Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

"So, this is Corvinus Gaunt's secret passage?" Bourne looked at the shrine in front of him and tapped the wall lightly with his hand.

Neville had just found him and taken him directly from the Potions classroom to this corridor in the basement, while Hermione had been studying ways to open the secret passage.

"I tried the unlocking spell, the left and right separation spell, and even the blasting spell, but I still couldn't reopen this secret passage." The little witch said with a frown.

"Malfoy, Harry and Ron have been inside for almost 15 minutes. I'm worried that something will happen to them because there is a warning sign at the entrance of this secret passage saying that there is a snake in it."

Bourne noticed that when Hermione said the word "snake", she used the Latin word "ophidia".

Unlike this little witch, he knew what "Gaunt" meant. It was the surname of a direct descendant of Slytherin.

Most Gunters are Parseltongues.

"Then the danger is quite controllable." Bourne thought to himself, "At least, the descendants of the Gaunt family should not mistake basilicus (basilisk) and ophidia (snake in general), just like they don't It’s like abusing the word snake.”

With Harry here, as long as there are no basilisks around, even the "Snake Cave" can be broken through with the talent of Parseltongue.

Of course, just because the matter was downgraded didn't mean it could be left alone, and Byrne was also interested in "Corvinus Gaunt," a name that didn't appear in the Harry Potter stories.

"Should we go find George and Fred?" Hermione was a little undecided. "Ron said that his two brothers know almost all the secret passages in Hogwarts, and they might be able to open it..."

While Hermione was speaking, Bourne fiddled with the little angel sculpture with his hand, and the door to the secret passage opened again.

"How could this happen? I just tried it. No matter how I broke or pushed it, it wouldn't move at all." The little witch said in surprise.

Bourne stared at the changing wall, his eyes emitting an imperceptible golden light, and he vaguely saw the problem.

The entrance to this secret passage is not only cast with an extremely clever transformation spell, but there are also some "access control" restrictions.

In Bourne's eyes, the cracks and cracks on the wall bricks that are constantly rotating and twisting faintly form some words.

Amber, Avery, Black...Slughorn, Travers, Weasley and Yaxley, the family names of the "Holy Twenty-Eight Purebloods".

In addition, this "door control" seems to be integrated with a kind of magic similar to the magic on the doors of the girls' dormitories in various colleges at Hogwarts - except that it is opposite to the magic in the girls' dormitories. It prohibits women from entering. If someone enters by force, Some magic mechanisms will be triggered.

Looking at the large pool of water on the ground, Bourne asked Hermione: "Did you just get washed out by the water?"

The little witch nodded sheepishly, admitting that such a thing had happened.

Well, Corvinus Gaunt, who designed this "door control", may have also studied the mechanism at the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room. Just replace the old vinegar with water. After all, mature vinegar is quite expensive. He probably didn't have that many resources and spare money at that time.

"I'll go in by myself and see if I can bring Draco, Harry and Ron back. Just don't go in yet. Two people need to be left outside to take care of them."

After saying that, he turned around and got into the water pipe that appeared on the wall. Moreover, Bourne slid along the pipe not long after he walked in, and soon his figure disappeared in front of the two little wizards outside.

-

"Are you sure that entrance is here and I need to go in now?" Lockhart said nervously to himself.

In fact, he was holding a black leather diary in his hand, and Tom Riddle, who was staying in it, was having a text conversation with him.

Gilderoy Lockhart was a little nervous because the secret passage Tom pointed out to him was actually hidden in a girls' bathroom, although it should have been abandoned.

This bathroom is located between the second and third floors of the castle, in a semi-open half-floor corridor. From the side facing the inside of the castle, you can clearly see the "moving stairs" that change positions at any time.

It's not far from Lockhart's office, but Lockhart usually doesn't pay much attention to this place.

[The secret passage is right here. It allows you to walk directly to the center of the stage in the auditorium and grab the unparalleled C position. 】

Tom Riddle assured Lockhart.

This gave him great encouragement, and then the professor carefully glanced around - after all, he didn't want anyone to notice that he sneaked into the girls' bathroom. Even if someone happens to pass by, he feels that he has to give them a shot of "forget everything" to be safe.

"Fortunately, there is no one."

After confirming safety again, Lockhart walked into the bathroom.

Because of the incident where Peeves bombarded (literally) Quirrell last year, the corridor where the abandoned bathroom was located actually underwent a major repair.

Since then, "Moaning Myrtle" who originally used this place as her base rarely came back here because Peeves kept his word and told Myrtle the secret of how the male prefects of Hogwarts can take a bath. Where is the washroom located.

Therefore, Lockhart sneaked into the bathroom this time without encountering the slightly hysterical female ghost.

Under Tom's guidance, he found a sink located in the center of the bathroom. They checked it inside and out, up and down, even the water pipes below, and finally saw a small snake-shaped relief on the side of a brass faucet with spots of green marks.

[This faucet never comes out of water, because it is the entrance to the secret room, and if you want to open it, you need to say a secret word. 】

【Si-si-! Siss! SSS……]

Looking at the string of "S", "I" and the universal phonetic symbol "!" (annotation for inhalation) displayed on the notebook, Lockhart's brain suddenly went into a shutdown.

What the hell is this?

If you want to open the entrance to the secret passage, do you have to get used to letting out air when talking?

After several attempts, Lockhart never mastered the correct pronunciation of the simple Parseltongue word "open the door."

Of course, this is not entirely his fault.

Parseltongue is actually quite difficult.

In the original Harry Potter books, apart from those who were born with the gift of Parseltongue, only Ron and Dumbledore have spoken this pronunciation of Parseltongue.

Even Hermione, the smartest of the trio, couldn't imitate Harry's accent.

[Don’t be anxious, let alone be discouraged. Just empty your mind and leave the rest to me. 】

[Very good, that’s it, let me in, count three, two, one...]

In this way, Gilderoy Lockhart's macadamia nut-like brain was finally pried open by this Horcrux.

Enter Tom Riddle.

Then Lockhart smoothly said "Open the door" in Parseltongue.