Chapter 241: Affinity with animals (Edited)

"Chirp..."

The door to the girls' restroom on the third floor was pushed open and a red bird poked its head out.

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Fish quickly glanced left and right, confirmed that there were no other people or ghosts inside, and then rushed in with Fawkes, closing the door behind him.

"Caw?"

Fawkes had been reborn, but his memory hadn't been restored, so he watched in confusion as Fish sneaked into the girls' washroom like a thief, and suddenly felt worried, as if his son was doing wrongdoing.

Luckily, Fish soon made his way to the innermost washroom and let out a "hiss" in Parseltongue.

Then, Fawkes stared at the sink in front of him, which turned into a huge pipe inlet, with a confused look on his face.

Fearing that Fawkes would fall off his head as he slid down, Fish took it off and picked it up in his hands before jumping into the pipe.

"Nyajajajaja!!!"

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After a thrilling slide, Fish landed softly with Fawkes in his arms, put him back on his head and walked towards the door of the Chamber of Secrets.

Fawkes didn't know what to say when he saw the door Slytherin-style, he had been confined to Dumbledore's office due to his senility, but he knew basically everything that went on in the school.

After all, Dumbledore had never shied away from him when discussing matters with the other teachers and headmasters' portraits in his office.

So, naturally, he knew that on Halloween night, someone claiming to be the heir to the Chamber of Secrets had attacked Mrs. Norris, and that Fish had been searching for the attacker for some time, trying to get back at his friend....

What is it now?!

Fawkes was still flabbergasted... Obviously, Fish had even found the Chamber of Secrets!

Could it be that he had inadvertently found the culprit and didn't even know it yet?

Thinking of the unfortunate Professor Quirrell from last year, Fawkes thought it was possible. So he simply asked, "Caw?" (Have you defeated the heir to the Chamber of Secrets?).

"Nya?"

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Now it's Fish's turn to be dumbfounded: "Fish doesn't even know who he is... Fawkes, why do you say that?"

"Caw?" (You didn't even find the Chamber of Secrets?).

"Hiss... Nya? This isn't the Chamber of Secrets," Fish opened the door with the Parseltongue, then shook his head and said cheerfully, "I thought you had to be from the House of the Green Snake to open the Chamber of Secrets. Neither Fish nor... are from the Green Serpent Academy, but both can enter."

"And Uroboros also said that he knows nothing about the Chamber of Secrets, which was built to harm others."

Simple Fish never doubted his friend's words.

"Besides, if it really was Uroboros, Norris wouldn't be petrified, she'd be dead, the kind without a corpse, and probably eaten, more than Fluffy."

After Fish's well-founded explanation, even Fawkes was a little confused.

Could there be other Chambers of Secrets?

It wasn't impossible, after all, if Slytherin could build one Chamber of Secrets, he was just as likely to build more...

No way!

True, many chambers could be built, but could basilisks be bred in batches?

Fawkes didn't believe that there were many basilisks thousands of years old and many Chambers of Secrets, not even Slytherins could accomplish such a thing!

But from the way Fish thought about it, it was clear that he thought the basilisk was his best friend, and that he could break the boy's heart if he poked him, and Fawkes had realized that, from the words Fish had spoken, someone else had entered the Chamber of Secrets.

So Fawkes, an old man in the body but a young phoenix, opted to wait and see what happened, planning to discuss it with Dumbledore when he returned.

While Fawkes was deciding, the basilisk had already been summoned by Fish.

"Uroboros, it's been a long time."

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Fish greeted the basilisk that had just emerged from the statue, and the basilisk touched Fish's face with its snout, just as it had done before.

After the greeting, Uroboros turned his attention to the red bird above Fish's head.

Stare...

The basilisk and the bird looked at each other for a moment and then averted their gazes in unison.

"Hiss?" (What is this bird?)

Uroboros asked Fish, spitting out his tongue.

Although he was the Slytherin mascot, Uroboros had spent most of his time in the Chamber of Secrets and had only come out twice since Voldemort had awakened him, so he had never seen a phoenix and was naturally curious about this little bird who, moreover, was not afraid of his gaze.

"This is Fawkes, a phoenix."

Fish picked up Fawkes and held him up, introducing him, "Don't underestimate him because of his size, he's small because he just went through nirvana a short time ago, in case you don't know what nirvana means..."

Fish was very enthusiastic as he explained to Uroboros what kind of magical creature the phoenix was.

Of course Uroboros knew about the phoenix, he had just never seen one, but he didn't stop Fish and listened quietly to his explanation.

"Caw..."

When Fish finished, Fawkes flapped his wings and saluted Uroboros willingly.

Even as a chick, Fawkes wasn't afraid of the basilisk, and since he seemed to be on good terms with Fish, there was no reason for him to worry.

"Fawkes is waving at you nya."

Fish did his translation diligently.

"Hiss..."

"Uroboros is also greeting you, by the way, Uroboros is his name nya." said Fish to Fawkes, pointing at the basilisk.

Once introductions were made, Fish pulled out his magic bag and poured out all the food he had stored, giving most of the meat to Uroboros and the herbs to Fawkes, as he picked up a bag of dried fish and nibbled on it.

"Caw... (How did you and Uroboros meet?)."

As the meal wore on, Fawkes tried to gather more information about Fish's Chamber of Secrets.

"Well...," Fish said, cocking his head in thought and chewing on a small piece of dried fish, "I can tell you, but you can't tell Dumbledore, Fish promised not to tell anyone nya..."

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Since Fawkes wasn't human, it was okay to tell him.

Uroboros looked at Fish and Fawkes and didn't try to stop them, Voldemort had given him orders to hand the diary to Fish and not tell him that this room was the Chamber of Secrets, but he didn't care about the rest.

Or maybe... he didn't want to.

The basilisk wasn't very smart, but Uroboros had lived long enough to deduce that by doing so, Fish would probably reveal information about the place, and possibly even the diary, but....

What did this have to do with it?

All he had to do was follow the contract and complete the task given to him by Voldemort.

If Voldemort was discovered and defeated, it was none of Uroboros' business, as he had kept his end of the bargain.

Compared to Voldemort, who used him as a tool, Fish, the "second heir", was more in line with Uroboros' wishes.

Especially since the more time he spent with Fish, Uroboros found that his mind became clearer and his desire to destroy and kill was not as great as before.

In this case, was there still a question of what to do in this situation?