Chapter 64: The Hunchback Statue
Last night, Seamus tinkered with the Gryffindor Sword for a long time, but failed to discover any secrets hidden in it, there was no sign of magic on it, on the contrary, no magic could have any effect on it.
This sword is extremely sharp and has a certain spell-breaking effect, although it can't be said that cutting through the iron armor spell is easy, but it is not too laborious. If it is an ordinary sword, it is a fool's dream to cut through the Iron Armor Curse, unless it is a giant like Hagrid, who can break the Iron Armor Curse with brute force.
Not only that, but the Gryffindor Sword is also able to absorb a lot of things and make itself stronger, and Seamus took a lot of magic materials and smeared them on it, some of which are strongly corrosive, and some of which are highly poisonous.
But none of this did any damage to it, and instead some of the materials were absorbed into it, making the sword stronger and imparting various properties. I don't know how many times this strengthening has happened for more than 1,000 years, but for some reason, this sword is not as strong as it seems.
Except for the enhancement that Seamus had strengthened the sword last night, giving it toxicity, corrosion, and other properties, he didn't find any other properties, as if it was just an ordinary sword.
Either this sword can only retain the properties it absorbs for a certain period of time, or someone will do a certain amount of cleaning up what this sword absorbs. Otherwise, for more than 1,000 years, since it was in Gryffindor's hands, it has been absorbing and strengthening, then this sword would have long since turned into a divine weapon that integrates poison, corrosion, flame, and so on.
But until last night, the sword had shown no other properties, just sheer sharpness, and was capable of destroying magic to a certain extent. The Gryffindor Sword is said to have been made by a former elf, and is made of the same metal except for the ruby on the hilt.
Seamus couldn't tell what kind of metal it was, and even after looking through all the material books, he couldn't find the content. Only one ancient book mentions that this is a material unique to goblins, and there is no news of it except for the one that has been circulated after it has been forged into a finished product.
Not to mention the raw material, no one even knows the name of this material, and when the goblins rebelled, none of the goblins who were caught said anything about it. They are very protective of this material, and they have never shown it to the world, and even the mention of it in that ancient book is only a few words.
Perhaps the secret of the Gryffindor sword is known only to the elves, but thinking of Ra Ring's greed for this sword, Seamus did not dare to ask the elves rashly. I have to think of another way to see if I can find relevant records from other places, maybe Bathilda Basshat, who wrote the History of Magic, may know about it, and I can ask it when I am on vacation.
Turning off the alarm clock, Seamus turned over and continued to sleep, today is still a rainy day, the wind is blowing outside, he doesn't want to go out at all, he just wants to stay in the quilt safely, not to mention that today is still Saturday, so he should rest.
It was close to noon when I slept through the dormitory, only Harry was dragged in for training in the dorm, Dean and Ron were all sleeping, and it seemed that they were both busy late last night.
There was a knock on the door, and before Seamus could get up to open the door, the twins broke in, looking like they had just finished training, and they had not had time to change their bright red uniforms, and their feet were all covered with mud, and they walked in with a series of footprints.
"Get up, let's go to dinner, and after eating, we will take you to see the world. "The twins were as active as ever, without the slightest post-training fatigue.
"Okay, but are you thinking about going and changing your clothes first?" Seamus got up from the bed in his pajamas and walked to the bathroom with a toothbrush in the cupboard.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we'll go back and change our clothes, bring you some food, you can deal with it casually. They put a bag on the bedside table and hurried away.
Seamus finished grooming, cleaned up the footprints they had left behind, and opened the package, which contained a few pies, and steak kidneys, for some reason, the house-elves seemed to like to make this kind of pie.
It was already a little cold, the pie became a little hard, not as full as the soup when it was just made, and after a few casual bites, the twins broke in again, stuffed their mouths full of food and said vaguely: "Hurry up, let's go now." ”
Seamus could only be dragged out by them, and asked a little puzzled, "It's still early, why are you in such a hurry?"
"You'll find out with us. They didn't answer positively.
They ran wildly and came to the fourth-floor hallway, in front of a hunchbacked statue of a one-eyed old woman, and they stopped and looked at the statue.
"You can't guess what's here. ”
"So, it's not just a statue. Seamus had already seen through the map that behind the statue was a secret passage, and the humpback of the statue was the entrance, but he had forgotten how to open the secret passage.
"No, no, no, this is not a simple statue. Fred pretended to be mysterious, "This is a secret passage, a secret passage to Hogsmeade. ”
With that, he pointed his wand at the statue, and as he uttered the incantation, the statue's hunchback parted silently, revealing a black hole, and he climbed up first.
George lifted Seamus up, and when Seamus entered the hole, George climbed up, and after everyone had entered, the hole closed silently again.
"So we're going to Hogsmeade, aren't we?" Seamus surveyed the passageway, which was curvy and not wide, allowing at most two people to walk side by side, and it was still damp, with water dripping from time to time overhead.
"Yes, I don't think you've been to Hogsmeade yet, it's so interesting, some things don't even exist in Diagon Alley. They talked as they walked forward.
Time passed slowly, and Seamus gradually saw that this tunnel was obviously artificially opened, but I don't know who built it, and it can be seen that this secret passage took a long time to be successfully built, because the traces opened up on it are divided into several types.
It was not convenient to walk in it, the ground was full of potholes, which greatly slowed down their walking speed, and although with the help of magic, they dispelled the darkness in the secret passage, and they did not get wet in the water, so they still walked for a long time.
I don't know how far they went, but almost two hours had passed, no wonder they were in such a hurry, it would take four hours to come and go, and if they hadn't gone out earlier, they might not have been in Hogsmeade for long.
This was originally a place that could only be visited after the third grade, but with the help of the live map, they had been to Hogsmeade as early as the second grade, but because they were shy in their pockets, they couldn't buy it in a big way, and this time they brought such a rich man as Seamo, and the person who bought a team of broomsticks at a time would definitely be able to start the shopping mode.
"When I get there, I'll go out and check on the situation first. Fred's voice came from the front, and he had reached the end of the secret passage.
"Come out, there's no one here. ”
Pushing aside a plank, they came to a cellar, which was supposed to be the cellar of Duke Honey, and there was nothing stored in it, and their arrival stirred up a dusty sky. I think it's just because it's customary to open a cellar, which doesn't really work, and you can store all your goods when you meet a suitcase.
"This is Duke Honey, and the sweets are delicious, you can try to buy some. The twins seemed to have become salespeople at this time, trying to sell him all kinds of goods.
Of course, Seamus has no problem, he has heard of the name here for a long time, but unfortunately he has never been here, and he has to be a shopaholic this time.
Carefully pushing open the wooden door of the cellar, they came to the Duke of Honey, and the boss did not notice them, only thinking that they had come in from the outside, and sold them all kinds of sweets.
"It's bee candy, which has bee venom added to it, and it will move in your mouth when you eat it. ”
"And the little pepper urchin, who can breathe fire when eaten. ”
......
With the strong recommendation of the three salespeople, Seamus emptied almost the entire Duke of Honey and ate the Blowing Treasure Super Bubble Gum in the store, leaving the entire room with blue bubbles.
Seamus gave the twins a lot of their favorite candies, such as the licorice wand, which burns out the tongue. They always like to play pranks like this, and Seamus is still insensitive to them, although the tongue can be cured quickly if it is burned out of the hole, but it will still hurt after all.
Although Duke Honey's candies were delicious, it was mainly the strange effects that attracted Seamus, after all, he didn't really like sweets himself, unlike Dumbledore's old bee. So he had only eaten most of the candy once, experienced the effect, and was ready to go back and give it to Harry.
There is also a reason why the twins are reluctant to buy these candies, the price of these candies is really high, basically there is no use of nat as a unit, the starting point is a sike, Seamus emptied half of the honey duke, and used several hundred gold gallons.
Biting into a large ball of ice cream, Seamus involuntarily floated, but not very high, only a few inches off the ground, he tried to control himself with the Levitation Charm, and successfully realized his dream of flying without the help of a broomstick, although only flying close to the ground.
Walking out of Duke Honey and following the steps of the twins, he involuntarily came to Jokowi's magic joke shop, which was to the left of Duke Honey, which was full of all kinds of goods.
When Seamus was still looking left and right, the twins had already taken a few big fecal eggs, which were specially used for pranks, and there were some potions specially configured in it, and once they were broken, they would leak out, giving off an extremely pungent smell.