Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 147 Another Ending
Despite his reluctance, Snape left with Dumbledore.

Mrs. Pomfrey still refused to allow Siron to leave.

Around noon, Ron woke up, and Harry and Hermione pleaded outside the door for a long time before finally being allowed to come in and visit.

From them, Xiren learned that they had also been given an extra fifty points each, because they had foreseen Lockhart's plot and thwarted his plan to use the basilisk to wreak havoc on the castle.

However, they did not receive a special contribution award from the school.

Even so, Harry and Ron were already very satisfied, their faces flushed with excitement.

Somehow, news of the Chamber of Secrets, the Basilisk, and Cerberus had spread throughout the school... The large hole in the foyer that hadn't been repaired yet, the corroded grass of the Quidditch pitch, and those huge footprints were the best proof.

The three-headed dog battles the basilisk, a legendary clash of magical creatures... People are going crazy, eager to know what exactly happened last night.

Harry and Hermione have said the same thing countless times, but every time they meet a new group of people, they are still asked about it.

They came to the school hospital not only to visit Celen and Ron, but also because it was a quiet place.

With Mrs. Pomfrey around, those people couldn't possibly come after them to ask about the details of last night.

They just didn't expect that Xilun was also very curious about this matter, and asked a lot of questions about the secret room during their conversation.

However, since Xilun was already in the know, the two of them didn't hold back and told him everything that had happened the night before.

Just as Ron had predicted, Harry noticed Lockhart's strange behavior, learned the location of the Chamber of Secrets from the ghost, and then, by chance, opened the entrance, uncovering Lockhart's plot.

It sounds reasonable; that's exactly what Harry and his friends did last year—following the professor, overcoming obstacles, and finally stopping Quirrell from stealing the Philosopher's Stone.

This time, however, the difficulty was increased. The basilisk wasn't Quirrell; it wouldn't turn to stone just by touching Harry. So, they had no choice but to run away and seek the professor's help.

However, during this process, they happened to run into Siren and Hagrid, who had just returned from outside, and then the following events occurred.

Hagrid dragged the basilisk away, and Siren rode his three-headed dog to help...

Hari shook his head vigorously. To be honest, every time he thought of Xiren riding the three-headed dog, he felt it was a bit unreal, and he still felt the same way now.

Perhaps they were talking too loudly, because it wasn't long before Mrs. Pomfrey came and chased them away.

……

The next day, Siron and Ron were finally allowed to leave the school hospital and return to the castle.

However, Ron was a little unhappy.

“If I could just stay one more day, I wouldn’t have to take the exam,” he said regretfully. “I should have asked Fred for a candy beforehand; that would have definitely let me stay until tomorrow.”

Xiren was somewhat skeptical of his words.

It's not that I doubt the effectiveness of the skipping candy; Fred and George have a pretty good reputation. Their skipping candy hasn't been discovered by the professors yet, largely because the effect is so realistic that even Mrs. Pomfrey couldn't see anything wrong with it.

But Ron might not be able to afford it.

Fred wouldn't offer his brother a discount; he'd be lucky if he didn't raise prices and rip off his loyal customers.

The two became the center of attention the moment they returned to the auditorium.

Ron was overjoyed until the owls brought him the latest issue of the Daily Prophet.

"Look, Professor Lockhart is a fraud!"

Someone shouted, instantly drawing everyone's attention, and people all turned their gaze to the newspapers. Those who didn't subscribe joined the others.

As it happened, Hermione had just subscribed to the newspaper, and Harry and Ron leaned over to read it aloud, one on each side.

According to sources, the books written by Gilderoy Lohály are not based on his own experiences, but rather on the shameless theft of other people's memories.

[The wizard Grant Fidi has now recovered his erased memories under the healing of St. Mungo's, and has exposed Gilderoy Lockhart's shameless deception.]

Below is a photo of a big-nosed old wizard gesturing excitedly.

"He asked me how I drove away the werewolves, saying it was to provide articles for the Daily Prophet..."

[Later we found other wizards who had lost their memories. It turns out that everything Gilderoy Lockhart claimed to have done was by stealing other people's memories!]

Today's newspaper featured, unusually, seven photos of different wizards, along with descriptions of their deeds...

The big-nosed wizard helped a village drive away werewolves.

A hunchbacked witch exorcised the ghost of Wanlun.

A half-elf defeated a ferocious vampire...

Everything in those books has a traceable origin, but none of it has anything to do with Gilderoy Lockhart.

The auditorium was filled with buzzing discussions.

“I told you long ago that he was a fraud, and you still didn’t believe me.” Ron looked at Hermione smugly.

Hermione didn't speak. She hadn't believed it before, but during her investigation of Lockhart, she had actually discovered the truth.

Therefore, this article did not surprise her too much; she just felt that Lockhart was even more outrageous than she had imagined.

So many books, all of them were stolen.

Lockhart's news immediately overshadowed people's curiosity about the basilisk and Cerberus.

The hole in the foyer was quickly repaired, and the professors also took the opportunity to renovate the plumbing to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

The eroded grass on the Quidditch pitch was replaced with new grass, and the potholes that Lou Williams had trampled were filled in. Everything was as if nothing had ever happened.

With exams approaching, people quickly stopped paying attention to the serpent monster that existed only in legends.

The matter has been resolved satisfactorily... perhaps.

Siron still had many questions, such as why Harry could hear Lockhart's voice in the office.

Moreover, ghosts have always disliked chatting in front of living people, let alone revealing information that requires strict confidentiality, such as the "entrance to the secret room."

What a coincidence! The nearly headless Nick and the fat monk were discussing this topic, which was completely out of character, and Harry just happened to overhear them.

And then there's the protective magic Dumbledore left on the entrance faucet, as Ron mentioned... four ordinary animals? What kind of protective magic is that? And one of those four animals just happens to be a snake, which caused Harry to inadvertently speak Parsley.

Then there's Dumbledore, who left the castle so hastily based on just one letter. Was he really so easily fooled, the headmaster of Hogwarts, the chief wizard of the International Wizarding Union, and the greatest white wizard of our time?

Did Riddle feel nothing when he destroyed the magic he left on the door?
Finally, there's the Phoenix Fox...

Siren cut himself a piece of roasted potato and glanced up at Harry, who was guessing exam questions with Ron next to him.

Something suddenly occurred to him.

What would have happened if he hadn't gone to find Hagrid, and the two of them hadn't appeared at the castle at that time?

Harry and Hermione were cornered in the foyer by the Basilisk, and the two continued their escape, pursued by the Basilisk... possibly inside the castle, or perhaps outside.

Once they reach a certain place, the two will separate; one will distract the basilisk, while the other goes to find the professor for help.

Harry is most likely the one who attracted the basilisk. Of course, he can't outrun the basilisk and will eventually be caught.

Perhaps at this moment, Fox will appear with the Sorting Hat and help eliminate the Basilisk's greatest threat... Phoenix is ​​not afraid of the Basilisk's gaze either.

Thinking about this, all those previous mysteries seemed to be solved all at once.

Dumbledore probably wanted to use this opportunity to give Harry some experience, since he was impulsive and reckless at the moment, and didn't seem like someone who could confront Voldemort head-on.

Of course, this is just Xilun's speculation.

As for the truth, that's not important... Sirren chose to unconditionally believe Headmaster Dumbledore; he must be too old to be deceived by bad guys... just like he suddenly forgot he had a shapeshifting lizard skin bag.

Of course, Snape knew it too, but he just couldn't remember it at the moment.

However, Dumbledore must have remembered that Siren had noticed him glancing at his cuff when he was in the school hospital.

That's where he stuck the deformed lizard skin bag.

But Dumbledore said nothing and did not remind Snape.

With a flick of his wrist at his sleeve, two eight-inch-long, slightly curved, dagger-like fangs appeared in his hand.

The basilisk's fangs were the two largest ones on its upper jaw; the smaller one on its lower jaw was broken off, and it's unclear if that had any impact.

Another one was broken by Hagrid and nailed to a painting in the foyer. When Celen returned to the foyer later, there was only a hole left, which must have been taken away by a professor.

Besides that, he also found something good, but it wasn't easy to take it out.

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(End of this chapter)