[HP] Time Corner

Chapter 32 The Truth

"Wait—Godric's heir—" A hissing voice sounded behind him, like a magic voice covering his ears.

Harry was still pulling Draco back, when he heard this sentence, "???" Harry staggered in fright.

Using Draco's arm, Harry struggled to steady himself—"What did you say?" Turning around, he faced the basilisk's pecked blind eye.The huge basilisk stood tall in the air with its upper body, lowered its head, and the black eyes on the big head were facing him and Draco.The body of the huge basilisk is as thick as a bucket, and its whole body glows with the unique green light of poisonous snakes.

"You are the boy who stuck Gryffindor's sword into my body, I remember your smell." The basilisk hissed with a sense of anger and helplessness.

Harry swallowed, facing his unexpectedly powerful old opponent, Harry complained about his recklessness, but couldn't suppress his curiosity. "How are you still alive?"

"How could Godric's sword kill me?" The basilisk shook its head angrily. "That bastard keeps pestering Sarah all the time, it's annoying—" He moved his head forward, bringing his dark eyes closer to Harry. "If it wasn't for Sara, I really wanted to bite you to death."

"Sarah? Is it Lord Salazar Slytherin?" Harry asked tentatively.Draco next to him was confused, and there were low, hoarse, and clear hissing sounds echoing in the secret room, but he couldn't understand a word. "Harry, what are you talking about?" He whispered in Harry's ear.

Harry gently translated the conversation to Draco.Sensing the movement, the huge head of the basilisk approached Draco, causing the platinum boy to take two steps back to avoid its fishy breath.The basilisk let out another hoarse hiss.

Draco subconsciously turned his head to Harry, there was only one person here who could understand Parseltongue. "It said, 'Familiar smell, what's your relationship with Riley Malfoy?', Riley again!" Harry looked at his lover, "Drary, did you ask father about Riley?"

"Maybe it's the ancestor of the Malfoy family. When I asked my father, he was also a little confused... Maybe I should check the family tree." Draco looked at Harry thoughtfully and then fixed his eyes on the basilisk, "Can we talk?" Harry cooperatively translated this sentence to a big snake who had already found himself in a comfortable position.Hearing these words, the big snake shook his head up and down.

Then Harry and the others heard a story completely different from what was known in the history of magic.

Thousands of years ago, it was a dark age. Wizards were regarded as heretics, and once discovered, they would be brutally burned to death.In this situation, in order to better preserve the secrets of the wizarding world and cultivate excellent descendants, the four best wizards at that time - Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Lavin Crowe and Helga Hufflepuff decide to start a wizarding school to teach underage wizard cubs what they need to survive in the chaotic times.The Dukes of Slytherin donated their ancestral castle as the site of Hogwarts (Harry marveled that Hogwarts was actually Slytherin's property, and Draco gave him a hard look.)

The school saved the lives of countless wizards in troubled times.At that time, there were still many aristocrats in the wizarding world, such as the Potter family, the Malfoy family, and the Black family, all of which had a prominent reputation... Later, the patriarch of the Malfoy family was killed in the Muggle world (Draco gasped ), Slytherin loved the orphan Ryan Malfoy very much, so he adopted him as an adopted son...

The basilisk's voice carried reminiscence, "I grew up watching that stinky boy, who looks like an angel, but has a terrible temper. He plays tricks on Hogwarts with that Knox from the Potter family all day long." Student. Godric and Sara let him play tricks on me—" Speaking of which, the basilisk's tone became a little nasty, and of course the hissing became deeper in Draco's ears.

"Later, at a gathering of wizards, the drunken Prophet Trelawney made a prophecy. The Potters were shocked and begged Sarah to find a way, but the master said that the rise and fall of the family is an inevitable part of history. There was nothing he could do to help what happened. At that time, Knox went back dejectedly—not long after, I heard that Knox and his wife..." The basilisk lowered its head sadly, "Although I don't I like that kid so much, but suddenly he-" Harry thought of his ancestors in the manor clamoring that he hadn't seen the sun for 1000 years, and his heart was sour.

"Sara was depressed for a while because of this - after all, it was the child he watched growing up, and he was Godric's favorite student... One day not long after, Sarah came back, and he seemed a little drunk...Gryffin Sara locked herself in the room alone... What did he say to me—the downfall of the wizarding world and what problems to solve? But the descendants of the Potter family are the key to the solution. A prophecy..." The basilisk raised its head, falling into painful memories.

"Later...the news came that the master had a big quarrel with the other two...Sara disappeared. At that time, the disappearance could basically be regarded as death. Godric, who came back from the rescue, died of depression soon... ...When Sarah found the Time Stone and returned to Hogwarts, all she heard was the news of Gryffindor's death. He embedded the Time Stone in the crest of the Potter family... The disheartened Sarah asked His two best friends kept the news of his return. Afterwards, they established a contract between me and Hogwarts, and he then used the Chamber of Secrets as his final resting place."

Harry fell silent. "Why did the wizarding world fall into decline in the prophecy?" Harry asked.

"Master... never said that." The basilisk remained silent, "But I can show you and sign a contract with me." The basilisk raised its head.

"My name is Haierbo." He stretched his head next to Harry's arm, and his fangs, which were as thin as a saber, pierced Harry's arm. A sharp pain spread all over his body, and Haierbo shook his body and shrank. A circle, trembling again, shrinking a circle again.Eventually it became as thin as a little finger and hung on Harry's wrist.

Then the huge stone carving slowly turned away, revealing an exquisitely decorated door. Harry gently pushed it open, bringing up a thin layer of dust.

This is not like a secret room, but like a huge living room.A gorgeous four-poster bed big enough for two people to toss without rolling off, the bedposts are carved with exquisite serpentine patterns, silver-green draperies, and - gold-red velvet blankets, the color contrast makes Draco and Harry wanted to poke his eyes.

There is a big bookshelf against the wall, and most of the tomes on it are covered with this layer of light dust, and the thick books have a strong smell of time.

Next to the bookshelf was a solid wood table with mahogany trim, on which was a half-filled inkwell, with a quill stuck in the inkwell.Next to it is a golden lion that has always been alive, and a small green snake is sleeping soundly on the lion's head.

Harry walked gently to the desk, and there was a book of Slytherin's handwritten diaries spread out on the desk, with two lines of beautiful cursive characters on the title page - "Question in inheritance, progress in thorns".

Harry took a deep breath, and his complicated thoughts settled down.He turned it gently, and the second page turned out to be a little lion wagging its head and tail drawn on the paper, blinking its big watery eyes, uttering words one by one, "Sarah, you are ignoring me again." !" In the lower right corner are the two letters "GG" flying around.Harry couldn't help laughing, and almost couldn't hold the parchment in his hand.Draco moved closer to Harry, and couldn't help being a little dumbfounded seeing this.

This room is not like Salazar's secret room, there is another person's presence everywhere - the relief of the little lion and the golden red color that can be seen everywhere show the strong presence of another person, and if they don't If they guess wrong, that person is the very familiar "GG" - Godric Gryffindor.

This place is not like Salazar's burial place, but it seems that all the precious memories of him and Godric have been sealed.All those foreign things are just embellishments of feelings.

Draco and Harry looked at each other, feeling a strange feeling in their hearts at the same time.

Harry waved his wand - "Cleaned up".An invisible wind suddenly rose from the ground, slowly pushed it around, and gently wiped away the dust accumulated on all the furnishings in the room. As for Salazar and Godric, they could only do this for him Just to show gratitude.

Harry and Draco had already turned to the last page of the parchment, which was filled with Salazar's explorations and visions of black magic, and occasionally a few pages belonged to Godric's potion formula - it seems that the lion ancestor is a Potions Master, Draco was very surprised - at last -

"To my children—"

Harry and Draco's pupils shrank slightly, and they read word by word.