The Bard at Hogwarts

Sometimes we have to admit that Dumbledore is always unexpected.

However, we should also distinguish the objects in this regard, after all, not everyone is called Harry.

In fact, when he first came into the office, Ino might not have thought too much, but when all the headmaster portraits kept a unified rhythm and snored slowly...

Everything seemed to have an answer.

...

According to his original intention, he might have waited a little longer, but with the appearance of the mysterious room, he wanted to leave without any hesitation.

If it comes to fishing enforcement, no one in the entire castle can play better than this elderly headmaster.

At the same time.

Ino stopped after hearing the voice.

"Professor! Although I am curious, I also have a sense of propriety. This is your office, and I am not reckless..."

He stopped abruptly when he was only halfway through the words, and realized that it was not advisable to treat people differently by college.

"I didn't expect this!" Dumbledore's tone was depressed by the failure of a prank.

"But! Now that I'm here, aren't you curious?"

Hearing this, Ino raised his hand and rubbed his brows. The nap just now made him feel like he hadn't woken up yet, and he felt dizzy.

But one thing is certain, he must be curious tonight, and Dumbledore's hints should not be too obvious.

"Okay, I'm curious!" Ino said the most emotional words with the calmest expression.

"That's right! Follow me if you're curious." Dumbledore chuckled, and his smile was even a little bright and brilliant.

...

Follow Dumbledore into the hidden magic door.

After entering, Ino found that there seemed to be a different world here, because it was not the imagined secret room, but a very ordinary built-in office.

However, what's interesting is the color here. The walls and ceilings of the room are in warm orange-red colors, which look bright and warm.

But between these bright orange-red colors, there is a dark green interweaving, which looks a little weird at first glance, but fortunately there are not many dark green embellishments.

The room is not very big, and it seems to be no more than 20 square meters, but every detail reveals the atmosphere of the Western classical period.

In the center is a long pear wood table with intricate carvings. The tabletop is ten feet long and three feet wide, which is more than enough for a giant to lie on.

However, there are very few things on such a single bed-like table.

A silver candlestick, but it is not burning ordinary flames, but the Gubli fairy fire known as the eternal flame.

Although Ino is a little unfamiliar with the Gubli fairy fire, he also knows some basic information about it. It is a kind of profound magic and also an item that appeared in the original story.

Once, under the instruction of Dumbledore, Hagrid took a torch with Gubli fairy fire to visit the giants, and the leader of the giants was very satisfied with this gift.

Although the Gubli fairy fire is magical, Ino did not pay much attention to it, but kept his eyes on the other two things on the table.

A two-foot-wide, spread-out old scroll and a feather pen inserted in a dried ink bottle.

The scroll was spread out, and because of the distance and angle, Ino could not see the content of the scroll, but the appearance of the scroll was clearly visible.

The axis was made of obsidian, and four gems of different colors, red, yellow, blue and green, were inlaid at both ends.

Each gem exuded a soft and mysterious light, hot, deep, heavy, and calm, as if each color represented a kind of knowledge or emotion.

When these four emotions were intertwined, although there was no intuitive picture, a clear scene could emerge in people's minds.

It seemed to have crossed time and space and came to more than a thousand years ago.

Four outstanding wizards gathered here, in this small room, confiding their ideas to each other and chatting about topics of interest.

...

Ino looked at the two items on the table quietly. If he still couldn't guess what it was, he must be playing dumb.

The foundation of Hogwarts: the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance.

After a moment, he retracted his gaze and looked at the other furnishings in the room.

A double-opening window less than two feet high, three floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and a retro high-back chair.

"I'm surprised!" Ino sighed and looked at Dumbledore, and asked carefully:

"Logically, this place should not be where I can come, so are you sure you are thinking clearly now?"

"Hahaha! I'm sure!" Dumbledore seemed to be waiting for this moment, and there was a little more pride in his laughter, and there was a hint of a successful prank.

"Although they always say that I'm an old lunatic and unreliable, most of the time, my mind is still very clear, just like now."

After laughing, Dumbledore's expression gradually became serious.

"Ino, in fact, you can come here two years ago, not only here, but even anywhere in the castle. And this power is not given by me, but by Hogwarts."

As he spoke, Dumbledore had come behind the table and waved his hand with obvious intentions.

Seeing this, Ino did not hesitate and also walked over.

He was also very curious about the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance. These two things can really be said to be the foundation of Hogwarts and one of the most core items.

Hogwarts can be without a castle, a sorting hat, or even any other unimportant things, but it cannot be without the admission book and the acceptance pen.

After all, the most important thing for a magic school is the source of students.

These two things can actually monitor the British Isles. Once a child's magic power is found to be rioting, the acceptance pen will fly up and record the name of the little wizard in the admission book.

In general, with these two things, even if you have a carriage, you can call yourself Hogwarts.

This is not an exaggeration.

Similarly, a castle without the admission book and the acceptance pen is just a castle.

…

At Dumbledore's suggestion.

Ino finally saw the contents of the admission book.

Surprisingly, the two-foot scroll did not record densely packed names, but a flowing nebula map constructed by four colors: red, yellow, blue and green.

But the admission book seemed to have consciousness. After realizing that someone was looking at it, the nebula map disappeared, and a long list appeared instead.

Written in red, yellow, blue and green ink:

'Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor... Phyllida Spohr, Delys DeVante, Phineas Black... Armando Dippet, Albus Dumbledore...'

Ino looked at the list from top to bottom, but when he saw Dumbledore's name written in red ink, another green name suddenly appeared in the blank space behind the scroll:

"...Ino Swinburne."