The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 254 Another Secret Room

Many people will feel anxious, irritable, and uneasy in a narrow and cramped space. Some people will also suffer from claustrophobia, which will lead to physiological reactions such as shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, blushing and sweating. In severe cases, they may suffocate, faint, and feel like they are dying.
Ada didn't like the oppressive water pipe, and she didn't have claustrophobia, she just felt a little bit over it. She kicked the wall as if to vent her anger, and then resignedly began to grope on the dirty pipe wall.

The pipe was dark, and there was no one else. No matter how strange the expression on Ada's face was, no one would know, and it would not leave a stain on her beauty. But her expression of trying to suppress her nausea and groping the pipe wall was really like the old man who was looking at his phone in the subway.

Fortunately, there is always a way out. After groping on the pipe wall for a long time, she finally found a concave mark. If you look closely, you can see that it is two small snakes entangled with each other.

Ada touched the two little snakes with her hands, cleared her throat, and began to imitate the hissing sound Harry had made before. The first imitation was a little different, and the two little snakes didn't react at all.

But Ada did not give up. She kept adjusting her pronunciation, and finally after several times, she made the same hissing sound as Harry.

A light suddenly lit up in the dark water pipe, and the two entangled snakes suddenly separated and slithered along the pipe wall. After a while, a hole appeared on the pipe wall, big enough for a person to enter and exit.

Ada shone the light from the tip of her wand into the cave entrance. With the help of the light from the fluorescent spell, she could see clearly what was inside the cave. There was only one empty room.

After confirming that it was safe, Ada went into the cave and came to this secret room. The furnishings in the room were simple, with a desk, a chair, several rows of empty bookshelves, an opened empty box in the corner, and a motionless portrait of Slytherin hanging on the wall.

The room was covered with dust, but there were no cobwebs. It looked like it had not been used for a long time, or no living person had entered. When Ada cleaned the dust off the chair and sat on it, an illusion suddenly appeared in the room.

In the illusion, Ada saw the original appearance of the room. The burning candlelight illuminated the room, and on the table were some utensils that Ada had never seen before, thick books were neatly arranged on the bookshelf, and the box in the corner also contained many magic items.

Across the long river of time, Salazar Slytherin's figure also appeared in the room a thousand years later.

He was pacing in the room, making a hissing sound. A venomous snake with a bright glow was wrapped around his body, and the snake also hissed in response to its owner.

At this moment, a "ding" sound rang in Ada's mind, and the mission was completed.

[Mission completed! The host has found the clues to the secret room, and has seen through the illusion and found the real secret room of Salazar Slytherin. The mission reward "Try to lie to me" has been issued, and the special reward "Snake Whisperer" has been issued]

Ada's head suddenly felt a sharp pain as if it were being pricked by needles. When the pain disappeared, Ada found that she could understand the "hissing" sound coming from Slytherin's mouth.

"Do you think my future heir will find the real Chamber of Secrets?" Slytherin said softly.

"Yes, Master, I will." The green serpent said devoutly, "Your successor will be as great as you. I will guard your secret room and wait for your successor to appear!"

"I hope he won't be blinded by your beautiful appearance, and I also hope he won't be blinded by your powerful strength." Slytherin continued, "Only when he comes here can he be considered my true heir. This is my real wealth."

Slytherin reached out his hand and gently stroked the books on the bookshelf. He murmured, "I am here, leaving him enough knowledge and the meaning of life."

Ada sat on the chair, looking at Slytherin's back, thinking: It turns out that Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets and left the Basilisk not just to eliminate Muggle-born wizards, but also as the guardian of his treasure, a test for his heir.

I said that old lunatic Slytherin is not really crazy. He wants to clean up the world with a basilisk. He must be crazy. The basilisk is powerful and ferocious, but in front of many great wizards, it is just a poisonous little cutie that can't cause any trouble. "A peeper from the future? Interesting." Slytherin suddenly said in human language, "Your world must have been ruled by my heir, right?"

"Master, what are you talking about? Why can't I see anything!" The green poisonous snake made a hissing sound. It poked its head out from Slytherin's body and looked towards where Ada was. Its tightly closed glasses suddenly opened, and its yellow pupils were full of murderous intent!
The illusion disappeared and the room returned to silence. But Slytherin's words and the basilisk's pupils frightened Ada and she broke out in a cold sweat.

Ada stood up and walked towards the empty bookshelf. There was nothing on it, it must have been emptied by someone, this person could be Voldemort, or it could be his ancestor. The treasure left by Slytherin had nothing to do with Ada.

At the end of the bookshelf, there was a tattered diary. Ada took it in her hand and flipped through it. On the yellowed pages was written TM Riddle. On the back cover of the diary was the name of a newsagent in Vauxhall Road, London.

"I found you, Tom!" Ida murmured to herself. After putting the diary away, Ida planned to leave. It was time to get rid of Tom Riddle.

In the long, dim room, Professor Flitwick continued scraping, and the basilisk's black blood was all over the floor.

The giant snakes carved on the stone pillars suddenly came to life. Under Dumbledore's control, these giant snakes made of stone rushed towards the basilisk, replacing the water balls to press the giant to the ground.

The green snake monster struggled unwillingly, and the scales on its body were rubbed off by itself. As its body rolled, more and more black blood flowed.

The basilisk opened its bloody mouth, revealing its long and thin fangs like sabers, and bit the stone on its body. But all this was in vain. In front of Dumbledore, even if it had lived for a thousand years, this basilisk was still not good enough.

What's more, there was Professor Flitwick beside Dumbledore. The short professor had been scraping the basilisk continuously. The deep wounds on the basilisk's abdomen that could be seen to the bone were caused by him.

Finally, the basilisk fell straight to the ground, and the stone snakes returned to the stone pillars. The basilisk fell to the ground and hissed miserably, and then there was no movement.

The basilisk that had lived for a thousand years died in such a miserable way, exhausted to death.

If Ada were here, she would hear the basilisk's last words: "Great Salazar Slytherin, great master, I'm sorry for not being able to protect your descendants..."

Tom Riddle's expression changed drastically. Dumbledore couldn't understand, but he could understand the basilisk's last words.

He always thought that he was the master of the basilisk and that the basilisk had always been loyal to him. However, it turned out that this basilisk that had lived for a thousand years had only one master from beginning to end, and that was Salazar Slytherin!

This kind of betrayal, even if the other party is loyal to his ancestors, is still something Tom Riddle cannot tolerate!
"Okay Tom, it's your turn now," said Dumbledore, moving closer to Tom Riddle.

"You killed a stupid basilisk, and you think you can defeat me?" said Tom Riddle. "I have gone further on the road to immortality than anyone else."

Tom Riddle clenched his fists. He was also unwilling to give up. If he was given less than a month, he could be resurrected! But when Ginny opened the diary again, he found that he had no time. The changes in the school proved that Dumbledore had found the Chamber of Secrets.

He was still too weak to take Ginny Weasley out of school. Tom had no choice but to take Ginny into the Chamber of Secrets for a last-ditch effort!
As long as we can delay Dumbledore and prevent him from finding his diary, the outcome is still uncertain!
"Tom, self-confidence is a good thing, but excessive self-confidence will turn into arrogance. Arrogance is the seedling of disaster." Dumbledore said lightly, "Didn't you find that the girl you looked down on has returned here?"

(End of this chapter)