Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Tiredness is a necessity.

After measuring the distance between the depths of the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts Castle with their footsteps - even though the route chosen by Burn was close to a straight line - Harry and Ron were only halfway through, and both of them were already almost going crazy with exhaustion.

"Bourne, I'm not talking about you, why did you lend the broomstick to that guy Malfoy?" Ron felt a little aggrieved and began to complain.

He couldn't understand why they were all Gryffindors, but Bourne lent the broomstick in the lizard's wallet to an outsider in Slytherin.

"That's because he accidentally overpowered the spell just now. It's almost impossible for him to walk back to the castle by himself..."

Bourne patiently explained to him.

In fact, as long as some sensitive issues are not involved (such as someone trying to transgress, an alien or heretic rebellion, someone harming the interests of the human race, etc.), Bourne is usually very easy to talk to.

"...I don't want to carry him across mountains and rivers anyway. If you want to carry him, he shouldn't have returned to the castle yet. I can use the 'Flying Curse' to summon the broomstick and Draco back together."

"Forget it then."

Ron acted decisively.

Then, he took another big gulp of the uplifting potion, which Bourne also took out from the lizard's wallet.

"Harry, why don't you speak?" Ron asked his good brother.

He thought that Harry was also exhausted, so he quickly handed over the remaining half of the bottle of potion.

"No, I'm actually fine." Harry waved his hand, pushed up his glasses that had slipped from the bridge of his nose due to sweat, and refused the potion Ron gave him.

"I'm just thinking about one thing: Judging from Malfoy's performance just now, although it's unclear whether those out-of-control Bludgers during the Quidditch match were caused by him, I think that in Lockhart's office The sounds I heard in the nearby corridor most likely had nothing to do with him."

"why?"

"At the beginning, someone was speaking those terrible words about 'murder' in the secret passage hidden inside the wall.

But when we met those big spiders, they could also talk - the kind of words with "click, click" noises - which inspired me to notice something that I had ignored before. I remember what I heard at night Those terrible words seemed to have some strange accent.

It's that 'hissing' sound...

This is somewhat similar to the sound I heard when I met a big snake in the zoo before, so I suspect that what is hidden in the wall may be..."

Harry did not continue, because both Ron and Burn stopped in their tracks, and Ron was looking at him with a shocked look.

"You mean," Ron considered the words and couldn't help but swallow as he spoke, "that you can understand what the snake said?"

"Yes, is there anything strange about this?" Harry asked a little puzzled: "When I had my first magic riot, at the zoo, I made a glass wall containing a big snake disappear. This Isn't it a common thing? I guess there are many little wizards who can understand what animals say."

Ron almost shook his head like a weather vane on a typhoon day.

He turned his attention to Bourne, "Harry can talk to snakes!"

"No," said Harry, "I mean, the main thing was that I accidentally released a big python, and the python jumped at my cousin Dudley - it's a long story - at that time The big python told me that it had never been to Brazil, so I unknowingly let it out. I didn't mean to. At that time, I didn't know that I was a wizard..."

"That python told you that it has never been to Brazil?" Ron asked in a weak voice.

"What's the matter?" said Harry, "I bet there are a lot of people at Hogwarts who can do that."

"Oh, they can't do that," said Ron. "It's not a common skill. Harry, it's terrible."

"What's so bad?" Harry frowned.

"It's Parseltongue!" Ron said, "It means that a person can speak the language of snakes, and anyone who can speak parseltongue can control snakes."

Harry was still a little confused: "Is there any problem with controlling snakes? I've seen it on TV - it's a Muggle household appliance, a bit like the 'moving pictures' here in the wizarding world - in India. There are many jugglers nearby who use flutes to tease snakes."

"That's different." This time it was Bourne's turn to explain: "Parseltongue is an extremely rare magical talent that few wizards can master. In the history of wizards, the most famous Parseltongue is Slater The founder of Lin, Salazar Slytherin."

"Almost all Parseltongues are dark wizards!" Ron said in a horrified tone: "Of course, Harry, I'm not talking about you. But if you are really a Parseltongue, then you are very likely to be one." Salazar Slytherin’s great-great-grandson or something.”

"That's not necessarily true." Seeing that Harry's expression froze because of Ron's words, Bourne had to explain more.

"I mean, the probability that all Parseltongues are dark wizards and that Harry is the great-great-grandson of Slytherin is actually very unlikely.

First of all, Mr. Salazar Slytherin is not a dark wizard - the definition of "dark wizard" came only after the Ministry of Magic was established. At the time when the Big Four were active, the Ministry of Magic had not actually been established, so He was far from a dark wizard.

Moreover, even if we take a step back, if Salazar Slytherin really had any bad conduct, the other three of the Big Four would not co-found Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with him.

You know, "Hogwarts: A School History" clearly records that the castle, Forbidden Forest, and Black Lake of Hogwarts were actually the earliest Slytherin family territories. If founder Slytherin was really a despicable villain, how could he be willing to make such a selfless donation?

Secondly, Parseltongue must be related to Slytherin, which is definitely incorrect.

It is true that Slytherin himself was a Parseltongue, but there were other Parseltongues before him. For example, there was a 'Despicable Herbo' in ancient Greece. He was also a real Parseltongue in history, and he lived earlier than Slytherin.

However, whether it is introduced in "Hogwarts: A School History" or in all current magic history books, Slytherin has no blood relationship with that 'despicable Herbo'.

Because 'Despicable Haierbo' had carried out a series of very taboo and dark magic experiments since his youth, he had lost his fertility early and had no heirs to pass down.

This is tracing the origins upwards, and if we use Slytherin as a node to push back, the only direct family lineage left is the 'Gaunt' family.

The Potter family's well-documented history can be traced back to the twelfth-century wizard Linfred of Chichicombe, a well-known and eccentric man locally nicknamed "Portley". He probably liked playing with pottery or something, and over time the surname was simplified to 'Potter'.

Since the eleventh or twelfth century, the genealogy of so-called 'pure-blood wizards' has basically been well-documented. Harry, if you go back to the school library and borrow any magical genealogy book, you can actually find stories about some of your grandfathers, great-grandfathers, and great-great-grandfathers.