Days to grind friendship at Hogwarts

[Important character, Qiu Zhang, friendship level 20, exchange currency 1000.]

Glenn watched the girl climb the stairs with a smile on his face.

He glanced at his friend list and found that he had accumulated 97 friends since the beginning of school. He thought that the milestone of "full of friends" should not be too far away.

Among them, Qiu's name ranks first, with a friendship score of 130.

Since reaching [Inseparable Friend] last time, the system has unlocked an upgraded version of [Best Friend], but I don’t know how much friendship is required to achieve it this time.

Glenn waved his hand to turn off the system light screen and returned his attention to the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw.

The previous idea of ​​climbing up to the base was obviously unreliable.

Except for a certain savior star who could do such a thing, normal people would more or less feel a sense of awe towards the statue.

However, there are many ways to observe Ms. Ravenclaw's eyes up close.

Like some dumb trick that's not magical at all.

He dragged an armchair over, took off his shoes, and stood on it.

With this simple ladder, the position of the eyes does not seem so high and out of reach.

Observing the statue up close is a new experience.

I don’t know which sculptor master was the handiwork, but the facial features of the founder of the academy are so vivid and lifelike, as if the person standing on the base is Rowena Ravenclaw herself.

There was a faint smile on her face and a replica of Ravenclaw's crown carved from white marble on her head.

A line of beautiful floral calligraphy is engraved on the crown.

"Extraordinary intelligence is mankind's greatest wealth."

Glenn looked at this sentence thoughtfully and repeated it softly.

Could the entrance to the library be related to this sentence on the crown?

He stretched out his hand and gently touched the small words.

I felt a slight coolness on my fingertips, but other than that, there was no other feeling.

Sure enough, it's not that simple...

Glenn sighed softly, leaned back slightly, and carefully looked at the head of the statue, especially the eyes where the magic wave previously emitted.

Those eyes are truly the finishing touch, even the details of the pupils are painted extremely realistically.

His gaze is deep, tranquil, and full of wisdom.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Glenn even felt that the gaze seemed to be real, looking over his shoulder and staring at something behind him.

He subconsciously followed his gaze back and saw the fireplace on the wall directly opposite the alcove.

Late at night, the fire in the fireplace had gradually dimmed, leaving only the last few flames still flickering tenaciously.

It won't be that simple...

Glenn suddenly remembered the night he fell asleep in the lounge, the glimmer of light that flickered in the ashes of the fireplace in the early morning.

He quickly jumped out of the armchair, not caring to put on his shoes, but ran to the fireplace and looked carefully into the fire.

The furnace was so blackened by the constant flames that the original color could hardly be seen.

As Easter approaches, the weather has gradually warmed up, and the house elves no longer need to run late at night to wait on the fire.

There was a lot of blackened charcoal in the fire that was about to go out, and only a few unburned logs still had a faint glow on them.

Of course, Glenn couldn't just reach out and touch it stupidly. Instead, he took out his wand and pointed it at the fireplace.

"Clear water like a spring!"

He muttered something in a low voice, and a clear spring gushes out from the tip of the stick.

With a soft "chi" sound, a few wisps of green smoke rose up and drifted down the fireplace flue, and the last flame in the furnace was extinguished.

As a false Sagittarius who is more like a Virgo, Glenn will never tolerate having his hands covered with pitch-black ashes.

He raised his wand again and said something.

“Cleaned up!”

The ashes extinguished by the clean water and the muddy water mixed with the ashes disappeared instantly.

Glenn glanced at the inner wall of the furnace, which was still stained with a layer of black marks, and pinched his eyebrows.

Although the cleaning spell is good, it is still less effective at dealing with these old dirt.

"Whirlwind sweeps away!"

He waved his wand again and said.

A gust of breeze swept through, and the entire fireplace was instantly as clean as new.

The combination of these two cleaning spells has complementary advantages and outstanding effects.

"You have to upgrade these two magic spells to mastery level later..."

Glenn nodded with satisfaction and said to himself.

He leaned down and began to carefully search every corner of the fireplace.

From the inner wall to the bottom brick, from the center to the four corners, almost nothing was missed, but nothing was found.

He even resisted the physical resistance, lay on his back, put his head into the fireplace, and looked up at the top wall of the furnace.

Unfortunately, there is still no gain.

He stood up with difficulty to avoid staining his clothes and hair, and then looked back at the eyes of the Ravenclaw statue.

That gaze indeed passed through the entire lounge and was directed here.

"Did I miss any details?"

He pulled up an armchair and thought hard.

Since the magic power fluctuations in the statue's eyes and behind the base confirmed that his speculation was true, then the fleeting glimmer of light he saw in the fireplace earlier should not be an illusion either.

In this situation, it seems that maybe I have missed something.

According to Rowena Ravenclaw's motto and the cracking idea mentioned by Professor Flitwick before.

If you want to enter the library, wisdom can play a far more important role than magic.

Then the so-called observation ability is very likely to be the core of Ms. Ravenclaw's test.

Being able to feel the fluctuations in magic power should be regarded as a bug ability that virtually reduces the difficulty of the test.

For anyone else, how could it be so easy to find the connection between the statue's eyes and the fireplace without any prompting?

He raised his wand again and pointed it at the empty fireplace.

"The true form is revealed!"

The fluctuations of the curse seemed to be swallowed up by invisible power and disappeared suddenly in the furnace.

This scene is almost exactly the same as when the unlocking spell hit the base of the statue.

An undetectable magic power appeared out of thin air from the center of the bottom brick, and soon disappeared without a trace.

This is it.

Glenn breathed a sigh of relief. After so many days, there was finally some progress.

Next, as long as you find out what you missed, you can completely solve this problem that has been bothering you for more than half a year.

He sat back in his armchair, closed his eyes and recalled the day's events.

That day, he said goodbye to Morgana and pondered the secret of the library in the lounge until late at night.

Maybe I was too tired, so I fell asleep unconsciously.

Until early in the morning, when there was just a hint of light in the sky, I was woken up by Qiu.

If he remembered correctly, he vaguely mentioned that he was a little cold, and seemed to have casually asked about the time.

time...

He suddenly remembered that there are many tasks in the game that can only be obtained at a specific time.

Could it be that...

The secret of the fireplace is related to time?