The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 244 Ada's Character Collapses

After she pushed down the big fool of the Weasley family and then the second fool of the Weasley family, Ada felt satisfied. She picked up another piece of cake and ate it happily.

Many times, you can endure hunger, but once you take the first bite of food, you will feel even hungrier. This is the case with Ada now. She treats the cake as Xuanmai and can't stop eating it, but it's a little dry.

The twins took the cushions and sat down. Fred the Idiot asked, "You are hiding here. You should have calmed down a long time ago, but you are still acting like a spoiled child. What has irritated you again?"

Ada didn't say anything. She pointed to "The Origin of Gaunt" on the ground and let the two of them read it themselves.

The fool George took the book in his hand. He and Fred looked left and right, but they didn't understand why Ada was so angry about a book.

"Gaunt, is there anyone else with the last name Gaunt in the school?" Fred asked, "Why do I feel that this last name sounds familiar? Ah, I remember now, the descendant of Slytherin you mentioned before!"

Ada swallowed the cake in her mouth, pounded her chest, and then said, "Yes, there are many useful things in this book. I found clues to the secret room from it. But I still need some time to determine the exact location of the secret room."

Hearing this exciting news, the twins did not show any excitement on their faces, but instead showed worry. George asked, "Ada, you are not really going to investigate this way, are you? Do you know how dangerous this is for you?"

Since the first attack, Fred and George have been smiling but worried. They are afraid that Ada will keep investigating, they are afraid that Ada's curiosity will hurt herself, and they are afraid that Ada will become the next victim.

The twins will not feel at ease unless the biological parents who abandoned Ada suddenly come out and say that Ada is pure-blooded.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on. I won't just keep investigating." Ada said, "I will tell Dumbledore all the clues I found. Let him go and play with the basilisk. I don't want to risk my life with a basilisk!"

After hearing this, the twins felt a little relieved and were in the mood to learn about Ada's investigation progress.

Fred stroked his chin and said, "A basilisk that is probably fifty feet long, how can it wander around the castle without being discovered? And how does it choose its targets? Does the heir of Slytherin point them out, or can it identify them on its own?"

George was not clear about Fred's doubts, and the two of them looked at Ada, who was full and satisfied, hoping to hear her opinions.

"It should be the pipes." Ada said, "The pipes in the castle are interconnected, enough for the basilisk to roam around the castle. This is why Harry can hear the sound of the basilisk but can't see it. The basilisk is in the wall."

As for how the basilisk chose its target, Ada had no idea. Logically, she should be the first one to be attacked, as she was so active in school and had so many conflicts with Slytherin students.

However, more than three months have passed, Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley have been petrified one after another, but Ada is fine. Not only is she alive and well, she is getting closer and closer to the truth.

If the target of the attack was really chosen by the Heir of Slytherin, then his selection criteria were really confusing! Or was the Heir of Slytherin not as scary as imagined, and he was also a bully who only picked the weak and the weak first?

Ada, who was happy at this time because she was close to the truth, didn't know that there was someone in the school who was closer to the truth than her, but this person was fooled again like last year.

Yes, that's right, this person is Harry Potter, and he picked up a diary, a diary belonging to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

It is said that every failure makes you wiser, but this old saying did not work for Harry. After Quirrell, Harry was fooled again. He believed the stranger's memory of being sixteen years old and regarded Hagrid as the murderer behind the scenes.

It's understandable that Harry didn't know that Tom Riddle was Voldemort, as few people know Voldemort's former identity nowadays. However, Harry shouldn't have forgotten that he was a Parseltongue, and only he could hear the monster's voice. Moreover, not only did he forget, but Hermione and Ron also forgot it completely.

After all, Voldemort was someone who could lead a team single-handedly, so he was sure to deceive the unsuspecting Harry. Poor Harry fell into Voldemort's trap.

Well... Hagrid is the heir of Slytherin, and his pet Acromantula is the murderer of students. Hagrid and his furry Aragog are hiding in the Chamber of Secrets, discussing which mudblood to attack next. This scene is hilarious to think about.

Aragog, who had knocked down Voldemort and reached the peak of his spider life, never expected that he would be blamed again fifty years later.

If Ada knew, she would definitely ask a soul-searching question: An eight-eyed giant spider? Are you sure that thing can kill people? Isn't it a walking gold galleon?
Aragog was really miserable. Fifty years ago, he took the blame for Voldemort's basilisk and became the murderer who killed students. Fifty years later, his family was almost destroyed by Ada's fire, and he was regarded as the murderer by Harry Potter. It couldn't be more miserable.

Given that the Acromantula is this big, how big is Aragog's psychological shadow?

Harry was fooled and believed Voldemort's live broadcast, but he thought Hagrid did not intend to kill his students, so in order to protect Hagrid, he chose to keep it secret.

Harry didn't tell anyone except Ron and Hermione. Unless the attack happened again, the incident would be buried in the minds of all three of them.

If Harry had not done this, but told Ada about Tom Riddle's diary or the broadcast he saw, Dumbledore would have started beating the monster by now.

Of course, Ada also had an unshirkable responsibility in this matter. During the Christmas holidays, in order to find out what Harry and Ron did after taking the Polyjuice Potion, Ada proposed to exchange information.

In exchange, Ada told Harry some of her discoveries. She told Harry about the legend of the Chamber of Secrets and the Gaunt family, the descendants of Slytherin. However, she did not tell Harry about her speculation about Tom Riddle and his identity.

This was just Ada's own conjecture. She wasn't sure herself, so she didn't tell Harry for fear that it would affect Harry's judgment.

After all, Ada still remembered how Harry got mad last year. Harry's dislike for Snape made him turn a blind eye to Quirrell's strange behavior. If he knew that this might be related to Voldemort, he would turn the school upside down!
Besides, Ada's last name is not Trelawney, so how could she know that Harry would pick up Voldemort's diary? There are so many students in the school, and this diary was picked up by Harry. This is too coincidental!
Unlike Harry who concealed the situation, the weak and unable to take care of herself Ada chose to report the truth. She told Professor McGonagall everything she had discovered: the monster in the chamber of secrets was a basilisk, and this incident was most likely related to the Gaunt family.

Professor McGonagall was stunned by the news Ada brought, but at the same time she was relieved that her ignorant child had finally grown up.

These clues are very important to the search for the secret room. If we had known these clues before, the secret room would have been found long ago.

Instead of confronting the heir and the basilisk head-on, he chose to tell Professor McGonagall. His image as Gryffindor's most reckless man collapsed once again, or perhaps this image has never been established?
This year can be said to be the most well-behaved year for Ada. Not only did she not get into trouble, she also found clues to the Chamber of Secrets. Professor McGonagall couldn't be more satisfied with her performance.

So, at the end of February, everyone suddenly discovered that countless mirrors had appeared in the castle overnight, and there was at least one mirror in every corner.

In order to prevent encountering love around the corner, the school has taken great pains, and no one knows how they got so many mirrors overnight.

However, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall did not disclose the Basilisk to prevent the students from becoming more panicked after knowing about it. The inspection of the bathroom was also in full swing without telling the students. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before the Chamber of Secrets was found.

(End of this chapter)