Chapter 132 Breaking
After looking at the entrance silently for a while, the two continued walking deeper into the corridor.
Karan carefully looked at the appearance of the flames on both sides.
"Could this be Gubulai's fairy fire?"
He murmured quietly.
Snape looked at Kahlan in confusion, he had no idea what this was.
"Gublai Fire," Karan explained to him: "This is a flame that has been enchanted to burn forever. Only a few wizards can do this."
"Eternally burning flame?" Snape was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Doesn't that mean that this place has been here for a long time?"
"It's very possible," Karan nodded and said, "After all, Hogwarts has been established for such a long time. Maybe one of the principals built this place."
"Of course, Professor, it's also possible." After thinking about it, he added.
"Why can't it be someone outside the school?" Snape asked.
"Because this is Hogwarts."
Karan said matter-of-factly: "Although it is in the Forbidden Forest, it is still within the scope of the school. There are powerful protective magics around the school, so it is not so easy for outsiders to secretly build such a place. "
"And looking at the scale of this place, it doesn't look like it can be completed in a short time."
Karan set his sights on the balls of Gublai fairy fire, but they were all fixed in position by special magic and could not be taken away at all.
"Pity."
He said softly: "It seems that in the potion preparation room, we can only use ordinary candles for lighting in the future."
Snape watched him tremblingly as he moved closer to the fairy fire. He was relieved when Callan gave up.
"The candles are nice too."
He said and pulled Karan over, lest he make any rash move again.
"This doesn't look like a safe place. It's better for us to be careful." Snape said nervously while listening to the faint laughter of the female ghost.
Karan nodded and said no more.
At this time, the only thing left in the corridor was the shrill laughter of the female ghost, and Snape became even more nervous.
"Tell me, who built this place?" He asked, "Which principal would do such a thing?"
Karan glanced at him with a smile, and Snape coughed twice with an embarrassed expression.
"Don't let me down, Severus."
Karan suddenly shook his head slowly.
"I didn't choose you to come here with me specifically so that you could be as cautious as Lily, or just talk about these unnutritious topics."
Snape paused for a moment, with a puzzled look on his thin, yellowed face.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"It's simple," Karan said.
"The female ghost is a dark creature. No matter what is hidden in the Forbidden Lake, you will always be more advantageous than Lily."
"Severus Snape, the future famous dark wizard."
Karan said with a half-smile, and Snape couldn't tell for a moment whether he was teasing him again.
"snort!"
After a brief silence, Snape snorted coldly and mocked: "At least I haven't been affected by black magic yet, and I can control it much better than you."
In Lily's absence, he said this without any scruples.
But Karan just shook his head.
"Do you really know?" he asked in a low voice, staring directly at Snape.
Snape's face seemed to freeze for a moment.
Finally, he suddenly asked Karan: "Then do you know?"
"Me."
Karan's eyes narrowed into slits.
But he just smiled and replied: "I didn't make any agreement with Lily."
The two fell into silence again.
This time, Snape didn't try to start any new topics.
When they reached the end of the corridor, the silence suddenly became deeper.
A broad hall suddenly appeared in front of them, even as big as the castle's auditorium.Countless Gubulai fairy fires floated in the air, surrounding the two huge statues in the center of the hall.
One is a bright red and gold lion, the other is a green and silver snake.
The two lifelike statues seemed to be alive, warning each other, about to bite and attack each other fiercely.
Snape was completely stunned.
"Is this...is this?" His eyes were full of disbelief.
"Godric Gryffindor."
Callan narrowed his eyes and murmured softly: "And Salazar Slytherin."
"That is, the two founders of the school. These two statues are their iconic animals."
"I really didn't expect..."
Karan admired the two tall statues and repeated again: "I didn't expect...the space behind the stone door was actually built by them."
Snape rolled his throat hard.
"Then let's..." He looked at Karan with questioning eyes.
The current scene has far exceeded his expectations. Instead of continuing to stay here, he feels that he should convey the news. After all, it is related to the founder of the school.
"Look over there."
But before Snape could say anything more, Karan suddenly pointed at two locations, and Snape immediately looked over them carefully.
At the bottom of these two statues, facing them, there is a closed stone door.
"Let's go over and have a look."
Karan immediately walked over, Snape opened his mouth, and finally had to follow him silently.
The two of them took the lead to reach the bottom of the long snake. The stone door here was slightly different from that in the outside world. It did not have any mysterious letters or symbols engraved on it, but left a line of text.
[The students we teach must be shrewd and ambitious, pursuing the highest achievements, and at the same time, they must be thoughtful. 】
[Be a true Slytherin. 】
Snape read it several times and whispered: "I thought there would be a requirement of pure blood. After all, this is one of the symbols of Slytherin."
Callan said thoughtfully: "Perhaps this was written before the rupture occurred. If Slytherin had been a staunch pure-blood supremacist from the beginning, then he would not have agreed to establish Hogwarts. nor will he become one of the founders of the school."
"Besides, he and Gryffindor wouldn't have been friends before then."
Callan remembered that in the beginning, even the Chamber of Secrets was not built to rid the school of Muggle-borns.
At that time, Slytherin and the other three founders had differences on whether to teach dark magic. The Chamber of Secrets was only to allow him to have a secret place where he could teach dark magic. It was not until later that it gradually became other purposes. (From Harry Potter Wiki: Chamber of Secrets entry.)
"It seems that we can now at least confirm the founding time of this place." Callan said to Snape.
"Just before the founders of the school broke up, maybe it appeared at the same time as Hogwarts."