Chapter 7: Bones and Keys

"Uh......h Professor, thank you so much......"

Brandi stopped the terrifying speed at which he was about to hit the wall headlong, and stopped less than half a meter away from the wall in shock. He almost thought he was going to GG this way......

"It doesn't seem like a good thing to have strong magic." Dumbledore put Brandi down, smiling at him slumping on the floor. "But you still surprised me a little, I thought you should have thought of a way to go through your own doppelganger a little later...... In fact, if you were half a minute late, I'd probably go up there and take a look. ”

Following Dumbledore's fingers, Brandi looked at a small door at the edge of the room. Something suddenly occurred to him.

"Professor? You've failed too? ”

That's true...... Based on his experience with the First Seal, those who successfully passed the test should have been transported to another place, but he met with Professor Dumbledore.

Why is it the same failure, why is it like being hung in the sky for half an hour, while Professor Dumbledore is spotless? Could it be that the more powerful wizards fight, the more Sven they become?

Faced with this problem, Dumbledore behaved very unscrupulously.

"You can't say you failed at all...... I just can't win. "It's not easy to defeat your other self, magic, knowledge, maybe wisdom and you're facing an opponent who will always be on par with you." And I'm not young anymore after all...... There's a good chance that the loss from a big war will never be able to make up for it, so I need to be careful. ”

Brandi suddenly realized that the old man in front of him, who seemed to be able to rely on forever, had no way to resist the erosion of time on him. His heart grew a little heavy.

"Speaking of which...... You're just in this stance," Dumbledore asked curiously, unaffected by his depression. "Is it a repulsion charm?"

"Yes, Professor." Brandi nodded, his heart aching. "It's a spell that Mr. Wright left on the blackboard in Classroom 13."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Wright? Oh, it's him. What a nostalgic name, and I remember his transfiguration skills excellent. But it's a pity, and then he suddenly disappeared one day...... We also organized a search, but we couldn't find it. Dumbledore bent down and pulled Brandi up, and after facing the fear of death, Brandi now had no strength in his legs.

"Professor? Do you know him? ”

"Of course, I used to be his Transfiguration professor...... I will naturally remember such a big thing as the disappearance of my own students. Dumbledore shrugged. I remember that he was also a decent Hufflepuff, gentle and low-key, and never seemed to offend people easily...... He also has a lot of friends, but when he disappeared, he cried a lot. Speaking of whichβ€”"

His expression was a little solemn.

"I remember you said, Wright ......"

Dumbledore pointed to the small door behind him, and Brandi immediately realized his problem, and he gasped. There is nothing wrong with that...... If Voldemort had said, then Wright's bones would have been behind that door.

"Are you still going to follow me?" Dumbledore asked with concern. "I think it might be a bit cruel to let a minor see something like that. But as the discoverer of this treasure trove, I feel that you have the right to face everything that comes your way. ”

Brandi hesitated, he sniffled, blood rushing into his mouth, the sweet smell rushing to his brain. In just one year, trolls, seven seals, two-faced people, corpses in the mirror...... He's even seen dragons. This thrilling life may stay with him for a long time?

He finally nodded. "I'm with you, Professor."

Dumbledore smiled reassuringly and walked towards the door.

"Get ready, Brandi...... By the way, the new hairstyle is not bad~ I remember what is so particular about this in the Muggle world - kill Matt? ”

Brandi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached out and touched his hair. The little face froze suddenly......

That kind of hairy prickly feel! Towering hair! Cone-like curves...... What is this, a drill bit that breaks through the sky?

"Hopeless, desperate for a world full of betrayal and ridicule......"

Brandi dragged his weak legs with difficulty, and little by little he was close behind Dumbledore. The mouth is constantly broken and reciting terrible statements about what is going to destroy this world. This amused Dumbledore, for it was the first time in many years that he had met a student like Brandi, who was interesting in every sense of the word.

"I'm going to open the door Brandy, are you ready?"

Brandi let out a scream, reflexively jumping out of his mind at the terrible image of being ridiculed desperately by the other members of the five. He raised his wand nervously......

"No problem, professor."

The small door creaked open.

Brandi had almost covered her mouth and nose, holding her breath, ready for the rancid smell to her face. But when he couldn't hold back his breath, he was surprised to find that even the rancid stench in the room had completely dissipated because forty years was too long.

As they entered, the door behind them slammed shut, then blurred like a fog and formed a sleek wall. Of course, he had expected it a long time ago...... Anyway, he clearly remembered the spell to return, and he wasn't worried about being locked up here.

Curiously, Brandi tugged at Dumbledore's robe, moved his body to his side, and began to look at everything in the room.

This is obviously very different from the room of the first seal, and if the room of the first seal is like a prize showroom, it looks more like a small magic testing ground.

It was a spacious room with torches lit on all sides of the walls, and like classroom 13, the flames here were unquenchable.

There were no tables or chairs in the room, but there was a thick carpet made of the fur of some unknown animal, and a thousand years had passed, but the carpet here was still not damaged at all, and it was as good as new. There was something very abrupt standing up next to the wall - what looked like a metal target used to test the lethality of magic, and it was full of pitted dents, which didn't seem to be the result of some very powerful magic. Because even if it's a steel plate, Brandi can barely open a big hole with a smashing spell...... A thousand years ago, the metal plate was obviously not as strong as the steel plate of today.

At the other end of the room, there was a double wooden shelf, and on the top of it were placed large and small objects of strange shapes, none of which Brandy knew because they were from a thousand years ago. The next floor is empty...... Only varying shades of dust remained, and it looked like it had been taken away.

But no one was interested in those things now, and now Brandi and Dumbledore's attention was all focused on the corner next to the wooden frame.

There was a wide robe scattered there, and the white skull above the robe...... It looks like he's sitting in a corner, quietly waiting for death. Brandi breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't seem to be as frightened as he thought if he was white...... It looks like a year of training has started to grow his boldness.

Curious, he tried to lean over to take a look, but an arm stopped him.

"That's not right, Brandy." Dumbledore said solemnly.

"Huh? Why? Wright is dead," Brandi was confused.

"But he didn't die a natural death...... Dumbledore glanced at him and began to approach cautiously. A trapped person will definitely find a way to get out of here in the first place, just like you did at the time. But there is no sign of being turned over here, and there is no sign of destruction......"

"But that's what Voldemort said himself...... Harry could hear it clearly. There's no way he's going to fool Quirrell with nothing......"

"So that's what I'm worried about, Brandi." Dumbledore said slowly. "Voldemort's words are true, of course, he must have secretly taken Wright's wand - he may not have been able to beat Wright who can cast spells beyond magic at that time. Voldemort wasn't sure he could kill him...... But what did Wright do after Voldemort left? And why didn't Voldemort take everything he had hidden here, but chose to re-enter later? ”

"Huh......?" Although Brandi says that she is smarter than a silly girl, she is also limited in her intelligence... To put it bluntly, he was just a bit of a wit, and he couldn't understand what Professor Dumbledore was trying to say.

However, Professor Dumbledore is a professor after all, and he is very patient in answering questions.

"My suspicions are...... They had known for a long time that the top of the shelf could not be touched. There is a violent curse attached to it. And only one of them is the real treasure in this room...... Voldemort was unable to take them completely. That's why I want to return to Hogwarts as a professor many times......"

"Huh? Professor, Voldemort once wanted to come back and be a teacher? Brandi asked, surprised.

"Yes...... However, I persuaded Armando, the headmaster at the time, to reject him. Dumbledore said casually, and as he recited a few inexplicable incantations, the row of shelves began to glow faintly. I was already the headmaster when he tried to come in the second time, so I wouldn't let him get his wish - look, the warning spell shows that the shelf is dangerous. I guess Wright was trying to gamble his luck and touched something on the shelf...... Unfortunately, he was out of luck. ”

"But why is Voldemort so sure this time, isn't he afraid of being cursed?"

That's probably why he's been lurking in Albania since the defeat, and he's probably found clues from there. And if that's the case, Brandi, I can probably guess that all that's left in this room is probably a keyβ€”a key to the so-called Hall of Eternal Life in the Albanian forest! ”

Brandi froze for a moment, and he subconsciously lifted the contents of his neck out of his clothes, Voldemort failed to take anything with him when he escaped from the Mirror's room...... If what he wanted was the key, wouldn't it beβ€”

The thing that unlocks the real secret of the fifth seal is this pendant?