Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 55: The Beginning of a Heinous Sin

Star bright.

Silvery moonlight poured in from the towering tower windows, penetrating the night like a trickle, illuminating a corner of the room and giving the ancient stone walls and wooden structures a soft silver glow.

"Don't push. Senior students, please give way to the younger students."

"I almost fell down and died. When will the school expand the staircase? Those old-fashioned professors really don't know how to adapt!"

"My dad was right, Hogwarts is indeed dangerous!"

……

The two Ravenclaw prefects led the students back to the common room.

Everyone's queue was relatively neat as they walked through the long corridor, but because they were heading to the top floor, the constantly rotating staircase caught the freshmen off guard.

Ever since.

The originally neat team turned into a crowd of people traveling on holidays. Everyone was pushing and shoving each other, afraid that they would miss the time when the stairs turned around and would not be able to get to the college lounge smoothly.

"Damn it! Prefects, please take care of this! An old witch from the senior year touched my butt!"

All the way up.

Due to his thin build, Ian only dared to squeeze in the front position. Unexpectedly, he encountered several attacks from unknown people behind.

perhaps.

When a little boy who is more handsome than Leonardo goes out, it is sometimes difficult for him to protect his innocence.

"The school has just started. What are you guys doing? Moderate yourselves!"

Penelope, the head girl, scolded the senior girls in the team harshly, while the head boy Dietrick quickly pulled Ian to his side.

"Students from our academy have always been bolder than those from other academies." Dietrick explained to Ian in a low voice, and used his eyes to warn the witches and...some wizards behind him.

The queue continued to climb upwards.

soon.

Led by the two prefects, everyone came to the top of the tower. This is a lounge exclusive to Ravenclaw students. Some Ravenclaw students believe that this location represents the wisdom of overlooking all living beings.

"Once again, welcome everyone to join Ravenclaw. This will be the place where you study and live in the future." The two class leaders led everyone to stop in front of a bare wooden door.

There was no handle on the door, nor any place to insert a key. It looked like a bare wooden board with a bronze knocker in the middle.

The door knocker is decorated with an exquisitely crafted eagle, which shows many traces of time. After all, it is a thousand-year-old school, so it is absolutely reasonable to say that it is a cultural relic.

"All the doors of the colleges require passwords to pass through. Only our Ravenclaw is different from other colleges. We must answer a question if we want to pass through the door."

"This is a test of our wisdom."

talking.

Penelope, the head girl, knocked on the door.

immediately.

The bronze eagle head sculpture seemed to come alive.

It did not make any bird sounds, but instead spoke in human language, its tone soft and gentle.

"Which one can change the world more, knowledge or power?" This is a very obvious philosophical proposition.

The sound of this alchemical creation is very gentle, a bit like the feeling of Mizuki Nana. After receiving the question, the head girl Penelope did not give an answer immediately.

"Let's start with you first."

Head girl Penelope called out Qiu Zhang by name.

"I?"

Qiu Zhang looked a little nervous, but he still stood out from the crowd and gave an answer after thinking for a moment.

"I think it is knowledge, because knowledge can enlighten people's minds and is the foundation of world development, while rights are just a derivative of world development."

Although she acted rather reserved, her voice was still powerful when she answered.

"Makes sense."

As the bronze eagle head finished speaking, the door to the lounge opened. The head girl Penelope motioned Qiu Zhang to go in, and then immediately closed the door.

"????"

Ian was also standing near the front and wanted to follow in but was stopped.

“This is our welcoming custom.”

Penelope knocked on the door again with a smile on her face.

"If you could choose a wise man in history as your mentor, who would you choose?" The soft voice came out from the bronze eagle head again.

"Rowena Ravenclaw." Ian looked around. In this place, could he give a second answer?
"What's the reason?"

The bronze eagle head spoke in confusion.

"That should be considered the second question. You can ask me why next time I come."

Ian shrugged.

“It makes more sense.”

The bronze eagle head thought for a moment and then the door opened again.

Ian hurriedly dragged his luggage inside.

The door was closed again.

"You're really fast."

Qiu Zhang was originally looking at the decoration of the lounge, and the next moment he saw Ian who was released.

"Luckily, I came across an easy question."

Ian also began to look around.

The lounge interior is dominated by blue and bronze tones.

The walls were hung with silk draperies in those two colors, and the domed ceiling was painted with stars, which contrasted beautifully with the stars that covered the deep blue carpet.

Next to the door leading to the dormitory stands a tall, lifelike statue of Rowena Ravenclaw made of white marble, with an introduction to the lady's life next to it.

"In fact, sometimes the questions can be difficult. I heard that someone once went in and out of the lounge dozens of times a day just to have a question-and-answer contest with the Bronze Eagle Head."

As Qiu Zhang comes from a family of pure-blood wizards, he seems to know a lot about Hogwarts.

"Then I think this senior will be depressed after graduation." Ian stood in front of the Ravenclaw statue and read the text next to it.

"Huh? Why?"

Qiu Zhang, who was studying the sofa, turned his head with a puzzled look on his face.

"Because his love probably ended the moment he graduated."

Ian responded with a smile.

Qiu Zhang was stunned for a while before he understood what Ian meant.

"Who would fall in love with a door?"

She couldn't help laughing.

at this time.

Outside the gate.

I saw another classmate pass through the gate smoothly.

The other little wizards also showed eager expressions.

Just as Qiu Zhang said.

For Ravenclaw students, thinking and answering questions is not a torture but a pleasure. As they get older, it may even become a kind of enjoyment.

"What door has no leaves?"

The bronze eagle head was tricked by Ian and changed the way of asking questions.

"goal."

The Q&A session continues.

The door opens again.

Watching another young wizard being let in.

Ian was a little surprised.

There are actually brain teasers for door knocker questions?
“The question bank is indeed a bit too messy.”

Ian thought thoughtfully.

He felt that the Bronze Eagle Head of his own academy was too lax. Perhaps he should take some time in the future to persuade the Bronze Eagle Head to make progress.

For example, it would be a good idea to use more advanced mathematics questions.

after all.

There is no ambiguity in mathematics.

(End of this chapter)