Ep. 27

In the end, Dumbledore decided that it was better to only inform Ginny's family of this incident, while the rest of the students will simply be told that they have a week off in order to 'give time for the Professors to ensure the safety of the castle'. A pretty neat excuse, particularly after I told the Slytherins about the Chamber of Secrets.

The next day, I went to Snape's office and modified his Dark Mark, so he will feel less pressured and freer. I spent the rest of the day applying enchantments, runes, and wards to the entirety of Hogwarts, even Hagrid's hut and the Quidditch stadium. I even added a little something special, which was totally overkill, but also very secret. It even needed my Gae Bolg to activate.

After two days, I also compiled a list of all Horcruxes and their 'approximate' location:

[Ravenclaw's Diadem - IDK, Mother's study (Probably) - Purified

Tom Riddle's Diary - Hogwarts - Purified

Unknown - Gaunt Family Home (Probably), Little Hangleton - Intact

Unknown - Borough of Islington, London (Location not precise, possible use of Fidelius or several wards) - Intact

Unknown - Diagon Alley, London (Underground, Possibly inside a vault at Gringotts) - Intact

Harry Potter - Hogwarts - Intact]

I then handed the list to Dumbledore, who was surprised and excited, to say the least. as he finally had a spark of hope of putting an end to Tom's life. When I say it like that, it sounds bad: a teacher causes his student to follow the wrong road in life, then they spend a good amount of years trying to kill each other. How romantic.

Since a few months passed since I last checked my interface, I decided to give it a look.

[Azagareth Maleficarum

Race: Half-Vampire/Half-Veela - True Ancestor/Incubus Royalty

Age: 14 years - Immature True Ancestor

Location: London, UK

Intrinsic Powers:

Subjective Reality

Infinty

Magic Core: Unlimited Omni-Sage (Tier 93; Rank 9)

Abilities:

Limit Break

Vampirism → (Perfect Absorption and Strengthening; Perfect Blood Adaptation; Adamantine Magic Maws)

True Royal Ancestor Hybrid Constitution → (Extreme Pain Resistance; Conceptual Charm; Original Veela Magic; Perfect Memory; Absolute Invisibility; Original Nemean Claws; Conceptual Invulnerability; Light Adaptation; Moon's Call; Mystery Absorption; Enchanting Siren's Voice)

Adapt and Overcome → (Modified Blood of Samael; Conceptual Dragon's Hide and Scales; Infinite Regeneration; Elite Saiyan's Battle Instincts; Abnormal Zenkai Boost; Conceptual Titan's Strength; Frost Demon's Vacuum Adaptation; Original Nemean Hide; Sensitive Chimaera's Hearing; Thunderbird's Danger Sense; Demiguise's Advanced Prediction; Absolute Temperature Resistance; Phantasmal Sphinx's Intelligence; Advanced Parallel Processing; Advanced Multiple Thoughts; Demon Boar's Gluttony)

Photonucleic Effect (Super Strength; Super Speed; Super Durability; Sunlight Absorption)

Doomsday's Reactive Adaptation (Not Twice; Conceptual Adaptability; Infinite Resurrection; Elemental Damage Nullification; Extreme Fatigue Resistance; Eight Gates Resistance; Gate of Death Nullification; Time Element Nullification → Indefinite Lifespan; Space Element Nullification; Chaos Element Nullification; Instant Death Resistance)

Zerg's Perfectionism (DNA Absorption; DNA Enhancement; DNA Modifier)

Primordial Fire Manipulation

Black Lightning Manipulation

Space, Time, and Chaos Manipulation

Psychic Energy Manipulation (Limited Empathy; Telekinesis; Flight; Barrier)

All-Speak

Noble Phantasm: (Conceptualization)

Doujustu:

Improved Rinne Sharingan

Improved Rinnegan

Magic:

Royal True Ancestor's Magic Aptitude, Power, Capacity, and Manipulation

Conceptual Legilimency and Hypnosis Aptitude

Incubus' Charming and Dream Magic Aptitude

Spiritual Nature

Mythical Shapeshifting (Doppelganger)

Merlin's Magic Master

Hecate's Magic Master

François Prelati's Magic Master

Sisigou Family's Magic Master

Kirei Kotomine's Magic Master

Medea's Magic Master

Avicebron's Magic Master

Touko Aozaki Magic Master

Solomon's Magic Master

Techniques:

God-Slaying Spear Arts Master

Tsukahara Bokuden Sword and Spear Arts Master

Hassan-i Sabbah's Arts Master

Might Guy's Eight Gates Techniques Master

Demi-God Spearsmanship

Blunt Weapon Grandmaster

Demi-God Swordsmanship

Grandmaster Unarmed Combat

Advanced Detective

Tony Stark's Science Compendium Master

Blood Familiars:

See separate list

Extra Lives: More Than Enough]

Ok, nothing too different. I gained a bit of magic, but I couldn't expect much in only a couple of months. At this point, it takes a shit-ton of magic for me to improve. I gained some Resistances and Nullifications from either dying from or experiencing a certain 'something'. I mastered Solomon's Grimoire, which wasn't that much of a surprise, seeing as it is mainly theoretical knowledge and I had all day for a few days to study it. Plus, my secondary thought processes help a lot. I also studied and mastered Tony Stark's Science Compendium, though I don't know why it is marked under techniques. Well, since there was a tutorial on how to build the Iron Man armor, I guess that the Compendium also had some 'blacksmithing' techniques… What interests me is Advanced Detective. I feel like it can be useful, so I will get myself Sherlock Holmes' Investigative Arts Manual, so that I can become a good detective.

Now, I ended up derailing from my original plan. I wanted to leave the Basilisk alone until after Christmas, but actually hearing it ended up riling me up. Well, I have solved Ginny's possession problem and made it so that Dumbledore can now search for the Horcruxes more effectively. At this point, my personal qualms with Lockhart can wait. It's time to get rid of an old snake. I decided not to wait for the Professors, so that I can keep the leather for myself.

I exited the Common Room and headed to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. I didn't even need to enter to hear that bespectacled bitch crying for no reason whatsoever.

"Shut up! Or I'll exorcise you once and for all! Damn woman…" I said while walking up to the faucets.

"Oh, yah! Go ahead and exorcise poor, ug-"

"I said shut it, woman!" I threw my Spirit Converter at her and added another Ghost to my 'collection'. Annoyingly stupid Ghost removed. I might become a Ghostbuster as a hobby…

I looked at the faucets in the middle of the bathroom and said: "Open." Pretty simple, what did you expect? For me to blast it to pieces with magic? Nah, that'd be stupid. The faucets moved and made way for the entrance to the pipe system. I turned into fog and started descending the pipes. Those things are a damn labyrinth, and I must thank God or Lady Death that this pipe system is responsible for water only. It would be absolutely disgusting if there was… Something else.

I arrived in front of the chamber's entrance and blasted it open. The Basilisk, who was calmly sleeping until that moment, raised its ugly mug and hissed at me. I locked eyes with it and felt a great headache for a few seconds, then it disappeared. That thing felt like a migraine and must have been due to the beast's eyes. My Instant Death Resistance must have turned into Nullification. Actually, I wonder why I didn't already have Nullification to Instant Death, after all I used the Avada Kedavra curse on myself a couple of times…

The Basilisk didn't move yet and we were simply staring at each other. I started taking my gloves off.

"You stupid snake. You gave me a headache, so you must be punished."

I dashed at the thing and thrust my hand through its body, around the heart's location. I could feel it beating while the Basilisk hissed in pain. I retracted my hand and put some distance between us.

I decided to shapeshift into a Basilisk myself, then slithered in front of the beast. I was much, much bigger than Slytherin's pet, so I stared at it from above.

"Your owner has been dead for centuries. Why don't you follow him?" I opened my maws and bit its trachea. The Basilisk started to squirm around and try to free itself, but it couldn't compete against my jaws' strength. I didn't know, but it seems like I had venom as well in this form and it is based on my blood. I probably have the strongest poison in several different worlds. Soon enough, the beast was dead and I returned to my normal appearance.

Since Basilisk's blood can be used in potion making, I stored it all in an enchanted vial I just Transfigured. I then stored its scales, fangs, eyes, organs, meat, bones, venom, and leather. I put the leather in a separate enchanted pouch since I wanted to use it for Mother. I will also make something for Risa.

I apparated back in the bathroom, just to find Lockhart wandering around.

"Mr. Lockhart, fancy meeting you here! Peeping on the girls, are we?"

He turned around with a jumpscare. "Mr. Maleficarum! I, uh… I was checking that the monster didn't emerge from the depths!"

"Oh, that. You don't have to worry. I already killed the Basilisk. You can return to… Whatever you are supposed to be doing."

"B-Basilisk?!"

"Did the Headmaster not tell you? How strange, all the Professors knew. He must have forgotten about you due to age. Well, no matter. I have to give some materials to Snape then contact Ms. Skeeter: I will probably get yet another 'Order of Merlin', how bothersome." I rubbed it in his face, which was very fun. I was starting to walk away when the idiot called out to me.

"Ah, Mr. Maleficarum… Would you mind telling me your heroic tale?" Ah, so this is the part where he asks for my story, obliviates me, and takes credit for it? Let's play along. I sneakily set a micro-camera to record what will happen.

"Of course, Mr. Lockhart. So, I, Azagareth Maleficarum, identified this bathroom as the source of the monster on Halloween, but the teachers couldn't find any conclusive evidence. I 'delved in the library' to search for information on Salazar Slytherin and the Chamber of Secrets, only to find out that the man was a Parseltongue. At that point, I learned a few common words in Parseltongue and tried repeating them in this bathroom. What do you know, the next thing that happened, I found the entrance to the chamber. I battled the Basilisk for 'an hour' then finally defeated it after an 'arduous struggle'. I disassembled it for the materials and came up here. I found you walking around the entrance to the pipe system with a conflicted and scared expression, then you asked me for my story." I embellished the story a little, but this only made him smirk.

Lockhart pulled out his wand and threatened me. "Thank you, now I can finally obliviate you! Stay still and I won't erase anything important, Mr. Maleficarum. Actually, I'll take the chance to say that I loathe you with all my heart. You stole the attention that was supposed to be mine! You made me become the laughing stock of the entire school! And even beyond that! My 'Order of Merlin' was even revoked because of that article! I have no doubt that you were involved in that as well!"

"Hoh? So you do have some brains, Gilderoy. Unfortunately, I think you forgot a little something."

"And what would that be, you filthy monster?!"

"Make that two things: I am immune to magic and I don't appreciate being called a monster." I walked towards him, ignoring his weak Expelliarmus and Stupefy spells. I grasped his wand and broke it. After that, I punched him hard on the mug, breaking quite a number of his teeth. He knelt down and held his face, so I took his hair and pulled him back up. I activated my eyes and looked at his fearful eyes.

"You have been a pain in the ass since the beginning of the year, you fraud. I had fun making a laughing stock out of you, but it is time for you to go." I placed him in a special Genjutsu where he will be continuously raped by Puri-Puri Prisoner and Magical Girl Mil-tan while his oh-so-loved readers laugh at him. I also brainwashed him, so that he will immediately contact Skeeter and tell her the details of his nefarious schemes and the truth about his books. My dear new reporter will surely know what to do with it.

In the end, I left the Basilisk materials, which I didn't have a use for, inside of Snape's material stash with a note: 'From the Chamber of Secrets to the Half-Blood Prince', just to mess with him. I guess that he understood that it was me, since he glared at me a little in class. How mean, Severus, you Tsundere! Ooh, I got an idea to mess with him!

Obviously, Dumbledore ended up knowing as well, of course, so I earned a massive amount of house points. Lockhart ended up leaving Hogwarts and confessing his crimes to my dear reporter. He was apprehended soon after by the Aurors and sent to Azkaban for a while. I also sent Rita information on what happened at school, including some photographs I forged about my epic 'duel' with the Basilisk. I was awarded another 'Order of Merlin, First Class' since I not only found a legendary location in Hogwarts, but also protected hundreds of students by defeating a legendary wizard-killer. I was tempted to diffuse the information on Horcruxes, but I ended up deciding against it to prevent some greedy politicians- *ahem* Fudge and Umbitch *ahem*- from keeping one safe for whatever fucking reason.

On the other hand, Dumbledore activated himself and some old acquaintances of his to retrieve most of the Horcruxes. He couldn't think of a way to get the one in Gringotts or at Grimmauld Place, so I got charged to find them. I will deal with that over the Summer or maybe next year if I can get a leave from classes. I think that would be decently easy. Oh, Snape got appointed as a substitute teacher for DADA, so I reduced the Defense Club's activities and returned to class. Snape was actually a really good, but still quite unlikeable, DADA teacher, so I appreciated his classes.

Ah, I did get my second howler in my entire life, this time from Risa, saying that I was an 'irresponsible, reckless, self-destructive fool'. That was a fun one to hear. Oh, she also said that she was expecting a Basilisk leather purse or even a handbag. I will have to visit Kingsman again…