Chapter 256 Only Malfoy Is Dissatisfied with the Ending
With the basilisk eliminated, Tom Riddle's diary was also destroyed, and the legend of the Chamber of Secrets that had been circulating in the wizarding world for nearly a thousand years disappeared. From now on, there will be no more basilisk, and no so-called heir of Slytherin.
Dumbledore took the revived Ginny out of the secret room, and the group went to Professor McGonagall's office, where the Weasleys were waiting for them.
As soon as she arrived at the door of the office, she heard Mrs. Weasley crying inside the room, which showed how worried this sometimes "fierce" and sometimes kind middle-aged woman was about her daughter.
Opening the door, Dumbledore took Ginny and walked in. The attention of everyone in the room was attracted by the sound of the door opening.
Mrs. Weasley, who was sitting in front of the fire, stopped crying. Mr. Weasley stared blankly at the door, and the twins stopped walking around. For a moment, the people in the office seemed to be frozen, and there was silence. Suddenly, a scream——
"Ginny!"
Mrs. Weasley jumped up, followed by Mr. Weasley, who both put their arms around their baby girl. The twins also hurried over. After seeing that their sister was okay, the two brothers turned to Ada and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
After letting go of Ginny, Mrs. Weasley hugged Ada and Harry respectively. Words could not express Mrs. Weasley's gratitude. She just repeated: "You saved her! You saved her!"
The head of the family, Mr. Weasley, expressed his gratitude to Dumbledore, as well as Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout who were traveling with him. Mr. Weasley knew that without the help of these three professors, his daughter might have to stay in the Chamber of Secrets.
After a while, the mood of the Weasley family gradually stabilized. Dumbledore walked to the desk, put down the diary, and began to tell everyone the story.
While Dumbledore was talking, Professor McGonagall walked up to Ada. She took out a handkerchief and wiped Ada's face. How hard she wiped it showed how much she disliked Ada, who was like a mud monkey.
Ada also knew that she was stained with mud, so she cleaned her robes when leaving the secret room. But she couldn't see whether there was any gray on her face, and no one else told her. Naturally, Ada didn't know that she had turned into a little cat.
Dumbledore did not blame Ginny, who was forced by Voldemort, and did not blame her for opening the Chamber of Secrets and releasing the basilisk to attack the students. Instead, he comforted Ginny and asked the Weasleys not to punish her.
Tom Riddle's diary was the culprit, and the one who hid the diary in the book was the one who deserved to be punished - Lucius Malfoy.
Yes, this diary was slipped into Ginny's Transfiguration textbook by Lucius Malfoy on the day of the Diagon Alley fistfight.
After leaving the office, the Weasleys took Ginny to the school doctor's office so that the little girl could have a good rest after suffering so much pain. Harry stayed in the office. His mind was filled with questions. He wanted to ask Dumbledore about many things clearly.
Although Ada had doubts in her heart, she did not stay, but wandered to the bathroom alone. She really couldn't stand the smell of herself, so she would discuss these questions later.
At this time, the students were still in the common rooms of their respective houses, so there was no one in the bathroom. Ada came to her most commonly used compartment, filled the water, adjusted the water temperature, and entered the water. The whole set of actions was done in one go, without any sloppiness.
In the misty bathroom, Ada put a towel on her head. Her white and tender skin was slightly red, and the unhappiness of being stained with mud was forgotten by her at this moment.
It is said that people like to think when taking a bath. Archimedes of ancient Greece discovered the law of buoyancy while taking a bath. But this does not mean that taking a bath really helps to think. It means that when you take a bath, you suddenly "quiet down" and there is less external interference, and your thoughts naturally become clearer.
At this moment, Ada is the only one in the bathroom. This is the most dangerous scene in ghost movies, and it is also the most suitable scene for thinking. Ada is just thinking wildly and her mind is racing. She is thinking about Tom Riddle's diary.
It can preserve the memory of a sixteen-year-old boy for fifty years, and it can "resurrect" a sixteen-year-old boy and become a physical person. This is obviously not a function that a diary should have, and it is also a diary made by Muggles. . This is neither magic nor science.
If there really was such a diary, Ada wanted to say: Give me one too! I have money! Take as much as you want!
When a diary from the Muggle world preserves the memory or soul of Tom Riddle, the diary is no longer an ordinary diary, but a magical item that carries the hope of Voldemort's resurrection.
Ada once briefly discussed soul and life with Dumbledore. Most magic that affects both is black magic, which is usually evil and unforgivable.
In other words, the reason why the diary can carry the soul and possibly resurrect the memory is most likely a form of black magic. This kind of dark magic is very likely to be Slytherin's real treasure, coming from those disappeared books hidden by Voldemort.
It's just that Ada has no idea what this black magic is. Grindelwald did not teach her dark magic, nor did she learn about similar dark magic from Cecil.
For a moment, Ada fell into a blind spot of her own knowledge. She ripped off the towel on her head and threw it into the bathtub. She wanted to say a curse word, but her mouth made a "hiss" sound unconsciously.
Ada quickly covered her mouth. She had just acquired this ability and was not yet proficient in it. It was just a moment of relaxation and he said something like this. It really shouldn't have happened.
If people knew now that she also knew Parseltongue, even if Ada was covered in mouths, they wouldn't be able to explain it!
Fortunately, there is only Ada here, no one will know about her mistake this time, and no one will know that she can also make snakes surrender.
Ada is still a weak person now and needs to explain to others that everything around her is abnormal and unreasonable to make herself look normal.
When one day she becomes someone like Dumbledore or Grindelwald, then she won't need to explain to anyone. The name Ada is truth.
After making sure that no one would know, Ada relaxed and soaked in the hot water comfortably again.
Just as Ada was washing herself and applying perfume, several guests suddenly came to the school. Ministers of Magic Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy came together.
Minister Fudge arrived to solve the problem of the secret room and wanted to take away the suspect Hagrid.
Yes, just like fifty years ago, Hagrid was regarded as the murderer again. Even the former headmaster Armando Dippet and the current Minister of Magic Fudge were fooled. Harry and Ginny were induced and bewitched, and they were not unfair at all.
The mystery of the Chamber of Secrets has been solved by Dumbledore, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts is innocent, and Hagrid no longer needs to be sent to Azkaban.
Although Dumbledore did not hand over the murderer to the minister, Dumbledore warmly invited Fudge to visit the Chamber of Secrets and see the basilisk that had disappeared in England for four hundred years.
Cornelius Fudge didn't want to go to the Chamber of Secrets. He declined Dumbledore's invitation because of his busy business. Then, the minister left the school like flying with his men, taking the great liar Lockhart with him.
Gilderoy Lockhart will be temporarily detained in the Ministry of Magic. When his affairs are investigated, he will face a long prison life in Azkaban.
Different from the Ministry of Magic, although Malfoy also came for the Chamber of Secrets, he came to force the palace. He united with other school directors to force Dumbledore to leave the school, and the secret room was just the reason he found.
But Malfoy was destined to be disappointed. Not only did he fail to drive away Dumbledore, but he was beaten by Dumbledore and even lost his own house elf.
This school year, Harry was warned by the Ministry of Magic, missed the school train, and was almost murdered by a Bludger. The "mastermind" of all this was Dobby, the house elf of the Malfoy family.
The Lord had a lot of help from Harry, and he didn't care about Dobby's unreliable help, and he also freed Dobby. Starting today, Dobby is a "free" elf!