Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

"Besides, Voldemort identified a murderer, and for everyone else at the time, catching one murderer would have been enough to satisfy them."

Vizette immediately thought of someone, "Could it be Hagrid?"

When he visited Hagrid's Cottage, Hagrid would talk about his past, including his work at the Hunting Grounds and his life studying at Hogwarts.

It was because of this that Vizette learned that Hagrid had actually been expelled from Hogwarts and even had his wand broken.

Given the severity of the punishment and Haigri's age, it's easy to draw the following conclusion.

Dumbledore nodded. "Yes, Hagrid has become the scapegoat... He did indeed keep a dangerous magical creature."

"Isn't finding that magical creature enough to prove innocence?" Vizette asked doubtfully.

Dumbledore said with some helplessness, "The situation was complicated at the time because after Hagrid was arrested, there were no more related attacks, which indirectly confirmed Hagrid's guilt."

"Given this situation, neither the people at Hogwarts nor the Ministry of Magic are willing to continue expending effort to find the magical creatures Hagrid keeps."

“Headmaster Dumbledore, what about Myrtle Warren?” Vizzett continued. “Mrs. Grey told me she became a ghost. Didn’t she provide any useful clues?”

“Unfortunately, no…” Dumbledore shook his head. “Myrtle Warren’s account of her death was also vague.”

"The clues she could provide were simple: before she died, she heard a voice and saw a pair of frighteningly large yellow eyes."

Hearing this, Wizette finally understood why Ms. Grey had made that comment about Myrtle Warren.

Nevertheless, he still managed to catch a key detail—the sound of voices.

He began by asking, "Headmaster Dumbledore, did Professor Flitwick and the others... discover anything unusual last night? Like strange noises, or anything else..."

“No.” Dumbledore shook his head. “Philius and Severus searched all the way, but found nothing, neither sound nor magical trace.”

"Perhaps directly examining the memories would be more effective?" Vizette pressed her wand to her temple. "Spirit transference to memories!"

Dumbledore's eyelids twitched as he watched the memory Vizet pulled from her temple.

Compared to the memory-extraction spell she used some time ago, Vizette is now much more adept at casting this magic.

But now was not the time for sentimentality. Dumbledore raised his wand, took the silver thread, and fused it directly into his temple...

Chapter 158 Snake-like Voice?

Dumbledore closed his eyes, absorbing the content of this memory.

Vizette had organized her memories so thoroughly that even examining them in such a direct manner would not pose any risks.

Even if there are some hidden dangers, they won't cause him any trouble.

Seeing Dumbledore open his eyes, Vizet quickly asked, "Headmaster Dumbledore, is there anything I can do to help?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "I can feel the coldness and malice... but there seems to be no other clue."

“But it’s still a clue.” Vizette’s tone remained calm as he slowly rubbed his thumb and forefinger together, as if trying to piece together the scattered pieces of information.

"Since you can hear the voice, you've at least confirmed one thing—the voice in my memory does exist, and it's not just my imagination."

Dumbledore nodded, waiting quietly for Vezette to finish her thought.

Vizette instinctively took out her notebook and reorganized the previous clues.

"Salazar Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets...his successor...the murderous petrification curse...the victim from fifty years ago...Voldemort..."

He was not only recalling these clues, but also memories of his past life.

Those fan-made videos don't have much dialogue; they're mainly clips from movies, accompanied by various background music tracks...

He pressed his wand against his temple, sorting through these memories from his past life.

Since Harry is the protagonist of the Harry Potter series, it is natural to look for passages related to Harry.

He saw Harry reach out and press his hands against someone's face, and that person's skin rapidly carbonized and peeled off, as if corroded by some kind of strong acid...

He saw Harry wave his wand and summon an incredibly bright Patronus, which appeared to be a stag. The stag Patronus repelled a large group of Dementors...

He saw Harry holding a sword, a dark shadow looming over him. Harry fearlessly raised his sword, showing no intention of dodging, and plunged it fiercely into the upper palate of the giant snake's head...

This is it!

Vizette picked up her pen and wrote down a word: giant serpent.

But... what type of snake has the ability to petrify?

As he pondered, he connected the "giant serpent" with "petrification".

Dumbledore looked at the notes and asked, "Vizette, do you think the attack on Lady Norris was a giant snake?"

“Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore!” Vezel nodded. “The Slytherin house emblem is a snake, so it’s quite normal for him to keep a giant snake.”

“A very good idea,” Dumbledore said approvingly. “But there’s still a problem. If it’s a giant snake… how does it move around Hogwarts without being detected?”

Dumbledore could learn a lot about Hogwarts through magical portraits, a fact that Vizet knew.

Vizette could only speculate, "Perhaps it possesses other magic?"

"A giant serpent that can become invisible and unleash a petrifying curse..." Dumbledore stroked his beard. "Looks like we'll have to trouble Newt..."

“Oh! Speaking of Newt… I suddenly forgot something.” He lightly patted his forehead, “We went to Africa a while ago…”

“Those murals!” Vizette’s eyes lit up. “Mr. Scamander told me about those murals depicting the separation of African wizards!”

“Yes, there’s a lot to deal with at the start of the school year, I’m completely overwhelmed.” Dumbledore nodded. “I’ll find it when I get back to the headmaster’s office.”

“Schools should be places for learning…” Vizet sighed, “We still need to deal with this heir as soon as possible, whether he is Voldemort or not.”

When the word "successor" was mentioned, he suddenly felt a flash of inspiration.

"Giant snake..."

He combined the word "giant snake" into a new phrase.

"Salazar Slytherin's successor..."

“Magical talent…” Vizette pursed her lips, searching her mind for relevant information, “Magical talent related to snakes… Parsleyan!”

He looked up at Dumbledore and said quickly, "Phillips Aurelius Deofrast Bombasz von Hohenheim!"

"That famous alchemist and 'medical genius'! In the sixteenth century, he discovered a magical talent called 'Parsleyan'!"

"But this talent appeared very early! Salazar Slytherin in the Middle Ages possessed this talent! And the wizards of that time called him 'Paraster'!"

"It can be traced back even further! 'Herbo the Despicable'! According to relevant ancient Greek texts, he had the talent to communicate with snakes, and may be the earliest 'Sophist'!"

“Phillips…Hohenheim?” Dumbledore’s eyelids twitched again.

He thought his full name was long enough, but he didn't expect that the name Vizet mentioned would be even longer.

Adding the keywords "alchemist" and "medical genius" made the name sound incredibly familiar, yet he couldn't pronounce it.

“He seems to have an even simpler name…” Vizet said, ““Parather, his name is on the chocolate card.”

“Parathar!” Dumbledore smiled helplessly and shook his head gently. “Young people have such good memories; I can’t even remember them.”

Vizet pinched her earlobe and shook her head gently. "Headmaster Dumbledore, I just happened to look into it these past couple of days, which is why I was able to mention that name."

Dumbledore waved his hand. "As you get older, you have to accept it. I'm not that stubborn."

Vizette was still pondering the Parseltongue, "Headmaster Dumbledore, why did I suddenly acquire the talent for Parseltongue?"

"This magical talent is a kind of instinct... If I was born with it, why didn't it come into play when I encountered the Neven Serpent?"

“I cannot explain this problem at the moment,” Dumbledore shook his head, “but we can try to apply it.”

He raised his wand again and pointed it at the window, this time for a little longer.

After a while, a coiled snake appeared outside the window and struggled to fly into the school hospital.

This is a magical creature of level XXX—the Fire Ash Serpent. Its entire body is grayish-white like ashes, and its round eyes gleam with red light.

The moment the Fire Serpent appeared, Vizette heard a shout.

"Let me go! Let me go! I don't have much time left! I still need to lay eggs!"

Vizette looked at Dumbledore and asked tentatively, "Headmaster Dumbledore... can you hear it talking?"

Dumbledore's smile was evident as he gently shook his head. "What did it say?"

Vizette briefly recounted the sound he heard, “It told us to let it go… it needed to hurry up and lay its eggs.”

Dumbledore continued, “You can try to comfort it… tell it not to worry, I’ll send it back soon.”

Chapter 159 An Idea to Lure the Snake Out

"Try to comfort it?" Vizette pondered for a moment, then cast the Guardian Meditation Technique, trying to feel the difference.

When he stared at the Fire Gray Snake and spoke, the sensation in his entire mouth was different, as if it were undergoing some kind of tremor.

Vizette could clearly sense that the current state was more like releasing a spell than simply speaking.

"Please don't be nervous...we will let you leave soon..."

A faint hissing sound came from his mouth, both strange and familiar. He could understand the meaning of these hissing sounds as if by instinct.

The Fire Gray Snake understood as well. It stopped twisting and struggling and just lay coiled on the ground, looking very docile.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, I succeeded." Vizet looked at Dumbledore, and this time his words were not hissing, but normal sentences.