The Admiral of Hogwarts

Although a holiday had passed, the castle, with its thousands of years of history, hadn't changed much. With the return of the young wizards and the resumption of normal teaching duties, the entire castle became lively once again.

Due to the continuous attacks before, few people stayed at the school during this holiday. After leaving the school and spending a pleasant Christmas, most students' fear of the Chamber of Secrets had diminished considerably.

The most obvious example was Neville, who had returned to his original clean appearance, unlike the previous period when he wore at least a pound of charms.

However, Hugo didn't seem very relaxed, because his search for the suspected attacker had now reached a stalemate. Apart from confirming that the person was definitely not among the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor students, nothing else could be determined.

For Hugo, Voldemort, who had been resurrected halfway and whose situation he was completely unaware of, was actually very dangerous. Because he could rush out from anywhere and launch an attack at any time.

Although the Enterprise had set up necessary alarm facilities in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, Hugo and the others didn't think this could completely prevent attacks.

At least the snake skin left in the pipes could explain that the Basilisk had been growing. Judging from the Basilisk's size, to reach this point, the creature couldn't survive on just eating mice.

Therefore, according to the ship girls' judgment, in addition to the girls' bathroom, there were likely other exits in or around Hogwarts Castle for the Basilisk to enter and exit for hunting.

As for the speculation that someone analyzed when reading the books in his previous life that Hogwarts' house elves were feeding the Basilisk, this guess had been completely rejected by everyone.

Because the house elves were directly under Dumbledore, and Dumbledore would definitely not tolerate a creature like the Basilisk, which could cause fatal harm to students, staying in the school.

Therefore, if the house elves really knew the secrets about the Chamber of Secrets, they would directly report it to Headmaster Dumbledore, instead of being at a loss like now.

During the period after the end of the Christmas holiday, the attacker seemed to know that Hugo and the ship girls were fully detecting his whereabouts, so he directly went into hiding and did not launch a new round of attacks.

Now, the sun began to shine weakly on Hogwarts again. In the castle, people's emotions became optimistic. Especially after Madam Pomfrey learned that the Mandrakes had begun to mature.

"As soon as their acne heals, they can be transplanted," Hugo and Hermione heard Madam Pomfrey happily reporting the news to the Enterprise one day when they routinely went to the Enterprise to study, while she was chatting with the Enterprise in the Enterprise's office.

"Then, before long, we can cut them off and boil them on the fire. This way, everyone who has been petrified will be able to recover."

"I think that should have been good news just now," Hugo said to the Enterprise with a smile after Madam Pomfrey left.

"Colin Creevey and Sir Nicholas might have seen the attacker, and after the petrification effect on them is lifted, there is a high probability that they will be able to tell us who attacked them."

"I'm not so optimistic, because there is still half a year before the Mandrakes mature," the Enterprise said while motioning for the Granger siblings to sit down. "And this time is enough for the attacker to launch multiple attacks."

"Then didn't they ask you to find a way to buy a petrification antidote?" Hermione asked the Enterprise curiously, "I remember you said you could buy it when Filch's cat was attacked."

"You're right, but the problem now is that the school board has been unwilling to approve the money," the Enterprise said, revealing some news she had recently obtained from conversations with the professors.

"Especially Lucius Malfoy, he firmly believes that this extra large expenditure may cause unnecessary attention to the school from the outside world, thereby affecting the school's reputation."

"But now there have been four victims in a row," Hermione said with a puzzled expression. "Isn't this enough to illustrate the seriousness of the matter?"

"Most of our school board members don't see it that way," the Enterprise showed a disdainful look. "Whether it's your ginger cat or Filch's Mrs. Norris, they are just cats, and Nick is just a ghost, so if they are petrified, it won't attract too much attention."

"What about Colin Creevey, the Gryffindor first-year student?" Hermione's expression turned to shock after hearing the Enterprise's words. "This is a living student, isn't that important either!"

"I'm sorry, for those school board members from pure-blood wizarding families, Muggle-born wizards like us are not much different from cats or ghosts."

A hint of anger appeared on the Enterprise's face, at least the news she had received from other professors was not very pleasant.

"What—" The Enterprise's answer sounded so incredible that Hermione had to ask the Enterprise again to confirm.

"That's right, in the eyes of many pure-blood wizarding families, we are actually completely different from them, and we are one level lower than them. The only gratifying thing is that at least none of the school's professors hold this view."

After all, Hogwarts' professors were personally hired by Headmaster Dumbledore, and for Professor Dumbledore, he would naturally avoid those extreme blood purists from entering the school and poisoning the students.

"This is really terrible," Hermione frowned. "We are clearly all human beings, but why are there always some people who look down on another part of people for this or that reason—"

"Okay, don't think about this problem now," the Enterprise gently patted Hermione's arm like a confidante and said, "At least in my opinion, this is not something that students your age should be considering."

Skipping over this unpleasant matter, the Enterprise then guided Hugo and Hermione in their training. And today's training content was related to ancient Runes.

"I think you already have a basic understanding of how to use Transfiguration in battle," the Enterprise looked at the Granger siblings with a serious expression. "I am quite satisfied with your academic level during this time."

"And during my trip to Northern Europe during Christmas, I found some interesting knowledge. Considering your level, I think you should have enough level and will to learn this knowledge."

"Thank you so much, Professor Halsey," Hermione became excited after hearing what the Enterprise said. Because after spending a whole year in the wizarding world, she also knew how precious the knowledge of the wizarding world was.

So when the Enterprise said that she wanted to impart some knowledge to herself and her brother, she immediately expressed her attitude.

"Don't thank me yet, I have to declare one thing in advance, that is, this knowledge has a certain degree of danger. If you don't have the corresponding level, self-study will only cause some serious, even fatal, threats."

The Enterprise looked at the Granger siblings and said word by word. "So in this case, I must enter into a magical contract with you to prevent you from intentionally or unintentionally leaking this knowledge into the hands of unsuitable people."