The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 652 Piercing
She temporarily suppressed her doubts. After all, there were more mysteries about Harry, so she had to get down to business. Besides, even if she asked, could Ada get an answer from Harry?
Obviously not. Can’t you see that Harry is also confused now?

Harry himself didn't know what had just happened. He only knew that when he touched the crown, it was as if he had touched a ball of fire.

Ada picked up an old box nearby, poured out the contents, put the crown in it, and handed it to Harry.

This time the same scene did not appear again, and Harry did not retract his arm reflexively.

"Where are we going to destroy it?" Harry asked. "Outside the school?"

Harry had destroyed the locket before, and he knew that although the Horcrux was small, its power could not be underestimated. Harry was worried that the process of destroying the Horcrux would affect the Room of Requirement.

Off-campus is a good choice and will not affect students on campus.

Hogwarts is built on a mountain and beside a river. The school is surrounded by a large mountainous area. There is no need to worry about being seen by others, nor to worry about the small space and not being able to move around.

"Is it necessary to go outside the school? There must be Death Eaters lurking around the school." Lupin said. It's not that Lupin didn't believe in Ada's ability and thought she couldn't protect Harry, but it's better to have less trouble than more.

Protecting Harry and preventing him from falling into the hands of Death Eaters is the first priority of the Order of the Phoenix members.

On the day the Hogwarts Express drove to the school, in addition to a large number of Aurors protecting along the way, members of the Order of the Phoenix also appeared in disguise on the train to escort Harry back to school.

Although the Death Eaters did not get the chance to attack the train, they would not give up. There must be Death Eaters lying in ambush around the school, waiting for Harry to leave for Hogsmeade.

So, Harry didn't leave school unless he had to, and Hogwarts didn't even allow students to go to Hogsmeade this year.

"How about the Chamber of Secrets?" Ron suggested. "It's right under the school. It's at least several miles deep. It should be fine."

Ever since Ron became good friends with Hermione, his brain was almost rusted. Now that he had come up with such a great place, it was immediately recognized by everyone.

So, the group of six left the Room of Requirement and headed to the girls' bathroom on the second floor.

That's Myrtle's territory and the entrance to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

When the six men broke into the bathroom, Myrtle was sitting on her own toilet crying, lamenting her bad luck and unfair fate.

Just as the crying Myrtle was about to sing a high-pitched song, she was interrupted by the sound of footsteps. Myrtle wanted to teach these ignorant students a lesson for trespassing into her territory!
Then Myrtle saw Ada and two professors in the lead. Before she could even say hello to Harry, Myrtle jumped into the toilet with a bang, splashing water everywhere, worse than a certain country's soul diving team.

Ignoring the ghost senior's "Ah", Sirius said: "Remember, old friend, we had planned to come here before and take a look!"

"Of course," Lupin said reminiscingly. "James wanted to see the power of Myrtle, and you wanted to see what the girls' bathroom looked like."

"No way!" Sirius retorted in all seriousness, "Why would I want to come to the girls' bathroom? No way!"

"Yeah, that's not the case. I remembered it wrongly." Lupin said perfunctorily, "No one wants to come to the girls' bathroom, and no one wants to explore the girls' dormitory..."

Sirius said loudly: "Shut up, it's so noisy, you're disturbing Harry!"

Harry walked over to the ordinary-looking pool, paying no attention to the two people who were arguing.

A hissing sound came out of Harry's mouth, and then a dazzling white light came on, and the sink and faucet began to move, revealing a dark entrance hidden underneath.

Harry, who had always been reckless, jumped in first, and everyone followed. When Ada, who was the last in line, entered, the sink and the faucet returned to their original positions.

Ada did not slide down the dirty, sticky pipe. She flew down, passing by everyone one by one, and was the first to land in the stone tunnel in front of the secret room.

Like dumplings, Harry, Sirius, Lupin, Hermione, and Ron slid out of the pipe one after another. Everyone was covered in the mud in the pipe like a mud monkey, in stark contrast to Ada, who was not stained with dust.

Fortunately, everyone was an adult wizard and could take care of themselves. After the sound of "cleaned" echoed through the tunnel, everyone became clean and refreshed again.

After walking a few steps towards the Chamber of Secrets, Harry exclaimed, "The snake skin is gone! The snake skin right here is at least twenty feet long! It's gone!"

There were only three students who had entered the Chamber of Secrets: Ada, Harry, and Ginny, so Ron didn't know what a basilisk looked like. When Ron heard Harry say that a basilisk's skin was 20 feet long, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth and called Merlin.

"Don't make a fuss." Ada hummed like a mosquito, "I have already sold the snake skin..."

All five of them were so surprised that they couldn't stop talking! They all thought the same thing: Why don't you sell the basilisk as well?
The six people's feet stomped on the wet ground, making a loud sound. They turned around and around in the underground tunnel and finally reached the end of the tunnel, where they saw two snakes entwined on the wall.

Looking at the big, shiny green gem inlaid on the snake's eye, Ron murmured, "It's surprising that Ada didn't pick the gem off."

Complaining is a pleasant thing for people, but Mr. Ronald Weasley forgot where he was. The underground tunnel was very noisy, and even if he spoke very softly, people around him could still hear him clearly.

Puff!

Sirius was the first one who couldn't hold back. His laughter was loud to begin with, and it was amplified several times in the sound-absorbing tunnel.

After him, Lupin, Harry, and Hermione also laughed. The gems inlaid in the snake's eyes, Ada who values ​​money like her life, it's really a vivid picture!

Ron shuddered and looked at Ada tremblingly. What greeted him was indeed a pair of glares as sharp as a knife, as if saying: No one will take you as a mute if you don't speak!

"Open it," Ada said in a low, hoarse hiss.

Sirius and the others laughed even more happily, but Ron's face turned bitter - Ada was so angry with me that she couldn't speak. How about I just run away?

Harry did not laugh along, for he understood Ada's hissing, and saw the snakes, which had been entangled in one place on the wall, separate to the left and right.

As the two snakes separated, the stone wall also split in the middle, slowly sliding to both sides and disappearing.

Everyone stopped laughing and looked at the entrance, then at Ada, then at Harry with strange faces. What was going on? Ventriloquism?
"Although Parseltongue is rare, it is not only spoken by dark wizards. The famous Greek dark wizard, the despicable Herpo, can also speak it." Ada had a look of surprise on her face, and her explanation was as pale as her expression was vivid.

I don't read much, don't lie to me!
Everyone did not believe Ada's nonsense, thinking that she was just making it up in the name of Herbo, especially Harry.

Ida shook her long blond hair and walked towards the long, dim room with her head held high. Believe it or not, this is the explanation! She has a big fist and she is the truth.

It's so unreasonable and so unreasonable.

The Chamber of Secrets remained the same, with two rows of stone pillars carved with coiled snakes, and the full-length statue of Salazar Slytherin at the end of the room. Only the basilisk had changed its appearance.

At this time, the basilisk had become a pile of bones, and several of its teeth were missing. Dumbledore had pulled them out, and Ada had also pulled them out, but neither of them thought of returning them after using them.

Harry opened the wooden box in his hand and placed the tiara on the wet ground.

This time, Ron was not so useless, he resisted the temptation of the Horcrux; this time, Hermione knew that she would be reunited with her parents, and she did not burst into tears; this time, Harry did not hesitate, he half-knelt and stabbed the Horcrux with his fangs directly!
Black mist emerged from the Horcrux again, but this time the mist was much thinner and far less terrifying than last time.

When Tom Riddle's hideous, distorted face disappeared, Ida vaguely heard a very faint, very distant scream of pain. The sound came from the crown that had just been pierced.

Now, the only one left is the giant snake named Nagini.

(End of this chapter)