My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 250, Section 247: [The Scepter]

Ms. Grey called the metal rod the "scepter," and she looked at it with a burning gaze, as if she were looking at the most precious thing in the world.

"But this isn't what I want." Lynn didn't care how valuable Ms. Gray valued this thing; he only knew that this wasn't what he wanted to find at all.

"This is not what you want!" She raised her voice, which even became somewhat shrill.

However, she quickly realized that since Lynn had obtained this item, his current status was no longer the same as before.

Ms. Gray tried to calm herself and asked in a gentle tone, "What else do you want after having it?"

Lynn frowned, and under Ms. Gray's reluctant gaze, he closed the book and put it back in his pocket.

"I told you, I'm looking for a place in Hogwarts that was once built by goblins."

"That scepter was crafted by goblins, and not just one goblin. I remember that all the master blacksmiths with names and titles came to Hogwarts back then."

"But this is one thing. I need to find a place, to be precise, the entrance to a cellar." Lynn could only tell Ms. Gray in full what he was looking for.

"You mean, you're looking for an entrance to an underground cellar in Hogwarts, built by goblins?" Lady Grey finally understood what Lynn was looking for.

"Yes, that's right." Lynn stared at her, his gaze still holding some expectation.

However, Ms. Gray only shook her head in response.

"impossible."

"What's impossible?"

"There's no way Hogwarts could have a place like this," Madam Grey said definitively. "The goblins only came to this castle when Hogwarts was first founded, and no goblins have ever set foot here since, let alone built any cellar entrances in the castle."

Lynn's eyebrows furrowed: "Are you sure?"

"I have never left this castle since the founding of Hogwarts. It is no small matter for the goblins to build an entrance here, so of course I must know that, but I have never heard of this."

He never expected it to turn out this way.

Ms. Gray had absolutely no reason to lie to him about this; if she said she didn't know, then she really didn't know.

Either the information given to him by Grandma Daniel was wrong, or the fairies had used some means to secretly build an entrance to the castle without anyone noticing.

Either way, it means that Lynn's search for the Basilisk's hiding place has completely ended.

So, according to that logic, was it a good thing that he accidentally obtained the magic book with the Hogwarts crest?

Since the entrance couldn't be found for the time being, Lynn didn't dwell on it too much. At worst, he would tell Dumbledore about it after time returned to normal and let Dumbledore have a headache. He had been busy for so long, it was time for the old man to do something.

"Alright, let's put aside the question of whether the fairies actually came to Hogwarts to build the entrance for now. Can you tell me what that metal rod I got, the one you call the 'scepter', is?"

Ms. Gray's feelings were actually quite complicated. She had just realized that what Lynn was originally looking for was not this at all, and that he had only gotten it by chance.

She took a deep breath of non-existent air and told Lynn about the origin of the magic book and the [scepter] inside.

"This book was co-written by my mother and her two friends, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor."

This was not unexpected for Lynn; the three spells recorded in the book did indeed fit the personalities of the three founders.

"That was after Slytherin left. Hogwarts slowly got on track from its inception, but the three wizards who remained in the school were also getting old. They did not have the magic of immortality, and sooner or later they would embark on another new journey of death."

They couldn't agree on how to hand over the school to whom. Everyone believed that the future headmaster of Hogwarts should be approved by all four of them, including Salazar Slytherin, who had already left. Although they had broken ties, the school was something they had built together.

They didn't want a mediocre person to ruin Hogwarts and cause this peaceful haven for young wizards to disappear, plunging the wizarding world back into the Dark Ages. So they made a pact that whoever wanted to become the headmaster and truly control the castle would have to get the approval of all four of them. If even one of them disagreed, that person would not be recognized.

Gryffindor sought out all the renowned blacksmiths of the time, including the goblins who had forged the swords for them; Hufflepuff rummaged through her inventory, searching for her most prized materials; Ravenclaw searched for all sorts of runes, intending to preserve them all for posterity.

They wanted to create a symbol, a symbol that could represent the authority of Hogwarts.

Thus, the scepter came into being. It represented almost the pinnacle of alchemy at the time, and possessing it signified that the person had gained the approval of the four Grand Masters and was the true master of Hogwarts Castle.

"The four giants? Only three of them can forge the [Scepter]." Lynn listened attentively and asked a question, as if he had obtained something extraordinary.

"Yes, to wield the Scepter, one must obtain the recognition of the four leaders, but there were only three participants in its creation. My mother and the others tried to find Slytherin who had run away and bring him back to participate in the succession ceremony, but no one knew where he had gone. No one could find him, and even as Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw gradually died, Slytherin never returned."

The last to die was Gryffindor, who passed away in 1050. Before his death, the Scepter had been hidden away. The three founders also left behind their own relics to consider their successors, but because Slytherin was missing, the planned succession ritual was incomplete. You can find it according to the three founders' approval, but you cannot use it.

Lynn followed her words and figured out the long-ago story.

"So because this scepter could not function properly, the succession ceremony was interrupted, and the principals who succeeded to the position did not need the approval of the four leaders."

"Becoming the headmaster of Hogwarts is not as simple as you think. Even if there is no successor, the castle will choose the right person, such as the current headmaster, Albus Dumbledore."

He is now the true owner of this school, regardless of whether he officially holds the position of principal.

(End of this chapter)