301 Ghost, Forbidden Lake Ruins, Glowing Slate Door (7k)

301 Ghost, Forbidden Lake Ruins, Glowing Slate Door (7k)

The overheard news made both Karan and Snape feel a little heavy. Like most wizards, Snape never liked werewolves, let alone wanted to become one.

He had just escaped from the hellish spider tail alley, and he didn't want to step into another abyss immediately afterwards.

But what made him even more anxious and angry was that Karan refused to live with their mother and son, and had to go back to his empty house or live alone.

"What are you thinking about?" Snape asked: "Ted and Andromeda didn't say they would go to your place to take care of them often, or do you think you can deal with werewolves on your own?"

"If it's just one or two, it should be fine..." Karan's words shocked Snape, but his next words made Snape feel even weirder, and he even thought Karan Crazy.

"Don't you think the werewolf's infection is also like a curse? A curse caused by the full moon, and the targets are all the relatives and friends the werewolf originally knew."

"It's like a curse that deliberately tortures wizards, and the way of infection is very simple, just biting is enough."

"If you know more about five-legged monsters and blood curses, you should be able to understand what I mean."

The five-legged monster is the product of a failed transformation. After the wizard became a five-legged monster, he completely forgot about his past and even expressed his unwillingness to be transformed back into a wizard, but wanted to continue as a five-legged monster. live on.

This is no different from the madness of a werewolf, because the five-legged monster also feeds on humans and is also very cruel.

As for the blood curse, due to its special inheritance, the curse can remain in the blood forever and continue to be passed on to future generations.

Although the werewolf's curse does not have inheritance infection (Lupin's child Teddy Lupin is normal, he even inherited the talent of his mother Tonks-disguise magus). And so far, werewolves and humans have become None of the offspring born to their partners have shown signs of lycanthropy.), but this way of biting may also be related to blood.

Karan remembers that werewolves are called lycanthropy, a magical disease, and the currently known method of transmission is saliva and blood—that is, werewolf bites.

All in all, Karan really wants to capture a few werewolves and study them.

This is not a fantasy, Lupine's parents controlled him many times when he was one month old before going to school, so that he had no chance to hurt others.This shows that the wizard can completely control the transformed werewolf.

Moreover, Karan already knew in advance that the werewolves might attack, so he could make full preparations.If there were only one or two werewolves, even after transformation, Karan would have enough confidence to deal with them.

The most important thing is that he is very good at transformation.

According to Gilderoy Lockhart, who has not yet gone to school, the [Restoration Curse] can force a werewolf to return to his human form.However, due to Lockhart's nature as a liar, many of the things he said were lies, so the existence of this curse is still questionable.However, given that many of Lockhart's claims come from real events, it's possible that the spell is real.

Today, when the wolfsbane potion has not yet been developed, the humanoid restoration spell is almost the only spell to specifically restrain werewolves. However, I imagine that the difficulty of this spell will be very high, even on the same level as the Animagus, and it may be even more difficult. A little harder.

Otherwise, Lupine wouldn't need to go to the Shrieking Shack every month. Dumbledore would definitely not mind finding a time every month to cast spells, and the course he used to be responsible for happened to be Transfiguration.

This can only mean that Dumbledore may be able to restore the human form curse, but he has not yet reached the point where he can deal with the werewolves.

If this was something that even Dumbledore couldn't successfully do, Callan really doubted whether he could succeed too.

However, the sentence is still the same.

He wouldn't mind giving it a try.

"How about it?"

After figuring everything out, Karan smiled and asked Snape: "Want to join us? I still need your help in preparing the potion in advance."

Snape stared at him, his face turning pale unconsciously.

Karan seems to be serious!

Moreover, Karan, who had been hiding something all this time, suddenly confessed to himself and told all about his shocking plan. This made Snape feel a little overwhelmed for a moment and his mind was buzzing.

After a while, Snape made up his mind and said.

"The vacation is over early! We have to go back to school!"

"It's now!"

After a while, Karan, who kept rolling his eyes, packed his luggage. He and Snape got on their broomsticks and flew towards Hogwarts under Mrs. Prince's puzzled and slightly pleased eyes.

"They are really two good children who love to learn. They are still rushing back to school after the holiday."

Looking at their backs, Mrs. Prince said softly, showing a rare smile.

This is completely different from the atmosphere between the two people in the air at this time.

"Are you still afraid?" Karan mocked: "A guy who deeply loves black magic would be afraid of his own brother, the dark creature werewolf?"

Flying in the cold wind, Snape's face was almost frozen, but he still forcibly raised the corners of his mouth, and his tone was more mocking than Karan: "Blood brothers? I think you are more like brothers! Especially your IQ , your current brain is exactly the same as that of the transformed werewolf - crazy, dangerous, and vulgar."

Before Karan could refute, Snape continued: "My mother doesn't need me to worry about it. Ted and Andromeda have already agreed to take care of my shop."

"As for you... you should return to Hogwarts as soon as possible! Werewolves may be able to sneak into Hogsmeade village secretly, but Hogwarts is definitely much safer than the village, and it can also prevent you from doing anything again. Having those crazy thoughts!”

"Those are werewolves! Dangerous and uncontrollable werewolves. They will only madly hurt everything they see. They have no sense at all!"

Snape pursed his lips, and then whispered: "Trust me."

"I know exactly what that feels like."

After all, Karan underestimated the threat of werewolves in Snape's heart. He even felt that the basilisk did not have such a dangerous status in Snape's heart.

After all, only the basilisk's gaze is deadly, it will not turn the wizard into a snake.

But werewolves can turn wizards into werewolves.

According to some rumors, many wizards would rather die than become a werewolf.

Snape didn't know what it was like to be a werewolf, but he knew the feeling of resentment and anger - even when he lived in Spider's End.

That is not too different from the situation of werewolves in the magic world today.

He also understood how those werewolves would treat him and Karan, and what would happen to the two of them later. That was a terrible consequence that even he himself did not want to imagine.

But he happened to experience it.

Just before he came to Hogwarts, or in other words, just before he met Callan and Lily, that was Snape's life.

It's like a hellish life.

Because of this, he rushed to take Karan back to school to prevent Karan from having the slightest contact with the werewolf.

Because he knew exactly what it felt like.

Although the behavior of the two returning to school early seemed a bit suspicious, after using the black magic detector to circle the two people and the suitcase several times, the school administrator Filch still let them enter the castle. Lori recovered. Mrs. Si stared at their backs suspiciously.

"It really shouldn't have been cured." Snape turned back dissatisfied, speaking out what all the students felt.

"It's better to leave quickly." Karan urged.

Along the way, many students have pointed out their strange way of returning to school, especially Karan.Everyone knows what Lily shouted in the common room: "And he also rides a broomstick, and his skills are better than any player I have ever seen!"

In addition, Karan was holding a Nimbus 1001 in his hand, and he had already seen the captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team rushing over with a resentful expression on his face.

The poor captain did not go home after the vacation, but deliberately stayed in the school with the intention of talking to Karan about joining the Quidditch team. Unexpectedly, he left alone first, before anyone else's vacation time. It's all early.

(After taking away Veer, Karan returned directly to Hogsmeade Village.)

"The team needs you!"

The captain said angrily. He held on to Karan's hand and shook it up and down: "This is the only year that Hufflepuff can win the Academy Cup. The hope of the entire academy is on you!"

"That's all Lily's nonsense! I don't know Quidditch at all!" Karan quickly defended.

Unfortunately, after the captain curled his lips, he grabbed Karan's hand even harder.

"I don't believe it!" he said: "Go and explain it to the other players!"

"Then you should let go of your hand!" Karan twitched his hand twice, but failed to pull it out.

Snape looked at this scene and secretly raised the corner of his mouth. He rarely saw Karan still feeling deflated.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before the ghost of Hufflepuff House - the Fat Monk flew over.

"Don't make it difficult for him anymore, Anderson." The fat monk spoke for Karan: "I believe Mr. Sangster is an upright man and he will never lie about fighting for the school's honor."

Karan didn't even blush. He said sincerely: "You understand me best, Mr. Bishop."

The fat monk was overjoyed: "Oh, come on, the cardinal's favorite student."

Anderson stared at one person and one ghost. He suspected that the two had colluded in advance, but there was no evidence.

In fact, there was no evidence. A simple sentence from Mr. Bishop had already made the fat monk so satisfied that he was shaking when he floated.

The Gryffindor ghost on the side, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, said with envy: "There have never been such lovable students in Gryffindor. They only call me Nearly Headless Nick. I can’t even pronounce my full name.”

The ghost of Slytherin House gave him a cold look, a look that seemed to say: Even I don't know what your full name is, Nearly Headless Nick.

The ghost of Ravenclaw Academy, Ms. Gray, happened to pass by. She was very beautiful, with waist-length hair and floor-length robes. She had an arrogant look on her face. She glanced at Nick who just spoke, and then faintly Drifting away.

Karan stared at Ms. Gray's transparent back, and he knew that she had another name - Helena Ravenclaw.

She is the daughter of one of the founders, Rowena Ravenclaw, and the thief of the diadem.

In order to be smarter and more famous than her mother, Helena stole the crown.

She hid the crown inside a hollow tree in a forest in Albania, a desolate place, a hiding place known only to herself.

Lady Ravenclaw never admitted that the diadem was missing, she kept pretending that it was still there.She even hid her loss and Helena's betrayal from the other founders of Hogwarts.

Later, Ms. Ravenclaw became seriously ill. She desperately wanted to see Helena again, so she sent Barrow to find Helena.

Barrow loved Helena for a long time, but Helena rejected him. Ms. Ravenclaw knew that Barrow would not give up until he found Helena.

Finally, Barrow found the forest where Helena was hiding. Helena refused to go back, so Barrow became furious.He was a man with a bad temper. He hated Helena for rejecting him and was jealous of Helena's freedom, so he stabbed Helena to death.

After this, Barrow came to his senses. He was so remorseful that he committed suicide with the weapon that claimed Helena's life.

After so many centuries, Bloody Barrow has always been shackled just to repent of his sins.

Callan knew that Barrow was sincerely repentant, otherwise he would not have been able to appear at Hogwarts and his soul would not have been contaminated.

Just like Snape in the future, he killed Dumbledore with his own hands, but his soul was not ruined, because he understood that this was not murder, but helping an old man completely free himself from pain and shame.

However, Karan still felt that this was a really tragic story, and at the same time he was a little glad that he was not the person in the story.

In addition, there is another very important point.

Ravenclaw's diadem has appeared in the Room of Requirement. Lady Grey, Helena, must know something. She is the only one who knows where the diadem is hidden.

But Karan did not ask this question rashly.Over the centuries, Helena has been pestered by countless students.

What's more, this issue also involves the current principal of Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore.

After the Fat Monk came to the rescue, Hufflepuff team captain Anderson finally let Karan leave, but his eyes were still staring at his back with resentment.

Karan hurriedly walked to the basement of the castle. Snape mocked expressionlessly at the side: "Shameless, you are not even willing to do anything to win the honor of your own college!"

Before Callan could answer, several people suddenly walked out from the basement stairs. Among them was Snape's roommate, Evan Rozier, who was also a future Death Eater, as was his father Druella. Early Death Eaters.

Evan Rozier was a crazy guy who refused to give in while fighting Aurors before Voldemort's first fall and was shot dead.He was infinitely taller than fellow Death Eater Malfoy.Compared with Malfoy, who was cowardly, incompetent, and would only bully Harry in the end, Rozier was at least completely bad, and he had already shown the potential of a Death Eater.

When he saw Snape hanging out with Callan, Rozier deliberately sneered, and then said "traitor" to Snape gloomily, causing the people around him to laugh together.

Karan watched this scene silently. He suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "A shameless name is better than a traitor. Your future life in the academy will probably not be easy."

Snape's face was gloomy. After being silent for a long time, he thought of the words he had talked to Callan during the holidays.

[Fear and fear are of no use, he must seize the time. 】

[Hurry up...the time to learn magic. 】

Finally, Snape seemed to have made up his mind.

"Dark magic." He said: "I have to hurry up and learn black magic, otherwise even my roommates will not be able to cope with it in the end."

"Want to go to the library together?"

Snape never shied away from his friendship with Callan. Unlike Regulus, he had to consider his family and parents no matter what he did, nor did he need to deliberately follow their orders.

Now, he has even extended an invitation to Karan.

However, Karan shook his head.

He refused.

"You have your work to do."

Karan said, his tone seemed a little incomprehensible as he looked out the window.

"I have mine too."

After returning to the dormitory, Karan looked at the sky and saw that it was still daytime.

This is a good opportunity.

Principal Dumbledore has appeared in Hogsmeade many times, and even Professor Kettleburn is just resting at home.

If you want to go to the Forbidden Forest, you just need to be careful about Hagrid.

Karan has never forgotten the treasure parchment he saw at the beginning, nor where he got the Marauder's Map parchment.

He originally planned to make plans later, but after returning to school this time, Karan was not prepared to delay it any longer.

He wanted to take a trip to the Forbidden Lake alone.

Originally, Karan didn't want to go back. After all, the memory erasure in the Forbidden Lake ruins was too weird. There might be other terrifying non-existences in it, such as dementors modified by Slytherin.

Although I have not seen it with my own eyes, it does not mean that there must not be one. After all, female ghosts and boggarts have appeared there one after another.

But the treasure parchment made Karan unable to wait any longer.

Because this and the Marauder's Map parchment in his hand were both made by the same person.

[Salazar Slytherin. 】

The giant snake statue in the Forbidden Lake ruins and the secret chamber point all clues to the mysterious founder.

"Whatever you find is good..."

Kahlan whispered softly, tightening his grip on the ash wand.

"Come on, good boy."

The invisibility cloak automatically floated on the body, and the invisible figure left the empty dormitory and walked outside the castle.

There was a thick layer of snow piled up on the school playground, which inevitably left Karan's footprints untouched. He had no choice but to choose those less traveled roads and walk silently towards the Forbidden Forest.

When passing by Hagrid's hut, Karan saw a fire inside from a distance. It seemed that Hagrid had not gone out, which was good news for him.

It didn't take long for Karan to reach the path of the Forbidden Forest. Following the route in his memory, he passed through the dense forest where the Thestrals were kept, and then passed through the clearing where Larry was unconscious, and finally got into another dark area. inside the yew forest.

It seems that due to winter, the Forbidden Lake has frozen, which prevents Karan from hearing the sound of gurgling water, but the amazing concentration brought by Occlumency allows him to write down the general route and details of where he has been. accurate direction.

Finally, Karan stopped at a lake.

There was a thick layer of ice on the lake, but there seemed to be a large hole dug out in the center of the lake. There were only slowly flowing ice floes and snow that was piled up later.

This should be the reason why Dumbledore came to investigate.

Although Karan did not tell about the ruins of the Forbidden Lake, he still told the same memory as Snape - the Marauder's Map parchment was obtained from the Forbidden Lake.

But the thought of Dumbledore diving into the icy lake in the snow and ice always made Callan feel a little weird.

time does not wait.

Although Callan didn't know how Dumbledore solved the problem of resisting the cold, he had his own method.

After casting several transformation spells, his clothes immediately clung to his body and were completely connected.

This was followed by several careful water and fire invulnerability spells, which prevented Karan's clothes from being soaked by the cold lake water, which allowed him to avoid direct contact with the lake water.

Finally, there is the bubble head spell. Under the magnification effect, Karan's face is revealed in a funny way.

With a splash, Karan dived into the cold lake water without hesitation. This made him feel like he suddenly entered a cold storage. Fortunately, it felt much better than directly swimming in the winter.

The bottom of the Forbidden Lake is still quiet and silent. Under the cover of the ice, the sun cannot penetrate to the bottom of the lake, making everything around it look extremely depressing, as if something terrible is brewing, silently waiting for a sudden explosion.

In the end, only the ash wand erupted, and the illuminating spell cast silently illuminated Karan's body.Although the location of entering the water was different this time and was no longer on the shore, Karan immediately found the location where he had found the glowing slate door and quickly swam to the nearby mudflat.

The stone door did not appear again.

This was a result that Karan had long expected, otherwise erasing the memory would be a bit unnecessary.

Since I don’t want to be discovered, of course I won’t show up again.

But Karan didn’t come here just to gain nothing.

He walked back and forth three times in front of the spot where the stone door once appeared, and at the same time said silently in his heart, "I need a place to hide things."

Karan was trying the same method as opening the Room of Requirement, but after all the steps were completed, there was still no stone door on the mudflat.

Karan did not give up. He continued to try this method, but the words he silently recited successively changed to Gryffindor, Slytherin, Forbidden Lake, Forbidden Forest, Ruins, Giant Snake and Lion, and a series of changes. Discourse.

Time passed slowly.

After many attempts, Karan stared at the unchanged mudflat and finally frowned.

He didn't insist on stupidly anymore. The way to open the Forbidden Lake ruins was obviously different from the Room of Requirement. Maybe he planned to never appear again.

But fortunately, he has another clue.

This is also his last clue.

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In the Hogwarts library, Snape reluctantly moved his eyes away from the forbidden book area, just selected a few ordinary dark magic books, and then found a seat to sit down.

Mrs. Pince was very vigilant, and few students could steal books openly in front of her feather duster.

But just as Snape was pondering a teasing dark magic spell, a figure suddenly sat opposite him.

It was Karan with an expressionless face. He seemed to have just taken a shower and his hair had not yet dried completely.

Snape was a little confused. He didn't expect that what Karan said he wanted to do was take a shower.

[But this is better than contacting a werewolf. 】

Snape comforted himself silently. He glanced at the thick stack of books that Karan had brought and found that they were all related to ancient characters, and even included the ancient runes that he had taken as an elective in the third grade.

"What are you doing with these books?"

Snape asked uneasily. The more inexplicable Kahlan's behavior was, the more likely it represented danger.

"Just looking up something."

Callan unceremoniously placed half of the books opposite Snape and handed over a note.

"It just so happens that you can help me." He said: "Help me find out what the characters and symbols on this mean one by one."

Snape frowned and read the words on a piece of paper. They were all symbols he didn't recognize, and he had no impression of them at all.

Karan silently observed Snape. It seemed that the memory of the ruins in the Forbidden Lake was completely erased. Snape did not know that he had seen this line of text with his own eyes.

Those were the words that were once engraved on the stone door at the bottom of the Forbidden Lake.

In the ruins, no words came out, and no words appeared.

The words on the luminous stone door are Karan's only clue.

Also the last clue.

Snape didn't refuse.

In his opinion, he could still accept Karan's degree of strangeness. It was just his sudden interest in ancient writing, which was much safer than studying werewolves.

And this also makes it easier for him to inform Lily and further improve the "Karan Defense Technique".

Time passes slowly, and the process of finding ancient characters is very difficult, especially when you want to find the meaning of a complete sentence, the process becomes more and more difficult.

They spent the whole day focusing on the library, and it was not until the next day that they completed all the search work before dinner.

The words on the stone door were finally fully translated.

Snape had two dark circles under his eyes. He threw the note he had read countless times in front of Karan and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Is this what you are looking for? This is completely ridiculous. Waste of our time, every student at Hogwarts will know what is written on this note."

Karan was uncharacteristically silent.

He pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

[Don’t disturb the sleeping dragon. 】

This is what the words on that stone door mean.

At the same time, this is also the motto and motto of Hogwarts.

Literally translated it means:

[Never mess with a sleeping dragon].