socalfunplaces Chapter 98 Let's Speak Snakes
Chapter 98 Let's Speak Snakes
Chapter 98 Let's Speak Snakes
As night fell, the Hogwarts library was quiet.
It was already close to curfew, and most of the young wizards had left, so the library was unusually quiet.
What a perfect time. Loira nodded slightly and pulled her hood tighter. If the students saw her, there would inevitably be a conversation—
Roy didn't want to talk to strangers, especially his own students.
She looked around and then walked to the bookshelf of language books. Hogwarts didn't have any books on magic circles. The only relevant one seemed to be Mr. Lockhart's book on "Magic Circles". Roy noticed that the book was so worn out that the corners were rotten. Mr. Lockhart's books were really popular.
Loira slightly raised her head and looked at the bookshelf in front of her: Fairy Language, Troll Language, German, French, Chinese... Ah—Found it.
Parseltongue!
The book cover features a jet-black snake, which is remarkably fitting for the content.
However... it seems a bit too high.
Roy slightly raised his wand and tapped it, and the book of serpent language slowly floated down.
Next is—
"Professor Hamilton?"
"Hmm!"
Startled by Roy's sudden call of her name, she instinctively took a step back, causing the book of Parseltongue to fall and hit her on the head.
It hurts!
She covered her head and subconsciously squatted down.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Professor Hamilton!" The owner of the voice seemed startled as well, and she quickly said, "I...I shouldn't have called you when you were casting a spell."
"—" Loira's lips twitched as she slightly raised her head to look at the owner of the voice.
It's...it's Miss Granger!
The hairs on Roy's body stood on end instantly, even her pointed ears, indicating that she was in a state of "high alert".
She remembered what Miss Lovegood had said: Miss Granger would recognize you. This Miss Granger is very perceptive! At least in things she shouldn't be so perceptive about.
Therefore, Luo Yili had to bite her lip and get up somewhat awkwardly. She absolutely could not say a word! Any word might make Miss Granger realize that she was Miss Luo, the one who was next to Luna.
Especially! Especially since they must have seen her in class this afternoon, it's all Professor Snape's fault! Roy couldn't help but show a resentful look, but... but when she thought of Professor Snape's appearance, she dared not be resentful.
That's a bit scary.
"What are you doing here?" Seeing Loira's silence, Hermione thought for a moment and said, "Oh, what am I talking about?"
"You must be reading a book, right?"
As she spoke, she bent down and slowly picked up the book that had just hit Loira on the head.
"Parseltongue?" She stared at the book title, momentarily stunned. "You want to learn Parseltongue?"
"—" Roy was silent for a few seconds, then nodded somewhat awkwardly.
Through that silver mask, Hermione had no idea what Professor Hamilton was thinking; she was truly mysterious.
"I've heard that Parseltongue is extremely difficult to learn," Hermione said after a moment's thought. "You're amazing!"
She lowered her voice and said, "Could this be related to our upcoming classes?"
I think there definitely isn't any, just imagining everyone sitting in the classroom making that "hissing" sound.
Is it Professor Snape? For some reason, Roy suddenly thought of Snape and let out a laugh.
"Hmm?" Hermione paused for a moment upon hearing Roy's laughter, then quickly said, "You think—you think this is too difficult for students?"
That's not what I meant—but it seems even stranger to tell her it's related to Professor Snape—
Roy pursed his lips, suppressing his strange sense of amusement, and then nodded gently.
Yes, I am a silent, cold, and ruthless Defense Against the Dark Arts professor—hmm—
Seeing Professor Hamilton nod, Hermione said excitedly, "Then could you help me answer these questions?"
"You were sick before, and I wrote to you but you didn't reply—" she said, spreading the books she was holding on the ground.
Huh? Is there any connection between these two?
Seeing Hermione's sudden action, Roy was startled; she certainly didn't want to give her student individual tutoring or anything like that—
She doesn't even want to talk!
And once you start talking, it will definitely be obvious!
Is anyone coming? Or is there any way—Suddenly, Roy saw the dark sky outside the library window.
"Cough cough cough." She coughed quickly, then looked out the window under Hermione's questioning gaze.
Hermione followed her gaze, paused for a moment, and then instinctively said, "Is it already this late?"
Yeah, yeah!
It's almost curfew time! The little wizards and such definitely need to go back to their dorms, right?
Roy looked at Hermione with expectant eyes, waiting for her to leave on her own.
But Hermione pursed her lips and quickened her pace: "Then we need to hurry!"
"Could you answer these questions for me?" Hermione asked, picking up several sheets of parchment from the floor. "These were from your class..."
What is all this?! And strictly speaking, that wasn't even my class!
Roy looked at the unfolded paper and involuntarily took a few steps back. Besides, how many are there? This clearly fills an entire sheet of paper!
"Hiss hiss hiss."
Suddenly, a faint hissing sound came from the library, sounding particularly eerie in the quiet room.
"Ah?!" Hermione turned pale and took a few steps back, seemingly startled by the sudden hiss of the snake.
Roy reacted quickly and closed the Space Extension Book in his arms.
It must be because I didn't close the book properly when I fell, which allowed the basilisk's voice to escape.
But—did it actually startle Miss Granger?
Looking at Miss Granger, who had collapsed to the ground, pale-faced, Roy actually felt a little... a little smug.
So this is what it feels like to scare someone?
No wonder Dumbledore and Professor Snape both liked to scare themselves—
Ah, but being scared by someone is really not nice!
Roy thought for a moment and gently waved his wand, and an invisible magic pulled Hermione up.
"The Silence Charm!" Hermione's initial shock instantly turned to excitement. "Your Silence Charm is amazing!"
"Will you teach us this in the future?"
You...you adjusted really quickly. You were just startled by the snake's hiss.
Loira's silence seemed to remind Hermione of her own behavior just now, and she said somewhat awkwardly, "Thank you, Professor. Did you hear the snake's hiss just now?"
No! Of course not! What snake-like cry? You must have misheard.
Loira quickly shook her head gently. She didn't want Miss Granger to know that there was a basilisk in her book, lest some strange legend appear at Hogwarts.
She had already heard a legend: at the moment the sun and moon meet, a lake nymph riding a unicorn appears at the Black Lake—
Who...who is talking nonsense?!
"Thump~ thump~ thump~"
Just then, the clock in the library suddenly struck, signaling curfew and the students had to return to their dormitories.
Seeing the disappointed look on Miss Granger's face, Loira smiled.
Thank goodness I've dodged another bullet.