Chapter 441 Rowena: Help me, Mr. Salazar
"The people from the Secret Order are really persistent. How many times have they entered Hogwarts?" Rowena said in a teasing tone, "Salazar has sent me materials twice."
"It should be three times, right?" Les scratched his head.
This could not be blamed on his bad memory, but mainly because the monks of the secret order did not leave him with a very deep impression - he still remembered the details of Ragnarok clearly.
What people can remember is limited. Those unimportant memories will sink deep into the sea of memory until they emerge when triggered by key words.
Of course, the big thing that the secret society did this afternoon will probably be remembered by him for the rest of his life.
Well, Godric Gryffindor's return to Hogwarts is truly breathtaking.
"Did you record the grand event at noon today?" Les blinked and had a brilliant idea.
"Of course. This is a milestone event for Hogwarts. How can there be no record of it?" Rowena smiled and took out a crystal ball from her arms.
She tapped the crystal ball gently, and then scenes of phantoms began to flash in the crystal ball, all of which were images of what had just happened.
Finally, the picture in the crystal ball froze on the moment the red-haired man appeared.
[The Secret Order——Godric Gryffindor——]
A familiar voice came from the crystal ball.
The corners of the mouths of the three people in the office all curled up at the same time, and they all looked like they wanted to hold back their laughter but couldn't.
Looking at Godric's appearance in the crystal ball, Les nodded with satisfaction: When Godric comes to his senses and returns to Hogwarts in the future, he will copy this video and play it at his birthday party, or give it to him as a birthday present.
After showing Sara what he wanted to see, Rowena reached out and took the crystal ball back.
Les suddenly felt like something was wrong, but Rowena started talking again, distracting him.
"I suggest not to take any action against him yet. I want to see what he really wants to do - he can't really come to participate in the competition!"
After some thought, Les agreed to Rowena's proposal.
Anyway, he needs to focus on the game, and let Rowena worry about this Godric incident.
Seeing that the two old friends had reached an agreement, Helga also expressed her agreement, but still shared her inner concerns with them.
"Isn't it too dangerous to let a guy with ulterior motives roam around the castle like this?"
"Sometimes you have to take a little risk. Otherwise, how do you know why he came? More importantly, this guy's condition is very special. I can't see any flaws."
"Me too," Les replied.
Les didn't see any flaws in the man who claimed to be Godric. If he hadn't summoned the phantom of Gryffindor in the Resurrection Stone before, he might really think it was Godric.
After leaving Hogwarts, Godric chose to establish the Secret Order in order to eliminate the influence of the God's Remains. This explanation seems to make sense.
After hearing what her two old friends said, Helga's expression became serious, because she couldn't see any flaws in that guy.
He seemed like the old friend who left school a thousand years ago.
"You see, this is very interesting." Les could see from Helga's expression that this meticulous witch had not been able to catch the other party's flaws.
"If even the three of us can't identify him as a fake, then there's no difference between him and a real Gryffindor."
Rice nodded, but then shook his head.
There’s a Muggle saying that if something quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, and tastes like a duck, then it’s a duck. But that certainly doesn’t apply in this case.
Rice's mind flashed back to the little things he had experienced with Gryffindor in the past, and he couldn't help but sigh: If Godric were here, he would have jumped up and screamed, beat up the imposter who pretended to be his friend, and then arrested him, right?
He didn't seem to need to look for any so-called evidence like others to prove that the other party was a fake.
In his opinion, if you hit someone, just hit him. If you find out in the future that you hit the wrong person, just apologize and that's it.
"Why don't we just take action and take him down?" After blurting out the thought in his mind, Rice felt a little regretful: this decision was really not in line with his style.
Rowena and Helga's eyes widened at the same time.
Oh my god, how could I hear such advice from Salazar? !
"I object."
"This is not good."
Rowena and Helga both rejected Salazar's proposal.
It was obviously unwise to have a reckless conflict with the mysterious visitor from the Secret Society at this juncture. The magic power of that Godric was comparable to that of the three of them. If he really possessed Godric's fire domain, it would be difficult for them to control the scope of the battle. The battle might last for months and stretch for thousands of miles. Hogwarts might be razed to the ground, and there was no way they could capture the other party alive.
"I want to find out what that guy's purpose is first. It won't be too late to take action after he reveals his true intentions." Rowena expressed her opinion.
"It is not appropriate to hold the battle in Hogwarts." Helga's attitude was also very clear.
Rice chose the majority rule.
"They just want to take the opportunity to destroy Hogwarts or get some benefits from the seal in the dungeon. But I don't understand how this has anything to do with the purpose of the Secret Society. The information I have here tells me that the ultimate goal of the Secret Society is to bring back the Age of Gods. I don't know what method they plan to use."
"Just take a look and you'll know." Rowena still maintained her fishing attitude.
"Okay." Les supported Rowena's idea.
“By the way, let me keep the resurrection stone ring.” He added, as if he had thought of something.
Rowena narrowed her eyes. "Salazar, do you not trust me? I said I would not--"
"I can't trust it." Les's words left Rowena speechless.
He really wasn't lying, because Rowena herself found it difficult to control the urge to summon Godric again to see what would happen.
She is indeed a woman who is difficult to trust!
Rowena returned the Resurrection Stone ring to Les.
"According to modern wizards, this ring is a dark magic item." Rowena said with certainty: "Its malicious intent towards the user is extremely obvious. It is inducing people to commit suicide."
"So what do you think of the summoned Gryffindor? Is he a reflection of our memories?"
Rowena shook her head.
The Godric summoned from the resurrection stone ring was different, and she had a bolder guess.
She felt that the phantoms summoned by herself, Salazar, and Helga might be much less affected by the Resurrection Stone, because their souls were more powerful, and the memories contained within them were more condensed and detailed. The phantoms formed based on this characteristic might not be distorted too much by the Resurrection Stone.
However, this experiment cannot be carried out now because of the appearance of Gryffindor.
She had several theories about what would happen if she used the Resurrection Stone to summon Godric now, but it was obvious that Salazar would never allow her to do such a dangerous experiment.
If he really did that, he would have to be prepared to have a big fight with Salazar - then Hogwarts would be really doomed under the internal and external troubles.
After carefully putting away the resurrection stone ring, Rice said to Helga and Rowena: "I guess you will have to find a way to explain to Dumbledore later. Do you want to tell him the truth?"
Helga and Rowena frowned again.
"I feel I can trust Dumbledore. He is also a wizard with a domain, and he is also the current headmaster of Hogwarts." Helga said.
Rowena just kept stroking her chin and didn't say anything.
Not too many people should know about this matter, but Dumbledore is obviously the person most qualified to know.
"It's up to you. I'm just an ordinary contestant now anyway." Rice stretched.
He felt that it was okay for Dumbledore to know about this or not, but he also understood that in his own heart and in the hearts of his old friends, Dumbledore would never be able to gain their wholehearted trust.
In Muggle terms, there is no bond between Dumbledore and them, no shared memories. They will respect him and trust him in most things, but that's it.
"You'll find a way to explain this to Dumbledore later." Rowena threw this somewhat tricky matter to Helga.
Seeing that the most important thing had been discussed, Rice began to inquire about things related to his own interests, that is, tomorrow's game.
"Hey? Our Lord Salazar Slytherin wants to cheat? Of course I have no objection here, I will share the information with you~"
Rowena's words made Les' face darken: This girl wants something from me, right? Why is she acting like I want something from her?
"No need. I just want to ask, what's the matter with the start distribution based on strength?"
After these words were spoken, Rowena suddenly fell silent.
Les didn't notice anything unusual at first, but he soon noticed the changes in Rowena.
Huh? Les raised his eyebrows: Rowena looks a little strange...
About a minute later, Rowena finally responded to Les's question, and her expression became serious.
"You better be careful not to capsize in the ditch, Salazar."
A question mark slowly appeared on Les and Helga's foreheads: ?
Ah? ? ?
Rowena, you really did something big again! An idea suddenly flashed through Les' mind, and he screamed heartbreakingly in his heart.
No wonder, the case was solved, and the reason why Rowena insisted on participating in the competition herself was found out - she had made trouble again, and she needed to clean up the mess herself.
"I really didn't mean it this time."
"So you did it on purpose?"
Rowena:…
"This time, the openings will really be distributed according to your actual strength, so Salazar, you must be prepared."
Les scratched his head: He was now really curious about what Rowena had come up with.
"It's Life Alchemy, it's completely out of control. I brought the out-of-control part out of the dungeon and made it into the venue for this competition. Actually, I didn't think it was that out of control at first, and I felt that things were still under control. But when I went to investigate the site a few days ago, I found that the problem seemed to be quite serious..."
"Ah?!" Les and Helga made the same sound.
"You use this thing as a venue?!" Rice widened his eyes and asked in an incredible tone.
"Are you crazy?" Helga was more direct and directly inquired about Rowena's mental state.
"I told you, it wasn't that out of control when it came to making the playing field." Rowena tried to defend herself, but Les and Helga didn't quite believe her.
"Tell me about the alchemy of life first." After taking two deep breaths, Les asked Rowena to start from the beginning.
"Life-giving alchemy, this is the core concept of this competition. Without the support of life alchemy, this competition is just a child's play. There is no need for you to participate."
As soon as Rowena started, Les realized something was wrong: the trouble she had caused this time was no less serious than the one she had caused in the past...
He probably already guessed what happened.
"Tell me the truth. When you and Helga were trying to trick me into the competition, what was the situation of your experiment?"
"Most of the situation is still under my control, but the game is really difficult, so I need you to enter as a final insurance."
Rice's eyes went dark: "Most of it is still under control, doesn't that mean that some of it is out of control? Also, why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?"
Helga, who was sitting on the side, licked her lips. She was now glad that she was a professor and could not participate in the competition at all, so this matter did not bother her at the moment - but could the old venomous snake handle it alone? After all, Rowena, the founder, felt that it was difficult and could not control the situation.
Rice was also aware of this problem.
He took a deep breath and said, "Don't just stand there, come in with me and fill the hole."
As a result, Rowena looked at Les with an apologetic look and told him that the two of them could not enter.
"What do you mean I can't get in?!" Rice felt his blood pressure rising little by little.
"I cast a spell on that venue, and no one over the age of twenty-one can enter. Now this spell has gone out of control due to the venue's problems, and it cannot be undone. The same goes for the spell that allocates the starting locations based on strength."
"So I can be considered under 21?" Les blinked: he felt that he could never be considered under 21, right?
"I left a backdoor when I cast the spell and gave you special access permissions. Although I can't make changes to the spell now, the permissions I left behind are still there, so you can still enter."
Les didn't know what to say at all.
"So, help me, Mr. Salazar!" Rowena requested in a sincere tone.
As Les' blood pressure soared, he suddenly became curious and wanted to know what kind of trouble Rowena had caused.
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