Chapter 47: Myrtle and the Missing Third Seal
After being taken aback, Brandi immediately reacted, this girl is obviously not a person, eh, or literary point...... She must have been a ghost. But it's weird, Brandi swears she's never seen her anywhere else in the school, not even the entrance ceremony and Halloween...... A female ghost who is so withdrawn that she huddles in the toilet?
"Uh, I'm sorry...... I don't think I meant to. ”
"You think I'm going to believe that you stumbled into the women's bathroom? Big night, a boy? She floated into the air, looking sad. People are always trying to find all sorts of reasons to come here to make fun of and tease me...... I'm used to it! ”
Brandi's eyes widened in surprise.
"How so? You've been staying here, where are people going to come and make fun of you? Surely you are thinking too much and going out for a walk, such as going to the auditorium to talk to other people over dinner? Everyone is actually very friendly......"
"Nonsense!" The ghost suddenly screamed sharply and flew up to Brandy, her short, chubby face, half obscured by bangs and thick glasses, and she looked even more gloomy. Her soul almost touched the tip of Brandy's nose, and he realized that Myrtle was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
Oh! That's terrible...... Brandi chose the wrong target! He should have thought of it a long time ago!
"I'm going to the auditorium to talk to someone? Do you think I don't know what people call me behind my back? Fat woman myrtle! Ugly myrtle! Poor, crying, sullen myrtle! As she said this, tears began to fall from her little eyes and disappear into thin air. You didn't mean to come here and play tricks on me, did you? ”
"Huh? It's not — I mean, it shouldn't be! Actually—I've always thought—might it look good if you smiled? Brandi racked his brains and began to think, and he quickly made up an excuse to explain why he came to this abandoned bathroom. You see~ I didn't come here on purpose...... Merry Christmas to you......"
He was talking nonsense with duplicity, but as soon as he said it he regretted it, it was obviously past twelve o'clock, and it was long since Christmas. But after all the words were gone, he couldn't change his words, so he could only fumble in his pocket, hoping to find some candy that he couldn't finish at Christmas.
He touched something soft in his hand, and he was overjoyed, and quickly took it out.
"Look—I brought you a gift! Merry Christmas, myrtle...... Forehead ......"
He was dumbfounded. I took it out by myself, and it happened to be the wallet I got from setting off firecrackers at yesterday's dinner...... The one that looks like a tuo soaring......
Forehead...... This is a bad thing. Brandi sighed.
"Well, I'm sorry I ......" - "That's so cute!" Can I really take it?! ”
Brandi blinked, looking at the pearl-white ghost in front of him suspiciously, this guy called Myrtle was not only not sad or angry, but looked a little? Like?
"Can I really take it?" She carefully repeated. Brandi didn't have any reason for this, he nodded hurriedly, for fear that she would regret it and raise her wallet a little higher. Myrtle took the wallet over, and there seemed to be a little joy on her gloomy face?
Oh my God, people who love this kind of gift...... It should be understandable to be withdrawn like this.
But in all fairness, it seems that if you smile, it's really not the same. Watching her wander around the toilet with gusto, muttering to herself where to hide her purse, Brandi suddenly felt that she wasn't so scary.
"What if that's okay? I'll go back first, and I'll come back to see you when I have time. ”
He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled his legs and walked outside.
Myrtle suddenly rushed to the door and stopped him. The expression on his face is exaggerated. "I haven't spoken to anyone in a long time, can you talk to me? Just for a moment? ”
"Hmm......" Brandi scratched his head in embarrassment, and he wanted to hurry to Harry and Ron. But the female ghost looked so pitiful...... "Okay! That's for a while! What are we talking about? Well, look at your outfit, are you a Ravenclaw student? How did you become a ghost...... Doesn't it mean that obsession leads to ghost......"
Myrtle immediately came to her senses, and her whole demeanor changed.
"Surely you wouldn't have imagined~" she said with relish, "I won the favor of Ravenclaw in Brass Ring the day before I died, huh...... I don't know if you know what that means. The brass ring at the entrance to our lounge asks people weird questions, and if she answers them satisfactorily, she'll get a copy of a Ravenclaw book to read. I was so excited because very few people get this kind of honor, and I ran to my friend Oliver Humbe to show it off as soon as I got the book. I told her that I had the Ravenclaw book, and that I was sure that Ravenclaw was reading it before she died, and she didn't believe it, so I opened it. It's clearly there, and there's even a bookmark in the book! I don't see any of the books that the other students have got......"
"And then? You're going to die? Your friends won't kill you out of jealousy, will they? Brandi sat in the corner and listened to Myrtle's rambling story.
Of course not, she was just amazed, she took the bookmark and looked at it for a long time and asked if I could give it to her? Joke! It's a Ravenclaw relic, how can I give it to her...... So she seemed to regret and ignored me for a day. Myrtle suddenly lowered her head, "Then the next day, she didn't know why her attitude became so bad, and she actually laughed at me for wearing glasses like a four-eyed dog!" I ran here in a rage. I locked the door and cried here when I suddenly heard someone coming in. And what annoyed me was that it was actually a boy! ”
Forehead...... Brandi touched her nose in embarrassment. Isn't this the same as my current self......
"I angrily opened the door and told him to get out of here and go to the men's bathroom, and—" Myrtle puffed out her chest and looked radiant. "I'll die."
"Huh? Killed by the boy who invaded the women's bathroom? Wow, that's a pervert! The story was so strange that Brandi was dumbfounded, "What happened to this boy?" Sent to Azkaban? ”
Myrtle shook her head, as if she was still immersed in her sad memories. "I don't know, I'm dead anyway, what do you do with that rascal, I regret that book, I haven't finished reading it yet...... And Ravenclaw's bookmark is quite interesting, it's a piece of paper with a seven-pointed star drawn, well, it's worthy of the Big Four, and this kind of magic array dares to be used as a bookmark, she's not afraid to summon a demon? ”
When Brandi heard this, he was suddenly stunned and interrupted Myrtle's words in a hurry. "Wait a minute, what did you say? A piece of paper with a seven-pointed star on it? He quickly took out his wand, and the wand burst into flames, drawing the shape of a seven-pointed star in the air...... The seven-pointed star is worthy of being the most difficult magic array to draw with one stroke, he can't draw it very accurately, but he can barely see it.
"Isn't that so?" He pointed to the magic circle in mid-air and asked Myrtle.
"Huh? It's similar, but not exactly the same......" Myrtle looked at it hesitantly for a long time, "The symbolic horn in the magic array in the book is this one, not the first. She pointed to the third corner in a counterclockwise direction above, "Here." ”
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After chatting for a while, he carefully inquired about all the relevant information about the book, and Myrtle seemed to have not spoken for too long, and was happy to answer these questions, and after promising Myrtle that she would bring a friend to see her next time, Brandi got out of the bathroom, and he hurriedly ran back to the eighth floor, and under the displeased gaze of the fat woman, he went into the lounge and came to his bedroom. Harry and Ron haven't returned yet...... But it doesn't matter anymore.
He found another clue about what Lightmanson said about the gate. It lifted his spirits. He lit a candle and flipped out his notebook, his quill filled with ink, and on it he recorded the events of the day. His mouth was muttering to himself.
"The third key is in a Ravenclaw book. The title of the book is ......"
"Natural Frequencies – Superposition of Magic?"
He put down his quill and pinched his chin in confusion. "Huh? How can this book sound so familiar! ”
"Huh! Oh, my God! Isn't this the same big book that Parvati brought back the other day! ”
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Early the next morning, the excited Brandi sat in the lounge early, successfully blocking Parvati, who was about to go downstairs, and she seemed to be very nervous when she saw Brandi.
"What? Did you say I had bookmarks in that book, or did I use it in Ravenclaw? After listening to the story Brandi told her, Parvati first breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and then patted her chest smugly. Hey, I'm amazing~ I'll pull out what you want at once~ The book is in the bedroom, I'll show it to you~ Wait a minute. ”
She slipped into the girls' dormitory, and after a while, she came out with the rustic book in her arms.
"I've been working it these days...... But! She pouted, indignant. What's the matter, don't everyone speak English? Why don't I know much of the words in this book......"
…… No, in fact, there are many words in normal books that you don't know. Brandi looked at Parvati's sullen little face, wondering why she just wanted to laugh.
"But I probably flipped through it, and I didn't see any bookmarks you said?" She flipped through the book from cover to cover again. "Did you accidentally let me lose it?"
"No, no, no...... That thing isn't small, and you'll definitely know if it falls. Brandi took the book and examined it carefully, and he even checked to see if there were any mezzanines, but still found nothing.
"It's strange why people value such a bookmark so much. Isn't it just a Ravenclaw thing? Parvati looked at Brandi's sweaty busy appearance and couldn't help but say, "You're like this, that one called Oliver?" Hongbei's girls are like this, does she like that kind of thing in particular? can actually make a pair of good friends turn against each other. ”
Brandi's hand froze as he turned the pages. He looked up at Parvati with a solemn expression.
"You mean ......"
"What else can be wrong with that?" Parvati shook her hair impatiently, "Bookmarks are not part of the book, where will they disappear with the book?" If it's not here, that bookmark must have been Oliver? Hong Bei secretly took it~"