Hogwarts becomes host

"I understand." Elaine did not bargain with Riddle because she had been mentally prepared. "Well, it seems that it won't work without the basilisk."

"Oh" Riddle asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm already very reluctant to kidnap two students at once, and kidnapping a third one is really beyond my capabilities." Elaine explained to him, "So I want to change the plan, kidnap one person, leave clues, and let Potter run away. From the trap──He is also a Parseltongue and can pass through the traps in front of him. You shouldn’t care about others knowing about this secret room.”

"Anyway, no one can enter the real Chamber of Secrets without the direct bloodline of Slytherin. It doesn't matter." Riddle nodded in agreement, "However, you must be possessed by me to use Parseltongue to control the basilisk── "

"Well, I know." Elaine sighed, "But as I said before, my father made me a Horcrux, and as the last direct descendant of Shafiq, I still have a lot of Shafi on me. The Ke family’s protective magic cannot lend you this body.”

"" Riddle blinked and said nothing.

"So I'm afraid I can only force you to possess the house elf."

"You are trying to insult the great Lord Voldemort." Riddle's voice became low and cold, "That kind of dirty, despicable servant race is worthy of being my body."

"But there is no other body." Elaine spread her hands helplessly and said, "If you want to possess other students, then I have to hand over the diary, and you have to spend time to encourage them. Foreign wizards cannot be in Huo Gwartz comes and goes as he pleases——"

"Then why don't you hand over your body? Don't talk about the Shafiq family's defensive magic. That kind of thing can be broken." Riddle looked at Elaine, a trace of desire flashed in his eyes, "Lend me your body. Since we want to cooperate, I will naturally not do anything to your body."

"This is really not possible. There are two reasons - the first is what I just said. I have been made into my father's Horcrux. Are you sure there will be no problem if three souls share one body?" Elaine explained. "The second thing is that your loyal servant Mr. Malfoy once sent his house elves to warn Potter to be careful about me. If anything happens, I will definitely be the first to be suspected."

"Well." Riddle frowned and said, "You are Potter's friend, wouldn't he trust you?"

"He will trust me, but others will not. All the elves in the Malfoy family know it. Do you think Malfoy himself will not know it?" Shaking her head, Elaine said, "No matter what, when the attack happens, I need There is an absolute alibi, and even the target of one of the attacks must have been me."

The reality is that Adair used Slytherin's heritage as a bargaining chip. As soon as he heard that the Chamber of Secrets was opened and the descendants of Slytherin released the sealed monsters, the Ministry of Magic would definitely, 100%, immediately identify Elaine. Of course, you can't talk to Riddle about the prisoner.

"It's really troublesome." Riddle's phantom thought for a while, "No, in this case, just let me possess the basilisk. I will control the basilisk myself. You don't have to choose the target. I will do it."

"Uh wait, let's discuss this in detail"

That day, Elaine didn't leave the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets until bedtime.

***

After a week of cold war, Hermione still refused to talk to Elaine, so she forced Elaine to resort to a trick, shamelessly hugging her and acting coquettishly in public in the Gryffindor common room, and Hermione finally reluctantly forgave her. she.

Although Elaine still identifies as male, she has begun to adopt some feminine behaviors.

However, she didn't seem to notice this herself, and no audience would remind her deliberately - even if they wanted to, Elaine couldn't see it now.

The days that followed were uneventful. Twenty-one Nimbus 2001s were mailed to Hogwarts at breakfast time two weeks later, arousing all the students' expectations for the Quidditch game. Now every player uses the same Broom, even if you lose the battle, there is no excuse.

Therefore, the competition for the Quidditch pitch has become increasingly fierce.

Because the deans of each college opened a green channel for their teams, when the four team captains took small notes and made a noise all the way from the stadium into the staff office, the deans of the four colleges actually had a big quarrel regardless of their style. Look, The students were stunned, and in the end it was Dumbledore who came forward to resolve the matter.

Each academy is allocated the same amount of practice time, no more, no less.

As far as the ghosts were concerned it was the first time in hundreds of years that they had seen such a fair Quidditch match.

The broomsticks are the same, the practice time is the same, the only difference is the skills of the players, which makes the Quidditch souls of the teachers and students in the school burn brightly. Every house thinks they will win, not even Hufflepuff. Exception - Badgers are peace-loving, but that doesn't mean they don't like the pursuit of victory.

Elaine probably didn't expect that the matter would become such a big deal. Even if Lockhart formed a new dueling club, it could not divert the students' enthusiasm for the Quidditch game--and Lockhart's performance was really bad. Unable to hold on to the wall, the Duel Club became a book club for the second time. From then on, only Lockhart's fangirls would go.

Relying on the competition with Daphne, Elaine successfully obtained highly efficient transformation water from Slughorn, which can transform for up to five hours. However, due to changes in plans, it seems that she does not need it now.

Anyway, this potion has always been useful. Let’s take a look.

A few days later, as soon as Elaine walked out of the Transfiguration classroom, a senior girl handed her a small note in front of Hermione, Harry, and Ron, saying that it was given to her by Professor Lockhart.

"Lockhart is looking for you." Ron's face was full of disgust, "What does that pretty boy want to do?"

"Called Professor Lockhart." Hermione corrected him, "No matter what, he is still a professor."

"He didn't teach me anything except not letting the elf out of the cage at will." Ron complained. "I know what Professor Lockhart wrote."

"It's nothing special." Elaine Liang showed them. "He asked me to go to his office to find him at eight o'clock in the evening. He said that he wanted to tell me something related to the Shafiq family, and he wanted me to go alone."

"Alone" Hermione frowned, "Is this okay?"

"What's wrong with what he wrote like this?" Elaine said with a smile, "Do you think he can do anything to me?"

"No, no." Harry also smiled, "We were worried about what you would do to Lockhart."

"What are you talking about, Harry?" Ron said pretending to be serious. "Even if Elaine wants to find someone to attack, she will find a woman──"

Everyone was chattering around and didn't take this matter to heart. They went to and from get out of class as usual. After dinner, Elaine said something to them and then went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

However, she did not return to Gryffindor Tower that night.