Chapter 82

"What do you mean?" Ma Erfu tasted a bit of something wrong from Harry's words.

"All the clues are telling me that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is an Acromantula." Harry said, "I know they live in a basin in the Forbidden Forest, and I have also been to see them. There are too many spiders, and it's hard for us to easily eliminate them with our strength."

"But the monster in the Chamber of Secrets shouldn't be a spider, right?" Jin Ni asked.

"I personally prefer to think that the real Chamber of Secrets is hidden in some corner of Hogwarts, and there is a Basilisk inside." Harry said the conclusions of previous meetings, "But the problem is, who knows if the one launching the attack is the real monster, or the monster everyone thinks it is, or if there is no monster at all?"

"You are making simple problems complicated." Cui Ge was in a bad mood today. Harry noticed Lu Na's mood was very low, which might be the cause of his temper.

"No, Cui Ge." Ma Erfu stopped his movements, "I think Harry makes a lot of sense. I hope you can listen to me for a few words."

"First of all, Harry, I must tell you." Ma Erfu said, "After various investigations and reasoning, we have already had some preliminary guesses about the opener of the Chamber of Secrets. And at the same time, we really don't want to see a fourth victim."

"So, Cui Ge, don't be obsessed with eliminating the monster; we just need to ensure that the fourth attack doesn't appear." Ma Erfu turned to Cui Ge, "Assuming the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a Basilisk, then the one capable of driving the Basilisk is either Harry or the diary; assuming the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a spider, then the one capable of driving those spiders should be Haige; assuming the attack is unrelated to the Chamber of Secrets, then it is a simple conspiracy to drive Deng Buliduo down."

"You said it as if you didn't say anything. We still don't know who exactly..." Cui Ge said eagerly.

"No, we don't need to know who exactly; we just need to control all possibilities." Ma Erfu also stood up. He took out the diary.

"Harry, now you keep this diary, and at the same time, I hope you can accept the supervision of Jin Ni and Yi Fu." Ma Erfu said, "Next, apart from class, as long as you leave the Gryffindor common room, you must take them with you. Can you?"

"Uh..." Harry was still hesitating.

"Jin Ni, Yi Fu, you have to write Harry's movement trajectory into a record. The two of you write two copies separately, and I will compare them with other people's reports." Ma Erfu continued.

"Okay, no problem." The two little girls looked full of energy.

"Alright then." Harry couldn't look like he was less conscious than two junior students.

"As for the spider problem, we will find a way to control Haige; and as for the conspiracy, no matter who is planning the conspiracy, as long as Deng Buliduo temporarily leaves the school, I believe he has no reason to continue attacking." Ma Erfu said coldly.

Hearing that Deng Buliduo was to be driven out of the school, Crabbe and Goyle both showed happy smiles on their faces.

Harry didn't think there was a problem either, because Deng Buliduo leaving the school might be within his own plan. As for Haige, if their method of monitoring Haige was to take turns visiting him, Harry believed Haige would still welcome little wizards to come and talk to him.

Ma Erfu placed the diary into Harry's hands solemnly, and Harry also nodded at him.

"I don't want a fourth attack to appear either. For Hogwarts, I will cooperate with you." He said.

Cui Ge also looked much calmer. At this time, he was discussing something with Lu Na in a low voice.

Harry tucked the diary, which had been passed around many times and whose cover was already wrinkled, into his arms, and walked toward the library. Jin Ni and Yi Fu followed behind him, holding hands, talking about little girls' secrets, and giggling from time to time.

When Harry habitually sat in his usual seat, Jin Ni and Yi Fu also sat opposite him.

"Is this necessary?" Harry felt a bit uncomfortable, "It would be fine if you sat at another table."

"We aren't going anywhere; we'll just watch you here." Jin Ni raised her chin.

"Right, just watch you here." Yi Fu echoed.

If Harry just intended to write his homework quietly, then letting the two junior students watch would be fine, but he now wanted to discuss Ma Erfu with Zhang Qiu, so after much persuasion, Harry finally persuaded them to another table.

"What kind of moth are you playing?" Zhang Qiu asked playfully.

"Don't mention it, Ma Erfu suspects I am the opener of the Chamber of Secrets." Harry had a headache, "So he asked Jin Ni and Yi Fu to supervise my movements."

"What about the diary?" Zhang Qiu asked curiously, "Didn't you say before that the opener of the Chamber of Secrets is very likely among those who use the diary?"

"If that's the case, the opening of the Chamber of Secrets must use the diary." Harry said, "Ma Erfu is determined to prevent attacks this time, so the diary will also be monitored."

"And then, just like you said, kill two birds with one stone." Harry smiled bitterly, "I am responsible for keeping the diary, so they only need to supervise me."

"Sounds like a good way." Zhang Qiu stroked her chin where there was no beard, "But do you still remember the question left last time? Ma Erfu caught your occasional Parseltongue and insisted that you are the opener of the Chamber of Secrets. Why exactly?"

"Yeah, I really think he is making a mountain out of a molehill..." Harry froze as he spoke, "If Ma Erfu was paving the way for this time last time, no, if he was trying to send the notebook into my hands from beginning to end."

Harry remembered the first few weeks of school. Whenever someone got the diary, they couldn't wait to show it to Harry and invite him to join.

"But there shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?" Harry said, "Tang Mu's middle name happens to be Marvolo, the monster in the Chamber of Secrets happens to be a Basilisk. You can't say all the attacks were to send the diary into my hands—"

"I think we can go back to the initial inference." Zhang Qiu analyzed, "There are indeed two different conspiracies. One is against you, and the other is against Hogwarts, which is Deng Buliduo. The Chamber of Secrets and the attacks were against Deng Buliduo and had nothing to do with the diary; while the diary was against you, because for some reason, the Death Eaters must send the diary into your hands. At first, they just tried to lure you, and later they decided to borrow the reason of the Chamber of Secrets."

"Then, what secret does this diary hide?" Harry couldn't help but take out the diary and examine its cover again.

"Perhaps, the role Tang Tang Nade plays in it is also intriguing." Zhang Qiu said deliberately, "Although Deng Buliduo trusts him and knows he won't be unfavorable to you, many times, when two seemingly unrelated neutral behaviors are combined, the situation will be directed to a point that is very unfavorable to you."

"What did Tang Tang Nade do?" Harry recalled the professor's actions. He turned Defense Against the Dark Arts into a physical training class, trained Luo En into a knight culture enthusiast full of muscles, and claimed that the diary had no problems.

"Strange teaching content is his own point of view. The Dueling Club also proved that his philosophy is reasonable. Teaching us these 'advanced concepts' in his mind might be out of professional ethics." Harry analyzed item by item, "Training Luo En might be to cooperate with Deng Buliduo to set up Avalon's trial, and endorsing the diary was to take the opportunity to study the magic of love through student couples."

"No matter how you look at it, it's reasonable." He grabbed his hair in confusion.

"Avalon is very unreasonable." Zhang Qiu tapped the table with her small light blue notebook, "Divination didn't mention Avalon."

"If Avalon was set up by Tang Tang Nade persuading Deng Buliduo, then the cause and effect of this matter might be reversed. He set up Avalon to further cultivate Luo En's knight spirit." Harry seemed to have grasped something, but it seemed he hadn't grasped anything, "But we all know that knight spirit is not a bad thing."

"Then let's change our thinking. What impact did the appearance of Avalon have?" Zhang Qiu counted on her fingers, "First and most directly, the popularity of the Chamber of Secrets topic among students dropped significantly, easing the public opinion pressure Deng Buliduo faced."

Harry nodded in agreement. Avalon was clearly not going to open until after Christmas, but the projection of the hidden realm appeared on the Black Lake early. And the timing was just after the second attack, when everyone was most panicked.

"The second point is that it deepened Luo En's recognition of knight spirit, and he took the opportunity to instill some private views into you."

Private views? Harry wanted to say that he and Tang Tang Nade hadn't talked about anything private, but he immediately thought of Professor Haipu. From the process of obtaining clues, he should be with Tang Tang Nade.

What did Professor Haipu say? Harry recalled that apart from necessary information, there was only two points left. One was to ask Harry to accept different opinions, which was understandable, just ordinary preaching; secondly, it was about guarding Britain or something, which was just ordinary patriotic education.

Just as Zhang Qiu was counting on her fingers, preparing to say the third point, Luo En ran over hurriedly. He looked very excited.

"You definitely can't guess how big my harvest in Avalon is!" He shook Harry's shoulders, "Tang Tang Nade told me that the armor is Gao Wen's inheritance—Gao Wen!"

"Gao Wen, what's wrong?" Harry only knew that this was a common protagonist in many medieval knight novels, whose personal charm was exaggerated to an unreal degree.

"Gao Wen's regret was because of his private grudge with Lancelot, which led to the destruction of the dynasty." Luo En stood up his wand like holding a sword, looking solemn, "Inheriting Gao Wen's legacy, I want to become a more perfect knight. Britain will never be overturned!"

Harry laughed and echoed him, while secretly thinking, if "guarding Britain" was the thought Tang Tang Nade wanted to instill in Luo En, what did this represent?