[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes":3,"chapter-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-235":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","HP: I AM SHERLOCK HOLMES",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1879775,2495,"Chapter 235: 0235 Aragog","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-235",235,"\u003Cp>\"I've been wondering when you lot would come see me—come in, come in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hagrid saw clearly who was at his door, his face immediately lit up with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Ron breathe a long sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good, good—Hagrid hadn't evolved the ability to see through people's hearts yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to ask Hagrid why he had looked so angry just now, but Hagrid explained it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard voices at the door just now and thought that fellow had come back again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That fellow—who?\" Ron asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor Lockhart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Hagrid could answer, Sherlock, after crossing the threshold, scanned the entire hut and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron was surprised. \"How did you again...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't explain the deduction process to avoid insulting your intelligence,\" Sherlock said casually, then turned to Hagrid. \"What did he come to see you about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the surprised Ron, Hagrid wasn't at all surprised that Sherlock had deduced this, so he answered directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That fellow wanted to teach me how to prevent kelpies from getting into wells, but after just a few words he started bragging about how he banished banshees...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid said indignantly, taking a half-plucked rooster from the very clean table and setting down a teapot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Acting like I didn't know how.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Hagrid, you can't stand listening to him brag just once, but we have to endure his torment every single class.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron was delighted to finally find someone who shared his opinion of Lockhart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... Professor Lockhart's abilities are still quite good,\" Harry said somewhat hesitantly, \"...and Professor Dumbledore also thinks he's the most suitable candidate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Harry, you're starting to sound like Hermione!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron elbowed Harry, then laughed. \"Given Hogwarts' current situation, anyone who applies for the Defense Against the Dark Arts position could handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But his Defense Against the Dark Arts classes really have taught us quite a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know he's capable, I just don't like his attitude of acting like he knows everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Professor Dumbledore wouldn't dare say he knows everything...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, let's not talk about him. Why didn't Hermione come with you this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had her do something else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock said calmly, his gaze sweeping over the rooster Hagrid had tossed aside. \"What's this about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of this, it's really quite a headache. Several of my roosters have died recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think it's either foxes or some blood-sucking creature. Anyway, I need the headmaster's permission to put a protective charm around the chicken coop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know, in my third year, they snapped my wand and expelled me from school, all because of...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Hagrid suddenly realized. \"Goodness, forget what I said, forget what I just said!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mate, you're revealing secrets a bit too quickly, aren't you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock looked as if he had expected this all along. He said calmly, \"Calm down, Hagrid. That's exactly why we came today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Sherlock, could you speak more clearly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Hagrid hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the situation. He looked at Sherlock with confusion. \"You know, my brain doesn't work as well as yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron looked at each other speechlessly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your brain doesn't just work poorly compared to Sherlock's...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock got straight to the point. \"I know you were expelled fifty years ago for opening the Chamber of Secrets...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's slander!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock had only just begun when Hagrid immediately stood up excitedly, his movement so violent that he knocked over the stool in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aragog was hatched in a cupboard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so lovely, how could he possibly harm anyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron looked at each other speechlessly for the third time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ron had said, Sherlock had only started, and Hagrid poured out everything they wanted to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content was largely the same as what Dumbledore had told Sherlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Hagrid's account was much more detailed than Dumbledore's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty years ago, he had been just a boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a house and land, living happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He loved magic and enjoyed playing with magical creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dream then was to become a magizoologist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly wished such a life could continue forever, but fate would never consider his opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his third year, a distant traveler gave Hagrid an Acromantula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid hatched it in a cupboard and fed it bit by bit with breadcrumbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Tom Riddle, a Slytherin prefect in fifth year, tried to kill the now-grown Aragog, the creature successfully escaped into the Forbidden Forest under Hagrid's protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid was thus falsely accused and expelled from school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, over these fifty years, Aragog in the Forbidden Forest had maintained close contact with Hagrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid had even found him a wife, whom he called Mosag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Hagrid's efforts, Aragog and Mosag's family had prospered greatly, and even their grandchildren had grown as large as cart-horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Acromantulas had cannibalistic instincts, for Hagrid's sake, Aragog had restrained his descendants from attacking any humans all these years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hagrid spoke of these things, his eyes shone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if this were something to be very proud of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron listened with growing horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Ron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about spiders as large as carriages being merely Aragog's descendants, while Aragog himself had grown as large as a small elephant, with tens of thousands of little spiders crawling around, made him shudder uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, why hadn't that Tom Riddle fellow killed Aragog back then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both being Slytherin prefects, he was far inferior to Gemma Farley!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I shouldn't have told you these things!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached this point, Hagrid entered his familiar phase of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was annoyed at himself for somehow revealing this matter without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he was determined that no matter what, he wouldn't say anything more!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely not!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Aragog is still alive, these recent attacks might really be their doing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron looked thoughtful. \"Aragog's descendants might not necessarily listen to their old ancestor, after all, Fred and George don't even listen to Mum and Dad...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Ron say this, Hagrid immediately threw his recent resolution aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His whiskers trembled, it was a sign he was angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aragog does have that instinct, but he promised me he's never harmed anyone, anyone at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, that murdered girl's body was found in a bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for cupboards, Aragog has never seen any part of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should know, spiders prefer darkness and silence...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Hagrid finished venting his emotions, Sherlock suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I suppose Aragog must know what the monster in the Chamber of Secrets actually is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron immediately perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally getting to the main plot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid was still caught up in his indignation about himself and Aragog being misunderstood. Hearing Sherlock's question, he answered without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aragog does know! It's an ancient creature that spiders fear most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember clearly—back then, Aragog begged me to let him go because he felt terrified when he sensed that monster moving around the school!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could such a sweet little thing hurt people? How could it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the numerous problematic aspects of Hagrid's statement, Harry and Ron didn't know what expression to wear when facing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what exactly is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock remained calm and asked this crucial question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He won't say!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid was somewhat disappointed. \"I've asked many times, but whether it's Aragog, Mosag, or their descendants, none dare speak the name of this creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh, they're really too timid, not even daring to mention the monster's name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hard to imagine there's a creature that can make Acromantulas afraid, so afraid they won't even mention its name...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Ron say this, Harry glanced at him, wanting to speak but holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock sneered. \"As far as I know, don't you all have the same attitude toward Voldemort?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron and Hagrid immediately gasped and shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See, your current reaction is quite similar to the Acromantulas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, don't do that, Sherlock...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the trembling Ron and Hagrid, kind-hearted Harry felt it was hard to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine,\" Sherlock shrugged indifferently. \"Why not tell Dumbledore about this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't dare...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid said cautiously, \"This matter nearly caused Hogwarts to close back then. I don't dare tell him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still remember when I told him about finding Mosag for Aragog, his expression was very unpleasant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this whole thing comes down to a lack of communication—Dumbledore too, and you as well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was beginning to understand Dumbledore somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, understanding didn't mean agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last year's incident with the Philosopher's Stone and Quirrell had already demonstrated this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Dumbledore, Hogwarts had both made him and imprisoned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all his impressive titles, deep down he had always seen himself solely as the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Sherlock even felt that replacing \"headmaster\" with \"prisoner\" might be more fitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Snape had said, Dumbledore always felt he could control everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But was that really the case?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Sherlock stood up. \"Take me to see the backyard, Hagrid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The backyard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, the backyard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking around the backyard, Sherlock left with Harry and Ron under Hagrid's puzzled gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sherlock, do you already know the answer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Sherlock's confident appearance, Harry couldn't help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The puzzle is only missing a few crucial pieces—by the way, Harry, did you notice any spiders at the scenes where Penelope and Cho Chang were attacked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spiders? I wasn't paying much attention at the time,\" Harry thought for a moment and shook his head. He then looked surprised. \"Sherlock, do you mean...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly what you think. Once Hermione gets the information, we can be completely certain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione proved even more capable than Sherlock had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a week, she had found everything Sherlock needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still that empty classroom on the fourth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was becoming their regular headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, there's this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione's cheeks were flushed with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out a notebook containing all the fruits of her hard labor during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can read more than 40 chapters on:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FMikeyMuse\u003C\u002Fp>",1682,"2026-06-10T06:27:24.273Z",1,"novelbin.me","5e3713e4f88872bf8f80ad6c1608dc4091dccf54b4311ea72c2c96141ba87110","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-236","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-234",637,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-cover.jpg"]