One of the things that is almost universally accepted by young wizards at Hogwarts is that "history of magic lessons are extremely boring".

However, even so, it is still one of the compulsory classes at Hogwarts.

For thousands of years, there have been many types of magic classes that have changed over and over the years, but the history of magic class has remained on the students' schedules, not even for a single day.

If you have to ask "why", Maca McLean, who likes this course very much, will tell you that history can answer your questions.

Just like one question, it has plagued many Hogwarts students and even professors.

They couldn't understand why the founders of Hogwarts had chosen to sort out the Sorting in such a distinct way. Some people think it's to teach students according to their aptitude, others think it's to cultivate a sense of competition, and some even say that it's simply a mistake left over from the discord between the founders.

However, these people are actually thinking too much.

Because one only has to turn to Chapter 9 of Hogwarts A History to know that Hogwarts will always be one. And the spirit advocated by each college is not fundamentally different.

Courageously moving forward like Gryffindor may help you get there; Sometimes, however, if you calmly choose to retreat like Slytherin, it may not necessarily mean that you are one step closer to your goal.

Although this kind of inconspicuous truth is not of interest to many students, the book "Hogwarts A History" is only a few young wizards will take it to heart. Coincidentally, however, Earns, who would theoretically have never been able to read such a book, went through it several times because of the relationship between Slytherin and Hufflepuff's secret room.

“…… Calm down," Ens said to himself in the crowd, "think about it, what I should do now...... What is it? ”

As he calmed down and thought silently, his pace slowed down. And Malfoy's back in front of him became farther and farther away, and finally when he was completely overwhelmed by the crowd, he turned around and walked back.

"The Chamber of Secrets! Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets! Now that he's gone, isn't that the perfect time for me to go to the secret room and find out? As he walked through the crowd, Ens said to himself, "I hope it's not ruined by him—"

I went all the way back from near the school gate, and I went to get a broomstick on the way like the last time, so that I could return safely.

It wasn't long before Ens, who was careful to avoid the eyes of others, came to the girls' bathroom on the second floor of the castle.

This time, the weeping Myrtle didn't seem to be here, but he saved some unnecessary delay, and he quickly followed the pipe under the sink to the secret room deep beneath the castle.

"yes...... If it were me, I'm afraid I'd do the same......"

In fact, he had already thought of such a possibility after returning last night. It's just that if you don't come here and see it with your own eyes, you can't always be reconciled, right?

Yes, at this moment, Ens saw that behind the previous wall, there was indeed a "secret room within a secret room". It's a pity that now it can only be called a "ruin of ruins".

Behind the hard stone wall that had been smashed out of a large hole, the small space was littered with signs of destruction. Scraps of wood, scraps of paper, scraps of bricks littered the ground, and even the walls of the stone chamber were covered with cobweb-like cracks.

It can be seen that it is a mark of some kind of strong force.

"Fix it as new!"

Standing in front of a gap in the stone wall, Ens waved his wand and cast a mending charm, but the spell did not have the desired effect. He didn't know if it was because of his own lack of ability, or if there was really no possibility that the things here would be restored to their original state.

With the glow of his wand's glowing spell, Ens saw some pages of paper crushed under the bricks, and he walked in. He wanted to see if he could use his own hands to put together an answer that might have left important information on the pieces of paper.

"Uh......"

He had just picked up a scrap of a page on the floor, and before he could even exert any more force, the fragment turned into a greasy crumb between his fingers.

“…… Draco Malfoy! ”

Unbeknownst to Earns, who was angry with Malfoy over the rotten paper, the books and papers that had been placed here had long since failed to preserve the magic and had rotted with the ages.

But at this moment, countless green points of light suddenly erupted from the cracked brick wall behind him, circling around him silently.

These tiny dots of light look like countless fireflies, and they look unusually beautiful.

And just as Ens was surprised by the sudden and wonderful sight, they quickly dispersed, covering the badly damaged stone chamber with a phantenchy, pale green phantom.

After a while, Ens was stunned to find that everything in the stone chamber seemed to have returned to its original form. Because those points of light have now merged into one, the original furnishings of the stone chamber have been reproduced in the form of an approximate image.

Desks, cabinets, tapestries, hangers, except for the greenery of these images, everything seems to really appear in Ens's field of vision.

He looked left and right, then suddenly looked up, and a large map hanging on the wall above his desk stood out in plain sight. It can be said that these images are much clearer and more stable than when Maca injected her own magic to activate.

Yes, in fact, that means that everything that Macha did in the past when she came here to look for clues was wrong. Only passing the Slytherin test, as Ens did last night, is the right way to activate these images.

Of course, there is no such thing as the right way to do it, whether it's Enns, Malfoy, or Maca. After all, this place was only exposed after Maca had been extremely rudely "demolished" in the first place, and no matter how you think about it, this could not be the original intention of that Salazar Slytherin.

"It's ......"

Ens, who was attracted by the ancient map, began to have a headache again after just looking at it, because he couldn't read the words marked on it.

The Hufflepuff letter last time was a variant of the ancient runes, but now on this map it is clearly another ancient symbol. Seriously, if he didn't have to, he really didn't want to fight with some ancient text translation dictionary anymore.

"Alas......"

Fortunately, after he put aside the depression in his heart and cast his eyes on the map again for a moment, a red circle that stood out in the pale green drew all his attention.

Even if he can't actually read a word, but since the prompt is so clear at a glance, what reason does he have to complain?

Keeping the irritability in his heart, Ens imprinted the location of the red circle and the few characters marked next to it firmly in his mind, and only after the phantom shrouded in the stone chamber gradually dissipated, he quickly left the real Slytherin chamber.

The map was clearly marked, and the details were so simple and easy to understand that he could understand that the location was in the middle of a mountain range. As long as he puts the things in his memory on paper as they are, and then checks them up, he will definitely be able to find the general location of them quickly.

As for what the troubles and rewards of that place are, you will only know when you get there...... No, to be precise, he might have to find a way to get there before Malfoy.

"That guy must have gone to find that place...... "Ens had to feel a little anxious as he walked to the library, "There is too much time difference, I'm afraid it's too late...... After all, should I really compete with that Malfoy for that Slytherin gift? ”

This is undoubtedly a very real problem - when the huge gap in strength is clearly in front of him, all he can choose is to escape in the same embarrassment as last night, and he may not even be able to escape successfully every time.

As he walked, Ens stopped again.

……

"Professor McLean, today's second round is about to begin, and my father asked me to let you know."

While Maca was still chatting with Harry and the others in the staff lounge, Sarah knocked on the door of the room.

Although he actually wanted to relax a little more, after all, the event was still quite important, and he had to get up and prepare to leave.

"Let's go! There's no way to bring you all to the front seats, but today's event will be much more fun than yesterday, so let's take a look! ”

After asking Mr. Hohenheim and other members of the jury to make the competition more interesting, as he said, today's second round of the competition will be more enjoyable. It's just that because the questions are all about the jury, even he doesn't know what today's question will be.

Considering that many players had already been eliminated in the first round yesterday, the average of the remaining contestants was naturally raised by a large margin, so even Maca couldn't help but look forward to it again.

A few minutes later, Maca and Harry said goodbye to each other at the entrance of the arena and walked to their respective positions to wait for the game to begin.

"After yesterday's fierce competition among the players, we have said goodbye to our brothers and sisters who have worked this field. Believe me, their hard work will not be in vain, and the rest of the players will continue to move forward with their will and determination......"

In the middle of the arena, Lockhart, as the host, was still in high spirits. The lines that popped out of his mouth were equally impassioned, and as always, there was no half-truth.

"This role is really suitable for him." Maca couldn't help but chuckle on the sidelines.