After hearing Draco's thoughts, everyone couldn't sit still.

"I have to say, this is a good idea, isn't it?"

"Humph."

Several figures slowly emerged from the darkness behind Neville.

The familiar voice and tone let everyone quickly know who the visitor was.

If not Professor Snape, Professor Green, Headmaster Dumbledore or someone else.

"You're just in time, Godfather. Let's take a photo together." Draco interrupted Snape's sarcastic remark in time.

Snape choked and glared at Draco unhappily.

"Ahem, in that case..." Dumbledore had just opened his mouth when he was surrounded by Ron and others and stood next to the statue of Slytherin.

"Okay, now everyone is here, let's take a photo together!" Harry shouted excitedly.

"Yes, that's right, we should record this moment!" Hermione agreed.

So, a group of people stood in a row, surrounding the Slytherin statue in the middle.

Snape was somewhat reluctantly pushed to the center position. He looked helplessly at the students around him, muttering to himself, "These little trolls are really energetic."

With the flash of the flash, a precious photo was born.

The people in the photo were smiling brightly, while the Slytherin statue was quietly witnessing it all.

Then, everyone was gently but firmly driven back by Dumbledore. "Alright, children, the adventure ends here. Now it's the adults' business."

By the time all the children had gone up, Dumbledore's smile had disappeared.

"I feel the basilisk is behind this statue." He said solemnly.

Grindelwald raised his hand and subconsciously wanted to set off a Fiendfyre, but Dumbledore stopped him. "What do you want, Gale?"

"Burning? Isn't that what we're dealing with the basilisk?" Grindelwald now particularly enjoys the feeling of sweeping the battlefield. He's been using his brain too much, and he's too lazy to use it anymore.

"What a waste of talent!" Snape scoffed, glancing at Grindelwald. "Think about it, a basilisk might be able to communicate after living for thousands of years. Killing it would be the worst option."

"Do you speak Parseltongue?" Grindelwald, already accustomed to Snape's sharp tongue, asked subconsciously.

Snape looked at him speechlessly, ignored him, walked straight to the statue, and uttered a beautiful singing-like sound.

That was the language of the elves. Snape did not try to hide his elven aura.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald clearly saw through their reconnaissance skills that the magic behind the statue was moving.

The Slytherin statue's mouth suddenly opened. The three of them closed their eyes to avoid looking directly into the basilisk's. Since they had the ability to sense it, it didn't matter whether they closed their eyes or not.

They were all waiting for Snape's move. If the talks broke down, they would kill the basilisk first to prevent it from attacking Snape who was in the front.

"Hiss~" (Who are you? You smell so good.) The basilisk, Herpo, slowly slid around Snape, his tone filled with pure curiosity.

Damn, can elves sense the emotions of plants and animals? Snape's mind was full of random thoughts, and his tone did not change at all: "??? ????." (I am an elf.)

"Hiss? Hiss...hiss." (Elves? I thought there were no more besides Salazar. After all, Salazar has no descendants... You must be from the Prince family.)

Herpo suddenly stopped moving. Grindelwald and Dumbledore silently raised their guard.

"Salazar is an elf?" Snape was so shocked that he forgot to speak Elvish.

Who? Salazar? Dumbledore was shocked. There's no record of this?

"Hiss~hiss?" (Your Prince family once had a marriage with Slytherin. Strange, haven't you seen the family tree?) The basilisk came close to Snape and sniffed. "Hiss." (That's right, the little brat of the Prince family.)

"Do you understand what I'm saying?" This was Snape's first reaction.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald also looked over curiously.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss~" (I'm surprised by something new. I've lived for so many years, is it strange to learn one or two foreign languages?) Hailpo exhaled lightly from his nostrils, as if laughing at Snape.

"If you can understand human speech, why is it that only Parseltongue can wake you, Mr. Herpo?" Dumbledore suddenly asked.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss." (Because Salazar wanted me to protect Hogwarts, but was afraid that I would be used by others, he made a promise with me that only his descendants could command me.)

Snape translated the message to Dumbledore and the others.

"Didn't you say that Salazar had no descendants? Then what about Voldemort?" Grindelwald felt that something didn't make sense.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss." (Just because Salazar doesn't have it doesn't mean Slytherin doesn't have it. This castle belongs to Slytherin. As a noble, how could there be no collateral line?

Of course, no one can drive me except the descendants of Salazar.

The Voldemort you're talking about... is that the kid who looks a bit like Salazar? He's definitely not qualified, but he looks a lot like Salazar. And he can speak Parseltongue.)

Snape translated it, then realized. Okay, what on earth is this snake doing with stand-in literature?

Dumbledore looked at the statue, thought about Tom's appearance, and was stunned. Does this snake have bad eyesight?

"Salazar Slytherin asked you to guard Hogwarts? Wasn't it to eliminate the young Muggle-born wizards?" Grindelwald didn't know what Voldemort looked like when he was young. He could only think of the boiled egg, which he thought was quite abstract.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss." (Salazar was targeting those Muggle-born wizards who might have been sent by the Church. He loved Hogwarts very much and didn't want it to be affected by the war between the Church and the wizards.)

Hearing this, the three of them fell silent. Who could have imagined this? A few brief entries in wizarding history had buried the truth, downplaying the war.

Salazar Slytherin had been misunderstood for thousands of years, but no one could defend him.

"Hiss." (Salazar won't care about such a small matter. He has left to find the elves' land. When he returns, everything will be revealed.)

Haierbo looked at the little guys who seemed a little lost and comforted them.

"Salazar is still alive!" Snape and the others were all shocked. Living for a thousand years? Is that even possible?

"Hiss, hiss." (What a fuss! Isn't that stinky lion from Gryffindor still alive?) The basilisk rolled its eyes, but unfortunately no one saw it.

"Gryffindor is still alive?! He is also in Hogwarts?" Snape felt numb. He believed that even if he was told that Gryffindor and Slytherin were a couple, he would not blink an eye.

"Hiss." (The giant squid under the Black Lake is Gryffindor.) Herpo quite likes this elf kid. If it was the red-haired one next to him, he would have eaten him impatiently. He protects the young wizards and Hogwarts, not the adults.

"That squid that always hangs around outside the Slytherin common room?" Snape suddenly remembered what he had just thought.

A founder of Gryffindor hangs out in the Slytherin common room every day, looking around. Could he be waiting for Lord Slytherin?

"The two of them...?" Snape asked tentatively. Dumbledore and Grindelwald were already stunned.

What were they here for? The three dazed people couldn't remember at all.

Who knew that Hailbo suddenly became violent? He kept slapping the ground with his tail, and cracks appeared on the ground.

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!" (The stinky lion of Gryffindor! The egomaniac! The stingy one! Ever since he got together with Salazar, Salazar no longer sleeps on my lap! That possessive jerk won't even let Salazar touch my head!)

This commotion alerted Dumbledore and the others, who were unaware of the situation. But after hearing Snape's translation, they all stood there with strange expressions, waiting for the basilisk to finish its outburst.

"Hiss?" (What do you want to see me for?) Haierbo felt much better after venting his anger. He suddenly remembered that he didn't know why these little guys came to see him.

Oh, right, why did you come to find the basilisk today? Snape suddenly didn't know what to say.

"We're here... to ask if you'd like to move to another place. Hogwarts is safe now." Snape swallowed his words. You can't just say you're the only danger to Hogwarts right now. Let's see. If we can talk, we can talk. If not, we can kill, right?

"Hiss..." (But I promised Salazar that I would stay at Hogwarts for him until he comes back...) Herbo refused without hesitation. He just wanted to wait for Salazar to come back and pat his head like before.

Dumbledore was in a dilemma. Herpo was too dangerous for the young wizards. Even if it was unintentional, it could cause them to be petrified or even die.

"But you can't live here anymore. Some young wizards have already discovered this place. You are dangerous to them."

"Hiss." (Then let's go somewhere else.) Unexpectedly, Herpo accepted it calmly. As long as he didn't leave Hogwarts, it would be fine.

"You love Salazar so much, but you're so indifferent to leaving his Chamber of Secrets?" Grindelwald was a little confused.

“Hiss, hiss, hiss.” (Salazar didn’t build this. That’s not Salazar’s taste. And the statue is so ugly. It doesn’t look like Salazar at all.)

Well, it's Gryffindor, right? No need to explain, I understand.

So the basilisk's relocation was decided, but where? Snape had long coveted the venom of those giant acromantulae.