Jon didn't stop this time. He stepped forward until he reached the wall directly behind the desk, when the voice in his head called him to stop.
"It's the wall in front of you. Just reach out and push it. Just push it gently. You are already qualified."
According to its words, Jon's hand touched the cold wall, and when he put his hand on it and exerted force, the whole wall began to tremble.
Then the bricks on the wall in front of Jon suddenly began to split, and soon an entrance was opened in front of him for people to pass through.
The candlelight in the principal's office shone into the dark secret room, and Jon also saw that it was filled with tattered picture frames as if it were a garbage dump, with parchments and notes scattered everywhere.
A tattered hat in the corner.
When Jon first entered the secret room, his eyes were fixed on the broken hat. It was a gray, patched and pointed hat covered with dust.
"It's you?"
he asked.
That voice sounded in his mind again.
"Ah ha, I never thought that after all these years, I could still see living Hogwarts students!"
The hat's voice sounded a little emotional, and Jon certainly noticed the hidden meaning in its words.
"That is to say, you have met students from Hogwarts before, but they are all dead."
"About seven or eight years ago, that reckless young man entered by mistake and was swallowed alive by the big snake. At that time, I could still vaguely feel some of the things happening outside."
It seemed like the hat itself didn't want to talk more about this topic, and it quickly moved the conversation to other places.
"I think even if the Hogwarts you went to school in was not this castle, you should have heard of my existence, right? The Sorting Hat was once used to make choices for freshmen to decide which college they should go to.
place."
Of course, it was impossible for Jon not to recognize it. He walked to the side of the Sorting Hat, picked it up from the ground, and patted the dust on it.
"When I first entered school, the senior students told me that there used to be four houses in Hogwarts, and you were the hat used to sort the houses. However, the tradition of the school generally does not tell the freshmen to wear a hat to sort the houses.
It’s such a simple thing.”
"Of course, this is a good tradition. After all, when those children know that the sorting is just to wear a shabby hat like me, instead of dueling with trolls or fire dragons, they usually just breathe a sigh of relief and no longer go there.
Trying to put it on their heads would mess up their hair, which they had carefully styled just last night."
The Sorting Hat seems to have not spoken to anyone for a long time. It talks a lot and hasn't stopped talking since it saw Jon.
But Jon obviously can't continue to waste time here. Although he has a three-hour advantage over Emil, for one person to search the entire castle, let alone three hours, even thirty hours, is not enough.
You will definitely be able to find every part of the entire Hogwarts Castle.
"Mr. Sorting Hat, do you want to go out with me? I am still playing a game, and this game is about whether Hogwarts Castle will continue to belong to the Dark Lord, or whether it will return to Dungeon.
In the hands of Professor Bullydo, there is no time to waste."
"Why not?" the Sorting Hat's answer was simple, "I have been thrown here for so long, and of course I will not refuse the opportunity to go out for some fresh air. Although I was left here for most of the year before.
I'm in the cupboard, but one day I'll come out to sing and chat. Now I haven't talked to anyone for a long time."
Seeing that it agreed, Jon folded it solemnly and finally stuffed it into his robe pocket.
And this does not prevent the Sorting Hat from continuing to communicate with him in his mind.
After leaving the principal's office, Jon went downstairs with a clear goal and started walking towards the auditorium on the first floor.
According to normal reasoning, it is of course impossible for the Triwizard Cup to be placed in the auditorium so clearly and straightforwardly. However, as the entire castle has the largest concentration of students, it is also the place that comes to mind immediately after entering the castle. Jon felt that it would be
Xiu and the others will definitely leave some clues in the auditorium.
"What kind of competition are you having? How can you actually decide who belongs to Hogwarts?"
The Sorting Hat's voice sounded in Jon's mind.
Jon replied as he walked downstairs.
"The Triwizard Tournament, before the game started, the Dark Lord and Professor Dumbledore made a blood oath together. Warriors from two Hogwarts schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang respectively came to participate. Which side
If you win, you will be the only orthodox Hogwarts, and you will also have the legal right to occupy the castle."
"Using the Triwizard Tournament to make this kind of bet?" The Sorting Hat's voice sounded a little weird, "Do you know that the Dark Lord has never actually gained control of the castle and cannot even stay here for more than 10 years?
One day, otherwise this castle will either collapse on its own or he will get out."
This was the first time Jon had heard what would happen if Voldemort stayed in Hogwarts for a long time, but he soon asked again.
"But we also found that he was trying to eliminate the original consciousness of this castle and then impose his own consciousness."
"Of course he will do it, and it has actually been successful. Now there is only the last step left." The Sorting Hat said matter-of-factly.
Jon stopped subconsciously and frowned.
"Only the last step? What do you mean?"
The Sorting Hat seemed to know all about Jon's question and answered it quickly.
"I have a deep connection with this castle. I can feel what he is doing more intuitively than other things. He has actually succeeded. The only thing missing is that the original will of the castle has not been completely eliminated, so he
Only the last step is left, which is the step of the Triwizard Tournament that you are currently in?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jon couldn't help but hold his breath, he felt like he could uncover the purpose of why Voldemort held this Triwizard Tournament in the first place.
"So this game will help him take full control of the castle?"
"Of course." The Sorting Hat seemed to snap its fingers, "Don't think that the Triwizard Tournament was started after the death of the Big Four, and that means it won't have any impact on this school, just like the beginning of this castle.
When they used it as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it was just an ordinary magical castle that had been partially enchanted, and it was far from having its own consciousness."
"Nearly every wizard in the UK has graduated from this castle for thousands of years. They spent the entire seven years here from the age of 11 to 18, which is equivalent to the castle witnessing their entire youth.
.So when the students were doing magic in school, the lost magic power was also constantly affecting the castle. Of course, the magic power of a single little wizard was limited and would not produce much effect at all. But over time,
Change happens slowly over time."
"One day after the school was first founded, Peeves appeared. At first, both students and professors thought it was a ghost that accidentally wandered into Hogwarts, but it became more and more...
He became extraordinary and showed amazing abilities."
"Peeves?" Of course Jon was familiar with this name, knowing that it had once been one of the ghosts in Hogwarts.
"Yes, Peeves." The Sorting Hat patiently continued to Jon, "It is an elf that appears in front of people in the form of a ghost, or you can also call it a castle elf. It is the castle that generates consciousness.
A concrete manifestation of the castle, but it represents the naughty and bad side of the students of this castle throughout the ages. I wonder if you have ever heard how much the administrators of this castle hated it, and in order to keep it
How hard it went to expel it from the castle."
Jon shook his head.
"Well, that was actually in 1876. The administrator of the castle at that time was Coros Calpe. He carefully laid out traps, using various weapons as bait that he thought Peeves could not resist, and then prepared
A huge bell-shaped jar, cast with various containment spells, ready to cover Peeves when he walks onto the trap."
"The results of it?"
"As a result, Peeves not only escaped easily, but also scattered broken glass in the corridor, and even escaped a trap consisting of several scimitars, a crossbow, a short gun and a small cannon. Peeves just wanted to amuse himself
Taking pleasure in himself, he shot at the windows at will, putting everyone's lives in danger. The castle was evacuated. Teachers and students in the entire castle had a three-day confrontation with it. In the end, the headmistress Yupra
Thea Moore concluded the contract by agreeing to give Peeves additional privileges."
"Privileges include allowing Peeves to swim in the boys' bathroom on the first floor once a week, giving priority to throwing away stale bread from the kitchen, and getting a new hat made by Madame Elaborate in Paris. From there,
From now on, no matter how annoying Peeves is, no administrator or principal will ever bring up the idea of expelling him."
"Think about it, how could a normal ghost do these things? That idiot Calpe could never imagine how he could drive himself out of this castle? Peeves is an elf created by the magic of students, and he also
Represents the Hogwarts castle itself."
"But just after the Dark Lord took over the castle, Peeves disappeared within a few days. There were many rumors at the time. Some people said that it offended the Dark Lord himself, and was used by the Dark Lord with the most powerful weapon.
It was killed by the Death Curse. Some people say that it was because Hogwarts was no longer the original Hogwarts, so Peeves disappeared. But in fact, it was the Dark Lord who imprisoned him, and coupled with the oppression of this
Some students in the school let the suppressed emotions and magic conflict with the will of the castle itself, constantly erasing its ability and existence."
Jon had already arrived at the auditorium at this time.
"Then what does this have to do with the Triwizard Tournament?"
"Don't worry, I will talk about it next. Just like the magic power and emotions of the students affect the castle, around the thirteenth century, less than three hundred years before this school was built, the Triwizard Competition began.
This competition was proposed for the exchange of young wizards from various European countries. The competition was held every five years, and the venue was taken by three magic schools in turn. Such competitions were not suspended until 1792, and this
It has been 500 years. Do you know how many times Hogwarts has won the Triwizard Tournament in these 500 years?"
Before Jon could guess, the Sorting Hat had already told the answer.
"63 times, it is the school that has won the most championships. The mark of this game has been deeply engraved on the castle that was given the name Hogwarts itself. No one can erase it. Just like magic, will is the decision.
The key to everything. It is precisely because of this that the Triwizard Tournament has a very unique meaning to this castle, especially when the students participating in its name win the championship. And the most important thing is that the Dark Lord still
He made a bet with the will of this castle that the students of Hogwarts would never win the Triwizard Tournament."
Jon suddenly seemed to think of something, and he asked immediately.
"What if a student representing Hogwarts wins the championship?"
"Then his plan is over, especially you, the student named Jon Green. The fact that you can wake me up means that this castle itself has a good impression of me. If you win the championship, then the Dark Lord and the like
All the efforts made over the years will be in vain. The will of the castle that was consumed by him will be restored again, and you will become the new owner of this castle."
Hearing such an answer, Jon was not surprised or excited at all, but continued to ask.
"Then what if another representative of the Hogwarts students under his tutelage wins the championship?"
"This is not a good thing for him. I don't know how the castle feels about that student, but as long as he wins the championship in the name of Hogwarts, it will be a huge boost to the will of the castle itself. A boost to the will of the castle."
, should be the word corresponding. But once this game is played with Hogwarts as its home court, especially if the game is still held in the castle, the game will end with the victory of the other two schools, not to mention that it is still the third school that has been suspended for more than two hundred years.
The resumption of the Strong Tournament is a terrible consequence for the castle, because the castle itself is blocked by itself. If the students of Hogwarts do not win, then it will disappear on its own and will never come back.
Become a resistance to the Dark Lord."
Only then did Jon finally understand!
I understand why it was Draco Malfoy who finally represented Hogwarts Castle in the competition, and why the person who had high hopes was Emil Lestrange!