In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

The Death Eaters were confused, and Jon was just as confused as everyone else at this time.

He stumbled and almost fell to the ground. He walked forward several steps before barely regaining his balance.

And when he stood firm, the bronze door behind him slammed shut!

The dull sound of the glottis being closed woke up Jon, who was still in a daze.

Gabrielle also felt the movement, and looked out from Nick's frightened face with a confused expression.

"Are we entering?"

Jon did not answer her words, because at this time, he himself was observing the surrounding environment.

This place is different from the cold environment outside the door. It is surrounded by solid walls instead of permafrost that lasts for thousands of years.

The space behind the door is not small, nor is it very wide, but it is obviously more like a foyer. There is a winding path directly in front of Jon, leading to the deepest part.

Jon looked around and found two ancient candlesticks inlaid on the walls on both sides of the door.

The candlestick is designed in the shape of a snake, with the snake's tail embedded in the wall, and the snake message spitting out of its mouth lights up with a faint blue light.

The flame seemed eternal, and it had been burning even before Jon entered the door.

Just by looking at the appearance of the flames, Jon could identify what this fire was.

Gubulai Fairy Fire, an open flame that can burn forever, requires very profound magic to create.

But no matter how precious the flame itself was, it would not attract Jon's attention so much. He stared closely at the candlestick on the right side of the bronze door, with a thoughtful look on his face as if he was remembering something, and looked a little uncertain. asked Gabrielle.

"Do you remember that when we were outside the door before, we found that the place where the gem was standing seemed to be where the candlestick was, right?"

After hearing Jon's words, Gabrielle looked back uncertainly for a moment, then the little girl nodded firmly.

"Yes! I remember that the gem was very beautiful. It was on our left facing the door at that time. Now that we have entered, it is on our right!"

Gabrielle's words of certainty gave Jon even more confidence. He eagerly walked to the candlestick on the right, and then tried to see if he could pull it out directly from the wall.

After the attempt failed, Jon raised his wand again and used a splitting spell on the area where the candlestick was embedded.

The wall behind the door is not as indestructible as the door itself. Under a splitting spell, the stone wall with the candlestick embedded in it revealed dense cracks like a spider web.

After that, Jon hugged the snake-shaped candlestick tightly with both hands, and with a sudden force, he pulled out the candlestick that could become a magical artifact from the stone wall!

The blue Gubulai fairy fire on the snake letter jumped violently for a few times, and then stabilized in Jon's hand again.

And Jon's eyes, which were already excited enough to be called burning, were not looking at this candlestick that could be sold for thousands of gold galleons in any magical area outside, but were focused on the tail of the snake-shaped candlestick!

There is an unattractive blue diamond-shaped gem there, reflecting the faint blue firelight!

The gem was taken out by Jon!

Now he finally understood why no one outside the door could take out this stone that seemed to be embedded in the ice.

That is simply an illusion!

The raw material used by Adrian to make the ring gem was part of the candlestick. Somehow he found the snake tail of the candlestick in the ice layer outside the door. He completed the gem on the spot, but there was no way to remove it. Get it outside.

Because this gem belongs to the door, only after entering the bronze door can you get it!

Jon looked at the snake-shaped candlestick with excitement on his face, and soon, his eyes turned to the same candlestick on the left side of the copper door.

It's hard to say what will happen next, but he can't come here in vain. If the snake tail of this candlestick can be made into a ring and gemstone by Adrian, then the other candlestick will definitely be extraordinary.

He continued to do the same with the candlestick on the left, and successfully removed this lamp from the wall.

Sure enough, Jon's guess was not wrong. Inlaid at the end of the candlestick was a dusty, round bead like a glass bead. This should be what Adrian found and made in this maze under the ice. The raw material of the ring's gems, but this one was not buried as deeply as the one on the right, and was not discovered by Adrian who came here before.

Jon felt very happy as he had gained a lot as soon as he entered the door. But soon when he tried to put his hand on the bronze door again and tried to open it from the inside, the whole door remained motionless, as if it had just suddenly It was just Jon's illusion to open it and let him in.

This couldn't help but make him worry about Fox's safety. There were so many Death Eaters outside. Even if the Phoenix was immortal, as long as the death curse was used on it at the beginning of its continuous nirvana and rebirth, it could still be killed in this alternative way. Retain.

But Jon lay down where he had taken out the candlestick with the ring and gems, trying to find a small hole through which he could see the scene outside the door, but couldn't find it, so he could only put down this part of his worries for the time being.

This stone wall seems to have the function of self-repair. Previously, the candlestick was embedded in it and it could connect the inside and outside of the door. Now that Jon has taken the candlestick, the hollowed out part has slowly been restored. , and soon he couldn't even see the small pit that he had just smashed using the splitting spell.

There was no way to go back for the time being, so Jon had to first remove the Gubler fairy fire from the two snake-shaped candlesticks, and then tried to put the candlesticks into the pocket that had been casted by the Traceless Stretching Charm. The space in the pocket There was still enough, but the opening of the bag was too small for Jon to stuff it inside.

He could only hold the candlestick in his arms first and focus on the winding road in front of them.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look."

Jon whispered to Gabrielle, then he took out the invisibility cloak again and put it on his body.

Gabrielle also huddled next to Jon obediently and listened to Jon's instructions without saying a word.

Behind the door is an unknown space. Except for Voldemort himself, who has been to this place, no one knows what is there.

It didn't take long to walk forward. Jon's movements were very careful and the steps were not very large. But after only four or five minutes of walking, they came to a suddenly clear space.

This is a room like a bedroom. After Jon and Gabrielle, who were wearing invisibility cloaks, walked into the room from the passage, a cluster of orange flames suddenly burned on the ceiling, illuminating the room. all.

The sudden fire startled Jon, and also made Gabrielle, who had been holding Jon's arm, tremble nervously.

But as the fire light came on, they could see clearly the room that looked like a bedroom.

The space here is not large, that is, it is wider than the area that can barely be called the foyer when they first entered, and it is not as spacious as the area where the Death Eaters are stationed outside the door.

But not only does it not feel cold here, it also feels like you are in a warm room with a fire burning.

There is a large bed on the left side of the room. The bed should be made of stone. Even though it seems that the bedding originally laid on it has been worn away by time and turned into a gray thing, the bed itself There hasn't been the slightest change.

Just below the bright flame on the ceiling, there is a table also made of stone. There is also a teapot-like utensil on the stone table. There should be some sheepskin-like things on it, but at this time It had turned into pieces of leather and was scattered on the table.

In addition, there is a whole row of bookshelves leaning against the wall facing the path. These things are obviously made of wood. They are now decayed into a state of disgrace. Large pieces have collapsed to the ground, and only a small one is left. Parts can be supported standing on the ground.

Jon's eyes glanced over the collapsed wooden bookshelves, all the way to the far left of the bookshelf, and then he met a pair of eyes.

This is not a real person, but a portrait.

It was an old man who looked scrawny and had a monkey-like face.

He had a thick goatee hanging from his chin in front of his body, and his cloudy eyes stared at Jon unblinkingly.

When he met those eyes, Jon's whole body froze.

He motionless looked at the portrait through the invisibility cloak, and was very sure that the old man in the portrait could see through the invisibility cloak and see him.

Jon took a deep breath and tried to say hello.

"Hello, sir?"

Hearing Jon's voice, Gabrielle suddenly noticed the portrait of the old man. Her eyes were wide open, and she was lying on Jon's body like a koala sensing danger.

The old man's eyes in the portrait were calm, as if he didn't mean to answer Jon's greeting, but his cloudy eyes moved downwards, looking at the two snake-shaped candlesticks held in Jon's arms.

Jon obviously noticed the direction he was looking at. He suddenly looked like a thief who stole something late at night and was caught red-handed by the owner. He looked embarrassed and hurriedly pulled Gabrielle off him and pulled her away. Both candlesticks were thrust into her hands, allowing her to hide behind her so that the atmosphere wouldn't look so weird.

The old man didn't seem to want to delve deeper into the idea that today's young people would even steal candlesticks. Instead, he shifted his gaze to Jon's face with the presence of the old man again.

"Hiss, hiss."

There was an unpleasant, harsh sound that Jon couldn't understand at all, and snake-like language spat out of the old man's mouth.

Seeing Jon just looking at him with big eyes and small eyes, the old man was not disappointed, but seemed to have some doubts.

"You are not of my blood?"

Jon had already taken off the invisibility cloak from his body at this time. He had some shocking guesses in his mind, but he still blinked in confusion on the surface.

"What's your name?"

The old man held his hands and introduced himself with narrowed eyes.

"Salazar Slytherin."

Although he had already expected this name, he still couldn't help but look shocked after hearing the name.

He looked at the old man in the magic portrait and tried hard to search his mind for knowledge about the history of magic.

After the four founders of Hogwarts founded Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the four people who were originally close to each other had severe differences over the conditions for recruiting students.

Even if Gryffindor finally contributed its own hat and could select the students they needed according to each founder's own needs, Slytherin, who had extraordinary requirements for blood, was still not satisfied with this result.

He even turned against his former best friend, Gryffindor, and had conflicts with two witches, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, and finally chose to build a secret room in Hogwarts Castle. , and hid a basilisk inside. When his heir discovers this place, he can release the basilisk and kill those students who study in the castle but cannot meet his own requirements.

After quietly completing these arrangements, he himself left Hogwarts, which he founded with others, and has been missing since then.

So, he came here at some point later?

Including this maze under the ice, was it all built by him?

And that basilisk was also raised by him before?

Many questions popped up in Jon's mind, but his eyes looked at Slytherin's old face without any deviation.

While he was looking at Slytherin, Slytherin continued to look at him.

"You're not a pureblood either?"

"You are not of my blood nor pure blood, but you can enter here."

He looked at it carefully, and then suddenly let out a sneer.

"According to what that idiot Godric said, you fully meet the qualities I require as a student and have been approved by me. You are a proud, cautious and ambitious person?"

Just as he finished speaking, a crisp "bang" sound suddenly sounded in the bedroom.

The two candlesticks were really heavy, and it was already difficult for Gabrielle to pick them up. While Jon was talking to Slytherin, she accidentally dropped one of them to the ground.

Both Jon and Slytherin were once again attracted by the candlestick that should not have appeared here. Combined with what Slytherin had just said, the atmosphere once again fell into a strange silence.

Gabrielle obviously knew that her carelessness was a bit inappropriate. She looked like she was about to cry. She hurriedly dragged the candlestick that had fallen to the ground and hid it behind Jon.

Just like this, it was as if the incident of them stealing the host's candlestick didn't happen.

Damn it, I want to update it at the climax of this episode!

Tomorrow there will be at least two chapters of 4,000 words, and more will be 8,000. I will go to bed when I finish writing!