Dumbledore glanced at the honest basilisk, thought for a moment, and looked at Dracula.
“Since it is Slytherin’s pet, let it be settled by Slytherin’s close friends.” He said with a smile, “I don’t think I have the authority to dispose of the property left by a founder to future generations. "
Dracula laughed dumbly and shook his head slightly.
"Salazar has been dead for so many years, so there is no need to be polite to him." He said completely without politeness. "Now, his property is my property, and I even have to use his property to deal with His descendants!"
As he spoke, he rubbed the basilisk's green forehead and said to it:
"How about building a new home in the Albanian forest? You can also do me a favor and search among the hollow trees in that forest to see if you can find Ravenclaw's diadem, which is Royce's head. You should know the one I wear most often."
After being cultivated by Slytherin and evolving for thousands of years, the basilisk is now very intelligent and can understand human language.
After hearing Dracula's instructions, it closed its eyes and nodded its big green head obediently.
"Didn't Professor Dracula learn about the crown from Voldemort himself?" Dumbledore asked curiously.
Dracula's face immediately darkened.
It can only be said that Voldemort's cunning operation of exchanging the secret of eternal life for a chance to escape did cause a lot of emotional fluctuations in him.
After experiencing Voldemort's mysterious operation, all Dracula thought about at the time was to kill this guy who had no eyesight and poked his sore spot. He even forgot to ask Helena about the Ravenclaw diadem. information…
Fortunately, when thinking about how to place the basilisk, Dracula remembered his promise to Helena in time, so he temporarily decided to send the basilisk to the Albanian forest.
"Professor Dracula, since you have decided to send the basilisk to Albania, there is something I need to tell you." Dumbledore thought for a moment, and then said, "In the past ten years, I have a friend , Newt Scamander discovered a strange phenomenon in one of the Albanian forests—"
"A few years ago, Newt, as a specially invited magical zoologist, was invited by the Ministry of Magic in Albania to conduct an investigation. In a forest there, many animals lost their vitality for no reason. Their behavior was: There are no wounds, and the whole body is shriveled... "
Dracula looked surprised.
"Isn't this what happened in the Forbidden Forest some time ago?" He said with interest. "This kind of black magic extracts the life force from living creatures in the form of sacrifice, thereby replenishing the life force that is missing."
"You mean...are the strange phenomena in that forest also caused by Voldemort?" He looked at Dumbledore and asked.
"It's very possible!" Dumbledore nodded. "After Voldemort came to Hogwarts through Quirrell, Newt sent me a letter. He told me in the letter that animals in the forest died mysteriously. The phenomenon suddenly disappeared.”
"That is to say, after Voldemort failed to steal the Sorcerer's Stone and was annihilated by me with all the power he had just accumulated, he will most likely return to the Albanian forest he is most familiar with and has stayed in for eleven years!" Dracula The corner of his mouth raised an evil smile.
"In that case, I'll give you one more task." He turned to look at the Basilisk and said gently, "I need you to help me find traces of Voldemort, the descendant of Slytherin who controlled you before. I will go to you from time to time to ask for clues about him.”
The basilisk nodded tamely, abandoning the offspring of its original owner without a moment's hesitation.
"Professor Dracula, I remember you once said when you were in the abandoned bathroom, you don't seem to know how to talk about snakes, right?" Dumbledore suddenly asked, "So how do you plan to get out of the mouth of the basilisk?" Where's the news about Voldemort?"
"Mr. Principal, how can our wizards' method of obtaining information be limited to verbal communication? That kind of efficiency is too low." Dracula turned his head and looked at him deeply, and chuckled, "Don't you think it's useful? Will the information obtained through Legilimency come faster?”
Dumbledore's eyes twitched.
Legilimency, a magic that requires direct gaze to obtain accurate information, is theoretically very efficient in obtaining information when one has enough energy.
But if you want to use Legilimency to obtain the information in the eyes of the basilisk, you must first look into the basilisk's eyes. I'm afraid only a being like Professor Dracula dares to do this...
Dumbledore sighed secretly.
At the same time, Dracula had finished giving the basilisk the tasks it needed to complete, and finally patted its big head.
Then he stepped back and looked at it thoughtfully.
"Professor Dracula, Fox can teleport the basilisk outside of Hogwarts Castle if you need it."
Dumbledore thought Dracula was struggling with how to send the basilisk to Albania, so he introduced with a smile: "I can help you contact a team that specializes in transporting large magical animals. It will be transported by four masters on broomsticks. It will be available tomorrow. Drop it into the forests of Albania.”
"Or we can learn from Newt's method, make a large invisible stretch spell space, put the basilisk in it, and then use the portkey to go to Albania. I happen to be very good at making portkeys."
Dracula glanced at him and shook his head.
"It's not that troublesome." He chuckled, "I was just wondering how big the moon would be to fit this big guy in."
In Dumbledore's puzzled eyes, Dracula grabbed the basilisk's tail and disapparated into the restricted room.
The next moment, Dracula and the Basilisk appeared together hundreds of meters above the castle.
The basilisk, which had never left the land, began to struggle and twist uneasily after a brief moment of shock.
"Don't move, or I'll throw you down." Dracula said indifferently.
The basilisk immediately calmed down and allowed Dracula's magic power to hold it suspended in the sky.
"Very good." Dracula nodded with satisfaction, "The room just now was too small and couldn't be used, so I brought you here."
As he spoke, he raised a hand.
A huge dark moon quietly emerged in the sky, emitting a cold light.
The huge body of the basilisk was completely shrouded by the dark moon. Then, it saw a dense forest, smelled the smell of rain soaking dead leaves and old trees, and the fragrance of dusty green grass after being washed...
Tonight, there are two moons, two moonlights, in the sky over Hogwarts.
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