Chapter 19 The Room of Requirement

"Ah, Professor Frémont, it's so late, haven't you gone to bed yet? What a coincidence, I met you here." George said without saying anything, and quietly hid the parchment in his hand behind his back.

"Yes, Professor Frémont, what's the matter with you? If nothing happens, we'll leave first." Fred said, covering for George.

Xia Ran guessed what the parchment in the hands of the twin brothers was. It was most likely the Marauder's Map. The original time and space was in the hands of the two brothers from the beginning, and was later given to Harry because he did not get the guardian's signature permission. Gwarts secret passage leads to Hogsmeade, the wizarding village outside the school.

That happened when Harry was in his third year. Although he is now in his second year, when the twin brothers were detained by Filch, they found a blank parchment from where Filch had confiscated many magic items. , quietly brought him out of Filch's office, and finally figured out how to use it.

Needless to say, they were planning some kind of prank when they came out at night, but they were almost caught by Mr. Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts Castle.

The Marauder's Map is a magical item made by Harry's father James Potter, Sirius Black, the werewolf Remus Lupin and the later rebel Peter Pettigrew. After chanting the spell "I solemnly swear "I don't do good things", the name of the wizard in the castle will appear on the blank parchment. It is a magic item that is easy to use and has no side effects.

"By the way, I wonder if the Marauder's Map has Force points?" Xia Ran's heart moved slightly, she took out the Professor's Majesty, looked at Fred and George, and said, "What are you holding in your hand?"

"Professor, it's just an ordinary piece of parchment." George said.

"Let me take a look." Xia Ran said.

"Um, Professor..." Sensing Xia Ran's stern gaze, George said, "Okay, Professor, as you wish."

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, George had no choice but to take out the Marauder's Map from behind and handed it to Xia Ran.

The eyes of the two brothers were very sad. Because of avoiding Filch's pursuit, one negligence would cost them such an item that was perfect for pranks. In the past two years, the Marauder's Map had helped them so much.

"Huh?" Xia Ran found many names on the parchment. His own name almost overlapped with his twin brother's, and a few aisles away, the name of the administrator Filch was displayed.

Dumbledore's name moved around the small room, and the headmaster seemed to be still asleep.

But this was not what Xia Ran expected. He never felt the reaction of his panel system, which meant that the Marauder's Map did not contain any Force points. He could only sigh helplessly.

"Don't deduct points, Professor, let's go back to the dormitory and sleep." Fred said. He thought Xia Ran sighed because he wanted to deduct points from Gryffindor. When Gryffindor students wake up tomorrow morning, If he found out that his academy had points deducted for some unknown reason overnight, he felt that both of them would definitely be scolded.

"Professor, shake off," George said.

"Who said I'm going to deduct points?" Xia Ran raised his eyebrows and said in surprise. He was also planning to return the Marauder's Map to the twin brothers. Since he had no Force points, it would be useless for him to ask for the Marauder's Map. As a A famous professor, he has no rules.

"Professor, are you going to put us in solitary confinement?" Fred and George looked at each other in shock and said, "This is better than deducting points."

"No need." Xia Ran shook his head and said with a smile, "You should pay more attention in the future and don't get caught by other professors. No, I will return the Marauder's Map to you." He handed the Marauder's Map to George.

"Really, Professor?" Fred's eyes lit up.

George asked doubtfully: "Professor, do you recognize the Marauder's Map?"

Xia Ran smiled, and suddenly remembered something, and felt that she seemed to have grasped some key, and asked: "Where did you just say you hid things?"

"Oh, that's a strange place on the eighth floor. We just needed a place to hide things, and a smooth door appeared on the wall, and we hid the things inside." George answered.

There was a bang in Xia Ran's mind, and he finally realized that it was the Room of Requirement. He had known before that Voldemort had hidden one of his Horcruxes in it.

Ravenclaw's diadem!

At first, he just wanted to hide his strength and bide his time, not to provoke enemies that he could not deal with now, which led to a blind spot in his cognition. It was clear that there was a magic item that might contain Force points - Hogwarts. Ravenclaw's diadem in the Room of Requirement was completely within his reach without any enchantment or biological protection.

As for whether absorbing the Force points in Ravenclaw's diadem - if there were indeed Force points - would cause damage to a piece of Voldemort's soul hidden in the diadem, this was beyond his consideration.

Voldemort is powerful and ruthless, but hasn't he yet escaped from the trap and returned from resurrection?

Suddenly, Filch's footsteps came from the side.

"You guys go back quickly." Xia Ran said.

Fred and George put away the Marauder's Map and trotted back to the Gryffindor common room.

Xia Ran didn't want to meet Filch face to face, so he cast a Disappearance Curse on himself, and his figure instantly faded and disappeared. Although his attainment of the Disappearance Curse was not as good as Dumbledore's, he was still able to use it without the Invisibility Cloak. In this case, this is a very useful spell. Although it has many limitations, its flaws outweigh its advantages.

Therefore, when Filch came to this corridor, there was no one in the corridor, as if the voices he just heard were all hallucinations.

Filch was doubtful and left this floor, returning to his office to sleep.

Xia Ran lifted the illusion spell and went directly to the eighth floor. He remembered that the Room of Requirement was in front of a huge tapestry depicting silly Barnabas trying to teach a troll to dance ballet. Opposite was a section of white wall.

"Meditate in your mind on the place you want to go into." Xia Ran whispered. When Voldemort placed the Ravenclaw diadem, he should have placed it in a room that contained many contraband items from Hogwarts students over the past millennium.

I need a room to hide my stuff...I need a room to hide my stuff...

Xia Ran walked back and forth in the aisle on the eighth floor, thinking this in her heart.

After he walked back and forth three times in a row, a smooth door suddenly appeared on the white wall opposite the huge tapestry. Xia Ran was secretly happy, held the copper handle, and opened the door.

Inside is a very huge place, surrounded by silence. This place is almost as big as a church. The interior scene looks like a city. Those high walls are hidden by thousands of students who are no longer alive. Made of stuff.

Xia Ran looked at this large room and suddenly felt at a loss.