the lost castle

Under the same night.

"Lord, we have very bad news."

The big blond Lyle was caressing his bleeding lips. This Death Eater showed a strange combination of surprise and curiosity. He humbly knelt down and kissed the cape of his master's robe. Fall down where the Death Eaters gather.Fenrir, who had recovered into a werewolf, was roaring loudly, and the bloodthirsty look was still bright red liquid.

"According to the Muggle family who lived by the river, the other side of the woods not far from here is the Hufflepuff Valley, Lord - an old house near the hillside, and a stone tower, where Hufflepuff lived The last heir of the Qi family, and the lord and nobleman of this land for more than 200 years..."

In the history of the Middle Ages and "Hogwarts, A School History" that can be bought at Lihen Bookstore, it is only mentioned where the four founders came from and what beliefs they have, but they have never mentioned theirs. How the family descended.Only scattered fragments can be found in the ancient family collections of noble wizards, and all the records of the Middle Ages are filled with cruel wars and chaotic lives. Some things are ignored on purpose or at that time, wizards The rise and fall of the family of life and death will be completely changed in just ten years.The differences between the four founders have been around for a long time. When Slytherin left the school, Gryffindor also disappeared in Hogwarts. Ravenclaw died a few years later, but no one knew Hufflepuff. Later, she stayed at the school until she died, or finally left Hogwarts.Whether she stayed or left, whether she was married, or whether she had children, all this was eliminated with the last paragraph describing the divergence and separation of the four founders.

No one knows.

Those four once-prominent names survived in the late tenth and first decades of the eleventh century, and then, until Voldemort, they never appeared again in wizarding history.

"The last heir to the Hufflepuff family."

A terrifying smile slowly appeared on Voldemort's distorted pale face, "After recovering your magic power, don't rush to chase the Order of the Phoenix, use Legilimency first..." His slender white fingers protruded from the black robe, just Like a giant white spider, "Catch a Muggle, no, preferably a wizard — [it's a lot of fun]."

Turning to a hissing tone halfway, Voldemort suddenly noticed some subtle emotions.

Nagini didn't come to the castle with him, so he wasn't with him after the accident, but he suddenly had the illusion that he would never see it again.This made the Dark Lord feel uneasy and uncontrollable anger. Everything that is out of his control can always easily arouse the Dark Lord's anger and rage:

[Hiss—come here, come here. ]

Compared with humans, the Dark Lord believed in those cold, slippery, cold-blooded animals. Although magical creatures were very difficult to find and could not tell him something clearly, they were still more reliable and accurate than those dirty Muggles, weren't they?

In the dense grass, in the dark shadows, a few sporadic slender shadows began to appear.

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"You know Hufflepuff..." The name of Helga Hufflepuff that Ron was about to say was punched back by George. He hugged his stomach in pain, and Hermione showed him a gesture of scratching his neck. , Ron suddenly fell silent.

"East Francia, West Francia?" Forgive Harry and most people for not understanding what it is. They only know the French Beauxbaton School of Magic and the Saxon Dynasty. Why doesn't it sound like a place name?

After Professor Flitwick fell to the ground, Hermione was the second to appear strange. She almost fell into the basin containing food, and Luna opened her mouth, showing a surprised and excited expression. As for Professor McGonagall completely Stiff, lips pursed tightly.Now their eyes are all wandering, and Hermione, who is far more familiar with Muggle history than the others, even got an accurate guess of the year, but this does not mean that she has accepted such an incredible fact.

"Muggle wars tend to involve a lot of things."

Mistaking their reaction for wizards' natural disdain for Muggles, the old wizard sighed deeply as he watched the size of the flames in the fireplace. "A lot of times, what we don't notice often determines our life and death. Pure hatred and hostility can't exist. The wizard family on the other side of the Rhine has died out in the past 100 years. If they can stay as far away as my ancestors did The Holy See and the royal family, at least there are still blood in the world. Young people are all the same. They feel that they can change something and restore something. Even if they are smart, they don’t understand. The era when wizards can appear in front of Muggles is gone forever. Now, when there is an imbalance of interests, the current tacit understanding will also be shattered. Young people are the same..."

The old wizard paused, and then revealed a little lonely sadness.

"Thank you very much for the milk and food, may I ask?" Hermione moved her position, trying to keep the expression on her face in a normal state: "You live here alone... er, you know, like What you said is war and chaos everywhere, I am very grateful that you can give us such help, but we still need to restore the magic power, if you live here, you have asked for it, and if you live alone, we will leave gone."

Harry and the others were startled. There is a house to live in, so are they going to go out and freeze overnight?

"My niece went out three days ago, otherwise I would like to treat you to breakfast tomorrow." The old wizard looked at Hermione quietly. In his eyes, among these wizards who don't know the dangers of the world, only this girl is easy Just survive.

Hermione had already stood up and bowed, pulling Harry Ron out the door without looking back.

Hagrid was extremely depressed, but everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, under the stern gaze of Professor McGonagall, he said a few words without meaning, and went out full of doubts and reluctance. .

When the cold wind blows, everyone is shivering.

But the door that brought them warmth just now has been closed.

"Hermione, what the hell are you doing?"

"That old man is so stingy, even if there is no bed, let us lie on the ground for one night!"

"That thick animal fur is so soft to step on!"

The Gryffindor Activity Library looked a little restlessly at the woods they walked out of, without speaking.

After all, Professor McGonagall is the current commander of the Order of the Phoenix. After coughing, everyone fell silent.

"Harry."

"Professor?" The blue-eyed boy looked puzzled at the house not far away.

"Harry, I'm sorry."

When the White Wizard was alive, he had said this countless times, but they had no choice, Voldemort chose the savior.Cruel wars bring something more terrifying than death, but McGonagall never expected that one day, there would be a bizarre predicament that even the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters could not face.

"Professor, what happened? I think the old wizard is a good man, but he talks too strangely."

"All wizards in the Middle Ages would not sleep under the same roof with people other than blood relatives and friends, and even if there were exceptions, they would not choose to help others alone."

"Ah—Professor Flitwick, are you awake?"

Being blown by the cold wind like this, can you still not wake up?

"Wait, the Middle Ages, why do you say the Middle Ages?" Arthur Weasley finally caught the key word.

"East Francia actually refers to Germany, not France. The Saxon dynasty ruled East Francia and Italy, and Muggle history was called the Holy Roman Empire. In 973 AD, Otto II, who ruled with his father, lost his father—— — The two reigning emperors died one this year! (Stunned headed by Harry)...that is, we are in the past time, and Duke William of Norman has not occupied England, no no, even the King of Denmark No war with England! Merlin, doesn't that mean that from now until about 1075, England will end the war?"

Hermione became more and more confused as she spoke, and she hugged her head unbearably.

"Uh? What do you mean?"

Everyone feels that they have heard every word, why do they not understand it together?

"It means——" Luna tilted her head, and said in an erratic and cheerful tone, "Hogwarts has not yet been established, and our four founders, ah, there is no specific historical period in the school history For the record, I hope they have already been born."

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History, you don’t need to read it:

919 years.The Carolingian Dynasty, which ruled the Kingdom of East Francia, fell, and the royal power fell into the hands of the most powerful Duke of Saxony, Henry.Henry I renamed the Kingdom of East Francia to the Kingdom of Germany in his second year on the throne.

Otto II (973-983).King of East Francia, King of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor.The eldest son of Otto I and Princess Adelaide of Italy, he was crowned king of Italy and East Francia (co-ruling with his father) in 961, and crowned emperor in 967. In the following decades, the Saxony dynasty reached its peak.

The Kingdom of West Francia evolved into the Kingdom of France