325 ?Changes, bad news, failed gold coins

325 ?Changes, bad news, failed gold coins

Why having two wands with the same perfect feeling is not necessarily a good thing, Guspard can't explain the reason. It's just his conjecture - after all, this thing is too incredible, even unprecedented. .

Karan wasn't too worried about it - at least not yet.

The elder wand was still his own, showing no sign of betrayal.

And he may also know how to solve this matter - Dorcas Meadows, a descendant of Antioch, the eldest of the three Deathly Hallows brothers.

She was almost recognized by the elder wand - during this process, Karan didn't think she would buy a second wand like she did. It could only be that Mr. Ollivander took the initiative to take out his collection - -This shows that during the initial measurement process, Meadows had the potential to be accepted by the elder wand.

Unfortunately, in the end, she failed.

But this is not important.

What's really important is that she was almost recognized by the elder wand, and Karan is the owner of the elder wand - no matter how confused he is, he can guess that there may be some connection between the two.

And Karan has long discovered that there is another thing in common between the two - they seem to be born without knowing love, until Karan met Mr. Anthony, Meadows met the Blue Phoenix...

Karan and Gaspard had been staying in the secret room for a while. Considering that Lily was still waiting for them in the depression, Gaspard had to temporarily give up his plan to find other exits and use the secret room as a secret base.

After finally returning to the ground, the two found that there was no one in the depression, not even Larry.

"You are finally back."

The cautious Lily took off her invisibility cloak. She patted her chest and said, "Larry ran away suddenly just now. I thought something terrible was coming."

"Okay, get out of here quickly!"

She couldn't wait to grab their wrists and ran with them back into the bushes.

"Wait, Lily." Karan suddenly asked: "How long has Larry been gone?"

Lily gave him a confused look, but still gave an approximate time.

Karan nodded silently, and Gesper looked towards him.

The time when Larry suddenly ran away happened to be the same time when they discovered the handwriting of the school motivator!

[Does Larry really know something? 】

Karan looked back at the depression covered by the pine trees - Larry had already disappeared without a trace, and it seemed that he could only wait until he had the opportunity to ask again.

In the following period, whenever he had free time, Gaspard would go into the magic tent to study the shedding of the basilisk. Pandora and Lovegood would also often come back to the potion preparation room, and gradually became familiar with several people. .

As soon as Lovegood saw such a huge snake skin, he concluded that another basilisk would definitely be born in it. Steve was so persuasive that he calmed him down. As a result, the two became good friends. .Lovegood promised to leave a special section on magical beasts in the newspaper he founded. Steve was very excited - it was difficult for him to publish another book and publish his article in the newspaper like Mr. Newt did. He couldn't ask for it.

Karan looked at the scene of the two making friends with a weird face - he remembered that Steve and his son - Love Scamander and Lovegood's daughter - Luna ended up together, and he didn't Know whether today's acquaintance will have any impact in the future.

But he didn't pay too much attention to this matter, because there were things even weirder than this.

Pandora really likes to cling to Lily!

"Oops." Lily pushed Pandora's head aside impatiently: "You're blocking my view of the crucible. Aren't you still looking for some secrets in the stairs? Go and do your own thing."

Pandora giggled. She seemed to find this game very interesting and would always put her head towards it again. In the end, Lily had no choice but to let her hold her arm and stir the potion with only one hand.

Snape was going crazy!

"She must have fallen in love with Lily, right?" When he was alone with Callan, Snape asked frantically: "Is there any way you can drive her away?"

Callan smiled helplessly, and Snape's expression became even worse - it was he and Lily who took the initiative to invite Pandora.

Fortunately, he thought of a countermeasure in time - inviting Pandora to walk all the stairs again and continue to improve the Marauder's Map.

After he finished the proposal, Pandora stared at Snape for a long time, but she actually agreed.

Karan didn't know what Pandora was thinking, but at least she was not as crazy as Luna. She seemed normal, but she was more receptive to Lovegood's weird ideas.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, and it occasionally rains, which makes the training process of the Quidditch team members of various colleges gradually more difficult. They often return to the castle with their bodies covered in mud and rain. Filch He stared at their backs eagerly, as if he wanted to catch them and beat them up.

On this day, James returned to the castle tiredly and happened to meet Sirius who was going to the auditorium for dinner.

"There is something that may interest you." Sirius said: "I often see Snape and Pandora walking very close recently, and occasionally Lovegood."

"Pandora...and Lovegood?" James thought for a moment and asked, "Are they from Ravenclaw College?"

Sirius nodded.

"Hmph!" James snorted subconsciously: "So what? They don't think that I will be afraid of them because there are so many people, right?"

Remus, who was eating beside him, said silently in his heart: [Isn’t it the same when there are few people? 】

On the other side, inside the potion preparation room.

The rest of the people went to the auditorium for dinner, and Karan and Steve stayed to clean up the mess on the table while waiting for Gaspard in the magic tent.

"Why isn't it better yet?" Steve complained while cleaning the crucible: "Are you asking me to secretly go to the kitchen at night again?"

At this moment, Gespard came out with burning eyes. Steve happily threw the crucible aside, but heard Gespard say: "Finally, there is some progress."

"Here's some bad news, and—"

Karan immediately interrupted: "Hear the good news first."

"——An even worse news." Only then did Gespard finish his sentence.

Karan put down the ingredient bottle in his hand and rubbed his brow helplessly.

He had already guessed this result. Is the Marauder's Map so easy to make?Not to mention that this also involves one of the school's founders, Salazar Slytherin.

"Let's tell you the less bad news first." Karan could only suggest.

Gaspard pushed up his glasses with his fingers, and then said: "It is difficult for us to copy the second Marauder's Map. Perhaps it is due to insufficient materials, but I am more inclined to think it is due to a lack of magic level - after all, the Marauder's Map It looks like just a piece of parchment, and it doesn't require many special materials. But the person who created it - the one you mentioned before is related to Slytherin, he most likely cast an unknown spell during the production process. Magic, it seems he is also a powerful alchemist."

After listening to Gaspard's comments, Karan's head hurt even more.

Unknown magic?Could it be referring to ancient magic?

This is simply an unsolvable problem. There are too many secrets in ancient magic. The blood curse alone has no possibility of solving it, not to mention that almost all of it has been lost.

"However," Gospard continued suddenly, "it is not impossible to solve the problem."

"Huh?" Karan looked at Gaspard doubtfully.

Gaspard said expressionlessly: "Let's try it with my parents. They might be able to make a second Marauder's Map."

Karan blinked, and Steve suddenly realized: "Yes, your parents must be much more powerful than you, and they also know many other alchemists. But isn't this good news?"

Gaspard's glasses flashed twice: "Not to me."

Karan and Steve looked at each other silently, and they decided not to ask the reason. Both of them had met Gaspard's parents before, and they didn't want to meet those people again.

The sight of three pairs of glasses turning to stare at him is really scary.

"Um...what about the worse news?" Karan continued to ask.

This time, Gaspard pushed up his glasses several times, as if to calm down the excitement and tension in his heart.

This is not very common. This is the first time that the two of them have seen Gaspard like this, and they are afraid that something will go wrong - even though he had a lot of problems before this.

It seems the worse news... is extremely bad indeed.

"I have studied it many times." After a while, Gespard continued: "The result is always the same conclusion - even if we use all the basilisk shedding in our hands, But ultimately it’s not possible to make a Marauder’s Map the same size as what you got.”

There was a brief silence.

Steve looked around confusedly: "What does this mean?"

Karan suddenly frowned. He ignored Steve and asked in a low voice to Gaspard: "You mean... the basilisk that made the Marauder's Map in my hand shed its skin. Is it bigger than the thousand-year-old basilisk in the magic tent that sheds its skin?"

Gaspard nodded, and he began to push up his glasses again: "What an amazing discovery, unbelievable."

Steve couldn't sit still, and he quickly asked Karan: "What on earth does this mean? What...is bigger?"

Karan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The basilisk's shed skin refers to the size of the basilisk." He murmured in a low voice: "Slytherin made the Marauder's Map in our hands, but at that time, he already had a snake that had lived for more than a thousand years. The basilisk will be around for a long time!”

Steve thought about it carefully for a while, and suddenly he was surprised: "How can the basilisk live for so long?"

After turning his head and looking at the heavy expressions on their faces, Steve suddenly turned into panic: "No, where did Slytherin find the basilisk? Or is it a basilisk that has lived for so long? A thousand years ago. ?Longer than a thousand years? When did that happen-"

"Ancient Greece." Karan suddenly said: "This can be traced back to the ancient Greek period."

Salazar Slytherin lived in the Middle Ages and founded Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with the other three founders around 990 AD.

If we go back more than 1000 years, it would be better to go back to the ancient Greek period (800 BC - 146 BC) - an era full of ancient magic and mystery.

The basilisk that Slytherin obtained to make the Marauder's Map was left over from ancient Greece.

"But..." Steve said hesitantly: "Is the natural lifespan of a basilisk that long?"

Karan and Gaspard shook their heads at the same time.

"Even the snake king in the secret room was only awakened from his deep sleep." Karan said: "Before that, all the snake monsters were forced to hibernate."

Gaspard continued: "But this involves an ability in magic - Parseltongue. This is the ability to communicate with snakes and make them obey their orders. It is also one of the hallmarks of Slytherin. one."

"Parseltongue?" Steve blinked: "Is the basilisk that made the Marauder's Map a Parseltongue from ancient Greece?"

He had already collected all the chocolate frog pictures, and vaguely remembered that one of them met this requirement.

"No need to think about it, I know who it is." Karan whispered: "The dark wizard in ancient Greece is also one of the earliest known dark wizards - the despicable Herbo."

He was a very powerful dark wizard who lived in ancient Greece, and many of his studies still influence dark magic today.

Helbo is believed to be the first wizard to breed a basilisk, and is famous for it.In addition, he invented many evil curses and became the first wizard to successfully create a Horcrux.He was also one of the early Parseltongues.

It was precisely because he thought of this that Guspard said it was unbelievable - no one knew that Slytherin and Halbo actually had such a precise connection - Slytherin got the basilisk left by Halbo and brought it to the world. She shed his skin to make the Marauder's Map, and maybe even learned Parselmouth because of Herbo.

The most important point is that this also involves another piece of parchment - the [Treasure Parchment] that Voldemort obtained from the Chamber of Secrets!

Karan confirmed that the complete method of making Horcruxes was recorded on it, but now he couldn't help but start to doubt, was it made by Slytherin himself?Or is it a relic of Haierbo?

The former is a bad outcome, but the latter is only worse.

The last thing Karan wants to come into contact with is those weird ancient magics - at least not now. Just look at Meadows. Until now, she has not been able to get rid of the weird black magic marks and had to find someone for help.

And Karan still can't figure out one thing - it has something to do with another wizard in ancient Greece, the invincible Andros.According to legend, this man was able to summon a patronus the size of a giant—unique in history.And he didn't even have a wand at that time, but instead summoned the Patronus in the form of wandless magic.

Although the size of the patron saint has nothing to do with strength, the size of a giant is still too special. Karan has always wondered how the other party summoned such a patron saint, and what was it used to deal with?Just dementors?

The unknown secrets have made Karan always fearful of ancient magic. Only the magic spell that activates the crown is enough for him to take the risk to pursue it.

Both Karan and Gaspard fell silent. The shocking discovery required them time to digest, but Steve was different. After he figured out the significance of these discoveries, he immediately suggested to the two of them: "We should Tell Principal Dumbledore this matter! Doesn’t he also know the existence of the treasure parchment? This matter may help him deal with the mysterious man better!"

Gaspard was silent for a while. Although this might cost him the opportunity to study the basilisk's shedding, and several people would risk confessing and violating school rules for this, he finally nodded slightly.

Solving the threat of Voldemort was more important than anything else - at least he understood this. Voldemort was becoming more and more powerful in the wizarding world.

But under the gazes of the two, Karan remained unusually silent.

He has his own worries - Dumbledore has changed and he resurrected Ariana, which is why Karan did not take the initiative to reveal the Horcrux.

Among Haierbo's news, in addition to black magic, basilisk, and parselmouth, there is also a crucial news - Horcruxes!

He was the first wizard to successfully create a Horcrux, and it was impossible for Dumbledore to ignore this - because Voldemort was always revealing his desire for immortality.

Callan feared that Voldemort's desires... would become those of Dumbledore.

"Okay." After thinking about it several times, Karan said, "Then just tell Principal Dumbledore."

He originally didn't want to make such a decision, but he suddenly realized that Voldemort was no longer just Voldemort - now he had the help of the treasure parchment, and this treasure parchment was most likely a relic of Halbo .

Although there were threats from both sides, with no extra choice, Kallan had to agree to tell Dumbledore about the matter - in his opinion, Voldemort with the help of Herbo was the greatest danger, which would make the entire The wizarding world comes face to face with the threat of ancient dark magic.

Although there was something wrong with Karan's tone, the other two were more focused on how to tell Dumbledore about this.

"Don't be so troublesome."

Karan said, taking out a magic coin from his pocket: "It's just a piece of news anyway, there's no need for us to tell Principal Dumbledore in person, lest this place be discovered by the school, and even the basilisk's skin cannot be saved. "

"Ah -" Steve screamed twice: "I'm still thinking about getting another credit, so that Hufflepuff will definitely win this year's Academy Cup."

Karan patted his shoulder comfortingly, and Gaspard asked: "Then who are you going to ask for help?"

Karan flicked the coin and it fell back into his hand.

"It's Professor Meadows," he said.

This is simply an excellent candidate. Just let Meadows use the excuse that she accidentally discovered it when she was looking for someone to help solve the curse. Anyway, she had gone to Egypt to die in Egypt without telling Dumbledore before. This kind of thing She can definitely do it.

Moreover, this news will be helpful to the entire Order of the Phoenix, and I believe Meadows will be very willing to help.

So, under the gaze of the three people, the gold coin in Karan's hand gradually began to change, revealing lines of small text on the surface.Eventually, the gold coins became inexplicably hot.

"That'll do—"

Shu Xin's words suddenly stopped, and Karan frowned and stared at the coins in his hand.

The words on it suddenly melted into a ball, and finally returned to their original appearance of ordinary gold coins.

"What's wrong?" Steve asked confused.

Karan raised his head, looked at the two men and said, "Failed."

"Magic gold coins are not omnipotent. There is some powerful protective magic that prevents the transmission of the message."

"Where... exactly is Meadows?"

The three of them were silent for a while, and Steve suddenly asked, "Is Dorcas in trouble again?"

A glimmer of light flashed in Gespard's glasses: "If so, this can only mean that the place where she is trapped is more dangerous than the pyramids of Egypt. There are thousands of years of ancient tombs and curses there, but it is not exaggerated. The news about the gold coins cannot get out.”

"Alas." Karan sighed softly, stroking the gold coin back and forth with his fingers.

"Don't worry yet, I know what to do."