Ginny has been looking very uneasy ever since Cyrus told her that Dumbledore might have discovered her affairs.

Percy or Ron might have misunderstood and thought she was worried about Ron and Harry getting expelled, while Ron thought she was worried about the cat.

"But you don't really know Mrs. Norris. To be honest, we're much more comfortable without it. It doesn't happen often at Hogwarts," Ron consoled her. "They'll catch the lunatic who caused it and kick him out of here soon. I just hope he petrifies Filch before he's expelled."

But when the murderer was mentioned, Ginny thought of what happened that night, her face turned pale, and she ran away with her head down.

"I was just joking—" Ron was at a loss for words.

But anyway, as the professors failed to catch the murderer and Filch's cat did not recover from the petrification, the theory of a prank gradually became untenable. More and more people began to believe that Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets had been opened and the attacker was Harry Potter.

Ginny relayed the gossip to Cyrus.

"Hogwarts students always speculate. Even if the Chamber of Secrets is really opened, I believe it will not be Harry Potter." Cyrus comforted her.

"I know. I'm not worried about Harry. I'm just a little worried about... you."

There had been no more attacks since Halloween, and the seniors had barely talked about it anymore, but the younger students still enjoyed it.

After that night, Ginny's worries gradually eased as Dumbledore seemed to have taken no action.

However, she originally wanted to investigate Malfoy, but now she has no mood to do so. Instead, Harry and the other two seem to have determined that Malfoy is the true heir, and they gather together without any reason all day long, and no one knows what they are plotting.

Ginny faintly heard words like "potions", "Lockhart", and "a month".

On the contrary, Cyrus was very aware of their every move.

Hermione tricked the silly Lockhart into signing her, and got the "Powerful Potion" from the restricted area to make a compound potion. Because of this, the three of them occupied Myrtle's bathroom, making his actions a lot more troublesome.

Fortunately, Cyrus rarely went to the Chamber of Secrets. He mostly hid in the Room of Requirement to practice spells, or found time to strangle the rooster raised by Hagrid.

Because of Dumbledore, Cyrus often felt that time was running out. He was unwilling to waste a minute and a second. He was eager to increase his strength to ensure that he would be able to escape even if he faced the worst situation - face to face with Dumbledore.

The Basilisk was his help, but it alone could not stop Dumbledore.

It can even be said that even if he had mastered all of Tom Riddle's magical memories as a student, he would not have been able to escape from Dumbledore's hands.

"I need more power!"

He set his sights on the restricted books section.

The collection of books at Hogwarts has been accumulated since the school was founded, that is, a thousand years ago. Therefore, the books are very complicated, and most of the magic books in the world have originals or copies.

Among them, most of the books identified as banned are those that have powerful magical powers or are extremely evil.

The solution to the problem lies in it! At night, when Ginny placed the diary beside her pillow and fell into a deep sleep, Cyrus possessed Ginny's body with his consciousness.

She suddenly opened her eyes and sat up straight like a doll.

Then, Cyrus got out of bed and quietly left the tower.

Since Mrs. Norris was petrified, Hogwarts has been much quieter. Fewer people dare to go out at night. Fred and George are brave, but without Mrs. Norris, they don't rely too much on the Marauder's Map.

Without Mrs. Norris, Filch was like losing his eyes. There was no way he could catch the two of them.

This provided great convenience to Cyrus. Now, it was impossible for anyone to know his whereabouts.

Of course, it is still not that easy to enter the restricted area. It is impossible for a first-year wizard to open it with just one unlocking spell like in the movie. If it were that easy, the restricted area would have been emptied by the naughty Gryffindors long ago.

Cyrus came to the door of the library on the fourth floor and gently opened the door with an unlocking spell.

So far so good.

He walked slowly into the library, closed the door, walked through rows of bookshelves, and came to a staircase in the corner of the library. In the middle of the stairs, there was a rope separating the books upstairs and downstairs. It looked very simple, and it seemed that one only needed to bend down to pass through.

But Cyrus did not dare to be so bold.

This seemingly ordinary rope is actually a magic barrier that separates the restricted book area from ordinary books. If you are not careful, the alarm will be triggered soon.

He picked up Ginny's yew wand and began to gradually break the magic on the rope. After only ten minutes, the knot in the middle of the rope automatically untied. The originally stretched rope now lay limply to one side, as if it had been stretched seven times a night.

"It's easier than I thought. I can't believe that after all these years, the protective magic of the Restricted Area of ​​Hogwarts hasn't changed at all."

Cyrus thought he would experience some twists and turns, but the result surprised him.

With the memories of Riddle, who was a frequent visitor to the Restricted Section fifty years ago, Cyrus now feels as comfortable as if he were back home when he comes to the Restricted Section.

"The Hundred and Twelve Books, The Darkness of the Mysteries, The Hermetic Codex, Natural Magic... The Jewish Book of Abraham?"

Cyrus walked past one banned book after another. Almost all of them contained names that were not mentioned in the original works, but there was one book that still aroused his great interest.

"The Jewish Book of Abraham, as I remember it, was a mysterious book that Nicolas Flamel got from his dream. He was able to refine the Philosopher's Stone relying on the revelations of this book. I didn't expect there would be a copy here?" Cyrus picked up the book, opened it and took a rough look, and immediately became more surprised.

“It’s actually an authentic work?”

Darlings, it’s the beginning of the month, please give me some votes (poorly) 　　 　 (End of this chapter)