In the morning of the next day, Link, who had returned to the Hufflepuff Lounge late at night, got up again early and walked out of the dormitory.

　　 At this moment, he still maintains the state of Occlumency, but what is different from the past is that the expression on his face is still not as rigid as it used to be, and it has become a little more vivid.

　　 This is one of the effects of Occlumency after reaching LV3.

　　 The upgraded Occlumency technique not only has stronger defensive ability and longer duration, but also gave birth to the ability to disguise.

　　 Although this does not seem to be strong, it is effective in actual use.

　　 After all, the original Occlumency is too obvious. You can tell by looking at your expression before you open it.

　　 And now, this kind of thing that people can see through at a glance is hard to happen again.

　　 It is also said that Occlumency can forge false memories in one's own brain after practicing Occlumency, and then deliberately obtain false information through defensiveness and deceive opponents.

　　 Of course, this kind of advanced technique Link estimates that he must be at least LV4 to master it.

　　 Hufflepuff’s lounge is very lively. Although today is Saturday, everyone surprisingly did not sleep in. Instead, they gathered in the lounge and discussed something intensely.

　　 But when Link appeared in front of everyone, the whole lounge suddenly became quiet.

　　 Almost everyone lowered their heads in horror, pretending that they were reading or doing homework, and a few even took the books down.

　　 This scene made Link's footsteps pause for a moment, but then he continued to walk outside the lounge with a cold face.

　　 At this moment, Cedric and John walked up quickly, and the two directly protected Link between them.

　　 "Link, something went wrong."

　　 "Let's go out and talk."

　　 Cedric and John whispered, then accompanied Link out of the lounge.

　　 "Pop!~"

　　As the barrel-shaped door of the lounge was closed again, everyone in the lounge became active again.

　　 They probed in the direction of Link's departure, their faces were full of fear.

　　 At this time, outside the Hufflepuff Lounge, Cedric looked at Link with a sad expression and said:

"Link, someone soon borrowed "Hogwarts-A School History" and "The Great Men Who Created Hogwarts" after the events of last night, which contain detailed information about the secret room. "

　　 At this point, Cedric's expression was very tangled, as if he couldn't continue.

　　 John gritted his teeth and continued:

"They said that Salazar Slytherin, one of the Big Four, has always believed that only pure-blood wizards are qualified to enter Hogwarts to learn magic. Because of this idea, he left Hogwarts because of discord with the other Big Three. He had previously set up a secret room somewhere in Hogwarts."

"There is some kind of terrible monster hidden inside! As long as the true heir of Slytherin opens the secret room, the monsters inside will rush out to purify Hogwarts and eliminate all those who are not worthy of learning magic in Hogwarts. That is non-pure blood like me!"

　　 At the second half, John's body was already shaking.

　　 It can be seen that he is also very scared of this.

　　 Seeing this, Link took a deep breath:

　　 "So they all think I am the heir who opened the secret room right now? Just because I am a snake-like voice, and almost all the snake-like voices are descendants of Salazar Slytherin."

　　 Cedric and John were silent.

　　 After a long time, Cedric said:

　　 "This view is actually very stupid, because after years of marriage, almost all pure-blood families in the country have become relatives in the actual sense. Strictly speaking, I can actually count..."

"Okay, you don't have to comfort me anymore. I don't really care what others think of me." Link interrupted Cedric's words with a wave of his hand, "Let's do it, I'm still a little urgent, and I'm leaving. "

　　 After saying this, Link turned and walked towards the suspended staircase.

　　 But Cedric and John behind him are worried.

　　 In their opinion, Link's performance is clearly a strong pretense.

　　 sighed, Cedric shouted at Link’s back:

　　 "Link! Don't worry! I will persuade them again!"

　　 Hearing this, Link did not agree.

　　He didn't lie, and now he does have very anxious things to do.

　　 As for Cedric's worry, that is also unnecessary.

From the very beginning, Link knew very well that although Hufflepuff’s label is integrity, loyalty, and fear of hardship, in stripping off this shining halo, Hufflepuff’s students are actually ordinary people. .

　　 As long as it is a human being, it is inevitable that it will behave like prejudice and not noble.

　　 So Link didn't plan to get too close to the other people in Hufflepuff or even the passers-by in Hogwarts.

　　 In his opinion, it is enough as long as friends like Cedric John don't misunderstand him.

　　 clenched his fists, Link quickened his pace.

　　 Soon he came to the eighth floor of Hogwarts again.

　　 But this time his destination is not the responsive room, but the principal's room.

　　 The principal’s room is located a little further inside the corridor on the eighth floor. A strangely shaped stone monster statue stands at the door~lightnovelpub.net~ This statue is responsible for guarding the principal’s room.

　　 If it used to be in front of the entrance to the principal's office, it would keep blocking the road until someone gave the correct password.

　　 But today it stood aside, leaving the arched passage so open.

　　 Link tentatively shook his hand in front of the monster statue and walked in quickly when he saw that there was no response from the other party.

　　 The passage is not long. Link spiraled upwards along the passage for a while and then directly entered the principal's room.

　　 "Link, here you are."

　　 In the principal's room, Dumbledore, who was sitting behind an eagle-leg table, said with a smile.

　　 He didn't seem to be surprised by Link's arrival.

　　 On the sofa opposite him, Snape in a black robe also turned his head and looked at Link at the door blankly.

　　 Dumbledore’s office has a lot of space.

　　 There are many weird silverware on display here, and on a shelf behind Dumbledore is a beautiful big fiery red bird.

　　 That is a phoenix, a divine bird with extraordinary magical abilities. The Ministry of Magic has set a level of XXXX for it.

　　 Of course, the most eye-catching thing in the office is not it, but the row of magical portraits hanging on the wall.

　　 These are the portraits of Hogwarts' old principals. Like the magical portraits elsewhere in Hogwarts, they all have the original owner's way of thinking and most of the memories.

　　 At this moment, they are all the same as Dumbledore, looking at Link without a word.

　　 Under their gaze, Link took a step forward and said solemnly to Dumbledore:

　　 "Principal Dumbledore, I know where the secret room is."