Chapter 432: Chapter 432: Hermione’s Worry

Doujin Artist: What, the plotline deviated? Cedric is the victim now?

Lazy Kitten: Cedric? Oh, that handsome Hufflepuff guy? The one who later got together with Cho Chang?

Scarlet Lotus Fairy: You can just call her Cho Chang. "Chou Zhang" sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it?

Lazy Kitten: Ah, got used to it from the story. But thinking about it, this guy really had bad luck, his life stopped at the Triwizard Cup. Sent straight to heaven by that little rat Peter with a killing curse.

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Really unlucky indeed. Forget the Triwizard Cup, just getting caught in this crossfire shows how unlucky he is. If he wasn’t unlucky enough, why would he be attacked?

This is an Actor: Maybe... it wasn’t just bad luck.

Amegakure Village’s Angel: ?

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Not bad luck? So it was planned?

This is an Actor: Most likely planned.

Gerard had already returned to his dormitory and was sitting at his desk. On the table before him lay a scroll, which recorded various spells that could cause a person to lose their sanity.

The one Gerard paid the most attention to was the "Mind-Snatching Soul Spell." A modified version of the Imperius Curse, it could transfer part of one’s own will onto another person.

To put it plainly, this "Mind-Snatching Soul Spell" was like a low-grade version of soul possession. But compared to complete soul possession, this spell obviously had a time limit.

That is, the victim would only be in a possessed state during a specific period. If the curse couldn’t be successfully broken after that period passed, the victim would become a complete idiot.

It was a very vicious spell, and it had even become lost in the current magical world.

The reason it was lost was that the sole copy in the Hogwarts library vanished fifty years ago, and that year happened to be when Tom Riddle became the heir.

Based on this inference, Tom Riddle likely already mastered this spell and used it on Cedric.

Gerard didn’t hide these inferred details from his group members and posted them directly in the group.

Curly-haired Guy: So that’s it. Looks like Cedric must be Voldemort’s chosen substitute. That noseless old thing is really sneaky.

Lin Fengjiao: According to what the group leader says, Voldemort’s initially chosen target was you?

This is an Actor: Yes, I think so too.

Amegakure Village’s Angel: He’s looking to die!

Konan’s eyes cooled slightly, her expression angry. Even though she knew Voldemort’s little scheme couldn’t succeed, she was still furious that he dared to target her boyfriend.

Soul Society’s Villain: Definitely looking to die, from any perspective.

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: But Voldemort definitely wouldn’t think that. He probably believes he has the ability to handle Anzen-san. If he could obtain the Zickrein identity and body, it would make his various activities much smoother.

Machete Girl: But he ultimately chose Cedric, why? It couldn’t just be because Anzen-san wasn’t home at that time, so he switched targets? So casual?

This is an Actor: Ginny herself was unwilling, probably. No matter how Tom Riddle twisted and controlled, Ginny herself still possessed her own will. Compared to a bystander like Cedric, she probably wasn’t willing to target me.

Doujin Artist: Ah, this. Teacher-student romance begins?

Foul-Mouthed Mask Guy: Wow, wow, truly our group leader. How much time has passed, how much? Already winning over female students one by one, incredible! Damn, really incredible! No, I must build a monument for you!

This is an Actor: Okay, I’ll arrange a luxury single room for you too. Let you stay there for life, how about that?

Foul-Mouthed Mask Guy: ? Luxury single room?

Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Means a little black room, locked up until you die.

Foul-Mouthed Mask Guy: Cough, then forget it. Luxury single rooms aren’t suitable for me. I like a simple, austere life. Of course, Ah Gin might like that kind of package.

Curly-haired Guy: I like your sister! You’re gonna be locked in a black room and drag me in? Why?

This is an Actor: I also want to ask, why every time girls are mentioned, you guys drag in some kind of relationship? Why?

Scarlet Lotus Fairy: It’s praising you. Your charm is big. Girls appearing around you usually get attracted to you. That’s the fact, arguing is useless.

Doujin Artist: Yes, exactly! So I suspect teacher-student romance is very reasonable and logical!

This is an Actor: Fine, as long as you’re happy. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Gerard helplessly shook his head, feeling a bit weary.

Knock knock knock.

Right at that moment, rhythmic knocking suddenly sounded.

"Come in, the door isn’t locked." Gerard didn’t rise to open the door, but called out directly towards the outside. Who would come to his dorm at this hour didn’t need guessing; it must be his good assistant.

Sure enough, the door opened.

Hermione, with her fluffy hair, cautiously walked inside and closed the door. "Good evening, Professor Zickrein. I came earlier but you seemed to have gone out, so I went to have dinner."

"Yes, called to a meeting by Professor Dumbledore." Gerard nodded, not hiding it. "A student was attacked."

"I heard about that too." Hermione wasn’t surprised, walking over to Gerard on her own. "Hufflepuff’s Cedric, the senior?"

"He was attacked by a spell and lost his sanity." Gerard explained briefly.

"Oh my, a spell?" Hermione paused, startled. "This time it wasn’t the basilisk’s petrifying attack? Does the heir plan to strike widely now? That’s too terrifying, really too terrifying!"

"Don’t worry, the professors have already devised countermeasures." Gerard reassured. "At least if you don’t go to too remote places, there won’t be a problem."

"Professor, I have a very important question!" Hermione was silent a moment, then suddenly said. "Parseltongue, can it control the basilisk? And must the heir of the Chamber also have Parseltongue to obtain it?"

She had already begun feeling uneasy, because she knew her friend Harry Potter was a Parseltongue.

If this prerequisite held true, then Harry would very likely be seen by everyone as Slytherin’s heir. That was almost a nailed-on fact.

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