Chapter 202: Studying the Chamber

Chapter 202: Studying the Chamber

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“Dialogue”

‘Thoughts’

-Author notes-

Chapter 202: Studying the Chamber

The trio stood before the door leading to the Myrtle bathroom.

“I can't believe Salazar Slytherin would put the entrance here...” Professor Silverbell said.

“I had this theory...” The Headmaster started. “I believe this was only meant as a side entrance while the real one was placed somewhere else, perhaps in the dungeons. It is not uncommon to have several secret paths leading to the same location in this castle. Alas... if there is another entrance, we never found it.”

“Yeah... 'we'...” Harry muttered.

‘We only took five minutes to get here... let's hope Dobby was able to clean it a bit.’

“Let's just go inside. It would be better if no students saw us coming here,” Dumbledore said, opening the door.

“This looks... messy,” Professor Silverbell pointed out after seeing the state of the bathroom.

“What happened here?” Dumbledore was startled. This bathroom was not used often but they made sure to keep it in good condition.

Now, the wooden walls of half the stalls were lying on the ground.

“Oh...” Harry had already forgotten about doing this. He was in a hurry to leave with that blasted ghost screaming in his ear.

“YOU!” The enraged ghost of Myrtle appeared, floating in the air and pointing at Harry. “You came back to destroy the rest of my bathroom?! Leave it alone!”

“Hold on... I can just fix it,” Harry said, pulling out his wand.

“Harry, did you do this?” Dumbledore asked, his grandfatherly voice carrying a hint of disappointment.

“Is this what you normally do? Get drunk with fire whiskey and vandalize girls' bathrooms?” the gnome asked. Harry had clearly not made a great first impression on the little old man.

While the little gnome gasped loudly at the sight, Dumbledore and Harry stared at the set of robes lying on the stone floor.

‘Damn it Dobby! You forgot my robes!’ Harry lamented. But at least it seems like the elf managed to clean the rest. There was no sign of his blood or any other residue left behind by the failed ritual.

‘I guess I cannot be mad... he did what he could.’

“What are those robes doing here?” Dumbledore's eyes went immediately to Harry. He knew that Harry was the only student who could possibly enter this place.

Harry hurried to pick them up. “I'll take care of them...”

“What have you been doing down here?” Dumbledore threw a suspicious glare at him.

“Oh!” Professor Silverbell exclaimed.

Dumbledore and Harry turned to him.

The little professor had a strange device in his hands and was pointing it at one of the walls.

“What is it, Professor Silverbell? Did you discover anything already?” Dumbledore asked.

“Shh! I need silence to do my job!” he demanded.

“Of course, come on Harry. Let's wait on the side and let the professor work,” the Headmaster told him.

They then watched for over an hour as the tiny old man continued to pull different devices from his pockets and used them to analyze every nook and cranny of the chamber.

Once he appeared to be done, he stored his artifacts and walked to them with a somber expression.

“This is...”

“Professor?” Dumbledore became more worried seeing him like this.

“Is it that bad?” Harry asked.

“Bad? No...” The professor lifted his gaze to look at their faces. “This is the worst-case scenario I could have predicted.”

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