Chapter 241: Basilisk: That Thing Is so Scary, It Scared Me to Death

Harry remembered what Les had said to him before, so it was possible that it was a snake that was talking!

He raised his head suddenly, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else around, Harry further believed in his inference under Les' guidance.

Thinking of the characteristics of Parseltongue that Ron had told him, Harry had a bold idea in his mind: Why not try to chat with the snake?

Harry was a man of action. After the idea came to his mind, he immediately took action - he was afraid that if he delayed for too long, the snake would run away to other places.

"Why are you running away?" Harry said in a low voice. While speaking, he tried hard to imagine that he was a snake and he was talking to his fellow snakes.

With Harry's efforts, the sound coming out of his mouth was no longer a human voice, but a "hissing" sound like a gas leak.

Harry's voice reached the ears of the basilisk in the pipe - it came with a mission, but it would not run away to other places after a while as Harry thought.

The little wizard in front of him could actually communicate with him, which surprised the basilisk. However, he did not bother to think about the reason, but immediately said what Les told him to say.

[The end of the world has come, terrible monsters have appeared, and we must escape... Child, don't hesitate, let's go! ]

Harry: Huh? What the hell?

"What monster? Where?" He couldn't help but ask further: "Even Dumbledore can't stop it?"

[In the Forbidden Forest, mixed with spiders, very evil, very dark... It is still very weak now, but when it grows up, the world will be swallowed by it——]

Harry: ? ? ?

He was confused by the snake that didn't know where it was hiding. What mixed with spiders will swallow the whole world when it grows up? What the hell?

He once suspected that the snake's mind was disordered.

[It would be great if someone could stop it... There are so many wizards here, but no one knows about the changes in the Forbidden Forest...]

The snake in the wall said "heartbrokenly".

"Is it true?" Seeing the snake's sincerity, Harry began to believe it: How could a snake lie to him? - Obviously, Harry had not read the Bible seriously.

[It's true, my people saw it with their own eyes. If it's false, I will never catch a fat and delicious mouse in my life]

Harry's attention was distracted by the snake's description of the mouse for a moment, and then he fell into thinking: Since the snake said it with certainty, it is likely to be true. As the first wizard to know the truth, he should do something.

At this moment, Harry felt that he suddenly had a heavy mission on his shoulders. After all, according to what the snake said, if that thing grows up, even the world will be swallowed by it.

He confirmed the location of the monster with the snake again and got a clear answer: it was hiding in the nest of the Forbidden Forest Acromantula.

[Run, kid! ]

"Thank you... but I have another choice!" Harry's eyes gradually became firm.

He will change everything!

Maybe his power is very weak, but he has -

Dumbledore!

He must tell Professor Dumbledore about this!

The snake's voice disappeared, as if it had left the place.

Harry hurried out of the library, and then he froze in his place: it was still the same problem, he didn't know where Professor Dumbledore's office was, and there were probably few people in Hogwarts who knew it.

Why don't he go to Fred and ask them? They know the castle very well, so they should know the location of the principal's office, right?

Just then, Harry noticed a figure in an emerald green robe flashing around the corner of the stairs in the distance.

It was Professor McGonagall!

Harry ran over as fast as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Professor McGonagall, please wait a moment--"

Hearing Harry's shout, Professor McGonagall stopped and stood high on the stairs, looking at him with a stern look.

"What's the matter, Mr. Potter?"

"It's like this, I want to see Professor Dumbledore, it's very important."

"Professor Dumbledore is busy, you can tell me if you have anything to say." Obviously, Professor McGonagall would not take him to disturb Dumbledore just because of a student's words.

It's the same to say it to Professor McGonagall, Harry thought in his heart.

So he told Professor McGonagall the news he heard.

"Are you saying that there is a monster in the Forbidden Forest, lurking in the tribe of the Acromantula? When it grows up, the world will be devoured by it?" Professor McGonagall's tone was full of doubt.

This is too normal, any mature person would not believe this news at the first time.

"Yes, it's true." Harry looked very sincere.

"Can I know where you heard this news?"

Harry was speechless.

He learned from Ron that the ability to talk to snakes was not something to brag about, and it was best not to tell others, so he couldn't help but hesitate. More importantly, he suddenly thought of a question: What if that thing was just a world-destroying enemy in the eyes of snakes? For example, it was a spider that was particularly good at catching snakes. It would be very funny to alarm Professor Dumbledore for such a thing.

Seeing that Harry couldn't give a reasonable explanation, Professor McGonagall seemed to understand everything. She pursed her lips and told Harry: "I will notify Hagrid and ask him to patrol the Forbidden Forest. This is his job."

Seeing Professor McGonagall say this, Harry's eyes were full of disappointment: he didn't think Hagrid could solve this crisis. It's not that he looked down on Hagrid, but that his character was too rough and he might not be able to find the crisis in the dark-and the name Rubeus Hagrid is indeed not as reassuring as Albus Dumbledore.

Professor McGonagall's additional words made Harry even more desperate.

She said, "It's normal to be stressed out with the final exams approaching, but you still have to relax. If it doesn't work, Madam Pomfrey will be happy to prescribe a tranquilizer for you."

Harry: ...

He knew that Professor McGonagall didn't believe a word she said to him. This time, he was finished. Even Hagrid's inspection would not happen!

The feeling of loss was like a basin of ice water poured on his head, soaking his whole body. At the same time, Professor McGonagall, who was busy correcting students' homework in the office, sneezed. She raised her head and locked her eyes on the open window.

"That's the bad thing about opening the window for ventilation. Dust and other things all run in..." Professor McGonagall took out her wand and waved it gently, and the fine dust in the office and the dust on the window sills disappeared.

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