The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

She wouldn't be happy to tease Hermione like that.

Dolly quickly changed into her Slytherin clothes and checked the time.

She had already compiled a simple list of Slytherin's class schedule.

Although it is rare for all seven years of a house to be in class at the same time, Dolly chose to go to the dungeon where Slytherin House was located at a time when four years, including the second year, were in class at the same time.

Yes, Slytherins live in the dungeons.

To be precise, Slytherin's common room is in the dungeons of Hogwarts Castle, beneath the Black Lake.

For this reason, the lighting in the common lounge is green.

This gives Slytherin a view that is unique to Hogwarts: you can see the scenery under the lake through the windows, and you can even see giant squid.

But this also means that all the students in Slytherin will not see sunlight or natural scenery in their dormitories.

It's no wonder that Slytherin students are so gloomy; even those who are originally optimistic and cheerful will be assimilated by such an environment.

To enter the Slytherin common room, a password is naturally required.

However, compared to Ravenclaw, where you need to answer questions to enter, Slytherin's password is much simpler.

Simply say the correct password and a stone door will appear in the stone wall, leading to the common lounge.

Generally, the password is changed every two weeks and will be posted on the bulletin board to inform Slytherin students.

However, since most Slytherins come from pure-blood families, their door openers are somewhat "disrespectful".

Dolly didn't know the current password for Slytherin House, but that wasn't difficult for her.

After transforming into Pansy, she went straight to the vicinity of the Slytherin House common room just before class started and grabbed a young wizard who looked like a first-year student.

Then, in a blunt tone, he asked, "What's the password for today? I got a little injured while experimenting with magic, so I don't remember."

Dolly used Pansy's face to make a fierce face, and the captured little wizard trembled and told Dolly without thinking.

"It's Snake voice, senior."

Pansy nodded and released the other person.

After watching the other person walk away, he pursed his lips.

It's no wonder they're Slytherin; the word Parseltongue is practically synonymous with evil.

Parseltongue refers to people who can communicate with snakes, and almost all Parseltongues are descendants of Salazar Slytherin.

This shows that the entire Slytherin community was permeated with a veneration and worship of Slytherin, dark magic, and pure-bloods.

It's highly likely that many of them idolize Voldemort and are hoping for the next Voldemort to appear.

Dolly arrived at the dungeon door, gave the password, and then entered the lounge through the stone door.

There were hardly any people left, but some people still struck up a conversation with Pansy.

"Pansy, why didn't you go to class?"

The other person was an upperclassman Slytherin student.

159 The whereabouts of the diary

Dolly had already prepared for this situation.

So she just rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not feeling well."

Then, without looking back, she headed towards the girls' dormitory, leaving the upperclassmen looking bewildered.

However, the older student could tell that Pansy was not happy, so he didn't dare to say anything more.

After all, Pansy wasn't a good-tempered person, and she had a close relationship with that Malfoy. Ordinary people had no right to cause her trouble.

Once they entered the direction of the girls' dormitory, Dolly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the Slytherin House common room was converted from a dungeon, its living quarters are not complicated; the whole area is just one large, single-level space.

Dolly could easily tell whose dormitory it was just by looking at the name on the nameplate at the entrance.

However, determining whether there are people inside is a bit tricky.

Although these dormitory doors can be opened with a lock-picking spell, older students may inevitably develop some countermeasures.

If we rashly try to break in using the magic spell, it might cause some unrest.

Fortunately, Dolly had already obtained the Marauder's Map, and all she needed to do at this moment was to check the map to determine if anyone was inside.

With the dorm empty, Dolly could act boldly.

Next, using her Transfiguration abilities, she manipulated a nimble blade of grass to slip through the crack in the door, opening it from the inside, allowing Dolly to easily enter.

The next step was to search for any traces of the diary's existence.

It's impractical to search through everything, and Dolly doesn't have the time for that either.

Dolly then flicked her wrist and used her short wand to cast the Summoning Charm.

The Spell of Summoning can make a distant object fly towards the caster. When attempting to summon an object, the caster must concentrate their mind and clearly visualize the object.

Dolly happens to remember exactly what the diary looked like, which ensures that she won't fail because she doesn't know the target's appearance.

In addition, Dolly's Summoning Charm is only level 1, which she learned on her own.

Therefore, the actual range of the spell's influence is limited, making it impossible for the diary to fly over a long distance from the classroom.

What would be a huge problem for others became a way for Dolly to control the range of her spells.

So once Dolly's Summoning Spell failed, it was basically confirmed that there were no diaries in the nearby dormitories.

Of course, if Riddle's diary was enchanted with a counterspell against the Summoning Charm, then Dolly wouldn't have much of a chance.

Human strength has its limits, and having done this much, Dolly can say she has no regrets.

As for telling Dumbledore all the information about this matter directly, Dolly did consider this option, but she ultimately chose not to do so.

The main reason is that things haven't reached a dead end yet.

Dolly also had a final safety net: she kept watch on the entrance to the secret room so she could prevent the diary's owner from opening it if she spotted anything amiss.

Another reason was that Dolly wasn't sure if Dumbledore would believe her.

If Dumbledore not only doesn't believe her, but instead thinks it's all a conspiracy she orchestrated, then Lyco will have nowhere to turn for help.

Although this was a malicious speculation about Dumbledore, unfortunately, Dolly and Dumbledore only reached a superficial reconciliation during their first year.

Dolly's secret still couldn't be told to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore still couldn't fully trust Dolly.

From a psychological perspective, Dolly really didn't want to play any games of wits with Dumbledore.

Dolly was already exhausted from running around trying to solve the Chamber of Secrets problem and ensure Gryffindor's safety. Adding Dumbledore as an opponent on top of that... let's just let her off the hook.

Dolly's actions were soon on track.

In fact, Dolly had already made similar attempts in the dormitories of the other three colleges, but all of them failed.

With the second short wand, Dolly could certainly do much more magic.

Dolly tested several dorm rooms but still couldn't get the results she wanted.

But Dolly remained calm, because in addition to the girls' dormitory area, there was also a boys' area.

A dozen minutes later, Dolly looked at the Marauder's map and then called out Point.

The reason why Spots didn't bring Dolly directly to the Slytherin dormitory was because, although Dolly and Spots already had a de facto master-servant relationship.

Dolly asked Spots for help on the condition that it wouldn't harm the interests of other wizards or Hogwarts.

Therefore, Spot cannot break school rules and regulations on behalf of Dolly. However, if Dolly has already broken school rules and regulations, and Spot simply takes Dolly from the girls' dormitory area to the boys' dormitory area, then there is no problem.

"Lady Dolly, please be careful."

Little by little, she disappeared, trembling slightly, not daring to offer Dolly any extra help.

Dolly looked around at her surroundings and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

It wasn't because she had come to the boys' dormitory, but because she was now in Pansy's appearance, so if anyone saw her, it would cause a commotion.

Unlike in the girls' dormitory, where Dolly could pretend to be Pansy's bad temper and snap back even if someone asked her a few questions.

Fortunately, with Marauder's Map, none of this is a problem.

If Dolly sees a male wizard trying to go out, all she needs to do is hide in an empty dormitory.

Dolly explored each room one by one and soon saw familiar names.

The dormitory of Malfoy and his two henchmen.

Now that the room was empty, Dolly naturally went inside without any hesitation, and then noticed a bed that was completely different from the other two in terms of both bedding and decoration.

This is clearly Malfoy's bed.

It seems that Malfoy did a lot of pretense in order to demonstrate his identity.

Dolly also transformed her dormitory beyond recognition, but that was Dolly's attempt to combine Muggle technology with wizarding magic, while Malfoy's was purely for showing off.

These two things are naturally not comparable.

Dolly wasted no time and started trying again.

After still getting nowhere, Dolly considered for a few seconds and decided to open Malfoy's drawers and suitcases to take a look.

After all, Malfoy was considered the prime suspect, and Dolly was unwilling to leave him like this.

But just as Dolly's wand touched Malfoy's drawer, a voice came from behind.

"Stop, stop!"

"Please stop, sir wizard."

"Although you are a wizard, I cannot resist you or hurt you, but you cannot touch my little master's things."

"Otherwise... Dobby will yell and scream, and then you'll be discovered!"

Hearing the voice, Dolly turned around curiously and saw a small, tiny creature.

Although Dolly guessed its identity when she heard its voice and words, she was still taken aback when she actually saw it.

I didn't expect it to actually be Dobius.