Early the next morning, Ryan rushed to the library alone. After handing Professor Dumbledore's signed note to Mrs. Pince, he was surprised to learn that he could not take these books out.
"You can't take it out, you can only read it in a designated location. Why is that?" Ryan asked puzzledly. "I have borrowed books from the restricted area before, but there are not so many rules."
"Because the books Professor Dumbledore has approved for you to read are beyond the scope of students. Some of these books themselves are a source of danger, and some of them have defects of one kind or another. For example, the carrier of the books becomes very fragile after too long.
In this case, you can only read in designated places to ensure safety. The safety here refers not only to the book, but also to the people who read it."
After speaking, Mrs. Pince looked Ryan up and down, "Since Professor Dumbledore has allowed you to enter the storage place of books, he should believe that you are qualified enough to see the precious books stored there. But I still need to warn you.
You, if you destroy any book inside, I will kick you out immediately. Even if Professor Dumbledore comes."
"Okay, come with me." After warning and making sure that Ryan listened carefully, Mrs. Pince took Ryan towards the restricted book area. Surprisingly, they did not stop at the bookshelf in the restricted book area.
Instead, he walked all the way down the corridor among the bookshelves and into the depths of the restricted book area, until he stopped in front of a wall.
"This is?" "This is the real place where important books are stored. You wouldn't think that there would be any danger or important books in the so-called forbidden book area where lower-grade students can sneak in when they go out at night.
There."
Ryan finally understood why Harry was able to enter the Restricted Area when he was in first grade, because the Restricted Area was not a particularly important place at all. This also explained that when the wizarding world valued knowledge so much, as a school
The reason why Hogwarts, a prestigious school for thousands of years, has such low security where important books are placed.
There is a vivid relief sculpture of a baboon holding a crescent moon on this wall. In traditional mysticism, this image is a symbol of Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom. And I don’t know if it is an illusion, but Ryan thinks this baboon hair
It's slightly bent, and the area on top of the head seems a little refreshed.
Does it mean being extremely smart? Ryan suddenly had a very strange idea, and he began to worry about his hairline. However, Mrs. Pince did not notice that Ryan was thinking randomly. She placed the note in the baboon relief space.
As soon as the note was placed on his hand, the relief began to move.
The relief baboon raised the note in his hand and pointed it at the moon in the other hand. Only then did Ryan discover that the moon was carved separately from a piece of moonstone and placed on it.
The moon carved from moonstone suddenly emitted silver moonlight, which could be seen clearly even in the daytime. Under the moonlight, Professor Dumbledore's signature on the parchment also glowed with golden light and silver moonlight.
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After the inspection, the baboon returned to its original state. Mrs. Pince took off the note and handed it to Lane, then held a branch on the relief and pulled hard.
The stone branch seemed to be stretched like a rubber. After Mrs. Pince let go of her hand, the branch returned to its original shape. Then there was a clicking sound, and a wall beside the relief began to move upward. Finally,
A hole the same size as an ordinary door was revealed.
"Okay, follow me and don't touch anything." Mrs. Pince warned and walked directly to the big hole exposed in the wall, while Ryan followed closely behind.
This is a very tall room. The main body is made of gray, rough stone, which looks unremarkable. But Ryan immediately recognized that this is a very good magic stone that can resist magic.
Attacks are extremely expensive outside. I heard from Fred that only the top families in the wizarding world can use various materials to build their own treasure rooms. But here, the entire house as big as a space is full of this at a glance.
Made of materials.
Entering here through the small door, Ryan felt as if he had entered the kingdom of giants when he stepped on the rough stone floor. A large number of bookshelves one or two stories high stood there like hills, and there were exquisitely crafted bookshelves next to them.
Bronze escalators and platforms.
Various books such as "Herbs, Magical Creatures, Enchantments, and History" are placed in different areas according to categories. There are not only paper books on the bookshelf, but also books written on wood chips and papyrus rolls.
Ryan even saw large stone slabs engraved with various characters at the bottom of several bookshelves.
"It's so majestic!" Ryan could not help but exclaim in a low voice. He had never known that there was such a place in Hogwarts before.
"This has been around since the school was founded." There was a trace of excitement and pride in Mrs. Pince's voice. "Back then, the four giants collected the books and materials they collected here. Over the next thousand years, Hogg
Watts will receive here the very important or very dangerous information collected by the school that is not suitable for leaving outside. It will only be open to those students or professors approved by the principal. And anyone who enters this room will contact Hogg.
Watts himself signed a magical contract and cannot reveal anything in it to others."
Ryan nodded, which would explain why he hadn't heard of this before.
"Okay, put your hand up. A magic certification is required here. If you feel that the magic in your body is stimulated, don't resist." At this time, the two people came to the center of the house. In the center of the library is a
In the open space, there is a stone platform carved from white marble.
After placing his hand on the top of the stone platform, which was inlaid with a whole piece of sunstone larger than the palm of his hand, Ryan felt as if something swept across his palm, giving him a tingling feeling. Moreover, this kind of thing also carried magic when scanning.
Let the magic conditioned reflex in Ryan's body respond in the same way.
"Maybe magic and science will end up the same way in the end." Ryan thought, because this stone platform reminded him of the palm print recognition system seen in science fiction movies.
"You can put your hand down. Your magic power fluctuations have been recorded. Next time you come here, just put your hand in the hand of the baboon relief to open the door. Also, your permission is limited to alchemy. Therefore, you will only be able to open the door in the future.
You can move in these areas. If you move in other areas, there will be a magic barrier blocking you. If you break through forcibly, a warning will be triggered. At the same time, no one can stay in this house for more than six hours a day. After that, they will be affected by the magic inside.
Pop it out. Finally, I wish you can gain the knowledge you want in it." After saying that, Mrs. Pince left neatly, leaving Ryan alone here.
"It's time to get started." Ryan muttered to himself and then walked towards the alchemy area. Even though the alchemy he had mastered before was very profound, the rules would be different in different worlds.
Therefore, if you want to exert full power in this world, then learning the alchemy of this world is a very good way. At least it is much better than slowly exploring it alone through various attempts.