Chapter Forty-Four: Captain Touching Gold?
Three years ago, during the Christmas holidays, Rove met Helena for the first time on the Orient Express, and she wanted to take him to steal ...... Ahh
Rove, who was still young at the time, directly rejected Helena's request.
After all, Newt taught Rove since he was a child that Scamander was an innocent and serious person who never did anything illegal!
So, of course, it is impossible for Rove to rob the tomb, or to rob the tomb of Ravenclaw.
Besides, the tomb of the Big Four must be very dangerous, and Rove has always been cautious and unwilling to take risks.
But as he travels back a thousand years, Rove meets three of the Big Four, and he is still at the well of death, where he has a very brief but deep exchange with Royina Ravenclaw.
Since then, Rove has changed his mind:
He was going to enter Ravenclaw's tomb to see if she had left anything important for herself.
Ravenclaw has kept the well of death for himself, can he not leave some relics in the tomb?
What's more, there are still the corpses of Ravenclaw and Helena in the tomb, as the collector of a thousand years ago, Rove still wants to see them again after a thousand years......
Whether the corpse is incorruptible and well-preserved, as Hufflepuff claims.
So, after breakfast, Rove learned the art of tying a ponytail with Shirley, and then took her out of the convent to find the Ravenclaw cemetery.
The two of them rode broomsticks along the Creed River, up the river, and soon reached a towering mountain range.
Rove recognized it at a glance, and he whispered to the ponytailed girl, "Ravenclaw's tomb is hidden under this mountain. ”
Hearing this, Shirley stared at the peaks, and she saw the nearby foothills, dark brown, and the mountains behind them were taller and gray, and beyond were towering white pinnacles.
"How are we going to get in?" She asked curiously, "There should be an entrance to the tomb, right?" ”
Rove recalled for a moment and said slowly: "I remember that the entrance to the underground palace was at the foot of the mountain on the south side. ”
Shirley looked in the direction the boy was pointing, and saw a large forest on the southern slope, and at the foot of the mountain was a wide Creed, which meandered in a great arc.
"The river should be diverted and the entrance should be flooded." Shirley guessed.
Rove thinks so...... This is also very normal, for a thousand years, the diversion of large rivers is a common thing.
The two flew towards the southern hillside, where the greenery was stacked, the breeze caressed and the leaves on the treetops whispered.
Rove looked up at the surrounding mountains, and Shirley, who looked down, suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Rove, what do you think is that?" ”
The boy stopped his broomstick and looked down, and he saw a circular hole hidden in a bush of thorns.
The width of the cave can accommodate two people walking side by side, the hole is even, and there are layers of stairs below for people to step on.
This is obviously a hole dug by human processing.
Although Rove is not a professional, he has followed Newt on his journey north and south, and has heard him talk about exploring several large tombs.
So you can recognize it at a glance...... Cave theft.
Rove's face sank, "It looks like someone dug up Ravenclaw's grave." ”
Although the wizarding world does not have a golden captain, it also has a similar profession called ...... Spell Breaker.
This is a position for goblins to recruit for, and the main job is to crack the magic in ancient tombs or other historical sites and bring the treasure back to Gringotts.
Charlie's eldest brother, Bill Weis, came to work as a spell solver after graduation, specializing in cracking ancient tombs in Egypt.
So, seeing the Thief Cave is not good news, it at least means that a spell solver has been here.
As for whether it has been opened to the tomb, it is difficult to say.
The two of them continued to fly forward, and Rove would focus on the ground, and found four more thief holes, which made him a little worried.
Ravenclaw's tomb can't be robbed by someone who doesn't have long eyes, right?
Approaching the bottom of the hill, Rove suddenly stopped, stretched out his finger and shuttered softly to his lips.
Shirley understood, quietly pricked up her ears, and listened carefully.
She heard faint voices, heavy footsteps and grinding, and the sound of stones and branches falling, indicating that someone was climbing down the steep, woody hill and approaching the bank at the bottom.
Suddenly, someone spoke, and it was a rough and harsh voice, and when Rove heard it, it was the voice of a goblin duck.
"Terticius, it's all here...... Let me tell you the truth, this is not the tomb of Ingonexia Wildsmith! ”
The wizard, Teltius, let out a sigh of disappointment.
"Polke...... You guy lied to me, I thought I could find the formula for Floo Powder in the tomb, and I'm so happy! ”
Inganethia Wildsmith was a thirteenth-century witch who invented the famous Floo powder.
Floo Powder is a monopoly magical item, and its recipe has been in the hands of Floy for six centuries.
There have always been people who want to crack the formula of Floo powder and develop it themselves, but they have failed.
Rumor has it that there is a recipe in the tomb of Ingnetia Wildsmith, but no one has been able to find her grave.
As Gringotts' best spell breaker, Tertius was lured by Polk, only to be told that it was not the tomb of Signetia Wildsmith.
This made Tertius feel that he had been tricked, and he was a little angry, and wanted to kill the old goblin in front of him.
"Don't be angry, Teltius." Fairy Pock quacked and laughed:
"Although this is not the tomb of Ingonexia Wildsmith, the owner of the tomb is a hundred times more noble than her status......"
"Who?" Teltius asked curiously.
Poke grinned and said slowly, "Royina Ravenclaw." ”
Silent...... There was a long silence.
Polk was pleased with the shock on Tertius's face, and he laughed:
"Compared to Ravenclaw's funeral goods, what is Floo powder? Bullshit isn't! ”
Tertius was indeed shocked, and Mu Ne was speechless for a long time before he said in disbelief:
"How did you know this was a Ravenclaw tomb?"
Speaking of this, Polk said with some pride:
"I'm digging into the ancient fairy kingdom...... At the site of Nadia, relics left by Legnak I were found, and one of the steles recorded this incident. ”
"Legnack I......" Tertius mused, "is that the elf king who helped Gryffindor forge the sword?" ”
"It's him, Legnak I...... A great king! The best weapon forging master from a thousand years ago! Pock shouted in a proud tone.
He quickly corrected:
"However, Legnack I has never made a sword without Gryffindor, it is the sword that Gryffindor sent to steal after hearing about it!"
"All goblins know this history...... Gryffindor first sent two students to the Nadia Valley.
Because they were Hogwarts visitors, one of them claimed to be Slytherin's son, and Legnack I gave them a warm welcome.
But they took revenge, sneaked into the treasury, and stole the sword! ”
Pock's face contorted in anger, as if he had stolen the sword.
"Just as Legnak I was about to catch those two thieves, Gryffindor came, and he was no match for Legnack I, but he escaped with them anyway."
When Tertius heard Pock say that Gryffindor had lost to Legnack I, he became suspicious of the story.
He suddenly said sharply, "Slytherin's son? ”
"That's right." "Gryffindor has sent two students, one of whom is Cassandra Trelawney, your wizard's prophet.
There was also a teenager who claimed to be a Slytherin child and said he was going to marry Helena, the daughter of Ravenclaw...... That's why Gnac I gave them a warm welcome. ”
Not far away, Rove had a strange expression, as if he was talking about himself.
Shirley on the side also looked up and glanced at the boy, she had heard him talk about the process of taking the sword, which indeed included using the snake old voice to pretend to be the son of Slytherin.
But I never heard him say that he wanted to marry...... Helena Ravenclaw!
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