The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 240 The Darkness Under the Lights

In the end, Harry and Ron still told about Hermione under the entanglement.It turned out that Hermione planned to use Polyjuice Potion to turn into Millicent, and mix into the Slytherin lounge with Harry and Ron.

But the result was not at all what Hermione imagined. The hair she got from Millican did not belong to humans, but from a cat.So Hermione became a catgirl, um, Gryffindor's second catgirl.

It's just that unlike the older cat girl, Hermione's transformation this time is mainly in human form, and it's a one-off.Under Madam Pomfrey's care, she will soon return to normal.

Ada didn't laugh at Hermione, and Ada didn't find the mistake funny.Hermione's carelessness has taught her a lesson, and she believes that the clever Hermione has realized her mistake.

Instead, Ada visited Hermione in the school infirmary.It's just that Ada couldn't see the little furry girl, and couldn't touch the ears of the "cat girl".

In order to take care of Hermione and keep her from being ashamed, Madam Pomfrey drew a curtain around her hospital bed so that no one could see her in catgirl form.Ada could only comfort her through the curtain to reassure the little girl.

Before the end of the Christmas holidays, Ida managed to get rid of the acromantula's venom.Scott Warren is worthy of being a professional, and the action is really fast.He made a deal with Ada on a snowy day, and exchanged a large bag of Galleon for the giant spider venom from Ada.

Scott Warren didn't show the dark side of society, he didn't take black and white, but chose the three broomsticks as the meeting place, and settled the settlement happily with a thousand Galleons.

After working in this business for so long, Warren still has good eyesight. Instead of offending Ada, he will try his best to make friends with Ada and facilitate the next cooperation.

Warren may not make much money from this business, but what is more important to him is the expansion of his network.A little wizard who can get the venom of acromantia in his teens is a worthwhile business partner and will bring him more benefits in the future.

Therefore, Warren, a professional, would not do such a behavior of killing chickens and taking eggs, although he had hesitation.

Even though it was January, Hogwarts was also snowing, but there was thunder on the ground. Esmeralda Drizzt became rich suddenly, she was rich!Although, compared with many big families, this money is nothing, but for Ada who has been poor for many years, it is a huge sum of money.

That's enough money to pay Ida's salary at the Leaky Cauldron for two or three years.

Carrying a big bag of Galleons in her arms, Ada returned to Hogwarts happily. She even felt that the unknown monsters in the Chamber of Secrets became cute.

Although the twins always say that Ada is a money addict, Ada is not fascinated by the yellow gold.She didn't take Jin Jialong alone, but chose to share it equally with the twins.

After all, the two of them went to the spider cave with him, and they almost became the ration of the giant spider.

The twins didn't say no, and the brothers knew that if they said no, Ada would force them.However, Fred and George did not agree to the proposal of the three to share equally. They just took a small part of it as their own research funding.

The acromantula Aragog was frightened by Ida, and it didn't dare to tell Hagrid about it, so neither Hagrid nor Dumbledore knew that the acromantula in the Forbidden Forest almost encountered The catastrophe.

The matter of burning the spider cave was successfully concluded, and everything was dealt with cleanly.Although there is no "destruction of corpses and traces", except for the twins, no one knows that Ada has used black magic.

While Ada was counting the number of Galleons over and over again, the Christmas vacation was over, and other students also returned to school one after another.

I don't know if it's because of the holiday or because of going home, but the students who returned to school showed a lot less panic than before the holiday.After the holidays, the sun began to shine faintly over Hogwarts again.Inside the castle, the mood turned optimistic.There have been no further attacks since Justin and Nearly Headless Nick were petrified.

Ms. Pomfrey is pleased to report that the mandrakes have become moody and reticent, which is to say they are rapidly falling out of childhood.

It seems that the cold winter at Hogwarts sealed the courage of the heir of Slytherin. He did not open the hidden chamber again, nor did he release the monsters entrenched in the chamber.

Everything seems to be settled down, there will be no more attacks, no one will be harmed.

Gilderoy Lockhart felt that he was doing it again, and he walked around the castle every day, as if he had stopped the heir of Slytherin.He said to everyone, "There will be no more trouble", "The criminal must have known of my existence, and the famous Lockhart will definitely catch him."

After eating so many blunts, Lockhart couldn't stop his enthusiasm for pretending and bragging. With a short memory, he really didn't cry when he saw the coffin.

The mood of the students has improved, and they are no longer as panicked as before, but Ada does not feel like them that the attack is over.

Fifty years ago, a student died. Today, 50 years later, Ida does not think that petrifying a few students can satisfy the heir of Slytherin, and the attack will definitely happen again.

There are some students whose thoughts are similar to Ada's, but they are somewhat different from Ada's. They firmly believe that Harry is the murderer.

These people headed by McMillan and others believe that Harry is only temporarily dormant, and he is waiting for an opportunity to create greater panic.

These people concluded that Harry was the murderer and the heir of Slytherin through Harry's Parseltongue.This way of catching wind and shadows makes no sense at all, but it gave Ada a lot of inspiration. The details that Ada had forgotten before became the key to breaking the game.

As we all know, Slytherin himself and his descendants are Parseltongues, so are the monsters in the Chamber of Secrets also related to snakes?Isn't it a good proof that Harry heard voices that no one else could hear, and was always the first to appear at the scene of the attack?
It was dark under the lights, and Ada made things a little complicated.Snakes are the symbol of Slytherin, and only Harry can hear those sounds, because the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a snake; snakes will eat spiders, so the spiders in the castle will escape.

Ada should have thought of these things long ago!
Ada tapped her own skull with her knuckles, dissatisfied with herself.She failed to drive Lockhart out of the school, and failed to find out the monster in the Chamber of Secrets early. This was her mistake and it was simply unforgivable.

In order to make up for her mistakes, Ada plunged into the library again, holding a bunch of books about magical creatures to read.

Ada even wrote a letter to Mr. Newt Scamander in Dorset, asking the learned old man some questions about magical creatures.

The hard work paid off, and Ida's efforts were rewarded. She finally found the magical creature that matched all the clues, and she was finally able to determine the little pet of the old monkey Slytherin.

(End of this chapter)