Vincent lay on a hospital bed, with Fred and George's big faces beside him.
"Wow... I never thought there'd actually be a Basilisk in the school—"
"Though it's unlikely, I have a feeling Salazar Slytherin bred it himself."
Rolf fell silent for a moment. "A Basilisk can live for nine hundred years, but if it was Slytherin's, maybe add another century or two."
Hermione lay in another bed, her little face flushed red as steam continued to rise from her ears.
"Did Professor Dumbledore say anything?"
"He did. He thinks the Basilisk may have come from the Chamber of Secrets."
Vincent's words startled Rolf again.
"What? You know about the Chamber of Secrets?"
"Yeah." He lowered his voice. "My grandfather told me about it. I always thought it was just a legend..."
Of Hogwarts's four founders, Slytherin had been the most hostile toward Muggles.
So the minimum requirement for entering his House was being half-blood.
After arguing with Godric Gryffindor, he had realized the differences between himself and the other three founders.
The more Muggle-born students there were, the greater the chance of exposing the wizarding community.
Legend said that before leaving the school, Slytherin had built a Chamber of Secrets beneath Hogwarts's dungeons.
He had placed a special creature inside, and when the Chamber was opened again, it would cleanse the entire school and remove the Muggle-born students.
"The dungeons?" George immediately spread out the Marauder's Map. "Then how did the Basilisk get through the Great Hall and reach the third floor?"
Rolf shook his head. "This is only a legend my grandfather heard. Maybe the Chamber isn't in the dungeons, or maybe there are many secret passages in the castle that aren't marked on the map."
The twins firmly believed the second possibility.
After their occasional testing, they