Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Ryan couldn't help but utter a rare vulgar word.

Because at this moment, he was really stunned.

Duskcliff Town—of course, he was very clear about this word.

That was the hometown where he grew up and the location of the Silver Linden Tree Welfare Home - he even mentioned the ancient story of Muya Town to others last summer.

But he never thought that he would see the name of Duskcliff in Lockhart's booklet.

"He's investigating me?"

This was the first guess that instinctively came to Ryan's mind, but he denied it in an instant.

This kind of content recorded casually in the book does not look like an investigation at all.

In addition, Ryan also remembered what he had heard Hermione say before, about the content of Lockhart's new book.

At that time, he realized that the description of the small town and the ancient magical ruins in Lockhart's new book was very similar to the ancient legend of Duskcliff.

Now it seems that it was not a coincidence - the place described in the novel was probably Muya Town.

And besides that...

"Alsam Roye, Tailana Linge... I've seen these two names before... Where are they?"

Ryan muttered to himself.

This made Friday a little confused - did the little master really read something from these incomprehensible words?

Wouldn't that be even more powerful than the great Lord Friday?

But just a moment later, it saw Ryan seemed to be suddenly startled, and his expression showed obvious horror.

Then, Ryan immediately turned around and walked to the suitcase beside the bed. He waved his wand, opened the suitcase and began to rummage through it.

And soon, Ryan found what he was looking for.

That's a photo.

The photo was a group photo - it was given to him by Director Aisha when he left the Silver Linden Tree Welfare Home this year.

Ryan flipped through the photos and saw the two people at a glance.

"Alsam Royer, Tyranna—that's them!"

That's right!

Ryan had seen these two people when he was looking at the photos before.

One of them had a big beard, and the other was very tall and wrapped himself tightly.

They were standing next to Ryan's father, Renaud Elias.

As a result, Ryan's confusion became even stronger.

Why do these two names appear in Lockhart's diary, and...

"Tylana—her real name is Tylana Linge, a standard forest elf name."

Forest elves use forest as their surname, such as "Wind Whisper", "Forest Song" and "Moon Dew".

"Novels are flying!"

Ryan reached out decisively and cast a flying spell to bring the novel that he had already purchased but had not had time to read into his hands.

He opened the novel and flipped through it quickly.

Soon, he saw the name 'Talana Linge'. She was the heroine of the novel, the "Forest Elf" in the title.

He took a quick glance and knew that the story was about the protagonist leading a group of Muggle scientific expedition teams to explore the ancient tomb - the archaeologists in that Muggle expedition team were all the most famous young archaeologists in England, employed by the government.

The protagonist is a wizard who has long cooperated with the Muggle world and an outstanding adventurer.

At the end of the story, the adventurer decided to stop his adventuring career because of the difficulty and danger of this adventure.

Of course, at the very end.

"Gilderoy Lockhart's adventures are not over yet."

There is a sentence at the end of the story - Ryan didn't even need to read it to know that this thing must have been added by Lockhart himself.

so...

"My father and mother, as members of an archaeological team, once followed a wizard and a forest elf on an adventure and excavation of an ancient magical relic in Duskcliff Town."

"And the wizard who led the team chose to end his career as an adventurer because of this adventure. As a result, his reputation has almost disappeared to this day."

"Then his name must not be Lockhart, but... Alsam Royer!"

Ryan had almost pieced together the truth.

That's right.

The only name he had not seen in the entire story was 'Arsam Royer', but judging by the position of the bearded man in the photo in his hand, he was most likely the leader of the expedition.

"Lockhart found him, cast a Memory Charm on him, and stole his memories... and eventually wrote this book."

After Ryan realized this, countless doubts arose in his heart.

There's an ancient magical relic in Duskcliff, which in itself is fine.

Even his parents had been in contact with the magical world and were fine.

So much so that Lockhart stole the experience, and that's okay.

The key is...

"After my parents died, I was sent to Dusk Bluff by my relatives—is this a coincidence?"

"Or maybe my parents had given me instructions long ago - they knew they would die? But they are just Muggles and don't have the ability to predict the future!"

Ryan didn't understand.

In addition, there are two other key words recorded about Lockhart on this page of the booklet.

[Ancient tomb wall] [Stolen treasure] - Ryan had no idea what to make of these two keywords.

"The ancient tomb stone wall, you mean there's a stone wall in that ancient magical ruin? It's very special?"

"Stolen treasure...what does that mean?"

Ryan didn't understand.

But obviously...

"It's still early... there's still time!"

Ryan glanced out the window at the sun which had not yet set, then looked at the novel in his hand.

The next moment, he took out the Ravenclaw Diadem from the ring without hesitation and put it on his head.

Then, she decisively began to study the novel in her hand.

Under the influence of the Ravenclaw crown, Ryan could read Lockhart's novel almost at a glance.

He read quickly, and the story gradually became clear.

In the story, an adventurer named Gilderoy Lockhart led his expedition team into the ruins.

[It is extremely old, almost the oldest relic in the entire magical world, and it has existed for at least two thousand years - that is, before the ancient wizards of ancient Greece appeared.]

[It exists in the ancient legends of the forest elves. It is said to be the responsibility and agreement that the forest elves have had since ancient times. It has almost become a part of the ancient culture of the forest elves in this area. It is precisely because of this that Tailana is willing to explore with us.]

[It only appears on June 20th of every 13th year, under moonlight and accompanied by fog.]

Such a description almost made Ryan stunned again.

Ancient relics over two thousand years old?

Even in the years he had traveled with the Big Four, he had never been to such an ancient magical ruin.

As for what was said in the novel, that the forest elves knew about this ancient relic and that it had special cultural significance to them, Ryan was not surprised.

Forest elves are relatively special among all magical races.

Their magical abilities, beauty, intelligence, and physical abilities almost surpass those of human wizards.

Their lifespan is extremely long, just like the trees in the forest.

In other words, their numbers are very small, otherwise they would definitely be the ones ruling the magical world.

The culture of this ancient race is inherently unique - Ryan has also heard about this from the four giants.

So for him, the real key point is...

"On the twentieth day of June every thirteen years..."

Ryan murmured, his tone filled with disbelief.

His birthday is June 6.20th.

"Is it a coincidence?"

Ryan didn't know.

But he chose to continue watching.

In the following novels, Lockhart tells wonderful adventure stories with his usual wonderful but slightly exaggerated descriptions.

They encountered various ancient magical traps and guardian creatures in the ancient ruins.

What impressed the protagonist most were the stone walls engraved with mysterious runes.

The novel mentions that these stone walls are engraved with ancient magical characters, which seem to record some powerful magic or prophecy.

The forest elf Tailana Linge in the expedition team tried to decipher the text, but ultimately only cracked part of it.

The content is to the effect that...

[When the thirteenth cycle returns, life and death will intersect, and the dormant power will awaken]

He will make a choice - to continue everything, or the opposite.

Chapter 206 Tell the truth, Professor Crouch!

I have to say that Lockhart is indeed very good at describing things in words.