Chapter 72: The Heir of Slytherin
The whole classroom went into chaos. This class was attended by Gryffindor and Slytherin students. When Harry speaks Parseltongue, all Slytherin students know what it means.
“That’s a Parseltongue!”
“Potter is a Parselmouth!”
“It must be him who opened the Chamber of Secrets!”
“No wonder Draco was attacked! He is taking revenge on him!”
Even on the Gryffindor side, except for the students from Muggle families, everyone else looked at Harry with strange eyes.
Seamus shared the bedroom with Harry and muttered, “No wonder you wanted to run out of the Hall that night. It turned out that you really opened the Chamber of Secrets!”
Harry stared blankly at the students who were accusing him. He still didn’t understand why they suddenly accused him.
“What are you guys saying?”
Even when Ron looked at Harry, his eyes showed no fear or doubt, which made Harry a little more at ease.
“Everyone, silence.” Sherlock’s sound instantly silenced the chaotic classroom.
However, there are still Slytherin students who dared to raise their hands.
“Professor, Potter is a Parselmouth! This proves that he is the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets!”
Sherlock had searched many snake-like magical creatures. He knew what Parselmouth meant.
Almost every Parselmouth is a dark wizard. Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, is also a Parselmouth. It is also one of the reasons that the representative animal of the Slytherin house is a snake.
Parseltongue language can be passed down along with family blood. In Hogwarts, whoever shows Parseltongue is likely to be a descendant of Slytherin.
“Slytherin wasn’t the only one in the world who spoke Parseltounge, Mr. Nelson.” Sherlock said lightly, “If this is the only reason you’re going to accuse Potter, the judges of the Wizengamot would definitely take Potter’s side.”
“With that being said, it’s time for me to go.” Sherlock’s face returned to that usual expression, “There is still a first-grade class to teach; you guys are good enough at making the professors have headaches.”
He left the class with the cage in his hand. The Runespoort were staring at Harry all the time. When Sherlock took them away, the Runespoor made a sound.
“Goodbye... little wizard...”
Harry suppressed his desire to reply to them and instead waved them goodbye.
After only three of them had left the class, Ron said, “I guess you will have a hard time at school in the future.”
Harry shrugged, “It’s not my fault. How did I know that just talking to the snake would cause such big trouble?”
Ron looked at him strangely up and down, “You might have to go through your family’s lineage. Maybe you do have something to do with Slytherin. After all, when we’re at the Sorting Ceremony, the Sorting Hat wants to put you into Slytherin, right?”
Harry glared at him, “You suspect that I am the culprit who opened the Chamber of Secrets?”
“I’m not like them. There may be more than one heir of Slytherin. There is a bad one and a good one like you.”
The two of them chatted for a long time, only to realize that Hermione never said anything, and they couldn’t help looking at her curiously.
“What are you thinking about?”
Hermione said thoughtfully, “Professor Forrest said that he believed that the Chamber of Secrets had nothing to do with Harry; did he really mean it?”
“Of course.” Harry said with absolute certainty.
Hermione’s eyes turned to Harry, sharp with suspicion, “Given what he can do, The Chamber of Secrets that was opened must have something to do with you.”
“What are you talking about? Besides, haven’t we also done tests before? For some impossible things, Professor Forrest’s jinx is useless.”
“I guess so.”
“Now, let’s move on from this topic. I’m already unlucky enough today. Fortunately, he didn’t wish me good luck before leaving, or I wouldn’t be living today.”