(Aside from Snape, the oddball audience member who goes into a daze and forgets everything upon hearing Lily's voice, the audience is now divided into three parts.)
(Like Ron, a large portion of the audience didn't pay attention to why Harry guessed it was the uterus.)
("Oh... this... can I touch it?" Ron blushed and said to Hermione, "I finally understand how amazing the Pensieve is.")
("Mom, I want a Pensieve too!")
(To experience everything in one's memory firsthand, and even touch and move things around, no wonder every wizard takes their Pensieve so seriously, even burying it with them.)
(Meanwhile, another group of viewers were puzzled by Harry and Lily's speculation.)
(Only a small number of observant viewers, like Dumbledore, discovered the secret.)
(They had noticed long ago that Phineas Black hadn't said a word since then.)
(That one and only sentence is especially crucial.)
(The only parts mentioned in the text are the head and the uterus.)
(The uterus is the organ in a woman's body that nurtures life.)
On the screen, Harry's hand had already reached into Phineas Black's abdomen, but the gesture looked extremely lewd.
If he cooperates further, his smile after touching something is even more unbearable to watch.
(Even Hermione took a while to realize, "Harry touched the Sorting Hat!")
With a crisp pop as the cork was pulled from the wine bottle, the Sorting Hat appeared in Harry's hand.
"A strange hand," the hat twisted and opened its mouth, "An unprecedented holy magic. Are you truly a wizard? Or has another thousand years passed, and the wizarding bloodline has advanced to such a degree?"
(A hint of surprise flashed in Dumbledore's eyes. "Why is the Sorting Hat in this world talking so arrogantly? Has he been locked up for too long?")
"You can't sense what's outside?" Harry asked.
At the same time, he was trying his best to distract himself from the soft touch on his fingertips after the Sorting Hat left Phineas Black's body.
"Of course, if I can sense the outside world, the outside world can also sense my existence. Only by completely sealing me off and freezing my thoughts can I remain undetected, and only then can the [Mother-Child River] technique continue to function and remain undamaged."
"You don't doubt that I want to ruin you—" Harry started to say, then realized he had asked a stupid question. The Sorting Hat laughed. "I am the Sorting Hat with the wisdom of the Four Founders. I can read minds without magic."
"Harry, let's stop talking now. The most important thing is to hide the Sorting Hat in a safe place." Lily's voice suddenly rang out in the room.
"Yes, Mom." The moment Harry had the thought of leaving, he felt his body slowly rise into the air, and the Headmaster's Office and Phineas Black's figure turned into darkness.
Then he felt as if he had done a slow-motion somersault, and his feet suddenly landed on the ground.
His body remained invisible, the shadows and moonlight intertwining around him as the silverware gleamed. Phoenix Fawkes remained resting, and apart from the Sorting Hat, which appeared in his hand and remained silent along with his body, everything seemed unchanged.
"Harry, I'm going to start making some noise now," Lily's voice rang out again.
As planned, Lily would temporarily detach from Harry's body and force her way out of the office through the window.
At that time, Harry only needs to hide under the spiral staircase and go out when others enter.
But at this moment, Harry frowned and shook his head in response to Lily's reminder.
However, he was not dissatisfied with Lily.
Instead, he noticed changes in his body.
His conversation with the Sorting Hat, particularly the mention of the 'holy magic,' reminded him of his own 'path'—the 'Holy Spirit.'
Like Krum's path, the Holy Spirit also belongs to the Ghost faction within the Dark Magic Fairy Dark Holy Race.
Logically speaking, he should also be able to travel between matter like Krum.
That is indeed the case.
Previously, in practicing the "path," Harry didn't have the advantage of having an indestructible extra body like Krum, which meant he was still in the most basic stage of pure physical form.
However, even Harry himself could not have imagined that this meeting with Draco and Roan before their parting would unknowingly forge his "Glorious Body" and propel him into the stage of "Great Soul".
No, that's not right either. His path was altered by Professor Riddle, and the seven virtues were replaced with love, which was more suitable for him.
It should be called "True Love Body" and "Pure Love Soul".
Now he finally understood Professor Riddle's advice to him in the Magic Immortal World: ' Daniel, what you need to do is fall in love, understand the true meaning of love, and the Holy Spirit is a very special path.'
So it really is that special.
With that thought, the Holy Magic enveloped the Sorting Hat, and Harry himself became a phantom, disappearing directly into the ground and traveling through the pipes in the walls.
The intricate magical traps and the magical barriers that enveloped the entire tower were easily bypassed by the current Harry.
("This is impossible!" Krum's investors exclaimed in shock.)
(Those who have read the information about Harry's "path" in the Magic Treasure Book Krum and personally nurtured him to this level know best how incredible Harry's progress has been.)
(Krum possessed an extra body that repeatedly came back to life after countless experiments, but what did Harry do?)
(Even Krum can only pass through physical objects, unlike Harry who can now pass through magical creations.)
Lily was also surprised, but being of one mind with Harry, she quickly noticed the changes in Harry.
Every inch of flesh and blood, even the hair, is imbued with the Love Magic Energy, and the impurities in the body are washed away, leaving it completely clear.
But the most dramatic change was in Harry's soul. His pure soul, praised by Riddle, the great fairy of the magical world, began to crystallize, just like cotton turning into steel.
"What's wrong?" Lily couldn't help but ask.
"Because of love. This is Roan and Draco's response to my love," Harry thought to himself.
Lily: "."
(The audience couldn't hear Harry and Lily's explosive conversation.)
(They could only see Harry's body continuing to descend along the pipes, clearly indicating that he had left the 8th floor but had not yet left the wall pipes, meaning he was now inside the castle.)
("Is Harry planning to hide the Sorting Hat in the castle's wall structure or pipes?" Ron guessed.)
(While intelligent people like Hermione have already begun to calculate Harry's current location based on the castle's structure, Harry's descent speed, and the time it took.)
(Hermione quickly concluded, "Judging by the direction, it seems to be the boys' washroom on the third floor. Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets?")
("Harry's gone mad?" Ron frowned. "Riddle knows about this place, doesn't he?")
("Is he planning to play the trick of finding the safest place in the most dangerous place?" Ginny was also a little skeptical of Harry's choice.)
("What do you think, Dumbledore?" Professor McGonagall asked from the High Table.)
(Dumbledore shook his head. "We can't truly sense that world through images. So our conclusions might be biased. I always felt that Harry's choice of location had a deeper meaning.")
("The Sorting Hat Mother-Child River the core of the Hogwarts water system, altering its properties. The Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, according to the Basilisk, is the center and key to Hogwarts' water system. It is located there, purifying the water and ensuring its stability.")
("Perhaps Harry has his own reasons.")
While the audience behind the scenes were talking, Harry had already arrived at the Chamber of Secrets, wearing the Sorting Hat.
He lost his invisibility and regained his human form.
"Godric Gryffindor".
Harry's voice echoed through the empty cave.
Even after a thousand years, Slytherin's Statue still responds to the name of her beloved.
With the sound of water splashing, the Basilisk once again bowed its head on the stone-paved corridor.
"It's you, Harry Potter." It recognized Harry's voice. "Why are you disturbing my rest? You no longer have the chance to ask me any more questions."
"Because of it." Harry lowered his head and raised the Sorting Hat in his hand. "I need to find it a suitable hiding place. A place where Tom Liddell won't find it."
("If the Basilisk agrees, it's certainly a good option," Hermione said.)
(Just as the exact date of Hogwarts' founding is unknown and unclear, the origin of Hogwarts Castle is also subject to various conflicting accounts.)
(Two of these accounts are the most credible.)
(One reason is that the name and address of Hogwarts both originated from a dream of Rowena Ravenclaw.)
(In her dream, she followed a warty hog to the edge of a cliff overlooking a large lake. She then chose this location for her school and named it Hogwarts, a name derived from the reverse of the word "warty hog.")
(Another theory is that Hogwarts Castle belonged to Slytherin himself, and he donated it for educational purposes.)
(If it's the latter, the Basilisk, as Slytherin's pet, would certainly know many hidden locations.)
"What makes you think I'd agree to that?" the Basilisk hissed. "As a creation of Slytherin, you should understand my stance toward this defiled Gryffindor hat."
"Why should I go against Slytherin's wishes and help you instead of the Slytherin bloodline?"
"For the sake of the future of wizards," Harry said calmly. "The optimization of wizarding bloodlines after the Salem incident wasn't all good. Perhaps because the creator was a witch, the proportion of male wizards among newborn wizards has been declining year by year."
"The existence of the Mother-Child River is necessary. And it is an irreplaceable miracle."
("How did Harry know?" Seamus asked, puzzled.)
("If it can be copied, this mission has no value. And according to Professor Trelawney's Prophecy, wizards wouldn't have fallen," Neville said after a moment's thought.)
"It truly is a miracle." As the snake's head rose, the water dripping from its body fell like raindrops onto the stone-paved corridor. "Hogwarts chose this place because the Black Lake, this vast inland lake, is home to many Magical Creature and possesses unique magic."
"Combined with its enclosed terrain and the traces left by countless wizards over the millennia, it has become a naturally formed magical artifact."
"It is almost impossible to find another location with the magic of water and a thousand-year history to lay the foundation for the [Mother-Child River]."
"Harry Potter, you've convinced me."
("How did the Basilisk agree?" Professor McGonagall couldn't understand. She didn't find Harry's words very convincing, if she were a Basilisk.)
(But she didn't think Harry was just luck; after all, he had Lily behind him, and Lily wasn't the type to act on gut feeling.)
("Perhaps the Basilisk is not simply Basilisk." Dumbledore increasingly convinced of his conjecture—that the Basilisk was Slytherin herself, or that her mind was controlling this body.)
(The Sorting Hat remained silent in the Headmaster's Office because it believed Harry was protecting it, so it cooperated.)
(And why did it remain silent in the Chamber of Secrets? Was it simply because there was no need? Wouldn't it make more sense if, having the mindset of the Four Founders Leaders, it quieted down upon seeing them in person?)
"Come with me."
The Basilisk returned towards the opening in the statue's mouth, and Harry followed it into the world inside the statue.
Smelling the increasingly heavy moisture and listening to the sound of water scraping against the silky ground, after turning several corners and passing through a long period of darkness, Dotty fluorescent green light appeared in the field of vision above and ahead.
Then came the sound of water hitting the surface.
By the light overhead, Harry discovered that it was a more rugged and unadorned cave.
There was almost no place to stand inside, only dark lake water.
The fluorescent green light overhead came from a luminous, moss-like plant growing on the rock face.
At this moment, the Basilisk submerged into the water, and only the undulating surface of the lake could reveal its presence.
("The water level has dropped!" Ron exclaimed.)
Harry naturally noticed the drop in water level, and his expression turned serious.
Because along with the enormous green serpent's body, exposed were huge, raised runes, each as tall as a person.
These runes looked very familiar to Harry, like... like the Saxon Magic Script engraved on the Pensieve.
Their gestures are simply simpler and more archaic.
Harry flew a few feet higher and looked down.
The entire cave is like a Pensieve with a lid, wide, flat, and hollow, and is made of natural rock.
"Oh, you recognized me?" The Basilisk's voice began to soften from its neutral tone. "These lakes are made up of my thoughts and memories. You just need to drop the Sorting Hat, and it will be stored in my memory."
"It is my honor," the Sorting Hat finally spoke.
"Who are you?" Harry suddenly remembered a guess his mother had made that he thought was a joke.
"You can call me Sarah Slytherin now," she said.
"Now?" Harry was a little confused.
"When the memories I absorbed flowed out again, turning into a lake that enveloped and preserved me like amber, I would no longer be Slytherin, but Basilisk — Harley."
"Don't worry about it, immortality always comes at a price."
"Harry Potter, drop your hat."