the lost castle

The sun, always going down, the end of the world, always coming... Well, no, I mean Hogwarts Castle, always to be found, it's so prominent and famous—

"What about the defensive spell on this door?"

With an earth-shattering roar, countless house elves wearing Hogwarts-patterned tea towels and pillow towels fell from the air like rain, covering the entire porch in an instant, and even Madam Pomfrey fell down in shock. Yang, she never thought that Hogwarts had so many house-elves, she knew there must be quite a few, but she didn't stand up to see them all, who knew how spectacular this scene was?

And these little things are even more pitiful, screaming in a panic, they all teleported from different places, some with rags and sheets in their hands, some with plates, and some with pots Shovels, and even half-finished cakes and hot oil were splashed everywhere, causing even louder screams.Their long ears stood upright as they moved, and they stared at the group of people who had just entered the gate of the castle with suspicious expressions, and then hugged their heads, pulled their arms, and even hit the nearest wall to make sure they were awake. Yes - although this is typical behavior of house elves, it is still outrageous for the self-proclaimed most well-bred elves in Hogwarts to do this behavior - they are always only in places where no one is around. Collide.

"Owner……"

The magic contract is the truth that can't lie.

"No, no, yes, it should be Lord Gryffindor..."

The expressions on the faces were trembling with excitement, and they couldn't speak clearly. A large group of them fell back and fainted. The remaining house-elves immediately divided into two teams to make way for a passage. The companion who fell on the ground was dragged away at a speed without afterimages. The gray-black floor tiles immediately shone brightly. The statues and picture frames on both sides of the porch were forcibly wiped clean. Ron opened his mouth and looked at the domestic children standing in two rows. The elf, bending over so straight that the tip of his nose almost poked a hole in the ground, and more or less dirt on the tea towel and pillow towel on his body also miraculously disappeared.

They have entered the gate of the castle N times, and they have never walked through this porch like this. It is so awkward how to walk.

"Uh."

A certain knight scratched his hair, and continued to stare at the castle gate whose runes were so mottled that he couldn't see it clearly. He closed his mouth with a twisted and tangled face, and walked in, the more he walked, the old windows, floor tiles, and even the corners were empty. The walls and occasional statues all made him frown more and more tightly. He opened his mouth to roar several times, but he still held back and didn't make a sound.

The liveliest thing was the portraits on the wall, all curious whispers, saluted in the frame where Gryffindor passed by, and then continued to chirp, the characters in the portraits seemed to come here from far away Onlookers.And the two rows of house elves fell to the ground one after another with excited expressions after they passed by, and Ron felt that his steps were extremely heavy.

Pushing open the door, the beautiful sunset glowed outside on the high dome, the four rows of tables in the hall were still empty, but all the professors of Hogwarts who received the news had already stood in the middle with stiff and complicated expressions, looking at the front The blond knight in exquisite medieval light armor grabbed the helmet decorated with golden and red lions and threw it on the long table in front of the headmaster's seat with great precision, saying impatiently:

"Tsk tsk, haven't you thought about changing the decorations for 1000 years?"

Silence, how do you answer?

"For example, add a crystal chandelier or a magic mirror? Why do you all have a good impression of Rowena's dome? You can see the sky if you go out, it's not interesting!"

This time he stepped over and sat at the end of the table.

And Gryffindor sat at the long table in Slytherin House.

——Or did he want to look at the golden and red lion banner hanging behind the Dean's desk?

Forgive everyone for thinking so entangled.

"Dear Lord Gryffindor..." Slughorn almost bit his tongue. He probably never thought of adding an honorific after the word Gryffindor in his life.

"Ah, it's been 1000 years. It's a great honor to see you again."

The portraits in the hall made way for the group that filed in one after another. They were the portraits of previous headmasters that were rarely seen. The one speaking was Sylvester, the first headmaster of Hogwarts.

"Wonder what happened in the Middle Ages when little Harry 'duplicated' our portraits?"

They stay in this castle forever, and although they have the privilege that other portraits do not have, they still can only watch the passage of history and time.

"It's funny just thinking about it."

"That's the Middle Ages." There was gloating in the smile of a headmaster from a long time ago.

"You have to trust little Harry, don't you? He has green eyes." Sylvester also learned Dumbledore's mysterious smile. Many things, if you know that there is a time gap, then many guesses will very funny.

"Ansair?"

It was not difficult for Godric to recognize Sylvester, because the portrait was covered with potion marks all over his body, and the face under the unkempt and messy hair after death was very young and recognizable.

Principal Sylvester seemed to froze for a moment, and immediately bowed again:

"William Sylvester, Master, have you forgotten me?"

"Uh—" Gryffindor scratched his hair again, "I haven't seen... Are you Ansair's son?"

"Yes, Hilbert Sylvester is my uncle. My father taught soul magic from the sixth year to the No. 12 year after Hogwarts was established. He is the knight who follows you..." Xi Sylvester pondered the time in his mind, and then he knew where the problem was, "And I came to Hogwarts to study, that was in 1009 AD."

"You..." Godric had a rare smile on his face, he stared at Sylvester in the portrait, "How did your father die?"

The question was very abrupt, but everyone didn't react for a while, and only Sylvester in the portrait lost his smile.

silence.

The originally not weird atmosphere finally made everyone's expressions curious and strange during the long silence.

"When you came, my father hadn't left Hogwarts... so it was before 998 AD." Sylvester murmured with his head down.

"It's 996." Arthur Weasley finally couldn't help it. Since Gryffindor and Slytherin never said that you disappeared back to the future, it is estimated that the time difference will not be a few days , "When we came back, Hogwarts had just been established for ten years."

Bright-minded professors are already desperately trying to figure out what happened around AD 1000.

"...On the Rodrigue Wasteland, Hilbert died right in front of my eyes. The Knights Templar of the Holy See, led by the Gryffindor family for hundreds of years, was finally left with me and Ansair, but There is no reason, Ansair will not leave Hogwarts, and there is only one possibility for him not to come back..." Godric stretched out his hand, as if wanting to touch Sylvester in the frame in a trance, and then Putting down his hands, he stood up and grabbed the knight's helmet on the table, and walked directly to the wall behind the table without looking back. Just when everyone wanted to remind them, they were surprised to find that the wall had been moved to the left and right by an extra secret passage. When Ryffindor walked in, it closed and recovered.

"Principal Sylvester?"

"...It's all right." Sylvester pulled his messy robe and smiled, comforting himself and others, "As long as Lord Gryffindor walks into the principal's office and sees my picture frame, what else can you hide? Although it seems now, you don’t need to look at him to already know.”

The first headmaster of Hogwarts in the portrait is still very young.

Died young—

Ron had seen the portrait of the headmaster that Harry carried in the Middle Ages, especially Hermione paid special attention to this one of the first headmaster, William Sylvester, the headmaster of Hogwarts from 1029 to 1042.

That was the era he experienced and lived in, even the most powerful wizard would die unexpectedly.

"Principal Sylvester, there is something I have always wanted to ask you." Dumbledore stroked his beard and gnawed on the sweet, "In your time, there was an important figure in the Muggle world named Sylvester... he What's the matter with you, because I don't think he's a wizard."

"Albus, you always ask exactly the key."

"what."

"It's also the last thing to ask!"

The white wizard shrugged and blinked, and continued to eat donuts without making a sound.

"Before the betrayal is not completely fatal, if you say it, you don't know what will happen." Principal Sylvester was the first to walk out of the hall from the picture frame, "What's more, what is the truth? knew."

"..."

Professors, you look at me, I look at you.

"Which name was Sylvester in the Muggle world 1000 years ago?" Hufflepuff Headmaster Professor Sprout asked straightforwardly.

"Poor Babuji is dead, or she would have known."

Silence again.

"To the Hogwarts library."

If it's really famous, even if it's a Muggle, it shouldn't be hard to find it.

So now Ron is missing his beloved Hermione, Merlin again~~

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If you forgot the previous article, please see here

"...on the Rodrigo Wasteland, Hilbert died right in front of my eyes, the Knights Templar of the Holy See that my Gryffindor family has led for hundreds of years..."

In Chapter 36, To live, from the time of the complete break between wizards and the Muggle ruling class, Hilbert Sylvester, to die

Chapter 58, Harry saves Ginny, has been mistaken for Salazar Slytherin met Ansel Sylvester in St. Columban Abbey, around chapter 56 or 57 According to the portrait of the principal, Ansair is a wizard who is very good at potions and soul magic, and also a knight who follows Godric Gryffindor. This is what Principal Sylvester said, and it has not been written in this article had their meeting

The hint I once wrote was that Ansair became a master of soul magic because of saving Ginny.

Regarding the important reminder below, Dumbledore said to Harry in Chapter 26

"I'm glad you noticed the details, Sylvester, the first Hogwarts headmaster after the four founders, died under the curse of an Irish wizard in order to protect the students."

Regarding Sylvester's hint, there was a hint in the previous article...so let's not say it for the sake of the following