He cleared his throat, made a soft sound like breaking chalk, and continued:
"In October of that year, a dedicated group composed of Sardinia magicians--"
He stuttered and stopped. Hermione raised his hand in the air and waved it.
"Miss Granger?"
"I would like to ask, sir, legends are based on certain facts, aren't they?"
Professor Binns looked at her, extremely surprised.
"Okay,"
Professor Binns said slowly,
"Yeah, I guess you can say that."
He looked at Hermione hard, as if he had never looked at a student carefully before.
"However, the legend you mentioned is a very sensational, even ridiculous story..."
Now, the whole class is listening to every word Professor Binns said with rapt attention.
He looked at them with dim eyes, and saw every face turned towards him.
Harry It can be seen that Mr. Binns is really embarrassed by the unusually strong interest shown by everyone.
"Oh, okay then,"
He said slowly,
"Let me think about it... Chamber of Secrets... You all must know that Hogwarts School was founded more than a thousand years ago - the exact date is not certain - by the four greatest wizards of the time.
The four colleges are named after them: Godric·Gryffindor, Helga·Hufflepuff, Rowena·Ravenclaw and Salazar·Slytherin.
They built this castle together, away from the prying eyes of Muggles, because at that time, people were afraid of magic and wizards were persecuted a lot."
Professor Binns's words made everyone crane their necks.
"In the beginning, they were very good friends and worked hard for the same goal.
They worked together harmoniously, looking for young people who showed signs of magic, and brought them to the castle to train them.
However, slowly there were differences between them.
The rift between Slytherin and others is getting bigger and bigger. Slytherin hopes that Hogwarts will be more picky when recruiting students. He believes that magic education should only be limited to pure wizarding families. He is unwilling to accept children born to Muggle, thinking that they are unreliable.
Some days later, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a fierce quarrel over this issue, and then Slytherin left the school."
Professor Binns paused again, pursed his lips, like a wrinkled old turtle,
"Reliable historical data tells us this."
"Where is Chamber of Secrets, professor?"
Hermione felt that they were getting close to the truth, she asked quickly.
"Chamber of Secrets, it is such weird legends that cover up the real facts. The story says that Slytherin built a secret room in the castle, and the other founders knew nothing about it.
According to the legend, Slytherin sealed Chamber of Secrets so that no one could open it until his true heir arrived at the school.
Only that heir can open Chamber of Secrets, release the horror inside, and let it purify the school and eliminate all those who are not worthy of learning magic."
The story is over.
The whole class was silent, but it was not the sleepy silence that usually occurs in Professor Binns classes.
"I understand..."
Hermione's face turned pale, and they were all connected.
The person named Tom Riddle is Heir of Slytherin. He wanted to release the monster, but was stopped by Sean.
But who is Tom Riddle?
"Diary, Hermione, diary."
Harry is not much better either.
Hogwarts actually hides such a monster. If Sean hadn't fought alone every night, would Basilisk have been released?
"I'm telling you, that thing doesn't exist at all."
Professor Binns organized his notes and said,
"There is no Chamber of Secrets, and there is no monster."
After class.
On the way to Hope Cottage.
Ron chattered tremblingly:
"I have long known that Salazar·Slytherin is a perverted old lunatic.
But I didn't know that he was the one who came up with this Pure-blood nonsense. Even if he gave me free money, I would not enter his academy.
To be honest, if Sorting Hat had assigned me to Slytherin, I would have just taken the train home without saying anything..."
Harry believes that he would not dare to do this, because Mrs. Weasley will most likely throw him back.
But he believes that Ron does not discriminate against Muggle-born wizard at all.
"We have to find Ginny."
Hermione stared into their eyes and said,
"As for Basilisk Fang, Harry, look there..."
Harry turned his head and saw a huge tooth placed calmly on Sean's table.
"He is simply terrifyingly strong... I dare say that if that old lunatic Slytherin were alive today, he would definitely change his mind.
Because at his age, Sean can beat ten of him..."
Ron can already think of what happened in Chamber of Secrets,
"Why do I always feel like something is missing... Where is Sean?"
Hermione and Harry stood up at the same time.
At this time in the past, Sean should be reading at Hope Cottage.
The same goes for breakfast, I've never seen him skip breakfast.
When they hurriedly ran to Girls' Bathroom on the second floor, they happened to see Ginny.
"Ginny, why are you here?"
Ron pretended to have a conversation with Ginny, but Hermione glanced at the old book that was incompatible with the new book.
"Harry, look at that..."
Hermione said.
Harry followed her gaze, quietly approached Ginny, and secretly took out the old notebook.
The process went surprisingly smoothly.
It was as if this book had also come to mind in his hands.
Harry You can tell at a glance that this is a diary, and the faded date on the cover shows that it is from fifty years ago.
He turned it over eagerly, and on the first page, he could only make out a name written in blurry ink: T. M.Riddle.
"... Ah, yes, goodbye."
Ron was poked, he quickly ended the topic, and several people left the place in a hurry.
However, the moment he saw the diary, Ron shouted:
"I remembered! I know this name...Riddle won the Special Contribution to the School Award fifty years ago."
"Ron, let's talk about the rest."
Harry holds the snake fang and stabs it.
"Wait a moment, Harry, we haven't found Sean yet. It might be useful."
Hermione blocked Harry.
They had arrived at the door of Girls' Bathroom on the second floor.
Peeves has been wreaking havoc here recently, and no one has been willing to come here for a long time.
As soon as he dived into it, Hermione covered his mouth.
Harry and Ron could still see her eyes filled with tears for a moment.
Later, they found the petrified Alchemy Frog in the pool.