Downstairs in the Tower hall, the Harrises had basically all arrived.
Morgan le Fay was helping Fleur finish the gift list. She glanced up at the family of three coming downstairs, then turned her attention back to the clothing advertisements and asked casually, "Allen, why did you come down from upstairs? I thought you went out with Lenn... Oh, so you called us because the Basilisk hatched?"
After the others present realized what she meant, they looked up at Allen.
"That's right, Mother. The Basilisk hatched smoothly today. It's just that a rooster's crow is fatal to it, so I had Maggie deal with all the roosters at home..." At the sound of Allen's voice, the little dark-green Basilisk slithered out from beneath the Raven Feather on Allen's wizard robes. But not long after poking its head out, it hurriedly shrank back a little. Coiled on Allen's shoulder, it hissed and flicked its tongue, warily sizing up the people in front of it through the crystal shield.
No one had expected Allen to simply bring the Basilisk downstairs like this. Quite a few people had already shut their eyes on instinct, but the few sharper Harrises, realizing Allen would not bring danger to them, soon opened their eyes again and began examining this dangerous creature rated XXXXX by the Ministry of Magic.
"The Basilisk's gaze is indeed its most dangerous weapon. Any creature that meets its eyes directly will die at once. If the gaze is met indirectly—for example, through a reflection in a mirror or water—the creature will be bound head to toe and petrified... But don't worry. I put an eye covering made of crystal lenses over its eyes..." Allen pressed a finger against the little Basilisk's head, and it curled up on his shoulder, lazily swishing its