Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 154 Who cares? Aren’t we also making friends with the half-blood giants?

"miss you!"

Ron had already picked out the stone pillars and asked curiously.

"I'm a hybrid, a mix of all sorts of evil creatures," Cohen said bluntly, "like cursed evil unicorns, basilisks, and the like."

"You're kidding!" said Ron in disbelief.

"Cohen, this is not the time to joke..." Harry also found it hard to believe - Cohen looked so normal - maybe there was something a little abnormal, like most ghosts avoided Cohen, Norbert had been afraid of Cohen since he was born, and...

"I understand if you don't accept it," Cohen said. "I also don't think we can keep this a secret for too long. After all, friends shouldn't have so many dangerous secrets. But I'm actually okay with it. If you feel too close to me—"

"Cool!" said Ron, his eyes sparkling. "Can I borrow your dad's for a minute? Bringing home a basilisk would surely leave Fred and George speechless—"

"You should learn from others..." Sissoko complained to Cohen.

"Don't be silly, even if you really are a basilisk or something, we're still good friends." Harry shook his head, "Aren't we good friends with Hagrid too?"

The elderly man who had been eavesdropping on two people, two snakes, and a Dementor having an intimate conversation in a dark corner left the place with satisfaction, leaving his phoenix behind - because Fox wanted to continue watching the show.

There's nothing wrong with pets being like their owners.

"I'm not being stupid. It's just the right thing to say in this situation." Cohen raised his eyebrows. "I'm just asking, did you just have that warm feeling of 'Will you form a lifelong brotherhood with me?'"

"Not anymore," said Harry dryly.

"Then Hermione—"

"She's fine..." the old basilisk said to Harry so that he could convey the message, "She just fainted. She was hit by this person's spell before I got here."

The old basilisk poked Lockhart, who was lying on the ground, with the tip of its tail.

"By the way, I remember this person. He was the one who came to see me a few times before, together with the heir of Salazar."

Harry knew that the old basilisk was referring to Voldemort - Lockhart was indeed one of the culprits in the previous incidents.

"It said Lockhart had already knocked Hermione out with a spell before it arrived," Harry relayed to Ron. "And Lockhart did carry out several attacks. He helped Voldemort."

"Damn liar!" Ron looked at Lockhart with disgust.

"What do we do with him?" Cohen asked. "We each piss in his face?"

"That's disgusting," said Harry.

"It's not nice," Sissoko said.

"Salazar has been dead for a long time," the old basilisk said. "There's no need to do this in front of his statue... He wouldn't be..."

"We're going to expose him," Ron said viciously. "He wrote a fraudulent autobiography, attacked students, and helped the mysterious man..."

"I woke up to find the sky was falling," Cohen commented.

"So we can go back now?" Harry asked the two basilisks, "Since... everyone doesn't have to fight anymore..."

"I'll be back later." Cohen said suddenly.

Harry and Ron both looked at Coin.

"We can't leave them in the Chamber of Secrets." Cohen raised an eyebrow and said, "What if Voldemort comes to cause trouble again? I want to take them to my trunk. This will be better for everyone. There will be no more basilisk attacks at Hogwarts, and Norbert will not be so lonely."

"That's a good idea indeed." Harry nodded. "We'd better not tell the professors about this - that's right! Just say we killed the basilisk and there are two basilisk skins outside - just like the ones we just peeled off."

[Ding! Tom Riddle's Great Purge has been stopped. The Kindness quest (2/7) has been completed. Goodwill value +1000. The reward "High-Imitation Spells" can be collected.]

[Ding! "Saving a basilisk's life" exceeded the target, Sin Points +2000, and 2 Flesh Puppets as a reward.] "Children, I can keep a secret for you."

The Sorting Hat, left out on the wet floor, said,

"But you have to be kind and take me back to the principal's office - please forgive me, I have no hands or feet."

"Really?" Ron asked doubtfully.

The Sorting Hat began to regret saying this.

But they certainly wouldn't just leave the Sorting Hat there.

Sissoko helped Cohen and the others send Lockhart to the bottom of the pipe. Fawkes flew above their heads. After they found the unconscious Hermione, Sissoko said goodbye to Cohen briefly.

Now there were only three of them left, along with the unconscious Hermione and Lockhart.

"How do we climb up?" Ron asked first, because this was the most critical reason why he couldn't send Hermione up.

"Climb...climb up?" Harry asked uncertainly.

"Help us, Mr. Fox!"

Cohen cast his warm gaze upon Fox.

Fox responded with a peck, expressing its dissatisfaction with Cohen's performance, which could have been more heartbreaking.

"Hiss--" Cohen rubbed his head. Fox's peck was not heavy, but the strength was just enough to hurt Cohen but not break his skin.

It was obvious that it had pecked other people before.

Besides, Phoenix is ​​not afraid of the liquid curse on Cohen. Even if it is really touched, it will be reborn in a day.

"What does it mean?" Harry looked at Fawkes in confusion. After pecking Cohen, it waved the long golden feathers behind its tail at Harry.

"Phoenix feathers can be sold for a lot of money," Cohen said vindictively.

"It looks like it wants you to catch it?" Ron asked.

"But it can't possibly involve all of us..." Harry said somewhat confusedly.

"Not going to pull one out?" Cohen said disappointedly. "Okay... Let's catch them one by one, and then - wait, we have two unconscious ones here..."

Cohen suddenly discovered the problem.

One person has to be woken up before everyone can leave.

Then Lockhart should just continue to lie down.

Coin came to Hermione's side and wanted to draw his wand - but some not-so-good news came.

He was swallowed by Sissoko with his wand before, but he was so busy watching the show that his wand seemed to be broken by Sissoko's bite.

"Looks like I'm not the only one having to change wands this year," said Ron, not quite sure whether he was gloating or sad.

"I'll lend you mine." Harry handed his wand to Cohen. "It must be your... uh... basilisk relative who accidentally..."

"It's not a big deal." Cohen didn't really care. Magic tape couldn't repair a broken wand, but the Elder Wand could.

And it just so happens that the Elder Wand is in Dumbledore's hands.

(End of this chapter)