Chapter 605: Night Visit to Ravenclaw

Finally, midnight arrived.

Harry and his team gathered at the entrance of the Gryffindor Common Room again, preparing to go to the Ravenclaw Tower.

As in the past, the three of them were still nestled in Harry's Death Cloak.

However, the user experience was far worse than before. After all, they were all grown up now. Although the Death Cloak itself was made relatively wide, it was still difficult to completely cover the three of them.

Fortunately, Harry and his team were quite adaptable, and the Death Cloak also had a certain extension ability after awakening, so after practicing for a while, the three of them managed to achieve the effect of full concealment. After finally

arriving at the door of the Ravenclaw Common Room, Harry and his team stopped again when they saw the door that was gleaming with light and the eagle-headed door knocker on it.

Ron's expression was a little ugly.

After spending these days with the Ravenclaw students, he was deeply impressed by the door in front of him.

According to them, there are a lot of protective spells on this door. Anyone who has bad intentions towards Ravenclaw cannot pass through this door, even if you answer the question of the eagle-head door knocker.

This made Ron a little nervous.

However, Hermione didn't care about that. In Ron's horrified eyes, she went forward and knocked on the eagle-head door knocker.

"What are the three key points of releasing the Disillusionment Charm?"

The cold voice of the eagle-head door knocker sounded. Hermione raised her eyebrows and said directly:

"Calm, decisive and stable."

As soon as the voice fell, the door opened.

Ron swallowed his saliva and looked at Hermione with an unbelievable look, while the latter rolled her eyes at him and said:

"I know there are many protective spells on the door, but those are for people outside the school. It is basically ineffective for us students of Hogwarts."

Ron's expression was still a little puzzled, while Harry looked thoughtful.

He knew very well that although Hogwarts was firmly opposed to students' night outings on the surface, it actually acquiesced or was happy to see it happen.

As a professional night walker, he knew this very well.

And judging from the current situation, although the Ravenclaw Common Room has strengthened its overall security, its attitude towards students' night walks has not changed.

Otherwise, not to mention them, even Ravenclaw's own students want to go out for a night walk.

Thinking of this, the three finally walked into the door.

Compared with the daytime, the Ravenclaw Common Room at night seemed very deserted, with no one.

With the faint moonlight coming in from the arched windows, Harry could clearly see the huge black shadows reflected by the rows of bookshelves, which combined together made the atmosphere of the entire lounge a little gloomy.

Despite this, Harry and the other two gritted their teeth and began the search.

The library area in front was directly ignored by them.

It was obvious that the entrance to the Masonic Secret Realm must be at a certain location that Ravenclaw originally had. A place like the library area, which was later extended using the Traceless Extension Charm, would not have an entrance to the secret realm.

After bypassing the library area, the first thing that caught their attention was the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw that stood between the library area and the rest area.

Harry was already familiar with this statue. To be honest, this statue was no longer compatible with the current Ravenclaw lounge. It was too small.

But perhaps because it was an antique, it still stood where it was originally and had not been replaced.

This perfectly matched Harry and Hermione's inference about the location of the entrance to the secret realm.

So, Hermione took the lead and began to inspect the statue.

This was not an easy task. You should know that this inspection was achieved by relying on a spell called the Prospector Method.

This spell is generally used in alchemy. It can quickly detect the magic residue on the observed object, so as to achieve the effect of speeding up the enchantment process and removing magic pollution.

Hermione's move undoubtedly treated the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw as an alchemical item.

However, Hermione observed there for a long time but still found nothing.

The statue was extremely clean, and Hermione could not find any magic residue at all.

This is unreasonable, because there will be some magic left on normal objects, and there are only two possibilities for the situation on the statue of Lady Ravenclaw.

One is that wizards regularly clean the magic pollution on the statue every day, and the other is that the statue is attached with a spell that can block the observation spell.

Hermione personally thinks the latter is more likely.

However, although they saw that something was wrong with the statue, Hermione and others finally gave up the investigation of the statue temporarily.

After all, they had too much work to do today, and they had to rule out other suspicious options first.

So Hermione turned her attention to other things that agreed with the conditions, such as the fireplace, the half-arched windows, and even the sofa chair that Mike often sat on.

Unfortunately, Hermione checked all these things and still did not find any clues about the entrance to the secret realm, which made her very frustrated.

After all, she volunteered to help, but in the end she could not do anything.

Harry patted her shoulder and consoled her:

"You've done a great job, thank you."

Hermione shook her head in disappointment, obviously not satisfied with her expression.

However, just as Harry was about to continue to console her, Ron suddenly covered their mouths and made a "shush shush" sound at the same time.

Hermione and Harry quickly shut their mouths and turned their heads to observe the surroundings nervously.

As soon as Harry turned his head, he saw a blue figure that had appeared in the Ravenclaw common room without him noticing, and was now wandering around the library area in front.

That was the Ravenclaw ghost - Ms. Grey.

At this time, Ms. Grey seemed to be in a very good mood. She kept floating back and forth among the huge bookshelves, and she stretched out her hand from time to time, slowly stroking the densely packed books.

What was even more rare was that there was a smile on Ms. Grey's face.

This was a rare sight in a thousand years. You know, Ms. Grey also had another nickname - the sad ghost. The reason

why she had such a nickname was entirely because of her melancholy temperament and her face that was always filled with sadness.

Harry held his breath like a conditioned reflex, and at the same time shrank his body to make himself unnoticed.

But soon, his movements froze.

Because he suddenly had an idea.

As an ancient ghost of Ravenclaw, would Ms. Grey know any clues about the entrance to the secret realm?

Do it as soon as you think of it, without any hesitation, Harry directly lifted the cloak of death in the anxious eyes of Hermione and others, and began to walk towards Ms. Grey.

At this time, Ms. Grey had already come to the bar. She touched the exquisite alchemical coffee machine for a while, and then touched the various beverages on the shelves, her eyes full of longing and relief.

As one of the original Ravenclaw students, although she was at odds with her mother, the great being who founded Ravenclaw College, she still had feelings for Ravenclaw College.

So she was also very happy about the current situation of Ravenclaw.

Harry's sudden appearance scared him, and she almost screamed instinctively, but soon covered her mouth with her hands.

The expression on her face also became angry.

It was too embarrassing to be discovered at this moment of self-intoxication.

"Who are you? Why don't you rest so late? I'm going to tell Flitwick!"

Ms. Grey said in shame and anger, but Harry continued to walk forward as if he didn't hear it, and a wand appeared silently in her hand.

"Expecto Patronus!"

Along with Harry's low voice, an elk with a faint sacred light suddenly jumped out of his wand and threw Ms. Grey to the ground neatly.

At this moment, Ms. Grey finally understood that the little wizard in front of her was not a good person.

She wanted to shout and warn others to be careful, but under the suppression of the Patronus, she was in a state of weakness, and even the strength to shout was taken away.

This is the suppression power of the high Patronus on ghosts!

This scene shocked Hermione and Ron. They also quickly lifted the cloak of death and caught up with Harry in front.

"Harry! What are you doing? That's Ms. Grey!"

Hermione said anxiously in a low voice, but Harry did not answer. He just gave her a reassuring look and pulled a bright silver cross pendant from his neck.

This is also a mysterious object. Harry named it the Holy Cross.

Its function is very simple, that is, to cause damage to spiritual beings.

This is what Harry stole from an abandoned church.

Almost without a pause, Harry directly held the Holy Cross and approached Ms. Grey.

As the cross approached, the expression on Ms. Grey's face changed visibly, and began to change from anger to fear.

This change caught Hermione's attention. She frowned and asked without questioning:

"Harry! What are you doing? She looks painful!"

"It's just some tricks." Harry said in a low voice, "Don't worry, she will be fine."

After that, Harry stopped and waved the cross in front of Ms. Grey again, then put it away and asked:

"I ask, you answer, understand?"

Harry's patronus elk raised its body slightly, which made Ms. Grey regain some strength.

At this moment, her body was still shaking. The pain that the cross had just inflicted on her made her unforgettable for the rest of her life.

"Okay... okay."

Harry nodded at Ms. Grey's trembling answer. He looked at her and said word by word:

"Do you have anything to tell us about the entrance to the secret realm hidden in the Ravenclaw common room?"

"Secret... secret realm? What is that?"

Harry was stunned for a moment. He soon realized that the other party could not understand his statement, so he continued:

"In that case, do you know if McTownley did anything weird in this common room during school?"

"McTownley? Your target is McTownley? That excellent little wizard?" Ms. Grey's voice instantly rose several gears. "You want to harm him? Don't dream, I won't... ah!"

Ms. Grey's words were interrupted by a scream, because Harry directly attached the Holy Cross to Ms. Grey's arm.

A burst of squeaks of roasting meat was instantly accompanied by a rising green smoke. Under the effect of the Holy Cross, Ms. Grey's originally somewhat illusory body began to become more and more transparent.

Fortunately, Mike did not intend to destroy Ms. Grey. After a while, he took the cross back.

At this time, Ms. Grey collapsed to the ground, her body still twitching from time to time.

Seeing this, Harry asked the question again, and this time, Ms. Grey said without hesitation:

"I know! I know! It was several years ago, McTownley, the little wizard once said a spell to Ms. Ravenclaw's statue, and then he disappeared!"

Harry's eyes lit up and continued to ask:

"The spell was like this?"

"I... I forgot. I'm sorry, woo! Please don't torture me anymore!"

Facing the crying Ms. Grey, Harry's expression was very ugly. He gritted his teeth, took out the Holy Cross and said:

"I think you won't cry until you see the coffin!"

However, just as he was about to continue to teach Ms. Grey a lesson, a cold hand grabbed his arm.

"Harry, stop it! She's not lying. Ghosts only remember what happened when they were alive. As for what they saw after they died, they usually gradually forget it, so Ms. Grey may really not remember it!"

Harry paused after hearing this, and Ron came over and said with some confusion:

"What's wrong with you, Harry? How can you treat Ms. Grey like this? You were not like this before!"

Looking at the horrified expressions of Hermione and Ron, Harry couldn't help but turn his head away and said with some guilt:

"I... I don't know, I just... I'm a little excited."

After saying that, he shook off Hermione's hand, quickly took out the forgotten flashlight from his pocket, pointed it at Ms. Grey and pressed the button.

With a flash of a faint blue beam, the painful expression on Ms. Grey's face quickly faded, replaced by a look of dementia.

This weird scene scared Hermione, and Ron took several steps back in fear, fearing that he would be accidentally illuminated by the unknown light.

What they didn't know was that at this moment Harry was really struggling over whether or not to give them both a shot.