The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 250 Coward
In the girls' bathroom with the entrance to the secret room, Myrtle is staring at the sink. She is a ghost, but her eyes are full of horror. She saw the most unforgettable scene.

Dumbledore took Ada and Harry into the bathroom. He was going to solve the problem of the Chamber of Secrets, solve this problem that had plagued Hogwarts for thousands of years, and bring back the missing Ginny.

Bring Harry because he is a Parseltongue and needs his help to open the Chamber of Secrets.Ada was brought because she was the hero who found the secret room, and she also had the ability to protect herself.

Not to mention that he is still here, Dumbledore has the confidence to protect the two of them.If he didn't have this confidence, he wouldn't rashly bring his students to die.

Seeing Dumbledore, Ada, and Harry walking in, Myrtle pointed to the pool and said, "Professor, you may not believe me, but I really saw the pool open, and the red one who hit me with the diary The girl with the hair jumped in!"

The red-haired girl, Ginny perfectly fits this profile, and she is the only one missing in school, so the girl who jumped off is almost certainly Ginny.

It's just that Dumbledore and Ada don't know when Ginny smashed Myrtle, or with a diary.

"Is that the diary I picked up?" Harry asked, Dumbledore and Ada didn't know, but he did.He, Ron, and Hermione had been making Polyjuice Potion here, and it was here that Tom Riddle's diary had been picked up.

On the way here, Harry also knew that this was the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, and only Parseltongue could open the Chamber of Secrets.This school year, the three of Harry and the others have been so close to danger, but nothing happened to the three of them. I have to say they are really lucky!
Myrtle nodded, and said, "That's her! She's the one who hit me with that diary."

After hearing this, Harry had already noticed something. He turned to look at Dumbledore, only to find that Dumbledore was looking at Ada.

Unlike Dumbledore and Harry, Ada didn't look at anyone, but kicked the pool viciously.At this moment, Ada understood everything, and she figured out all the things that she couldn't figure out before.

She knew why the earth-shaking changes had taken place in Ginny, because Ginny was the one who stole the diary, Ginny was the non-existent "Heir of Slytherin", Ginny was the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets and attacked the students.

Ada blamed herself very much. She felt that she was ashamed of the love and care of the Weasleys. She failed to take good care of Ginny for them. She always claimed to be smart, but she failed to notice Ginny's abnormality.

If Ada could have discovered Ginny's abnormality earlier and paid more attention to Ginny, if Ada hadn't been busy looking for the secret room, but cared more about Ginny, maybe everything would have been different.

Looking at Ada who was blaming herself, Dumbledore persuaded: "This is your oversight, but I can't blame you completely, you don't have to blame yourself too much. And it's useless for you to blame yourself, it's better to save your energy and wait Use it to save your sister."

Dumbledore sympathized with Ada's feelings.If he could wake up earlier and understand the importance of family affection, if he could not be so obsessed with Grindelwald, if he could have less trust, if he could prevent Grindelwald from attacking Aberforth, maybe Ariana would not have died .

It's too late to regret, but there are no ifs in life, even in the magic world, there is no such thing as regret medicine.

Of course Ada knew that self-blame was useless, she just wanted to vent, instead of accumulating negative emotions in her heart, which is very bad for mental health and easy to get sick.

Just as the three of them were talking, the bathroom door opened again, and the three professors, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout, entered one after another.The three of them are the backbone of the school, and they must come to have a look, while Professor McGonagall is taking care of the four Weasley brothers, and he will inform the Weasleys by the way.

Behind the three professors, Lockhart with blond curly hair also came in. Although he pretended to be relaxed and greeted them, his face was full of reluctance.Apparently Gilderoy Lockhart was forced to be here and he didn't want to be here at all.

"What's going on?" Dumbledore asked.

Snape sneered, and said disdainfully: "Because he is afraid of the basilisk, this useless bastard actually wanted to run away. When I went to his office, he was packing his luggage!"

Professor Flitwick's eyes were full of contempt, and he also said: "Lockhart has shamed the glory of Ravenclaw, a complete liar, villain! He actually wants to sneak attack when we are not paying attention, but He can't even hold his wand steady!"

Even Professor Sprout, who was always kind, looked at Lockhart unkindly. If Lockhart wasn't afraid that he would dirty a piece of land, he would probably have become a fertilizer for those plants in the greenhouse by now.

Dumbledore nodded, and he continued: "I think everyone knows why we are here. I need a professor to go down with me, kill the basilisk, and rescue Ginny Weasley. Anyone willing? "

Hearing Dumbledore's words, the three deans all backed away, making Lockhart's position stand out when he didn't realize it, and it looked like Lockhart took a big step forward on his own initiative.

The three deans knew that Dumbledore didn't need them to follow, and they didn't even notify them to come.It's just that they are different from other professors. They are deans, and they have the responsibility and obligation to come here.

"Very well, Gilderoy, I have always believed in you." Dumbledore said, "You did not disappoint me, and we will enter the Chamber of Secrets together later."

Lockhart looked helplessly at everyone present, he already understood what happened, he said to Dumbledore: "Principal, I think it would be better for Professor Snape to go down, after all, he is the Dean of Slytherin." long."

If you die together, you will not die yourself. Anyone can enter the secret room, as long as it is not him Gilderoy Lockhart.

"Don't underestimate yourself, think about your great adventures." Dumbledore said, not knowing where he learned the yin and yang.

However, Dumbledore didn't seem to want to waste any more time, and he said to Harry, "Harry, talk to that tap and turn it on in Parseltongue."

Harry tried to mistake the little snake on the faucet for a real snake, trying to open the Chamber of Secrets.It may be because Lockhart has been interfering at the scene, and it was not until the third time that Harry managed to make a "hissing" sound.

Suddenly, the faucet emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly.Then, the pool moved.The pool slowly disappeared from sight, revealing a water pipe so thick that a person could slip through it.

The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets has appeared!

"I think Professor Lockhart would be happy to go down first," said Snape, who was still very good at adding insult to injury.

It was a done deal, and it seemed that the only way out was to go down to find the way, but how could Lockhart think about it?How dare he?

Lockhart broke his can and said: "No, I don't want to go down, I don't want to go down to die for a little Weasley girl! I won't go! Oops..."

Lockhart suddenly fell to the ground. It turned out that Ida couldn't bear it anymore and kicked him directly.This kick took a lot of strength, not only did Lockhart fall, but Ada herself couldn't stand still.If it wasn't for Harry's support, Ada would have fallen.

"Shut your mouth!" Ada yelled, pointing at Lockhart's nose. "You clown! Liar! Coward!"

Ada has always had a bad temper, and now she is full of anger. Lockhart's shape is really suitable for making a punching bag, and Ada has already restrained herself without the Cruciatus Curse.

"I'm a coward, I'm a liar, I've done nothing but put on my account what others have done." Lockhart begged, "I put an Oblivion Curse on them, let They forget everything."

Now that things are up to now, it’s okay not to admit it. To admit it is just to lose your current status. If you don’t admit it, you may die.Lockhart couldn't bet that the monsters below were well fed, nor that Dumbledore would protect him.

Now Lockhart was willing to do anything as long as he didn't let himself go down to die.As for resistance, don't be ridiculous, it's not like he didn't try it on the way here, and he even had his wand confiscated in the end.

What's more, Dumbledore is still here at this moment, what is the difference between resisting and courting death.

"Your words will appear in the Daily Prophet, Lockhart." After finishing speaking, Dumbledore looked at Snape and continued, "Look at him, Severus."

After telling Lockhart, Dumbledore entered the secret passage first, followed by Ada.Then, Harry, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Sprout jumped in together, leaving only Snape, Lockhart, and Ghost Myrtle in the bathroom.

Lockhart looked at Snape with a begging face, and begged, "Let me go, Professor Snape, let me go!"

It looked like Lockhart was begging for mercy, but in fact he wanted to sneak up on Snape while he wasn't paying attention.Once Snape was brought down, no one could stop him from leaving.

As for the things he admitted, he could keep denying them when he left Hogwarts.Moreover, Lockhart didn't think these people could escape unscathed, it was a secret room, a Slytherin's secret room!

The Potions Professor was unmoved, he just looked at Lockhart coldly, and said, "In my whole life, what I hate the most are cowards!"

(End of this chapter)