[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

Completely different from the room just now, this room is full of oppressive atmosphere.

Steep stone steps led to the very center of the room, where stood alone a battered, black-draped archway.

Tom's attention was drawn to the arch, and he began to walk towards it.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.He turned to see the ghost loitering in the doorway, staring stiffly at the archway.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked impatiently.

Eleanor shook her head. "It's nothing." Her voice trembled slightly, as if she was afraid of something, her eyes were still fixed on the arch, "That arch...I can feel something not very good."

As if in response to her words, the black hangings over the arch fluttered slightly, but no wind blew through the room.

Tom ignored her.He walked near the arch and looked up at the indistinct carvings on the arch.The black curtain continued to flutter strangely and lightly, which made people feel a little creepy.

Eleanor came to Tom's side, and her intuition told her that she shouldn't get too close to the arch, but she couldn't help approaching it cautiously.

Suddenly she heard a slight, vague whispering from behind the curtain.She was startled, and then accompanied by a more obvious flutter, she felt a cold and gloomy atmosphere surrounding the arch.

Ever since she became a ghost, she had lost her sense of temperature, but at this moment she could vaguely feel the icy air sticking to the surface of her skin, which made her shiver uncontrollably.

"What is this?" Eleanor asked, and she went around the arch, but found no place to hide.But she distinctly heard whispers coming from the archway.

The closer she got to the arch, the more she felt something strongly attracting her.It seemed that some kind of force was pulling her, allowing her to pass through the dark curtain.

Tom, too, heard whispers from deep within the archway.He vaguely felt that there was something hidden behind the arch that he did not want to touch.

He subconsciously took a step back.

At this moment, he saw the ghost slowly and expressionlessly approaching the arch, the black curtain was less than a foot away from her.

"What are you doing?" asked Tom, frowning.

But Eleanor continued to float towards the arch as if she hadn't heard anything, and she was about to pass through the curtain soon.

If she went through, she could never come back--for some reason, the thought flashed through Tom's mind.

"Eleanor, stop!"

Eleanor suddenly heard Tom calling her name loudly.

She regained consciousness in a trance, and found that the tip of her nose was about to touch the old black cloth.She stepped back quickly.

She turned her head to look at Tom.

A look of surprise flashed across Tom's face. He didn't seem to expect that he would call her out suddenly.

He took a step back and turned around quickly.

"Come on, let's get out of here." He whispered, and walked quickly up the long stairs.

After the third door opened, the noisy chirping sound rushed over like a tide.

The room was filled with cages piled up to the ceiling, and inside the cages were all kinds of wonderful magical creatures, elves with blue skin, glittering fairies with wings, and many others that Eleanor couldn't recognize. biology.Dozens of owls with different appearances rest on the crossbar near the ceiling.

In the middle of the room was a large ornate golden cage, covered with a layer of golden tulle, and it seemed that some living things were being raised inside.

Eleanor approached the cage, and through the gap in the tulle, she could see clearly what was locked inside.

She couldn't help but gasped.

"...Phoenix." Tom walked cautiously through the gap in the cage and said softly.

His voice seemed to have caught Phoenix's attention.The beautiful creature turned its head slightly, looked at Tom, and let out a clear cry.

At this moment, the noise in the room suddenly became louder.The magical creatures seemed to respond to the phoenix's cry, and began to jump up and down in the cage excitedly.

A naughty elf stretched out his hand from the cage and grabbed Tom's ear.

"Damn it!" Tom swore in disgust, and subconsciously slapped the hand away violently.

The elf let out a scream of rage, and grabbed Tom's hair violently.Tom raised his wand and read a swoon to it, and the elf immediately fell limp.

This action angered the other elves.They shook the bars of the cage angrily, and screamed at Tom.

Eleanor gloated to see a few elves grabbing Tom's collar and hair across the cage.

Cursing annoyedly, Tom wrenched the elves apart with great effort and finally got out of the enclosure of the cage.

He walked out of the room, slammed the door shut, and then raised his head to stare at Eleanor who was holding back a smile.

At this time, he was disheveled by those elves, and his hair was disheveled as if blown by a strong wind.Eleanor couldn't help herself from laughing.

"They like you." Eleanor said with a smile, "You really are very charming."

Tom snorted coldly, with cold eyes, as if warning Eleanor not to mention this matter.

He straightened his clothes and hair a little, then opened the door closest to him - which turned out to be the exit.

Just as they walked out the door, a middle-aged man happened to be coming out of an elevator.The moment he saw Tom and Eleanor, his eyes widened in surprise.

"What are you doing there?" He ignored Eleanor and said loudly to Tom, "Are you a Hogwarts student?"

"Yes, who are you?" said Tom coldly, raising his wand a little warily.

"Don't be afraid, I'm an Auror." The man said wearily, while holding up his hands without a wand to show that he was harmless. "Come with me, and I'll take you out."

Tom stared at him without saying a word.

"The other students have already gone back, and your professor is looking for you everywhere." The Auror said impatiently, "Don't waste any more time, I have other things to do."

They got into the elevator, and as the elevator went up, Eleanor couldn't help but ask, "What happened to the explosion just now?"

The man sighed, "Those bloody dark wizards. They placed powerful explosive potions in many parts of the Ministry of Magic, and set a fire in the hall. We caught six of them, and the rest have Some got away, some might be hiding somewhere—”

Just then, the elevator stopped.

At this time, the fire in the hall had been extinguished, and there was still a strong smell of smoke in the air, but it was no longer so pungent.

The Auror only brought them to the fireplace, then turned and hurried away.

"Let's go, what are you waiting for?" Eleanor looked strangely at Tom who was standing motionless in front of the fireplace.

"My chain," he said slowly, with a terribly dark expression on his face. "Damn it, it's the elves!" He began to grope around himself, looking for the missing necklace.

A few seconds later, with a crisp sound, a necklace slipped from between his clothes and fell to the ground.The ring-shaped pendant fell off the chain, rolled a few times on the ground, and finally stopped beside Eleanor.

Eleanor stared at the pendant, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.Subconsciously, she reached out to it.

Then, under Tom's shocked gaze, she picked up the pendant.