Chapter 289: Fish: I'll show you something good nya! (Edited)

Harry, who had just returned from Diagon Alley, was lying in bed with a dazed expression.

He had woken up this morning in the guest room of the Leaky Cauldron, staring dazedly at the strange surroundings around him for a while, before remembering that he had puffed up that Aunt Maggie who insulted his parents last night, so he had run away from home.

After leaving the Dursley house, he borrowed Neville's name and rode the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron, where he met a man claiming to be the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge.

However, to Harry's surprise, the Minister of Magic did not hold him accountable for his misuse of magic in front of Muggles, but rather consoled him very kindly and offered him a room in the Leaky Cauldron.

This made Harry, who thought he had caused a catastrophe, feel very confused, he didn't recover until he had breakfast at the bar and walked down Diagon Alley, he always felt that things were going a bit unreal.

As Harry stared at the ceiling, there was a knock on his door and Hedwig, who had been resting on top of the closet, flew down and landed on the bed, giving Harry two pecks in the mouth, urging him to get up and open the door.

"Coming!"

At Hedwig's urging, Harry quickly rolled onto his back, ran to the door and unscrewed the knob, as Hedwig followed, perching on his shoulder.

Seeing how excited Hedwig looked, Harry was a little curious as to who was knocking on the door, and with a mixture of confusion and anticipation, he yanked it open....

"Professor McGonagall!"

Harry's voice changed pitch when he saw the serious-looking Dean of his House standing in front of the door.

"Harry and Hedwig, how are you?"

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A cute cat's head peeked out from behind Professor McGonagall, calming Harry quickly.

He was scared for Professor McGonagall at this point, mainly because Harry thought he had been expelled from Hogwarts, and Professor McGonagall came to inform him.

But with Fish around, that probably wasn't the case, and Mr. Fudge had said last night that he wouldn't be held responsible for his mistake....

Even the Ministry of Magic had left him alone, so I guess Hogwarts would leave him alone too, right?

Harry, who was thinking this, was still a little apprehensive.

So he looked at Professor McGonagall cautiously and asked, "Hello, Professor McGonagall, Fish... What are you doing here? what can I do for you?"

Seeing Harry's appearance, Professor McGonagall's expression softened a little.

She had been keeping a straight face at this point, in fact she was blaming Harry for running away from home, after all, he was now Sirius Black's target, but now that he was safe and sound, Professor McGonagall was relieved.

"I was bringing Fish to buy his textbooks for next term, and I heard you were here, so I brought him along."

Professor McGonagall wasn't going to tell Harry about Black just yet, so she made up a random excuse and replied.

"Oh..."

Harry let out a huge sigh of relief, before realizing that he had been blocking Professor McGonagall and the others at the door.

"Ah! Sorry..." Harry hurriedly stepped aside and motioned to her, "Come in and have a seat."

"Excuse me."

Professor McGonagall nodded slightly and then led Fish into Harry's room, where Hedwig immediately flapped his wings and moved from Harry's side to Fish's shoulder.

Professor McGonagall found a chair and sat down, while Fish sat on the edge of the bed with Harry.

"Harry, why did you come here to live nya?"

As soon as he sat down, Fish grabbed Harry and asked, "Did that fat man bully you again? Fish is going to get revenge for you nya."

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Although Fish wasn't very sensitive to many things in human society, he knew that it was obviously not normal for Harry to run away from home all of a sudden...

After all, he'd had the idea once before and Professor McGonagall had crushed it unceremoniously.

"No, no, it has nothing to do with them." Harry waved his hands.

It wasn't a lie, and Harry wouldn't have been tempted to speak for the Dursleys, but they hadn't really mistreated him since Fish had warned them.

Although Harry was still being mistreated and they were still throwing him tasks to do, they were much easier than before.

When they didn't need to, the Dursleys basically ignored Harry as if he wasn't in the house, but they didn't lock him in, deny him food, or even stop Harry from writing letters to his friends using Hedwig....

So much so that Harry noticed that he had put on weight.

The only thing the Dursleys did to Harry was not sign his permission to go to Hogsmeade.

If it hadn't been for his Aunt Marjorie, who had come to visit on his birthday, Harry's summer would have been pleasant enough.

But things weren't so bad now, and although he had been a little frightened the night before, he was happy to be away from the nasty Dursleys.

Harry briefly told Fish about his experience the night before, and also explained to Professor McGonagall why he had run away from home.

"... So, until Hogwarts starts, I'm staying here."

When Harry said this, he couldn't help but smile.

"Minerva~"

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The kitten looked at Professor McGonagall with flashing eyes.

But before Fish could ask, Professor McGonagall grimaced and balked, "No!"

"Fish hasn't said anything yet!"

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"You think I don't know you yet? don't you want to live here too?"

Professor McGonagall bristled and again refused, "My answer is.... no!"

"Why?"

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Fish protested angrily, "Harry can live here! Why can't Fish?! I don't accept nya!".

"You can stay here if you want," Professor McGonagall said matter-of-factly, "As long as you leave Uroboros at home or at Hogwarts."

"... Then forget it nya."

At this, the kitten immediately stopped whining.

"Uroboros?"

Harry had a vague recollection of the name, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

So he asked, "Who's that?"

Then he saw Fish, sitting next to him, pull a small, dark green, half-meter snake out of his pocket, but the snake in Fish's hand was much more horrible and vicious than the usual snakes.

"It's Uroboros, a good friend Fish met in the Chamber of Secrets nya."

(●ΦωΦ●)つ~

Fish brought the snake close to Harry and presented it to him with great enthusiasm.

After Fish reminded him, Harry remembered where he had heard that name before... Wasn't it the name of the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets?

Unfortunately, it was too late to remember, and before he did, Harry Potter looked into the basilisk's green eyes, which glowed with a faint blue light.

At the same time, he felt his body suddenly stiffen.

"Am I... am I going to die?"

Harry Potter's mind went blank.