Xifa took a deep breath, gently turned the door handle, opened the door and walked in.
In front of him was a spiral staircase, unlike the secret passage in the tower that he had just walked through, which was made of stone.
On the contrary, it is made of wooden boards. If you step on it, it will probably make the unique creaking sound of wooden boards.
Xifa carefully set his foot on it, probably because of a solidification spell. The wooden board was as hard as a stone slab and made no sound.
Xifa breathed a sigh of relief and quickly slipped down the stairs while remaining alert.
At the end of the stairs, there was a corner. Turning out of it, Xifa suddenly saw a bright light.
At this time, Xifa looked shocked. He thought about countless possibilities, but he swore that he really didn't expect the scene in front of him.
In front of him was not a room where the teleportation array was placed, nor a warehouse where combat supplies were stored, but an extremely simple office.
This is a ring-shaped room with a flat roof. The walls are made of unpolished stone slabs, which are uneven and extremely rough.
A pure wood table without paint, a round stool made of solid wooden piles, and a bookshelf with empty shelves that can be seen on the slate wall behind it.
Apart from these, there was nothing else, and even the faceless man just now didn’t know where he had gone.
Xifa carefully walked to the table and checked it.
I saw documents and letters on the table. The documents and letters were neatly stacked in different categories.
This style made the face of his dean appear in Xifa's mind involuntarily.
Damn it! Isn't this the dean's secret office? ! This is Ravenclaw's Astronomy Tower, most likely!
Wait a moment? Xifa was shocked again. What was the faceless man doing here? Didn't Dumbledore hint that he was a teleportation array?
Could it be the vice principal? No! Absolutely impossible! He is Elise's grandfather and a colleague who has known Dumbledore for many years.
Xifa forced herself to calm down and moved her eyes away from the desk, not to think about this problem.
Since I didn't look at the desk, all that was left was the almost empty bookshelf.
Xifa came to the bookshelf and found a hanging portrait.
After hesitating again, Xifa turned it over with the hand of the mage.
It looks like a group photo with four pairs of male and female witches.
Sifa recognized several of them.
For example, Mrs. Fergus, whom Elise has a crush on, although she is disguised by Silentmon, her appearance is exactly the same.
The person smiling at him next to her should be Elise's father. Behind them are their relatively young vice-principal and his wife.
On the other side, it looked like Luna's mother, father, and grandparents.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Elise's mother's eyes seemed to reveal help and sadness.
Xifa shook his head and took back the portrait without magic fluctuations. He felt that it was his misunderstanding just now, because the last time left a psychological shadow in Elise's heart.
Putting down the portrait, Xifa continued to browse the books on the bookshelf, because in his impression, many books would reveal secret passages after being moved correctly.
But he never thought that before the secret words appeared, the contents of the book would attract his attention first.
These materials are all about the interpersonal relationships between the Hill family and the Fergus family in the wizarding world.
Looking at the paper, it looks like it was written in the past few years.
That shouldn't be the case. The vice-principal is already old. What is he doing to sort out these interpersonal relationships? Could it be that he felt that in this war, he might die on the battlefield at any time, so that Luna and Elise could better take advantage of the shelter of these family members?
Yes, Luna said in the first Potions class that she had seen Professor Slughorn's name. Sure enough, in recent records, the name of Horace Slughorn appeared.
Luna also said that her grandfather had disappeared for many years. If he hadn't taken care of the only remaining member of the family, he would have wandered around the world to seek revenge. That's why Luna came to Hogwarts to keep Elise company...
I feel a little uneasy, but these speculations are still reasonable.
Xifa silently put the book back and used his perception technique to observe whether there were any small traces that he had missed.
At this time, the sound of a metal chain breaking came from the stone wall next to it.
Xifa quickly turned his gaze over there, it looked like a stone wall without any magic fluctuations.
When he came to the wall, Xifa hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand forward, and found that his hand had passed through the wall.
Is this so? Xifa took a big step forward.
The vision suddenly became bright. Although there was a circular diagonal path that could accommodate two people walking side by side, there was a burning torch stuck on the wall at every step.
Go through here to the next level? Xifa thought to himself that maybe in normal times, Vice Principal Fergus would sort out documents here while guarding the open portal.
Due to the recent turmoil, he went abroad to attend a meeting. Naturally, the teleportation array here was unguarded.
Run slowly to the end of the trail. Xifa found that in front of him was a gate with a broken chain.
Listen carefully, there is some movement.
Without any further hesitation, Xifa pushed the door open with his mage's hand, and then quickly got inside with his wand raised.
It looked like there was a huge open-air platform in front of me. However, I was sure that I had never experienced space movement.
Therefore, this platform is not open-air! Xifa overturned his first impression.
This method is more like the method of projecting the outside world on the ceiling in the auditorium. It should be convenient for observing the stars in this secret room.
In addition to the shocking ceiling, there are more than a dozen thick stone pillars covered with patterns on the platform.
Xifa guessed that a traceless expansion spell must have been cast here. The diameter of the entire tower would never be so sparse enough to accommodate a dozen such thick stone pillars.
At this time, the magic patterns on the thick stone pillars exuded light blue magic light, flickering like a breathing lamp.
Is this still running or about to be destroyed? Xifa was shocked and confused.
By the way, where are the faceless people? Neither the pupil technique that comes with his soul-sealing soul nor the compass can detect its existence.
Just as Xifa was patrolling around, something happened suddenly.
Under the cold moonlight on the ceiling, these radiant light blue magic patterns gradually dimmed.
At this time, Xifa was surprised to see, yes, he saw it with his eyes.
The faceless man stood in the center of the platform. It seems that it is integrated with the teleportation array, making it invisible to detection.
At this time, it held up a wooden stick shrouded in black mist. The magic power on the stone pillars gathered above the top of its wand, and a black-green vortex appeared in the air.
Immediately afterwards, an ink-like substance flowed out of the center of the vortex.
The faceless man's vague body is like a glass container.
With the injection of 'ink', the translucent material gradually solidified.
This...can't wait any longer.
"Burning flames!"
The red to yellow fireball condensed in front of Xifa and flew towards the center of the field.
