The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 321 Who doesn’t have a secret room?
He who knows the times is a hero. Doing something knowing it is impossible does not mean you are brave. It only shows your stupidity and recklessness to others and becomes a topic of gossip for others.

The strength displayed by Ada will indeed make Alan and his son feel uneasy, but the fact that she can bring benefits to the family in the future is just Vida's empty promise, and no one is sure whether it will really come true.

The magic world has never lacked talented people, and there are countless geniuses who died halfway. Ada herself is not enough to make Alan make the decision he is making now. People will die as long as you can pay enough. Ada is not a supernatural being, and she will die even if the death curse hits her.

The reason why Alan and his son did not do so was that the cost of doing so was too high, and the price they paid was not proportional to the reward of killing Ada. The second reason was Vida. The old man's hidden trick made Alan and his son feel scared.

Vida did not ask Ada to change her last name to Rozier, nor did he seek greater family benefits for Ada. This was already a concession made by Vida. If he continued to push his own limits and push his nose into the ground, would Vida Rozier, who had once stirred up the storm, make a desperate move and choose to fight to the death?

With the support of Rosier behind him, Alan was able to thrive in France. Without Rosier's support, with Alan's own ability, the wealth in his hands would only become fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

This is the main reason why Alan and his son made concessions. He didn't want to lose Rozier, and he couldn't lose Rozier.

That's why Alan did nothing and said nothing after the summer vacation, but sent a gift today, implicitly acknowledging that Ada is a member of Rozier.

Alan was unwilling to accept it, but he had no choice. He didn't dare to bet on Vida's madness and backhand. He could only wait for the day when his promises came true and wait for Ada to grow up. Or wait for an opportunity to turn the situation around and wait for Vida to leave this world.

Vida knew this gift and the thoughts behind it very well, and she had been preparing for it. Just as Vida once said to Agnes, although the house is not big, it must be clean. If someone hadn't leaked the news, everything wouldn't have happened so suddenly, and it wouldn't be the situation today.

After receiving the gift, Ada also realized that she was no longer the young and immature girl she was when she first entered the magic world. If Ada really wanted to fight and really unscrupulously magnified the dark side of her heart, Rosier and others would get a terrifying enemy who would do anything to achieve his goal.

Ada has the rare shining points of being worldly-wise but not worldly-wise, experienced but still innocent.

Many times, Ida hoped that she was really just a child. Although she was not good enough or sensible enough, at least happiness became simple. She used her special ability to peek into Vida's heart and make sure that the reunion between grandparents and grandchildren was not a big lie or a bottomless trap. If possible, no one wanted to do this.

Vida patted Ada's shoulder and motioned her to follow him. Under Vida's guidance, the two of them went upstairs and came to the suite that was always closed. The decoration style of the room was consistent with the other rooms, and even all the furniture was matched.

The furnishings in the suite looked as if someone had been living in the house all along: the open books, the half-eaten cakes on the table, the steaming tea, all remained as they were when the owner of the suite left.

But even if it was arranged like this, it couldn't change the fact that the owner of the suite had left long ago and never came back. There was not a trace of smoke in the spotless room.

Vida did not stop, nor did she explain the purpose of this suite to Ada, but walked straight to the tall bookshelf standing by the wall. She found a German book with a red cover on the bookshelf and tapped the spine of the book rhythmically with her fingers.

Then, the tall bookshelf changed and moved apart, but the books on it strangely remained where they were. When the bookshelf stopped moving, the wall behind it suddenly disappeared, revealing an entrance that could accommodate one person. The books that remained in place suddenly poured into the entrance and formed a staircase extending downwards.

"That red book always appears in a different location. It's quite interesting to find it among hundreds of books." Vida explained his behavior just now. "Let's go down. I think there is something you should know."

Ah, this... there is a secret passage hidden in the room, which cannot be seen from the outside of the suite, and there is nothing special about the thickness of the walls or pillars. So is this due to the charm of magic, or is the neon kid detective deceiving himself? While Ada was still sighing "There is a secret passage hidden in my house, but I don't even know it", Vida had already walked into the entrance and walked down the stairs paved with books.

Ada followed him down, and after walking up a few steps, the stairs under her feet turned into stone steps, and the books flew back again, and the entrance behind her disappeared. The entrance disappeared, but the secret passage did not fall into darkness. The unknown stones embedded in the walls and steps lit up with soft light.

The light was not dazzling, but it was just enough for people to see the road clearly. The end of the stone steps became wider, and a somewhat mottled wooden door came into view. Vida was taking candles out of the cabinet next to the door and lighting them one by one on the candlesticks.

Pushing open the wooden door, there was no peculiar smell as imagined, nor any gold or silver jewelry that would dazzle the eyes, nor any magical creatures like basilisks. It was so ordinary that it did not live up to its hidden way of entry.

The room behind the wooden door was not big, about the size of a bedroom, and the furnishings were simple, with a desk, a chair, and three cabinets. The walls were bare, with neither photos nor portraits.

"This is..." Ada looked carefully at everything in front of her. There must be a reason why this place was hidden, but except for the cabinets that had not been opened yet, it didn't look like there were any secrets here.

"Everyone has an unknown past and a secret that they want to cover up. My past and my secret are buried here." Vida said, she put the candlestick on the table and fiddled with the candlelight to make it brighter and brighter.

Vida opened the cabinet on the left side of the desk. With the candlelight, Ada could see clearly what was in the cabinet. What caught Ada's attention was a necklace with a special symbol, a black waist belt that she had seen before, a human skull, and some other things.

"Grindelwald." Ada said softly, "Everything in this cabinet is related to him."

Ada looked at the human skull. There was no mysterious aura flowing on it, but the line of German on the skull made people recognize it at once: For the greater good—1898.

"That's right. This is a rare magical item. It can help you make predictions and also allow more people to see your predictions." Vida pointed at the slightly damaged skull and said, "He once used this skull to make a prediction that shocked the magic world. It happened in Paris, at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Unfortunately, only a few people believe in him."

Vida Rosier was a follower of Grindelwald and a witness of the most tragic wizard war. Vida never considered herself a hero, nor did she think she was on the righteous side. She just did what she thought she should do at that time.

"At that time, I stood behind him holding the skull and witnessed his great prophecy." Vida's eyes lit up, as if he was thinking back to those years. "Then a group of self-proclaimed righteous guys broke in and disrupted the gathering."

Ada took the necklace from the cabinet and held it in her hand. She recognized the special symbol on the pendant. A triangle, a circle, and a straight line, these three combined together are the symbol of Grindelwald, and also the symbol of the legendary Deathly Hallows.

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the story of the three Peverell brothers gave rise to the legend of the Deathly Hallows. Many people are obsessed with it and want to become the masters of death. He once searched for the whereabouts of the Hallows." Vida continued, "But now many people have forgotten the original meaning of this symbol and only regard it as Grindelwald's mark."

"So many people are flocking to it, but no one can prove whether the Deathly Hallows really exist." Ada hung the necklace back. She always felt that this legend was too illusory. The master of the god of death? Would the god of death be happy?

"There is often only a fine line between reality and illusion. Sometimes they are wrapped together, making it impossible for you to distinguish them." Vida continued, "I didn't bring you here to tell you these things. Instead, I want to tell you something you don't know."

(End of this chapter)