Having escaped famine, I was accepted into Hogwarts

"Where does Miss Grey usually hang out?" Kane asked Dumbledore.

"Ravenclaw Tower. If you can't find her outside the tower, you can go inside. Ravenclaw doesn't have any doorposts or anything like that. Anyone can go in as long as you can solve the riddle on the eagle-head lock, even Tom."

Dumbledore patted Kane on the shoulder as he spoke: "I wish you good luck in getting a relatively easy puzzle. After all, I've seen that lock before. He'll be more restrained with Ravenclaw's young wizards, but if it's a young wizard from another house, he won't give them any face at all."

Kane nodded: "I will."

With that, he headed towards the Ravenclaw tower. The others picked up their books or flying brooms, some reading, some training, while Dumbledore happily returned to his familiar headmaster's office. He once enjoyed reading in his headmaster's office, savoring the solitude of being alone.

Well, thanks to the fact that Grindelwald is probably hiding somewhere right now, he might not be alone.

Back in Kane's place, after climbing the stairs for a long time, he finally saw the cherry lock that Dumbledore had mentioned, the one left behind by Ravenclaw. The lock seemed to be sleeping with its eyes half-closed, so Kane reached out and tapped its head.

"Hello, I want to go in. Please give me a question."

"What is something that is clearly part of you, yet you can never see its full form?" Eaglehead Lock slowly spoke, and Kane pondered for a moment before replying, "Emotions."

As Hawkhead nodded and slowly opened the door to the Ravenclaw common room, Kane raised an eyebrow.

"It's not that difficult. It seems I have the talent to become a Ravenclaw wizard."

As he spoke, he walked towards the interior of the lounge.

Ravenclaw's lounge is an empty, circular hall. Upon entering, one can feel a chill emanating from its atmosphere. After all, with its walls covered in blue tones and bronze decorations, and arched windows in almost every direction, it's hard to imagine warmth based solely on the appearance of the environment, let alone the actual perceived temperature.

In addition, there is a Ravenclaw house library in the corner of the common room. It is said that it contains the Ravenclaw ladies' original collection of books, as well as the book records of the Ravenclaw wizards over the years. It can be said to be the Hogwarts version of the Analects of Confucius.

In the very center of the common room stood a pure white marble statue. Judging from the face and the surroundings, and combining the two, the statue should be Lady Ravenclaw, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.

Aside from that, there are the usual fireplaces, sofas, and coffee tables found in almost every lounge.

Oh, no, besides the usual stuff, there's also an unconventional character, or rather, a ghost.

"Ms. Grey?"

Chapter 422 Kane's Special Talent

Ms. Gray, who was sitting quietly on a sofa in ghost form, turned her head and her ethereal voice rang out softly.

"I thought you would at least have some manners and not disturb a poor ghost looking at the statue and reminiscing about precious times from the past."

"You have plenty of those kinds of times, don't you? After all, ghosts don't die. As for quiet times, aren't the four months of Hogwarts holidays every year enough?"

Kane looked at the beautiful ghost before him and answered casually.

"Perhaps it's because I'm greedy. Even if it's enough, I want more, and more," Ms. Gray replied casually.

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the statue in the center of the lounge, then sadly looked away and refocused his gaze on Kane.

"So, you, the young Hogwarts wizard who wasn't enjoying your holiday at home, have gone to all this trouble to come to Hogwarts and even solved the eagle-head lock puzzle. So, what do you want to do? Steal the books from the common room or something? Break into one of the girls' dormitories?" Mrs. Grey asked.

“Actually, I’m not that perverted.” Kane smiled and shook his head. “Of course, since you’ve brought this up, I’ll be frank. I need to know the whereabouts of the Ravenclaw tiara.”

Upon hearing this, Ms. Grey's expression immediately dimmed. She then looked up at Kane's face, clicked her tongue, shook her head, and said helplessly, "Why do you handsome wizards all love stealing from people? What happened to the poor ghost's last remaining thought of his mother?"

Upon hearing Mrs. Grey's strange opening remarks, Kane pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "You said 'you all,' so there was someone before me. Let me guess, the last little wizard to ask you this question like I did wasn't Tom Riddle, was it?"

Mrs. Grey was not surprised by the young wizard's quick reaction.

After all, Kane's name was well-known; even though she didn't always leave the Ravenclaw Tower, she had heard of him from the young Ravenclaw wizards. She nodded.

“Then, madam, I think you should tell me the whereabouts of the crown. After all, I didn’t come here empty-handed,” Kane said, spreading his hands.

"And what else did you bring? Vegetable leaves from your teeth?" After Ms. Gray finished speaking, Kane blinked in surprise, then immediately used magic to summon a mirror and began to examine his teeth.

After he saw that there was nothing strange stuck to his teeth, he looked at the ghost in front of him with a speechless expression.

“I thought you would have matured a bit after being gone for so long, but you still look young,” Kane said with a helpless expression.

"If every young Ravenclaw wizard spoke as pleasingly as you," Lady Grey sighed somewhat helplessly, then looked over with amusement, as if amused by Kane's strange behavior.

"So you want to know the whereabouts of the crown? Actually, I personally don't really like that thing. I used to like it, but I don't like it much now. I've even had the idea of ​​letting it just disappear from history. But obviously, I don't think that would be a good thing."

Mrs. Grey raised an eyebrow as she spoke.

"Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, the Ravenclaw headmaster's crown should have been turned into a Horcrux by the last person who came here to ask you, Tom Riddle, also known as Flirmer Voldemort. Do you know what a Horcrux is? Was that guy Halberd around when you passed away?"

Kane spoke as he sat down on a sofa in the lounge.

“I know, I know what it means for the crown to become a Horcrux. It means that the originally pure white gold crown now contains a filthy, foul soul, stained with blood. Let me think, this is the third drop of blood it has been stained with.”

Ms. Gray said in a teasing tone.

"What are the first two portions?" Kane asked, somewhat surprised.

“One is me, and the other is Barrow the Blood Ghost from Slytherin. How did you get to Hogwarts during this holiday season?” Madam Grey asked Kane, who, though unsure why she was asking, replied, “Dumbledore brought me.”

"Didn't he tell you my true identity? Like, that I'm Rowena Ravenclaw's biological daughter, or anything like that?" Ms. Grey, or rather, Miss Ravenclaw now, looked at Kane with a surprised expression, raising her eyebrows.

The latter shook his head blankly: "So the reason you suddenly told me this is because you and that Bloody Barrow from Slytherin died because of that tiara, isn't it?"

Ms. Ravenclaw nodded: "That's very accurate."

Kane nodded. To be honest, he had no interest in the Ravenclaw headmaster's family affairs from over 1000 years ago; he was just being polite to a ghost over 1000 years old.

Just as he was pondering what to say to take control of the conversation and find an opportunity to ask the ghost in front of him about the exact whereabouts of the Ravenclaw crown, Miss Ravenclaw shook her head again.

"Alright, I'm a bit tired, so I might as well tell you. I remember what Tom did after he took the crown back then. I didn't know then, but I do now. All I remember is that after he covered the crown in dust, he hid it in the Room of Requirement. I saw it secretly."

Surprisingly, Ms. Ravenclaw didn't ask any more questions, seemingly just feeling a bit tired and wanting to end the conversation quickly. She, like a cascading bean, readily revealed all the information to Kane.

To be honest, he had never experienced anything like this before. Even Dumbledore, who was cornered in the headmaster's office by Kane, was somewhat surprised.

"So you mean, you didn't waste much breath, just asked one question and chatted with Lady Grey for a few minutes, and she told you the whereabouts of the Ravenclaw tiara?" Dumbledore looked at Kane in shock, who nodded.

Upon receiving Kane's reply, Dumbledore couldn't help but reveal a strange smile: "I can only say, thank goodness Tom isn't a woman, otherwise, hehehe."

Chapter 423 Another Soul Weapon Slain

"I don't quite understand what you mean," Kane asked, somewhat surprised, looking at Dumbledore's obviously malicious smile.

"I just remembered something amusing. If Tom were a woman, is it possible that if you were sent to talk to her for a few minutes, she would immediately abandon her plans to rule the wizarding world, then pull out her wand and commit suicide seven times, sending me her head?" Dumbledore said with a chuckle.

"The probability is not high, right?" He frowned and pondered his so-called special talent. Was it really a talent? All he saw was sweat and effort.

"Let's get down to business. Miss Ravenclaw said that Tom hid the tiara in the Room of Requirement, but we don't know which room in the Room of Requirement contains the tiara, or what password we should use to bring up the room where the tiara is kept?"

After saying this, Dumbledore revealed a high-IQ smile befitting the Headmaster.

"You'll have to leave this to me." With that, he stepped out from behind his desk, patted Kane on the shoulder, and led him to the Room of Requirement. Dumbledore was circling the Room of Requirement, muttering something under his breath.

"The room where the Ravenclaw crown is kept, the room where the Ravenclaw crown is kept, the room where the Ravenclaw crown is kept."

After he finished reciting these three sentences and circling around three times, the smooth door of the Room of Requirement slowly opened.

Dumbledore turned back and gave Kane a smug smile, then stepped inside, only to step into the trap Kane had left in the Room of Requirement, which hadn't yet been trampled clean by the Death Eaters.

"Oh no, this is really bad! Kane, please come and save me."

Hearing Dumbledore's calm yet darkly humorous voice from behind the door, Kane walked in with a helpless expression. Only then did he realize why Dumbledore had guessed the trap he had set.

This is the room where Draco Malfoy previously stored the Vanishing Cabinet.

According to Draco Malfoy, what was this room called again? A storage room. Right, storing things and storing Ravenclaw's crown are both considered storage.

He waved his hand in front of Dumbledore, and the ropes that had been suspending Dumbledore upside down vanished. Then, without forgetting to reach out and gently wave his hand down at Dumbledore, a soft cushion was transformed into a shapeshifting object.

Dumbledore, who had fallen onto the cushion, stood up with some relief: "I have to thank you, you saved my poor back."

"Good to know." After saying that, Kane began to look around the room and quickly found what they needed.

He reached out and used a summoning spell to remove the exquisite crown that had been placed atop the head of a reindeer-herding family member. He gently sensed it and could indeed feel a strange power emanating from it. He recognized it clearly as a fragment of Voldemort's soul.

"That's great! We found most of Voldemort's soul fragments in less than a summer vacation and destroyed them all."

As Kane spoke, he pulled the Soul Lamp from his hat, burned Voldemort's soul within Ravenclaw's crown to nothingness, and then sighed.

"That's how it should be. Justice and evil should be swept away so easily, especially justice like mine," Dumbledore boasted without restraint, which was typical of his character.

"So there's only one Horcrux left. What was it called again? Nagini?"

Kane tentatively put the crown on his head, then summoned a mirror. After looking at himself from left to right and finding that it didn't quite suit his style, he reluctantly took it off and asked Dumbledore.

"A giant black python was coiled around Voldemort. Obviously, I think this is good news. If we can find Voldemort, then we can find the python. And speaking of which, this python isn't entirely unrelated to me."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, he seemed to recall some distant memory and slowly exhaled.

Kane looked at Dumbledore's expression and couldn't help but click his tongue: "What sins did you commit when you were young that allowed you, a scourge, to live for so long?"

“What? Do you remember the Blood Curse Orcs?” Dumbledore glanced at Kane and said bluntly.

“I remember before, Harry, Lupin, and I destroyed a magical circus that enslaved blood cursed orcs.”

Upon hearing this, Kane suddenly realized something. Those blood-cursed orcs were all under a strange magical curse, slowly and inevitably transforming from humans into animals permanently. And Nagini was actually a python! Dumbledore had even mentioned the concept of blood-cursed orcs, so did this mean…

“Nagini is a blood cursed orc, and you’ve even seen her when she was young?” Kane asked.

“That’s right, and she was quite beautiful when she was young.” Dumbledore shook his head after saying that. “It’s just a pity that he has now become a cold-blooded animal with a mind full of killing and eating. A sad magical curse.”

“It’s truly pathetic.” After saying this, Kane lightly tossed the Ravenclaw tiara in his hand and prepared to leave the Room of Requirement.

"Are you going to sell it?" Dumbledore asked quickly, noticing Kane's actions.

"Return it to Miss Ravenclaw. I noticed that the statue in their Ravenclaw lounge is a 1:1 scale model, so I think this crown should fit on top of that statue as well."

Kane turned around and offered an explanation.

“I will publish this information in the Daily Prophet, so be prepared,” Dumbledore said to Kane with a smile.

"What preparations?" Kane frowned slightly. These days, he was increasingly unable to understand Dumbledore's rambling, incoherent, or even nonsensical pronouncements.

"Of course, we're waiting to receive thanks from the wizards who graduated from Ravenclaw," Dumbledore said with a casual wave of his hand and a smile.

“That’s right, they really should thank me.” Kane nodded in agreement, then took the Ravenclaw tiara and left the Room of Requirement, returning to the Ravenclaw common room to personally place it on the head of the marble statue.

written request for leave

Sorrow! Great sorrow! The Great Compassion Mantra!

Because my child had several wisdom teeth extracted a few days ago, and I also had previous LASIK surgery, I can no longer type, and voice input is unusable. So, I'm sorry, I've run out of drafts, and I have to take another day off.

It should take about three days; I should be able to speak again by the 6th.