Scott closed his eyes and devoted all his attention to his magical perception as he slowly progressed through the layers of "levels" inside the golden chest.

The office was quiet, and no one disturbed him.

I don't know how long it took, but he suddenly realized that his magic perception had encountered an exceptionally powerful barrier, and he could no longer go any further.

At this moment, a message silently came into his mind.

He spoke slowly, translating the somewhat incomprehensible message into words.

"Morning of mist, tears of merfolk; On the night of the full moon, the blood of werewolves; At noon in the scorching sun, the song of the elves sang a golden chapter. ”

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the three professors who were waiting.

"Just now, I received a message in my head." He pointed to his head.

"Looks like that's how to open a box." Professor Binns frowned, "We need to ask the elves to help." ”

Both Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick nodded.

They all seemed to have understood what Scott was saying, but Scott himself didn't fully understand, so he looked puzzled.

Professor Binns glanced at Scott and explained in his usual emotionless tone, "Collect the mermaid's tears on a misty morning, get the werewolf's blood on a full moon night, and finally, have the elves chant the words on the box in the song of the elves at noon in the scorching sun." ”

"Does this sound like a magical ritual?" Scott asked.

"That's right." Professor Flitwick answered for him, "The Elven Song is a kind of elven magic, and it is also an ancient magical ritual passed down by elves. ”

Scott asked, "What about mermaid tears and werewolf blood?" ”

Professor Flitwick shook his head, "The Morning of the Mists and the Night of the Full Moon are when the Mermaid's Tears and Werewolf Blood magic are at their most active, and they should be necessary to open chests, but we don't know how to use them yet. ”

Dumbledore smiled and said, "The Song of the Goblins is a legendary special magic that even I haven't seen with my own eyes. I think we'll know what mermaid tears and werewolf blood should be used for. ”

At this point, Professor Binns frowned.

He said, "Mermaid tears, werewolf blood, it's not too difficult for us to get both. But the song of the goblins ...... I'm not sure if we'll be able to get those goblins and at what cost. ”

"Oh!" Professor Flitwick pointed to the golden chest, "If the elves see this chest, they will be greedy!" ”

Professor Binns nodded, "According to elven tradition, if they find out that this chest was made by elves, they will ask us to return the chest to them. ”

Scott understood what Professor Binns meant.

The elves are the most radical magical creatures in the wizarding world, believing that everything made by the elves belongs to them, and that after the wizard pays a sum of gold, the thing can be temporarily held by the wizard for the duration of his life.

Wizards, on the other hand, believed that once the payment was made, the object belonged to them and to their descendants or legacies forever.

This is an insoluble conflict of values.

Don't look at the fact that Gringotts Bank is now taken over by the elves, and the elves and wizards coexist peacefully and peacefully.

In fact, most of the goblins are currently prejudiced and malicious towards wizards.

In the history of the wizarding world, the Goblin Rebellion has been described as "bloody and thrilling".

The story of the Goblin Rebellion goes back to the Middle Ages.

At that time, Godric Gryffindor, one of the Big Four of Hogwarts, was entrusting the Elven King with forging a sword for himself.

The sword was the future "Gryffindor Sword", and because it was hand-forged by the elves, it could repel dust and absorb substances that strengthened itself.

Perhaps impressed by the sword, the fairy king Legnack fell in love with it.

It backtracked and tried to get the sword back from Gryffindor.

It then claimed that Gryffindor had stolen the sword from itself and had its subjects go and retrieve it.

However, the elves were no match for Gryffindor, the Master of Duel.

Gryfin defeated the elves and told them to go back and tell the elven king Legnak—

If Legnak did such a thing again, he would kill him and all his subjects with his sword.

Legnak didn't try to take the sword again.

But legends of Gryffindor stealing the sword began to circulate among the elven society, and remained so even thousands of years later.

The story is ingrained in the brains of all goblins, and even in modern times, the goblins believe in it.

Thinking of this, Scott felt that it was really not easy to find the help of the elves.

While it's impossible for elves to take Golden Chests from Hogwarts, dealing with them is not a pleasant thing in itself.

At this time, Dumbledore said in a relaxed tone, "Then find a goblin to help, and we can pay it." ”

He was very optimistic, and didn't seem to think it would be too much trouble to ask the elves to help with this.

Professor Binns said to him, "I won't mention whether you can fill the greed of the elves for now, but as I said a long time ago, the modern elves can't make out the ancient elven writing on the chest. ”

"It doesn't matter." Dumbledore smiled and said, "We still have you, Professor Binns, and you can teach the elves how to read these words correctly." ”

Professor Binns looked down at the golden chest and said in his always flat voice, "You know, Albus, the text is not coherent sentences. ”

He fluttered around the golden chest.

"This box is like an extraordinarily complex Rubik's cube that has been scrambled, and I haven't managed to put it all together yet."

Dumbledore smiled, "Of course, we can take our time. It's not something to rush. Our main goal was to figure out why the chest was hidden at Hogwarts. ”

At this time, Scott suddenly remembered that he had not told Ravenclaw about the Golden Chest.

Before that, he didn't think the box would be very important, but was just going to mention it in passing when he went to Helena's study on the weekend.

Then his mind was so preoccupied with the prophecy that he forgot to mention the box.

However, the probability that Ravenclaw knew about this is also very low.

Although the Room of Requirement was a masterpiece of Ravenclaw's alchemy, and while the real Ravenclaw had retained a trace of consciousness in that portrait before he died, Ravenclaw's consciousness had been asleep until Ms. Gray walked into the study.

"Let me do it!"

Professor Flitwick spoke suddenly, his voice a little sharp because he was speaking so loudly.

"Filius?" Dumbledore looked at him inquiringly.

"I mean, you don't have to go to the real goblins for help." Professor Flitwick said, "It's enough to have me, a wizard with elven blood, here. ”

Scott looked at Dumbledore, and the old headmaster looked at Professor Flitwick with some hesitation.

Professor Flitwick looked up at him.

"There's no need to provoke those goblins." "That's going to cause a lot of trouble." ”

"You know the song of the elves?" Professor Binns asked very directly.

Professor Flitwick's expression was a little strange, he clenched his fists, and then nodded slightly, "I can, though a little reluctantly, certainly not as easily as a real elf." ”

Professor Binns immediately said, "Then you can come." ”

Obviously, he didn't want to provoke the troublesome goblins.

"Have you decided? Filius. Dumbledore asked.

"Of course, I decided." Professor Flitwick nodded heavily.

"Then please." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Don't worry." Professor Flitwick looked at the golden treasure chest on the carpet and smiled, "Speaking of which, I could take this opportunity to learn one more language." ”

Professor Binns's translucent face had a very stiff and terrible smile, "Of course I can teach you, if you want to." ”

"When...... Of course, Professor Binns. Professor Flitwick replied, and turned his face away from Professor Binns's gaze with a look of pain.

Because of the angle, Scott saw this scene just right.

It seems that it's not just today's young wizards who are afraid of Professor Binns's "hypnosis teaching".

By this time, Professor Binns was already drifting towards the wall of his office.

"Next, I'll sort out the text on the box as soon as I can, Albus, please send the box to my office."

With that, he pierced through the wall and left Professor Flitwick's office.

Immediately afterward, Dumbledore also left with the golden chest.

"Oh, ...... next"

Professor Flitwick waved his wand, closing the door to his office, and then opening the passage to the Charms practice room.

He said to Scott, "Let's start tonight's lesson!" ”

The two walked into the practice room, and Professor Flitwick waved his wand to close the passage and move the practice targets to the wall.

"From today onwards, I will conduct you with strict wizard duel training." Professor Flitwick raised his wand, "It's also combat training, and other teaching content will also be included in combat training." ”

Scott nodded solemnly, reached out and took out his wand, bowing to Professor Flitwick.

"Come on."

Professor Flitwick made a "please" gesture.

"You can use any means to attack me."

His expression became very serious, and his eyes were fixed on Scott.

"Of course, I'm going to fight back, I'm going to get you some damage, it's inevitable."

Scott nodded again, his eyes fixed on Professor Flitwick as intently.

Obviously such a short body, and even a little funny in appearance, Professor Flitwick just stood there, but he could bring a lot of pressure to Scott's heart.

"Armor protection!"

To be conservative, Scott first cast an iron armor spell in front of him.

Professor Flitwick just watched his movements, still waiting for him to attack.

Scott aimed his wand at the humanoid practice target leaning against the wall.

Some of these humanoid targets are wooden and can be shattered by spells, and some are metal, which are difficult to break.

Scott's Transfiguration Spell shrouds a metal practice target.

"Woo......"

With a wolf howl, the humanoid metal practice target turned into a huge gray wolf, and pounced fiercely at Professor Flitwick.

Scott certainly wouldn't think that the Gray Wolf's attack would be effective against Professor Flitwick.

He planned that while Professor Flitwick dealt with the gray wolf, he would be able to use Transfiguration again to get more help.

But his plan fell through.

The wand in Professor Flitwick's hand trembled, and a thick rope sprang up nimbly, wrapping around the gray wolf in the blink of an eye, and then bypassing the magical barrier of the Iron Charm in the next moment.

During this time, the only thing Scott had time to do was to move and ignite a raging fire around him in time.

But instead of piercing the flames to attack him, the rope retracted as fast as it could, binding the gray wolf tightly.

At the same time, a red beam of light shot out from the tip of Professor Flitwick's wand, snaking through the air like lightning, shattering the magical barrier in front of Scott.

"Thunderbolt Explosion!"

Scott struck before Professor Flitwick could attack him directly, casting a powerful Demolition Charm.

He didn't choose the more rudimentary spells of the Stun Charm or the Cutting Charm, he knew that Professor Flitwick could bounce off that level of Charm with just a wave of his hand.

"Armor protection!"

Professor Flitwick finally opened his mouth to recite the spell, blocking Scott's Demolition Charm with the Iron Armor Charm.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Scott didn't even have time to breathe, and used the two transformation charms he was most familiar with as quickly as he could.

"Woo......"

Two new gray wolves appeared, swooping down on Professor Flitwick from different directions.

Professor Flitwick shook his wand calmly, and the two blue rays of light separated, hitting the two leaping gray wolves almost at the same time, as if frozen in an instant, and both gray wolves were completely frozen.

By this time, Scott had cast an iron armor spell in front of him again.

While Professor Flitwick can easily break his Iron Charm, the presence of the Iron Charm can help him gain some time to spare.

"Smoky!"

With the presence of the Iron Armor Charm, Scott directly cast the Smoke Screen Charm, hoping to find opportunities through the advantages of his magic perception.

Under the cover of the smoke screen, Scott only had time to free his three gray wolves, and Professor Flitwick took the same method as Blake, using the housework magic whirlwind to break the smoke screen directly.

Scott also changed his mind, putting two gray wolves in charge of the attack, and one gray wolf guarding his side.

This choice made him feel a little more relaxed.

However, even with his best efforts in the ensuing period, he was unable to break through Professor Flitwick's defenses, and was ultimately defeated by the Professor's precise counter-attack.

"Well done, Scott! You're doing better than I thought. ”

Professor Flitwick raised his hand to lift the petrification spell in Scott's office.

After a duel, the professor became kind again, and did not hesitate to praise him as a student.

"You have a clear way of thinking about combat, and you have a good level of use of spells, and you are already much better than the average seventh-year Hogwarts graduate."

After the compliment, analyze his shortcomings as well.

"As for the shortcomings, the biggest drawback is still the lack of combat experience."