Hogwarts behind-the-scenes big boss

Moriarty put the Slytherin staff upright in the hole in the floor and looked at Dumbledore: "Let's cast spells together to find the Headless Horseman."

"So that's it," Dumbledore suddenly realized. He stood up and said with a smile: "Otherwise I will deduct ten points from Slytherin House for deliberately damaging the floor."

Although there was a smile on his face, Dumbledore quickly pulled out the elder wand. He pressed the wand on the crook of his index finger with his thumb, raised his arm, pointed the tip of the wand at the ceiling, and muttered something.

Moriarty heard the syllables of some ancient spells, and Dumbledore's magic was like a burning furnace, glowing and dissipating heat.

Like a flare, Dumbledore's magic scattered throughout the castle began to act.

On the other side, Moriarty held the staff with both hands and spoke a series of snake language. The hissing sound frightened Professor Trelawney, and Diana also cast a surprised look.

Dumbledore sounded familiar, and he recalled the events he had experienced with Moriarty.

Yes, Moriarty also said the same snake language when announcing the Chamber of Secrets!

Then the translation is——

"The heir of Slytherin, the descendant of the Lion of Godric's Hollow, the eagle who accepts ancient wisdom, the rose of Hufflepuff, requests to speak to the Big Four!"

A spell that evokes the original appearance of the castle.

In order to prevent the Headless Horseman from reacting, Moriarty ordered the stone piers, armor, ghosts, and portraits in the castle to move at a very fast speed.

The stone pillars and armor moved towards the castle gate, the ghosts entered the common rooms of their respective colleges, and the portraits all walked into the murals in the corridor on the first floor, lining up in a long line!

They were puzzled by Moriarty's order, but Moriarty showed a confident smile.

"Peeves said that only the Headless Horseman can disobey my orders to the castle, so? He must have been hiding when I gave my orders!"

Moriarty looked at Dumbledore, a flash of light flashing in his eyes.

"Start searching. At this time, the other murals are empty, only the headless horseman is scurrying around."

"A very clever reverse operation, look at me." Dumbledore praised, as if he was fifty years younger and had found a competitor, waving his wand happily.

The elder wand drew out streaks of fire, which were brilliant and dazzling. The light expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming the light and shadow of a phoenix.

The appearance of the Light and Shadow Phoenix is ​​roughly the same as that of Fox, but it is larger and more gorgeous than Fox.

Each feather shone with golden light, flapping its wings and hovering above Dumbledore's head.

At the same time, in Moriarty's "God's Perspective", Dumbledore's magic turned into little phoenixes, flying over the castle like a whirlwind of fire.

"Phoenix Dance! The family magic of the Peverell family."

Dumbledore spoke calmly, and a desolate aura emanated from him. He raised his head and gazed at the light and shadow phoenix with nostalgia, "I haven't used it in seventy years."

Moriarty thought, Dumbledore has the blood of the Peverell family?

Speaking of the Peverell family, the most famous one is the story of the Three Deathly Hallows, and Moriarty learned some unknown secrets from Salazar's notebook. For example, the Peverell family is always guarded by a phoenix.

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"Found it," Dumbledore said suddenly, and he smiled at Moriarty: "You will never guess where the Headless Horseman is hiding."

"Where are you hiding?" Diana asked impatiently. She stood up with breathtaking momentum, like a cold rose.

"Relax, Professor Diana, relax." Dumbledore said quickly: "We cannot characterize the Headless Horseman as a villain before contacting him. Maybe he will become the key to solving a series of incidents."

"Click!"

Moriarty pulled out his staff from the hole, making an impatient clang sound, and cast a "hurry up" look at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore found it very funny. He shook his head slightly, looked at a certain place in the castle, and said solemnly: "Sir Cadogan's mural. The Headless Horseman is there now."

"Sir Cadogan?"

Diana adjusted the gold frame of her glasses and leaned gently on the wall near the office door.

She knew that Hogwarts had many secrets, and obviously this unfamiliar name to her hid another secret.

"Moriarty, how much do you know about Sir Cadogan?" Dumbledore walked to the bookcase.

"His mural is hung on the seventh floor of the castle. Whenever a little wizard passes by the painting, he will yell for people to duel with him."

Moriarty expressed what he thought of Sir Cadogan, and finally made a concluding comment: "Sir Cadogan is not a bad person, but he loves duels and has a hot temper."

"You're right."

Dumbledore took out a diary from the bookcase. The cover was yellowed and looked old.

"In the eyes of most people, Sir Cadogan is a stupid guy, but few people know that he and Merlin lived in the same era. He and Merlin were friends."

Moriarty and Diana looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

The story of Merlin has always been a legend, and now there is a living portrait who is actually Merlin's friend!

Although the mural of Merlin himself is also hung on the wall of Hogwarts, wizards who have studied Merlin clearly understand that the mural is not Merlin himself, but just a portrait magic of Merlin.

As if reading their thoughts, Dumbledore opened the diary and placed it in front of them.

A sonorous and powerful male voice sounded.

"According to the information we have found, the wizarding world generally believes that Sir Cadogan is a member of the famous Knights of the Round Table!

Although little is known about him, and he was promoted through his friendship with Merlin.

But apparently, all Muggle versions of King Arthur legend leave him out. Oh, Muggles? Haha.

But the wizard's version of the story retains Sir Cadogan's deeds with Lancelot, Bedivere and Sir Parzifal.

In the story, he appears to be excited, violent, brave and fearless, even to the point of stupidity, but he is the kind of little person with a good heart."

This male voice is strong and steady, with a kind of captivating power, and seems to be able to bring the listener into the adventure story of Sir Cadogan.

However, when the male voice spoke of Muggles, the deep contempt in his tone reminded Moriarty.

Could it be Grindelwald?

Moriarty suddenly had a bold idea: Dumbledore and Grindelwald also searched for Merlin's secret when they were young.

This passage is the note they recorded - "Wow!", Dumbledore turned over a page, and even after many years, the hardness of the parchment remained unchanged.

The voice suspected of being Grindelwald sounded again.

"Ser Cadogan's most famous deed is his duel with the Wyvern on the Wye.

You've seen a wyvern, right, Dumbledore?

That kind of dragon-like creature has long been entrenched in the southwestern counties of England.

In the first duel, the dragon devoured Sir Cadogan's horse, bit off his wand, and breathed fire that burned his sword and visor.

The steam from the melted helmet blocked Sir Cadogan's sight, and he managed to save his life.

But instead of running away, he stumbled to a nearby meadow, grabbed a short, round pony that was eating grass, jumped on it, and rode it back to the bipedal dragon.

All that's left is the broken wand, ready to die heroically.

The dragon lowered its terrifying head to swallow Sir Cadogan and the pony in one gulp, but the broken and scrapped wand pierced its tongue, igniting the gas coming out of its stomach, and destroyed it.

It exploded to pieces.

Older wizards still use the proverb 'I'll take Cadogan's pony' to mean 'I'll do my best to turn the tide'

Haha, Sir Cadogan's wand must be made of blackthorn wood and a giant's beard. Blackthorn wood is flammable and the giant has a hot temper.

Older wizards might as well pray they have a handy wand! So are you determined to find the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore?"