The temperature was still very low at the end of January, and there had been a winter rain in Hogwarts in the past two days. The cold wind at night penetrated from the window into the corridor, making the invisibility cloak on Jon's body rustle.
After he came out of the basement, he walked up the stairs.
The stairs in the castle that were active during the day were now quiet. Previously, with Hermione leading them, these seemingly conscious stairs could help them, but they did not help Jon in this way. It seemed that they only recognized Hermione.
But Jon didn't need to be in a hurry now. He stretched out his hand to wrap the invisibility cloak tightly around himself, and then came to the eighth floor of the castle.
He familiarly crossed the boundary that Voldemort set against everyone, opened the door to the principal's office and walked into the foyer.
There are still some dried blood stains on the ground here, and the ground is also full of potholes and has not been repaired. Moving forward from the foyer and into the principal's room, you can see the corpse of the basilisk riddled with holes.
A month has passed and its body has not shown any changes. The emerald green scales are still so bright and bright, and the flesh and blood exposed in the wounds are still fresh, with no signs of decay.
After all, the basilisk is a magical creature of
It will definitely sell for a high price if you take it out.
It was a pity that Jon couldn't take the body away. The space in the bag with the Seamless Stretching Charm that Dumbledore prepared for him was far from large enough to hold the basilisk body, so he could only find a way to knock it out.
He picked out a fang and collected some venom to keep it.
In fact, he originally planned to pry off both of the basilisk's eyes, but he had no way to guarantee that the magic on the basilisk's eyes would lose its effectiveness once the basilisk died. To be on the safe side, he did not take this somewhat risky move.
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Beyond the basilisk, you can see the desk with four relics of the founder.
These four relics are still placed here quietly. They look like exhibits in an exhibition hall. There is nothing special or different about them.
Jon passed by them cautiously. The more harmless these four relics appeared, the more alert he became.
Going up the spiral staircase in a small room at the back of the office, he once again arrived at the door of the small room at the top of the tower.
After inserting telescopic eyes into the crack of the door, Jon first made sure that the old witch, the middle-aged wizard and the young wizard in the three portraits were still in the frame, and then he raised the ring in his hand.
"The curse stops immediately."
The sound of breaking the spell, which was different from normal wand casting, sounded softly, and Jon's body suddenly became different.
A strange wave began to spread out from his body. This wave soon broke through the door blocking him and broke into the room inside, followed by those who were still lowering their heads and snoring.
The three portraits suddenly stopped as if the pause button had been pressed.
The originally realistic and vivid portrait began to become stiff, as if a living object had become a dead object. The three wizards in the frame all fell silent. They no longer breathed or swayed, and became three pictures.
Ordinary dead paintings.
The room became quiet. The open book on the desk in the middle seemed to be blown by the breeze and opened its pages. Then the quill inserted in the ink bottle flew up out of thin air on its own.
A child's name was written on the blank page.
Jon didn't feel anything outside the door, but he looked at the ring he was wearing in front of him and could vaguely notice that the blood-red gemstone seemed to have become darker in color.
The magic power contained in it is extremely abundant. After absorbing the magic power from three more paintings, it has almost no storage space and can only wait to be released.
Jon did not stop outside the door. He opened the door and walked into the room. Without looking at other things, he walked directly to the desk, closed the book full of names, and took the
Gone is the quill that just flew back into the ink bottle!
These two things are what Dumbledore asked Jon to lurk into Hogwarts to steal - the "Book of Admission" and the "Pen of Acceptance"!
Hogwarts' annual admissions are based on these two magical items. When a child shows magical talent for the first time, the quill will fly out of the ink bottle and try to record the child's name in the admission book.
At this point, the Book of Access will slam shut, refusing to be written until it receives sufficiently exciting evidence of magical power.
In other words, how to become a wizard and enter Hogwarts requires a total of two screening procedures. Only when the book and pen agree at the same time, will the child be recognized as having the talent to become a wizard.
Since the establishment of Hogwarts for thousands of years, the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance have never made mistakes in their cooperation. They have not put any Muggle or Squib without the ability to learn magic into the castle, nor have they leaked any information.
No student with magical qualifications has ever been left homeless.
This also means that starting from the year when Hogwarts was founded, this book records the names and dates of birth of all students who have studied in Hogwarts Castle for nearly a thousand years.
, this is a privilege unique to Hogwarts.
Until Voldemort rules the wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic has no right to view any information in this book.
But after Voldemort became the master of the Ministry of Magic and the principal of Hogwarts Castle, he could use the student information in the Book of Admission to identify the wizards throughout the wizarding world and determine their lineage.
No one can hide their origin. After all, all wizards in the wizarding world graduate from Hogwarts, and when they enroll, they have already left traces of absolute authenticity.
However, Voldemort did not make the existence of the Book of Access public to the public. Only he could enter the tower connected to the principal's office, which meant that he alone monopolized the right to explain the wizard's bloodline.
What makes Jon a little confused is that according to Voldemort's current shrewdness, he should put such an important thing in a safer place where he can see it, but Dumbledore told Jon cryptically.
, it's not that Voldemort himself doesn't want to change the position of the book and pen, but that he simply doesn't have the ability.