Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 93 I Need That Place to Hide the Crown

The punishment for Blood Man Barrow was easy to arrange.

All you need to do is create a space that extends infinitely in all four directions, and let the Blood Man Baro fly to the very center. Levi will set up an array near the exit, and as long as a spirit approaches, a specific blow-away spell will be activated from all directions at the same time, specifically targeting spirits like ghosts.

Of course, even if the Blood Man Barrow has the means to resist, Levi has other ways to deal with him, but the methods won't be so friendly then.

At Bloodman Barrow's flying speed, it would take ten minutes to complete one cycle, during which time the magic mark would record the numbers.

Every time he completes 999 cycles, as agreed, Helena must meet the blood-man Barrow's gaze at the end of the space and decide whether to forgive him.

Li Wei was also very curious about how long the blood-soaked Barrow could endure such torture.

An experiment was once conducted in reality—in a completely enclosed space, ordinary people who stay for more than 72 hours may suffer permanent psychological trauma and mental illness.

However, ghosts perceive time in a completely different way than humans. They have already broken away from the linear flow of life and time, so the concept of "long time" is very likely meaningless to them.

Perhaps the only meaning of his punishment in the end is to allow Helena to intermittently and permanently not see the Blood Man Barrow—well, that can be considered achieving his goal indirectly.

Li Wei looked down at the blood-soaked Barrow, who had begun to fly in vain, and said to Helena:
"Well, this outcome didn't kill him, but he can't keep harassing you anymore. You just need to see him every now and then. If you don't want to forgive him, just deal with him and leave."

Helena looked at Levi, her expression suddenly becoming somewhat timid.

"The Whereabouts of the Crown"

Looking at her expression, Li Wei suddenly had a bad feeling—to be honest, he only believed that she was Rowena's daughter, but he had not really confirmed whether the crown was actually with her.

Could it be that.
"I can only give you a general clue."

“A clue?” Li Wei frowned. “That’s not what you told me.”

"Because I'm afraid you'll reject me—you're the only person in all these centuries who could possibly help me."

Li Wei suppressed his anger—he could still control his emotions until the matter was completely settled.

After all, he did benefit from the deal, and he didn't pay any price for doing it—but one thing is one thing, if Helena tricked him, he would naturally take everything back.

"Tell me, what's the clue?"

“Before you, I told another person about the whereabouts of the crown—I put it in the forest of Albania, hidden in a hollow tree.”

Hearing about the forests of Albania, Levi felt a sense of familiarity—Dumbledore had told him about this place before.

The mysterious soul is currently wandering in the forests of Albania.

"You told the mysterious man the location of the crown?"

"Yes—yes, how did you know? I've never told anyone about this."

Helena was surprised that Levi knew about this.

But the other person just stared at her coldly—since Voldemort had taken the item, how could he possibly find it?
Helena seemed to realize she had gone too far and quickly said:
"But I think I should know where he put the crown."

These past few days, she'd been frantically thinking about how to explain herself to Levi—just from Levi's performance, she knew he wouldn't give up easily if she couldn't satisfy him—and sure enough, that's how Slytherins were.
"The day he applied to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor—the day he came to Hogwarts!"

Helena sorted through her thoughts, racking her brains for a way to make her answer more perfect. "I briefly sensed the presence of the crown that day, but it completely disappeared shortly after he left Dumbledore's office."

And I assure you, he never returned to Hogwarts Castle after that.

Therefore, he must have hidden the crown in the castle—in a place he considered the safest and most secretive, a place that even Dumbledore probably wouldn't know about!

Helena grew more and more confident as she spoke, then suddenly remembered something and continued:

"And in the entire Hogwarts castle, there is only one place that Dumbledore might not know about—and coincidentally, you know about this place too."

Li Wei knew what place she was referring to.

"The House That Always Grants Requests".

If there's anything inside Hogwarts Castle that Dumbledore didn't know, it's only this one place.

Although he was already somewhat inclined to believe this answer, Li Wei continued to try to rule out other possibilities—once this point in time had passed, it wouldn't be so easy for him to settle scores with Helena.

"How can you be so sure? Hogwarts Castle has hundreds of secret passages, either sealed or in use. Is it possible that the mysterious man sealed something in one of those hidden passages?"

“It’s not impossible—but don’t worry, if you can’t find the crown in the Room of Requirement, I’ll spend the rest of the time with you searching all the secret passages in the castle.”

"You know all the secret passages in the castle?"

Helena pursed her lips, a hint of pride in her voice:
Do you know the origin of Hogwarts Castle?

Li Wei became interested.

"what do you mean?"

"The location and name of Hogwarts were chosen by my mother."

Years ago, she dreamt that a warthog led her to a cliff by a lake, and her mind immediately conjured up countless variations of castle floor plans—and when I was little, I often looked at these maps for amusement.”

"I have no more questions."

Li Wei nodded, speechless—no matter how stupid or incompetent the woman before him was, she was still Ravenclaw's daughter, and she did have some background.

If he could be patient and speak to her gently in the days to come, like Voldemort did, perhaps he could glean some useful information from her.

However, Li Wei refused.

Whether or not he finds the crown this time, Helena has already been sentenced to death in his heart—Li Wei will never give a second chance to someone who has deceived him.

To do such a thing is to despise one's own soul.

He strode forward and quickly arrived at the eighth floor of the castle, where he stood against the white wall opposite the tapestry depicting the troll beating Barnabas.

Come to think of it, he hasn't been back to this place since graduation.
Li Wei concentrated, walking back and forth in front of the wall three times, silently reciting to himself.

'I need that place to hide the crown.'

(End of this chapter)