Chapter 26 The real reason why the lounge was built at the bottom of the lake

Behind the snake door is a long, narrow, low dungeon. The walls and ceiling were made of rough stone, and a round, glowing green lamp hung from the ceiling on a chain.

There are dozens of carved chairs in the lounge, as well as many sofas and coffee tables for students to rest on, decorated with the skulls of various unknown creatures. The dungeon extends all the way down to the bottom of the Black Lake. As a common room located in the dungeon, the Slytherin common room has a view of the Black Lake outside the window. Reflected by the lake, the room takes on a green hue.

Despite the roaring fire beneath an ornately carved mantel, the common room seemed dark and cold.

The layout of the lounge has not changed much from a thousand years ago, except that the light is a little dimmer because it is night now.

To be honest, Les found it a little too humid every time he came here. It's okay to come in with a young body now, but it will be really painful to come to such a humid place when you are older.

But there is nothing I can do about it. Who made me have bad luck in drawing lots in the first place?

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"This tower is nice, with a wide view and good lighting. The common room of Gryffindor House should be here."

"My students have a need to observe the stars, and the Ravenclaw lounge should also be placed in the tower."

"One or two of them have gone to the tower, so the front and underground of the school have been abandoned?!" Slytherin glared at Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, his beard standing on end with anger.

Rowena and Godric turned their attention elsewhere. One of them became very interested in the floor pattern, while the other suddenly paid attention to the splicing of the ceiling.

In front of them was a miniature version of Hogwarts Castle. The castle is very exquisitely made, even the number of glass windows on the tower windows are perfectly reproduced. Looking through the windows, you can see desks, chairs, fireplaces, chandeliers and other furniture.

Of course, such an exquisite model was not built by the four founders, but was reproduced to the same proportions using magic. Not to mention the layout of various furniture, even the pattern of the floor tiles is exactly the same.

The model was about the size of a sheep, standing on the table and turning slowly on its own.

Several founders were quarreling over the location of their respective college lounges.

Everyone wants to live in a bright, atmospheric and well-lit tower for themselves and their students, but for the safety of the castle, a sufficient number of people must be placed at the bottom of the castle. If the rest rooms of the four colleges were all built on towers, Hogwarts would be extremely passive in case of invasion by foreign enemies.

The best plan is for some people to live on the tower. When they climb up and look out, they can immediately detect abnormalities in the distance. Some people live near the first floor, responsible for guarding the castle gate and responding quickly when intruders invade.

So the question is, who will guard the gate? It’s okay for the founder to endure some hardships himself, but this decision will obviously require his students to make great sacrifices, and they cannot be generous to others.

Several people discussed it and finally decided to draw lots.

The result of the draw was that Slytherin and his students were responsible for suppressing the dungeons, Hufflepuff guarded the main entrance hall of the castle, and Gryffindor and Ravenclaw moved into the tower as they wished.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with living in a dungeon. My students can see the beautiful scenery under the Black Lake. This is the only wonder in Britain." Slytherin, who won the lottery, said.

As a wizard, Salazar Slytherin was obviously not a qualified architect. The concept of the lounge in the lake is indeed good, but it is a pity that it was only after the students moved in that they discovered that the place was extremely humid, to the point where magic was needed to dehumidify it.

But what else can be done? The result of the lottery has been settled, and Slytherin is too embarrassed to argue with his old friends anymore, so he can only show his respect by saying that the lake view room is super cool, and use magic to change the air in the lounge every day to keep the overall humidity under control. within an acceptable range.

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Bringing his mind back to the present, Les noticed that the ventilation system he designed thousands of years ago was still functioning normally, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy - running an immortal magic system for thousands of years was something the other three founders could do. ?

I admit that you have good luck in drawing lots, but my spell skills are obviously higher!

After all the freshmen walked into the lounge, the door closed automatically and returned to the stone wall. While Les was distracted, Prefect Gemma began to give a speech to the freshmen. When he came back to his senses, the speech was almost over.

"...There are some things you may need to know. Bloody Barro is the ghost of our college. He is a good man, or a good ghost, but please remember not to ask about the origin of the blood on him (Les: I definitely want to ask (for a moment)."

"The password for the common room changes every two weeks, so please keep an eye on the notice board. Bringing anyone from other houses into the common room is a no-no! It has not been broken into for over seven centuries. !”

Hearing this, Les couldn't help being extremely shocked. He remembered clearly that this was not the case when Hogwarts was first founded. It was extremely common for students from the four houses to hang out in each other's lounges. Some young men and women who had reached their age would even visit each other. They do things they should do at that age.

Godric even cast a spell to prevent boys from entering the girls' dormitory.

But based on the feedback given to him by his students, Les found that Gryffindor's spell seemed to be of little use - would any boy really go to the girls' dormitory to date his girlfriend? Most of the time, there are a few enthusiastic little wizards who "volunteer" to watch the night in the castle at night.

Unexpectedly, a thousand years later, the gap between the various colleges will be so great that no one has visited the common room for seven hundred years, and it will be regarded as something worthy of showing off!

Isn’t this really being isolated?

What Les didn't know was that Slytherin's situation was not an isolated case. Hufflepuff next door was even more outrageous. They claimed that no outsider had ever visited their common room in thousands of years - I really didn't know that Helga invited him over for a drink. Rowena Ravenclaw of Tea was classified as a creature by them.

"Okay, that's all I want to say. I believe you will like our lounge. Good night everyone, and I wish you a good sleep." There was no rumored drama of "freshmen duel to separate shadow prefects", Gemma She ended her speech calmly and began to lead the freshmen to their dormitories.

Gemma first led the girls to their dormitories, and then led the boys to the other side of the lounge. After going around a few times in the not-so-wide corridor, they finally arrived.

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