Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 605: Night Visit to Ravenclaw
Finally, midnight arrived.

Harry and his two friends gathered at the door of the Gryffindor common room again after a long absence, preparing to go to Ravenclaw tower.

As before, the three of them were still huddled in Harry's death cloak.

However, the user experience is much worse than before. After all, they have all grown up now. Although the Death Cloak itself is made relatively large, it is still difficult to completely cover the three of them.

Fortunately, Harry and the other two were very adaptable, and their Death Cloak had a certain degree of extension ability after awakening, so after practicing for a while, they managed to achieve the effect of full concealment.

After much difficulty they arrived at the door of the Ravenclaw common room. Harry and the other two stopped again as they looked at the glowing door and the eagle-head 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 so many protective spells on this door that anyone with ill intentions towards Ravenclaw cannot pass through it, even if you answer the question about the eagle-head door knocker correctly.

This made Ron a little uneasy.

However, Hermione didn't care about that. Under Ron's horrified gaze, she walked up and knocked on the eagle-head door knocker.

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

The eagle-head door knocker made a cold sound. Hermione raised her eyebrows and said directly:

"Calm, decisive and steady."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened.

Ron swallowed and looked at Hermione in disbelief, while the latter rolled her eyes at him and said:
"I know there are many protective spells on the door, but those are for outsiders. They are basically ineffective against us Hogwarts students."

Ron still looked a little confused, but Harry looked thoughtful.

He knew very well that although Hogwarts openly opposed students' night outings, it actually condoned or even welcomed the idea.

As a professional night tourer, he knows this very well.

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

Otherwise, not to mention them, even Ravenclaw's own students would come out for a night out.

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

Compared to the day, the Ravenclaw common room at night seemed very deserted, with no one in sight.

With the faint moonlight filtering in through the arched windows, Harry could clearly see the huge black shadows cast by the rows of bookshelves. Together, they made the atmosphere of the entire lounge seem somewhat eerie.

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

The library area in front was simply ignored by them.

It's obvious that the entrance to the Masonic secret realm must be at a location that originally existed in Ravenclaw. It's impossible for a place like the library area, which was later extended using the Traceless Extension Charm, to have an entrance to the secret realm.

After passing 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 quite familiar with this statue. To be honest, this statue was no longer in line with the current Ravenclaw common room because it was too small.

But perhaps because it is an antique, it still stands where it originally was and has not been replaced.

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

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

This is not an easy task, considering that this inspection is achieved through a spell called the Pro-Observation method.

This spell is generally used in alchemy. It can quickly detect the residual magic on the observed object, thereby speeding up the enchantment process and clearing magical pollution.

Hermione's action undoubtedly treated the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw as an alchemical object.

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

The statue was so clean that Hermione couldn't detect any magic left.

This is very unreasonable, because there will be some magic left on normal objects, and there are only two possibilities to achieve the situation like the one on the Ravenclaw lady statue.

First, wizards regularly clean the magical pollution on the statue every day. Second, there is a spell attached to the statue that can block protective spells such as observation.

Hermione personally thinks the latter is more likely.

However, although they noticed that something was wrong with the statue, Hermione and others eventually gave up investigating the statue temporarily.

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

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

Unfortunately, Hermione checked all these things and still found no clues about the entrance to the secret realm, which made her very frustrated.

After all, she volunteered to help, but in the end she failed to do anything.

Harry patted her shoulder and comforted her:
"You've done a great job, thank you."

Hermione shook her head in disappointment when she heard that, and was obviously not satisfied with her own expression.

However, just as Harry was about to continue comforting them, Ron suddenly covered both of their mouths and made a 'shush shush' sound at the same time.

Seeing this, Hermione and Harry quickly shut their mouths and nervously turned their heads to observe the surrounding scenery.

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

That was none other than the ghost of Ravenclaw - Lady Grey.

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

What’s even more rare is that Ms. Grey still had a smile on her face.

This is a rare sight that is only seen once in a thousand years. You should know that Ms. Grey has another nickname - the sad ghost.

The reason why she has such a nickname is entirely because of her melancholy temperament and her face that is always filled with sadness.

Harry held his breath reflexively and shrank his body to avoid being discovered, but soon, his movements froze.

Because an idea suddenly came to him.

As an ancient ghost of Ravenclaw, would Ms. Grey know any clues about the entrance to the secret realm?
He did it as soon as he thought of it, without any hesitation. Under the anxious gaze of Hermione and others, Harry lifted the Death Cloak and began to walk towards Ms. Grey.

At this time, Ms. Grey had already arrived at the bar. She touched the exquisite alchemy coffee machine, and then touched the various drinks on the shelves, her eyes full of longing and satisfaction.

As one of the original Ravenclaw students, although she is at odds with her mother, the great being who founded Ravenclaw House, she still has feelings for Ravenclaw House.

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

Harry's sudden appearance scared her. She screamed almost instinctively, but quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

The expression on his face also became angry.

It was so embarrassing to be caught in such a self-absorbed moment.

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

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

"Call the gods to protect you!"

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

At this moment, Ms. Grey finally realized that the little wizard in front of her had ill intentions.

She wanted to shout and warn others to be careful, but under the suppression of the guardian angel, she was in a state of powerlessness and even had no strength to shout.

This is the suppressive power of the high guardian on ghosts!
This scene stunned Hermione and Ron. They quickly lifted up their death cloaks and caught up with Harry in front.

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

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

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

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

Harry stole this from an abandoned church.

Without any pause, Harry walked towards Ms. Grey with the Holy Cross in hand.

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

This change caught Hermione's attention, she frowned but didn't question:
"Harry! What are you doing? She looks miserable!"

"It's just some tricks." Harry lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, she will be fine."

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

"I ask, you answer, do you understand?"

Harry's Patronus Elk raised itself slightly, which gave Ms. Grey some strength back.

At this moment her body was still shaking. The pain that the cross had just inflicted on her would be unforgettable for her whole 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 secret entrance hidden in the Ravenclaw common room?"

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

Harry was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He soon realized that the other party could not understand what he said, so he continued:
"In that case, do you know if Mike Townley did anything weird in this lounge during the school day?"

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

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

The sizzling sound of grilled meat was instantly followed by a puff of rising green smoke. Under the effect of the Holy Cross, Ms. Grey's body, which was already a little illusory, began to become more and more transparent.

Fortunately, Mike had no intention of killing Ms. Grey, and he took the cross back after a while.

At this moment, Ms. Grey suddenly 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 cast a spell at the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw, and then he disappeared!"

Harry's eyes lit up and he continued to ask:
"That's the spell?"

"I...I forgot. I'm sorry, wuwu! 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 teaching 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 when he heard this. At this moment, Ron came over and said with some confusion:

"What's wrong with you Harry? How could you treat Ms. Grey like this? You weren't like this before!"

Looking at the horrified expressions of Hermione and Ron, Harry turned his head away and said with a guilty conscience:

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

With that he shook off Hermione's hand, quickly pulled the Forgotten Flashlight from his pocket, pointed it at Ms. Grey and pressed the button.

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

This strange scene frightened 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.

(End of this chapter)