HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"Didn't I say that all we need to do is confirm whether Malfoy is the heir? Then if we want to know whether there is this key, we can use the same method." Hermione said calmly.

"any solution."

"Just ask directly, and don't let others recognize you."

"That's impossible," said Harry, and Ron even laughed.

"Of course it's possible, for example - Polyjuice Potion."

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Slytherin common room.

"Potter is the heir? This is the funniest joke I've heard this year." Draco said with disdain.

"That's right. A Gryffindor has the nerve to call himself the successor of Slytherin. At this time, he is rushing to stick to us." Blaise shook the cup in his hand with a casual expression.

"Where's Lena?" Theodore came in from the door and walked towards the sofa.

"In the room. Do you have something to do with her?" Pansy asked.

"She's not here, so I asked her. I heard she fainted a few days ago." Theodore opened the book in his hand, but his attention was not on it.

"Fainted? When?" Draco sat up straight.

"On Halloween."

"Reina was definitely not there that day. I thought she was not feeling well and was sleeping in the dormitory," Pansy said.

"I heard that they went to Lockhart's office and found it then."

"She didn't say anything about it." Draco said angrily.

"Maybe he's afraid you'll worry." Blaise said, "Have you noticed that Lockhart has asked Reina to go to his office more often?"

"She was not in good condition in Potions class yesterday and almost ruined a pot of potion. The dean saw it." Theodore said in a light tone.

"Ah, is that so? Wasn't it me who was teamed up with her? How come I didn't know?" Pansy said.

"If you find out, it's probably ruined." Draco rolled his eyes at her.

"Come on, my grades aren't that terrible, okay."

"Did the dean not educate her?" Blaise laughed a little, then said, "But that's right, you three are all the dean's favorite students."

"There's something wrong with Lockhart," Theodore returned to the subject.

"Yes, Professor Snape came to me yesterday and told me to keep an eye on Lockhart and try not to leave Reina alone." Draco closed his eyes and leaned his head on the sofa.

"It seems that you are not a waste after all. Now it's time to watch the show." Bryce crossed his legs and smiled evilly.

"I'll keep an eye on it for you." Theodore said lightly.

On the other side, in Reina's room, there was no one...

Inside the Room of Requests on the eighth floor.

Reina is brewing a potion.

After the potion was successfully brewed, Reina drank it. Then her face became more haggard, her dark circles became heavier, her lips were so white that no color could be seen, and her overall complexion became worse.

She walked to a full-length mirror, looked at herself, and smiled with satisfaction.

Then she frowned again, went back to the table and picked up a letter.

That was sent by Lucius. There was no information about the cursed magic array in the old house, but it was very messy, so messy that it was obvious that someone had a fight here, and Lucius did find traces of magic, and also - a photo stone was sent along with the letter.

Lena looked at the small photo stone which looked no different from a stone. It was not easy for Lucius to find it. If it weren't for the gem, no one would recognize that it was a photo stone.

Reina twisted the gem with great effort, and a screen of light appeared in front of her.

The picture was in a hall, probably in an old house. A man and a woman were sitting on the sofa. Although it was blurry, Lena still recognized that it was the appearance of her parents in her memory.

But the next moment, another person appeared. The two people on the sofa stood up with their wands, pointing at that person. Then Reina's father seemed to let her mother leave and fought the uninvited guest alone. The two started fighting in the hall.

Dazzling lights flashed on the screen, and it was impossible to see the situation clearly. Then the screen flashed and the light screen disappeared. It seemed that the photo stone was hit and turned off. There was only the screen without any sound, and it was flashing. It was probably damaged. But it looked like it was quite old.

Reina looked at the person who disappeared along with the light curtain and suddenly felt aggrieved.

Father, you are really causing more trouble. You left a photo stone but we can't see anything. Not only are there no clues, but it makes things even more confusing.

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"Little Rena, remember what your father told you, the family motto of the Talros family is..." Elvisent picked up the little Rena and said with a smile.

"Do what you think is right!" the father and daughter said in unison.

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Father, what do you think is the right thing to do?

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"You mean, there's something wrong with Lockhart?"

In the headmaster's office, Dumbledore looked at Snape who came to see him.

"Headmaster, I reasonably believe that the safety of students in our house has been threatened," said Snape.

"Because of the child? What did Poppy say?" Dumbledore pushed over a lemon Sherbet.

"No, Pomfrey didn't detect any abnormalities." Snape silently pushed the candy back.

"How do you know that?"

"Her memories of Lockhart are very vague, and according to students in my college, Lockhart often met with her alone. This should not be hidden from you. She was not in the hall on the night of the incident."

"You mean, the Chamber of Secrets is related to Lockhart?" Dumbledore narrowed his eyes.

"At least he can't get away with it."

"Well, how can he open it? Tallos is not the heir of Slytherin."

"At least not in a way that we know of."

"This matter——"

"You want me not to get involved in this? That's impossible." Snape stood up and said, "Since you also think that the child is related to me, I can't just leave her alone. Besides, she is not in your savior plan, right? You also know what happened in Potter's first year. That child was protecting Harry, and no one of us knows why."

"No, no, no, Severus, you misunderstood me. I wanted to say that the child is left to you." Dumbledore said helplessly.

"what?"

"I know. Hagrid told me." Dumbledore smiled with his eyes curved. "When Hagrid and I were drinking, he said that Tallos had been helping Harry and the others for some reason, and that she was involved in Sirius's incident. Severus, I trust you. I just hope that the child will not escape our control. However, too many secrets are not a good thing sometimes."

"Black...you mean--" Snape frowned.

"Many things are too coincidental. It's almost like prediction," Dumbledore murmured.

A Slytherin who happened to be involved with Harry and the others, it would be easy to explain if she had bad intentions, but the key point was that Talros did not show any characteristics of Slytherin, neither the traditional insidious, cunning, unscrupulous, nor the shrewd, smooth, and ambitious.

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