After the professors left, Ivan, Hermione, Colin and Ginny hurried into the ward to visit Ron.
Ron apologized to Ivan, and he said he didn't remember anything.
Madam Pomfrey didn't let them stay for too long. According to her, Ron needed to rest. The effect of the Imperius Curse on the soul is not so easy to recover, and poor Ron will probably need to spend the coming Christmas in a hospital bed.
In addition, the final investigation results of this incident also surprised Ivan. Ron was just hit by the Imperius Curse, not what he imagined.
Ivan wanted to tell Dumbledore about Tom Riddle and the diary, but he didn't say anything in the end. He didn't know how to explain how he learned about Voldemort and Horcruxes. These are top secret information, so far, even Dumbledore is only guessing.
The situation became more and more complicated and confusing, and everything could only depend on Aiwen himself.
It wasn't Ron who opened the Chamber of Secrets, his guess was completely wrong. It is not very difficult to control a weak-willed little wizard. As long as Tom Riddle controls him, anyone can use the Imperius Curse on Ron. Moreover, Ron has come into contact with so many people, and it is impossible for Ivan to check them all.
It's all back to square one, and even worse than it was before.
Ron, who was under the Imperius Curse, used the Corruption Curse and the Killing Curse on him, which shows that Tom Riddle or someone else has become suspicious of himself and wants to get rid of him. Aiwen shifted his suspicious eyes to everyone around him, but almost everyone was very suspicious.
In the next few days, security was strengthened in the school, and professors could often be seen patrolling the corridors and escorting students.
A Slattery descendant was bad enough, and now this madman not only opened the Chamber of Secrets, but went around using the Imperius Curse on people with a wand.
The little wizards who didn't know the truth were talking about Ron's disappearance. They kept pouring into the school hospital, wanting to see for themselves whether Ron had been attacked. Madam Pomfrey had to take out long curtains to completely cover Ron's bed.
Professor McGonagall announced that the reason was that there was something wrong with Ron's wand, which made him fall into a very powerful curse, but no one believed it.
Everyone agrees that Ron has been attacked, rumors are rampant in the school, and young wizards are talking about who is the heir of Slytherin.
If Harry was just the object of suspicion, now it is almost certain that it is him, especially after he revealed that he can speak Parseltongue at the Dueling Club. This made Harry feel bad, and he wanted to talk to Justin about it, but he kept avoiding him.
On Friday night, Ivan and Hermione were in the library preparing the next issue of the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" and saw several Hufflepuff students whispering about it.
He and Hermione looked at each other and moved forward quietly.
"Anyway, I told Justin to hide in our dormitory so that Potter couldn't find him." A tall boy said, "I mean, if Potter finds him Yup, he'd better hide for now."
"But why..."
"Needless to say, I expected this to happen ever since Justin accidentally told Potter that he was a natural Muggle. Justin actually told Potter that he had Eton. That's not something you can say about a descendant of Slytherin, is it?"
"That's right!" Several Hufflepuff students nodded hastily, "But, Ernie, are you sure it's Potter?"
"Don't you understand that he speaks a Parseltongue, which everyone knows is the hallmark of a Dark wizard. Have you ever heard of a decent wizard who could talk to snakes? They call Salazar Slytherin himself Snake language is clear."
"But he looks very friendly, not like a dark wizard." A girl with a golden ponytail said uncertainly.
"Hannah!" Ernie said seriously. "Look at the facts, he can speak Parseltongue, and he's the first one to show up when an attack happens."
Hearing this, everyone started talking in whispers.
"Do you remember what was written on the wall?" Ernie went on, "Enemies of the heir, watch out. Filch's cat won't let Potter into the girls' bathroom on the third floor, as we soon learn , the cat was killed."
"And Penelope Crivat, she also met Potter outside that bathroom, she must have found something and got murdered; as for Moaning Myrtle, she stayed in that bathroom , so it is not surprising that it was removed."
"But why did Potter have to go into a girls' bathroom?"
"Who knows, maybe he's experimenting with some evil black magic in there, or the entrance to the secret room is in the girls' bathroom." Ernie hesitated.
Several Hufflepuff students took a breath, and Ivan, who had been eavesdropping, was also taken aback. Who would have thought that Ernie's nonsense was actually the truth.
"Come on, Ernie, what you said doesn't make sense at all." Hannah said hesitantly, "In addition to Potter, Hermione Granger and Ivan Mason also fit what you said, but they don't Possibly descended from Slytherins, whose parents were Muggles."
Hearing Hannah's words, several girls nodded hastily.
"They're Potter's helpers!" Ernie went on, "just say that Mason, what normal freshman would think of starting a newspaper, and his spells, I dare say there are no lower grades Man is his opponent."
"But I think it's cool..."
"Don't be fooled by appearance, Hannah!" Ernie lowered his voice mysteriously, and the Hufflepuffs got closer together, "Look at Ron Weasley who was attacked recently, he must be trying to stop them, It was poisoned."
"But Professor McGonagall said something happened to his wand."
"An accident with the wand won't make people lie in the hospital bed all the time. Another thing, think about it carefully, it was Potter who made the mysterious man disappear."
His voice was as low as a whisper, and Ivan and Hermione had to move forward again.
"No one knows how he escaped death when he was attacked by a mysterious person. You have all read the article written by Ivan. When that incident happened, Potter was still a baby. He should have been bombed Breaking into pieces is the way to go. Let me tell you, only a truly powerful dark wizard can escape a spell like that. Probably because of this, the mysterious person wants to kill him first, and he doesn't want another monster to appear to compete with him .”
"Anyway, it's just Hufflepuffs left now, and I dare say the next attack..."
Hermione couldn't take it anymore, she walked out from behind the bookshelf, and Ivan hurriedly followed. He found the scene in front of him very funny, and when he saw them, every Hufflepuff was stupefied with fright, and Ernie's face suddenly turned pale.
"You, y'all heard, if you're trying to get me in the way," Ernie said hastily, "I might as well tell you that you can trace my blood back to nine generations of wizards in my family, and I'm as pure as anyone, so ... "
"Poor!" Seeing Ernie's appearance, Hermione turned her head away in disdain.
"I don't care what kind of blood you have!" Ivan leaned over and squinted at Ernie, "Listen, if you are still spreading such rumors in public, don't use the heirs of Slytherin, I can make you a stuffed shelf like Filch's cat."
Hearing Ivan's words, Ernie fell down in fright.