Chapter 700

In Hogwarts, there is one thing almost recognized by little wizards, that is, "the history of magic class is extremely boring".

However, even so, it is still one of the required courses in Hogwarts.

For thousands of years, many kinds of magic courses have changed again and again with the promotion of the times, but the history of magic course has always remained on the students' curriculum, even if it has not been cancelled for one day.

If you have to ask "why", Marca McLean, who likes this course very much, may tell you that history can answer your doubts.

Just like a certain problem, it has troubled many Hogwarts students and even professors.

They don't understand why the founders of Hogwarts chose such distinct branch teaching. Some people think it is to teach students according to their aptitude, others think it is to cultivate a sense of competition, and even others say that this is a mistake left by the discord between the founders.

But these people actually think too much.

Because just flipping through the "Hogwarts · a school history" and moving forward bravely like Gryffindor may help you reach your destination; But sometimes if you can choose to retreat calmly like Slytherin, it may not necessarily mean that you are one step away from your goal.

Although few students will be interested in this humble truth, the book "Hogwarts · a school history" is just a few little wizards who will keep it in mind. However, coincidentally, Ernst, who could not read such a book in theory, carefully looked through it several times because of the relationship between Slytherin and hutchpatch's secret room.

"... calm down," Ernst said to himself in the crowd. "Think about it. What should I do most now...?"

When he sank down to think silently, his pace slowed down. When Malfoy's back in front became farther and farther away, and finally was completely submerged by the flow of people, he turned around and walked back.

"Chamber of secrets! Slytherin's chamber of secrets! Now that he's gone, isn't that the best time for me to go to the chamber of secrets to find out?" said Ernst in his heart as he walked through the crowd. "I hope it hasn't been destroyed by him -"

I went all the way back from near the school gate. On the way, I took a flying broom like the last time, so that I could return safely.

Before long, Ernst, who carefully avoided the sight of others, came to the girls' bathroom on the second floor of the castle.

This time, the crying Myrtle didn't seem to be here. Instead, he saved some unnecessary delay. He soon followed the pipe under the sink to the secret room deep under the castle.

"Yes... I'm afraid I'd do the same if I changed..."

In fact, he had thought of this possibility as early as last night. It's just that you can't be reconciled if you don't come here to see it with your own eyes, can't you?

Yes, now Ernst saw - behind the previous wall, there was indeed a "secret room in a secret room". Unfortunately, now it can only be called "ruins in ruins".

Behind the hard rock wall with a big hole, there are signs of damage everywhere in the small space. The splinters of wood, the fragments of paper pages and the waste bricks everywhere, even the walls of the stone chamber were covered with spider web cracks.

It can be seen that it was a trace hit by some kind of force.

"Repair as before!"

Standing in front of the gap in the stone wall, Ernst waved his wand and cast a repair spell, but the spell did not produce the effect it should have. He didn't know whether it was his lack of ability or whether the things here were really not possible to be restored.

With the light from the wand glow spell, Ernst saw some pages pressed under the bricks, and he walked in without giving up. He wanted to see if he could use his own hands to spell out an answer that should belong to him.

"Er..."

As soon as he picked up a remnant on the ground, he didn't even continue to exert himself, and the remnant turned into dry and greasy crumbs between his fingers.

"... Draco Malfoy!"

Ernst, who was more angry with Malfoy for the completely rotten pieces of paper, didn't know that the book paper originally placed here had long been rotten with the turn of the times because of the failure of preservation magic.

But just then, countless green light spots suddenly gushed out of the cracked brick wall behind him and whirled silently around him.

These tiny spots of light are like countless fireflies, and they look unusually beautiful.

While erns was surprised by the sudden wonderful scene, they quickly dispersed and covered the seriously damaged stone chamber with a layer of illusory light green virtual shadow.

After a while, Ernst was surprised to find that everything in the stone chamber seemed to have returned to their original appearance. Because those light spots are now integrated into one, the original furnishings of the stone chamber are reproduced in the form of similar images.

Desk, cupboard, tapestry, clothes hanger, except that these images all have a layer of green, everything seems to really appear in Ernst's vision.

He looked around, then suddenly raised his head. A large map hanging on the wall above his desk looked particularly clear. It can be said that these images look much clearer and more stable than when Maka injected magic to start.

Yes, in fact, what Maka did when she came here to look for clues in the past was wrong. Only passing Slytherin's test, as Ernst did last night, is the right way to start these images.

Of course, there is no right way now, whether it's Ernst, Malfoy or Maka. After all, this place was exposed only after it was "demolished" by Maka at the beginning. It can't be the original intention of Salazar Slytherin.

"This is..."

Attracted by the ancient map, Ernst just looked at it and began to have a headache again, because he couldn't understand the words marked on it.

The last letter from Hufflepuff was a variant of ancient runic, but now on this map, it is obviously another ancient character symbol. Seriously, if not necessary, he really doesn't want to fight with any ancient character translation dictionary.

"Alas..."

Fortunately, when he put aside his depression and looked at the map again for a moment, a rather conspicuous red circle in the faint green pulled his attention away.

Even if he can't understand a word, but since the prompt is so clear, what reason does he have to complain?

Ernst pressed the fidgety in his heart and firmly printed the position of the red circle and the characters marked next to it in his mind. After the virtual shadow shrouded in the stone chamber gradually dissipated, he quickly left the real Slytherin secret room.

The map was clearly marked and the details were easy to understand. He could understand that the location should be in a mountain range. As long as he moves the original model of the things in his memory to the paper, and then looks it up and compares it, he will be able to quickly find the general location.

As for the troubles and rewards in that place, we will only know when we get there... No, to be exact, maybe he has to find a way to reach Malfoy first.

"That guy must be looking for that place..." while focusing on going to the library, Ernst had to be anxious. "There's too much time difference, I'm afraid it's too late... In the final analysis, should I really compete with Malfoy for that Slytherin gift?"

This is undoubtedly a very realistic problem - when the huge gap in strength is clearly in front of him, all he can choose is to flee in the same panic as last night, and he may not even be able to escape successfully every time.

As he walked, Ernst stopped again.

……

"Professor McLean, today's second round is about to begin. My father asked me to let you know."

While Marca was still chatting with Harry and others in the faculty lounge, Sarah knocked on the door of the room.

Although he actually wanted to relax again, after all, the event was still very important, and he had to get up and prepare to leave.

"Let's go! Although we can't take you all to the front seat to watch the game, today's event content should be much more interesting than yesterday. Let's have a look!"

After Mr. hornheim and other members of the jury proposed to enhance the fun of the competition, as he said, today's second round of competition will have more viewing. Just because the questions are the work of the jury, even he doesn't know what the questions will be today.

Considering that many contestants had been wiped out in the first round of yesterday's competition, the average level of the remaining contestants naturally increased a lot, so even Maka couldn't help looking forward to it again.

A few minutes later, Marca, Harry and others said goodbye to each other at the entrance of the field, and then walked to their own positions to wait for the game to begin.

"After yesterday's fierce competition, we have said goodbye to our brothers and sisters who have worked hard in this field. Believe me, their hard work will not be in vain. The remaining players will continue to move forward with their will and determination..."

In the middle of the game, as the host, Lockhart was still in high spirits. The lines that jumped out of his mouth were also very excited, and as always, there was no truth.

"This role is really suitable for him." Maka couldn't help smiling on the sideline.