348 House Identity, Dark Ages, Elsa Slytherin

348 House Identity, Dark Ages, Elsa Slytherin

Karan didn't know what kind of emotions the students during the Big Four era had towards the founders, but judging from the performance of the second-eldest Cadmus, students of this era seemed to respect Hogwarts more than anyone in the future. The deans - he almost looked like he wanted to punish Helena with his own hands, which actually made Karan begin to doubt Cadmus's origins.

He knew that the three Peverell brothers were all purebloods, but he didn't know which academy they all graduated from.

Ignatus comforted him with good words: "Cadmus, I know you love Dean Ravenclaw very much - after all, she was your mentor, but don't be angry anymore because of that untrustworthy person."

Helena's reputation at this time was indeed not very good, and even the gentlest Ignotus called her a faithless person.

The expression on Cadmus's face softened slightly, but his fingers continued to caress the silver locket on his chest - this seemed to be extremely important to him.

It was one of Slytherin's relics - Karan recognized it from the very beginning, but in the original generation this relic was still unknown - Karan had never seen Voldemort carrying this relic with his own eyes. Locket, only saw the Gaunt family ring on his finger, which is the Resurrection Stone in the Deathly Hallows.

At this time, the eldest Antioch also spoke: "The strangest thing is the crown - although none of us have seen that item with our own eyes, the crown failed to prevent the death of Ms. Ravenclaw."

Callan thought that the current diadem had been secretly taken away by Helena, and Ms. Ravenclaw hid this secret alone for her daughter.However, Karan did not expect that Cadmus was actually from Ravenclaw College, so where did the locket around his neck come from?

Cadmus glanced sideways at Antioch, who immediately explained: "I'm not coveting the crown - I'm a Hufflepuff, the house of Lady Ravenclaw's best friend. Origin, like you, I equally love these two ladies and have the utmost respect for them.”

Hufflepuff?

Antioch is actually from Hufflepuff House?

Outside the memory, everyone's eyes couldn't help but move to Karan - no one expected that Karan actually came from the same college as the guy in front of him who was obviously his ancestor.

Regulus secretly glanced at Antioch's ferocious expression - even the words of apology became more like a threat after coming out of his mouth - this was somewhat similar to Callan at certain times - although He was always smiling and talking, but it always made people feel panicked.

Karan never puts his inner thoughts on his face - he is much more sinister than Antioch.

Regulus and Steve glanced at each other quietly - after seeing these two Hufflepuffs who didn't look like Hufflepuffs at all, they understood more what Ms. Hufflepuff said. What does "Treat everyone equally" mean?

The tone of Antioch's words obviously did not satisfy Cadmus. He snorted coldly, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"I said -" Ignotus, who looked the gentlest, said helplessly: "It's been so many years, haven't you two quarreled enough? Isn't it just that we were not assigned to the same college? And we are now We all live in Godric's Hollow, and we should communicate more like other brothers when we have time, at least don't let this small grudge be passed on to the next generation."

Godric's Hollow?

James' ears perked up immediately after hearing this familiar place name - it was the place where he grew up, and the Potter family had lived there for generations.

"Ignotus... Ignotus..." James murmured in a low voice, and his eyes suddenly widened: "I have seen this name - just in the church cemetery. On a tombstone!”

"Cemetery?" Steve asked in horror, "What are you doing there?"

James did not answer. He was still thinking carefully about his childhood memories: "It was an old and unsightly stone tablet. It had even become dilapidated. It had not been cleaned for a long time, and I still saw something on that stone tablet. There was a weird symbol, something like a triangle... I wouldn’t have remembered it if it weren’t for the symbol.”

Callan realized that what James saw was the tombstone of Ignotus Peverell - the future Harry and Hermione happened to see this tombstone when they returned to Godric's Hollow. James described it exactly the same.

As for the triangular symbol, it is the symbol of the Deathly Hallows.

In addition, unlike Linfred, the Potter family did not know that they had an ancient ancestor like Ignotus, so no one paid attention to the tombstone.

But now James is connecting those clues bit by bit.

He stared at the face of Ignotus that was vaguely similar to his own, then glanced at Antioch, and finally set his sights on Callan.

James's eyes suddenly opened wider than ever before, and the fear in his eyes was even worse than that of Steve!

"Hey -" Sirius said with disgust: "It's really bad, man. You and Sangster are actually distant relatives, and even your ancestors are brothers."

James' face looked as ugly as possible, but Regulus was overjoyed. He foresaw the hope of reconciliation between the two parties.

"Stop talking!" James suddenly shouted. He glanced at the expressionless Karan again, and his frown suddenly deepened.

"This is not true!" James gritted his teeth and said, "This is definitely not true!"

Even though the two people's blood lines are separated by countless generations, James still can't accept this fact - how can he and Sangster be related?Even the descendants of biological brothers!

After seeing this, the corners of Regulus' lips that had just been raised immediately froze, and the kind-hearted Dougal and Steve both patted his left and right shoulders.

"Be strong," Steve said, and Dougal nodded.

At this time, it seems that he was worried that Antioch and Cadmus, who had always been silent, would start fighting here. Linfred also tried to persuade him: "Brothers should really--"

"To shut up!"

Before Linfred could finish what he said, the rude Antioch said unceremoniously: "You have no place to interrupt here. Don't think we don't know your reputation in school - as timid as a mouse. Slytherin, the shame of wizards who only dare to live near Muggles, and Dean Salazar. If it hadn't been for him leaving Hogwarts, how could a guy like you have been able to enter Slytherin House? ?! The Sorting Hat is a joke!"

James was stunned.

Not just him, even other people outside the memory - even Karan is no exception.

"S... Slytherin..." James murmured in disbelief: "How could Linfred be from Slytherin House? My ancestor... ..."

In addition to Slytherin, the names of being as timid as a mouse and the shame of wizards are also constantly disturbing James' mind.

James was hit hard, and his heart shrank when he saw Linfred's obedient appearance and did not dare to refute.

"how can that be......"

Then Cadmus also said contemptuously: "You'd better hurry up and finish the little thing you are doing, and then take us to see the reason for inviting us here - don't think about playing tricks in front of us. , even Ignotus didn't speak for you - he was a graduate of Gryffindor House. Even after Dean Salazar left Hogwarts on his own initiative, he did not lose his respect for this Gryffindor. The respect of Fendo’s friends. But he refuses to say a word for you... Don’t let us down, Linfred.”

Ignotus really had no intention of speaking up for Linfred - even with his good temper, he could not tolerate a scum like Linfred.

"Ignotus...Gryffindor?" James seemed to have grasped the last glimmer of hope - Ignotus's academy status was the Potter family's greatest honor.

But he was not happy at all, he just felt sad - Ignotus and Callan's ancestor Antioch were brothers, and even Ignotus looked down on Linfred.

"I, I know..." Linfred wiped the cold sweat from his forehead in fear. His appearance at this time was even more pitiful and pitiful than Snape, who had not changed, or even Peter Pettigrew. Cowardly.

James's cheeks tensed up, and Sirius couldn't bear to look at him - he could best understand the feelings of the proud James - having such a useless ancestor was even more uncomfortable than killing James. .

Finally, after repeatedly checking the original formula of Bone Creation Spirit many times, Linfred finally breathed a sigh of relief. In his memory, he struggled to move the ingredient cabinet full of medicinal materials in sight of the three Peverell brothers. , revealing a thick and solid wooden door at the back.

It seemed that something was constantly hitting the wooden door, and the expressions of the three brothers immediately became serious.

"It's right here." Linfred said breathlessly: "What you are looking for is right here."

"Step aside!"

Antioch pushed Linfred away unceremoniously and raised the wand in his hand - Karan immediately looked away. It was not the Elder Wand, it was not as long as fifteen inches.

After a series of low incantation sounds, the incantation immediately hit the surface of the wooden door, slowly opening it.

I couldn't wait for a long time - a golden one-legged crucible jumped out immediately. It seemed to be targeting Linfred and just moved towards him, while the painful screams continued to come out of the crucible's mouth.

"This is the scream of my Muggle neighbor after he broke his leg." Linfred explained without tears. He didn't even push or jump the pot. It seemed that this method had been tried a long time ago and it didn't work. .

"The Crucible will only stop harassing me once I resolve the problems my neighbors are having, otherwise it will continue forever."

Except for James who was still in a daze, everyone was staring closely at the jumping cauldron.

"Tell me about its origin." Antioch's eyes glowed: "Tell me how you got this... jumping cauldron."

Under the threat of the three brothers, Linfred did not dare to hide anything at all, and Karan could also see that he had been waiting for this scene for a long time - in order to get rid of the trouble caused by Tiao Tiao Cao.

"I met an old man in Stinchcombe." Linfred said in a miserable cry: "He looked just like the old people in the village, and I have always been unwilling to pay attention to those people. Muggles - I'm serious, it's just that I don't like other wizards even more, that's why I choose to live here."

"Don't try to hide it from us!" Antioch suddenly shouted rudely: "It's obviously because you didn't help the frail old man that I caused you such trouble!"

This is Legilimency!

Like Callan, Linfred also realized this. His face immediately turned pale, and he defended with a trembling voice: "I don't know! I really didn't know he was the Dean of Slytherin! I was in public I’ve seen his portrait in the lounge, but I didn’t know he would… grow old like that!”

"Okay!" Cadmus, the second oldest child, said impatiently. He was the only one who was not so interested in the jumping cauldron: "Then what? Did Dean Slytherin say anything to you? You Do you know where he went after that?"

"No... I don't know." Linfred said in a panic: "But he pointed out my identity as a student, and it seemed that he could understand what I was thinking with just one glance, and then he smiled bitterly - —I read that right, it was a real wry smile! Then he suddenly threw this... this jumping cauldron to me, and then disappeared."

He followed Antioch's name for "The Jumping Cauldron", hoping to win the favor of the young man in front of him.

But this was of no use at all. Antioch stared crazily at the jumping cauldron in front of him. It was not until Cadmus called several times in succession that he finally came back to his senses.

"He didn't lie." Antioch said dissatisfiedly, and then began to look at the jumping cauldron in front of him again.

Cadmus suddenly became extremely angry, and before he was about to vent all his dissatisfaction on Linfred, Ignotus sighed and comforted: "Don't let anger change your heart, Cadmus. Elsa still needs you, and you are the only one she has."

Cadmus suddenly stopped the anger in his heart, and suddenly cursed in a low voice: "Damn Slytherin! He doesn't even care about his daughter, and doesn't even want to take a look at her! Do you have to Will the tragedy of Headmaster Ravenclaw happen again before my eyes?!"

Callan finally knew the origin of the locket on Cadmus' chest - Salazar Slytherin's daughter: Elsa Slytherin.She seemed to be Cadmus' girlfriend or wife, and she was now suffering from the same illness for unknown reasons, and Cadmus wanted to know where Slytherin was, so he could ask him for help.

After seeing Cadmus' distorted face, Karan also vaguely understood the reason why he tried to create the Resurrection Stone - Ms. Ravenclaw was his dean and someone he respected and loved.After witnessing the tragedy that happened to the Head of Ravenclaw, Cadmus did not want to go through the same experience again - not to mention that Elsa was the one he loved deeply.

Unlike Callan, James has always been looking at his ancestor Linfred. He saw all the cowardice in his eyes. For some reason, he felt that the ridicule and contempt were rushing through the limitations of memory. It was like a violent wave, causing James's face to turn green and red.

This was a hundred times the insult he had suffered from Callan. James wished he could really go back in time and poke the eyes of the four people present with the wooden stick in his hand, whether it was the three brothers or his ancestor-Linfred .

"Perhaps...it's not hopeless." Antioch suddenly turned around and said, "Do you still remember the pensieve we saw?"

"You mean the one in the principal's office?" Ignotus asked.

"Who else could it be?" Antioch replied: "There is only such an ancient Pensieve in the entire magical world. Even Hogwarts was opened because the founders read the remaining memories there. ......."

Karan's eyes widened suddenly. This was the truth he had never understood - why did the four founders choose this location to build Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

It’s because of the Pensieve!

Are there any remaining unknown memories in it? !

Where did this memory come from?

Callan only knew that there was a rumor that the founders found a half-buried pensieve in the ground where Hogwarts was founded, so they built the school where the pensieve was.

He couldn't wait to learn all the secrets and truth - but at this moment, Antioch's eyes suddenly attacked him.

Karan was stunned for a moment. After a while, he realized that Antioch's sight did not have the ability to travel through time, but was just staring at Linfred behind him.

It was a pity that Antioch did not continue talking. This seemed to be a secret between the three brothers.

"In short," Antioch continued: "We all at least understand that the Pensieve actually comes from the Dark Ages, and the jumping cauldron in front of us is also a magical creation of that period."

His level of alchemy seemed to be the highest among the others, and the other two did not doubt his words.

"Dark Ages?" Steve asked in confusion: "What is that?"

Karan frowned and explained: "It is a period in Europe, from about the 800th century BC to the 146th century BC - longer than the ancient Greek period ([-] BC - [-] BC). But the ancient Greek period has already It's the earliest period that the wizarding world can trace back to, such as the invincible Andros... and the despicable Herbo."

These are already legendary wizards, possessing unimaginable magical abilities. However, according to Antioch, the pensieve and the jumping cauldron have existed even longer than them, and they have even survived. Complete loss of magical abilities.

This is even more exaggerated and unbelievable than the thousand-year-old basilisk.

Antioch continued: "I guess this jumping cauldron should have been obtained by Dean Slytherin during his adventures when he was young, but for some reason he gave it up when he got old - but this is absolutely important to us. This is good news - the key to curing Aisha lies in this jumping pot."

Cadmus immediately looked up at him, his eyes full of hope.

Antioch narrowed his eyes amidst the screams, and there was a dangerous tone in his tone: "Linfred, this idiot, doesn't dare to use the jumping cauldron, but this does not include the three of us brothers."

Ignotus seemed to understand something from Antioch's ambitious eyes. He looked at Cadmus who quietly clenched his fists. After sighing softly, Ignotus had no choice. He continued to persuade, but remained silent.

Callan watched this scene silently, and just as Antioch continued to walk towards the jumping cauldron, the scene in front of him suddenly disappeared.

"Don't be nervous." Karan immediately reminded everyone outside the memory: "This is another memory. We are entering another memory of Linfred."

Steve didn't scream, but he sadly found that the witch robe that Bai Gete turned into also followed them into this memory, and they couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

When the scene changed and disappeared, several people noticed that they were still in the laboratory, but the jumping flames turned into jumping cauldrons. Linfred sat in front of the long table with a tired look, and the three brothers sat on his Opposite, Cadmus sat in the middle seat.

Everyone looked a lot older. Cadmus had white hair growing on his temples. He lowered his head deeply, picked up the locket on his chest with his palm, and kissed it gently on his mouth. For a moment.

Two lines of tears fell silently from the corners of his eyes.

"Elsa is dead."

He said.