This Pot Is Big and Round Again

"If, I mean if!" Hermione emphasized again, looking at the two of them seriously, "If we transformed into Draco and went to the Slytherin common room to ask him, would he tell us about the Chamber of Secrets without hiding anything?"

"That's possible." Ron nodded. "Malfoy is his best friend in Slytherin, and Pure-blood among Pure-blood. Aaron certainly wouldn't hide it from him."

"But I'm not trying to discourage you, Hermione," Harry said with a wry smile. "Your idea is good, but at Hogwarts, only Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore probably know that level of Transfiguration, and they certainly won't help us."

"We don't need their help. All we need is a little bit of Polyjuice Potion, Professor Snape mentioned in class."

A properly prepared Polyjuice Potion can transform the user into someone else for a certain period of time.

"That's ruthless." Ron said with a delighted smile, "When the time comes, we'll transform into Draco, Crabbe, or Goyle and ask him. Aaron will tell us everything."

"But there are a few problems." Hermione looked at the two of them with anticipation and had to dampen their enthusiasm. "First of all, this is very difficult, extremely difficult, and also very dangerous."

I've never prepared Polyjuice Potion before, and we might be breaking nearly fifty school rules.

"To hell with school rules!" Ron said nonchalantly. "We've done things like making amends for mistakes before."

"Secondly, the recipe for the Polyjuice Potion is in a book called ' Moste Potente Potions,' which is in the Restricted Section."

"I'll go get Lockhart's approval slip; it can be done today," Harry volunteered. Lockhart didn't know his bones had healed, and he knew Haryan would feel a little guilty seeing him.

In addition, he knew Lockhart quite well. As long as he said a few nice things to him against his will and made up a reason, getting into the Restricted Section would be a piece of cake.

"The second is the materials. Constructing a complex Potions requires all sorts of materials."

We can figure out how to get the simple things ourselves, but what about the rare materials?

Ron hesitated for a moment, then slowly looked at Harry, and their eyes met.

"It seems we should go together."

Harry nodded and said in a deep voice, "Snape's office is definitely the richest storage room in the entire Hogwarts. It has all kinds of materials."

"Use the Invisibility Cloak. As soon as we can confirm he's not there, we'll move in immediately," Ron said. "Anyway, there's no sign of him in his office."

"That's what I meant by potentially violating fifty rules of the school." Hermione rolled her eyes. "And then there's the time factor; it takes at least a month to prepare Moste Potente Potions."

"What?" Harry was immediately taken aback. "A month?"

If Aaron is truly the Heir of Slytherin, a month would be enough for him to wipe out Muggle-born wizard.

Hermione gave him an awkward smile upon hearing this, "Finally, and most seriously, what if Aaron isn't the Heir of Slytherin?"

We already disappointed him once last year, and if we wrongly accuse him again this time...

Have you considered the consequences? Even if you shamelessly apologize, he definitely won't forgive us.

Harry was silent for a long while, then said, "Why don't you not go? Ron and I, the two of us..."

"Stop joking, Harry."

"How did you all end up looking like Draco and the others?" Hermione's face showed a hint of bitterness. "He's very clever. Even if he didn't understand at first, he always figured out later that I was the one who prepared Polyjuice Potion for you."

In other words, it's impossible for me to stay out of it even if I wanted to.

"Um... aren't you two overthinking this?" Ron chuckled. "We're imposters, we're Malfoy. Even if we've wronged him, it won't affect us."

Moreover, if we wrongly accuse him, it might not be a bad thing; at least it would prove he is innocent and not the Heir of Slytherin.

"That's right." Harry a slight sigh of relief, then looked at Hermione firmly. "Let's prepare the Polyjuice Potion first!"

If the school finds Heir of Slytherin within a month, then abandon the plan; if there are no other suspects, then..."

Harry didn't finish his sentence, but Ron and Hermione both understood what he meant.

However, this may be the only thing they can do right now; they can't just waste their time!

They were very efficient; Harry got the approval slip in the afternoon, but it still took Madam Pince a long time to check it before he could borrow the book.

However, the time allotted for borrowing a single permit is limited. Before the Potions is fully prepared, they need to get a few more permits from Lockhart, otherwise they won't be able to keep the book.

They decided to prepare the Polyjuice Potion in the washroom where Moaning Myrtle lived, and the necessary materials were exactly as they had expected.

They could obtain simple items like Lacewing flies, leeches, Fluxweed, and Knotgrass, but rare materials like Bicorn horn ground into powder and African Tree Snake snake skin were only available in Snape's office.

However, this isn't a big problem. With an Invisibility Cloak, it's really too easy to sneak into an office when no one is around.

Everything was going smoothly, and the Polyjuice Potion was mostly completed by the second week of December, but the last ingredient gave them a particularly difficult problem.

Because the final material is what I want to transform into things on that person's body, such as hair, nails, blood, skin fragments, and so on.

However, they usually didn't get along with Draco and his two henchmen, and even mocked each other when they met, so they couldn't find any opportunities to interact with them.

The three were at a loss. Harry and Ron even considered finding a reason to fight the three of them to steal their things, since pulling hair during a fight is quite normal.

Although it might violate school rules and cause Gryffindor to lose ten or so points, at least the goal can be achieved.

However, luck always comes at just the right time, and on this Sunday, a piece of parchment appeared on the bulletin board.

"Dueling Club?" Ron looked at the notice with some doubt. "It seems to be somewhat useful. At least when facing monsters, they won't just run away."

But which professor organized this event?

"I don't know, it wasn't mentioned on the notice," Hermione said. "But I guess it's Professor Flitwick, he was the dueling champion when he was young."

"This is also our chance," Harry thoughtfully. "If we can get some of Malfoy's hair during the duel, that would be even better."

"Perfect, let's teach Malfoy a lesson openly and fairly." Ron picked up his Wand. Although it was still wrapped in a thick layer of duct tape, he had figured out how to use Wand these days, and at least it hadn't caused any problems recently.

"By the way, how has Aaron been these days?" Hermione asked, looking at the two of them with some anxiety. "Has he done anything unusual?"

Harry Yang's expression turned complicated, and Ron also hesitated to speak.

"Say something!"

"We were only suspicious at first," Harry said with some difficulty, "But now we can be basically certain."

Aaron takes Abei around every day; we've both heard that he's inquiring about the family backgrounds of students at the four colleges.

"And they are particularly fond of Slytherin," Ron added.

"But what does that prove?" Hermione asked, puzzled.

Merlin!

"Can't you see it's that obvious?" Ron rolled his eyes. "He's choosing his target, the Chamber of Secrets Monster's next attack."

"No way!" Hermione frowned. "If they're choosing targets, why investigate Slytherin at all?"

"That's what you call meticulousness." Ron said calmly and confidently, "You know him well. Now that he's decided to take action, he should at least check the situation in his own backyard!"

"That's it, Hermione." Harry shrugged. "I know this is hard to accept, but it's the truth."

Hearing what the two said, Hermione was no longer as confident as she had been at the beginning. She let out a long sigh and it took her a while to react.

"If we get what we need from Malfoy and the others, we can prepare the Polyjuice Potion before Christmas."

"Great!" Harry said excitedly. "Tonight I'll challenge Malfoy, and you two will challenge Crabbe and Goyle. They definitely won't refuse."

At eight o'clock in the evening, the students gathered in the Great Hall.

The four Long Table have disappeared, replaced by a long arena placed in the center.

There was a row of torches on each side of the wall, and the firelight, along with hundreds of candles hanging from the ceiling, made the Great Hall exceptionally bright.

Aaron held Abei in his arms, glancing at the surrounding crowd every now and then.

To be honest, he didn't want to come; investigating the Chamber of Secrets was much more important.

But he searched every part of the castle but couldn't find the Chamber of Secrets, and his investigation into the Slytherin heir was also fruitless.

Since Colin was petrified, the heir seems to have become more vigilant and has not shown his face.

It can't be said that there were no results at all; at least many places and people were eliminated, and the scope of the investigation was narrowed down considerably.

But after working hard for more than a month, it would be a lie to say I wasn't tired.

I can take advantage of watching the dueling event tonight; it's a way to relax in a roundabout way.