The next day, in the Great Hall, students were discussing the attack on Mrs. Norris, and some even suspected that Harry Potter was the mysterious heir of Slytherin.
However, most Slytherin students scoffed at such a statement. They did not think that the heir of Slytherin would be someone like Harry Potter.
Even Albert's analysis in the Gryffindor common room last night began to spread throughout the school. Some people believed it, but more people did not, thinking that he was just talking nonsense.
However, the copies of "Hogwarts, A History" in the school library were borrowed out in the blink of an eye, and those who registered to borrow them had to wait until two weeks later.
Facts have proved that there is indeed a legend of the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts Castle, and the one who attacked Mrs. Norris was most likely the monster in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, and the monster's target was most likely the Muggle wizards in the school, which is the so-called noble cause of Salazar Slytherin.
In short, rumors spread throughout the school, and Muggle wizards who knew Albert began to become suspicious.
There was no way. They had all heard that Albert could predict the future, and that everything that came out of that mouth was always extremely accurate, whether good or bad.
Anyway, everyone began to consciously follow other companions, for fear that they would be left alone and become the target of monster attacks.
Harry, Hermione and Ron felt very uneasy about this. They were at the scene last night, and Harry heard some noises that no one else could hear. So when Hermione saw Albert early in the morning, she went over to discuss this with him. In her opinion, Albert was more reliable than Harry and Ron, and was knowledgeable, so he might know something.
"Dumbledore said Mrs. Norris was not dead, she was just petrified." Hermione briefly described what happened after she was taken to Lockhart's office last night.
"Petrification?" Albert asked, "Dumbledore can't directly remove Mrs. Norris's petrification?"
"No, Dumbledore said that we need to wait for the mandrake roots to mature and create a potion to remove the petrification."
"A powerful recovery potion." Albert couldn't help but curl his lips. Dumbledore could easily buy this powerful recovery potion from the outside world. With the headmaster's connections, it was impossible for him not to be able to buy it. Even Albert could prepare a few bottles of the powerful recovery potion for himself.
Albert didn't believe that Dumbledore didn't think of this or wanted to save some money. It was actually very suspicious that no powerful recovery agent was used to awaken the petrified people in the later stage.
After all, as long as he used a powerful recovery agent to wake up the petrified students, he could get some information. Albert really couldn't think of a suitable reason not to do so.
However, Dumbledore never did so, but chose to wait for the mandrake roots to mature, which must have been intentional.
Perhaps, Headmaster Dumbledore wanted to take this opportunity to force out the Slytherin heir who was hiding behind the scenes, and find the specific location of the legendary Slytherin Chamber of Secrets to completely eliminate this hidden danger.
Otherwise, Albert didn't think it was a good idea to wait for the mandrake to mature. After all, it would take at least half a year for that thing to mature.
It would be fine if it was just a cat, but it was a bit unreasonable for the student holding the camera to do the same. As long as the person could be woken up, it would not be difficult to find out from him that the monster in the secret room was a basilisk.
"What's wrong?" Hermione noticed that Albert was distracted, so she asked, "Did you find anything?"
Several students around came over to listen to Albert's analysis. Although it was a bit like listening to Albert bragging, it did not hinder their gossiping hearts.
"It seems to be a very advanced black magic, which is why Mrs. Loris was petrified." Albert said absentmindedly.
"Do you think it was the heir to the Chamber of Secrets who petrified Lady Norris?"
"I don't think it's the heir." Albert gave his analysis. "It's impossible for an ordinary student to do this. Using advanced black magic requires strong magical power to support it. Otherwise, the spell will not be effective at all, and may even fail to cast the spell directly."
"Dumbledore said something similar." Ron nodded and said from nowhere, "The headmaster believes that ordinary students can't do this at all."
"So, if we rule out the heir, then it could only be the monster in the secret room. As far as I know, Medusa in Greek mythology can do this. Yes, the Gorgon."
"As we all know, there is no such creature as Medusa in the magic world." A student who disliked Albert couldn't help but sneer.
Albert ignored him and continued, "As far as I know, there is no magical creature or dark creature that can petrify a cat. But I am more inclined to believe that it was done by some kind of monster, and this monster has a close connection with Slytherin."
"Why didn't the Heir of Slytherin do it?"
Angelina, who had just come over, couldn't help but interrupt and ask. She was not a Muggle wizard, so she was not very worried about being attacked, but she also wanted to hear Albert's analysis.
"I'm afraid the students don't have such ability." Albert glanced at the uneasy Ginny Weasley and continued, "Professor Snape may be able to do it. After all, he is the wizard who has the deepest research on dark magic in the school, but it is obviously unlikely."
"Why."
"Stupid, Snape was in the Great Hall at the dinner."
"So, you guys who didn't go to the hall for the Halloween dinner are suspicious."
Having said that, Albert turned his gaze to Hermione again, but it obviously couldn't be you, because there should be only one heir, and the three of you were together at the time.
"If Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets really exists, why has no one discovered its existence in a thousand years?" The question was asked this time by Kenneth Toller, who came to discuss with Albert whether they should cooperate in selling amulets.
"The heir of Slytherin must have discovered it. There must have been more than one heir of Slytherin over the past thousand years. They just helped hide the entrance." Albert reminded: "Otherwise, the Chamber of Secrets would not have been discovered. After all, the school has been renovated several times over the past thousand years."
"I feel that all the other professors combined are not as reliable as Albert."
"They just don't want to cause panic. They are probably already investigating secretly." Albert shook his head and said, "After all, the castle is not big, but it is not small either. It may not be easy to find the hidden secret room. Otherwise, how could the so-called secret room legend exist?"
"What did you find?"
"I have vaguely grasped some clues, but I need more clues." Albert looked at Hermione and asked, "Are there any other secrets?"
"It's what I told you last time." Hermione said it very tactfully. She didn't say that Harry heard that voice again. After all, in the wizarding world, hearing voices that others can't hear is not a good sign.
"Okay, I understand." Albert stood up and walked out of the castle.
"Where are you going?"
"Go find Hagrid, maybe he knows what kind of monster can petrify Mrs. Norris. After all, he is quite knowledgeable about that thing." Albert made up an excuse for himself. He had already thought of how to explain to Dumbledore that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was the basilisk.