On Christmas night, the lights in Hogwarts are much brighter than usual.
All the college students (except myself.) are enjoying tonight's happy hour in the auditorium.
Outside the castle, the sky has turned dark, and the non-house wizards have returned to the same dormitories after Hogwarts. The noise outside followed them.
Therefore, Xifa walked silently on the corridor from the main castle to Ravenclaw Tower. The sudden silence of the environment made her feel an inexplicable feeling of loneliness.
correct! Xifa touched his pocket and took out a bottle of orange magic potion. It's the stamina potion!
With the moonlight shining on him, Xifa drank it in one gulp, and the medicinal effect gave him the ability to move temporarily for a long time.
He looked at the tower in front of him that was pitch black because it was empty. Xifa sighed, if he didn't solve this matter, he would never want to live a peaceful life.
When Dumbledore suggested that Xifa go back to the dormitory first, Luna realized that Xifa had a task assigned by Dumbledore.
While everyone was paying attention to the scene in the center of the field, she took out the potion from her satchel and asked Elise to take it and step forward to tidy up Xifa's messy dress. At the same time, he stuffed this small bottle of magic potion into Xifa's pocket without any surprise.
Speaking of the dress, at this time, Xifa had changed into a pure black windbreaker, and the dress had already been put back in his pocket.
Entering the tower, Xifa did not dare to disturb the magic staircase.
I saw that the candle flame on one side of the wall had a tendency to rekindle.
Xifa quickly slapped his palm on the wall next to him. Under his palm was a raven pattern etched on the stone tablet. At this time, the raven's head was completely covered by Xifa's palm.
Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly said a password. "Knowledge!"
Quickly push open the loose wall and get into it. This is the emergency secret passage that Elise told herself a long time ago.
In the low secret passage, Xifa felt his own magic power. After taking the magic replenishing potion for so long, his magic power had returned to its current peak.
Since he had plenty of magic power... he took out a luminous stone and used the soul-sealing and soul-locking spell to give him true vision. At the same time, he cast a super-sensory spell to give his eyes enough night vision.
Xifa slowly climbed up the stairs.
The roof of Ravenclaw Tower.
A floor tile suddenly recessed downwards, and then slowly slid to one side, revealing a square hole one or two people wide.
When the cave entrance was fully opened, a figure emerged from it, it was Xifa.
He saw that the bright moon was almost full, hanging above his head. Xifa put away the luminous stone. There was nothing on the rooftop and there was nothing abnormal. He came to the edge of the rooftop and looked out.
Ravenclaw's observatory is at the top of another castle's astronomy tower, and there is no exit designed at the bottom of the astronomy tower. To enter the astronomy tower, you must take the air corridor of Ravenclaw Tower.
Xifa narrowed his eyes, climbed down from the rooftop, and walked from the top floor of the tower into an aerial corridor at the top.
On the walls of the main castle are oil paintings, with a pair of armor placed underneath.
In this corridor, in addition to twos and threes of star peepers, which are specially made astronomical telescopes, there are also some other unknown small alchemical devices.
Except for the star peeping instrument, the other instruments were slowly rotating, making regular mechanical sounds in the quiet night. Full of complexity and orderly texture.
These are just the surface. In Xifa's eyes, the ticking sounds are bursts of magic fluctuations, and those star peepers emit threads of magic power. They form a fine network.
Xifa was shocked in his heart. He was a little unsure whether these threads were arranged by Dumbledore or by this illegal visitor.
When Xifa stepped forward, his earrings suddenly emitted a hazy light, which quickly covered Xifa's body with a thin film, and then the light disappeared.
He stretched out his hand and tried to touch those magic threads. Sure enough, those threads ignored him.
This was a warning created by Dumbledore. Xifa understood it, no longer hesitated, and quickly quickened his pace.
Soon, he entered the astronomy tower.
Unexpectedly, there is no teleportation array here, only oil paintings.
Because Xifa's footsteps were too slight, and the alchemy earrings given to him by Dumbledore hid his aura.
All the people in the oil paintings are still resting with their eyes closed.
Dumbledore is a Gryffindor graduated wizard, and he most likely used oil paintings as secret doors to secret passages.
But here’s the problem, I don’t know which oil painting it is! Even if you know it, what is the password?
There seemed to be no trace of intruders, so it was all Dumbledore's work.
With the idea that there was nothing to lose, Xifa tried the perception technique.
The perspective suddenly changes.
All the oil paintings in front of me emitted a bright blue light, but in an inconspicuous corner there was a portrait with a shabby frame. It actually exudes amazing magic power fluctuations.
No way? Xifa thought to himself. So sloppy? Not covering up at all?
In fact, here, the principal and others feel that there is no need to cover up anymore.
You must know that the more precise the spell is, the more precise the spell will be to cover it, and the difficulty of the spell will be doubled.
In other words, this magic painting has become the opening of the secret passage, and it will be particularly difficult to hide it with magic.
What's more, you have to break through the campus barrier to reach Hogwarts, and then find this place among the vast castle.
Entering here will not trigger the alarm outside.
Being able to do all this, using some small means to hide this portrait is just a cover-up. It would be better to just throw it outside, leaving people hesitant to guess whether it is a trap.
Xifa cautiously came to the portrait. It was a more abstract portrait, but there was no human figure on it.
The tone is gloomy and distorted, vaguely, as if something is being brewed.
After careful observation, no hidden mechanism was found.
In other words, if you want to open this portrait, you must say the correct password.
this...
Xifa was a little helpless. This obviously required a password, not a doorknob that could be summoned like in the kitchen.
I can't do this! Xifa was going crazy.
At this moment, the earrings beside my ears were slightly hot. Could it be...
Xifa perked up. He glanced around and hid behind a large box where equipment was stored.
Gradually, Xifa felt as if he heard footsteps. But in fact, there was no sound at all.
The devil was stunned! Use a compass! Fortunately, Elise returned it to herself along with the stamina potion.
Xifa quickly took out the compass from his waist bag and activated it hidden in his pocket.
Under deliberate control, the slightly lit magic circle was hidden by the pocket.
Xifa quietly poked his head out, it was it! The first faceless man Dumbledore met! It's still alive!
No, is this faceless man one person, or a group of people with the same appearance? Thoughts were racing in Xifa's mind.
Trying his best to keep calm, he stared at the faceless man with emotionless eyes.
The faceless man seemed to be able to pass through the densely threaded corridor with ease. It went straight to the abstract image that it couldn't figure out.
"Jill Flower!"
This time, Xifa could be sure that the sound came from his ears! Faceless Men can really interfere with reality!
Wait...the Gil Flower...that's Luna's favorite flower! Xifa almost couldn't help but jump out.
Fortunately, the next scene made him decide to continue watching.
As soon as the faceless man finished speaking, the image of the portrait began to rotate.
Eventually, three flowers appeared above.
Two of them are familiar to me, namely Datura and Hibiscus flower. The remaining one... is the poppy?
So, where is Jill Flower? What do you think it does?
In Xifa's sight, the faceless man pointed at three flowers one by one from bottom to top.
Finally, a Jill flower that I had become very familiar with over the past six months emerged. Because it is on the cover of every Luna textbook and notebook.
As if to find a difference, the faceless man gently wiped a corner of the flower. Then, the blue Gil flower slowly disappeared. The portrait also slowly revealed the secret passage behind it.
When the picture stops moving, the secret passage is completely formed.
The faceless man opened the door without hesitation and walked in.
After it entered, the door began to close automatically, and soon everything returned to silence.
Xifa quickly stood up from behind the box, moving his slightly stiff body while looking at the portrait.
There are no other changes in the portrait, it is still exactly the same as when he first saw it.
"Jill Flower!"
Follow the previous steps, first press your fingers on the corresponding flowers from bottom to top.
Then, Xifa compared the Gil Flower that appeared in front of him with the memory in his mind.
After finding it, Xifa reached out and wiped off the outermost petal.
As expected, the secret door quietly reappeared.
