In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Understanding these is not the main thing, because Jon still hasn't figured out the most critical issue.

"Do you know why the Dark Lord wants to take Hogwarts Castle into his own hands so much?"

But obviously, even the Sorting Hat itself can't explain this problem.

"I don't know about this. Logically speaking, he shouldn't care so much about this castle, because even if the castle is really owned by him, it won't bring him any benefit or improvement. At most, it will only make him He can stay in the castle for a long time."

This problem not only troubled Jon, but also the principals including Dumbledore, who were all wizards who once owned the castle. Everyone had not figured out what Voldemort's purpose was in acquiring the castle.

But even if he doesn't think clearly, it doesn't actually hinder what Jon is doing now. The more the enemy wants to do something, the more difficult it is for him to do it.

As long as we can win the championship of this game, it doesn't matter whether we know the answer to this question or not.

So Jon no longer thought about Voldemort, but completely focused on how to find the Triwizard Cup.

After he walked into the auditorium, he didn't find any obvious difference from when he came before.

The flames on the candles were beating, illuminating the dark places where sunlight could not reach. The tables and chairs around were all clean, with nothing placed on them. Only the ceiling that reflected the sky outside could feel the sunlight. deflection.

It is now almost 11 o'clock at noon, and there is still more than an hour before Emil and the others enter the castle to start the game. If Jon does not find more clues within this hour, it will be equal to what he has discovered before. The advantage gained in two games was all in vain.

Jon first checked the hall along the perimeter of the auditorium. After finding nothing, he walked up to the long table on the high platform where only professors were usually allowed to sit, and saw the Only Voldemort himself had the right to sit there.

There seemed to be no problem here, but Jon noticed keenly that there was a lit candle suspended just behind the long table.

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with having a candle here. There were many similar candles floating in other places in the auditorium, but Jon realized that this candle was suspended in the sunlight.

Other candles are used to illuminate places where sunlight cannot reach and enhance brightness.

Of course, it is possible that the candle flew to the wrong place, but Jon is more inclined to believe that it is actually a clue deliberately left by Matthew and the others.

Observing the candle, and finding nothing on the surface, Jon raised the wand in his hand and lightly tapped the wick of the candle.

The next moment, the candle flame suddenly swelled, and the flame rose to a height of more than half a meter. However, in the end, the flame quickly faded, and the entire candle was shortened by half.

It was at this time that he discovered the real strangeness of this candle.

Although the wax on the surface of the candle was half burned, the wick inside was not burned at all. It was on this standing wick that Jon saw a vertical line of small words.

[The school belongs to the nature of the school]

Just after Jon read this vertical line of words, the entire candle suddenly lit up, and then the candle was completely burned out, leaving only an extinguished wick that fell to the ground, and on the wick, the line of small words also All disappeared.

Jon picked up the wick and found nothing more special about it, and then he softly asked the Sorting Hat.

"So what is the nature of school?"

With the Sorting Hat following him, Jon would certainly not be so stupid that he would not use this help and solve the puzzle by himself. The Sorting Hat must know much more about this castle than he does.

"It depends on whether the school mentioned here refers to Hogwarts in a narrow sense, or all schools in a broad sense."

"What if it just refers to Hogwarts?"

"If it just refers to Hogwarts, then the castle itself was actually created by the four wizards at that time, just to allow the young wizards to escape the oppression of Muggles and allow them to control the magic in their bodies."

Jon held his chin as he continued.

"So, if it refers to the scope of the school, then the essence of the school is to teach and educate people and impart knowledge? One is to avoid oppression, and the other is to impart knowledge. If this clue is to guide the place where the top three cups are located "

Jon looked down at the ground.

"Would Graves and the others really create a riddle in such a way that satirizes the Dark Lord?"

The Sorting Hat did not respond to this question.

If this puzzle refers to Hogwarts, then the castle under Voldemort's rule has actually violated its essence, because the place where the oppressors were liberated became a slave field for oppression, and it was used to enslave the hemps. The key place to grow students is underground.

But it’s still the same problem. Jon can actually understand Matthew’s position as the referee. Judging from the attitude he showed from the beginning of the game to the present, it can indeed be said to be impartial, so at the end of the game, During the game, will the project designed by him be presented in an attitude that is more biased towards Dumbledore's side?

But if this school refers to the whole term school, then the concept of teaching and educating people is too big. All the classrooms in the entire castle conform to the concept of the essence of this school. If you want to make every classroom It is basically impossible to find everything within two or three days, and it is not always possible to accurately find clues during the search.

Jon felt that it was better not to leave this clue for such a broad concept, because searching the entire castle would not take much more effort than just searching for the classroom.

In the end, he decided to go to the place where the underground bastards lived. Maybe Matthew actually really loved Dumbledore, but it was just because of the MAC's own position that it was difficult to express it clearly?

He quickly found the stairs leading to the basement with familiarity. It was located in the far corner of the entire castle, but it was the place Jon was most familiar with.

Two years ago, he spent more than half a year here, so it was impossible for him to feel unfamiliar.

Going down the stairs, the place was no different from when Jon left. It was still dark, damp and cold, and there was no one inside.

Of course, the bastards were moved to other places in advance by Snape and Crouch, and they would not stay here to see Jon. Snape and the others had been doing this for nearly a whole year. Thorough preparations, Dumbledore and Jon and his team have been here for so long without seeing a single hemp student in the castle. Obviously, this is the result of Snape and Crouch's strict defense.

Walking in the dark basement corridor, surrounded by the dormitories of the hemp students, it is estimated that no one among the participating students is more familiar with it than Jon.

He didn't stop, and of course the first place he came to was the dormitory where he once lived under the identity of "Randy Smith".

Pushing the door open and walking in, it was obvious that there was a new owner here. The old damp bed was neatly folded, and there was a linen robe hanging on the hanger beside the bed. Jon did not touch anything in the dormitory. , whether there is a problem can actually be seen just by standing there, because there are so few items in it, and there is no place to hide the trophy.

Jon spent half an hour quickly checking the remaining dormitories. Each dormitory had no door locks, so his progress was not slow, but he had not checked all the rooms underground. Again and again, he gained nothing.

This didn't make Jon feel much disappointed. If things really went so smoothly, then he would have doubts.

After making sure that there would be no more discoveries here, Jon decisively left the basement. He began to search from the classroom on the first floor to see if he could try his luck in the broad concept of school.

There were not many classrooms on the first floor, and it only took him an hour to reach the second floor, at the same time that he walked up the easternmost staircase of the castle to the second floor.

Arrived at 1pm.

Outside the castle, Matthew released Diane and Emil on time and let them enter the castle.

But under the spotlight, neither Diane nor Emil made any move first. They stared at each other in front of the castle gate, obviously on guard.

It would be okay if the time was staggered. No one would waste time looking for the trophy and squat in front of the goal, because once the squat fails, it will be a complete waste of all the advantages and efforts in the first two games. But at this time, the two of them have the same results. , the situation will be different if we enter the castle together.

Both Diane and Emil knew that no one could guarantee that the person who entered the castle first would launch a sneak attack on the other person and eliminate one of them on the spot.

In this way, when they were in a stalemate in front of the door for a full five minutes, Emil finally gritted his teeth and knew that continuing to delay like this would be the most detrimental to him, because every extra second of delay would be equivalent to hurting someone who was already there. Jon in the castle adds advantage.

"Come in together."

He stared at Diane and said.

Diane didn't want to drag it out here. It wasn't that she didn't see clearly that Emil was involved here. In fact, she was indirectly helping Jon. But she kept raising the wand like this, which made her arm start to feel obvious. She was feeling sore and numb, and with so many people watching her, she couldn't stand it anymore.

So she nodded and agreed to Emil's proposal.

Such a door was certainly more than enough for two people to enter at the same time. They stared at each other without putting down their aiming wands, and they slowly took steps towards the castle together until they completely entered the castle.

Just after they entered the castle, the open door was closed again, isolating the castle from the outside space.

Diane did not relax for a moment, even after entering the castle. She kept a close eye on Emil, thinking about how high her success rate would be if she took action immediately after the door was closed.

Without asking for 100% elimination of Emil, even if both of them lose the qualification to compete here at the same time, it would be a victory for her. Only Draco, who can only wait until the sun goes down to enter the castle, is left. Enlai couldn't make any trouble at all.

And just when the door of the castle was completely closed and the foyer began to become dark, Emil, who was also facing Diane with his wand, suddenly showed a sarcastic smile on his face.

At that moment, Diane's heart suddenly trembled, and a bad premonition suddenly arose. However, before she could recite the spell, a scarlet beam of light silently hit her back!

"Plop."

Diane, who was hit by the coma spell, fell to the ground, and her smooth forehead was bleeding.

"Should we leave her here, or throw her out directly?" Emil asked.

The sneak attack wizard was modifying Diane's memory.

"Throw it out. We not only want to win the championship, but also let people know that you eliminated them with your absolute hard power."

Hearing these words, Emil did not show the slightest expression of shame on his face. Instead, he directly grabbed the arm of Diane, who had already had her memory altered and was unconscious. The competitor who walked in with him in public was thrown out of the castle.

When the castle door was reopened from the inside, many people outside noticed this scene.

They saw that the person who opened the door was Emil, and they also saw that he threw out Diane who was unconscious and with bleeding head. Then Emil closed the door again with a smile on his face without saying anything. .

There was a brief silence among the students in the castle, and the next second they burst into loud cheers.

Apart from anything else, Emil eliminated an opponent in less than three minutes after entering the castle. This was definitely encouraging for the castle students who had been depressed from the first project to the present.

Of course, the faces of Durmstrang's students were gloomy, but Rozier's face was calm. She walked forward, helped Diane up who was unconscious in front of the castle gate, and at the same time lifted the coma spell on her. .

Diane opened her eyes in confusion, and her pupils gradually began to focus after seeing Rozier.

"I'm sorry, Professor, I didn't fight him in a duel."

Rozier just shook his head.

"You have done what you need to do, and the rest has nothing to do with us."

She helped Diane, who had not fully recovered her strength, back to the audience, and Matthew also announced Diane's elimination at this time.