" Ada said, "And you should have the answer in your heart."

In Ada's perception, this potion was nothing special except that it was time-consuming and unpleasant to drink.Moreover, she was right, Snape already had the answer in his mind, and the Potions Professor just came to her to confirm the answer.

It's just that Snape hoped that these two materials were taken by Ada.

Ada has long been able to independently prepare the compound decoction, and she can also guarantee that she will not be poisoned to death, and she still has enough self-protection ability.But the answer in Snape's mind, whether that person can achieve Ada's level, Snape has no clue in his mind.

"You'd better be honest and don't wander around in the castle." Snape decided to end the conversation between the two, and he continued, "If I find out, you will stay in the dungeon for the rest of your life, with the cauldron as a companion Bar!"

The Potions Professor was not the first to warn Ada. After the attack, both Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore had given similar warnings.

"Don't wander around the castle", "put away your curiosity", "put more energy on your studies", these warnings or concerns, Ada is tired of hearing them, and her ears feel callused up.

Ada quickly left the dungeon, and Snape didn't detain her, nor put her in solitary confinement for her innocence.In the current situation of the school, confinement of students is really a bad choice.

It was only in the afternoon, and Snape didn't let Ada go back to the lounge alone, but asked the house elf Winnie to send Ada back, let alone let Ada come to the dungeon for confinement at night.

Having a house-elf with you is the best of both worlds.This can not only protect Ada from leaving her alone, but also keep her under control so that she can return to the Gryffindor Tower obediently, killing two birds with one stone, perfect.

On the way back, Ada chatted with the elf Winnie one after another, and she also asked the elf some questions about the secret room, but Winnie also failed to give her an answer, nor did she give any answers. She provides helpful clues.

In the next few days, Ada was still at a loss. Not only did she not find new clues, but she was entangled in some trivial matters.

As early as last year, Li Jordan kept a marsupial spider as a pet.Recently this marsupial spider has become a bit abnormal, it is always trying to escape from its box, or curl up in a ball as if dead.

Li Qiaodan was very confused. He didn't know what happened to his pet.In order to find out what happened to his pet, Li Qiaodan mobilized his friends to help him find a solution.

So, Ada, who had just left the library, had no choice but to return to the library to help Li Qiaodan find out the habits of spiders.

But with this help, Ada suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon. She hadn't seen any spiders in the castle for a long time. The spiders entrenched in the corners of the castle seemed to have escaped from the castle overnight.

(End of this chapter)