Chapter 996 Merope

Downstairs in the tower hall, Harris and others are basically all here.

Morgan Le Fay was helping Fleur to complete the gift list. She raised her head and glanced at the family of three downstairs, then her gaze returned to the clothing advertisements, and she asked casually, "Alan, How did you come down from upstairs? I thought you were going out with Ye and Len... Oh, so you informed us because the basilisk hatched?"

After the other people present reacted, they looked up at Allen.

"That's right, mother, the basilisk has been successfully hatched today, but the crowing of the rooster is fatal to it, so I asked Maggie to get rid of all the roosters in the house..." Hearing Alan's voice , the little dark green basilisk slipped out from under the raven feathers of Alan's robe, but it quickly shrank back a little after sticking out its head. It was entangled on Alan's shoulder, hissing Spitting out the letter, through the crystal shield, he looked in front of him vigilantly.

Many people who didn't expect Alan to bring the basilisk down like this had instinctively closed their eyes, but Harris, who realized that Alan would not bring danger to them, opened his eyes again , and began to look at this dangerous creature rated as a ????? level by the Ministry of Magic.

"The sight of the basilisk is indeed the most dangerous attack weapon. Any creature that meets its gaze directly will be killed immediately. If it meets indirectly—for example, a creature seen through reflection in a mirror or water will be bound and killed by the whole body. Petrified and fixed... But don't worry, I put eye patches made of crystal lenses on its eyes..." Allen pressed his fingers on the head of the little basilisk, and the little basilisk curled up on his shoulders, lazily He flicked his tail complacently, "Of course, wearing ordinary glasses can't save people's lives when they make eye contact with the basilisk, because the glasses can still let the eyes pass through directly instead of reflecting them like mirrors and cameras, but my The principle is not to use reflection, but to use ancient magic methods, using the lens to directly weaken and absorb the murderous gaze overflowing from its eyes."

But even with the isolation of the crystal blindfold, everyone felt slight or severe discomfort after looking at this cute newborn little basilisk.

Fleur turned her head away suddenly, she seemed to feel that her whole body became very stiff, and every movement was very strenuous, she opened her mouth with difficulty, but found that she couldn't even roll her tongue freely——Fleur joined Harris The shortest time, relatively speaking, the soul energy is the weakest one, so it is more uncomfortable when facing the gaze of the little basilisk.

Albert, who had nothing to do after feeling a little dizzy at first glance, quickly embraced Fu Rong in his arms after seeing his fiancée's distress, helped him to the sofa next to him, and began to show affection to Fu Rong in public. Keep comforting.

"Wearing goggles, you can still have such power. This little guy is more powerful than you predicted, Josephine." Owen shook his head and stopped looking at the basilisk, turning his head to look at his sister who seemed completely harmless.

"This is a good thing. Many families hope to tame a dangerous magical creature like a basilisk to protect their wealth and protect their families." Aunt Josephine stared at the little basilisk's yellow eyes, "Not including Slytherin If the one stayed at Hogwarts, there would be no record of seeing a basilisk in Britain for at least four hundred years. The Dangerous Creatures Committee under the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures under my management would occasionally investigate and deal with several issues of smuggled snakes. The strange egg incident, of course, most of them are fake things, Moody once took an alarm clock given to him by others as a basilisk egg... But I still encountered a real guy in a smuggling case, it’s a pity It's a dead egg with no signs of life..."

"Oh..." Allen sighed regretfully, "It's a pity, otherwise, if we can get it back,

This little guy has company. "

"Many of these magical creatures artificially bred by wizards don't have the ability to reproduce." Luna nestled on the sofa, resting her head on Helena's materialized lap, "But this monkey face Pets can indeed reproduce normally..." (Author's note: Although there is a saying that the basilisk has red hair on its head and is said to be male, there is no official statement on whether it has a real gender or whether it will reproduce, but according to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Chapter 17: Of the Four Warriors, the basilisk itself may be capable of reproduction, as Moody suspects that the gift he received was a "pretty basilisk egg" regardless of Thirty-seven twenty-one smashes this travel alarm clock, which means that basilisks can lay eggs.)

"Uh...uh vomit..."

Morgan Le Fay clutched her chest, a sour smell of gastric juices rotting from her vomited food.

"If you feel uncomfortable looking at it, just turn your head away. Let's see you force yourself..." Owen hugged his wife, half-supported and half-supported Morgan Le Fay to rest on the sofa beside him, just like his eldest son, Also began to show off in public, Enai kept comforting Morgan Le Fay.

And Kreacher, the house elf who appeared before Maggie, quickly cleaned up the vomit with a quick wave of his fingers, took out the perfume bottle and sprayed it thoughtfully, then bowed to the surrounding masters and disappeared. In situ.

However, after this incident, including Owen, almost no one in the family is willing to look at this dangerous little basilisk. Although it is not fatal, the almost petrified feeling makes them uncomfortable—and Daisy and Fleur were somewhat in tune with each other, neither of whom liked snakes very much.

"They are also your family...protect them..." Allen lowered his jaw slightly, hissed hissingly at the little basilisk whispering to the little basilisk. Because of his age, the little basilisk raised his head suspiciously, and passed the enslaving gem in Allen. After conveying the thoughts in his heart again, the little guy finally understood to some extent.

"It's best for everyone, come up one by one and let them identify it." Seeing that the basilisk understood the order, Allen beckoned everyone to move forward.

Aunt Josephine, who was closest, walked over first. She stretched out her pale hand and let the little basilisk entangle it, and then felt the coldness of each other's bodies, "Other magical creatures see that it is difficult for us wizards to look at us from our appearance. To distinguish us, after all, we think they are about the same length as we look at them, but the snake's sense of smell is very developed, and the basilisk can also remember human voices, but this one is a bit too young, so we'd better be patient at ordinary times Try to spend more time with it..."

After Josephine passed, his elder brother Owen looked a little too relaxed, and he obviously realized his state later with a self-deprecating smile: "Actually, owning a basilisk was just a wish for me before." I didn’t even dare to think about it. At that time, I was afraid that whoever gave me one would go to jail and dare not raise it... But since Alan went to Hogwarts, I seem to be a little immune to these things..."

"I wouldn't dare to raise it without enslavement gems." Allen gently tugged the little basilisk's tail affectionately, "This little guy's attack intentions are much stronger than imagined."

Owen secretly turned his head and glanced at Luna on the sofa, and found that the other party was distracted again. He shook his head with a wry smile, and then said generously: "Speaking of which, this rooster egg was brought by Penello when he was performing your mission in Africa. It's really hard work for this girl... Now that Ellen is hatched, remember to inform her... By the way, Ellen, how did Penello's parents persuade her? Where's Hermione's parents? They all agreed to move to the Is there your school city?"

"Uh...probably not yet, I'll make sure when I send the message later..." Allen didn't pay much attention to this matter after the two witches said that they could solve it. After being asked by his father this time, he felt As the initiator, he should pay more attention to it.

"So cute!"

It turned out that Emily, who was preparing to play next to her, saw that her father did not move away but chatted with Allen. She couldn't hold back her temper and walked over directly. She endured the strong numbness in her body and kept watching the basilisk. This cute and dangerous creature is full of admiration, "Alan, did you name it?"

"Merope." There was a little pride in Alan's tone.

Owen frowned beside him: "Merope? It seems that you really have some sympathy for the mysterious person?"

"Uh, no father, I just think that the surname Gaunt behind this name is quite suitable for this snake. After all, they also have the blood of Salazar Slytherin." Allen now found a reason to explain. He just remembered that according to the customs here, giving a child an elder’s name is mostly out of commemoration and respect—for example, the full name of James Potter’s son Harry Potter is Harry James Potter. Potter, and Harry's unborn eldest son was named by Harry after his father, also called James Sirius Potter, that is, James Potter...

Realizing that Luna must be looking at his mind just now, Allen pretended to be angry and glared at Luna on the sofa. Luna just said lightly, "Since there is a resurrection stone, their house may also be Cadmore Speverell, that is, the descendant of the second child in the story of the Three Death Brothers..."

Owen noticed Emily looking at them with puzzled eyes, and habitually turned his head and shouted: "Len, please explain to everyone the meaning implied by the name Merope."

But there was no reply. Owen turned his head back to look for Lun in his family strangely. Allen also turned his head to scan the faces of his family, and suddenly realized that he had made a mistake—letting Lun deal with the dark wizard himself before he left , and asked him to buy local specialty fruit brandy, and Lun did not have the ability to directly apparate back from Bulgaria at one time...

In this case, it would indeed take a while for Lun to return home, and just now everyone didn't realize that Lun was absent at ordinary times - his sense of presence was too low when he was fine.