Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

He saw a person standing at the door of the auditorium.

Albus Dumbledore was standing guard at the door of the Great Hall. He looked at Ryan seriously.

"It seems you knew about the situation a long time ago?"

Ryan said softly.

And Dumbledore said sincerely: "I'm not sure, Ryan."

"Ms. Grey—I know she's ancient, and I know she's related to Ms. Ravenclaw, and that she holds some authority over the school."

"But I don't know the cause of her death or her identity until today..."

"But you already knew she was watching me secretly - you also have the authority of the school, she can't hide it from you."

Ryan looked at the old wizard.

"Ryan, she didn't want to see you - I just respected her choice. I didn't deliberately hide it from you."

Dumbledore said seriously.

And Ryan is well aware of this.

Something had obviously happened to Helena, which made her deliberately avoid Ryan - even from the brief meeting just now, Ryan could be sure that she seemed to be carrying some kind of huge guilt.

Ryan thought it might be related to Ravenclaw.

Dumbledore was obviously the same as always - the old wizard was unwilling to interfere with other people's choices, especially those that might affect the arrangements of the Big Four.

Therefore, he might have noticed Helena's unusual attention to Ryan a long time ago, and even guessed that Helena and Ryan might know each other.

But he never pointed this out.

Of course.

Ryan didn't care about it at the moment.

"Please move aside, Headmaster."

"Ryan..."

After hearing Ryan's firm words, Dumbledore seemed to want to persuade him.

"Barrow was filled with guilt – he'd been tortured by pain for a long time, I could see that... his soul was practically consumed by guilt."

Dumbledore said, "Lion, he is the ghost of Hogwarts after all... If you... that would not be good for your reputation."

He said so.

"reputation?"

And Ryan glanced at the old wizard.

This was not the first time Dumbledore had mentioned fame to him.

He also knew that fame might play a huge role in Dumbledore's plans regarding the Big Four.

but...

"People are always going to do irrational things, Dumbledore."

He looked at the old wizard.

"We are wizards, not gods."

"Reputation, plans, arrangements—that can all be remedied later."

"Now, I have to do what I have to do."

He said so.

"Ryan..."

And Dumbledore seemed to want to say something else.

But at this moment, Ryan had already drawn his wand.

"Get out of the way, Dumbledore."

His voice hardened.

"Or—are you going to stop me, to stop a brother from avenging the sister he protects?"

He said so.

Then he saw Dumbledore's expression change instantly.

At this moment, extremely complex emotions seemed to flash across the old wizard's blue eyes.

"..."

He was silent.

So Ryan stepped forward.

He walked past Dumbledore and into the Great Hall.

Chapter 181 Curse and the Past!

Because it was already night.

Most of the young wizards have returned to their respective common rooms or dormitories.

So at this moment, there was no little wizard in the auditorium.

Only Mr. Filch was enjoying dinner in the hall with his cat - after he had dinner, he would start his night patrol today.

"Elias..."

After seeing Ryan, Filch stood up holding his cat.

But at this moment, Ryan did not greet him back.

His eyes were only looking at the figure that was moving near the wall not far away.

That gloomy face, that body covered in blood.

The Bloody Baron.

then...

"Buzz!"

The magic power around Ryan was surging.

He raised his wand and pointed it at the Bloody Baron.

"Bastard."

He whispered, "Face me."

"Ok?"

After hearing his words, the Bloody Baron, who seemed absent-minded, lowered his head.

"Little wizard...who are you?"

Surprisingly, he didn't even seem to recognize Ryan.

"who am I?"

Ryan said calmly, "It's not that important to you - I just came to ask you... was it you who killed Helena Ravenclaw?"

"Helena!?"

But this name seemed to irritate the Bloody Baron.

The blood stain on the ghost's body suddenly became active.

His cold face seemed to become violent and painful.

"Helena...Helena..."

He seemed to be gritting his teeth as he spoke Helena's name.

Then, his eyes suddenly turned to Ryan: "Who are you? Who are you? How did you know her name?"

"I said that."

And see the other person's attitude.

Ryan has already confirmed everything.

"It's not important to you—"

Ryan raised his wand.

"I heard ghosts can't be killed, but... I want to try!"

"Anima Cruciare"

As soon as the words fell, dark, ominous magic appeared at the tip of Ryan's wand!

The magic even made Filch, a Muggle, feel an inexplicable sense of unease at this moment.

Then, he saw that the magic power flowing out from the tip of Ryan's wand seemed to form an ominous skeleton of death holding a black sickle!

It roared and charged towards the Bloody Baron.

At this moment, the Bloody Baron also seemed to recognize the curse.

"Sir Bonechewer's spell... Impossible. All his spells were long ago destroyed by the great Gryffindor. Who are you?!"

He growled, and then the blood mist around him surged again.

He recognized the spell.

Soul-grinding curse - ancient black magic, its effect is similar to the Cruciatus Curse.

But it is more terrifying than the Cruciatus Curse - because the effect of the Cruciatus Curse is to torture others but not to kill them.

'Soul Grinding', on the other hand, is torturing the soul while gradually killing it. Its meaning is somewhat similar to the combination of the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse - of course, the concept of killing the soul is not as strong as that of the Killing Curse.

The most crucial thing is that this spell, which belonged to the ancient master of black magic, 'Sir Bonechew', should have been lost long ago. Even the Bloody Baron, a wizard from a thousand years ago, had no chance to learn it. He only heard of it in the ancient legends of Hogwarts.

According to legend, it was with the help of these evil black magics that Sir Bonechew almost touched the realm of legend.