When Professor Adrian Fox came to Hogwarts to teach, his research on rings and gemstones had reached the final stage.
The gem made at Hogwarts is the last of the five.
People always like to save their most precious things until the end, and Adrian is no exception. When making this last gem, he did not follow the usual techniques, but wanted to add something special to the stone.
Same characteristics.
[Rings and stones are a transfer station for casting spells. The wizard's own magic power is absorbed into the ring, and then fed back to the wizard himself as a changed fact. So why must our thinking be limited when creating this kind of spell-casting equipment?
The person who uses the equipment has his own magic power?】
[Compared to the core of the wand, the magic gem I created has a stronger magic capacity. Why not try to accommodate other magic powers to enhance the power of the wizard who uses the ring to cast spells? 】
[The magic of the ring acts on the wizard himself, and the enemy's spell also acts on the wizard himself. So can the effect of the hostile spell be erased, only the magic in it be collected, and then stored in a gem? 】
This was Adrian's question to himself in the notes, and it was also his original intention to add what kind of properties to the last magic gem he made.
There is a huge collection of books in Hogwarts Castle, and the knowledge in it gave him enough magic theory to support his ideas, and the resources of various herbs and magical animals in the Forbidden Forest were equally abundant, giving him the opportunity to conduct research on gems.
Transformed raw materials.
The reason why he was injured at the end of his tenure as a professor of defense was to collect gem transformation materials. He went deep into the Forbidden Forest to get some scraps from the unicorn horn. As a result, he encountered resistance from the unicorn when he was scraping it.
, was stabbed directly through the stomach.
Fortunately, he was discovered by students in time and sent to St. Mungo's for treatment. He finally returned to school during the final exam, but he also left sequelae and was unable to continue teaching in the castle.
However, after paying such a price, his research was finally successful. The gem that was endowed with the properties of absorbing and storing magic power was left in Hogwarts Castle by him for unknown reasons.
The storage location is in the library.
When he saw this, Jon seemed to suddenly think of something, and he was suddenly stunned.
Before Christmas, when he was still practicing various spells against the basilisk in the Room of Requirement, one midnight he overheard that a major event was happening in Hogwarts at that time.
The magic power attached to the books in the restricted area of the library has mysteriously disappeared!
In the end, all the professors in the castle investigated the matter for more than half a month, and even invited people from the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic to find out the matter, so they had no choice but to leave it alone.
Then...could this matter have anything to do with the gem Adrian hid in the library?
If it has anything to do with it, why did you eat the magic power in the forbidden book after hiding it for more than ten years without anything happening?
Jon couldn't figure out the problem for the moment, but he was keenly aware that the gem hidden in the library might be the key to solving the three portraits in the tower!
Since it can absorb all the magic from the forbidden books in the library, why can't it also absorb the magic from the magic portraits?
After thinking about this, Jon couldn't sit still in the dormitory.
Originally, he was still having a headache about how to solve the three paintings. Now the key to solving the problem was exactly what he had been looking for. Jon did not wait any longer. He put on the invisibility cloak again and emerged from the underground bedroom.
leave.
The library of Hogwarts is in a separate tower, and it is Quirrell who is responsible for managing this place. He did not receive much punishment for banning books last time. After all, he cannot be blamed for this matter. If it were not for the time
At the time of counting, he was not even qualified to enter the restricted book area.
There are no protective measures for the door of the library, not to mention that the remaining banned books have been removed, leaving only some books that ordinary students can read, so there is no need for protection.
The locked door was easily opened by Jon using the unlocking spell. After entering, what came into view was a long row of neatly arranged desks. The bookshelves stood next to the desks, filled with all kinds of books.
.
Jon didn't stop here. He turned around, closed the door of the library, and walked inside. Soon he came to a separate fenced-off area.
This area is also filled with bookshelves, but not a single book is placed on the bookshelf. This is obviously the previous restricted book area, but now students can freely enter and exit it. After all, there is no book in it.
Jon directly crossed the fenced line, and although all the banned books had been moved away, the gem that Adrian left behind must still be in this library.
Otherwise, the professors in the castle would have learned nothing in the end and would not have been able to give Voldemort an explanation.
Moreover, the location where the gem was stored was also very hidden. If Jon had not learned the location from his notes, there was no guarantee that he would be able to find it in less than half a year.
Jon kept walking in until he came to the third row of bookshelves from the back, and then started counting the partitions from left to right at the fourth row. He didn't stop until he reached the seventh partition.
He took out his wand, without reciting any spells. He just tapped the tip of the wand against the vertical surface of the partition, and a hole magically opened on it. A thick book was hidden here.
in a partition.
Jon pulled the book out of the partition. He did not take the book back to his dormitory. The library was very spacious and far away from the living areas of students and professors. If something unexpected happened when he opened the book, then
It's far easier to solve than taking it back to the dormitory.
The book had no name. When he opened it, he saw a passage left by Professor Fox on the title page.
[I am willing to admit defeat. Because of the bet with Horace, I left my research results at Hogwarts. Since you have opened it, no matter who you are, I hope you will not use my results for any purpose.
Doing research on black magic.】
He looked at this line of message carefully for three or four seconds before scrolling down.
There were more than a dozen pages at the back that gave a detailed introduction to this gem. When Jon turned to the middle of the book, he discovered that the pages at the back were completely sticky.
And in the middle of these sticky pages is a diamond-shaped, dark red gem!