Chapter 30 Ghosts and Statues (Revised, Typos Have Been Corrected)
"Thank you for your compliment. In fact, it's not worth mentioning. It's just to make up for my own mistakes. I just want Mr. Filch's workload to not increase in vain because of our mistakes." Allen remained humble and vigilant , he felt that Dumbledore's tone was a bit bad.
"A kind heart is precious, coupled with enough sense of responsibility, this quality really shines. Mr. Harris, I believe you must be exhausted after such a lively night, and hurry back to your Ravenclaw Go to your comfortable bed in the tower, and have sweet dreams and good night."
Dumbledore did not punish him for violating the night tour, but after thinking about it, Alan took it for granted. Dumbledore has always admired wizards with Gryffindor's bravery and adventurous spirit. Besides, although Alan is not afraid of punishment, he can A little less twists and turns is the best.
Allen bowed and said goodbye to his principal, then turned and left.
Going back to Ravenclaw Tower again, you still have to face the problem of the magic door knocker: "You can destroy it just by calling its name. What is it?"
It was late at night, and Allen felt very tired. After a little thought, he still gave the answer impatiently: "Silence."
The door opened without a sound, and the little Ravenclaw jumped in immediately.
Just as he was about to go back to the dormitory, Allen suddenly stopped. He felt as if someone was staring at him. Looking around, there was no one—not even a ghost.
Alan, who knew that he felt that nothing was wrong, was not in a hurry to go back to his dormitory. His brother Albert often said at home, "Be vigilant at all times." This sentence is not original to Albert, it is one of his seniors in the Auror office mantra. At this moment, Allen felt that it made sense, so he drew out his wand.
Fortunately, the magic long candles in the Ravenclaw common room are kept on all night for the convenience of students who like to read, so Allen can check the surrounding situation very clearly.
The blue curtains were blowing with the wind, but obviously, there was no one behind, and the star-studded ceiling and carpet were clearly visible, and there was no one there. Alan let his gaze gently circle the rows of bookshelves, and scanned all the large bookshelves. Seats, no sign of anyone.
The quiet night was accompanied by the calls of unknown insects outside the window, and the cool breeze was supposed to be a comfortable and beautiful feeling, but Allen's hairs were standing on end, and the feeling of being stared at has never disappeared. All the places have been checked, so there is only - Allen quickly walked to the alcove opposite the door, carefully observing the white marble bust of Rowena Ravenclaw.
This is a particularly beautiful face, her facial features are three-dimensional, as if chiseled with a knife and an axe. The tightly closed lips, half-closed eyes, and furrowed brows all revealed that she was not only beautiful, but also a very stern person, but Allen suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling when he looked at the statue's face. After realizing that something was wrong, he shook his head, started Occlumency again, and observed again.
One hand of the statue is holding a magic wand around the chest and placed it above the left heart. The other hand seems to hang down naturally, but the palm of the hand makes an invitation and explanation.
The whole statue seems to be urging the students to learn the mysteries of magic, and it seems to be explaining the knowledge of spells, and it seems to be dissecting a philosophy of life with earnestness - the most interesting thing is that no matter where you are, Roy Narra Ravenclaw's piercing eyes seem to be staring at you.
Allen failed to detect any abnormalities from the statue, but with his keen five senses, he confirmed that the observed feeling came from the statue.
"I know you are hiding in the statue, come out!" Allen pointed his wand at the statue of the founder of his academy.
"If you don't come out again, I will smash the statue." Allen tapped the statue lightly with his wand, and after a while, the tip of his wand shimmered, "To pieces—"
"stop,
how dare you? ! "An extremely beautiful and tall female ghost floated out of the statue quickly.
"Oh, so it's you, Ms. Gray." Alan retracted his wand a little embarrassed, and he found that he almost blew up her mother.
Ms. Gray is the ghost of Ravenclaw's college. Like her mother, she is very tall and beautiful, with long waterfall-like hair reaching her waist and a large robe reaching the floor, but she can't hide her beautiful figure. But unlike her mother's majesty who showed enough wisdom as a confidence, she appeared too arrogant and defiant.
"Alan Harris, I know you, the best student of our Ravenclaw in the past few years, many professors have praised you. But I know that you use the disillusionment spell to go out very early every day, you The behavior is very strange, what are you hiding?" Ms. Gray clings to the statue, as if she will hide in if something goes wrong - her bad experience decades ago made her full of students who have such behavior Be vigilant.
"It turns out that you saw me in the statue. Dear lady, everyone has a little secret, but my morning exercise is not a secret. I just get up early and go out to exercise. The invisibility is just to avoid trouble. School inspections are still very strict." Allen shrugged, and he had concluded that Ms. Gray was not malicious—if it was Peeves...he was much worse than Ms. Gray.
"But what I'm curious about is, how can you live in the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of our college?" Allen pointed out the crux of the problem, his eyes fixed on Looking at Lady Gray, he didn't miss the flicker of panic in her translucent eyes.
"Rowena Ravenclaw is my biological mother, as her only descendant, of course I can live in her statue." Ms. Gray explained.
Allen discovered the problem right away—according to Ms. Gray's usual personality, she might not even bother to answer this kind of question let alone explain in a panic. It is very common for people in the portrait to walk around each other, but the ghost resides in others Statues like this one are rare - the Moaning Myrtle can be lodged in a toilet bowl because the toilet has pipes and there is room in it. Ghosts cannot live in entities, such as wide and thick walls, ghosts can let themselves pass through, but they cannot hide in the walls for a long time. In this way, the inside of the statue must be empty.
In just a few moments, Allen saw that Ms. Gray was lying, so—why did she lie? What is she hiding?
"Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of human beings. Your mother is both beautiful and intelligent. As her only descendant, you are so lucky to have such a great mother." Allen put on a social face and a gentle tone, and decided to start A few compliments - after all, a senior has done this to her, and it seems that she is quite good at it, although it may not be so effective after being deceived again.
"Are you lucky? Boy, after you have experienced a lot, you will know that extraordinary ingenuity may not be the greatest wealth, but it may also bring great disaster. Having a great mother with countless auras may be beneficial to each other. It's not a good thing." Ms. Gray seemed to be touched by the sad thing, and her tone was very sad.
"You seem very sad..." Allen tried to persuade, "You see, I am a Ravenclaw through and through. If the descendants of the founder of the academy need help, I will be happy to provide what I can. provided assistance."
"Perhaps, after all, you are Ravenclaw, a student selected according to my mother's standards - there was once a boy who was very similar to you, equally excellent, equally personable, and he also tried to persuade me , but he lied to me." Ms. Gray became angry, and the expression on her transparent face became somewhat distorted.
"Then what's his name? Which college student is he?" Allen tried his best to empathize, and guided Ms. Gray to point out the difference in college origin between him and the mysterious man.