After Hermione's "bungee jump" was over, Rolf flew into the air and searched for her.
The boy shouted loudly: "Hermione, where are you?"
After a while, a muffled voice sounded.
"I'm here...Rolf...I'm stuck...Come and save me...Rolf."
Rolf searched for the sound and quickly found Hermione. When he saw her posture, he almost laughed out loud.
Hermione was stuck in the canopy of the tree in an upside-down position. Her upper body was stuck in the branches, leaving only half of her body exposed and unable to be pulled out.
Hey, this posture looks so familiar. It seems that Rove has seen it in some movie before?
Hermione swung her legs and urged: "Rolf, what are you doing? Come and save me!"
Rolf yelled, hurriedly bent down, grabbed Hermione's legs, and pulled her out like a carrot.
Hermione sat slumped on the tree crown, scratching her increasingly fluffy hair in shock, and asked: "What on earth is going on?"
Luofu blinked his eyes and muttered secretly:
If Hermione knew that he asked the Whomping Willow to drag her here, she might kill him.
He thought for a while, pretended to be stupid and said: "I don't know what happened... let's get down quickly."
Hermione nodded. She struggled to get up, then slumped down and said with a sad face: "Rolf, my legs are weak and I can't get up!"
"..."
Full of guilt, Rolf picked up Hermione and flew towards the ground, then placed her under the tree and let her lean against the trunk.
Shirley took out a bottle of tranquilizer from the box and handed it to Hermione. After she drank a few sips of the potion, her mood became much more stable.
Helena walked around the Whomping Willow, and she also saw the human face on the trunk. After observing it for a while, she floated to Luo Fu's side and said with suspicion:
"Strange, I have never seen this tree before when I came to Professor Gryffindor's house."
"Maybe Gryffindor planted it later." Shirley guessed.
"Then why does Rolf's face appear on the tree trunk?" Helena asked.
"Rolf, you didn't plant this tree, did you?"
She remembered that Luofu told her that he once used a time turner to go back to a thousand years ago.
And this Whomping Willow tree is so tall that it cannot grow in just a dozen years or decades. It will take at least hundreds of years.
"It's not me." Rolf shook his head: "I've never been here before."
"That's strange." Helena murmured.
In fact, Rolf was also curious as to why his face appeared on the Whomping Willow. Could it be Gryffindor?
But when Rolf went back a thousand years ago, he didn't spend much time with Gryffindor. Why would he do such a thing?
"Forget it, forget about the tree for now, let's go to the castle and have a look."
A group of people walked towards the castle. Rolf raised his head and stared at the magnificent building in front of him:
This is a majestic stone fortress with convex and rough stone walls that give the castle a sense of majesty.
The tower is a hundred feet high, with a stunning dome that pierces the sky. Thick Doric pillars support the tall vault, adding to its awe-inspiring domineering appearance.
They stepped up the steps, and in front of them was a pair of huge double stone doors twelve feet high, with a golden lion carved between the two doors.
Luofu pushed the stone door hard, and as expected, the door couldn't be pushed at all.
He looked at the pair of bronze door knockers on the door again. They were not the common griffon door knockers, but majestic three-headed lions.
This pair of magic door knockers obviously also has the function of protecting the castle. If anyone wants to force the door open, they will turn into three lions and attack the intruders.
"I just tried to go through the wall, but I failed." Helena, who is a ghost, said: "There is still defensive magic left on this wall."
"So we can't get in?" Hermione said a little disappointed.
This is Godric Gryffindor's castle. They all arrived at the door, but were blocked outside. Isn't it a pity?
"It's probably impossible to get in." Helena sighed softly: "It would be nice if I knew where the key to the castle is."
"key?"
"Yes." Helena pointed to the keyhole on the door and said:
"There is a key to this door. Professor Gryffindor showed it to me once before. He said that only with that key can one enter the castle."
"But I don't know where the key is. It has always been kept by Professor Gryffindor, and there is no backup key."
Helena paused and continued: "After Gryffindor disappeared, I asked the Sorting Hat and it said that the key was taken away by Gryffindor."
Several people sighed, this was back to the original point. After all, no one knew where Gryffindor was.
Hermione tried the Alaho Opening Charm and other lock-picking spells, but to no avail.
Luofu leaned over the keyhole and observed it. He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe the Muggle method can open the lock."
"What is the Muggle method of unlocking?" Hermione asked curiously.
Luofu smiled and took out a piece of wire from his pocket.
"..."
"Wizards may have guarded against all kinds of magic, but they have never thought of guarding against Muggles." Rolf said eloquently, "Sometimes opening a lock does not require a fancy method. Simplicity is the most effective. As the saying goes, simplicity is the best.
Take a look!"
Hearing what Luo Fu said, the three girls looked at him expectantly.
Luofu put the wire into the keyhole and fiddled with it for a long time, only to hear a "squeak" sound and the wire broke inside.
"..."
Luofu smiled awkwardly and quickly controlled the wire to get it out.
"Let's go around the castle and see if there is any collapse." Shirley suggested.
Luofu glanced at the girl, suddenly his heart moved, and asked: "Helena, what did you say that key looks like?"
"It looks like..." Helena pondered, frowning and recalling:
"I remember it was silver... very similar to a Muggle cross, but it was an equal-armed cross - the two intersecting lines are the same length..."
Helena suddenly frowned and said, "Rolph, don't tell me, do you have that key?"
Luofu smiled, shook his head and said, "I didn't."
Helena breathed a sigh of relief. She had been frightened too much today and she didn't want to be stimulated anymore. But then the boy's words made her stunned again.
"Although I don't have one, I seem to know someone who does."
"who?!!"
Luofu looked at Shirley. She hesitated for a moment, stretched out her slender fingers, carefully grabbed a silver chain from her neck, and lifted it gently.
At the end of the silver chain, there was a special cross hanging. The girl with the ponytail shook it slightly and asked softly:
"Helena, the castle key you mentioned...does it look like this?"
