Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"Ow!"

The magical creatures beside Newt - the harpy, the horned beast, and the winged demon, all looked at Friday at this moment, all showing vigilant and even terrified expressions.

"oh oh..."

So Newt exclaimed several times in a hurry.

"I'm sorry—it's clear that even though it's young, it's already powerful and dangerous enough... I have to take the children back first, otherwise things will get very bad..."

He muttered, then carefully put his magical creatures back into the pockets of his wizard robe one by one.

But Ryan looked at Newt with a strange expression at this moment.

He was not in a hurry to get to the bottom of the matter, but instead planned to find an opportunity to talk to Mr. Scamander alone!

"I remember you said before... you are no longer young and will not carry dangerous magical creatures with you?"

So at this moment, he was also joking.

"Now it seems that your words are not very convincing. At least I think most wizards would not think that the Winged Demon is a harmless creature."

Yes, the Winged Devil is of course recognized as a critically endangered magical creature.

It feeds on brain matter, preferring the human brain the most, and the venom it secretes is also very dangerous.

"Oh, Tikdio is very well behaved, even better than his father..."

Newt stammered.

"Besides, my magic power is not that strong, so I always need help. Jacob and the others could help me before... but now they are all old, and magical beasts are always suitable... They are loyal and brave enough... Maybe some people think they are dangerous, but if you ask me..."

At the end of the conversation, the old wizard seemed to feel that he was not in the right. He blushed and stopped talking while muttering.

Ryan glanced at him and stopped teasing the socially anxious old wizard.

He simply glanced around, and his attention was drawn to the huge archway in the center of the room.

"Is this... the [Veil Gate]?"

He looked at the huge archway and murmured softly.

Of course he had heard of this door - in fact, this door was one of the few in the Department of Mysteries and was extremely famous even among the wizarding community.

It is extremely mysterious and it is said that crossing it will lead to the other side of the veil.

No one knows when it appeared, and no one knows when the legend about it spread.

All anyone knew was... that this door was extremely old, older even than the Ministry of Magic itself!

There are many legends about it in the magical world.

For example, Ryan once heard Ron swear: "I dare say the Deathly Hallows must be made of this arch material. Once all three Hallows are found, they will combine into a red, horned mechanical giant that will pass through the arch and beat up the Grim Reaper."

Well... considering that Harry was telling Ron about some animations in the Muggle world at that time, Ryan felt that Ron's thoughts at that time might have been deeply influenced by them.

"What was that anime called?"

With such random thoughts in mind, Ryan walked to the archway.

Of course, he would not try to go in, but just observed the appearance of the stone door.

The unspeakably long years have left this stone door riddled with holes.

Its surface is covered with huge depressions and pits, like a honeycomb.

but...

"Ok?"

Ryan soon discovered something on the edge of the stone gate.

They were completely inconspicuous, seemingly traces of soil - the vast passage of time had almost completely merged them with the stone.

But the color of the soil is very special - it is pitch black, but there is a glaring red in the darkness.

It's a very ominous color, which complements the reputation of the stone gate itself.

"...was this door moved here?"

Ryan came to this conclusion naturally.

It's obvious that this door didn't originally exist here, but was moved here.

This wasn't surprising...in fact, most things in the Department of Mysteries were like that.

The dark soil that has a blood-red tint is most likely the trace left behind where the door originally stood.

And besides that...

"This curtain..."

Ryan frowned as he looked at the tattered black curtain above the stone door that fluttered in the wind.

He always felt that the tattered appearance of the black curtain gave him a sense of déjà vu - he seemed to have seen something similar somewhere.

But it was at this time...

"Buzz!"

Ryan, who was looking directly at the curtain, seemed to hear a voice coming from behind the curtain at this moment.

It was a sound that was hard to describe in words, but it was familiar to Ryan.

"Resurrection Stone!?"

That's right.

At this moment, the sound Ryan heard... was exactly the same magnificent, indescribable sound he had heard from the Resurrection Stone before!

But the difference is.

This time, the sound seemed even weaker than before.

But at the same time...

It's also much clearer.

"Come... hug me... come... accept me..."

And at the same time that the voice came.

Ryan felt an invisible force invading his soul at this moment.

His soul seemed to be filled with some huge yet simple idea.

He suddenly felt a desire - perhaps he should pass through the veil, through this door...

"!!!"

But the next moment, Ryan woke up in shock!

He hurriedly moved away from the huge stone door - this action made Friday, who was fiddling with the dark wizard on the ground, instantly alert.

But it was after Ryan moved away from the stone door that he discovered that the magnificent sound behind the curtain seemed to have disappeared as well.

"..."

But at this moment, Ryan's expression was still solemn.

He looked at the tattered, dark curtains that moved without a breeze.

At this moment, I realized the origin of the sense of déjà vu just now.

"Dementors!?"

he muttered.

That's right.

Just at that moment - the strange feeling that invaded his soul was very similar to the "soul erosion" brought by the Dementors.

And the dark, tattered curtain itself resembles the Dementor's tattered cloak!

But here's the difference.

The Dementors brought him feelings of despair and pain.

But just now, the emotions that this [Veil Door] brought to him were not as simple as despair and pain.

That is a deeper and more grand emotion.

Ryan found it difficult to describe the feeling - if he had to say it, it was like the emotion that was left after all the pain, hope, happiness and despair disappeared.

It was a kind of final 'peace' as if everything had disappeared!

"That voice, I always thought it was 'Death,' the thing teachers fought against—did it just talk to me? Did it notice me?"

Countless questions kept circling in Ryan's mind.

This made Ryan almost unable to resist trying to touch the door again.

But in the end, the rational part of his mind stopped him.

He didn't know what exactly what had just happened meant, nor did he know what that voice represented.

But there is no doubt - judging from the previous situation with the Resurrection Stone, his teachers don't want to see him come into contact with the other party so early!

Ryan always obeyed the instructions of his four teachers.

"Ryan?"

At this time, Newt, who had calmed down and taken the magical creatures back, looked at Ryan with a puzzled expression.

He obviously didn't hear what Ryan just heard.

"...nothing."

Ryan didn't say much.

But it is at this moment...

"Lian, Master Newt..."

Amos's voice came over.

"Something's wrong...hiss..."

He limped over to Ryan and Newt, the wounds on his body making it difficult for him to speak.