The no-book area is located at the back of the library and is separated by a rope.

Many young wizards firmly believe that the books stored here are dangerous and powerful, and that there is likely to be a very powerful black magic in them.

Gawain thinks... And they were right.

"Poison Magic, Potions, Cutting-Edge Transfiguration, The Secret of the Stars..."

Gawain scanned the books one by one, and found that unlike the collections that seemed "harmless to humans and animals" in the ordinary area, the books here were powerful enough just from the sound of their names.

Many of them looked quaint and shabby, very heavy, and one was even chained up.

- The cover of the book had a twisted and struggling human face on it.

It seems to have noticed footsteps, and its eyeballs are spinning, looking very eerie and terrifying.

Gawain cautiously shrunk under the cloak of invisibility, took out his notebook, and copied down the names of the books he was interested in. Today is just his first exploration, and if he wants to go through them one by one, it will undoubtedly be too dangerous and too wasteful.

Still, he at least opened the book of "Poison Magic".

It was written by a wizard named Godlot, who, with the help of a wand made of El Horn, wrote a series of dangerous spells that greatly advanced the study of dark arts.

In this book, there is a lot of black magic written about it. From spells, potions, to rituals, curses. Some not only require the sorcerer's blood or malice, but some of the most excessive even require killing.

Relentless killing.

The corpse, the unforgivable curse, the potion of pain...

Gao Wenzhi also found the curse he had used before.

Compared to the information provided by Miranda, the curses in the book are more comprehensive, and there are many gestures and rituals that can strengthen the connection between the wizard and the curse and increase the success rate.

But to his surprise, the author doesn't call it "black magic".

"It is true that it uses venom as a ritual material, and manifests it in a vicious and cruel form, but in reality, it is nothing more than a tribute to the will of an ancient man. His name is now unknown, but his power remains, only as time goes on, it has become more difficult to the point where few people are able to use it today. ”

Goldlot describes it this way and classifies it as "occult."

Gawain remembered the name and put the book back. He now understands why ordinary students can't be allowed to access the forbidden zone, which is too dangerous.

Just imagine being seen by someone like Malfoy...

It's still gone.

Carefully inserting "Poison Magic" back into the bookshelf, Gawain walked deeper into the forbidden book section.

He saw a small door.

It bears some resemblance to the door to the principal's office, with brown wood grain and an eagle's head on the handle.

Gawain had never seen such a carved eagle so vivid, and it even looked like it was still alive.

No, it's alive.

Its eyes suddenly rose sharply, as if it saw Gawain hidden under the invisibility cloak, and it actually lifted up slightly. Then, in the next instant, the door was gone.

In its original place, there was a dusty wall, and no amount of Gawain's use of "Arajo Cave" or "Show Me the Way" could make it manifest again.

"You'll never know all the secrets of Hogwarts, tsk. ”

Thinking about the description in a "hobby book" about Hogwarts that he had read earlier, Gawain quietly left the library.

It's already the end of November, and the castle is chilly at night. The invisibility cloak was indeed large, but it did not block the wind and did not keep warm, which made Gawain miss the warm fire in the common room.

He had made a secret passage and wanted to get to the spiral steps from there.

But just as Gao Wen passed through a passage, he suddenly felt inexplicable palpitations.

"What's going on?"

Gawain ran two quick steps, pushed open the swirling stone door, and rudely woke up several of the wizards in the portraits.

But he didn't care about that, and ran to the window.

The windows here are facing the outside, and across the massive Black Lake, it faces the Forbidden Forest.

The thing that gave him palpitations didn't come from the castle.

It comes from the forest.

In the sky, the full moon shone a silvery glow, but it could not illuminate the dark forest.

But in Gawain's field of vision, the "color" there is extraordinarily strong.

A miserable green serpent was entrenched in the depths, intertwined with the silver light.

The silver light was not sacred, but inexplicably made people feel a little cold, like a toxin, or a curse.

The serpent continued to roar silently, frantically biting at the silver light, but its resistance was futile, and little by little the silver seeped into the green.

Gawain could almost imagine the serpent's howl.

"Looks like you've noticed, our friend who fled the Forbidden Forest. “

Suddenly, someone spoke in Gawain's ear, making him subconsciously pull out his wand, and he was about to shoot it with a curse.

But he quickly reacted.

That's Professor Dumbledore.

"Legend has it that swallowing a unicorn's horn with a unicorn's tears on a full moon night will wash away all evil curses. But they're not that good at forgiving, especially when you've swallowed their blood to keep you alive. “

Dumbledore ignored Gawain's movements, and continued to look into the forest.

The viper's struggle intensified, and it leaped violently, biting down a large piece of silver.

But how did it bite the light?

The silver that had been bitten off by it had penetrated into its green body in an instant, encroaching on its existence little by little.

"This is a very painful and dangerous ritual, no less than putting a torn soul back together. I didn't think Tom would have the courage to ask for forgiveness from a magical creature. “

Dumbledore let out a long sigh, and Phoenix Fawkes pecked at his ear on the shoulder, as if he was a little impatient.

His words sounded incomprehensible.

But Gawain chose to understand it in his own way.

- You can ask someone to apologize, you can give someone a shot, but you can't ask someone to apologize willingly after a shot.

Riddle wasn't asking for forgiveness at all, but holding a dagger than holding it around his neck.

Gawain only sincerely hoped that the unicorn he had killed was not the one he was familiar with.

Cecilia.

Seeing that the green serpent was about to be completely covered in silver, the ritual would come to an end.

"Professor, what would he have done if he hadn't been forgiven? I mean Riddle. ”

Gawain asked, puzzled.

"The antidote will turn into poison and let the unicorn's curse before death embrace his soul", Dumbledore shook his head imperceptibly, as if he did not expect Riddle to end up like this.

Once the curse has penetrated deep into the soul, it is no longer possible to get rid of it by replacing a body or finding a scapegoat.

In order to save his own life, he slaughtered a pure, weak and helpless life, so from the moment its blood touched his lips, it would have a half-dead life.

A cursed life.

Ghosts that walk and breathe.

But the poisonous snake was not devoured by silver after all.

The blood-colored light formed a huge stone crown phantom, suddenly illuminating the entire Forbidden Forest!