A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 75 The Overbearing Ravenclaw

"Professor, you mean Harry Potter?"

Standing in his office, William pondered for a moment and asked.

Only Grindelwald and Voldemort could be called the Dark Lord. Grindelwald didn't know, but William knew that Voldemort wanted to use Avada Kedavra to kill Harry, but died himself in the process.

As a third-rate transmigrator, he didn't even understand the general plot, so why was he familiar with this kind of thing?

That's because everyone on Earth (wizards) knows it!

For Harry Potter, he is the only person to have survived being struck by the Avada Kedavra curse, which is an impressive achievement; for Voldemort, he is the only adult wizard to have tried to kill an infant but was instead killed by the infant himself, which is also an extraordinary achievement.

The two complemented each other, resulting in exceptionally high levels of fame.

William had speculated about why Harry was able to survive the Avada Kedavra curse, but he never imagined it was a prehistoric secret.

"Professor, who used that magic?" William asked curiously.

"Lily, Harry's mother," Dumbledore said.

William squinted as he pondered. Since the other party possessed such extraordinary magic, it meant that they had once come into contact with prehistoric mysteries.

Lily, you're amazing... Wait, why does this name sound so familiar?

William recalled the memories he had seen in the Pensieve and couldn't help but ask, "Professor, Harry Potter's mother and Professor Snape knew each other when they were children?"

Dumbledore paused for a moment, then admitted directly, "I don't want to hide it, but as you can see, the two of them have indeed known each other since childhood."

However, William, I need your promise that this matter will not be mentioned in front of anyone. Remember, I said anyone.

Dumbledore's tone gradually became serious.

"This includes Mr. Diggory and Miss Cho Chang, and even Harry who will be enrolling next year. This is a very important matter."

William nodded and quickly assured him, "I absolutely will not tell anyone."

"You'll learn how Lily acquired that power later," Dumbledore changed the subject. "Let's get back to what we were talking about earlier."

Dumbledore took a sip of his red tea and continued, "The ancient sorcerers who were granted this power swore to protect the prehistoric secrets and ensure that they remained unknown to the outside world, because they believed that this power was too great and too dangerous for the uncivilized masses."

Similarly, only those who are qualified to be accepted can access the mysteries of prehistory.

William raised his hand, blinked, and asked excitedly, "Professor, does this ring mean I'm worthy?"

Dumbledore glanced at William with a strange look, suppressing a laugh, and said, "Of course... no."

"..."

Dumbledore grasped William's hand, his blue eyes scrutinizing the ring.

On the ring face is a soaring eagle with a book on its chest inscribed with the runes "Time is mankind's greatest enemy"; on the inner wall of the ring is engraved: "Superior wisdom is mankind's greatest wealth".

"This eagle carrying books symbolizes prehistoric mysteries. This ring is actually standard equipment for sorcerers who receive the inheritance of these mysteries, just like the wand of every wizard today."

Dumbledore slowly revealed the secret.

As this runner said: Mankind’s greatest enemy is time.

The mysteries of prehistory are complex and numerous, and cannot be studied without sufficient time. Therefore, the greatest function of this ring is to allow a person to repeatedly spend a certain day, having enough time to continuously study the mysteries of prehistory.

As for the words on the inside of the ring, Ravenclaw has a habit of graffiti, so I guess she added them herself.

William stared at the ring, lost in thought.

According to Dumbledore, this ring is a magical item given to the chosen one to study prehistoric mysteries.

Even as an auxiliary tool, it possesses such miraculous power; William cannot imagine how powerful the prehistoric mysteries must be.

"So, Ravenclaw is also qualified to learn prehistoric mysteries?" William asked.

"It's not just her, it's all four of them. Otherwise, why would four such talented young people come together?"

Dumbledore crossed his hands, tapping his index finger lightly on his middle finger, creating a rhythmic sound.

"Then why did they choose to establish Hogwarts?"

"William, for thousands of years there has been a saying that in the early Egyptian mystical schools, prehistoric secrets were passed down from generation to generation."

The four founders studied there, then for some reason suddenly left, returned to England, and came here to establish Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, modeled after the mysterious Egyptian school.

"According to the contract, once you leave the Egyptian Mystic School, your qualification will be revoked and you must take back the ring."

But Ravenclaw liked the ring, and she was a wizard who didn't really want to be bound by constraints.

So, upon leaving Egypt, she used some powerful magic to forcibly break the contract between the ring and the Egyptian mystical school, taking the ring with her and becoming its owner.

William was dumbfounded. What a domineering woman.

"After Ravenclaw disappeared, this ring remained as the door knocker for the Ravenclaw common room, left to her successor."

"successor?"

"Yes," Dumbledore nodded, "only a true Ravenclaw can use this bronze ring."

You may have heard the prefect mention that a student once read all the books in the Ravenclaw common room in a single day.

It's not fake; he did briefly possess this ring.

“Professor, I have another question,” William said. “According to you, I am neither the chosen one nor the true owner of this ring. Does this mean I cannot freely end the time loop?”

A hint of admiration flashed in Dumbledore's eyes: "Yes, William, you are merely a user and cannot decide when to end the time loop, but this ring can."

Dumbledore gently stroked the eagle: "Ravenclaw's door knockers ask questions and determine whether a student can enter or leave the common room based on the answers. This means that the ring is imbued with Ravenclaw's mind."

"Like the Sorting Hat?"

"That's right."

"So how do we end this cycle?"

Dumbledore said cheerfully, "Although we are not the ring and do not know its thoughts, we can still guess from the clues..."

Following Dumbledore's reminder, William thought it over carefully.

"Before putting on the ring and entering this loop, I was thinking about how to save Hagrid and Robert, and capture Professor Tywin."

Dumbledore nodded and said affirmatively, "Then when you have the ability to save these people and fully understand the whole situation, you will leave the loop."

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