— Можешь сказать, что он лицемер, но он не позволит никому причинить вред здешним ученикам с помощью уловок и хитростей, — ответил зловещий, низкий голос на предыдущий вопрос. Гермиона была очень хорошо знакома с этим голосом. Это был профессор Снейп; учитель Зельеварения, которого Гарри больше всех не любил и который среди всего персонала испытывал самое большое предубеждение против студентов Гриффиндора.
Что касается предыдущего голоса, Гермиона, обладающая исключительной памятью, осмелилась бы сказать, что никогда раньше его не слышала. Однако, по крайней мере из разговора, можно было понять, что посетитель не был каким-то Наследником Слизерина. После короткого колебания пушистая голова Гермионы высунулась из-под одеяла. Благодаря толстым подушечкам, выросшим на ее лапах, она не издала ни единого звука, направляясь к двери.
По знаку Снейпа Брайан отдернул защитную штору и быстро шагнул вперед, внимательно осматривая двух несчастных мальчиков, лежащих на соседних кроватях.
— Седой — Колин Криви, а другой — Джастин Финч-Флетчли. Они из Гриффиндора и Пуффендуя соответственно, оба маглорождённые. Вы очень чувствительны к магии, Брайан. Скажите, что вы думаете.
Брайан встал между двумя кроватями и наклонился с intense focus. В его бледно-фиолетовых глазах, казалось, медленно вращались два вихря. Он посмотрел на Колина Криви, который держал руку в фотографирующем жесте, затем на Джастина Финч-Флетчли, чье выражение лица было horrified. Время от времени он тыкал и постукивал по затвердевшей коже обоих, издавая звонкие стуки, которые были extremely clear в тихом больничном крыле.
— Что сказал Дамблдор?
Брайан не ответил на вопрос напрямую. Вместо этого он сел на кровать, solemn stared at Colin's eyes, и casually asked.
— Он считает, что это чрезвычайно advanced form of dark magic требующая immense power, beyond the capabilities of student wizards. Furthermore, he privately told Minerva that he personally lacks the ability to directly undo such a potent petrification curse.
— Хех, у меня есть reservations about the latter point. — Брайан поджал губы. Затем, pointing at Colin's eyes, he stated his opinion. — This is not dark magic, but a curse. Abnormal magical energy has frozen the flow of magic inside their bodies, using these two unfortunate boys' eyes as a window. Outwardly, it manifests as petrification.
— Минерва, Филиус и Помона все subtly hinted to me. — Снейп выглядел немного irritated. — I've observed it too - the children in the houses are all itching to show off these days. No one likes concealing their strength like you used to. They lack that ability.
— The Headmaster's collection of this bottle of Firewhisky is indeed well-aged. — Брайан встал, чтобы потянуться, но unexpectedly felt a wave of dizziness in his head and almost stumbled and fell. He leaned against the bedpost and rubbed his temples. Many thoughts flashed through his mind. Upon hearing Snape's veiled complaint and recalling his former younger self who was wary of everything, Bryan smiled. — You've misunderstood, Professor. As I said, their petrification was caused by magical energy of an abnormal nature. In other words, this power doesn't resemble that of wizards. It's more like...to use an example, the magical force flowing through a dragon's blood and nerves. Completely different in style from wizards.
Behind the door, Hermione's yellow eyes widened as she excitedly clenched her paws.
Брайан amused glanced at the ward across from him. In his field of vision, the young witch's magical aura, concealed behind the door, stood out like the moon rising in darkness.
— So, the absurd rumor that Salazar Slytherin left a monster in the Chamber of Secrets is not just a rumor, is it? — Snape's voice had returned to being sinister. The greatest of the four founders, Slytherin, had always been the pride of the wizards who graduated from this school. But at this moment, Snape's annoyance with the founder of the house outweighed his reverence.
— From the current situation, this possibility is the greatest. — Thinking of those dark wizards in the underworld who coveted Slytherin's treasure, Bryan found it amusing. They probably wouldn't have imagined that what Slytherin had painstakingly left in the Chamber of Secrets was just a magical creature. However, his task was to find what was in the Chamber of Secrets and hand it over to Kakus Fawley. As for what was left in the chamber, it had nothing to do with him.
After confirming that he didn't have the ability to immediately undo the curse, Bryan could no longer obtain more information from the petrified Colin and Justin. He re-covered the curtains for both of them. His tone was very casual.
— Actually, what I'm more curious about is why the attacker, who clearly had the ability to directly kill them after petrifying them, didn't do so. Could it be simply for the enjoyment of creating fear? This seems to be something only a twisted pervert would do—
— This question, not only you and I are curious about it. I think Miss Hermione Granger is equally curious!
Оу!
Bryan and Snape were about to leave, but as they passed Hermione's ward, Snape suddenly took out his wand and fiercely waved it at the ward. Hermione let out an unsuspecting scream from behind the door and stumbled out, rolling a couple of times before happening to fall at Bryan's feet.
— My goodness—
In the silent stillness, Bryan slowly opened his mouth. He glanced at Snape, whose face was full of mockery, then lowered his head to stare at the little wizard who was almost curled up into a ball.
— Since when did the wizarding world have cat-eared girls?!
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