area51novel End of Chapter 106
End of Chapter 106
After the banquet, Thea was summoned to the principal's office again, as expected.
No one knows what the headmaster and Thea talked about, except for a few Hufflepuffs who accidentally bumped into Thea returning and said:
Thea's eyes were a little red, as if she was about to cry!
The moment this news broke, countless young wizards went wild!
Who is Thea?
Every time we take a test, we always take first place!
She was always the first to raise her hand to answer questions in class. If the professor hadn't restrained her, she would have taken all the marks for all the classes she taught!
He may look frail, but no one can forget the Quaffle he threw on the Quidditch pitch – it scored over 100 points!
How could someone like that be scolded to tears?
Gryffindor, their old rivals, expressed utter disbelief.
Thea was also completely bewildered. Faced with Draco and the others' raging anger, Thea said she knew nothing.
"I knew it! Dumbledore wouldn't be looking for you for anything good!"
Theodore was indignant.
"I want my dad to come to Hogwarts!"
Draco declared, "Thea can tolerate it, but that doesn't mean he can!"
"Dumbledore really went too far this time!"
Even the usually reserved Zabini expressed his dissatisfaction.
Compared to the boys' indignation, the girls were more concerned about Thea herself.
"Thea, are you alright now?"
Pansy asked cautiously, afraid of reopening Thea's wounds.
"I am fine."
Thea smiled slightly.
Perhaps everyone had already formed a preconceived notion, because even when Thea put on her usual gentle smile, the others could sense that Thea was "enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens," and they even imagined Thea crying alone wrapped in a blanket.
Seeing that everyone's expressions were getting increasingly strange, Thea quickly suppressed her amused mood and hurriedly explained the reason:
"I twisted my ankle when I was going downstairs, and that's when I bumped into Hufflepuff."
The truth is actually this:
Thea wasn't paying attention as she went downstairs, and she twisted her ankle on the last step, losing her balance and bumping headfirst into Hufflepuff, who was coming to the kitchen to get food.
As luck would have it, Thea bumped right into Cedric's arms. His bones were so hard that Thea's eyes immediately filled with tears.
Fortunately, the other person let go immediately after helping Thea steady herself. Just as the two were feeling awkward, they bumped into another Hufflepuff who came to get food...
Thea realized: This place is not safe to stay!
So, without having time to apologize to the other party, Thea endured the pain in her forehead and feet and quickly returned to her dormitory.
And that's how we got to this situation.
Even though Thea explained the reason in a way that avoided the main point, the indignant crowd still couldn't listen.
In the end, Thea decided to let things take their course, since it wasn't her who would get hurt!
But this idea quickly disappeared after a series of owl letters arrived, and despite her helplessness, Thea still had to explain to the other party one by one.
Finally, after writing the last letter to Daisy, Thea was finally free.
If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have stopped and explained things to that Hufflepuff...
Thea was filled with regret.
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The next morning, all the young wizards boarded the train leaving Hogwarts.
As Thea left the lounge for the station, something inside her suddenly jolted.
Thea glanced knowingly toward the collapsed area of the castle, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.
Ever since Thea discovered the pile of stone tablets in the secret chamber, she seems to have developed some kind of connection with it. Whenever she wants, she can sense the movements of the basilisk and the magical fluctuations around the chamber.
For example, right now, Thea felt someone using detection magic to probe the entrance to the secret chamber located in the washroom, while the basilisk continued to lurk deep inside the chamber.
After taking one last look at Hogwarts, Thea boarded the train with the others.
Thea's smile widened as she thought of the "basilisk" Harry had killed.
After all, it was something left behind by Slytherin, and given the other party's peculiar abilities, rather than letting him die meaninglessly under Gryffindor's sword, Thea would rather skin him alive and squeeze every last drop of value out of him.
Anyway, it killed someone. Even if it wasn't intentional, the fact remains that murderers must pay with their lives. This is an eternal truth.
Thinking of Myrtle in the washroom, Thea sighed slightly. She probably already knew that the "basilisk" had been killed!
I'm sorry, Myrtle, I've never been a good person.
If I survive, I will keep my promise and apologize to you.
I promised to kill the basilisk, but I temporarily replaced it with a "Boggart".
Yes, the "basilisk" that Harry "killed" was actually a Boggart.
Thea had arranged for the burning of hallucinogenic herbs at the ventilation openings of the secret chamber beforehand, with the aim of causing Harry to hallucinate during strenuous activity or lowering his guard.
Thea had rehearsed beforehand, deliberately having Harry run into a dead end under the inducing spell, so that the basilisk would naturally disappear from Harry's sight.
Who says the "basilisk" that returns is still the real basilisk?
Boggarts are magical creatures that can reflect the deepest fears in a person's heart, and currently only the spell "Funny Funny" can defeat them.
After being chased by a 50-foot snake, Harry's greatest fear was naturally it.
The burning of the herbs, combined with the special function of the basilisk's eyes, caused Harry's vision to be obstructed, and he had to close his eyes from time to time. Finally, Thea subtly transformed the "basilisk" in a localized way.
Seizing the opportunity, he instantly cast the spell the moment Harry stabbed him, replacing the Boggart with a third "basilisk" that had been transformed.
Then activate the mechanism in the secret room, and finally shout out the villain's classic line in the crumbling secret room!
With this, the story of the battle between the locked room monster and the basilisk has come to a complete end!
The entrance to the secret chamber was already arranged when Thea decided to keep the basilisk. Since the washroom was no longer safe, Thea changed the entrance to the statue of the one-eyed witch and set the password to the blood of the heir to ensure that nothing went wrong!
Thea knew the plan was risky, and she knew that leaving the notebook and the basilisk behind was extremely risky, but there was nothing she could do; the arrival of the notebook was something Thea had not anticipated.
Furthermore, Thea was really envious of the other party's "reading machine" and its "carrying an old man with you" function, so even though she knew the other party had ill intentions, she still left the notebook behind.
Anyway, she had collected the basilisk's venom, so if anything happened, she would just kill it!
I promise, I will make Tom die before Tom kills himself!
The train journey home was peaceful. The group knew that Thea was in a bad mood, so they all stayed quietly in their seats.