Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 96 The disappeared secret room

Compared with Armando Dippet's sophistication, some of the other people attending the dinner of the Flamel couple were not so steady.

A black wizard wearing a traditional white robe from North Africa suddenly stood up from his chair. He wore a heavy-looking solid gold earring on his left ear, and a whole sapphire for his right eyeball. They were replaced with artificial eyes, and all ten fingers on both hands were covered with rings made of gold and silver.

"Master Flamel," said the young and old wizard named Babajide Abakinde in a loud voice: "I will go out to see who the thieves are, and ask who gave them the courage to disturb the party you held. .”

After saying that, he didn't wait for anyone else's reaction, and disappeared from his seat with a "swish" in the next second.

Looking at the alchemy master who stretched out his hand to grab Babajide but was a little too late, and finally could only shake his head helplessly, for no reason, Bourne thought of an old saying that probably only he could understand: Trees I want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

"Cough cough..."

Seeing that the atmosphere of the party had become a little tense, Horace coughed twice, and then raised his hand to speak like a little wizard in his student days.

"...Teacher LeMay."

In front of everyone, Horace did not use the somewhat casual but actually more affectionate title of 'Nicholas', but instead used the honorific title to call the old-timer Nick Flamel.

"I think Principal Dippet's suggestion may be necessary. After all, not many people know about your country house in Devon. Other than that, I want to go out and keep an eye on it now. You know , That guy Babajide has always had such a hot temper, I'm worried... if he damages all the flowers and plants in your yard, as well as the fish pond, it will be difficult to clean up."

Horace said it more tactfully, but he also had good intentions. Nick Flamel thought about it and nodded in agreement with his opinion.

"Thank you, Horace, for always thinking of things so carefully."

A kind smile appeared on Mrs. Perenal's wrinkled face, and she assured Horace at the same time: "Leave Bourne here, we old people like to watch the children eat and drink. , I guess he will like the quiche Lorraine that will be served soon.”

Finally, several wizards and witches went out with Horace to "keep an eye on" Babajide lest he destroy the "flowers and plants" in Flamel's courtyard.

Most of these people are around seventy or eighty years old, and they belong to the "young people" in this dinner party.

The oldest among them is just a witch in her nineties. Her surname is Prewett, and she is also the great-aunt of the wife of Arthur Weasley, the current head of the Weasley family. She wears an emerald green gem pendant on her chest.

It stands to reason that including Babajid, who later succeeded Dumbledore as the president of the "International Confederation of Wizards", this small temporary team formed to deal with unreasonable intruders can go anywhere in the wizarding world. Basically, they will have the qualifications, prestige, and more importantly... magical power to make most people shut up and obey.

However, Bourne had an intuition at this time: Today's Christmas Eve will not be too peaceful.

After all, as a traveler in the Warhammer world, he firmly believes that "trouble" will always comply with the "Law of Convergence".

When an ordinary person discovers a gene stealer, there is probably a family of gene stealers hidden in the hive where he is located; and when an inquisitor of the Inquisition discovers a chicken thief, then the planet where he is located Then it might not be long before we encounter a Tyranid fleet.

Nick Flamel, the master of alchemy, and a group of old wizards summoned by him to attend the party...the "trouble" these people can attract may be more troublesome than they imagined.
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"What you think does make sense..."

Professor Quirrell, who was lying on the bed, raised his upper body like a walrus raising its head, and "sit" up from the bed in a strange way.

Ever since he was bitten by a rune snake in the Forbidden Forest, Tom, who was physically and mentally devastated, has remained relatively calm during this period.

Apart from training Quirrell on a daily basis, he didn't do anything too out of the ordinary.

Even if Dumbledore approached him alone once and asked him to set up a protection measure for something that "needs to be kept safe", he just submitted a report "On the effectiveness of using trolls to block doors in small spaces". sex” recommendation report.

He didn't even ask the principal to arrange the protective measures himself so that he could be closer to the "thing that needed to be kept safe."

"... Taking advantage of this Christmas holiday, I really should recruit some helpers to avoid encountering that kind of weak situation again."

Voldemort controlled Quirrell's body and asked him to take out a bottle of mermaid blood that was supposed to be used as a teaching prop from the drawer of his desk - this was something he deliberately saved when he was teaching how to deal with Grindylow. Ingredients - Holding back the unpleasant fishy smell, pour it into your mouth.

belch--

Quirrell burped.

He didn't eat breakfast or lunch. He was full of water just by drinking this unpleasant blood. Only he knew how sour and refreshing it felt.

"My lord, my lord, you can use that dark mark to summon your loyal servants. I think once they receive the message..."

Quirrell really didn't want to carry it on his own anymore. He desperately hoped that Voldemort could find someone else to share the burden with him, even if he could have a replacement possessed host. He felt that if he continued to be tortured like this, he would really be unable to hold on.

"Idiot!" But before he could finish speaking, Voldemort interrupted his suggestion with his usual words.

"Last time, I have used the Dark Mark, and Snape must have noticed it. Although it is not certain whether he has remained loyal, but based on the wariness he showed towards you, if I use the Dark Mark again now , do you think he will come over and talk to you heart-to-heart with his wand?"

During the Christmas holiday, not only the little wizards, but also some professors in Hogwarts choose to go home to reunite with their families.

As far as Voldemort knew, apart from those possessed by him, Snape and McGonagall were the only two professors left in the castle during the holidays, and he was not sure whether Principal Dumbledore would leave.

And once he summons the Dark Mark, the closer the distance is, the stronger the feeling of the mark holder will be.

In other words, with a simple elimination method, the clever Snape could accurately pinpoint the Quirrell possessed by him.

Quirrell couldn't help but trembled when he heard "take out your heart and lungs". He had experienced having his waist ripped out, and he didn't want his other internal organs to be forcibly replaced with new ones by Voldemort's spells. It would be too painful!
Ignoring all the boring reveries in Quirrell's mind, Voldemort directly gave him action instructions.

Although Jian's intention to use the Dark Mark to find help was indeed foolish, his idea of ​​doing something while there were fewer people in school during the Christmas holidays was quite in line with Voldemort's wishes.

"That corridor has been repaired. It's noon now, and Peeves and Snape probably won't be wandering there." He said, "You go to the abandoned women's bathroom now. What we're looking for is , like-minded friends are there.”

That bathroom?
A big question mark appeared in Quirrell's mind. He really couldn't understand why his master insisted on going to a bathroom that had been abandoned for decades...it was still used by girls...and he also vowed to find like-minded friends there?

Is that friend serious?

Of course, even if he had some problems, since Voldemort gave the order to die, Quirrell had no choice but to obey.

After going out, in order to prevent being accidentally spotted by that bastard Peeves, Quirrell cast a disguise spell on himself very carefully.

He tiptoed away from the floor where the Defense Against the Dark Arts office was located, carefully controlling his steps without making any sound, and slowly walked to the door of the abandoned girls' bathroom.

"Lord, Lord, Master, I remember that there seemed to be a ghost living here, calling, calling, calling 'Moaning Myrtle' or something?"

Quirrell carefully guessed, could the friend Voldemort mentioned be this ghost? According to the little information he knew, this female ghost did seem to have a history of harassing ordinary people. She had been specially dealt with by the Ministry of Magic before. In the end, it was Principal Dumbledore who gave her a guarantee and allowed her to stay. "Ignore her." Voldemort's reply told Quirrell that he must have guessed wrong. "As long as you don't touch her, just use the 'Ghost Confinement Technique' on her after touching her, or simply destroy the ghost directly - if you can do it."

Get rid of people who hinder his plan, even the ghosts who have died tragically because of the wrong things he did, this guy doesn't feel the slightest bit of guilt.

Fortunately, Myrtle was lucky today and was not in her usual toilet tank.

Although she was not completely helpful last time, she was certainly not a disservice. Peeves finally fulfilled his agreement.

So, recently, Myrtle likes to hang around when she has nothing to do. Well, she just goes to the private bathrooms that are privileged to be used by the male prefects of the four colleges.

It was precisely because of this that she had a lucky escape today.

After confirming that there was no one in the abandoned bathroom, Quirrell immediately locked the door, and then cast an "anti-locking spell" on the door.

Then, he used a spell taught to him by Voldemort to temporarily prevent ghosts and other spirits from entering the bathroom through the wall.

Finally, Voldemort asked Quirrell to walk to a lotus-shaped circular sink in the middle of the bathroom. Taking the faucet facing the door as the first one, he walked clockwise to the seventh faucet.

Quirrell: "This, this, this place..."

Voldemort ordered without any nonsense: "Turn around, stand up, and take off your turban."

@#￥%#@!

Quirrell heard some noises coming from the back of his head. He knew it seemed to be Parseltongue, but he couldn't understand the meaning of the words at all.

@#￥%#@!

@#￥%#@!

……

Quirrell was a little confused.

It is true that he cannot understand Parseltongue, but this does not mean that his ears are not good - just now, his master made the same sound several times in a row, and his mood seemed to be getting more and more excited each time.

"What the hell! What's going on!"

Voldemort suddenly roared angrily. At the same time, he once again forcibly seized control of Quirrell's body, then turned around and smashed the mirror above the faucet with his fist.

"what……!"

Quirrell let out a scream.

His fist was cut with blood from the broken glass. And, looking at the pile of dirty glass shards, it was hard not to worry that he might contract a disease like tetanus.

"Who did this trick!" Voldemort kept breathing heavily, which made Quirrell feel a chill on the back of his head.

Swearing on the name of his ancestors, Tom was 100% sure that this was indeed the entrance to Slytherin's hidden chamber. He had personally opened and confirmed it.

Moreover, in this secret room, there is also a basilisk left by the great Slytherin to guard Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Because of the dual identity of a Parselmouth and a descendant of Slytherin, he can 100% trust the loyalty of the Basilisk, and can easily order the powerful magical creature to do something for him.

The reason why Voldemort thought Quirrell's suggestion of "finding a helper" was reliable was because he had been attacked by Scamander's "summoned beast" in the Forbidden Forest.

Who doesn’t have a magic pet?
Who are you looking down on?
Billywigs, vixens, rune snakes... they are all just "voluptuous bitches" in front of the powerful basilisk.

Moreover, that is just an ordinary basilisk - although it is classified as a magical animal, the basilisk is actually a man-made black magic creature. After being properly bred and cultivated, the theoretical life span of a basilisk is almost unlimited - -The basilisk in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets was hatched by Slytherin, one of the Big Four. It has survived in Hogwarts for nearly a thousand years!
When he was still in school at Hogwarts, Voldemort personally touched the body of the basilisk and felt the overwhelming magic power contained in its body.

It is no exaggeration to say that the basilisk was more powerful than any fire dragon Voldemort had ever seen. If it weren't for the fact that magical creatures like the basilisk need to live and grow better in places with abundant magic, he would have planned to take it away from Hogwarts and use it as his helper.

However, when Voldemort was young, perhaps because he had not yet made his own Horcrux, his sanity was still very sound.

Therefore, he restrained his desires at that time and kept the Basilisk in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, which was more suitable for its growth. And counting the time, more than 30 years have passed. This basilisk should have shed its skin three more times, and its body and magic power must have grown even more...

"So, who changed the entrance to the secret passage?" Voldemort suppressed the anger in his heart and began to think about this problem.

According to the information he has, the entrance to the secret room of Hogwarts Castle is not actually here - in fact, if you think about it, you can understand how Slytherin, who is famous for his pride, would hide the entrance to the secret room he built in a girls' room. In the bathroom?
However, it seems that something happened in the castle when Principal Black was in charge of Hogwarts and some structures were damaged, so people had to be found from the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic to repair and strengthen the castle. .

The man's last name was Gaunt.

In other words, that person can be regarded as an elder of Voldemort, and he is also a Parselmouth and (more orthodox) descendant of Slytherin.

During the process of repairing the castle, the old man of the Gaunt family also accidentally discovered the entrance to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

After some exploration, he sealed it again. And out of awe and fear of accidentally injuring the little wizard, he not only did not wake up the basilisk that was in hibernation at the time, but finally moved the entrance to the secret room to the bathroom where it was less noticeable, and also brought a toilet from home. The faucet made by alchemy and capable of recognizing Parseltongue words has some adjustments to the entrance mechanism.

This is why even a powerful headmaster like Dumbledore, who is also highly recognized by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, cannot rely on his own authority to find this secret room.

Because instead of being called "Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets", it should be called "Gaunt's Chamber of Secrets".

Voldemort discovered this secret in a diary in the Gaunt family's old house. Although he was still attending Hogwarts at that time, he took advantage of the holidays to kill the Muggle father who had abandoned his mother and him, and successfully blamed the murder on his uncle named Gaunt. After the Ministry of Magic sent Aurors to capture his uncle, Voldemort sneaked into the Gaunt family's old house to look for his inheritance, and then found the diary.

He was certain that since he graduated, Hogwarts Castle should not have seen the kind of large-scale renovations it had during Principal Black's time.

Even when he ordered to come to this bathroom several times before, he secretly tried to communicate with the faucet that made him feel a little nostalgic. He was 100% sure that the alchemy guard at the entrance to the secret room would still be functioning normally at that time!
That is to say...

"Just recently, someone made adjustments to the entrance to the secret passage," Voldemort reasoned out the most reasonable answer.

Moreover, he felt that that person might not be Dumbledore. "Previously, that bastard Peeves blew up the corridor outside the bathroom. In addition to asking Quirrell and several professors to repair the protective magic in the corridor outside, Dumbledore also seemed to have hired a few people from outside the school. A wizard craftsman asked them to bring some special materials to repair the corridor - this seemed to be the suggestion given by the magical portrait of Principal Black hanging in the principal's office, and it was also obtained from the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic. Someone I found."

　We are going to introduce a little bit of the plot of "Hogwarts Legacy". It doesn't matter if you haven't played the game before. It won't affect the main story line.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)