Reborn at Hogwarts - Chapter 131

c129 Lady Gray and the Land of the Dead (4000)

Although he was thinking about whether to blow up a path in this secret room, Ivan also knew that this was just a matter of thinking.

Not to mention whether there are protective measures in the secret room, his magic power is running out at this time, almost just enough for him to burn himself decently when he encounters danger.

Ivan was a little helpless.

He decided to go around the secret room again. If he still couldn’t find a way to leave, he could only look for something to eat.

Ivan patted the statue angrily.

At this moment… a chill came from behind him.

No, it’s not appropriate to say that it’s cool, to be precise, it’s a feeling of biting cold, as if falling into an ice cave.

It’s as if a ghost is floating through your body…

Then, Ivan saw an erratic figure pass through his body and came to the statue of Ravenclaw.

“Ms. Gray?”

Ivan was stunned.

The ghost called Ms. Gray turned around and looked at him with a slight frown: “What’s the matter?”

what’s the matter?

Ivan simply did not know how to answer her.

The matter is big and serious, okay?

Ms Gray.

The ghost of Ravenclaw house.

She is a woman with waist-length hair and floor-length robes. She is slender and beautiful, but she always looks a little arrogant.

Among the ghosts at Hogwarts, she is a very special one. She always walks alone, doesn’t move with other ghosts, and doesn’t like to talk to Ravenclaw students. Occasionally someone will try to talk to her, but most of the time they will only get a blank look. .

Or ignore it completely.

Ivan had spent more than a year in Ravenclaw, and had only seen Ms. Gray once.

That was before the first-year sorting ceremony was held, and Ivan was waiting outside the auditorium with other freshmen. At this moment, Ms. Gray fluttered out of the wall and asked in his ear, “What is in your left pocket?” After that, she disappeared and didn’t even attend the dinner.

And then for a whole year, she didn’t even come out when Rowena Ravenclaw’s statue was destroyed by the Men in Black.

Now, how did she come to this place?

A Chamber of Secrets built by Rowena Ravenclaw?

Ivan knew that “Ms. Gray” was just a pseudonym for this ghost, and that her real identity was Ravenclaw’s daughter, Helena Ravenclaw, who had stolen her mother’s crown because of her wisdom and fame beyond her mother’s, Eventually killed by Baron, who was sent by Ravenclaw to find her.

Barrow also committed suicide because of this incident and became the ghost of Slytherin.

Ivan still remembers this background story very clearly.

There is no other reason, the crown stolen by Ms. Gray became one of Tom Riddle’s Horcruxes in the future.

At this point it is kept in the Room of Requirement.

…

After waiting for a long time for Ivan’s reply, Ms. Gray frowned and turned to face the statue of her mother again.

She closed her eyes calmly, lowered her head silently, her lips moved slightly, as if she was speaking silently.

Seeing this scene, Ivan’s anxious mood gradually calmed down.

He waited patiently, and after Ms. Gray opened her eyes, he said, “Ms. Gray, is this the secret room left by Ravenclaw?”

Ms. Gray nodded slightly.

“Can you please take me out of here?” Ivan made a request.

Hearing this, Ms. Gray hesitated for a moment, then nodded again.

Ivan’s heart that had always been held high was finally let go.

After getting an affirmative answer from Ms. Gray, he immediately relaxed a lot.

It’s good to be able to leave!

When he felt relieved from the bottom of his heart, Ms. Gray spoke again.

She looked at Ivan with some doubts, and asked, “How did you get here? The entrance should have been blocked.”

“An accident.” Ivan smiled and did not continue to explain.

Although Lady Gray was Rowena Ravenclaw’s daughter and a Hogwarts ghost, he wasn’t ready to be honest with her.

It was already strange that the door would appear in that kind of place.

This ghost, who usually doesn’t show up in school, suddenly came here again.

She also admitted that “the entrance has been blocked”.

It would be strange if there was nothing tricky in it…

Ivan was even thinking at this moment, was the door that could lead to this secret room deliberately discarded by Ms. Gray?

…Think carefully and fear!

In order not to be left here by Ms. Gray after telling the truth, Ivan had to evade his words and try to get away with it.

But Ms. Gray is obviously not that easy to fool. She didn’t seem satisfied with Ivan’s answer, and frowned and asked: “What accident? You found the door?”

Really…why did you get to the bottom of it…

Ivan was helpless.

It was no longer appropriate to play dumb at this time, so he had to admit: “Yes, I did come in through a door.”

After saying this sentence, he suddenly had a feeling of “why knew it earlier”.

I knew she would ask, why did I lie?

Ms. Gray’s expression suddenly became weird.

She drifted closer, almost leaning on Ivan, staring at him tightly.

“Ma’am?” Ivan felt a little uncomfortable when she saw her.

“Take it out,” said Lady Gray suddenly.

“Take out what?”

“The Philosopher’s Stone,” said Lady Gray lightly.

How did she know I had a Philosopher’s Stone on me?

Ivan was taken aback by this sentence.

He almost thought that Lady Gray had seen the contents of the leather pocket just now as she passed through him.

But after thinking about it, he realized that the reason why Ms. Gray said this sentence might be related to the way of entering the secret room.

After learning that Ivan came in through the gate, Ms. Gray’s complexion suddenly changed.

Then, she made the judgment that “Ivan has a Philosopher’s Stone on him”.

In other words… this secret room, only those who hold the Philosopher’s Stone can enter through the gate?

Ivan patted his forehead.

I have to admit that after meeting Ms. Gray, he relaxed a lot, which also prevented him from even making up a convincing lie.

The matter has come to this point, and it is too late to change the words.

Ivan had no choice but to take out the ring he snatched from Borgin-Bork from the leather pocket hanging on his chest under Ms. Gray’s staring gaze.

A ring forged from shards of the Philosopher’s Stone, also known as the Philosopher’s Stone.

The moment she saw the ring, Ms. Gray’s eyes were full of confusion.

She stared at the ring in disbelief for a long while, before pointing at it and questioning Ivan:

“Why is it only so small?”

“It’s not a complete Sorcerer’s Stone, it’s just cast from some fragments that fell from the Sorcerer’s Stone.” Ivan shrugged, saying that he couldn’t do anything about it, “Besides, its owner is not me.”

The underlying meaning of this sentence is already clear.

I’m not its owner, and I don’t have the ability to manipulate it to do anything. If you want me to help you with anything, then I can only say sorry.

Of course, this kind of straightforward refusal may also cause Ivan to lose some things he deserves. In the words of some fairy tale novels he read in his previous life, it is “may miss some opportunities.”

But Ivan didn’t care too much about it.

Although there are not too many good things, but you can’t chew too much.

And you have to live to enjoy it.

Judging from the current situation of “Voldemort before and Paracelsus after”, it is unknown whether he can live to graduate.

Ivan is really planning to think about transferring schools after this incident is over.

Hogwarts is too dangerous!

After hearing Ivan’s words, Ms. Gray fell silent.

After a long while, she spoke again: “Enough.”

“Its magic power has been exhausted.” Ivan added in time.

“…” Although she was a ghost who couldn’t breathe, Ms. Gray still took a deep breath, and Ivan suddenly felt a gust of cold wind hit his face, “It’s okay, it’s just a medium.”

“medium?”

Ivan was a little confused.

“In other words, qualifications.” Ms. Gray regained her previous calm and said lightly, “Those who hold the Philosopher’s Stone have the right and obligation to know the truth of the world and make choices.”

“…”

Ivan was quite frightened by this sentence.

The truth of the world? make a choice?

The two words “truth” and “choice” put together gave him a very bad association.

It seems that the world is on the verge of collapse at this time, and he needs to step forward to turn the tide and help the building to collapse…

This is not a good thing!

Ignoring Ivan whose face kept changing, Ms. Gray continued: “My mother—one of the great founders of Hogwarts, Rowena Ravenclaw, left a The secret is waiting for the holder of the Philosopher’s Stone to reveal it and take on this responsibility.”

Come on come on…take responsibility!

Ivan felt as if he would spit out a mouthful of old blood in the next second.

He sighed deeply, stared at Ms. Gray, and said seriously: “Can I… refuse?”

To be honest, the thing he hates the most is taking on some inexplicable responsibilities.

The responsibilities of the family are his due.

If he becomes a family and finds a job he likes in the future, he is willing to take on this kind of responsibility, and even enjoys it.

But “the truth of the world requires you to make a choice”… Not to mention how vulgar it is, first of all, Ivan doesn’t think it should be borne by himself.

He is just an ordinary little wizard, nothing more than a better family background, stronger strength than his peers, and the advantage of being a traveler with foresight… and this advantage has basically disappeared now.

There are many adults who are more powerful than him, why do you have to bypass them and find a child?

Ivan had such an idea.

After finally reliving his life, he was really afraid that he would die for no apparent reason.

And died on the props that saved the world.

Both secondary and boring.

Seeming to have expected Ivan’s reaction, Ms. Gray showed a rare smile.

She didn’t say yes or no, she just spread her palms and motioned for Ivan to hand over the Philosopher’s Stone ring to her hand.

Ivan still picked up the ring, and carefully placed it in Ms. Gray’s palm.

He had thought that the ring would pass through her body and fall to the ground, but he didn’t expect the ring to land on Ms. Gray’s palm smoothly.

There was even a faint glimmer of light.

“I know what you’re thinking.” Ms. Gray said, she gave Ivan a sideways look, “This matter is closely related to you, but to others, it’s not that important.”

Um?

how do I say this?

Ivan suddenly became alert.

“Can you… tell me in detail?” He hurriedly asked whether it would be embarrassing to ask about the situation after he just stated that he wanted to refuse.

Without saying a word, Ms. Gray silently held the ring and came to the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw.

She read softly:

“Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of human beings.”

In the next instant, Ivan saw the light.

After Ms. Gray finished her last syllable, the ring she held in her palm suddenly burst into white light.

The light was blazing, but it wasn’t dazzling, and it didn’t have the slightest warmth. Instead, it carried a bit of biting chill.

Ivan found that there seemed to be a wind blowing in the secret room.

A gust of wind mixed with strange noises blew past his ears. Ivan turned his head, subconsciously holding his breath, and heard groans of pain and despair from the wind.

“This is……”

Ivan was horrified.

He looked at Ms. Gray, wanting to ask what happened.

However, his questioning stopped abruptly.

The ring forged from the Philosopher’s Stone is missing.

Instead, there was a hole as tall as a person, quietly floating in front of Ms. Gray.

The scene presented in the hole is completely different from that in the chamber of secrets.

The cold wind and moans came from there.

Ivan is very familiar with it.

“Where is… the kingdom of the dead?”

He stared closely at the stone bridge in the hole that seemed to lead to endless void, and the crooked black shadow walking on the bridge.

Ms Gray turned around.

“Yes, the country of the dead.” After she finished speaking, she was silent for a moment, “I have entered there before.”

This is another thing that is not mentioned at all in the original book.

“I just died at that time.” Ms. Gray was deeply immersed in the memory, “I was stabbed to death in the forest of Albania by the blood man Baro… I was very angry, and I also felt some guilt towards my mother. I Mother – Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the founders of Hogwarts.

“At that time, because of my obsession during my lifetime, I should have returned to Hogwarts. Because it was my home, the place where I grew up.

“But… I found that I came to a strange place. A place full of despair, pain and resentment.”

“The country of the dead?” Ivan asked.

“Yes, the country of the dead.” Ms. Gray said in a daze. “At that time, I didn’t know where I was, but I felt very scared… I was driven by an inexplicable force and walked along the bridge. walk forward.

“At the end of the stone bridge, I saw a… huge eagle.”