Hogwarts: Magical Elegy

Chapter 85 The secret passage behind the portrait

On Christmas night, the lights in Hogwarts are much brighter than usual.

All college students (except myself) are enjoying the happy hour tonight in the auditorium.

Outside the castle, the sky has turned dark, and the non-academic wizards have returned to the same dormitory behind Hogwarts. The noise outside has also disappeared with them.

Therefore, Xifa walked silently on the passage from the main castle to Ravenclaw Tower. The sudden silence of the environment made him feel an inexplicable feeling of loneliness.

That's right! Xifa touched his pocket and took out a bottle of orange potion. It was exactly the potion for physical strength!

With the moonlight shining on him, Xifa drank it in one gulp, and the medicinal effect gave him the ability to move temporarily for a long time.

Looking at the empty tower in front of him, Xifa sighed. If he didn't solve this problem, he would never want to live a peaceful life.

When Dumbledore suggested that Xifa go back to the dormitory first, Luna realized that Xifa had a task assigned by Dumbledore.

While everyone was paying attention to the scene in the middle of the field, she took out the potion from her bag and asked Elise to take it and go forward to tidy up Xifa's messy dress. At the same time, she stuffed the small bottle of potion into Xifa's pocket without any surprise.

Speaking of the dress, at this time, Xifa had already changed into a pure black windbreaker, and the dress had already been put back into her pocket.

Entering the tower, Xifa did not dare to disturb the magic staircase.

I saw that the candlelight on the wall on one side had a tendency to rekindle.

Xifa quickly slapped his hand on the wall next to him. Under the palm of his hand, there was a raven pattern etched on the stone tablet. At this time, the raven's head was completely covered by Xifa's palm.

Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly said the password. "Knowledge!"

Quickly push open the loose wall and get into it. This is the emergency secret passage Elise told herself a long time ago.

In the low secret passage, Xifa felt his own magic power. After taking the magic replenishing potion for so long, his magic power has returned to its current peak.

Now that he has enough magic power...he took out a luminous stone, ran the soul-sealing spell to give him true vision, and at the same time cast a super-sense spell to give his eyes enough night vision.

Xifa slowly climbed up the stairs.

The roof of Ravenclaw Tower.

A floor tile suddenly dented downwards, and then slowly slid to one side, revealing a square hole one or two people wide.

When the cave entrance was fully opened, a figure emerged from it, it was Xifa.

Seeing that the moon was almost full hanging above his head, Xifa put away the luminous stone. There was nothing on the rooftop and there was no abnormality. He went to the edge of the rooftop and looked out.

Ravenclaw's observatory is at the top of another castle's astronomy tower, and there is no exit designed at the bottom of the astronomy tower. If you want to enter the astronomy tower, you must take the air corridor of Ravenclaw Tower.

Xifa squinted his eyes, climbed down from the rooftop, and walked from the top floor of the tower into an aerial corridor at the top.

There are oil paintings on the walls of the main castle, and a pair of armor placed underneath.

In this corridor, in addition to twos and threes of star peepers, which are specially made astronomical telescopes, there are also some other unknown small alchemical devices.

Except for the star peeping instrument, the other instruments were slowly rotating, making a regular mechanical sound of ticking in the quiet night. It was full of complex and orderly textures.

These are all surfaces. In Xifa's eyes, the ticking sounds are bursts of magic fluctuations. Those star-gazing devices emit threads of magic power. They form a large and fine network.

Xifa was shocked in his heart. He was a little unsure whether these threads were arranged by Dumbledore or by this illegal visitor.

When Xifa stepped forward, his earrings suddenly emitted a hazy light, which quickly covered Xifa's body with a thin film, and then the light disappeared.

Stretch out your hand and try to touch those magic threads. Sure enough, those threads ignore you.

This was a warning created by Dumbledore. Xifa understood it, no longer hesitated, and quickly quickened his pace.

Soon, he entered the astronomy tower.

Unexpectedly, there is no teleportation array here, only oil paintings.

Because Xifa's steps were too slight, and the alchemy earrings given to him by Dumbledore hid his aura.

All the people in the oil paintings are still resting with their eyes closed.

Dumbledore is a wizard who graduated from Gryffindor. It is very likely that he used oil paintings as the secret door of the secret passage.

But here comes the problem, I don’t know which oil painting it is! Even if I know, what is the password?

There seems to be no trace of intruders, so it's all Dumbledore's work.

With the idea that there was nothing to lose, Xifa tried the perception technique.

The perspective changes suddenly.

All the oil paintings in front of me emit a bright blue light, but in an inconspicuous corner there is a portrait with a shabby frame. It actually exudes amazing magic fluctuations.

No way? Xifa thought to himself. So sloppy? Not covering up at all?

In fact, here, the principal and others feel that there is no need to cover up anymore.

You must know that the more precise the spell is, the more precise the spell will be to cover it, and the difficulty of the spell will be doubled.

In other words, this magic painting has become the opening and closing of the secret passage, and it will be particularly difficult to hide it with magic.

What's more, you have to break through the campus barrier to Hogwarts, and then find this place among the vast castle.

Entering here will not trigger the alarm outside.

Being able to do all this, hiding this portrait with some small means is just a cover-up. It would be better to just throw it outside, leaving people hesitant to guess whether it is a trap.

Xifa cautiously came to the portrait. It was a more abstract portrait, but there was no human figure on it.

The tone is gloomy and distorted, vaguely, as if something is being brewed.

After careful observation, I couldn't find the hidden mechanism.

In other words, if you want to open this portrait, you must say the correct password.

This...

Xifa was a little helpless. This obviously required a password, not a doorknob that could be summoned like in the kitchen.

I have no idea what to do! Xifa is going crazy.

At this moment, the earrings beside my ears were slightly hot. Could it be...

Xifa perked up. He glanced around and leaned over to hide behind a large box where equipment was stored.

Gradually, Xifa felt as if he heard footsteps. But in fact, there was no movement in his ears.

Mo was stunned! He needed help from the compass! Fortunately, Elise returned it to herself along with the physical strength potion.

Xifa quickly took out the compass from his waist bag and activated it hidden in his pocket.

Under deliberate control, the slightly lit magic circle was hidden by the pocket.

Xifa quietly poked his head out, it was it! The faceless man that Dumbledore and I first met! It was actually still alive!

No, is this faceless man one person, or a group of people with the same appearance? Thoughts raced in Xifa's mind.

Trying to keep calm, he stared at the faceless man with emotionless eyes.

The faceless man seemed to pass through the silk-lined corridor with ease. He came directly to the abstract portrait that he had no idea about.

"Jill Flower!"

This time, Xifa can be sure that the sound comes from the ears! The faceless man can really interfere with reality!

Wait...Jil Flower...That's Luna's favorite flower! Xifa almost couldn't help but jump out.

Fortunately, the next scene made him decide to continue watching.

As soon as the faceless man finished speaking, the picture of the portrait began to rotate continuously.

Finally, three flowers appeared above.

Two of them are familiar to me, namely Datura and Hibiscus. The remaining one... is the poppy?

So, where is the Jill flower? What do you think it does?

In Xifa's sight, the faceless man pointed at three flowers one by one from bottom to top.

Finally, a Gil flower emerged that I had been extremely familiar with in the past six months. Because it was on the cover of every Luna textbook and notebook.

As if to find a difference, the faceless man gently wiped a corner of the flower. Then, the blue Gil flower slowly disappeared. The portrait also slowly revealed the secret passage behind it.

When the screen stops moving, the secret passage is completely formed.

The faceless man opened the door without hesitation and walked in.

After it entered, the door began to close automatically, and soon everything returned to peace.

Xifa quickly stood up from behind the box, moving his slightly stiff body while looking at the portrait.

There are no other changes in the portrait, it is still exactly the same as when I first met him.

"Jill Flower!"

Follow the previous steps, first press your fingers on the corresponding flower from bottom to top.

Then, Xifa compared the Gil Flower that appeared in front of him with the memory in his mind.

After finding it, Xifa reached out and wiped off the outermost petal.

As expected, the secret door quietly reappeared.

***The author has something to say***

Ah, the recommended advancement failed,