Chapter Eighty-Eight: Whose Memory
"Look, doesn't this look like Hogwarts?" Parvati excitedly pointed to the place of the ancient fort, "Even the towers are as distributed as our school, and the cliffs on the other side of the lake!" When we went to school, the boat seemed to come from the middle of that cliff! ”
Indeed, the scene from above is exactly the same as the castle where Brandi and the others were...... But why did you choose to paint such a landscape on this scroll? He squinted his eyes and searched for it—and sure enough, he found two words on the walls of the castle, and the letters were drawn to look like two rows of windows in the tower, which would have been ignored if he hadn't paid special attention. He uttered in confusion.
"White Hall ......"
"Hey! There's another one over here! Before he could figure out what the term meant, Parvati's voice sounded from another distant direction. It was directly in front of the stone slabs, and a large green forest appeared on the plain, above which flocks of birds and the occasional flash of huge bodies flickered...... I actually drew a dragon into it. The wind blows waves in the sea of trees, revealing the white eaves of one corner of the painting, which looks like a temple hidden in the forest.
Like the castle on the left, the edge of the temple shimmers with silver light, as if to emphasize something.
A moment later, Brandi found another hint he was looking for in the birds above the forest - "The Hall of Eternal Life." ”
"Parvati? Did Professor Binns mention a place at Hogwarts that used to be called the White Room? ”
Parvati nodded his chin in confusion, "White Hall?" I've heard Professor Binns mention White's Leg, the thigh bone of a troll called White, and a wand made of it that summons cows. ”
All right...... What the two men said was not on the same channel at all.
It seems that there is more to Hogwarts than they think. Brandi sighed softly, but this wasn't the time to study the White Hall. "Parvati, it's almost time for us to go, it's been ten minutes. Quirrell: They must have been tested in the Fifth Seal...... We're going to have to stop him, or at least hold him off until Hermione and the three of them take out the Philosopher's Stone! ”
The two hurriedly put on their invisibility cloaks again, and with courage, they carefully walked to the side of the cave step by step.
"Fluorescent flickering." She reached out of her invisibility cloak and whispered the incantation.
With a soft sound, Parvati's wand glowed softly, illuminating the darkness below, and the steps were slanted downwards to look like some monster's esophagus......
At first, they thought they needed to walk with their wands in hand, and the darkness in them made them feel a little creepy - but when they actually walked down the stairs, they realized that the glow spell was completely superfluous. The owner of the treasury clearly didn't plan to add any horror to the place, and there were two magic torches planted on the walls every few steps. Whenever they approach, a bright flame will light up next to them, and when they go far, it will automatically extinguish again.
The oppressive atmosphere and tension seemed to stretch the time for an incomparably long time, and in just one or two hundred steps, Brandi and Parvati always felt like they had walked for a century—they were finally not the stone staircase that zigzagged downward, but they saw the smooth stone bricks and the bright corridor, and at the other end of the corridor, there was a bright light.
"Be careful, Parvati, never scream again! We didn't have the next well that would come out to help cover up. Brandi whispered a reminder, and they crept through the hallway into a large, brightly lit room. They struggle to regain their sight from their dazzle......
They were standing in a circular hall at the moment, and there were no other doors, windows, or other openings in this room except for the entrance, no, not even the entrance! Brandi stumbled his head, and he was horrified to find that the dark hallway behind him had turned into a thick wall.
There was no torch in the room, but it was brighter than it was in the scorching sun—it was lit by two large rings erected in the center of the hall, which looked similar to the portal in the Great Hall, but was significantly more complex than the one. The flame of light flowed along the edge of the ring like molten iron, occasionally erupting suddenly, and then rapidly retracting back into the surface of the ring, as if - Sun?
These two should be the entrances to the first and fifth seals...... But which one is the fifth seal that the mysterious people enter into?
"Brandy, there's a stone platform in the middle of those two rings." Parvati patted him, and the two of them hurriedly walked to the middle of the circle and observed the stone platform. There was a line of small writing carved into it in Old English, and Parvati jumped out triumphantly. "Remember, there is no turning back in the journey to discover the mysteries of magic...... Once you choose to continue, you can only move forward. Hey? Brandi, look at it~ This text is following me! ”
Parvati shifted a position, and they were surprised to find that the words on the stone platform really seemed to be alive, moving from side to side with the human gaze, and no matter which angle they looked at, the words were always facing them.
"So, as long as we enter the portal, we won't be able to get out until we successfully complete the test inside?" They finished studying the stone platform with relish, Parvati said worriedly. "We're not going to be locked up in a treasure trove forever."
"What are you kidding, didn't you hear Quirrell and the mystery man, he seems to have been here for the second time. If it were true as the above said, Quirrell and the mysterious man would have been unable to return a long time ago. I don't think what I said above meant so superficially......" Brandi's expression was a little sad, "The question now is, which of these two doors is the fifth seal?" ”
"Count first from the left, of course? Isn't it normal to do that? ”
"But do you remember where we came from......
Parvati looked up in surprise, and she realized that it was because of the relationship they had just circled around the stone platform...... She couldn't tell where she had just come from. The stone platform is round...... The room is also round, the two light doors are symmetrical, and there are a few symbols on the pedestal of the light door, the problem is that they didn't look at it carefully before they came in!
1 in 2 probability...... Which one should you choose?
It might have been a big hassle for Brandi, but for Parvati - she fumbled the familiar eraser straight out of her arms and smiled confidently at Brandi.
Feed...... Have you always been driven by the performance of the dice? Brandi clutched his forehead weakly, black lines all over his head.
"Hmph~ Look at me! I'll show you! Parvati huffed and threw the eraser up.
A minute later -
“…… Didn't you swear by the fact that your Arcanum Breaker VI was amazing! Brandi and the others were standing in an antique room at this time, and Brandi was heartbroken and educated Parvati, who was smirking with his tongue out. So believe in science and oppose superstition! How can you always rely on luck! ”
"My Arcanum Breaker VI was meant to be used for multiple-choice questions...... I didn't know I needed a Fate Arbiter I! ”
"What the hell is that! The Arbiter of Destiny First Machine? Is it used to answer the question? Is the first-generation model really reliable? ”
"Hey, hey..."
"Ah...... That's enough. Brandi rubbed her swollen head, forcing herself to turn her attention to the room itself. The room was empty, except for a rudimentary wooden door standing in front of them—if there was such a thing as a test in it. Then it must be behind this door. Next to the door, there was a short line of unquenchable fire, which Parvati easily translated.
"There are mysteries of magic hidden here, and only the strongest souls are qualified to hear them. In 1003, __ recorded ...... Oh, my God! Parvati covered her mouth and exclaimed incredulously. In 1003, Hogwarts was founded not long ago. ”
"To be precise, it has only been established for about ten years, and it was still the peak of the Big Four." Brandi counted on his fingers. "How early was this treasure trove built... But...... What is the situation with this blank. ”
Brandi pointed to the eerily empty piece between '1003' and another word in the fire. "This must be the place where people's names are written...... How could it be that the fire of immortality was extinguished on its own? ”
Even after racking his brains, he didn't come up with a reason. The grumpy temper of a Gryffindor prevailed, and he nodded at Parvati and unscrewed the door to the room cleanly—the moment it opened, they both saw what was behind it. The two of them looked incredibly frightened. But they simply didn't have time to react...... The silver light instantly enveloped the entire room, and after the strong light, the figures of the two disappeared.
"Merlin, it's unbelievable that he's only eight years old!"
Brandi woke up in a daze, and he felt like his headache was about to explode! Where is he?
"_____, you're really amazing!"
There was someone's conversation around him, but it was very discontinuous, as if something had been pinched off.
I just ...... By the way, Parvati and I opened the door and we saw the back...... What's that?
Brandi desperately wanted to think, but couldn't think of anything, he only remembered the vague feeling. Unbelievable? There's also a faint bit of fear. He pressed his hands on the grass and struggled to sit up—
Wait, meadow?! Am I not in the house? He opened his eyes in shock.
He was sitting in the garden outside a wooden house, Parvati was strangely gone, and all he could see was the forest and the winding path in the distance. Not far away, in the open space, a middle-aged couple turned their backs to him, looking at a seven or eight-year-old boy, with expressions of relief and excitement. Their clothing is very strange, although it is a wizard's robe...... But that appearance always gives people a very earthy feeling......
What the hell is going on? Confused, Brandi stood up, and he stepped forward.
"Hello sir? I'm lost around here...... Excuse me, do you know where this is? ”
The man in the pale green robe seemed unmoved, and he looked at the little boy with a grin and praised loudly.
"Sir?"
Brandi screamed a few more times, but there was still no response, so he reached out angrily and tried to grab his sleeve - to his surprise, his hand actually passed through the man's body.
…… Brandi stood on the spot, he had seen similar scenes in books, and an astonishing idea crossed his mind.
Am I supposed to be, who am I going through the memory?