Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

"Practice is the only criterion for testing magic. Magical theory without practice is empty, and magic without theory is blind. I want them to use theory to promote practice, and then use practice to comprehend new magic."

As an old wizard, Professor Tofty agreed with Douglas' words. Any outstanding wizard must first learn to think.

While Douglas was talking to Professor Tofty, another professor who was invigilating the exam exclaimed:

"Excellent, a perfect Patronus Charm!"

Everyone focused their attention and found a silver hummingbird flying around in the sky.

Professor Tofty seemed to have thought of something, and said to Douglas with a smile:

"Haha, she's truly worthy of being your student. In fact, with her performance, even without casting the final Patronus Charm, she would have gotten an Excellent in Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Douglas sat for a while and then left. The main reason was that not every student had a good mental state. Especially after seeing Douglas sitting next to the invigilator, they became even more nervous.

On Friday afternoon, as the final elective course, Ancient Runes, came to an end, the people from the Wizarding Examinations Authority also left the school.

Douglas called all the class representatives to his office to help mark the test papers. L.'s test paper was taken back to the Ministry of Magic by the Wizarding Examinations Authority for marking. Finally, after the students went on vacation, Hogwarts sent an owl to deliver the results to the students.

This behavior forced some colleges to postpone their post-exam parties until Saturday night.

Harry and Ron were playing wizard chess in the corner of the common room. After losing three games in a row, Harry's pieces started to tumble and go on strike, which made Harry very annoyed.

Ron suddenly said, "Harry, aren't you going to continue with your practice plan?"

Harry was startled at first, then suddenly slapped his forehead. He had been so busy with exams recently that he had forgotten about this matter. Then he immediately glanced around the common room and found that Hermione had not returned yet.

Then he said to Ron, who was fiddling with the chess pieces, "I think now is a good time!"

After saying that, before Ron could react, Harry pulled Ron towards the dormitory.

Ron hadn't figured out what was going on at first, but when he saw Harry quickly pull out the Invisibility Cloak from the bottom of his trunk, he finally realized:

"Harry, you're not planning on taking action today, are you?"

Harry nodded and said quickly:

"This is a rare opportunity. Hermione should still be in Professor Holmes' office. Otherwise, she will definitely stop us when she comes back."

Ron said hesitantly, "But I remember you've only practiced half of the spells on the schedule."

Harry said as he put on the Invisibility Cloak:

"Plans can't keep up with changes. We should act quickly while Hermione is away. Otherwise, when she comes back, she will definitely not agree to let us take risks.

I think what I learned is enough. Everything is still based on Parseltongue, right? And I already have a completely safe plan..."

Ron hesitated for a moment, then got under the Invisibility Cloak as well, whispering as he walked:

"What are your plans? How come I don't know?"

Harry whispered, "Let's talk about it after we get out."

Then the two of them crawled under the Invisibility Cloak, carefully avoiding the others in the common room, and climbed out of the doorway.

After coming out, he ran directly towards the floor where Myrtle's bathroom was.

On the way, Harry told Ron his plan.

"I suspect the professors must have set up checkpoints in that bathroom, and maybe even some kind of early warning device. We'll definitely trigger the professors' early warning device when the time comes..."

Ron grabbed Harry and asked in surprise:

"Why would we go in if it would trigger the warning device?"

Harry corrected:

“I was the one who went in, not us…don’t worry, just listen to me.

After the alarm is triggered, if the professors arrive very quickly, I will hide under the invisibility cloak. As long as it is not Headmaster Dumbledore, I think other professors should not be able to find me..."

Ron asked doubtfully, "You're hiding, but what about me?"

Harry looked around to see if there was anyone around, then whispered:

"Just stay where you are, and when the professor comes, tell him that you found me sneaking into the back room in the bathroom. That way, the professor won't punish you, but will praise you and maybe even give you extra points.

They would definitely find a way to get into the Slytherin Chamber to look for me, and then I would quietly follow them.

If there is no alarm and I have already passed all the levels and entered the secret room, you need to quickly find Professor Holmes, because he has a Parseltongue recording that can open the door to the secret room. Don't delay too long. If I really encounter a basilisk, I will definitely not be able to defeat it..." Kan Shula

Ron grabbed Harry angrily and shouted in a low voice:

"So in your plan, I'm a betrayer no matter what? I know I can't speak Parseltongue, and I'm not as good at those spells as you, but don't forget, I'm not the same Ron anymore.

Since getting this new wand, my spell skills have improved by leaps and bounds...

Most importantly, there is no one in Gryffindor who betrays his friends!"

Harry saw two seniors coming up from the fourth floor, and quickly pulled Ron to a corner and explained in a low voice:

"Ron, you still don't understand my plan. The ones who really deal with the basilisk are not you or me, but the professors.

The most important part of this plan is you. Regardless of whether I have entered the Chamber of Secrets or not, you must find a way to make the professors believe that I have entered the Chamber of Secrets, and I am the bait that leads the professors into the Chamber of Secrets to deal with the Basilisk. "

Ron felt that the Harry in front of him was a little strange:

"Harry, why do I suddenly feel like you're not yourself anymore? You wouldn't have come up with this kind of plan before. Last time, you even secretly wrote a plan to deal with the basilisk...

Also, haven't you always wanted to meet the mysterious man in the secret room? Why did you involve the professor in this matter? "

Harry scratched his head, then said in a tone he had learned from a professor:

"Ron, everyone will grow and improve. Courage without wisdom is reckless. I want to use my actions to show everyone that Gryffindor is not a reckless lion..."

Ron quickly interrupted him and said, "Stop, stop, stop. I'm not a professor. I don't need you to apologize to me. This was said by Professor Holmes. The whole Gryffindor knows it."

Harry smiled awkwardly and said sheepishly:

"I think this statement is very appropriate. And I'm no longer the same person..."

Ahem, I mean, some of what Professor Holmes said does make sense. I once recited Professor Holmes' words in the principal's office, and Headmaster Dumbledore even praised me.

And the basilisk is indeed very powerful. Although I did think about dealing with the basilisk alone at the beginning, after so long I have figured out that the basilisk should be more powerful than I imagined.

You can see that Hermione's plan analyzed all the possibilities, and the biggest requirement was that I had to master Parseltongue, otherwise I would be dead by the time the Basilisk and I made eye contact, before I could even utter a word of Parseltongue.

I thought about it carefully. Maybe letting me learn Parseltongue was part of Voldemort's plan. If one day I really mastered Parseltongue, would I become Voldemort's puppet just like what was written in Professor Holmes?

That's why I wanted to know from Voldemort what it was that gave me Parseltongue.

I'll leave the basilisk issue to the professors, and I just want to find Voldemort..."

Chapter 138 Ron: I am a sparring partner, I am a spare tire

The two continued to hide under the invisibility cloak and headed towards the bathroom floor. On the way, they saw Mrs. Norris, the cat of the castle manager Mr. Filch, and quickly hid away.

On the way, Ron said with emotion:

"Harry, this is a really good plan. I can stay outside and tell the professor about your actions to get extra points. You will definitely be deducted points if you go in. So, we won't get any points either. This way, Professor McGonagall won't be too angry."

Harry said proudly:

"This plan is called luring the snake out of its hole!"

Ron asked doubtfully:

"But we are here to lure out the professor, not the basilisk."

Harry shook his head, trying to appear more intelligent and said:

"This tactic is called luring the snake out of its hole. The original meaning is to lure the bad guys into their activities and expose them. But if we really lure the basilisk out into the castle, it will be too dangerous for others, so I had an idea and used this tactic in reverse.

I came up with this plan when I overheard Hermione and Percy talking about this."

Ron heard Percy's name and said dissatisfiedly:

“That’s what I guessed, and only he could come up with it.

A few days ago, on Professor Holmes' birthday, he secretly gave the professor a gift without telling us.

I don’t know what’s wrong with George and Fred, now they are actually imitating Percy, oh!”

As they were talking, they took the moving staircase to the third floor. The nearest staircase to the second floor was near the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. The two suddenly stopped, looked at each other, and then retreated tacitly, intending to go down the stairs at the other end of the corridor.

Ron suddenly grabbed Harry and asked with a strange look:

"Harry, why do you think the professors haven't tried to catch the basilisk for so long?"

Harry hadn't expected Ron to ask this question so suddenly, even at this point, but he said quickly:

"It must be because the Ministry of Magic doesn't agree with this. Don't forget that we asked Hagrid what happened last time, although he didn't reveal any useful information.

But he also said that he didn't trust the people from the Ministry of Magic, and felt that it was unnecessary for Professor Holmes to call them over, and that he felt that his life was good now...

And there were so many people from the Ministry of Magic who came to take the exam, but they didn’t open the Chamber of Secrets when they left…”

Ron was speechless, but he still explained to Harry:

"The people who came this time are from the Wizarding Examinations Authority, who are responsible for the Hogwarts examinations.

If it's about dealing with a basilisk, the Ministry of Magic should send Aurors and the Dangerous Creatures Committee under the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures...

I'm almost confused by you, that's not what I want to talk about, do you still remember the rumor about the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

Harry was confused as to what Ron meant by bringing this up at this time.

Seeing that Harry was silent, Ron said in a somewhat excited voice:

"No Defense Against the Dark Arts professor can serve for more than one year, otherwise bad things will happen...

Do you understand? Professor Holmes has been in office for a year, and Quirrell had an accident around this time last year..."

Harry's face changed slightly, and he said in a daze:

"You mean to say that the professors are not taking action because they are worried that something might happen to Professor Holmes?"

Ron nodded and said softly:

"Harry, I think Professor Holmes is a very nice person. He even bought me a new wand. I don't want anything to happen to him.

Why don’t we come back next year after we get a new professor?”

Harry gritted his teeth and said:

"I don't think we can wait any longer. You can try to prevent Professor Holmes from going in, but this matter cannot be delayed any longer.

Ron, do you remember those rumors that were all over the place last year about Professor Holmes unleashing a monster?"

Ron frowned and said:

"Hermione said that the reason for the existence of that monster must be because Professor Holmes knew about the existence of the basilisk in advance and created it specifically to make us more vigilant.

From the dictionary he gave Hermione, it was clear that the professor had definitely known about the existence of the basilisk for a long time."

Harry reminded:

"But you forgot one thing. I heard a strange sound at that time. I originally thought it was my own illusion, but after I found out that I was a Parseltongue, I connected it with some of the things that happened before.

I'm pretty sure I probably heard it right, because it was serpent language, so I was the only one who heard it.

This is enough to prove that the basilisk was released once, and the second time it was released, it must have been discovered by the professor in advance, who sealed the entrance to the chamber of secrets."

Ron looked back at Professor Holmes' office, then at Harry, and finally stamped his foot and said:

"I will definitely find a way to hold Professor Holmes back, so it would be best if only Snape goes in alone...

But Harry, I still don't want anything to happen to Holmes during his last few days at Hogwarts..."

Harry rolled his eyes at this, thinking that Snape must be hoping that I will be eaten by the basilisk, but he still suggested:

"Then you can pretend to be sick and drag Professor Holmes to take you to the school infirmary, but don't forget to remind him to give the tape recorder to another professor..."

By now, Harry had ignored the possibility of Dumbledore appearing. He had even selectively forgotten that Dumbledore could see through his invisibility cloak.

When they arrived at the door of Myrtle's bathroom on the second floor, it was silent.

Before the exam, Professor Douglas arranged for Moaning Myrtle to go to another abandoned classroom.

The two looked at the large wooden door of the women's room, which had a large lock on it.

Ron pulled Harry aside, drew his wand, and said excitedly:

"Leave this to me. I've been practicing the unlocking spell for a long time!"

Harry thought about how little Ron would be able to participate in next, so he didn't argue with him.