317 Stairs, Ravenclaw, Charms

317 Stairs, Ravenclaw, Charms

The next day, Regulus thought about it for a long time and finally found Karan in the library.

"You should learn more about transformation." Karan advised: "Do you still remember the gold coin I gave you? When you learn the transformation spell, you can use that gold coin to contact me. There is no need to spend so much money. Take the time to find me."

Change spell?

Regulus nodded in confusion. He had never heard of a transformation spell in transfiguration, and planned to look for it when he had time in the future.

Then he recounted what happened in the secret passage last night, and finally asked the question he was most concerned about: "What happened to you? I thought you reconciled."

If it weren't for not understanding this, he wouldn't have had to come to Karan.

Karan shook his head and said, "No, that would make reconciliation more difficult."

He didn't hide much and told what happened in Hogsmeade that night.

Regulus' eyes widened in surprise.

James, who was so proud, was saved by Snape?

No wonder he became like that and didn't even want to mention the other party.

"By the way," Karan gave the last instruction before Regulus was about to leave: "You can find an opportunity to tell James and the others that we will not tell anything about Remus."

Although Snape was still having trouble with Lily, at least he didn't actually go to the professor to tell the truth, and he must have taken Lily's warning to heart.

Regulus nodded. He didn't want to see James and Sirius tense up every day.

But then he asked with a strange expression: "Don't you think that I am a spy planted among them?"

Karan quickly shook his head and said no, and Regulus left doubtfully.

Not long after, Karan also left the library.

[Looking at this, the predators seem to be turning into five people. 】

He had a strange expression on his face, he didn't expect such a change to happen.

But his more thoughts were on Professor Lear and Saoirse.

He also did not expect that Professor Lear would actually seek help from the Greengrass family - there is a blood curse in this pure-blood family, which is a curse passed down from generation to generation and is integrated into the blood of every family member.

Karan had previously felt that wolf disease was somewhat similar to blood curses - because they were both related to blood.

But is this why Professor Lear hesitates to come to Hogwarts? Because of the Blood Curse family?Hesitant to ask them for help?

Karan stood on the steps, silently waiting for the moving stairs to return to their positions.

"Hey Karan, you're here too."

Someone next to him suddenly called him. Karan turned around and looked over, and found that it was Pandora and Little Lovegood from Ravenclaw College. Each of them was holding a snowball in their hands.

"What are you doing?" Karan asked curiously: "You can't be having a snowball fight in the castle, right?"

Little Lovegood shook his head and smiled: "Of course not, we don't want to be captured by Mr. Filch. We are looking for the snow elves."

"Snow...what?" Karan's curiosity suddenly turned into confusion.

"Snow Elf." Little Lovegood said: "The legendary snowball with sanity can also be a little snowman or a fairy. Spring is coming soon, so we have to hurry up."

"Uh-oh." Karan nodded awkwardly.

He had heard a lot about little Lovegood's deeds. Compared with future Luna, Lovegood's weird behavior would only be worse.

But he was much happier than Luna. At least from the beginning, Pandora would accompany him in his mischief, and no one would call him nicknames like "Little Madman".

Pandora was also staring at Karan, she looked very energetic.

"What are you doing? Are you also interested in the stairs in the castle?" She suddenly asked with interest: "Is this related to your next adventure? Do you need my and Lovegood's help? It's just right for me. Try out my newly invented spell."

"What spell?" Karan returned to his curious look.

"Take it." Pandora handed the snowball in her hand to Lovegood. She rubbed her little hands that were red from the cold, then took out her wand, waved it a few times and said: "Apparition."

Karan almost thought he heard the spell wrong, but then he realized that the spell Pandora recited was "Apparition", not "Apparition".

These are two completely different spells, and the difficulty is also very different. "Apparition" is not a magical ability like instant movement, it can only move the position of objects. (In Chapter 10 of the third part of the original book, Hermione used this spell to move the Christmas tree in the Three Broomsticks pub.)

And this is a curse that already exists, it cannot be invented by Pandora herself——

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

The involuntary exclamation made Karan's eyes widen. He saw with his own eyes that after Pandora cast the spell, the two snowballs in Lovegood's hands inexplicably changed their positions. They did not move, but more like being moved. He cast an advanced spell called "Apparition" that was like teleportation.

"How is this possible?" Karan asked in surprise: "There is an anti-disapparation spell in the castle."

But Pandora and Lovegood looked even more surprised than Callan.

"I finally made it!" Pandora screamed, and Lovegood clapped vigorously.

Karan stared at them with strange eyes, and it seemed that the process of inventing the spell was very tortuous.This made him think of Meadows. He wondered if she would be as excited as Pandora after successfully studying those weird magic imprints.

"Great!" Pandora stared at Karan with burning eyes: "Now we can also take risks - for Ravenclaw Academy, in order to no longer be alone!"

"Adventure?" Karan asked confused: "What adventure?"

Lovegood on the side explained: "Before the Christmas vacation, except for Ravenclaw House, other colleges added a lot of points. Now many students in our college are eyeing you, just to avoid them. Being left behind again.”

Pandora said excitedly: "So what will this adventure be? Is it also related to the mysterious man?"

Callan quickly said that there was no adventure at all, and he was a Hufflepuff, not a Gryffindor.

After listening to Karan's words, the expressions on their faces were visibly disappointed.

At this time, the movable staircase finally returned to its position and was connected to the steps, and the three of them walked up together.

"Uh-" Seeing the atmosphere becoming more and more depressing, Karan had no choice but to make a promise with no guarantee: "Okay, I will call you when I have the opportunity in the future."

The atmosphere gradually relaxed.

Lovegood said excitedly: "You have to inform us in advance when the time comes, and I have to call a group of Ravenclaws."

Before Karan could react, Pandora snorted and said, "Let's forget it. Those people don't like us anyway. Do you remember that I accompanied you to find your luggage all night? I dare say, then It must have been hidden deliberately by other students at the college.”

Lovegood didn't understand yet: "What does this mean? Are they playing games with me? I thought the luggage came out on its own."

Karan watched this scene silently. He thought of Luna who was unaccompanied, and couldn't help but sigh: "That's great."

"What's so good?" Lovegood asked, still confused.

Karan didn't explain the reason. He took out two magic coins and handed them into their hands respectively.

"Don't spend it accidentally." He warned.

Neither of them understood what he meant by this sentence, but they unanimously put it away carefully.

"Not a bad gift." Pandora said happily: "This is the first time I have seen someone giving gold coins as a gift. Is this some special ceremony?"

Karan smiled: "Just think of it as a testimony of our friendship."

Lovegood's little face immediately became more serious: "Then I have to think carefully about the return gift."

Then Karan asked: "By the way, what happened to your spell? Did you really invent it yourself?"

"Absolutely." Pandora said as if singing: "Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind - I am not yet capable of inventing a spell from beginning to end. This is the revelation given to me by Ms. Ravenclaw."

"What revelation?" Karan asked curiously.

Pandora smiled and pointed at the feet of several people.

Karan looked down and saw nothing but stairs.

"It's this staircase." Pandora seemed to see Karan's inner doubts. She explained: "The moving stairs in the castle were built by Ms. Ravenclaw. I often observe them and find the number of stairs. There are 142 in total.”

"142." Karan said the answer at the same time.

Pandora screamed in surprise: "Yes, it's 142. I didn't expect you to know that. Then I was thinking that these stairs might hide some secrets deliberately left behind by Ms. Ravenclaw - like this It’s like a castle, full of secrets.”

Karan nodded in agreement. This was similar to what he was thinking - he had long suspected the number 142, and Ms. Ravenclaw was known for her wisdom. It was hard not to think of something.

Pandora continued: "Then I started to feel something was wrong - since the movement of these stairs is regular, is it possible that Ms. Ravenclaw wants to tell us something?"

"After this -" Pandora suddenly lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "I thought of the wand gesture. The spell you just saw was invented by me through the movement of the stairs under our feet. "

Wand gesture?

Karan's eyes swayed. He had never thought of this, and it was impossible for him, who was always conservative, to actually invent spells - it was too risky and an extremely dangerous job.

But he had witnessed the consequences with his own eyes just now - Pandora's successful disembodiment.

If this method is indeed possible, could these wand gestures be related to the crown?Is this how to use a crown?

Karan temporarily suppressed these little thoughts in his heart, and he asked: "By the way, do you know Ms. Gray, the ghost of the academy?"

Lady Gray is Helena, the daughter of Ravenclaw.

Karan has never contacted her rashly, because he knows what a arrogant ghost Ms. Gray is. It is difficult to talk to her, and he is not a student of Ravenclaw House, which makes the communication process difficult. It becomes more difficult.

"Of course I do," Lovegood said, with a sad expression.

Pandora explained with a smile: "He wanted to see what the crown looked like in person to perfect his imitation - the one we saw on the train, but unfortunately Ms. Gray ignored him."

"You're asking about this because of the crown, right?" She stared at Karan and asked, as if she could see through Karan's little thoughts.

Karan didn't deny the answer. Anyway, he was not the only student who wanted the crown.

This is also Pandora's answer: "Before you, many Ravenclaw students have been rejected, and Ms. Gray didn't give anyone a good look - but I really want to see your method. Can I go and watch then?”

What are you watching?See how I deceived Ms. Gray?

Karan shook his head quickly, he still had to keep his character as a good student.

But Pandora was unusually not disappointed, and even Lovegood had a look of disbelief.

"We've all heard about it." Lovegood said with a groan: "Not only did you escape from the mysterious man, but you also killed a large group of basilisks. The matter of the crown will definitely not be a problem for you."

Karan had no choice but to say goodbye to them in a hurry. He didn't really want to ask where the crown was - because he already knew it, it was in the Room of Requirement.

However, Pandora's spell reminded him - the movement trajectory of the stairs may be a wand gesture, and the movement of the stairs is still regular, and there will not be too many changes - otherwise, the students will become a giant in class. Problem, one of the first things they become familiar with after enrolling is to remember these moving stairs so as not to be late for class.

In the next few days, Karan finally stopped going to the library. Instead, he focused almost all his attention on drawing the Marauder's Map - he memorized all the stair tracks one by one, and then used The transfiguration spell was cast on the parchment in his hand.

In the process, he also tried to compare the difference between relic parchment and ordinary parchment - obviously, relic parchment is a special existence, and it is easy to draw the map of the school on it, but ordinary parchment is more difficult. Many, which at least proved that the protective spells at Hogwarts had not failed.

But Callan never understood what was so special about this relic parchment. He remembered that Dumbledore returned it to him within a few days of getting it, and wrote an extra note: [With Just in case].

He also didn't understand what this sentence meant, let alone whether Dumbledore had figured out what the treasure parchment was because of the relic parchment, and whether this would cause any changes.

But his drawing speed did not slow down, and his confidence did not waver - because he was always thinking about Ariana, longing for the miracle of magic - resurrection from the dead.

As time passed, Karan's solo actions attracted the attention of many people. Steve and Gaspard noticed that he was getting later and later when he returned to the dormitory. Lily also quietly inquired several times, for fear that What risky move will he make again?

Only Snape didn't notice this. He had been in a very depressed mood recently.

Snape was sitting at the long table, looking at the empty potions preparation room, silently in a daze.

Ever since that quarrel, Lily rarely came here. Even if she came, she would deliberately miss time with Snape. After preparing the potion alone, she would leave silently, without giving Snape a chance to defend himself.

The worries in the past were mixed with the dissatisfaction later, and Lily has not forgiven Snape until now.

And Snape still didn't understand why - Lily had already made concessions on the matter of dark magic. This was a surprise that he had never expected, but he really couldn't understand why Lily had to do it for someone. The unfamiliar werewolf quarreled with himself.

That's a werewolf!Damn werewolves!

Snape never gave up this idea. He resented the werewolves just as he resented himself who once lived in Spider-End Alley - they were both as despicable and miserable.

"So you are here."

Karan suddenly walked in and threw his schoolbag on the table. It was full of snacks and pies, plus a large bottle of pumpkin juice.

Snape was inexplicably moved. He thought Karan was here to bring him food. He had indeed not eaten breakfast and had been here all morning.

But then he watched Karan eat alone, not noticing him at all.

"Um, do you want it too?" Karan tentatively handed over a cake. He came here to facilitate the drawing of the Marauder's Map, otherwise he would have forgotten the staircase trajectory he had just memorized.

Snape took the cake over and ate it with a gloomy expression. Those who didn't know thought he was eating some dark food or poison.

The two chatted for a while. The defensive witch robe made by Gaspard helped Snape a lot. Recently, he was considering making a pointed hat or shoes.

Gradually, the topic turned to Lily.

"I didn't expect you to be so stubborn?" Karan stopped writing and stared up at Snape.

Snape took a swig of pumpkin juice, groaning angrily and saying nothing.

"Okay." Karan took the bottle over and said after confirming that it was really pumpkin juice and not whiskey: "The reason Lily is angry is not because of Remus at all, but because you think she needs to be protected. "

Snape frowned: "But she does need it, Remus is from Gryffindor House!"

Karan shook his head slightly: "But she is Lily. Although the owner of the willow wand will be insecure, it does not mean that she will not be strong enough. Don't forget, Lily was the number one in grade last year. "

Callan inexplicably thought of Hermione in the future - she and Lily were both Muggle-born.Although Hermione acted a little domineering at the beginning, in fact she had felt inferior to her own blood, which made her read through all the textbooks before the start of school in order not to be left behind by the children of wizarding families. .

Moreover, Karan is also a Muggle-born, which is the same identity as Lily, but Karan's magical talent is much higher than that of Lily. It is difficult to say whether Lily has ever been secretly wronged because of this reason.

How could such a strong person be willing to be left behind?

After listening to Callan's explanation, Snape remained silent with a gloomy expression.

Karan did not disturb the other party anymore, but continued to draw the Marauder's Map with his head down.

But not long after, another person suddenly entered the potion preparation room.

Steve looked at them left and right, and he suddenly said mysteriously: "Meadows is coming to Hogwarts - taking Antioch with him."