"Helga...... Does she have any wishes?" Alan, abruptly turning the conversation to the late Helga Hufflepuff.

The Mentor had been saying that Hogwarts would be worthy of the title of the best school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world, and she didn't know why she suddenly went to Holy Rome once before she died. Bonnie then said with some confusion, "We are the best school! Although I heard that there is a witch named Nelida Vokanova in the former Bulgarian region of the Eastern Roman Empire, it seems that she has recently established a magical academy near Scandinavia, but she is not at all the same level as us Hogwarts. ”

Alan was silent for a long time, he knew that Helga should have gone to see Rowena once when he knew his time was near, and her wish should be that the descent that Alan had described to her and Gryffindor before, and that Hogwarts had been led by Dumbledore and his previous headmasters, could be improved.

His gaze fell on the wall behind Bonnie, and it was clear that Hogwarts had no custom of hanging portraits of the Headmasters on the walls, and the portraits of the four founders were not on them.

"Didn't Helga leave any portraits?" asked Allen, with some regret.

"Ah, don't you say that I almost forgot, but there is indeed one that the master said was reserved for you, so I have been very careful to keep it. Instead of using magic, Bonnie got up and walked to a large cupboard, and tapped the magic locks on it with her wand, and the intricate chains clanged and the cabinet opened automatically, and Bonnie carefully held out a portrait with a brown wooden frame, "But the mentor only comes out occasionally when he comes out of the garden yard to pick vegetables, and we call her outside, and she can't hear it." ”

Helga's setup was not unexpected by Allen – Hufflepuff's common rooms and dormitories were said to have been unseen for over a thousand years, and like their house badger, Hufflepuff knew exactly how to hide – how to protect themselves.

In the portrait, a semi-basement-like tavern made of huge oak roots and mud holes, half underground and half above ground, the whole tavern is circled around the large oak tree, the roof is covered with a thick green lawn, and the enchanted garden grows on the thick layer of dirt on the roof of the tavern.

"Helga's late night tavern. Alan's face was full of memories.

"Although I was reprimanded by my mentor for being clumsy at that time, it was a really easy and beautiful time. Bonnie recalled how young and clumsy she had been, and sighed, "Would you like to try my craft?" ”

"Then you're welcome, if you have time, make me some pudding, someone likes to eat it in particular, by the way, how about Tracy who makes the food raw?" Alan thought that he was about to bring Luna back, so he unceremoniously asked Bonnie for some pudding made from the materials of this era—even if the method was exactly the same, apparently because the materials would be more or less different, so Alan did not have the confidence to make the exact same taste in his era.

"Last time, I didn't dare to talk to you much because of my immaturity, but Tracy actually left the Mentor before Hogwarts was founded, and I heard that it seems to have gone to France—but unfortunately she didn't stay long, and she didn't have time to learn a lot of things. Although Bonnie's classmate was not friendly to her at the time, she now hears the name with only some nostalgia and no negativity.

"Judging from the fact that she always serves things before they are cooked, Tracy is too anxious, and you are just the opposite, you are always worried that you will eat bad stomachs if you don't cook things, so even things that should be half-cooked will become fully cooked when they reach you - Bonnie, that's why Helga will take a fancy to you more, you have Hufflepuff potential in your bones. The teacup spun around in Allen's hand, and he looked at Bonnie, who was a little shy of compliments, "Do you remember the Muggle troubadour who used to come to the tavern for dinner and then pay for it with singing?"

"Of course, he gave us a lot of relaxing moments, and he sang well. Bonnie laughed lightly, and hummed a few words of the poet's often sung tune.

"I saw his descendants on the Muggle battlefield this time, and they were of very good character, but they were forced to do some dishonorable things and lose their lives to atone for their sins. Alan pulled out the gem containing the soul of Aiu Taylor, "I haven't figured out how to place his soul, so why don't I make him a regular in the tavern in the portrait?"

Bonnie still felt a little uncomfortable with Allen's playful play with Muggle souls so lightly, but through the mouth of the mentor, Bonnie, who knew the partial information of the wizard in front of her who did not seem to be aging, knew that the other party was not a dark wizard who had completely fallen into the dark side, but was a little unscrupulous about research and life like many Ravenclaws, plus the red-haired man who looked at the eyebrows flashing in the gem, although she didn't know how Alan was going to make a portrait of a soul, she finally didn't say anything but nodded in agreement.

Next, Bonnie takes Merlin to the kitchen and asks the house-elves to bring Alan some painting tools.

Alan, who was left behind in the vice-principal's office, rearranged the portrait of the late-night tavern in front of him, and picked up the gem of the soul of Aiu Taylor, and began to recall the knowledge of the portrait and soul magic.

Hogwarts portraits can speak and move between frames, behaving in line with the person being painted. However, their ability to communicate with people has nothing to do with the artist's technique, but rather on the strength of the real person in the painting. The person in the portrait can use the model's favorite words and imitate their every move.

Thus, the portrait of Sir Cadogan, which is forever declaring war on the people, and the fall from his horse and the great lack of balance in his movements are the impressions that the protagonist makes to the poor painter who painted him, while the portrait of the fat lady has been fond of good food, good wine, and strict security for many years after the protagonist's death. However, none of these portraits can carry out a deeper dialogue about their lives: they are only two-dimensional, and they are only representations of the image of the protagonist in the eyes of the artist.

Some of the portraits are able to communicate quite a bit with the living world. In the still unformed tradition of Hogwarts, future Headmasters would ask someone to paint a portrait of themselves before they died. Once the portrait is complete, the headmaster, the protagonist of the portrait, locks it up and periodically opens the cabinet to visit it if they wish. They teach the person in the portrait to imitate their own behavior and impart various useful memories or knowledge. This information can then be used by successive principals for centuries to come.

In Allen's time, some of the in-depth knowledge and insights of the portraits of previous principals were known only to serving principals and a very small number of students. When someone visits, the person in the portrait is basically pretending to be napping.

But the most important thing is that even if he can communicate and have the ability to think, these portraits are soulless, and what Eren needs to do now is to bind the soul of Aiu Taylor Buddha to his portrait, which is not a big problem for Elan, who has already read the Nether scrolls and has knowledge about souls- On the contrary, it was quite difficult for Allen, who had not formally learned to paint, to draw first, but fortunately, some of the subtle control of muscles and the unforgettable memory of Allen finally started to write after practicing a few times.