Chapter 85: The Bloody Baron
"Wow, let me see, a student who doesn't sleep all night and likes to wander around..." Peeves obviously noticed Solim, he was feeling bored, and was ready to give this little wizard a good treatment.
Solim's eyes lit up when he saw Peeves.
"Peeves! Where's the Bloody Barrow?"
Hearing the name of the bloody Baron, Peeves was obviously taken aback, and began to look around.
"I didn't see him on the Astronomy Tower. I have something to do with him now. Where is he now?"
"Aha! Damn little bastard! How dare you scare the great Peeves! Master Barrow isn't here at all!" Without seeing the bloody Barrow, Peeves grinned at Thom.
"It's because he's not here that I asked you where he is now, you must know." Solim said easily, he didn't want to talk to this crazy elf. "I have something to ask Barrow, don't delay, or I will tell Barrow that you ruined his business."
Peeves was clearly terrified of Barrow the Bloody Man, as many Hogwarts students knew. But no one has ever used this against Peeves, Solim being the first.
"Don't! Don't tell Master Barrow." Peeves trembled, "But Master Barrow is away all day today, and the master can't find him for a few days every month."
Frowning, Solim looked at Peeves, and said fiercely: "Don't try to lie! I will tell the blood man Baron about you deceiving me. If you don't want to suffer, tell me quickly. Where is the blood man Baron?" ?”
"Peeves doesn't know!" Peeves trembled, he was obviously very afraid of the bloody Barrow, but he didn't want others to know about Master Luo's whereabouts. "
After thinking for a while, Solim said: "If you see the bloody Baron, tell me that Solim Selwyn of Slytherin has something to do with him, or if you see him, come to me directly and tell me where he is. Listen clearly!"
After making sure Peeves remembered his words, Solim left the Astronomy Tower. It was late now, but Solim still wasn't going to go back to rest. He was going to search for some information overnight, and make a good plan for what to do next.
Seriously, Solim regrets giving the diary to Dumbledore now. Had he known it would develop like this, Solim would have kept the diary for himself first, and would have given it to Dumbledore after he had finished his work and destroyed it, so there wouldn't have been so many messes.
The wand in Solim's hand was shining brightly, causing the portraits in the corridor to complain and protest, but Solim didn't have time to pay attention to these things at all, he was on his way to the small classroom. He knew he had to hurry up now and get everything done as best he could before Dumbledore started moving.
The basilisk is indeed terrifying, not to mention the lethality of the thousand-year-old basilisk. But Solim is not without a chance of winning. Those powerful magical creatures have sharp claws and strong scales, and some have not weak intelligence, but wizards never rely on brute force when dealing with these magical creatures that are obviously stronger than themselves .
This is the significance of Solim looking for the blood man Baro. As Barrow was a student of Salazar Slytherin, Solim thought he might know something about the basilisk, after all Voldemort also got clues about the Chamber of Secrets from Barrow when he was a student. And since Peeves said that Barrow disappeared for a few days every month, Solim didn't think Barrow went to Ravenclaw Tower to catch up with Ms. Gray.
Solim once tried to find the location of the Chamber of Secrets on the Marauder's Map, but obviously, the magic left by Salazar Slytherin is still powerful, even though Solim knew the exact location of the entrance, there was nothing on the Marauder's Map, it was just a normal It's just a room, and the secret passage is not shown on the map at all.
In the evening of the second day, Solim boarded the Astronomy Tower guided by Peeves, and met the bloody Baron. The students say the bloody baron is a terrible ghost
Not only Peeves is afraid of him, other ghosts can also see the fear of the bloody Baron. Barrow had hollow eyes and a thin face, and his robes were silvery with blood.
"Hello, Barrow." Solim greeted first.
"Little Rascal told me that there is a Slytherin student looking for me. It must be you." Barrow's voice was hollow, Solim dared to say [not many people in the school listened to Barrow's voice now and then.
"That's right, I came to you to ask you a few things." Solim didn't procrastinate, and asked his own question directly: "The great founder Salazar Slytherin left a basilisk in the school, is it now Activities, whether it can communicate, whether it is like the legends—does it exist to clean up Muggle students, or to resist the enemy. Barrow, these questions are very important, I think Hogwarts You are the most likely person here to know this."
After hearing Solim's words, the blood man Barrow's eyes were no longer empty, his eyes became sharper, he stared straight at Solim, and said sharply: "How do you know about the Basques! I tell you! I absolutely I will not allow anything to happen against the dean's wishes! I tell you! You can never know anything from me! I will never be deceived again!" After speaking, the bloody Baro turned around and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Solim immediately said: "Baro! You misunderstood, that person is back, he wants to open the Chamber of Secrets again, and then use the basilisk to clean up the Muggle students in the school! I came to ask for your help."
Hearing this, the bloody Baro stopped.
"He... came back?" Baro's voice trembled, "He came back? He dared to come back?! I was really blind at the time! I actually believed his nonsense!
"So...the basilisk wasn't left by Slytherin to clear out Muggle students?" Solim asked, although he could deduce this fact from some ancient records, but he wanted to hear more Barrow, the insider, told the truth himself.
"Of course not! In that chaotic era, the school was attacked almost every few months. Sometimes it was those dark creatures, sometimes it was those dark wizards who coerced ignorant Muggles. In short, the school at that time was attacked all the time. He is no longer under threat. For this reason, the dean left behind a basilisk. He was afraid that when he left, the school's protective measures would be broken, which would ruin his hard work. people start."
"But as far as I know, there is still a student in the school who died and became a ghost. I believe you also know who she is."
Barrow closed his eyes: "That was a huge mistake, it was my mistake... I shouldn't have believed him.
"But he's back now, at school. He'll still open the Chamber of Secrets if he gets the chance," Solim said, "and I want to stop that from happening, so, Baro, can you answer the question I just had? question?"
"This period is Basque's active period. He just woke up from a deep sleep. As for communication, Basque can certainly communicate. In fact, since I...became like this, every time Basque comes from When I wake up from the deep sleep 460, I will go to see him. He has been in that place for too long. The school has not been attacked for a long time, and Basque has been staying there. In fact, he has been sleeping, but every once in a while He must wake up once, and then go back to sleep. The dean once gave him an order that he must never hurt the students in the school, but that person..." At this point, Barrow's tone became angry: " He induced Basque to kill a student unintentionally. This is the heinous crime! Now that he is back, why don't you go to the current Headmaster for help? Dumbledore is the one I've seen in almost 100 years The most powerful principal, you can seek his help."
But our principal is also an "accomplice" in this matter, Solim smiled wryly in his heart.
"Basques can talk to people, can't they?"
"Of course, as long as you speak Parseltongue, you can communicate with Basque." Bloody Baro looked at Solim and asked, "Are you?"
Shaking his head, Solim replied, "No, I'm not, but my sister is, are you sure he won't hurt the students?"
"Of course! Basque will never hurt students!" Barrow said loudly, and then his voice dropped again: "But there is no one in school who can communicate with him except me
"You can speak Parseltongue?"
"I learned from the dean. Parseltongue can be mastered through learning, but my talent is not good, and I can only speak a few words, but Rowena can communicate with the dean in Parseltongue."
After thinking about it, Solim looked at Barrow and said, "Well, let's make an appointment, and I will take my sister to see Basque, but you have to promise me that he will never hurt the students, and, by the time It's time for him to close his eyes."