Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 158 You just don’t understand the language, not human nature

"You don't need to feel inferior because of a snake." Cohen patted Edward's hand and comforted him.

"I mean the whole thing about you wanting to take me to see the basilisk," Edward said stiffly. "You know a basilisk's gaze can kill, right?"

"I solved this problem a long time ago."

Cohen said, and brought up the best third man:

"Dumbledore did it too."

With Edward's puzzled expression, Cohen told him that Dumbledore had helped him make contact lenses for the basilisk to isolate its stare.

"What on earth did Dumbledore teach you in school?" Edward took a deep breath.

No, it’s only been a few years, has Hogwarts evolved to this level?
"If you're really worried, you can also wear these glasses for double protection." Cohen threw Dumbledore's glasses to Edward. "I can take you to meet it now, or you can meet it when I go home during the holidays - family members must meet each other."

"..."

Edward was speechless.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with what Cohen said—but something didn't feel right.

This house is getting weirder and weirder...

"Do you want to wait until the summer vacation to watch it? It's understandable that you need some time to slow down." Cohen watched Edward walk silently towards the door and nodded in understanding.

"No," Edward said, "Let's go check it out now. I don't seem to have that..."

“Reproductive isolation?”

"It's a disgusting feeling—Dumbledore also taught you the term 'reproductive isolation'?!"

"No, Dumbledore is not that perverted. The Earl taught me that." Cohen said.

It's broken! Cohen seems to have grown crooked!
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"Don't talk nonsense. Your son learned bad things on his own. It has nothing to do with me."

In the House of Requests, facing Edward's questioning, the Earl did not want to admit it at all.
"I'm even trying to teach him how to catch field mice, but he still hasn't learned it, has he?"

"Be prepared." Cohen opened the box and said to Edward, "Don't do anything to them suddenly later—"

"they?!"

"Especially the little one."

"Little one?!"

Edward's eyes seemed to pop out of his head.

"The fact that you didn't pass out means you've accepted it now." Cohen was reassured by Edward's reaction. "Let's go. You and Sissoko will get along well. He also likes staying home, and you both like children."

"I can't be friends with a snake." Edward refused decisively.

But it turns out that the world is a huge "true fragrance".

Cohen brought Edward to the box.

There was not much change here from before. Edward only found two new things, one was the pigpen of the dwarf pig monster, and the other was the huge head of the Slytherin statue.

"Sisoko should be in the study now, looking through books and helping the little basilisk to name itself," Cohen said.

"How many basilisks did you bring in..." Edward swallowed, wand clutched in his hand. "Three, no more," Cohen assured. "One is an old basilisk from Hogwarts. It was all alone, and Sissoko and I felt it wouldn't be a good idea to leave it in the Chamber of Secrets. There's also a baby basilisk. It's hard to explain this to you, but it happened to meet me when it was just born, at its most innocent and naive. That's why it was saved and wasn't hunted down by wizards."

Cohen took Edward through the living room and came to the door of the study. Sissoko and the old basilisk could still be heard arguing inside. It seemed that they were discussing whether the little basilisk's name should be Sophia or Matilda.

"Squeak-"

Cohen pushed open the door, and the three snakes all looked over here, then fixed their eyes on Edward.

The old basilisk and Sissoko had to curl up very tightly to squeeze into the study, which was very big for Cohen. Before Cohen entered, they put their heads on top of the same book, and the little basilisk put its head on the entire page to mess up the book.

"Food?" asked the little basilisk.

I'm glad it didn't just say "eat" in a happy and affirmative tone this time.

"It's not for eating." Cohen, Sissoko and the old basilisk taught together.

"I feel like I've walked into a snake's den..." Edward listened to the creepy hissing sound here and asked anxiously to the person next to him, "You are still my son Cohen, right?"

"You are Cohen's human father, right?" Sissoko listened to Edward's words and crawled towards Edward excitedly, "Thank you for taking care of Cohen for so long--"

But it was obvious that Edward didn't understand what Sissoko was hissing, and with Sissoko's fierce crawling movements, it looked like the snake was going to swallow him in the next second.

"stop!"

Edward pointed his wand at Sissoko, and just like when he first saw Norbert, he hurriedly pulled Cohen behind him and stepped back several steps towards the door.

But Sissoko didn't care. He leaned his head over and rubbed Edward hard. After all, the spell wouldn't have any effect on its scales.

"What are you doing—wait a minute—stop rubbing—don't open your mouth—don't cling—"

Edward finally put down his wand, which he had nowhere to put, and let Sissoko push him around.

By the time Sissoko had expressed his goodwill, Edward had calmed down.

"Grandpa!"

The little basilisk understood Sissoko's actions and shouted to Edward.

"What is this little one hissing about again..." Edward seemed to have lost all his strength. Sissoko wrapped his tail around him and placed him upright on the chair.

"He calls you Grandpa," Cohen relayed.

"I didn't think it would be so early..." Edward said wearily, "and being the grandfather of a snake..."

"Wrong again? Doesn't that mean he's older than me?" Sissoko asked Cohen. "I thought I was his peer."

"The key point right now isn't this at all. The little guy has always been messing up the generations." Cohen held his forehead and said, "The key is that you were too enthusiastic just now."

"Then..." Sissoko asked uncertainly, "Can I do it again?"

If it happened again, Edward would be lying here - Cohen did not agree to this plan.

"You just don't understand the language," Cohen said. "You don't understand human nature. Just be a normal snake and stop trying to act so crazy."

They had overestimated the psychological endurance of adults, so Cohen and the basilisks had to adopt some peaceful solutions to build trust between one person and three snakes, so as to prevent this family meeting from becoming an execution scene like "Edward still hasn't confessed?"

"Are you going to recruit or not? Oh no, do you have anything to say to Sissoko?" Cohen asked Edward, who was sitting motionless in the chair.

(End of this chapter)