"Iced Lemonade!"
With Dumbledore saying the password, the stone gargoyle moved aside.
After a few months, coming again to the headmaster's office, Lucas found that he had never observed it carefully.
The first time here he was just there to complete the Exploration achievement and then was attracted by the subsequent series of achievements.
The second time he was negotiating terms with Dumbledore again, just sitting on the sofa the whole time.
Thinking about it now, Gryffindor's common room and headmaster's office seem to be on the seventh floor.
Could the secret room left by Gryffindor be related to the headmaster's office?
Dumbledore eyed the boy in front curiously, not understanding what's so good about his office.
"Lucas, what are you looking for? Maybe I can help you."
"I'm sorry, Professor, I just realized that I haven't looked at your Office carefully the other times I came here."
"Then when we're done talking, I'll show you around personally."
The two came to sit on the sofa.
Unchanging furnishings along with familiar sweets and drinks.
Seeing Lucas staring at the drink in his hand, Dumbledore said: "Recently, I've been drinking a lot of iced lemonade, so I changed the password of the office."
Putting the lemonade on the round table, Dumbledore went straight to the point: "Lucas, I want to make sure that the previous conversation is still valid?"
"Of course, I am a successful businessman. One of the important conditions for a successful businessman is to keep promises."
Lucas put down the black tea in his hand and said, "But..."
"But what?"
"But you need to tell me first, what does the so-called Chamber of Secrets and heir mean?"
Dumbledore had no intention of hiding that so he told the story of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets and the heir simply and clearly.
After the old man finished speaking, Lucas asked again: "Then what is in the secret room? Or what killed Mrs. Norris?"
Dumbledore was silent for a long time before shaking his head.
"I'm not sure. In fact, this is not the first time something like this has happened in the school."
Lucas raised his eyebrows, showing a willingness to hear more.
Dumbledore sighed, "Fifty years ago, when I was just another professor and the Head of Gryffindor House, the Chamber of Secrets was opened."
"Then what?"
"And then a student died."
Dumbledore's eyes dimmed as he recalled the past, maybe it was because he felt sorry for the dead student.
Or maybe it reminded him of Voldemort who was still in school at the time.
Talking about the past, Dumbledore was always full of regrets, not just about Tom Riddle, but also about Gellert Grindelwald, his brother Aberforth, and his sister Ariana.
There was a brief silence in the room and Lucas didn't bother Dumbledore, who was caught up in sentimental memories.
He waited until the headmaster's mood improved, only then did he ask: "The student you mentioned is the ghost Myrtle that haunts the abandoned girls bathroom right?"
"How did you know?"
Looking into Dumbledore's curious eyes, Lucas thought the old man was looking down on his intelligence.
"Headmaster, in the entire Hogwarts castle, only Myrtle wears the student robes representing her house."
Looking at his unfriendly eyes, Dumbledore coughed dryly and went on about fifty years ago.
"Fortunately, the chamber was only opened once fifty years ago. Later, a classmate reported that someone was raising a dangerous creature, an acromantula, in the school."
"That's right, it's none other than Hagrid, and all the crimes were later placed on his head."
Lucas knows all about this past, he might be even more familiar than Dumbledore.
He just wanted to make sure that Dumbledore knew where the Chamber of Secrets was.
Does the old man know that there is a basilisk in the chamber of secrets?
Dumbledore had been at Hogwarts too long.
With his shrewdness, it wouldn't be surprising to find a Slytherin chamber that had been opened once.
"Your tone of voice tells me that the student seems innocent?"
"Of course, acromantulas don't leave their victims petrified like that."
Dumbledore looked a little cryptic when he said this.
It's like telling Lucas that he knows what the hell is going on.
Lucas is more than happy to satisfy a centenarian's wicked taste.
"And what killed Myrtle and Mrs. Norris?"
When he saw Dumbledore taking his iced lemonade to sip slowly, Lucas almost overturned the round table in front of him.
Seeing that Lucas' eyes gradually became cold, Dumbledore put down his cup and said with a smile: "When people are old, they tend to get thirsty when they talk too much. In fact, I already have a rough guess about the creature in the Chamber of Secrets."
"In Legend, anyone who sees Medusa's eyes will be turned to stone, much like Myrtle and Mrs. Norris."
"Professor, please don't joke around." Lucas interrupted him coldly.
"You want to tell me that there is a Gorgon in the Chamber of Secrets? If so, I'm sorry but our cooperation is over."
Seeing Lucas getting up to leave Dumbledore hastily stopped him: "Young man, let me finish talking before you leave."
"Although the creature in the Chamber of Secrets is not a Gorgon, it has the same ability as it, a Basilisk, you should have heard of it?"
Lucas nodded and sat back on the couch.
"Of course I know, if you take a chicken's egg and put it under the belly of a toad to hatch, you can get a basilisk."
Dumbledore nodded affirmatively: "That's right, judging from various phenomena, the monster in the Chamber of Secrets must be a basilisk."
"I don't know whether it has existed for a thousand years or entered the castle from the outside by accident, but it just lives in the Chamber of Secrets."
"However, after fifty years, this basilisk obviously did not die. Of course, for a basilisk with a long life, it is indeed not easy to die naturally."
He stared at Lucas when he finished speaking.
Lucas laughed at himself: "Thank you professor for your appreciation, but I don't think I can beat a basilisk."
"No, no, the conditions are still the same as before, you only need to protect Harry." Dumbledore said, shaking his head.
"Perhaps you don't know yet, but Harry spent a happy summer vacation at the Weasley's house, and during that time his good friend's arrogance seems to have rubbed off on him."
"I don't want to die with a savior who likes night-time adventures."
Seeing the disappointed look in Dumbledore's eyes, Lucas raised his eyebrows and continued: "But it's not impossible to negotiate."
Dumbledore got it again.
"Lucas, this is different from what we've been talking about."
When Dumbledore said this, his expression was very helpless.
Lucas smiled and said, "But Headmaster, you didn't say I would have to face a basilisk when we made the deal, did you?"
"That's a basilisk, a 5X-level dangerous creature, equal to a giant dragon and might be even more dangerous."
"Well, tell me about your conditions..."
Lucas was a little surprised that he agreed so easily.
Is it possible that he feels that Lucas' service is too good, so he doesn't bargain?
Lucas thinks it's possible.
After all, last year he protected the savior very well, and he even gave up the honor of defeating the dark wizard Quirrell to Harry, successfully solidifying his image as the savior.
It's hard not to be satisfied with such a good service, right?
Lucas looked up at the ceiling of the headmaster's office when suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"I want the sword of Gryffindor."
"What?" Dumbledore froze for several seconds.
"Have you really figured it out? Gryffindor's sword can only be found by those with true Gryffindor qualities."
Lucas nodded: "Of course I understand, I just need you to declare that the sword of Gryffindor belongs to me from now on as the headmaster."
Dumbledore was delighted at the moment.
Strictly speaking, the Gryffindor sword is not a Hogwarts item, it's a relic of Godric Gryffindor, one of the Founders.
Which means that it is private property.
So even if he promises in the name of Hogwarts Headmaster, it's nothing.
Besides, Lucas may not be able to find that naughty sword.
"Okay, in the name of the headmaster, I now declare that the sword of Gryffindor now belongs to Mr. Lucas Grindelwald."
"Thank you Headmaster."
Of course Lucas understood the difficulty of obtaining the Gryffindor sword.
Throughout the original book, only Harry and Neville actually found the Gryffindor sword.
But don't forget that before long, Harry would draw the Gryffindor sword in the Chamber of Secrets.
And Lucas has ancient alchemy, so it is not difficult to keep that naughty sword once he gets his hands on it.
With their deal complete Dumbledore looked very happy and even sent Lucas to the spiral staircase himself.
"Lucas, don't worry, Fawkes will show up to help you at critical times. The phoenix and the basilisk are inherently hostile."
As he left the headmaster's office, Lucas was still thinking about Dumbledore's last words.
From this point of view, the old man really has a thorough understanding of the Chamber of Secrets.
Otherwise, the phoenix in the original book would not suddenly appear in the chamber carrying the sorting hat.
Only it is not known yet how much Dumbledore knows about the Horcruxes.
But even if he doesn't know much about them for now.
By the time Harry showed Parseltongue, Dumbledore would have figured it out.
Lucas walked all the way forward, and unknowingly came to the Room of Requirement.
It's still early, it's better to go in and continue looking for the diadem.
Not long after, a series of explosions sounded again in the room of Room of Requirement.
It's a pity that people outside can't hear it at all.
Lucas seems to be having good luck today.
After clearing a few mountains of garbage, he saw an ugly bust statue of a wizard.
It is said that this is the first headmaster of Hogwarts, but none of this matters.
The important thing is that the diadem of Ravenclaw is near this statue.
Along with the Shattering Curse and Scourgify used one after another.
The first headmaster of Hogwarts was bombed to pieces and then disappeared forever.
At the same time a crystal clear crown appeared in midair.
Putting a dragonhide glove on his hand Lucas reached out to it.
The moment the diadem was in hand, the system's notification sounded in his ears.
[Congratulations to the host for completing a new achievement: the diadem of Ravenclaw ; reward: 500 achievement points.]
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