#81 - Section 81
Quinnie and Luna's innate Legilimency, which others struggle to learn, is a natural gift for them. This uniqueness must stem from something special, undoubtedly the abilities of a Cat豹.
Cat豹 eyes possess hypnotic and Legilimency effects. Their agility and strength make them an excellent choice for a bloodline.
These are the known traits, but who knows how many unknown abilities they possess?
Furthermore, some magical creatures lack any particularly special abilities, merely possessing physical strength and abundant magic, which isn't always apparent.
Ethan, having acquired the recipe for this magical blood, now belongs to this select group.
According to the information in his mind, the entire brewing process for this magical blood takes three months, shorter than the time required for Felix Felicis or the Purification Potion.
The primary ingredient is the blood of magical creatures, and a substantial amount is needed, with additions required every week.
The added blood must come from the magical creature whose bloodline is desired.
Besides the blood, a considerable number of magical ingredients are also required.
Runespoor eggs, inherently classified as XXXXX magical creatures, are highly valued in potion-making due to their ability to stimulate brain activity.
Erumptent horn powder, also from a XXXXX magical creature, is scarce. When going after Grindelwald, Newt's suitcase contained the last breeding pair, and their offspring are on the verge of extinction, making it another difficult ingredient to obtain.
The remaining ingredients can be acquired in Diagon Alley or Knockturn Alley with enough Galleons, it's just a matter of cost.
Diricawl feathers, Graphorn horns, Flobberworm mucus, Bubotuber pus, Dittany essence, explosive fluid, fairy wings, and water from the River Lethe.
Erumptent horn powder is rare on the market, but that doesn't mean pure-blood families don't have it. Given their nature, they're bound to hoard rare items.
Whether it's the Voray family or the Malfoy family, they should have some. Didn't Lucius say Draco could be of assistance if needed?
Getting him to handle this shouldn't be too difficult.
While Runespoor eggs are scarce and highly sought after, Dennis and his connections or other pure-blood families should be able to acquire them, it's just a matter of time.
He doesn't need to worry about the ingredients.
The remaining task is selecting the magical creature. Ethan currently possesses XXXXX level creatures such as the Flutterby Bush, Streeler, dragon, and Basilisk.
Other magical creatures aren't a problem for Ethan. The Forbidden Forest has plenty, and he can also purchase them, but choosing the right one requires careful consideration.
Anything below XXXXX level is out of the question. While many have decent functions, most are just clown-level.
Among them, Ethan favors the Phoenix the most: rebirth, fire control, powerful life force, and apparition that ignores enchantments. Acquiring even one or two of these would be fantastic.
However, drawing blood from a Phoenix every week seems unrealistic. Given its small size, it might force it to prematurely burst into flames. Dumbledore would definitely disapprove.
The remaining options are limited: Basilisk, dragon, Cat豹, and Thunderbird, all of which can directly enhance strength.
After some thought, Ethan decided to choose the dragon. Although its functionality is limited, its physique, magic resistance, and magic power are top-notch among XXXXX level creatures.
But now it's time to sleep. Today is Sunday, and there are no classes.
……
In the afternoon, after entrusting Draco to help him obtain Erumptent horn, Ethan returned to the Ravenclaw common room.
He summoned Penelope, Cho Chang, and Luna to an empty dormitory.
Since this achievement is [Millennial Mystery - Slytherin], there must also be Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff equivalents.
Otherwise, there would be no need to specifically mention Slytherin.
But where are the remaining three secret rooms?
The rewards are quite tempting, and Ethan naturally wouldn't let the opportunity pass to acquire them.
"I've never heard of any secret room in Ravenclaw," Penelope said to Ethan, shaking her head.
Having just learned that Ethan had gone to the Slytherin secret room and even taken the Basilisk with him, she was quite surprised, but she didn't ask how Ethan found it or how he knew Parseltongue.
The Slytherin secret room is a legend at Hogwarts, but there's no rumor of a Ravenclaw secret room.
Luna's ethereal voice echoed in Ethan's ears.
"Ethan, according to what you just said, opening the Slytherin secret room requires three Parseltongue passwords, meaning it was exclusively left for Slytherin or his family's descendants."
"So, could the Ravenclaw one be the same? It's just that there's no record of Ms. Ravenclaw having any family."
Ethan thought for a moment and decided to reveal it, since he had already revealed enough.
"Ms. Ravenclaw's daughter is the Grey Lady, the ghost of our house. She stole Ravenclaw's diadem and left Hogwarts, and Ms. Ravenclaw, bedridden, asked Slytherin's ghost, the Bloody Baron, to bring her back and concealed her loss. No one knew the diadem had been stolen. Unfortunately, they never met, and Ms. Ravenclaw died of grief and illness."
Luna pondered for a while before slowly saying, "Perhaps the secret room was left for the Grey Lady. But the Grey Lady has become a ghost and has no descendants, so wouldn't the person who gains her approval and retrieves the diadem stolen by the Grey Lady open the Ravenclaw secret room?"
People are selfish, and they leave the best things to those they care about most.
Clearly, Ravenclaw didn't resent her daughter, but was saddened that her daughter didn't understand her.
So, in her final days, she would definitely leave something for her daughter or descendants, and the key to open it would be a family heirloom.
"So, we have to go through the Grey Lady to find Ravenclaw's diadem?" Cho Chang said in disbelief.
The Grey Lady is very proud and doesn't interact with students like the ghosts of other houses. She prefers to be alone, making her difficult to approach. Getting information about the diadem from her would be difficult!
"No, I've already found Ravenclaw's diadem!"
Ethan's words caught the attention of the three girls.
Knowing so many secrets was one thing, but finding Ravenclaw's diadem, which had been missing for thousands of years, was a bit much!
Then they thought of a possibility.
As Ravenclaw's daughter, the Grey Lady had been at Hogwarts for nearly a thousand years, so it wasn't surprising that she knew a lot. Could Ethan and the Grey Lady…
They had heard stories from Cho Chang about such possibilities in China.
"I obtained it by chance, in the Room of Requirement."
Ethan looked at the increasingly strange expressions on their faces and quickly explained.
“If we have Ravenclaw's diadem, we can try placing it on the statue in the common room. My home also has a bust of Rowena Ravenclaw, and there's a portrait of her in the common room, but both are wearing diadems. Only the statue in the common room doesn't have one.”
“Maybe the diadem, as a key, needs to be placed on the statue to make it a perfect work of art, and then the secret chamber will open. Even if it doesn't, it won't hurt to try.”
After Luna finished speaking, she stared at Ethan with her slightly bulging eyes.
“Tonight, after everyone leaves, we can try it!”
The diadem has been made into a Horcrux. I don't know if it can still act as a key. Ethan isn't sure about this because he doesn't dare to wear it himself.
[Thank you to bowe for the monthly ticket, thank you!]
Chapter 109: Rowena Ravenclaw
At night, when only Ethan and the others were left in the Ravenclaw common room.
A magnificent diadem, made entirely of gold, with a soaring eagle carved on top and a dark gem embedded in the middle, appeared in Ethan's hand.
“This is Ravenclaw's diadem?”
Penelope and Cho Chang stared intently at the magnificent diadem in Ethan's hand the moment it appeared, their faces filled with excitement.
The symbol of Ravenclaw House, rumored to have the ability to increase the wearer's intelligence.
Any Ravenclaw student understands the importance of wisdom.
It could be said that obtaining this diadem is like seeing the staircase to heaven; all that remains is for you to walk down it yourself.
“I feel like this diadem is bad. A voice in my heart is telling me to stay away from it.”
Luna frowned as she looked at the diadem and Ethan, her two very light eyebrows almost knitted together.
Luna still trusted her intuition.
This is definitely not a good thing; it's best not to touch it.
Luna even began to suspect whether this thing was really Ravenclaw's diadem. It looked like it, but the diadem shouldn't give her this kind of feeling.
“Luna's feeling is right. Ravenclaw's diadem has been made into an evil dark magic artifact by a certain upperclassman, so it's impossible to wear it now. As for whether it still has the effect of a key, I can't guarantee it.”
As he spoke, Ethan temporarily showed them the small line of words at the bottom of the diadem: 'Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.'
Luna being able to sense that the diadem was wrong was a bit unexpected!
The three girls also stepped forward and carefully examined the diadem. The appearance and motto were all correct.
Then, under the gaze of the three girls, Ethan used the Summoning Charm to send the diadem to the top of Rowena Ravenclaw's head, placing the diadem on her head, making the entire statue appear in a perfect state.
In an instant, a strange, faint blue light illuminated the entire Ravenclaw common room, and the source was the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw.
The Ravenclaw statue, enveloped in blue light, slowly began to move to the left, revealing a blue halo underneath.
It was impossible to see what was under the halo, but it should be some kind of passage.
Judging by the level of grandeur, it was far superior to Slytherin's sewer pipes, as expected of those who engage in academic research.
Ravenclaw's secret chamber required the lost diadem of Ravenclaw to open, no wonder there were no legends about it.
“Luna's guess was right!”
Penelope gave Luna a deep look. She, as a prefect, hadn't figured it out, but it had been seen through by a first-year student.
Beneath this seemingly crazy exterior lies amazing wisdom.
“Does anyone want to go in?”
Ethan said slowly, looking at the three of them.
What was left inside was most likely books, alchemy tools, or some research on Ravenclaw's ideas. It was unlikely to be the inheritance power in fantasy novels. It didn't matter how many people went in.
“I won't go in.”
The three girls exchanged glances and said one after another, taking a step back.
Ethan had found the diadem, and he had proposed the secret chamber. Whatever was inside should belong to him.
“Alright, then I'll go in!”
Seeing that the three of them really didn't want to go in, Ethan didn't hesitate and jumped into the blue halo, just like jumping into the sewer pipes last night.
It was as if he had jumped down from upstairs, without much sense of distance, and he reached the bottom in an instant.
Ethan looked up and saw that the blue halo he had come through was gone, and there was just a ceiling above.
“Lumos!”
The soft white light dispelled the darkness, and Ethan discovered that this was a rather large enclosed space.
Inside, there were designated areas for a library, a work area, etc., and he even saw Ravenclaw dormitory-style beds and some daily necessities in the corners.
At the very front, there was also a portrait hanging, with two men and two women on it. It looked like the four founders in their youth.
So this is Ravenclaw's private room?
Moreover, after thousands of years, everything here was just like it was back then, without dust or traces of time, as if someone often cleaned it, as if someone had lived here not long ago.
The moment he had this thought, Ethan was startled himself.
Could it be that Rowena Ravenclaw is really still alive!
But it felt a bit impossible. If she was still alive, she wouldn't let her daughter wander alone in Hogwarts Castle. She would either keep her by her side or find a way to resurrect her.
Moreover, with Rowena Ravenclaw teaching her, Helena wouldn't have been so easily tricked by Little Tom into handing over the diadem.
While Ethan was still looking around the space.
The people in the Ravenclaw common room were now a little anxious.
Not long after Ethan jumped down, the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw began to move, returning to its original position and pressing the halo underneath the statue.
Now, the blue light had also stopped, and the entire Ravenclaw common room, except for the diadem on the statue, looked the same as usual.
“What should we do now?”
Cho Chang looked at Penelope with some confusion. The passage had been pressed underground by the statue. Could Ethan still come back?
“Let's wait and see. If Ethan hasn't returned by the time class starts, we'll go find Professor Flitwick.”
Penelope was also a little uneasy.
His life shouldn't be in danger, but Penelope couldn't guarantee whether he would be trapped somewhere and unable to return, especially since the way back had been blocked.
