Humming a little tune, Jon Hart had quietly pushed his suitcase and climbed onto the steam locomotive.
With a sidelong glance just now, he saw that Hermione Granger was not at his back.
This is good news!
But that's not necessarily the case. After all, considering my future plans, I probably won't have much interaction with Hermione.
He squeezed through the crowd and found an empty compartment near the rear of the car, then moved the suitcase onto the step. Although he was only eleven years old, Jon was not thin at all, and carrying dozens of kilograms of luggage was no problem at all.
Then he took out the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by Newt Scamander from his suitcase, half lying on the chair and began to flip through it randomly.
Page 117!
Although he didn't make any marks, he had already memorized the page number.
When turning the pages, he deliberately made his movements lighter to avoid wrinkling the pages.
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"Basilisk
Magical classification level: XXXXX (extremely dangerous)
The first recorded basilisk was created by Herpo the Vile, a dark Greek wizard who could speak Parseltongue. After many experiments, he discovered that if a hen's egg was placed under a toad and incubated, a dangerous snake with extraordinary powers would emerge. The basilisk is a huge, dazzling green snake that can grow up to fifty feet long. The male has a bright red feather on its head. Its fangs are extremely poisonous, but its most dangerous way of attacking is to stare at its target with its large yellow eyes. Anyone who makes eye contact with it will be killed instantly.
Spiders run away when they see a basilisk, which is their natural enemy. The only thing that can make a basilisk run away is the crowing of a rooster, which is fatal to the basilisk.
If food is plentiful (basilisks eat all mammals, birds, and many reptiles), they can live a very long time. The basilisk of Herpo the Mean is thought to have lived to be around 900 years old.
In addition to its unique magic and extremely long lifespan, many of the characteristics of the basilisk come from its nature as a venomous snake. Like ordinary venomous snakes, the basilisk will shed its skin every once in a while, and its omnivorous nature is also common among large snakes. Although it is not explicitly stated, the basilisk's skin is likely to have armor properties like dragon skin, which can reflect spells thrown at it. Only its eyes and mouth are the only weak links in its defense.
Creating a basilisk has been illegal since the Middle Ages, but it is easy to hide by removing the egg from the toad before the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures comes calling. However, since basilisks are invulnerable to anyone except Parseltongue, they are dangerous not only to other humans, but also to most Dark wizards.
There have been no recorded sightings of a basilisk in Britain for at least four hundred years."
He looked away from the book. In fact, Jon had read this passage at least twenty times since the summer vacation and had already memorized it by heart.
As a Muggle-born wizard, Jon is still very conscious... Since the door of the Chamber of Secrets was opened on Halloween in 1992, he may be attacked by the Basilisk at any time in order to complete Tom Riddle's "purification" of the Hogwarts bloodline.
Although there are many Muggle-born students in Hogwarts and it may not be your turn, and reducing going out at night can greatly reduce the probability of being attacked, but after all, it is better to be safe than sorry, and you must always be prepared for the worst.
Judging from the existing information, Jon has not come up with an effective way to deal with the basilisk. The only offensive spell he can easily use is the petrification spell. Using the petrification spell to attack the basilisk is simply a fool's errand!
They could only hope that the realgar powder and the rooster alarm clock would work and scare away the basilisk in times of crisis.
Tom Riddle is obviously a half-blood, so how could he be so cruel to Muggles and Muggle-borns? This is some obvious bullshit plothole from JK Rowling.
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The sliding door of the compartment suddenly opened.
A girl with golden curly hair, long eyelashes and a pair of cute dimples walked in.
"Is anyone here?" she asked quietly, pointing to the seat across from Jon. "Most of the other places are full."
"No one!" Jon said casually.
At the same time he helped the girl move her purse onto the step.
"Thank you!" The girl smiled and looked very sweet. She sat opposite Jon and said, "Excuse me, what's your name?"
"Hart, Jon Hart!" Jon closed the book in his hand: "A first-year student at Hogwarts."
"Greengrass, my name is Astoria Greengrass! I'm a first-year as well."
Green grass???
Jon almost laughed. Why don't you call yourself a Garden, or an Orchard?
However, mocking someone's surname is very rude no matter which country you are in, and Jon did not show that rude expression on his face.
I searched my mind for all the characters in Harry Potter, but there doesn't seem to be such a character in my mind... So there shouldn't be any danger.
"Nice to meet you, Miss Greengrass!" he greeted politely.
"Me too, Mr. Hart."
The other party had already put on his new Hogwarts robes, and there was a small snake logo printed on his suitcase, which made him look like he was born into a pure-blood family.
Jon turned his gaze to the window and saw that Eric and Judy had arrived, with Lady Longbottom beside them.
Jon knocked on the window quickly and waved to them.
"Woo..." With a long whistle, the train began to move slowly.
Eric smiled and waved goodbye to Jon, while Judy was wiping away tears and Mrs. Longbottom was comforting her.
Until the car completely disappeared from their sight.
"Are you from the Longbottom family?" Miss Greengrass asked softly.
"Of course not. I've already told you that my last name is Hart..."
"Then...then...those two Muggles just now are your relatives?"
"Of course, they are my parents, what's the problem?" Jon asked coldly.
"Sorry... sorry... I'm so sorry..." Astoria apologized three times in a row.
"I mean no harm!"