145 True Slytherin
This portrait was extremely well preserved. After cleaning the dust, there was no damage on it. It was obviously that special protective magic had been cast on it, just like the slate door.
At the edge of the portrait is a frame made of sterling silver, dotted with fine lines of green, which is obviously the color symbol of Slytherin House.
But in the portrait, Salazar Slytherin himself did not appear, and even other scenes were not painted.
This is a blank picture.
The two looked at it carefully and even turned the portrait over, but still found nothing extra.
"What does this mean?" Snape asked confused.
Karan thought silently for a while.
"Perhaps you can find out just by asking."
Before Snape could understand what this meant, Callan said directly to the portrait: "We are here to be tested."
Later, under Snape's surprised gaze, the portrait actually changed, and lines of text gradually emerged from it.
It didn't take long for these words to appear on the portrait, which were no different from the words on the stone door of the hall.
However, Snape had no time to worry about this matter. He didn't even care much about this special magic item.
"Those things you guessed are actually true!"
Snape looked at Karan in disbelief: "This place was not built specifically for testing, even Slytherin is really studying those!"
The words on the portrait almost determined that this would be the final level of the test.But they didn't make it through all the rooms.
At least in this room, there is a stone door that contains unknown information, and it is specially protected by protective magic.
The two of them looked towards the stone door together.It's a pity that the invisible barrier can't be penetrated by just looking at it. There is nothing they can do about it.
"Perhaps, this can be considered a good thing."
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Karan suddenly said: "After all, we can't deal with dementors now - if there are really those behind the stone door."
Snape was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently.
"This is really not something we should care about. If possible, I prefer to stay away from this stone door."
Karan smiled and agreed: "That's right, and we can't just come here once. There will definitely be opportunities in the future, and we can also call Lily here."
After a pause, he deliberately added: "Anyway, that special Boggart has completely disappeared."
Snape felt uncomfortable when Karan looked at him. After snorting, he pointed at the portrait in front of him and deliberately changed the subject and said, "Let's think about how to solve this thing first. If we go out later, Lily is going to find the professors."
The two then looked at the portrait over and over again, but no matter what they tried to say, the words on the portrait did not change at all. It seemed that they could only do this and could not carry out more complex communication.
Could it be that you have to use Parseltongue?
Karan couldn't help but think of this possibility.
After all, this was also one of the hallmarks of Salazar Slytherin.
At the same time, it also means being a true Slytherin.
"Tell me, could it be dark magic?" At this time, Snape suddenly said.
"What?" Karan didn't come back to his senses for a moment. He turned around and said, "Are you still worried about black magic? Don't worry, although this portrait is a bit special, there is no need for Slytherin to harm us in this way. , or rather, harming anyone.”
"After all, the person who chose the giant snake statue is most likely a student of his own college, and there is also Gryffindor..."
When he said this, Karan's voice gradually became lower.
He suddenly thought that since the giant snake statue was not specially built for testing, would the same be true for the lion statue?
"That was not what I meant."
Snape didn't notice anything strange about Callan. He stared at the writing on the portrait intently and continued to whisper: "I mean, since Slytherin has concealed something about the Voldemort Bat, then in other respects, Will he do the same?"
"For example, in the requirements for becoming a true Slytherin... the Dark Arts are not mentioned."
He pointed at the writing on the portrait with his finger and murmured in a low voice: "The students we teach must be ambitious and pursue the highest achievements."
"Research, especially on something as terrifying as Dementors, must be regarded as the highest achievement. Although he does not know his true purpose, Slytherin must have great ambitions for this."
"But we have to be smart and considerate," he said, pointing to the other two parts of the writing.
"Slytherin's ambition was not recognized or understood by Gryffindor, but he handled it very shrewdly, because few people would associate magical animals with non-existence, especially a magical animal that is not yet known. "
"Slytherin used the Voldebat to hide it from Gryffindor, so he was very thoughtful."
"But this is not enough. Just relying on such a simple thing is not enough to say that Slytherin has considered it very carefully."
"Furthermore, the female ghosts, boggarts, Voldebats, and even the dementors we haven't seen yet are all included."
"They are all related."
"Slytherin did not write about dark magic on the slate door, not because he has never considered dark magic, but simply because he is shrewd enough and thoughtful at the same time."
"Especially in front of the other three founders of the school."
"So, he deliberately concealed it."
After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Karan, wanting to ask his opinion, but found Karan staring at him intently.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Snape asked confused.
"Because you said it very well." Karan clapped his hands as a matter of course, and said with a smile on his face: "You are indeed a real Slytherin."
Snape couldn't tell for a moment whether this was Callan teasing him again.
However, Karan just urged: "Hurry up and give it a try."
"Use your beloved dark magic to gain the approval of a true Slytherin."
At this moment, Snape was very sure that Callan was mocking him.
"Why didn't you come?" Snape asked with a gloomy face: "The amount of dark magic you know is no less than mine, and you are more like a Slytherin than me."
As soon as he heard this, Karan immediately fanned his nose back and forth with his palms, as if he smelled something unpleasant.
He ignored Snape's increasingly gloomy expression and said in a haughty tone: "I am already a real Hufflepuff!"
His appearance was almost exactly the same as Lily who usually didn't want to talk to others.
Snape pursed his lips, and finally gave up his foolish plan to continue arguing with Callan.
This is neither an ambition nor a crowning achievement.
Anyway, he will definitely not be able to win in the end, so there is no need to waste any more time.
He is shrewd and thoughtful.
So, he pointed the cypress wand at the portrait where only the writing was visible, and whispered: "The black dragon came out of the hole."
A cloud of smoke popped out from the tip of the wand, and finally condensed into the shape of a snake, and rushed straight towards the painting.
The moment Black Snake came into contact with the portrait, Snape suddenly saw the handwriting on the portrait change.After the twisting disappeared for a while, only a line of text remained on the portrait.
"I...I actually succeeded?" He looked sideways with wide eyes, but Karan was much calmer than him, and even reminded him immediately: "Keep watching."
"What's wrong?" Snape turned his head again in confusion.
At this time, after the last line of writing appeared alone for a while, the entire picture began to change.
The huge picture frame and paper gradually shrink, and then the picture frame gradually disappears, and the paper changes into another appearance.
Finally, a slightly worn, square piece of parchment appeared in front of the two of them.
"What's this?"
Snape frowned and picked up the parchment, but he couldn't see anything special about it.
"Is this a reward for passing the test? It's just a..."
Before he could finish speaking, the parchment in his hand suddenly floated automatically and slowly fell into Karan's hand beside him.
Karan frowned deeply, and the large piece of parchment was spinning in the air above his palm, carefully displayed in front of him.
It was a blank, slightly worn, square piece of parchment.
That's all.
"What are you...?" Snape looked at Karan in confusion.
But Karan just shook his head slightly. He stared at the parchment in front of him and said nothing.
If he remembered correctly, this parchment seemed to be...
Future!