The Bard of Hogwarts

Chapter 298 The Legendary Thing, The Name That Suddenly Appeared

Sometimes you have to admit that Dumbledore always does things in unexpected ways.

However, we should probably distinguish between different people in this regard, since not everyone is named Harry.

Actually, when Ino first entered the office, she probably didn't think too much about it, but when all the principal portraits were snoring in unison, soothingly...

Everything seems to have an answer.

……

He might have waited a little longer if he had originally intended to, but after the mysterious room appeared, he had no hesitation in leaving.

When it comes to entrapment, no one in the entire castle can outwit this elderly headmaster.

at the same time.

Ino stopped in her tracks after hearing the sound.

"Professor! I am curious, but I know my limits. This is your office, and I'm not being reckless..."

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, realizing that it was unacceptable to discriminate based on the academy's rules.

"This is something I didn't expect!" Dumbledore's tone carried a hint of disappointment at a failed prank.

"But now that I'm here, aren't you curious?"

Upon hearing this, Ino raised his hand and rubbed his temples. He felt like he hadn't fully woken up after his dozing off.

But one thing is certain: he will probably have to be curious tonight, and Dumbledore's hints shouldn't be too obvious.

"Okay, I'm curious!" Ino said with the calmest expression, yet with the most emotional tone.

"That's right! If you're curious, follow me." Dumbledore chuckled, his smile even bright and radiant.

……

Follow Dumbledore into the hidden magic door.

Upon entering, Ino discovered that this place seemed to be a hidden world, because it was not the secret room she had imagined, but a very ordinary built-in office.

However, what's interesting here is the color scheme. The walls and ceiling are painted in a warm orange-red hue, making the room look bright and cozy.

However, amidst this bright orange-red, there is also an interweaving of dark green, which looks slightly strange at first glance, but fortunately, the dark green embellishment is not excessive.

The room wasn't very big, probably no more than 20 square meters, but every detail exuded the atmosphere of the Western classical period.

In the very center stood an intricately carved pear wood table, ten feet long and three feet wide, large enough for a giant to lie down comfortably.

However, this table, which resembled a single bed, had very few items on it.

A silver candlestick, but it burns not an ordinary flame, but the ancient celestial fire known as the eternal flame.

Although Ino was somewhat unfamiliar with the Ancient Flame, he knew some basic information about it: a profound magic and an item that appeared in the original story.

Once, at Dumbledore's behest, Hagrid visited the giants with a torch lit by Gubrysen, and the giants' leader was very pleased with the gift.

Although the Ancient Flame was magical, Ino didn't pay much attention to it, instead focusing her gaze on two other items on the table.

An old scroll, two feet wide, laid out, and a quill pen stuck in a dried-out ink bottle.

The reel was laid out, and because of the distance and angle, Ino couldn't see the contents of the reel, but the appearance of the reel was clearly visible.

The central image is made of obsidian and is inlaid with four different colored gemstones, red, yellow, blue, and green, at both ends.

Each gemstone exudes a soft and mysterious light, fiery, profound, weighty, and calm; it seems that each color represents a kind of knowledge or emotion.

When these four emotions intertwine, although there is no direct visual image, a clear scene can emerge in one's mind.

It felt as if we had traveled through time and space to more than a thousand years ago.

Four outstanding wizards gathered here in this small room, sharing their philosophies and discussing topics of interest to each other.

……

Ino stared quietly at the two items on the table. If she still couldn't guess what they were, she was definitely playing dumb.

The foundation of Hogwarts: the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance.

After a moment, he turned his gaze away and began to examine the other furnishings in the room.

A double window less than two feet wide, three floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and a vintage high-backed chair.

"I'm very surprised!" Ino sighed softly, looking at Dumbledore, and asked cautiously:

"Logically speaking, this shouldn't be a place I'm supposed to be, so are you sure you're thinking clearly right now?"

"Hahaha! I'm pretty sure!" Dumbledore seemed to have been waiting for this moment, his laughter tinged with smugness and a hint of a triumphant prank.

"Although they always say I'm an old madman, unreliable, most of the time my mind is still very clear, just like now."

After the laughter subsided, Dumbledore's expression gradually became serious.

"Ino, you could have come here two years ago, not just here, but anywhere in the castle. And this right was not granted to me, but to Hogwarts."

As he spoke, Dumbledore had already come behind the table and beckoned with a clear intention.

Seeing this, Ino didn't hesitate and went over as well.

He was equally curious about the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance, as these two items could truly be considered the foundation and one of the most essential items of Hogwarts.

Hogwarts can be without a castle, without the Sorting Hat, and even without anything else unimportant, but it cannot be without the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance.

After all, the most important thing for a magic school is its student body.

These two items can actually monitor the British Isles. Once a child's magical outburst is detected, the Pen of Acceptance will fly up and record the young wizard's name in the Book of Admission.

In short, with these two things, even if you're just riding in a carriage, you can call yourself Hogwarts.

This is by no means an exaggeration.

Similarly, a castle without this book of entry and pen of acceptance is merely a castle.

……

At Dumbledore's suggestion.

Ino finally saw the contents of the Book of Admission.

Surprisingly, the two-foot scroll did not contain a dense list of names, but rather a flowing nebula image constructed from four colors: red, yellow, blue, and green.

But the Book of Admission seemed to be aware of something; once it realized someone was looking at it, the circulating nebula chart disappeared, and in its place was a long list.

Written with four colors of ink: red, yellow, blue, and green.

Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor... Philida Spoll, Delis Dwane, Phineas Black... Armando Dippet, Albus Dumbledore...

Enoch looked down at the list, but as he saw Dumbledore's name written in red ink, another green name suddenly appeared in the blank space behind the scroll:

"...Ino Swinburne."

(End of this chapter)