#82 - Section 82
This is the wealth that Ravenclaw left to her descendants. Perhaps there will be trials, but endangering lives is unlikely.
As the founder of Ravenclaw House, she wouldn't harm the young wizards of her own house.
I can only hope that Ethan can find his way back quickly.
“Senior, should we cover this diadem?”
Luna pointed to the diadem on the Ravenclaw statue, which was emitting a faint light, and said to Penelope.
It was too conspicuous. Anyone who came over would definitely see it.
“Cover it up!”
With that, Penelope used a Transfiguration spell to conjure a wizard's hat and placed it on the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw.
Although it looked a bit suspicious, Penelope believed she could fool anyone.
At this moment, Ethan had already arrived at the center of the chamber. Before he could reach the library area, torches suddenly extended from the walls around the chamber, the flames within being a pure bright yellow and blue.
At the same time, a crystal ball on the workbench began to flicker with a deep blue light.
Ethan stopped and watched all of this, clearly triggering some kind of mechanism.
As the deep blue light became more and more dazzling, Ethan couldn't help but shield his eyes with his hand until the deep blue light stopped flickering, and then he lowered his hand.
Appearing before him was a witch wearing a blue robe, quite tall, with black hair and eyes, and a face that looked somewhat stern, probably in her early thirties.
She looked much younger than the statue in the common room and bore a ninety percent resemblance to the Ravenclaw in the portraits in this chamber.
“Nine hundred and eighty years later?”
The witch who appeared furrowed her brow slightly. The time span far exceeded her expectations.
Why did the chamber, which should have been opened quickly, take so long?
“Are you Madam Ravenclaw?”
Regarding the founder of Hogwarts, it was still worth showing respect, and besides, Ethan couldn't really tell Ravenclaw's state at the moment.
“I am not Ravenclaw herself, but a magical imprint she left here!”
Ravenclaw's tone was full of regret, which she didn't hide at all.
This was not just a magical imprint, but also a fragment of her soul, left specifically to meet Helena again.
She didn't expect that she still hadn't gotten her wish, and it had even been activated after nearly a thousand years.
However, she had also prepared for the possibility that the visitor was not Helena.
“Also, who made the diadem into a Horcrux?”
Suddenly, Ravenclaw's expression changed, and her whole person turned cold.
When she had just awakened, she was receiving messages. The diadem on the statue was naturally noticed by her. This was originally made by herself, and she had worn it for many years, so she was very familiar with it. The soul inside was simply too glaring.
Ravenclaw didn't mind who made Horcruxes. She herself could, she just hadn't done so. It wasn't even a taboo.
But one should not turn her diadem into a Horcrux.
“This is the most powerful dark wizard of our time. He made the Horcrux fifty years ago, hid it in the Room of Requirement, and I found it. Now he has only a wisp of a remnant soul left, hiding somewhere.”
To be precise, it should have been more than forty years ago, but it was about the same.
“How is Helena now? You should know who I'm talking about!”
This was what she was most concerned about at the moment. She had sent the Bloody Baron to retrieve Helena not long before she died of illness. It was only after a thousand years that this bit of soul fragment was awakened, and what awaited her was not her own blood descendants. She could sense this.
Being able to find her chamber and obtain her diadem, he must have investigated her. The fact that she had a daughter was not a secret. People with ulterior motives could still find it out.
“Madam Helena now goes by the name of the Grey Lady. She is the ghost of Ravenclaw and should still be wandering within Hogwarts.”
Ethan said what he knew. It's just that you can sense how many years have passed, but you don't know the news of your daughter?
“A ghost?”
Ravenclaw was momentarily lost in thought. She didn't expect that the next time she heard news of her daughter, it would be like this.
Having become a ghost, everything here was no longer related to Helena.
“Pass the trial, and you will inherit everything here. Are you ready?”
“Let me remind you, you only have one chance. Failure will result in being sent away, and there will be no second chance for the trial.”
“Yes, I am ready!”
Ethan nodded affirmatively.
It's just that if Helena were here at this moment, Ethan suspected that there would be no need for a trial, and she would directly obtain Ravenclaw's legacy?
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Chapter 110: An Incomprehensible Trial
As Ethan's voice fell, the portraits on the front wall floated automatically without any wind.
Until it was three meters away from Ethan, black and white halos spread from the portraits.
Ethan did not dodge and stood upright in place, completely enveloped by the two-colored halos.
“You can come out if you pass. If you fail or haven’t passed after an hour, you will be teleported away!”
A voice rang in Ethan's ear. At the same time, the world began to fade in Ethan's eyes, and then re-colored, eventually turning into a black and white mirrored space.
Ethan felt somewhat familiar with this scene, a bit like the illusion space that Credence was pulled into when he fought Dumbledore, but it was also somewhat different. After all, Ethan hadn't really experienced Dumbledore's one.
And standing opposite Ethan were four familiar figures, just like in the portraits, they were their younger selves.
The black-haired, black-eyed, and tall witch Rowena Ravenclaw.
The red-haired, blue-eyed, kind-faced, and slightly chubby witch Helga Hufflepuff.
The gray-haired, gray-eyed, and arrogant young man Salazar Slytherin.
The red-haired, green-eyed, and muscular man Godric Gryffindor.
Am I fighting the Four Founders?
Although this is just an extremely weakened version, no student's trial is like this. It's simply a bit unreasonable.
Ethan didn't move, and the opposite side didn't make any movements either. It seemed that they were waiting for him to make the first move.
According to Ethan's observation, these don't seem to be living things with their own thinking abilities like the portraits of Hogwarts, but more like puppets with pre-set programs.
At first, I thought it was a test of learning, but I didn't expect that I still have to fight after all.
“Mjolnir!”
With a wave of his hand, a hammer flashing with endless lightning suddenly appeared in mid-air, smashing down with the force of a thunderbolt!
The wide attack range made it impossible for the four to dodge at all.
“Protego!”
“Protego Maxima!”
Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw raised their wands, and two consecutive barriers unfolded in mid-air.
Bang!
Bang!
Thor's Hammer directly crushed the first barrier, and amidst a burst of blue light fragments, continued to smash into the second barrier.
"Protego Maxima!"
"Impedimenta!"
Slytherin acted, immediately reinforcing the second barrier as it was about to shatter.
Gryffindor directly transformed into a magnificent lion, opening its sharp teeth and claws to pounce towards Ethan.
Bang!
A crisp collision sound rang out, and the huge lion's head plunged headfirst into the blue barrier, deforming even its nose, while also causing ripples on the barrier.
This was Ethan's alchemical tool, inscribed with Body-Binding Armor, although the strength was not as high as his own casting, it was suitable for use at this moment.
"Corvus Gathering!"
Ravenclaw also launched a counterattack, with dozens of pitch-black crows circling above her head, rushing towards Ethan from all directions.
Different from his own Crow Storm, this should be an improved and upgraded version of Bird Swarm.
After a brief exchange, Ethan roughly judged the approximate strength of these four Hogwarts founder puppets.
They were stronger than ordinary adult wizards, unable to cast overly advanced magic, and their cooperation was fairly tacit, but their thinking was rigid.
It really was a cut to the main artery!
"Gungnir!"
The lightning spear appeared in front of Ethan, and at the moment the blue barrier exploded with thunder, it struck out like lightning, blasting the head of the huge lion, which had not yet reacted.
A large amount of black juice splattered everywhere, and the lion, having lost its head, also fell to the ground, turning into a pool of ink-like liquid.
At this time, the pitch-black crows also flew above Ethan, and Hufflepuff and Slytherin also freed up their hands.
The former unleashed a scorching red flame, and the latter two pitch-black giant snakes, together sealing off all of Ethan's escape routes.
A wisp of white flame emerged from the tip of Ethan's wand, and in the blink of an eye, transformed the entire Mirror Space into a sea of fire, with everything burning in the flames.
The crows and black snakes were directly reduced to ashes, the scarlet flames were assimilated, and Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, at the moment they were enveloped in flames, turned into black smoke and vanished.
Ethan constantly heard cracking sounds in his ears, undoubtedly indicating that he had passed the test.
The strength of the four founders was nothing to Ethan, but for other Hogwarts students, it could be said to be nightmare-level difficulty.
If Slytherin's initial test was comparable to what Ethan faced today, how did Little Tom get through it back then?
Ethan absolutely did not believe that Little Tom, while still studying at Hogwarts, could directly face four beings stronger than ordinary adult wizards, and who cooperated quite tacitly.
Did Slytherin hold back, or was his own difficulty increased?
Finally, the entire space shattered, and Ethan returned to the Chamber of Secrets, where Ravenclaw was standing in front of him, still holding the portrait of the four founders.
The look of astonishment in her eyes could not be concealed.
She had been able to see the scene just now, and did not expect this little wizard to possess such strength, directly and violently breaking through the level she had set up.
Although she was very happy that Ravenclaw had produced a promising little wizard, she had not intended this when she initially set up this level!
Little wizards could not pass with pure strength alone, they had to use their wisdom, just like her motto.
In the setting, one only needed to guide Gryffindor or Slytherin's magic to accidentally injure the other, and the two would start fighting, then Hufflepuff would come forward to stop them, and the only one who truly needed to be faced was herself.
As long as one could solve the one representing herself, the remaining three did not need to be bothered with, and would die in the infighting.
This was all set in the program, depending on whether the little wizard could relate to the relationship between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
In her era, Gryffindor and Slytherin often bickered, but there were no major disputes, but the little wizards in the lower houses did not like each other, and everyone wanted to suppress the other, belonging to the kind who had to step on the other a couple of times when they saw an opportunity.
This had already formed a kind of spirit, and Ravenclaw believed that as long as Hogwarts still existed, the relationship between Slytherin and Gryffindor would continue to be entangled like this.
It was a pity that her preparations were in vain, encountering such a monster, who forcibly broke through her level.
Compared to Ravenclaw, he felt more like Gryffindor, reckless, fearless, and fond of using brute force without using his brain.
"Tell me about the situation of Hogwarts and Ravenclaw in recent years."
After hanging the portrait back in its original place, Ravenclaw led Ethan to the rest area.
There were only two things she cared about, Helena and Hogwarts. Helena was already a ghost, and Ravenclaw had given up on meeting her, as a meeting after a thousand years could only add to her distress, and could not leave anything behind.
Hogwarts was also like her own child, the address was chosen by herself, and the construction was supervised by herself. Ravenclaw also wanted to know how Hogwarts was now after a thousand years of development.
After being awakened, the information collected was limited to the means she had left in this secret room, and she could only check the current Ravenclaw Tower, but she could not know the current development of Hogwarts and what major events had happened in recent years.
After all, what was observed was only the appearance, and it was impossible to directly read the memories in the little wizards' minds.
Ethan could only say what he knew, mostly from the contents of 'Hogwarts: A History' and 'A History of Magic', as well as some of the current situation of Hogwarts.
When she heard that the contemporary headmaster, Dumbledore, had included most of the books in the Restricted Section into the headmaster's office, Ravenclaw's face darkened, because of one bad apple, he had directly cut off the road for the little wizards behind, this headmaster was unqualified!
The establishment of the Restricted Section was initially proposed by Ravenclaw, and when the library was established, it was to provide a better platform for more excellent, hardworking, and unwilling-to-be-ordinary little wizards.
This was to facilitate the growth of the little wizards, giving them more opportunities to choose a suitable path, whether you openly obtained a professor's approval slip, or secretly went to browse, this was all allowed.
