Chapter 20: The Forbidden Books Area and the Jewish Book of Abraham

Ginny has been looking very uneasy since Cyrus told her that Dumbledore might have discovered her affairs.

Percy or Ron might have misunderstood and thought that she was worried that Ron and Harry might be expelled. Ron thought that she was worried about the cat.

"But you don't really know Mrs. Norris. To be honest, we are more comfortable without it. This kind of thing doesn't happen often in Hogwarts," Ron comforted her, "They will soon catch the lunatic who caused the incident and drive him out of here. I just hope that he can petrify Filch before he is expelled."

But when the murderer was mentioned, Ginny thought of what happened that night, her face turned pale, and she ran away with her head down.

"I was just joking--" Ron was at a loss.

But anyway, as the professors did not catch the murderer, and Filch's cat was not petrified, the claim of a prank was slowly becoming untenable. More and more people began to believe that Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets had been opened, and the attacker was Harry Potter.

Ginny told these rumors to Cyrus.

"Hogwarts students often make wild guesses. Even if the Chamber of Secrets was really opened, I believe it would not be Harry Potter." Cyrus comforted her.

"I know, I'm not worried about Harry, I'm just a little worried about... you."

Since Halloween, the attacks have not happened again. Senior students have almost stopped talking about it, but junior students are still enjoying it.

After that night, since Dumbledore seemed to have not taken any action, Ginny's hanging heart slowly let go.

However, she originally wanted to investigate Malfoy, but now she has no mood at all. On the contrary, Harry and the other two seemed to have determined that Malfoy was the real heir. They gathered together without a purpose all day long, and I don't know what they were plotting.

Ginny faintly heard words like "potion", "Lockhart", and "a month".

On the contrary, Cyrus was very clear about their every move.

Hermione tricked the silly Lockhart into signing, and got the "Powerful Potion" in the restricted area to make a compound potion. Because of this, the three of them occupied Myrtle's bathroom, which made his actions a lot more troublesome.

Fortunately, Cyrus rarely went to the Chamber of Secrets. He was more likely to hide in the Room of Requirement to practice spells, or find time to strangle the rooster raised by Hagrid.

Because of Dumbledore, Cyrus often felt that time was running out. He was unwilling to waste a minute or a second. He was eager to strengthen his strength to ensure that he had the ability to escape even in the worst situation - face to face with Dumbledore.

The basilisk was his helper, but it was impossible for the basilisk to stop Dumbledore alone.

It can even be said that even if he understood all the magical memories of Tom Riddle as a student, he could not escape from Dumbledore.

"I need more power!"

He set his sights on the restricted area.

The collection of books at Hogwarts has been accumulated slowly since the founding of the school, that is, a thousand years ago. Therefore, the books are very complicated. Most of the magic books in this world have originals or copies.

Among them, most of the books that are considered banned are books with powerful magical powers or extremely evil books.

There are so many of them that even if Dumbledore stayed in the school for nearly a hundred years, he would not dare to say that he had read all the books. What's more, many books may be cursed just by opening them, not to mention reading them.

The way out is in it!

At night, when Ginny put the diary on her pillow and fell asleep, Cyrus possessed his consciousness on Ginny's body.

She suddenly opened her eyes and sat up straight like a doll.

Then, Cyrus got out of bed and quietly left the tower.

Since Mrs. Norris was petrified, Hogwarts has been much quieter. There are also fewer people who dare to go out at night. Fred and George were quite courageous, but without Mrs. Norris, they didn't rely too much on the Marauder's Map.

Filch, who lost Mrs. Norris, was like he had lost his eyes, and it was impossible for him to catch them.

This provided great convenience for Cyrus, and now, no one could know his whereabouts.

Of course, it was still not so easy to enter the restricted area. It was impossible for a first-year wizard to open it with just an Unlocking Charm like in the movie. If it were that simple, the restricted area would have been emptied by the naughty Gryffindor.

Cyrus came to the door of the library on the fourth floor and gently opened the door of the library with an Unlocking Charm.

So far, it has been smooth.

He walked into the library slowly, closed the door, walked through rows of bookshelves, and walked to a staircase in the corner of the library. In the middle of the staircase, there was a rope separating the books upstairs and downstairs. It looked very simple, and it seemed that you only needed to bend down to pass through.

But Cyrus didn't dare to be so bold.

This seemingly ordinary rope is actually a magic barrier that separates the restricted book area from ordinary books. If you are not careful, the alarm will be triggered soon.

He picked up Ginny's yew wand and began to gradually break the magic on the rope. After only ten minutes, the knot in the middle of the rope was automatically untied. The originally straight rope now shrank to one side as if it had come seven times a night.

"It's easier than I thought. I can't believe that after so many years, the protective magic of the Restricted Area of ​​Hogwarts has not changed at all."

Cyrus thought he would experience some twists and turns, but the result surprised him.

With the memory of Riddle, who was a frequent visitor to the Restricted Area fifty years ago, Cyrus now felt at ease in the Restricted Area as if he had returned home.

"The 120 Books, Dark Mysteries, Hermes Books, Natural Magic... The Jewish Book of Abraham?"

Cyrus walked past the banned books one by one. Almost all of them were names that were not mentioned in the original book, but one book still gave him great interest.

"The Jewish Book of Abraham, I remember it was a mysterious book that Nicolas Flamel got from his dream. He was able to refine the Philosopher's Stone based on the revelation of this book. I didn't expect there would be a copy here?" Cyrus picked up the book, flipped it open and took a quick look, and immediately became more surprised.

"Is it the original?"

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