Two days later, the day before the Christmas break, when most students were least interested in studying, a rumor quietly spread among the student circles, especially among Muggle-born students:
“Have you heard? Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets has been opened!”
“Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets? What is that?”
“Let me tell you, legend has it that Salazar Slytherin was firmly opposed to the admission of Muggle-born wizards, so he left the school after a big quarrel with the other three founders… and before he left, he kept secret The other three secretly built a secret room and raised a basilisk in it, just to allow their heirs to return to school one day, reopen the secret room, release the basilisk, and eliminate all Muggle-borns!”
“It sounds mysterious. And wasn’t it said a while ago that the basilisk was afraid of the crowing of chickens? It was useless in the end, wasn’t it?”
“Someone asked Professor Binns. This rumor is true! The Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago, and Myrtle was killed by the Basilisk at that time! So there is no such thing as an angry castle. Will, someone just released the basilisk raised by Slytherin! And the heir of Slytherin should have reached a cooperation with the school board. They worked together to transform the basilisk so that it was no longer afraid of the crowing of chickens and made up lies. Leave everything to the will of the castle…”
“Are you sure? Slytherin was from a thousand years ago, right? Can the basilisk he raised survive to this day?”
“I checked the information, and it said that the life span of the basilisk is extremely long, and it can reach more than a thousand years…”
“That would be somewhat believable… But I remember that you are a Muggle, right? There is a possibility of being attacked by a basilisk at any time, are you okay?”
“Hey, someone has found another weakness of the basilisk, that is, it will be sensed by spiders at a distance, and then the spiders will respond to stress… I checked, and it is true. And I don’t know which genius it is. A basilisk early warning device has been developed and is now being distributed according to the Muggle-born list. I also got one, take a look…”
“Fuck! Stay away from me! I’m afraid of spiders!!”
…
That’s right, in order to further increase the credibility of the basilisk news, Avada and the others directly released the legend of the secret room in its entirety – that legend has been circulating in the school for a long time, and there was an incident with it fifty years ago. Relevant events can be verified from the mouths of many old professors, making the whole news very credible.
Although the initial version of the rumor did not specify that the monster in the secret room was a basilisk, Myrtle, the victim’s previous appearance, and Avada deliberately spread the relevant information about the basilisk, and through an almost conspiracy The theory explained the reason why the basilisk was not afraid of the crow of the cock, and directly perfectly integrated the information about the basilisk with the secret room rumors, making many people believe in the existence of the basilisk again.
In the process, the basilisk early warning device developed by Baron, Avada, Professor Kettleburn and Hagrid spread along with the rumors.
Moreover, in order to protect the safety of the participants and prevent the Horcrux diary from being directly exposed, Avada and the others also deliberately obscured the source of the rumors during the dissemination process – the main contributors in this regard were the Weasley twins, and With the connections and ability of these two guys, it would be easy for them to spread rumors quietly.
The basilisk early warning devices were distributed directly to the common room of each college by Avada using the End of the World Charm. Muggle-born students who stayed at school for Christmas were instructed to collect them themselves. Within a day or two, almost all of them had been distributed. .
However, it is a pity that the basilisk seems to have fallen into silence recently. Since those early warning devices were sent out, there has not been a single siren sound to help students escape from the basilisk. Otherwise, the publicity intensity would have been increased several times.
…
“Aren’t you going back, Ken?”
On the day before Christmas vacation, the school will compile a list of students who will stay in school for Christmas. Even if this year’s situation is extremely special, it is impossible for the school to break the millennium tradition and kick all students out of Hogwarts during the Christmas holiday just like summer vacation. After Avada left her name on the detention list, she received surprised looks from all the friends – under the current circumstances, few Muggle-born students were willing to stay in school.
“Didn’t I stay in school for Christmas before? And staying here now is just the right time to express my support for the Muggle-born resistance.”
Avada smiled nonchalantly: “And I also got one of the early warning devices with spiders inside. Even if the basilisk comes, I won’t be afraid!”
“yes.”
Someone then recalled: “Speaking of which, you were the first one to suggest that the murderer was a basilisk, right? You were the one who made those cock crow badges at that time… This time this device coincides with yours.” “
“Coincidentally…”
Xia Bi curled his lips: “It’s no longer a matter of coincidence. I suspect that Ken made this thing – this mysterious style of suddenly taking out something is exactly the same as Ken’s.”
“Am I right?”
Avada: “…”
He is indeed a roommate who has been with him day and night for three years. Even if he has not participated in any big events with him, his understanding of him has reached a very high level.
“Okay, I really can’t hide it from you.”
He smiled helplessly and explained: “Actually, this idea is Baronti’s. I just perfected it a little. This batch of devices was rushed out in the past two days…”
“By the way, don’t spread the word outside.”
He reminded his roommates with some worry: “The heir of Slytherin probably really exists, and it could be anyone… so you have to be careful in everything.”
“Um.”
Several people nodded in deep agreement.
“But since this device is developed, it can be used with confidence.”
Summers looked quite happy and took out a palm-sized delicate glass device from his pocket. Inside was a small black spider lying quietly. He was also a Muggle-born student, although he had no intention of staying in school. , but as a roommate who was right next to him, Avada naturally left a copy of the device for him, and also gave him one when he “received” it.
“Then I can’t betray your trust.”
Avada smiled and said: “This Christmas I plan to make early warning devices for the Muggle birth status of the whole school. In this way, after the school starts, the threat of the basilisk will be completely eliminated, and the so-called Castle Will scam will no longer exist.” The attack breaks itself – does this count as rectifying the name of Hogwarts?”
“…It’s really hard work.”
Stebbins lamented: “Almost every time there is a crisis in the school in the past three years, you have to take huge risks to deal with it yourself…and a few of us mediocre guys can’t help you.”
“I can only cheer silently from behind.” Xia Bi said.
“Maybe there’s food security?” Summers shrugged.
“OK OK.”
Avada smiled at them: “This kind of thing that shouldn’t have happened in the first place, it’s a blessing not to be involved… But after this matter is resolved, after Dumbledore comes back, it should not happen again.” Is there something messy going on?”
“I hope so……”
