When the trio came out of the hospital ward, their faces were filled with warm smiles - just now, Dumbledore, in recognition of their outstanding courage, gave them two hundred points each, and they also shared the school's special contribution award.

Of course, some numbers need to be deducted from the extra points - past violations of school orders will not be pursued, but some of today's behaviors - the trio violated the ban and went out, each of them was deducted 20 points, Ron's inappropriate behavior towards Professor Lockhart was deducted 50 points, plus a month of detention.

Even so, they won 490 points for their own college at one time.

This basically means that Gryffindor has locked the college cup in advance.

"I think it's worth it!" Even Ron, who was going to be detained for a month, had no objection.

If they win the Quidditch championship again, this year will be perfect... Harry thought a little greedily, but there is still a chance!

At the end of the conversation, Harry and Dumbledore had a private conversation. In this private conversation, he mustered up the courage to speak out the doubts that had troubled him for a long time, that is, whether he was sorted into the wrong college. After all, the Sorting Hat strongly hinted that if he was in Slytherin, he would achieve great success.

Dumbledore's words made him feel completely at ease. He pointed to the sword of Gryffindor on the table and said to him: "Only a true Gryffindor can pull it out of the hat."

He also figured out the reason why he could speak Parseltongue. According to the headmaster, Voldemort transferred part of his ability to his body that night.

This stunned Harry.

"Living according to your own wishes is more meaningful than dwelling on the past that cannot be changed." Dumbledore said to him.

...

It was completely dark, but the shadow that had shrouded Hogwarts for two whole months finally dissipated.

Ron suddenly said, "What do you think Professor Hep meant by what he said just now? Gryffindor, Slytherin, etc..."

Harry thought of his behavior tonight and said with emotion: "I guess it might be the qualities that different colleges value? Just like the courage that Gryffindor appreciates and the calmness and self-control that Slytherin advocates."

"If you didn't say it, I almost forgot that Professor Hep was a Slytherin." Ron muttered in a low voice.

Hermione didn't say anything. She remembered that during her first private magic lesson, Professor Hep was particularly interested in the Sorting Hat. His original words were "Maybe we should find a chance to reintroduce ourselves to it?"

The little witch felt that the professor was just looking for an excuse to put on the Sorting Hat again...

When they returned to the common room, the three hid in a corner and exchanged their information in detail. Hermione's words surprised them the most. The three professors actually stood aside from the beginning to the end.

"How could they do this?" Ron said indignantly. He felt like he was going to die several times.

"With them here, our lives are not in danger." Hermione analyzed rationally.

"I just want to know why we are desperately killing the basilisk while they are watching the fun from the sidelines!" Ron was still full of complaints.

"I think Headmaster Dumbledore might want to test us. Remember last year?" Harry said thoughtfully, "Voldemort is not dead. This is what Dumbledore told me at the time. He said that Voldemort will return one day."

"Could it be that Dumbledore wants to train us as the heirs to resist the mysterious man?" Ron said with a flushed face, as if just saying this inference was enough to make him excited. "Dumbledore is not young anymore. I mean, it's time for him to think about this, right?"

Dumbledore's heir sounds much more perfect than Slytherin's heir.

The three of them couldn't help but breathe faster at the same time.

Chamber of Secrets.

Dumbledore, Snape, Felix and Professor McGonagall stood beside the corpse of the basilisk. Professor McGonagall was here for the first time, and she couldn't help but look at this place.

"It's like a dark and terrifying nest." She whispered.

Felix touched the pupil of the basilisk with his fingers - most of it was destroyed by Fawkes, and the black blood contaminated most of the snake's face. He finally collected a little clean material.

He was very interested in the basilisk's talent of "whoever stares at it will die", which was also the reason why he was extremely afraid of it - but it was just fear, he had too many ways to avoid looking directly at it.

However, he was curious about what would happen if Dumbledore and the basilisk looked at each other?

Would Dumbledore be killed by the basilisk's gaze? When Felix saw the headmaster's huge and terrifying magic source, he was shaken.

In front of wizards of this level, would the basilisk's "death gaze" really work?

Just like himself, he could completely withstand one or two coma spells.

Felix analyzed Dumbledore's strength while collecting various materials from the basilisk. Professor Snape did the same thing.

Whether it was snake venom, snake fangs, blood, or scales, he would accept everything.

On the other side, Dumbledore was talking in a low voice with Professor McGonagall.

"Albus, I think we should publicize it well and let the outside world see that we have solved the problem of the Chamber of Secrets, so that they won't talk nonsense." Professor McGonagall had naturally read the previous reports and was angry.

"Minerva, I don't object to this, but we have to wait a few days..."

"Why?"

"Lucius Malfoy has been very active in the school board recently. He seems to think that this is a good opportunity to drive me out of the school." Dumbledore said noncommittally.

"How dare he!" Professor McGonagall shouted angrily.

"As far as I know, Lucius has threatened many school directors. Maybe in these few days, he will attack me..."

"Dumbledore, what should we do then?"

"Just wait." Dumbledore's eyes seemed to penetrate the ceiling above the Chamber of Secrets and see the scenery farther away.

Felix and Snape also made a preliminary plan to divide the basilisk materials in a series of verbal confrontations.

He also found Lockhart's wand. After washing it several times with the "Clear Water Like Spring" spell, except for the lingering strong odor, it was impossible to tell what it had experienced from the appearance.

I hope Lockhart will not dislike it.

Then, they moved the body of the basilisk to an abandoned classroom and locked the door with magic-when the school announced this information, they would split the basilisk.

When Felix returned to his office, he realized it was almost nine o'clock.

Hogwarts is still under curfew, and there are few people in the corridor, but it will be back to its former bustle in a few days.

Felix was still thinking about the Chamber of Secrets while sitting on the sofa.

The Chamber of Secrets was found, and the basilisk was dead, but there was still a Slytherin heir in the castle.

Or to put it simply, in Felix's mind, it was a little wizard who was controlled by Voldemort's Horcrux.

How to find him/her out?

If he/she really caused a big trouble, he would not be able to accept Hogwarts being closed for two months for a thorough inspection.

Felix was thinking about the response strategy when there was a sudden and urgent knock on the door.

He pushed open the door and saw a little wizard who surprised him - Draco Malfoy.

Strangely, Malfoy's face was very pale, and there was a layer of fine beads of sweat on the tip of his nose. He was still holding a long scarf with dark green stripes tightly in his hand - at the other end of the scarf, about two meters away from him, he was dragging an ordinary black book.

It can be seen that Malfoy is trying his best to keep himself away from that thing.

"Please come in, Mr. Malfoy." Felix said, his intuition told him that he would gain a lot tonight.