Retirement from Hogwarts

Nearly a month has passed since the Quidditch match, but Jack's fandom in the school shows no sign of diminishing.No matter where he goes, there will always be red-faced little girls approaching him asking for autographs and even asking to take photos with him.These enthusiastic groupies have seriously affected Jack's study and life. Even Harry, who rode a cursed broomstick in the Quidditch game last weekend, couldn't help him share the slightest firepower.Jack was troubled by this.

When Jack, prompted by Hermione, asked for help from Claudia, who was also famous but not harassed.The answer he got was actually: "This is the price of fame, little brother. If you don't establish your cold and mysterious image from the beginning when you first become famous, you will have no chance in the future."

Finally, as a last resort, Jack had to quietly hide in the Hogwarts library.Use the reputation of Mrs. Pince, the librarian, to hide from the ardent fans.

Less than half a month before the Christmas holiday, Harry and Neville found Jack who was reading in the library with Hermione. (Well, it’s really just reading.)

"Harry, you said you plan to go to the corridor that Dumbledore is strictly prohibited from approaching?" Hermione asked in surprise as she looked at Harry and Neville who calmly said that they were going to explore the restricted area.

"Yes, when I went to the staff room to find Professor McGonagall some time ago, I found that Snape seemed to have entered that corridor on Halloween, and one day after the game, I also saw him threatening Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest. The professor revealed the method of passing the trap he arranged." Harry replied. "I think he is planning to steal the treasures Dumbledore has stored in the castle."

"Dumbledore's treasure hidden in the castle?" Jack frowned after hearing Harry's words.

"Yes, Dumbledore transferred something from Gringotts to Hogwarts at the beginning of school. Just a few minutes after we transferred it, the vault where he was stored was stolen." Harry answered road. "I think it's now being kept in a restricted area by Dumbledore."

"Harry, have you seen what that treasure looks like?" Jack asked. "How big is that thing? What shape is it?" Although he changed the original English book from the terminal and reread it, after experiencing so many changes in the plot, Jack no longer dared to believe the original work exactly as it was. .If Dumbledore had hidden one of Voldemort's phylacteries, which was recognized as a preparation for his transformation into a lich, big trouble would have occurred if he had gone in hastily.

"I didn't see what it was specifically. I just knew it was a small package wrapped in oil paper, about the size of a fist."

"I feel that no matter what it is, it is either extremely valuable or extremely dangerous." Hermione judged keenly.

"I think you don't have to worry. I don't think anyone can steal Dumbledore's things under his nose." Jack couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Harry's description of the package.Then, he glanced at Harry and Neville and expressed their true thoughts. "I think you are just out of curiosity and want to see what is in the restricted area, right?"

Harry and Neville blushed slightly at what he said.

"Just tell me whether you want to go or not." Harry said forcefully with a red face.

"Go, of course, how could we miss such an interesting thing. I have long wanted to go to that place." Jack nodded and replied. "But how will the harvest be distributed?"

"Harvest?" Harry asked with a puzzled look on his face. "What harvest?"

"Harry, you didn't come to us without even knowing where you were doing, right?" Jack looked at Harry and Neville who looked confused and couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead. "There is the famous road of trials. It is said that the four founders left behind to choose for themselves.

Choose the inheritance place for your own disciples.There are not only the inherited secrets of the four founders, but also the inheritance left by a large number of famous magicians from Hogwarts. "

"Shouldn't the more people go to this kind of inheritance place, the better? Why did the principal tell us when school started that we were strictly prohibited from going near it? This kind of place should be very safe, right?" Harry asked strangely.

"Harry, your idea is wrong. The more descendants of a mage, the better. Only those who are good enough can carry forward their legacy." It was Neville who spoke this time. "In order to ensure that the heirs who inherit their legacy are good enough, every magician usually sets up many dangerous mechanisms and powerful magic in the place of inheritance to test challengers who want to obtain the inheritance. Only those who pass all tests can get them The inheritance. That’s why the principal banned us from going to the trial road for the purpose of protecting us.”

"Of course, although you may die at any time in the challenges of the Road of Trials, based on the basic law that middle school students in Hogwarts will not lose their lives, you will not really die inside. It will only send you back. The bed in your dormitory, and comes with a memory of death." Jack explained to Harry who started to retreat after hearing Neville's explanation. "And if the principal doesn't tell you that this place exists, I'm afraid many people may not know that there is such a place until they graduate. Only those who can discover the secrets of the trial road through their own efforts are qualified to obtain the inheritance there. In fact, the trial The test of the road to refining has already begun from the moment the principal warned you."

"But if that's the case, how do we know which path of trials Snape went to?" Hermione asked distressedly after listening to Jack and Neville's explanation. "And since those magicians left their own inheritance, it wouldn't be considered a foul if Snape went to get it, right?"

"Hermione, don't you understand what Harry means? Snape is not the point at all." Jack shook his head and said. "But Harry, are you ready?"

"It doesn't matter whether you are ready or not. If something like a trial can really be prepared, can it still be called a trial?" Harry said to Jack with a firm look on his face.

Neville did not speak, but nodded firmly with his lips pursed.

"Don't look at me. Since it's not against school rules to go anywhere, I'm definitely going to go." Hermione answered before Jack could ask. "Other than there, I really can't think of anywhere else to go to get the materials I need for my magic pool."

"In that case, how about we meet at the entrance of the Road of Trials at eight o'clock next Friday night?" Jack asked Harry and Neville. "We have plenty of time to prepare before we go in. Even if we spend a long time in there, we won't attract the teachers' attention quickly. What do you think?"

Harry and Neville looked at each other, then nodded to Jack in agreement with his plan.

"In that case, let's make this decision. During this time, everyone should prepare more magical items for protection and healing potions. This is the first time we go, we don't seek merit, but we seek no faults," Jack said. "As for the distribution of items, the materials belong to Hermione, and the equipment belongs to you. As for the spells, how about we each copy one copy, and we take turns keeping it?"

"Ok."

"no problem"

"how about you?"

After Hermione asked, the other two also looked at Jack.

"The spell I have is enough. I don't really need anything else." Jack replied with a shrug.

"In that case, how about the original spell being yours?" Harry and the other two looked at each other and said.

Jack looked at the firm eyes of everyone and had no choice but to nod in agreement.