Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 55: Ravenclaw's longing, Dumbledore panics

"Helena, think carefully about the time you spent with Ms. Ravenclaw and whether she has ever mentioned relevant topics?" Ted said to Helena.

"Thoughts, thoughts that are gathered together..." Helena's eyes were empty and she fell into deep thought.

For a ghost who has no concept of time, this meditation would take two or three hours.

When Ted came back from dinner, Helena was still there, lost in thought.

By midnight, Ted couldn't stand it anymore and decided to talk about it tomorrow.

He wanted to persuade her to take a rest and think slowly, but he was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"I, I think I remembered. My mother seemed to have said something similar..." Her expression was a little excited, and she looked sad and a little nostalgic.

She walked to the statue and called softly, "Mom? Mom! Mom, I'm back. Open the door for me. I'm Helena."

Suddenly, Ted felt the magical fluctuations coming from the statue!

He quickly cast a magic detection spell, and sure enough, he saw a blue light getting brighter and brighter on the statue.

The statue of Ravenclaw suddenly blinked, and then spoke: "Helena, my daughter, is that you?"

It was a gentle and clear voice, giving people the feeling of an intelligent and elegant lady.

Pearly white tears rolled down Helena's face. She choked and stretched out her hands to hug her mother, but she could only pass through the statue - she was already a ghost and had been dead for almost a thousand years.

"Mom! Mom, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." she said chokingly.

"Don't cry, Helena, don't cry. My poor daughter..." He looked at Helena.

"I was already in a very bad state at that time. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to see you, and I was also worried that you would not be able to go on. It was my fault. I shouldn't have let Barrow look for you. His mind had been severely damaged by the black magic at that time..."

"Please don't blame me, Helena, don't blame me," she pleaded with her daughter.

"No, it's my fault. Mom, it's all my fault. If I hadn't stolen the crown and distracted you, you would definitely not have died. Mom, forgive me, mom." Helena was sobbing.

The statue of Ravenclaw stretched out her hands and hugged her daughter. The mother and daughter, one was a statue that could not cry, and the other was an untouchable ghost. Together, they expressed their apologies that were a thousand years late.

After a long time, Ms. Ravenclaw calmed Helena down and they finally calmed down.

"When I heard the tragic news, I was already overwhelmed. But I am worried about you, Helena. I am worried that you will be afraid of death and cannot go on."

"Now it seems that my worries were right. But I was in such a hurry at that time that I could only cast incomplete magic on this statue, which resulted in me being unable to wake up on my own..."

"Fortunately, fortunately I left enough magic power in the secret room. Helena, don't be afraid, come with me..."

As she spoke, a fist-sized ball of light floated out from the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw.

She floated ahead to lead the way, with Helena following behind.

After walking a short distance, Helena waved to Ted and said, "Thank you, Ted. Please come with me. I may have to keep going. I hope you can be my last witness."

Ted bowed slightly, said nothing, and followed.

The ball of light floated in front, and the whole castle seemed to come alive.

The portraits seemed to have lost their self-awareness, lying motionless in the frames. The moving suits of armor would salute on their own initiative, and the moving stairs would float over by themselves to form a smooth path.

This is much more powerful than ordinary castles, it looks like a deformed building block.

Soon, they left Ravenclaw Tower and arrived at the main tower via the sky bridge.

In a corridor on the eighth floor, a ball of light stopped in front of a tapestry.

"This carpet is quite interesting." said the Ravenclaw Light Ball.

It is a tapestry of the troll beating the fool Barnabas with a stick. It tells the story of a wizard named Barnabas who tried to teach the trolls to dance ballet and was beaten with a stick by the impatient trolls.

Suddenly, a door appeared on the wall opposite the tapestry. It was a three-meter-high solid wooden door with a gold-painted border and a raven pattern in the middle.

The door opened, a ball of light flew in, and Ravenclaw's voice came: "Please come in, Helena and that little guy, this is my original research room..."

Ted didn't expect that Ravenclaw would bring him to the Room of Requirement.

He knew this place, but he hadn't planned to come here in his freshman year.

Unexpectedly, Ravenclaw also left a "Secret Chamber" here!
After walking in, it was not what Ted had imagined, with bookshelves and lab tables everywhere, but rather a bit empty - there was only a large curved table and a few chairs, an old-style sofa, and a bookcase.

However, on the opposite wall, there were many blue lines with a faint golden glow, which converged into an extremely complex geometric pattern.

The ball of light flew into the wall, and then all the blue lines connected and began to spread rapidly towards other directions of the house, towards the invisible magical veins in the wall... Dumbledore, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes, he pulled off the pointed nightcap on his head, picked up the moon-shaped glasses on the table and put them on, looked around hesitantly, then stretched out his hand as if to do something, but there was no response.

He looked at his hands, got out of bed without even changing into his pajamas, and quickly walked down the stairs to the principal's office.

He looked at the wall of portraits of past principals sleeping with snot bubbles coming out of their mouths, and his heart sank - his authority as principal was gone!

However, before he could take the next step, the authority was suddenly returned.

From the time he was awakened from his sleep to the time he confirmed that his authority had been "usurped", planned to do something, and then the authority was inexplicably returned, it took less than a minute in total.

"What happened?" he muttered to himself.

……

At this moment, in the Room of Requirement, Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets, a powerful blue magic gathered and finally formed the image of a middle-aged lady - a Ravenclaw in a blue robe.

She reached out and gently held Helena's hand!

She came into contact with a ghost!
Ted and Helena were both surprised.

Ms. Ravenclaw chuckled, "Don't be too surprised. Although ordinary means cannot contact ghosts, some high-end magic can affect ghosts. I just temporarily borrowed the headmaster's authority to mobilize the castle's magic power and created this temporary body for myself that can touch Helena."

Ted was like listening to a mystery, what about contacting ghosts, high-end magic, the principal's authority, and body shaping?
Is it so powerful?
"So you, you are now..." Ted swallowed and asked with difficulty.

"I'm not resurrected, nor am I Ravenclaw herself. I'm just a piece of thought that she has injected with emotion. No one can live for a thousand years, let alone be resurrected after a thousand years."

She looked at her daughter in her arms, "Time is running out, are you ready Helena?"

Helena looked up at her mother and nodded: "Mom, I'm not afraid anymore."

After that, she turned her head and looked at Ted again, "Thank you, Ted."

Ted leaned forward slightly and saluted: "I wish you a safe journey."

Helena smiled and nodded.

Ms. Ravenclaw also smiled, "Thank you, little one, thank you for your help. I hope this helps you..."

A book appeared on the curved table, and then the pages automatically turned, revealing countless fonts and even drawings.

The light came on, and a non-dazzling white light enveloped the mother and daughter.

Helena waved to Ted, "Bye Ted, bye."

Ted waved, "Goodbye, goodbye Helena, goodbye Ms. Ravenclaw."

After the white light faded, everything disappeared.

Although this secret room remains the same as it was before, the blue lines on the wall have disappeared.

Ted took a quick look around the house, checked the bookcases, and flipped through the book left by Ms. Ravenclaw - it was ten centimeters thick, with bronze edging that could kill someone.

He looked in the direction where Helena disappeared. He didn't expect that one of his friends would be gone so soon.

Although I should be happy for Helena, I have very complicated emotions.

At this time, the system also joins in the fun.

"Ding~ Completed the hidden mission: [Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets (Purple)]. Reward: 3000 experience points, random card..."

"Purple mission? 3000 experience points and random cards?!" This was a big surprise.

Ted glanced once more at the spot where Helena and Ms. Ravenclaw had disappeared.

He planned to calm down first and not move here. He would go back and calm down first, and then decide how to deal with this place.

Based on Ms. Ravenclaw's last action, Ted has gained access to the secret room.

Then I'll come back later. Now I'll go back and be quiet.

Ted pushed the door and walked out of the Room of Requirement. After walking a few steps, he ran into Dumbledore in the corridor, who was wearing pajamas and a nightcap.

Behind his moon-shaped glasses, there was an inquiring look.

"What's the matter, Signor Epiphani?" he asked.

Thanks to the book friend "Guichuquanshui" for the 100 reward!

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(End of this chapter)