My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 236, Section 233: The Mad Girl

The personalities of the resident ghosts in the four houses of Hogwarts are actually very much in line with the standards each house uses for admitting students.

Sir Nicholas of Gryffindor was warm and friendly, and he often enjoyed fooling around with the lion cubs.

Barrow the Bloodman of Slytherin is the leader of the ghosts. He is taciturn and aloof, inspiring fear in young wizards and some ghosts.

The fat monk of Hodgepodge was an approachable priest; he was the kindest and most understanding among the ghosts.

Lady Grey of Ravenclaw is proud and rarely interacts with students outside of Ravenclaw, but every young wizard who has ever met her praises her erudition.

Lady Grey was difficult to find, but with the help of the nearly headless Nick, Lynn easily found the fat monk on the fourth floor of the castle.

The fat monk's eyes lit up when he saw Lynn.

"Miss Granger, thank you for coming at this time." He floated to Lynn's side. "Peeves just left a basket of rotten eggs he stole from the kitchen on the classroom door. He's trying to ambush the young wizards who will be attending class here tomorrow. I couldn't get the basket of eggs down, so you can help me."

Lynn readily agreed: "I am willing to serve the monk."

He used a summoning spell on the egg basket that was on the door and took it down.

The fat monk exclaimed in amazement, "I've never seen a second-year student use such a beautiful spell, Miss Granger. I've always heard that you're the best student among the second-year wizards, and now it seems that's true."

"There aren't many monks here." Lynn wasn't there for the flattery; he cut straight to the point and asked, "Do you know where Ms. Grey is right now?"

"You want to see her? I guess it's not going to happen today. Ms. Grey is usually in the Ravenclaw common room at this time. The young wizards there are studying in the common room right now, and she will be very helpful in guiding them to do their homework."

Lynn scratched his smooth chin, thought for a moment, nodded to the fat cultivator, and said, "Thank you, cultivator. I'll be going now."

"Goodbye." The fat monk waved to his retreating figure.

Lynn didn't go back to the Room of Requirement to switch identities back with Hermione. Instead, he planned to try his luck at the Ravenclaw common room. Maybe Lady Grey would suddenly be out venting her anger at some unruly little wizard and run into him.

Lynn knew the way to Ravenclaw like the back of his hand. He had sneaked into that common room, which was said to have been untouched for thousands of years, back in his second year. Lynn had always been skeptical of the welcome speeches given by the prefects of the four houses of Hogwarts.

Every year when welcoming new students, the prefects of each college would talk about how wonderful their college lounge was, and they never allowed anyone other than members of their own college to enter.

But if someone were to actually sneak in, they wouldn't let anyone else find out.

Few young wizards were still wandering outside the castle. Even the Weasley twins were showing off their new prank gadgets in the Gryffindor common room. It was a little past eight o'clock, and Hogwarts' curfew was about to begin. Nobody wanted to be caught by Filch.

But when Lynn arrived at the tower where the Ravenclaw lounge was located, he saw a little girl slowly walking upstairs.

She had long, dark brown hair, silver eyes that bulged out and gave her a perpetually surprised expression, pale skin, light eyebrows, and wore a pair of radish-shaped earrings. She also carried a pendant made from a beer cork.

The girl, who had a somewhat eccentric and ethereal air about her, also noticed Lynn. She stared at him with her silver eyes, but Lynn felt that she wasn't looking at him, but rather at something behind him.

"Are you Hermione Granger?" the little girl asked first.

With such distinctive features, Lynn naturally recognized her as Luna Lovegood, one of the three beauties of Hogwarts, nicknamed the Mad Girl.

"Yes, it's me. I know you too. Your name should be Luna Lovegood," Lynn said.

They didn't stop, talking as they climbed the stairs toward the Ravenclaw lounge.

"You're a Gryffindor student? But you're heading towards the Ravenclaw common room now," she said as she walked. "Let me guess what you're looking for."

Lynn raised an eyebrow. From the original work, it was clear that Luna was a very special girl, but he didn't expect her intuition to be so sharp.

"Are you planning to go to Ravenclaw's common room to look for the Curved-Horned Snork?" Luna asked herself.

Lynn remained silent. As expected of the crazy girl, her thoughts were truly unfathomable.

"No, I'm looking for Lady Grey, the ghost of Ravenclaw. Do you know her?"

"Ms. Grey? She's a very nice ghost, though she can be a little timid at times." Luna's thoughts were always unpredictable. "But she should be in the Ravenclaw common room right now. Getting into the common room requires solving a puzzle, and I can't bring outsiders in."

Lynn made a request to her.

"I don't need to go into the Ravenclaw lounge. Could you please call her out for me?"

Luna said cheerfully, "Of course, but since I've helped you, you have to give something in return."

"What?"

"Hmm~, how about solving the mystery of the door knocker? Our prefect said that no one other than Ravenclaw has been able to enter the house lounge, but I think you can give it a try."

It's just a puzzle. Lynn solved it last year, so as long as it's not too difficult, it shouldn't be a problem for him.

"A reasonable transaction."

"Of course, it makes sense, just like leaves grow from branches."

They didn't go any further before arriving at the door of the Ravenclaw common room, and the eagle-shaped door knocker opened its mouth after their arrival, speaking riddles day after day.

"Light as a feather, with nothing inside, yet even giants cannot lift it."

Luna turned to look at Lynn.

"Isn't it a very simple riddle? Maybe it sees that we are all young students and it's so late, so it doesn't want to make things difficult for us."

The riddle wasn't difficult, but through Luna's words, Lynn became interested in the eagle-shaped door knocker.

"You mean this door knocker has its own thoughts?"

Luna seemed pleased that Lynn understood what she meant.

"Of course it has its own thoughts. A door knocker that can utter a different riddle every day is smarter than most people, isn't it?"

Lynn recalled the time last year when he revealed the answer in front of Ravenclaw's door; the door knocker did indeed seem to have its own consciousness.

"It's time for you to tell me the answer to the riddle," Luna urged.

It's not a riddle that's broken off; it's really a very simple riddle, and I just want you to guess what the answer is.

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(End of this chapter)