Hogwarts: Harry Returns from the Witcher.

Chapter 376 The Secret Path
Harry looked at the statue, pulling memories of him from his mind.

Hogwarts has always been Hogwarts.

But it's over 1000 years old.

The general framework of the castle has not changed, but it has been renovated many times inside and out.

This wizard statue used to be a certain headmaster of Hogwarts. It belonged to the Gaunt family. It was recorded in "Hogwarts, a School History". About the same.He is a staunch purist who has caused a lot of trouble to ordinary people and even half-blood wizards, and even almost tossed Hufflepuff into abandonment—the reason why he is not the most hated headmaster , mainly because his existence is too long.

He is a figure from more than 700 years ago.

At that time, there was no portrait of magic, and his own magical ability was not very outstanding, at least not to the level of Gryffindor and Dumbledore. He did not leave a portrait of himself, but he felt that he was so great that he should be in the What was left in Hogwarts, so he left a statue of himself outside the courtyard.

However, the third principal after him, as soon as he took office, couldn't wait to tear down the statue.

It was a Hufflepuff.

When it was the turn of the Gaunt family to repair Hogwarts and build a sewer pipe for the ancient castle, they had proposed to move the statue of the old ancestor back, but almost no one agreed with them, including the pure blood families.

So they stayed here?
Harry approached cautiously, took out his wand, and waved it lightly.

The surrounding objects flew around, floating on his head like a planetary ring.

There is no trace of the Ravenclaw diadem.

A cabinet was suddenly opened, and the magic hidden inside was touched.

With a puff——

A small green snake suddenly rushed from behind Harry.

Oolong out!

It opened its entire head, revealing densely packed, small and sharp fangs.

A streak of dark green venom was one step ahead of him, stabbing at Harry even faster.

However nothing works.

He moved only slightly.

"Kangdang" the venom slammed into Kunen's shield fiercely, the little snake took a step back, collided with the venom, and was melted in the blink of an eye, turning into a pool of black mist and dissipating.

Harry cast a spell.

Get that chest in exchange for the old spell, at least five or sixty years old, a prop used by Slytherins to "prank" other house students?
Disappear.

With a finger of the wand, the Vanishing Curse turned the cabinet into everything and nothing.

He flicked his wand again.

Other things returned to their original positions, and Harry looked at the statue. In the era when there was no hair tonic, the headmaster of the Gaunt family was very British. Even after artistic processing, the hair was still not very strong.

He examined it carefully.

There is nothing special about the statue, there is a little magic on it, when you bow to him, the statue will respond, but the magic has been there for too long, and the statue is broken, you can only see his head move.

Crouch didn't seem to be lying to Snape.

There are indeed traces of Ravenclaw's crown once stored here. On the wizard's head, there is a circle of small and different dust, which is much lighter than the other dust around it. It is the trace left by something that has been pressed for years. .

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They left.

Harry finished checking, looked back, frowned slightly, and looked back.

In the huge Room of Requirement, there was still only a rotten and stale smell, but no smell of Dumbledore.

It's been so long, and he hasn't come yet?
Or.
A guess welled up in his heart.

Harry turned his head and walked towards the exit. He had just opened the door, and there were Dumbledore and Snape standing outside.

"Can't you come in?" Harry asked.

Dumbledore nodded.

Snape breathed a sigh of relief: "Potter, don't play such a prank, there isn't any."

"I'm Gryffindor, but I'm not George and Fred." Harry shook his head, interrupting him, "Professor, what were you thinking outside the door just now?"

Dumbledore replied, "The room Harry Potter just entered."

"The secret room hidden here."

"The chamber where Ravenclaw's diadem is hidden."

Snape nodded, but said nothing.

Harry was thoughtful: "Professor, I have a guess. Later, I will open the Room of Requirement with the idea of ​​"give me a sword training room". You can try other ideas outside to see if you can open the Room of Requirement again. "

"One last time to try this idea of ​​mine."

After he finished speaking, he lingered in front of the wall three times, and the door of the Room of Requirement opened again.

Harry pushed the door open and walked in.

This time the layout of the house was completely different.

Just like an ordinary classroom, the floor is made of linen, a row of weapon racks, on which are placed different types of long swords, one-handed, two-handed, foil.
Several wooden figures stood by the wall.

You can even see some traces of long-term training, and someone once used this room.

Harry waited in the room for a few minutes.

The door was pushed open.

Dumbledore and Snape walked in.

"Is this the Room of Requirement?" Dumbledore raised his head, staring at the center of the ceiling, thoughtfully.

Harry nodded: "It seems that Crouch's accomplice is really not at Hogwarts anymore."

Snape said nothing, Dumbledore looked at him.

Harry summed it up: "A little experiment just now, let me confirm one thing, if the Room of Requirement is being used, it will not be opened again unless there is someone with the same need."

"That said, no one was using the room before we came over."

Dumbledore nodded and smiled: "It seems that Sybil can find the sherry he hid."

"Next, we have to try another idea." Harry beckoned them out and back to the corridor on the eighth floor.

Harry took a deep breath, only thinking "I need a secret passage outside Hogwarts" in his mind, and walked back and forth three times in front of the wall.

The door appeared again.

Harry opened the door, and the three of them walked in together.

This time, the space inside the door was narrow, only the width of two people, and the corridor extended to nowhere. Harry led the way, cast all the protective spells, and put on Quinn.

There is no need to worry about the light source in the passage, bright oil lamps are lit at both ends of the wall.

After walking for about half an hour, I finally came to the end.

Harry calculated in his mind that this was about as long as the secret road to Honeydukes in the castle. He raised his hand and pushed lightly, something was pushed away, and dim light fell in.

With a wave of his wand, Harry conjured a little rabbit, let it hop out, ran around, and came back safely.

Harry walked out.

Snape and Dumbledore followed.

The smell in the air is not very pleasant.

(End of this chapter)