Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

"I think this is insignificant compared to you. Professor, don't you also speak Mermaid and Fairy language?"

To be precise, Dumbledore not only knew Mermaid and Goblin, but also Parseltongue, but he could only understand it and not speak it.

"Snake head!" Lockhart grasped the key words: "Look, I said it was Medusa."

Medusa's head is full of snake heads. Is she not the murderer? Confirmed.

Clapping his hands, Dudley stood up and looked at the other professors, "I don't think this is Medusa."

"Medusa's snake heads are all very small, and there are a lot of them. Mrs. Norris said that the snake was bigger than the corridor."

How could a thousand-year-old basilisk be compared to a mere Medusa?

"Don't be ridiculous, how could there be such a big snake?" Lockhart teased, and then showed his iconic two rows of teeth again: "Mr. Dursley, it's just a cat, what does it know about big? The big it sees may only be what it thinks is big."

Before Dudley could say anything, Filch became excited, "Mrs. Norris is very clever! She can't lie, and she can't be wrong!"

He was not usually like this. Although Filch was very strict with his students, he always maintained enough respect for his professors.

But you can insult him, but you can't insult his cat.

That was his only companion!

"Dudley, what do you think that is?"

Dumbledore ignored Lockhart and looked at Dudley, along with the other professors.

Under the gazes of countless people, he slowly spoke again: "Giant snake-like magical creature, Professor Dumbledore, I think the answer is obvious."

There aren't that many magical snake creatures to begin with, and there are only a few well-known ones. Add in the ability to petrify, and there are even fewer.

"Basilisk, it's a basilisk."

"Mr. Dursley, your statement is even more ridiculous. The Basilisk is a magical creature that is even rarer than Medusa."

Lockhart tried his best to prove that his guess was correct: "As far as I know, that kind of dangerous magical creature has not appeared for a long time. You said it was a basilisk. Why don't you just say it was a basilisk raised by Slytherin and lived for a thousand years?"

The portraits of Lockhart on the surrounding walls nodded after hearing what Lockhart said.

It is extremely complicated to breed a basilisk, let alone raise one that big.

"Also, the basilisk's eyes can kill. The cat was just petrified."

Dudley said casually, "Is it possible that Mrs. Norris saw the basilisk's eyes indirectly through the puddles on the ground, so she was just petrified instead of being killed."

Mrs. Norris nodded frantically and meowed in agreement.

The two people each hold an opinion.

The professors looked at each other, feeling a little headache.

In fact, both Medusa and the Basilisk seemed ridiculous to them.

Hogwarts Castle is the safest place in the world. How could there be something like that? Eh? Last year, a few trolls seemed to have run in.

Chapter 148 There is a Valentine's Day every month

"Professors, I don't know if you have heard of this ancient rumor: 'Slytherin left a secret room when he left Hogwarts. There, he kept his most noble things and all his knowledge, waiting for the heir to come and open it, and eliminate all those who are unqualified.'"

Dudley slowly stated his 'guess'.

In contrast, Lockhart

"It was a dark wizard who brought Medusa with him." He hesitated for a long time but couldn't finish his story.

Why did the dark wizard bring Medusa to Hogwarts? A birthday party?! Or just to petrify a cat? But what does this have to do with the Chamber of Secrets?

Oh, maybe that Medusa's name is Chamber of Secrets.

"Professor Dumbledore, as far as I know, the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago. A little witch paid the price with her life."

"The Ministry caught the supposed 'murderer' and expelled him, but... I don't think that was the case."

Dudley dropped another bombshell, and as he spoke he looked towards Dumbledore, who was looking at him.

This time Lockhart didn't say anything, because he was already thinking about whether to find an excuse to resign as a professor.

Someone died once fifty years ago!!!

Who knows who will be next.

He still has a bright future ahead of him and can earn countless gold galleons, so there is no need for him to stay here any longer.

But he was reluctant to leave now. He had a feeling that his next book, "Hogwarts and Me", would be a big hit. That was the basilisk, a magical creature that had not appeared for more than four hundred years. It would definitely be able to defeat the damn "Dragonlance Chronicles".

“I think this matter should be handled by the disciplinary committee.”

Before Dudley could finish his words, he was interrupted by Dumbledore.

"Dudley, I think this matter should be left to the professor. You are too young." Dumbledore said. Maybe he would also plan something. Maybe he is not a competent professor. Maybe he is not a good brother.

But he's essentially a good guy.

Now that he knew what it was, it would be much easier to deal with it. The basilisk was afraid of the crowing of roosters, and he remembered that Hagrid raised a lot of roosters.

"Professor Dumbledore, remember what you promised me?"

Dudley shook his head slightly, not intending to argue, and simply said, "This is only the second year, it seems that Hogwarts is not safe again."

Dumbledore:.

The petrification of Mrs. Norris did not cause much sensation in Hogwarts. As Lockhart said, it was just a cat. It was more of a topic of conversation for the young wizards after dinner.

This left a lot of doubts in the minds of the little wizards.

Who is the one who opened the secret room?

There are many different opinions on this question, but many people speculate that it was Dudley who did it. Dudley did not participate in the wizard card tournament that day, although he was standing in the audience, it is not impossible. As for Harry, because he was playing cards the whole time and had no time at all, he was not suspected, unless he could clone himself in front of Dumbledore.

This saying is most popular in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, except for Slytherin.

They thought Mr. Dursley was not that stupid and there was no need for him to do such meaningless things.

They would rather believe that Crabbe or Goyle is the heir to the Chamber of Secrets.

The professors formed a patrol team and patrolled the castle from time to time, but of course they found nothing. They did not find any trace of the basilisk.

In fact, it was not completely a waste of time. At least during this period, the frequency of students' night outings dropped to the lowest level since the founding of Hogwarts.

Dudley once tried to send a tamed Cornish pixie from the second-floor girls' bathroom to the Chamber of Secrets to try to find any trace of the basilisk.

It wasn't Dudley's style to let such a dangerous thing roam around Hogwarts Castle. If anyone ran into it, they wouldn't be lucky enough to just be petrified.

Unfortunately, the guy seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

When Dudley wanted to investigate further, he was stopped by Dumbledore.

“You should try to believe in the professors’ abilities, try to believe in us.”

Dumbledore said so.

"Okay." Dudley agreed to him very decisively.

Then he made a special wizard card for each of his companions in the discipline group and asked them to keep it close to them.

This wizard card may not be able to resist the basilisk's Death Eye, but it can act as a mirror and reduce the lethal effect to petrification.

After the announcement of the opening of the secret room, the words disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Nothing unusual happened anymore.

The days passed like this.

After the young wizards' initial enthusiastic attention, this matter gradually faded from their sight as time went by.

People's attention is limited in time, and when the heat passes, people will forget it.

The peaceful time lasted until February 14th.

This day is called Valentine's Day.

Of course, if you want, there is a Valentine's Day every month, such as White Valentine's Day, Black Valentine's Day, Rose Valentine's Day and even Green Valentine's Day.

When the young wizards stepped into the hall that day, they thought they had walked into the wrong room. The four walls were covered with large, dazzling pink flowers, and the whole room was decorated in pink. There were many heart-shaped confetti falling from the light blue ceiling, and the air was filled with a strong, nauseating aroma.

"What happened? Was Hogwarts attacked by a pink demon?"

Ron pointed at everything pink and tender around him, and was so surprised that he was speechless.

"I think someone has gone crazy." Dudley pointed at Lockhart, who was wearing a bright pink robe in the professor's seat. The professors sitting next to him all had stern faces and lowered their heads gloomily, trying their best not to let others see their expressions.

The color pink is not something that everyone can pull off.

Obviously, Lockhart was not among them.

"Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!" Lockhart shouted happily, boasting: "So far, 59 people have given me greeting cards. I would like to express my gratitude to them! Yes, I took the initiative to arrange this little surprise for everyone."

"He said 59?" Hermione asked, and then silently wrote it down. This was an important clue.

"Why do I have a bad feeling?"

Looking at Lockhart who was in high spirits on the stage, Harry suddenly said.

Whenever Lockhart arranges or plots something, it's bound to be bad.

Ron agreed, "No, Harry. I have that feeling too."

"I have the same feeling," Neville said third.

Then there's Malfoy.

"I hope my premonition won't come true."

The next moment their premonition came true.

Chapter 149 This behavior seriously disrupts campus discipline

Lockhart clapped his hands, and strode into the hallway through the doors leading to the twelve gloomy dwarves, whose biggest features were their big red noses and rosacea. And unlike the ordinary dwarves, Lockhart made them all wear golden wings and carry harps.

"My friendly little cupids with greeting cards!" Lockhart said cheerfully, as if wanting to share his joy with others. "They'll be wandering around the school today, delivering Valentine's Day cards to you!"

“The fun doesn’t end there!”

"Why don't you ask Professor Snape to teach you how to make a love potion? I think he'd be very good at it."

"As far as I know, the love flower planted by Professor Sprout is about to bloom. We must give it to our loved ones before it withers. Then they will receive the blessing of love."

"You can also ask Professor Trelawney to predict your destined partner, if her prediction is really accurate."

"Professor Flitwick is more skilled in enchanting magic than any wizard I have ever met. Look at that cunning old dog."

With every word the professor whose name was called turned a darker shade of grey in expression. When he finished speaking, Professor McGonagall, the only one whose name was not called, had her face turned so dark that no other colour could be seen. Why was there no colour left when it came to her?

The little wizard is destined not to get the answer he wants from the professor

However, this group of dwarfs were very loyal in carrying out their "mission" - delivering love letters and reading them out in public.

"What a shameful play"

Harry couldn't help but sigh as he watched a little wizard struggling to escape, only to be surrounded by a group of dwarfs. Then the contents of the love letter were read out in public. He looked so hopeless, and the boy couldn't help but sigh.

“I don’t know who will be the second unlucky one.”

"I saw it! It's him! Harry Potter!"

One of the dwarfs pointed at Harry and shouted so loudly that almost the whole hall could hear him.

"Could it be mine?" Harry's body froze the moment he heard his name.

There won't be anything weird in there, will there?

"Po Te! I didn't expect you to be so popular."

Malfoy seized the opportunity to taunt him mercilessly.

"Look, it's Malfoy. Just in time. I have three letters from him."

Malfoy: “???”

He seemed to be under a petrification spell, and his body was even stiffer than Harry's.