My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 228, Section 225: The Heir of Slytherin

Lynn's Oblivion Spell was learned from Lockhart's original Magic Notebook.

This conman may be bad at everything else, but he's definitely got a knack for researching the Oblivion Curse.

Most wizards using the Oblivion Charm can only erase the recipient's memories, without being able to control which part is erased. They can only make the recipient forget recent events. Slightly more skilled wizards can choose which specific memory the recipient should forget.

Even more impressive are the staff of the Memory Deletion Command of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters. They can not only make the cursed person forget some things, but also change their memories, making the person cursed with the Forgetting Curse appear more natural, without any obvious memory gap. Such methods can be called the work of masters of the Forgetting Curse.

Lockhart is clearly more powerful. He can use the Oblivion Charm to not only make the target forget a memory, but also make them forget all the causes and consequences of an event, without affecting any other memories.

Furthermore, its effect is so strong that even if someone were to repeat the forgotten memories of the cursed person in front of them, they would not be able to recall them. Most importantly, it leaves no trace, and even if employees of the Memory Erasure Command Center were to come, they would not be able to find any flaws.

Lynn hasn't been learning the Forgetfulness Charm from Lockhart's notes for very long. Since the start of the new semester, he has also been teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts, which has left him with very little time to study magic. As a result, Lynn's Forgetfulness Charm is far from Lockhart's level, and he is even slightly inferior to the employees of the Ministry of Magic.

He erased Hubert's memories of what happened after he left Professor McGonagall's office. Lynn couldn't fill in the gaps in his memory by simply making it appear as if nothing had happened, such as Hubert suddenly having diarrhea and going to the toilet.

Because his fear upon seeing himself was too intense, Lynn's current level of forgetting spells couldn't completely erase it; they could only change his memory to something similar that would cause fear.

In Hubert's memory, after leaving Professor McGonagall's office, he complained in the hallway that Professor Lockhart assigned too much homework, which prevented him from completing his Transfiguration assignments properly and resulted in punishment from Professor McGonagall. Little did he know that Professor Lockhart was right behind him when he complained, and he was severely reprimanded.

It seems a bit far-fetched that Hubert would develop a fear of Lockhart because of such an incident, but Lynn couldn't think of a more reasonable story for the time being. Besides, it was normal for the professor to catch him and scold him halfway through the journey, and even if someone investigated further, they wouldn't find anything wrong.

After letting Hubert go, Lynn returned to the Room of Requirement.

He hadn't been here for three weeks after school started. As long as Lynn stayed here, he wouldn't run into his other self or be seen by the other junior wizards.

He was still pondering the Parseltongue that Hubert had spoken in the secret chamber, which was now his only clue.

Whether the person who spoke Parseltongue through Hubert in the Chamber of Secrets is true or not remains to be discussed, but the suspicion that the main soul of Voldemort, Tom Holmes, in Lynn's body is Tom Holmes can be basically cleared.

Whether in the locked room or during the interrogation of Hubert, Tom dutifully played the role of a tool, and he still hadn't realized that he had returned to three weeks ago.

With the main soul cleared of suspicion, the boy Tom in the diary lost the ability to commit the crime. In the original story, the diary only gained a little autonomy after absorbing enough life force from Ginny, but ultimately it still needed Ginny's help to open the entrance to the secret room.

If Little Tom hadn't conspired with Young Tom, he wouldn't have had a channel to communicate with the outside world, and the idea of ​​remotely controlling Hubert to open the secret room would be utter nonsense.

After ruling out Tom's main Horcrux and the diary Horcrux, Voldemort still has two Horcruxes in Hogwarts: the one hidden inside Harry's body and Ravenclaw's tiara in the Room of Requirement.

The tiara in the Room of Requirement has no chance of causing trouble, because even if Lynn completely disrupts the original plot at Hogwarts, it won't affect it. If the Slytherin successor really is a fragment of Voldemort's Horcrux, the most likely candidate is the one inside Harry's body.

After all, Voldemort was at his peak when he attacked the Potters, and the fragments of the Horcrux must have the most complete memories. Therefore, it was entirely possible for him to use Harry's body to perform the Imperius Curse at the level of a master of dark magic.

If that's the truth, then things are simple. Anyway, Voldemort's soul fragments are in Harry's body and can't escape. Even if there's no way to remove or destroy him for the time being, we can keep Harry under surveillance until we find a way.

But if this Slytherin successor is not related to Voldemort's Horcruxes, but is someone else entirely, then that would be troublesome.

Lynn didn't know if there were any other Slytherin heirs besides Tom's mother's family. He even suspected that the heir might be a Parsleyan wizard in disguise.

But if it's not related to Tom's Horcrux, and it's an unknown wizard who speaks Parsley, would he still have the ability to control the Basilisk?

Or, to put it another way, does the Basilisk obey the wizard who speaks Parseltongue, or does it only obey the Slytherin successor?

Lynn has never had any formal contact with the basilisk and has no clue about it.

But at least now he doesn't have to search aimlessly like a headless fly anymore. As long as Lynn can find the basilisk's hiding place, he can follow the clues and dig out the real culprit behind it.

The location of the basilisk's hiding place has also been identified; it is in a treasure trove in Hogsmeade Village.

Putting aside treasure hunting locations, if we're talking about the most suitable place for Hogwarts to hide things, there's only one place that comes to mind: the Shrieking Shack.

Ian always goes to this place when he transforms on the night of the full moon, and Lynn and Cedric always accompany him. However, the full moon hasn't arrived yet in the three weeks since school started, and Lynn and the others haven't been to the Screaming Shack since the start of the semester, which means the Basilisk might be hiding there.

Having guessed, Lynn didn't linger; he transformed into a raven and flew from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade.

The Shrieking Shack is located on the outskirts of Hogsmeade in a very remote location. When Lynn was a second-year student, he overheard a group of dark wizards plotting there, and then, together with a professor from Hogwarts, they wiped them out and sent them to Azkaban.

The Shrieking Shack is an enclosed wooden hut without doors or windows; the only way to get in is through the secret passage beneath the Whomping Willow in Hogwarts.

However, one of the planks on one side of the cabin was broken. The group of dark wizards who were imprisoned in Azkaban entered through this hole. Lynn and his companions did not repair the hole. Instead, they covered it with a stone so that they could easily go out through it to Hogsmeade to buy snacks and butterbeer to eat while chatting at night.

Lynn went through the gap and searched the entire Screaming Shack, but found nothing of value.

He wasn't too disappointed. It was just a guess after all. It would be better if he found something, but even if he didn't, he would still have to make a special trip to Hogsmeade.

Emerging from the Screaming Shack, Lynn transformed back into the middle-aged man he had been in the Sukhomlinsky Kingdom. He made no attempt to conceal his appearance and entered Hogsmeade under this new identity.

Lynn's first stop was the Pig's Head Bar.

If you want to gather information, this kind of place, which is unclean inside and out and where most of the wizards who come and go are of unknown origin, is far more advantageous than other bars.

Of course, the chances of being scammed are also greater in such places.

But does Lynn need to worry about being scammed?

Even if all the swindlers in the British wizarding world lined up to swindle him out of his money, they probably wouldn't finish swindling him in three to five hundred years.

He walked into the Pig's Head Bar, spotted a black-robed wizard drinking butterbeer alone, and plopped down opposite him with an air of nonchalance.

The wizard looked up at Lynn, frowned, and said in a very unfriendly tone, "I want to be alone for a while. I hope you won't cause trouble."

Lynn's nonchalant attitude when he entered was so eye-catching that he looked like he was about to cause trouble. Everyone else in the bar was drawn to him. Most of the wizards were watching with amusement, but the bearded waiter with the smell of mutton had a gloomy expression and gripped his wand tightly.

If a fight breaks out in his shop, he certainly can't just stand by and watch his shop get smashed to pieces.

Lynn raised an eyebrow at the black-robed wizard, a playful smile on his face.

"Of course I'm not here to cause trouble. You're lucky to have met me today, buddy."

The wizard took a deep breath and gripped his wand tightly. Just as he was about to strike first and cast a curse on the lunatic, Lynn suddenly slapped something in front of him.

The thing was golden, reflecting the lights in the bar, so bright that even the black-robed wizard couldn't help but squint.

To be precise, he smiled broadly.

He discreetly took the Galleon from the table, his other hand still gripping his wand tightly, but a broad smile spread across his face.

"What do you want?"

Lynn leaned back in his chair, his body tilted back, and his legs were propped up on the table. He looked as arrogant as if he owned the shop.

"A story, a story about Hogsmeade, true or legendary, is fine. The Galleon is just a small gift. The fewer people who know your story, the more you'll receive in return. If you tell me the story I want to know, then a thousand Galleons!"

When he uttered the words "one thousand Galleons," it was clear that everyone in the bar was breathing heavily.

"Not just you, anyone can come to me and tell their story, and the payment will remain the same."

The atmosphere in the bar was quiet for a few seconds, then everyone stood up from their seats and rushed toward Lynn's table.

"I'll do it! I'm definitely the best storyteller here!"

"Get lost! Everyone knows I'm Robert Downey Jr., the gossipmonger. When it comes to storytelling, who can beat me!"

"My family has lived in Hogsmeade for three generations. There's nothing here I don't know! I'll go first!"

"Get out of here, all of you! He came after me first!"

"This is my bar! Closed for today! I'm enough for storytelling!"

(End of this chapter)