Chapter 72: The Heir of Slytherin

The whole classroom went into chaos. This class was attended by Gryffindor and Slytherin students. When Harry speaks Parseltongue, all Slytherin students know what it means.

“That’s a Parseltongue!”

“Potter is a Parselmouth!”

“It must be him who opened the Chamber of Secrets!”

“No wonder Draco was attacked! He is taking revenge on him!”

Even on the Gryffindor side, except for the students from Muggle families, everyone else looked at Harry with strange eyes.

Seamus shared the bedroom with Harry and muttered, “No wonder you wanted to run out of the Hall that night. It turned out that you really opened the Chamber of Secrets!”

Harry stared blankly at the students who were accusing him. He still didn’t understand why they suddenly accused him.

“What are you guys saying?”

Even when Ron looked at Harry, his eyes showed no fear or doubt, which made Harry a little more at ease.

“Everyone, silence.” Sherlock’s sound instantly silenced the chaotic classroom.

However, there are still Slytherin students who dared to raise their hands.

“Professor, Potter is a Parselmouth! This proves that he is the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets!”

Sherlock had searched many snake-like magical creatures. He knew what Parselmouth meant.

Almost every Parselmouth is a dark wizard. Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, is also a Parselmouth. It is also one of the reasons that the representative animal of the Slytherin house is a snake.

Parseltongue language can be passed down along with family blood. In Hogwarts, whoever shows Parseltongue is likely to be a descendant of Slytherin.

“Slytherin wasn’t the only one in the world who spoke Parseltounge, Mr. Nelson.” Sherlock said lightly, “If this is the only reason you’re going to accuse Potter, the judges of the Wizengamot would definitely take Potter’s side.”

“But people with Parselmouth are the biggest suspects of Slytherin’s heir! At least Potter should be locked up just in case!” a Slytherin student said.

Sherlock’s tone had begun to turn cold, “It will only be done if you have any evidence about it. If you have solid evidence, let alone Potter will be locked up, and I can bring him to the Ministry of Magic later. But based on the evidence of him speaking Parseltongue, it would only violate his right to freedom.”

“Also, are you all the principal of Hogwarts?” He glanced coldly at the students who wanted to say more.

“After this class is over, I will tell Dumbledore the situation about what happened just now. How he will deal with this matter will be decided later, and what you have to do now is to just sit down.”

The respect that Sherlock accumulated among the students played a role at this time. No one dared to continue to say more, but they couldn’t continue the class normally like they would.

After the class, Sherlock was about to carry the cage. When he left the class, Harry hesitated to find him.

“Thank you for helping me out, Professor.”

Sherlock waved his hand, “I’m just doing my job.”

“Professor, what is a Parselmouth?” Harry asked in confusion.

“You can think of it as a natural talent that basically cannot be learned, but people with this talent are generally dark wizards,” Sherlock said calmly.

“But I always think it’s a stereotype. Parselmouth is just an ability to talk to the snake, not dark magic, which can change the user’s mentality after using it. Many people I’ve read had Parselmouths, whether normal wizards or dark wizards. Probably because of family problems, and some people have a stereotype against it.”

Harry asked in confusion, “What does this have to do with them suspecting that I am the heir of Slytherin?”

“Because of Salazar Slytherin is a Parselmouth. The inheritance generally learns modern wizards with Parselmouth of their ancestors. His heir opened the Chamber of Secrets, and you happened to be here at this time showing your Parselmouth. It is expected for them to react in such a way.”

Harry understands it now, but he still doesn’t understand why he’s the one that everyone is talking about just because he is a Parselmouth.

Sherlock saw his sadness and patted him on the shoulder, “Many things have happened this semester. The students have been tense, and they are just using you as a vent. But the professors are adults, and no one will do anything to you just because you are a Parselmouth.”

He rarely showed sincere feelings in front of the students. He leaned down and said seriously, “I believe that the Chamber of Secrets has nothing to do with you, Harry. I also believe that you can prove it to others yourself.”

A smile appeared on Harry’s face, “Thank you for your trust, Professor.”

“With that being said, it’s time for me to go.” Sherlock’s face returned to that usual expression, “There is still a first-grade class to teach; you guys are good enough at making the professors have headaches.”

He left the class with the cage in his hand. The Runespoort were staring at Harry all the time. When Sherlock took them away, the Runespoor made a sound.

“Goodbye… little wizard…”

Harry suppressed his desire to reply to them and instead waved them goodbye.

After only three of them had left the class, Ron said, “I guess you will have a hard time at school in the future.”

Harry shrugged, “It’s not my fault. How did I know that just talking to the snake would cause such big trouble?”

Ron looked at him strangely up and down, “You might have to go through your family’s lineage. Maybe you do have something to do with Slytherin. After all, when we’re at the Sorting Ceremony, the Sorting Hat wants to put you into Slytherin, right?”

Harry glared at him, “You suspect that I am the culprit who opened the Chamber of Secrets?”

“I’m not like them. There may be more than one heir of Slytherin. There is a bad one and a good one like you.”

The two of them chatted for a long time, only to realize that Hermione never said anything, and they couldn’t help looking at her curiously.

“What are you thinking about?”

Hermione said thoughtfully, “Professor Forrest said that he believed that the Chamber of Secrets had nothing to do with Harry; did he really mean it?”

“Of course.” Harry said with absolute certainty.

Hermione’s eyes turned to Harry, sharp with suspicion, “Given what he can do, The Chamber of Secrets that was opened must have something to do with you.”

“What are you talking about? Besides, haven’t we also done tests before? For some impossible things, Professor Forrest’s jinx is useless.”

“I guess so.”

“Now, let’s move on from this topic. I’m already unlucky enough today. Fortunately, he didn’t wish me good luck before leaving, or I wouldn’t be living today.”