Chapter 51 Chapter 51
"Basileus, what is that?"
Upon seeing Harry and Hermione looking at him with curiosity, Evan pulled out a sheet of paper torn from a very ancient book. This was the information he had prepared a few days ago, keeping it with him to face this moment when it arrived.
"This is the introduction to the basilisk, but don't tell the librarian, if she knew I was destroying books, she would never let me in again."
Harry and Hermione couldn't wait to read:
Among the fearsome beasts and monsters that wander our land, none are more curious or deadly than the Basilisk, also known as the King of Serpents. This serpent, capable of reaching gigantic sizes and living for hundreds of years, is born from a chicken egg, incubated beneath a toad. Its methods of killing are wondrous, for besides its deadly venomous fangs, the Basilisk possesses a lethal gaze, and all who meet the lightning of its eye will suffer instantaneous death. Spiders flee from the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of a rooster, which is fatal to it.
"The basilisk is the mortal enemy of spiders, that's why Aragog feared it... I understand, Evan!"
It was as if someone had suddenly switched on a light in the darkness, Harry said with excitement, "No wonder every time an attack happened, I could hear a voice!"
"Look at this, it says the Basilisk's gaze is lethal," Hermione pointed to the page, "But the students aren't dead."
"That's because no one looked directly into its eyes," explained Evan, "Remember that the first time it attacked, there was water on the ground, so Filch's cat must have seen it in the water's reflection, which is why she was petrified."
"So, when the second attack happened, Penelope saw the Basilisk through Moaning Myrtle," said Hermione, "And Myrtle can't die again."
"As for Justin, he must have seen it when looking into the mirror."
"Wait a moment, I still don't understand, if the Basilisk is really as large as the book says, how can it move around the school without being seen?"
"It must move through the pipes, Harry, that's why you can always hear it."
Hermione looked at the page in her hand.
"The crowing of a rooster is fatal to it, that's why Hagrid's rooster was killed when the Chamber of Secrets was opened, because the heir would never want a rooster near the castle, and now we know everything."
"Except for one thing, we don't know who the heir is."
Seeing Harry and Hermione suddenly looking at him, Evan smiled and said, "Don't look at me, I don't know either."
"We have to analyze the clues from fifty years ago, Voldemort opened the Chamber of Secrets, killed Moaning Myrtle, and then blamed Hagrid. Now we know what the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is, Hagrid's rooster was killed, and Ron has been cursed, so the heir must be among us," said Hermione.
"If they're from outside the school, we can't know. Wait a moment, we found a strange diary at Christmas, it belonged to a student from fifty years ago, Tom Riddle, but there was nothing written in it, it can't be a coincidence."
"Riddle won a Special Award for Services to the School fifty years ago," added Harry, "Ron and I saw the trophy in the trophy room."
"Didn't he win it for catching the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets?" Hermione furrowed her brow, "But Hagrid said it was Voldemort who caught him... Oh my goodness!"
The atmosphere became eerily silent, as everyone pondered a possibility.
"Tom Riddle is Voldemort!" Evan whispered after a while.
"Evan, what's going on with the diary? I can't believe we've kept Voldemort's things close to us. We need to deliver it to Dumbledore; it's probably dark magic."
"Don't worry, I've been keeping it with me..." Evan touched his pocket but it was empty, he turned pale, his expression frozen. "This is bad, I left it in the common room."
The three gazed at each other and hurried towards the castle.
In the diary, Tom felt very strange, even a bit insane.
Over the past four months, he had revealed a lot of dark magic to Evan Masson to earn his trust.
But suddenly, the other side stopped communicating with him for a long time.
What was his plan?
Tom Riddle suddenly thought of an idea but rejected it completely.
That cursed mudblood, an eleven-year-old boy could not simply give up the powerful magic at his disposal.
In his view, Evan should be like him, addicted to power; he had seen the weakness in Evan's mind, just a little more and he could control him.
But the cursed mudblood vanished at the most crucial moment, all his efforts and planning were in vain.
If he could, Tom Riddle would run and kill Evan.
The diary suddenly opened, was it the previous boy?
It was marvelous, Tom could feel the other person injecting their life into the diary, allowing him to regain his strength.
"It's time to end this," said Tom with a mocking smile, devising a new plan to kill the abominable mudbloods.
He would personally carry out Slytherin's noble cause and purify the mudbloods of Hogwarts.