The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 246 Crying Myrtle
In the girls' bathroom, Myrtle Warren's high-pitched, raspy voice kept echoing, and she seemed to be getting angrier (sad), and more and more sewage was spilling out of the cubicle.

Myrtle didn't like Ida very much, and that was just a euphemism, which meant that the last word was disgusting.

Apart from the fact that Ada had robbed the bathroom, the two girls were both from the Muggle world, but their lives at school were very different.

After entering Hogwarts, Myrtle was sorted into Ravenclaw.Here Myrtle had not a single friend, not even one with whom to confide.Instead, I was often ridiculed and bullied by others because of my short body, ugly glasses, and acne on my face, and maybe even isolated and bullied.

On the last day of Myrtle's life, she is mocked by Olive Hornby, who thinks she is ridiculous for wearing glasses.It is precisely because of Hun Bei's ridicule that Myrtle hides in the bathroom alone, and freezes her life early.

For 50 years, the ghost of Myrtle has been in the bathroom. Even after becoming a ghost, she still has not escaped the fate of being bullied.Peeves always played tricks on her, and the students didn't like her either.

It seems that nothing has changed, the only thing that has changed is that she no longer has the right to live.

Contrary to Myrtle, Ada is smart and beautiful, and she met the twins when she first came to school, and she has several good friends for company.She was the only one who bullied others at school, no one dared to bully her.

This year, Ada also wore glasses, but no one laughed at her or insulted her because of them.On the contrary, because of reducing the sharpness in her eyes, she became more popular with her classmates.

Ordinary Myrtle Warren meets Ada who is very different from her, and the contrast is stark and sharp.Jealousy, Myrtle is jealous of what Ida has and everything she has never had; resentment, Myrtle resents her weakness and her inability to do anything.

"Myrtle, I'm just here to ask some questions, and I won't compete with you for the ownership of the bathroom." Ada knocked on the door of the cubicle again, and added, "I'll leave after asking."

After hearing that Ada wasn't here to grab the territory, Myrtle calmed down a lot and didn't continue to shout at Ada to get out.It's just that she didn't respond to Ada's words, but used a silent way to drive away silently.

"I just want to know what happened to you during your lifetime." Ada tried not to sound harsh, "This is very important to me."

Ada's gentle begging failed to get Myrtle's answer. After all, it is not a comfortable thing to be asked about the cause of death.

Myrtle's tone was a bit bitter, and she said, "You want to know the cause of my death?"

"Uh...yes, I want to know why senior sister died, and why...choose to stay here." Ada said.She didn't expect Myrtle to be so straightforward, and she was already ready to make a fuss.

"Everyone wants to know the cause of Moaning Myrtle's death, because there is nothing worth talking about in her short life. Knowing her cause of death can make fun of her and insult her! The four-eyed dog crying secretly in the room!" Myrtle said meanly, and she also rushed out of the cubicle, floating in front of Ada.

When you have a serious illness, you may not even want to recall the suffering you suffered when you were ill, let alone let the ghost tell about your death.

Far from being a beautiful experience, it's just as sad for the ghost as it is for the listener.All the more so for Myrtle, for it was the most important and interesting subject of her short life.

"I'm sorry to bring up your sadness, but it's really important." Ada said, "I'm investigating something related to the Chamber of Secrets, and the cause of your death is the most critical part of it."

As the milky white, translucent myrtle rose slowly, its body floating above the bathroom, she said, "I don't know what a secret chamber is, let alone what you're talking about. A myrtle is just a myrtle. Myrtle who makes people laugh."

When alive, no one cares, no one cares, all you get is ridicule and insult.After she died, everyone began to care about Myrtle, but what people cared about was the cause of her death. It was really a sad life.

The door of the girls' bathroom was opened again, and Dumbledore walked in. He looked at the floating Myrtle, and his blue eyes behind the half-moon glasses were a little sad.

"Myrtle, please help us as much as you can," Dumbledore said, "let us join hands and end this dreadful thing together!"

Seeing Dumbledore walking in, Myrtle stopped wandering. She tilted her head and looked at the headmaster, as if she was thinking about something.

After a while, Myrtle spoke slowly, and said, "That was terrible, and it happened here, and I died in this bathroom."

50 years ago, the then-principal, Armando Dippet, sent Olive Hombey on a quest to find the missing Myrtle.Eventually, Humbey discovers Myrtle's body in this bathroom.

The translucent Myrtle, whose expression became distressed, continued: "I hid here the other day when Olive Hornbe laughed at me for wearing glasses like a four-eyed dog. I locked the door and cried inside, Suddenly I heard someone coming in. They were saying something funny. I thought it must be another language. But what annoyed me the most was that I heard a boy's voice talking. So I opened the door and told him to go away Go, go to your boys toilet!"

Dumbledore and Ada glanced at each other, and the two of them were sure that the entrance to the secret room was hidden in the girls' bathroom.

"And then . . . " said Myrtle, "and then I died."

"What did you see?" Ada continued, she needed more details now.

Myrtle lowered her voice, fearing all that death brought her.She said: "I didn't see anything clearly, I just remember seeing a pair of yellow eyes that were scary big. My whole body seemed to be grabbed and then I floated away and became what I am now."

The eyes of the basilisk are yellow, and it is obvious that the basilisk is responsible for Myrtle's death.She looked straight into the basilisk's yellow, giant eyes, so instead of petrifying like Colin Creevey and Justin Finlayry, she died straight away.

It's just not clear that Myrtle died accidentally because of seeing the Heir of Slytherin and the Basilisk.It was the heir of Slytherin who planned a murder against her.

The truth was right in front of her eyes, and Ada's tone became a little excited, and she asked again: "Where did you see those eyes?"

Myrtle thought for a moment, then pointed to the sink, and she answered, "That's almost there."

Dumbledore and Ada walked to the pool. This pool looked so ordinary that it was difficult for people to associate it with the Chamber of Secrets.

Dumbledore checked the pool up and down, inside and out.Finally, Dumbledore's gaze rested on a faucet.On the side of this copper faucet, a lifelike little snake is engraved.

The symbol of Slytherin is the snake!

It's just that no matter what method Dumbledore uses, the faucet and the little snake remain indifferent.He even cut his palm and smeared his blood on the faucet, but there was still no change in the bathroom.

The secret room was hidden under this ordinary pool, but they were blocked from the door by this small faucet.

"Maybe because we are not the heirs of Slytherin, so even if we found the secret room, we couldn't get in." Ada touched her earlobe and said, "Maybe, we need a Parseltongue."

Dumbledore nodded, and he also agreed with Ada. He said, "I think we may need Harry's help. The only Parseltongue I can think of is him."

Since it was impossible to enter the Chamber of Secrets now, Dumbledore decided to take a long-term plan, so he left the girls' bathroom with Ada.

As soon as they walked out of the bathroom, Myrtle chased them out. She asked cryingly, "Professor, will you come back again? Can I stay here?"

"We often meet, don't we?" Dumbledore said kindly, "Hogwarts will always be a student's home, and you will always be my student. However, I suggest you go out more often instead of always Stay here, touch the scene and hurt."

(End of this chapter)