Reborn at Hogwarts

Speaking of the Chamber of Secrets, Ivan thought of the poor basilisk again.

The basilisk was tortured by his incarnation technique to the point where he couldn't get out of the small room, and was so frenzied that he slammed into the wall desperately trying to join forces with Fiendfyre... the basilisk.

"After Salazar Slytherin, for some reason, the remaining three founders each built a secret room." Ms. Gray didn't know that Ivan was "missing" the poor basilisk in his heart, and continued , "Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, and my mother, Rowena Ravenclaw... They all left their own secret rooms in the college."

This sentence is a little scary.

After Slytherin, the other three founders also left the Chamber of Secrets?

Ivan knew that none of these three had strong "Muggle discrimination" like Slytherin. On the contrary, they were very friendly to half-blood wizards or Muggle-born wizards.

They also spent the rest of their lives peacefully at Hogwarts.

Such a person, presumably, would not have any resentment towards the school and the students...

So... what else are they building secret rooms for?

"Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, I don't know how to enter their secret chambers." Ms. Gray said, "Only my mother's secret chamber... I know the condition very well, that is, the person who enters must hold the Philosopher's Stone. "

She looked at Ivan with complicated eyes.

"To be honest, I have always been very puzzled by my mother's approach. In our wizard's perception, the alchemists who can refine the Philosopher's Stone are usually very old. Unless they come to Hogwarts Otherwise, there would be no possibility of accessing the secret room—not to mention, she also restricted people other than students from entering."

"Now, I finally understand." Ms. Gray sighed, and said meaningfully, "It turns out that mother is waiting for you—

"—the true heir of Ravenclaw."

etc!

Ivan felt three question marks appear above his head.

This was fine at first, talking and talking...how did I become a descendant of Ravenclaw?

Is Rowena Ravenclaw so casual as Head of the House?

Ivan has always had a clear understanding of things like "inheritance".

——It sounds very high, but it is definitely not a good thing.

Nine out of ten people who have obtained the title of "the successor of so-and-so" want to wipe the ass and do dirty work for that "so-and-so".

Hearing Ms. Gray's words, he instinctively wanted to refuse.

But soon, he realized... that he no longer had the right to refuse.

Not to mention that Ms. Gray has told him many secrets that should have been buried deep in her heart.

From the "entry conditions" she mentioned, Ivan had already guessed that the identity of this "Heir of Ravenclaw", and the things involved behind it, must be related to the Kingdom of the Dead and the Philosopher's Stone.

Mentioning these two, he immediately thought of the "old and immortal" in the true and literal sense, Paracelsus.

Because of the fragment of his Philosopher's Stone, Ivan has come into contact with the Land of the Dead.

Even went in and turned around in person.

Reminiscent of the "sequelae" mentioned by Grindelwald and the historical records of Rowena Ravenclaw's "death due to a serious illness", Ivan is almost certain that people who have entered the kingdom of the dead will have Wrap some deadly curse.

Ivan even made a bold guess: Could it be that Paracelsus's recent frequent appearances are because his "curse" is about to strike and he is looking for a way to lift it?

After stringing together information such as "Paracelsus", "Nation of the Dead", "Sage's Stone", "Curse", "Incarnation", "Voldemort" and other information in his mind, Ivan found helplessly that he learned from himself. During the incarnation technique, he was already involved in the game unknowingly.

In addition, now that Paracelsus has cooperated with Tom Riddle who escaped from the diary... If he wants to keep his attitude of staying out of the matter, he is afraid that he will die without knowing why.

There is no longer any possibility of hiding behind the scenes.

If you want to save yourself and eradicate the enemy, it is impossible to rely on the Iron Triangle alone.

He has to come in too.

After trying to understand this, Ivan suddenly felt relaxed.

The plot has completely collapsed, and after losing the advantage of the traveler's foresight, he feels that the invisible burden has been lifted from his body.

There is no need to force yourself or even others to follow the original plot.

Next... is to really take one step at a time!

Since you won't let me go on.

Then I'll just have to kill you all.

"Mother left some information in the secret room." Ms. Gray said, "It's about the kingdom of the dead... Please forgive me, I peeked at some of it before. But a lot of the information in it belongs to my mother's speculation."

"Can you show me?"

Ivan didn't care.

Ms Gray nodded. Her erratic figure circled behind the statue, and she didn't know what she had done. When she appeared in front of Ivan again, she was already holding a thick diary in her hand.

"It's all here," she said.

Ivan quickly took the diary from Ms. Gray's hand.

He carefully turned over a page, thinking that the paper that had been preserved for such a long time would become fragile, but in fact it was extremely tough, just like a brand new one.

On the first page of the diary was written a line.

"The power itself is not terrible, what is terrible is its owner."

This sentence... I seem to have heard...

Ivan found this sentence familiar.

He frowned and thought about it, and after a while, he suddenly remembered.

In the first edition of "Secrets of Advanced Dark Arts" annotated by Grindelwald... there is this sentence!

And the book also specifically marked that this sentence is a famous quote by Rowena Ravenclaw.

She also wrote this sentence in her own diary. Is there any special purpose...to warn herself not to abuse her power?

Ivan didn't think about it, after all, he had more important things to do, so he directly turned to the next page.

— nothing.

The whole page was empty, not even a drop of ink.

There is no trace of writing at all!

Ivan couldn't help but look up at Ms. Gray.

He couldn't help muttering in his heart: Like Riddle's diary, this is also a Horcrux, and Rowena Ravenclaw also stored part of his soul in it, right?

Then I really have to wonder if your mother wrote "Secrets of Advanced Dark Arts" after she changed her waistcoat.

Seeing Ivan's puzzled look, Ms. Gray smiled and said, "This is not an ordinary diary. You need to immerse yourself in it."

VR?

"Like, the Pensieve," Ms. Gray explained, "except that there are already memories stored in it."

Ivan understood what Ms. Gray meant.

He glanced at the open diary, took a deep breath, and stared at its pages.

Then, the blank pages of the book rapidly expanded before his eyes, finally obscuring his vision.