Hogwarts: Dirge of Magic

Sifa took a deep breath, gently turned the doorknob, opened the door and walked in.

In front of him is a spiral staircase, unlike the secret passage of the tower that he just walked through, which is made of stone.

On the contrary, it is made of wooden boards, and if you step on it, it will probably make a unique crunching sound of wooden boards.

Xifa carefully set his feet on it, probably because of the hardening spell cast on it, the wooden board was as hard as a stone board, and there was no sound at all.

Sifa let out a long sigh of relief, and quickly slipped down the stairs while maintaining his vigilance.

At the end of the stairs, there was a corner, from which, Xifa suddenly opened up.

At this moment, Xifa was shocked. He had thought of countless possibilities, but he swore he hadn't expected the scene before him.

In front of him was not a room for the teleportation array, nor a warehouse for storing war supplies, but an extremely simple office.

This is a round-shaped room with a flat roof. The walls are unpolished stone slabs, which are uneven and extremely rough.

A pure wooden table without paint, a round stool made of solid wooden piles, and a bookshelf with empty shelves that can see the slate wall behind.

Apart from these, there was nothing there, and even the faceless man had gone to nowhere.

Xifa walked carefully to the table and checked it.

There were documents and letters on the table, and the documents and letters were neatly stacked together.

This style made Xifa's head involuntarily appear in his mind.

Damn it!This can't be the secret office of the dean, can it? !This is Ravenclaw's Astronomy Tower, very likely!

wait?Xifa's heart was shocked again, why did the faceless man come here?Didn't Dumbledore imply that he is a teleportation array?

Could it be the vice principal?No!No way!He is Elise's grandfather, a colleague who has known Dumbledore for many years.

Sifa forced himself to calm down, looked away from the desk, and didn't think about this question.

Since you don't look at the desk, the only thing left is the almost empty bookshelf.

Xifa came to the bookshelf and found a portrait that had been placed there.

Hesitating again and again, Xifa turned it over with the hands of a mage.

It's like a group photo with four couples of witches and witches on it.

Sifa recognized several of them.

For example, Mrs. Fergus, whom Alice had met in the depths of her heart, was disguised by Silent Beast, but her appearance was exactly the same.

The one next to her smiling at him should be Alice's father.Behind them was the young vice principal and his wife.

On the other side, it looks like Luna's mother, father, and grandparents.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Elise's mother's eyes seemed to reveal help and sadness.

Xifa shook his head, and took back the portrait without magical fluctuations.He felt that it was his own illusion just now, because the last time left a psychological shadow in Alice's heart.

Putting down the portrait, Xifa continued to flip through the books on the bookshelf, because in his impression, many books would reveal secret passages after being moved correctly.

But he never thought that the contents of the book had caught his attention before the words of the Secret Way appeared.

These materials are the interpersonal relationship between the Hill family and the Fergus family in the wizarding world.

Looking at the quality of the paper, it looks like it was written in recent years.

It shouldn't be, the vice-principal is getting old, what to do to sort out these interpersonal relationships?Could it be that he felt that in this war, he might die on the battlefield at any time, so that Luna and Alice could make better use of the shelter of these family members?

Yes, Luna said in her first Potions class that she had seen Professor Slughorn's name.Sure enough, in the records of recent years, the name of Horace Slughorn appeared.

Luna also said that her grandfather had disappeared for many years, and if she hadn't taken care of the only remaining member of her family, she would have wandered the world long ago for revenge.That's why Luna came to Hogwarts to keep Elise company...

I feel a little uneasy in my heart, but these guesses are still reasonable.

Xifa silently put the book back, cast the perception technique, and observed if there were any small traces that he had missed.

At this time, the sound of a metal chain breaking came from the stone wall next to it.

Xifa quickly turned his gaze to that side, which looked like a stone wall without magic fluctuations.

When he came to the wall, Xifa hesitated for a moment, stretched his hand forward, and found that his hand had actually passed through the wall.

Why?Sifa took a big step forward.

It was suddenly bright in front of his eyes, although in front of him was a circular slanting path that could accommodate two people side by side, but there was a burning torch stuck on the wall at every step.

Pass here to the next level?Xifa thought in his heart that maybe in normal times, Vice Principal Fergus would be here to sort out the documents while guarding the opened portal.

Recently, due to the turbulent situation, he went abroad to attend a meeting. Naturally, the teleportation array here is also unguarded.

Slowly ran to the end of the trail.Xifa found that in front of him was a gate with a broken chain.

Listen carefully, there is some movement in it.

Without further hesitation, Xifa pushed the door open with the mage's hand, and then quickly drilled into it holding up his wand.

It looked like a huge open-air platform in front of him, but he was sure he hadn't experienced space movement.

So, this platform is not open air!Xifa overturned his first impression.

This method is more like the method of projecting the outside world on the ceiling in the auditorium. It should be convenient to observe the stars in this secret room.

In addition to the shocking ceiling, there are more than a dozen thick stone pillars covered with patterns on the platform.

Xifa guessed that the traceless expansion spell must have been cast here, and the diameter of the entire tower would never be so sparse to accommodate a dozen such thick stone pillars.

At this time, the magic pattern on the thick stone pillar exudes light blue magic light, flickering like a breathing lamp.

Is this still running or about to be broken?Xifa was puzzled.

By the way, where did the faceless man go?Whether it's the pupil technique attached to his soul-sealed-soul lock, or the compass, he couldn't detect any of its existence.

Just as Xifa was patrolling around, a sudden change occurred.

Under the icy moonlight on the ceiling, these light blue glowing magic patterns gradually dimmed.

At this time, Xifa was surprised to see that, yes, he saw it with his eyes.

The Faceless Man stood in the center of the platform.It seems that it is integrated with the teleportation array, so that it cannot be detected by itself.

At this time, it was holding a wooden stick shrouded in black mist, and the magic power on the stone pillar gathered above the top of its wand, and a black-green vortex appeared in the air.

Immediately afterwards, an ink-like substance flowed out from the center of the vortex.

The faceless man's blurred body was like a glass container.

With the injection of 'ink', the translucent it gradually solidifies.

This...can't wait any longer.

"The flames are burning!"

The reddish-yellow fireball condensed in front of Xifa and flew towards the center of the field.