A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 65 The True Inheritance

Looking up at the eagle head sculpture on the stone platform, Owen smiled and said, "I choose to exchange future knowledge for an answer."

The ground shook again, and the five bookshelves surrounding it suddenly sank, sinking into the marble floor without a trace in an instant.At the same time, the black quill quickly slid across the parchment, writing down the answer to a question.

Seeing this spectacular momentum, even with Owen's concentration, he couldn't help but feel a sense of heartache, as if his heart was being held by an invisible big hand.That was the knowledge that he was about to collect into his bag, so much was lost all at once!

"Continue, I still have the same choice." Owen glanced at the surrounding bookshelves and said firmly.

Although the most beneficial choice should be to exchange his existing knowledge, because it can be replenished, but Owen has always been able to clearly understand that only the knowledge in his brain is completely his own and is his reliance .And those books outside, no matter how profound and precious they are, don't really belong to him at this moment, even though Metis said that Owen will get them.

Moreover, allowing a magic item to take away the knowledge in his mind?Who knows if it'll siphon off something else!It is impossible for Owen to give trust without reservation, even if it is something left by Ravenclaw!

"Besides..." Owen glanced at the eagle head sculpture again, with a clear smile in his eyes.He may have understood the deep meaning of this test.

Another five bookshelves sank into the ground, and he said lightly, "Continue!"

The rumbling sound continued, and there were fewer and fewer blank topics on the parchment.By the time the parchment was filled with beautiful fonts, the surrounding bookshelves had been reduced by half.

"I'm done answering, Metis." Owen took a step back, his smile flawlessly elegant.

The parchment quietly burned on the stone platform, leaving no trace of ashes in the end.The sapphire eyes of the eagle head sculpture flickered for a while, and a pleasant female voice came out with a hint of joy: "Congratulations on passing the test. Over the years, you have been number 30."

An illusory ancient book emitting a white shimmer slowly floated out from the stone platform. The pages of the book flipped open, and a page with complicated and mysterious black patterns on the edge floated towards Owen, floating up and down in front of him.A few lines of ancient blue runes appeared on the page, flickering as if they had life.

"You have been recognized, please put your right fist on your chest, swear to Ravenclaw, and then leave your name on the book of inheritance." Metis said happily.

"Swear, then sign?" Owen tilted his head back slightly, looking at the writing on the page.

"I will carry out Ravenclaw's will, uphold virtuousness and justice; I will pass on Ravenclaw's wisdom, forever curious and awe-inspiring; I will pursue knowledge until I die..."

Owen looked deeply at the sculpture of the eagle head, and Metis' voice came slowly: "This is not an oath with magical effects, but an oath to your heart, a self-creed... Ravenclaw hopes that his The inheritors must have their own persistence."

"Tsk tsk, although this creed is quite normal, even if you don't agree with it in your heart, it's okay to deceive you for the sake of inheritance, and it has no magical effect anyway..." Owen stared at the sapphire eyes of the eagle's head, and said slowly, "But you can't. Nonsense, vows cannot be made indiscriminately, what if it comes true?"

He glanced at the page in front of him again, and curled his lips slightly: "Besides, all the books have warned us not to leave our names or marks that can represent ourselves in places with magical powers, because you don't know if it will harm you or not." Is it a contract or a curse..." Especially some bastards like to hide the content of the contract in inconspicuous patterns, or shrink it so that the naked eye cannot distinguish it!

"Do you think Ravenclaw will harm your students?" Metis just asked back, "You are too cautious, little guy." As she said, the ancient book with white light slowly turned the pages, making Owen Saw a personal name before him.

"Ravenclaw may not harm me, but you may not." Owen saw everything in his eyes and just said with a smile.

"Then, let's make a choice." Metis didn't force it, and the gorgeous door quietly appeared behind Owen, which was the door he walked in. "Get the inheritance, or just leave."

Owen stared at the always solemn and indifferent sculpture of the eagle head, and then looked up at the beautiful but stern face of the Ravenclaw statue. After smiling, he turned and walked towards the gorgeous bronze door without hesitation. .

Under Metis' silent gaze, the door slid open soundlessly.Owen waved his hand, then walked in directly.

In a daze before his eyes, Owen raised his eyes and looked around, only to realize that he was still in the familiar circular room in front of him. There were snow-white clouds floating in the sky outside the transparent dome, and the sunlight shining in was bright and warm.

Melet squatted on his shoulders, raised her little paws and patted his cheeks with soft pads, her golden eyes were full of doubt and curiosity.When she caught Owen looking at her, she yawned, jumped lightly off his shoulders, and walked gracefully towards the Ravenclaw marble statue.

Owen blinked, wiped his cheeks with pink plum marks on the pads, and then turned his head to look at the door behind him.Obviously he just walked out of it, but it seemed like he just walked into this secret room.

There seems to be no change in the circular room, but it seems to have changed a lot.The bookshelves around stood there silently, but the bookshelves that had sunk into the ground had all returned, the books suspended in front of the statue had disappeared, and the eagle head sculpture of Metis was still silent and solemn.

"Welcome, inheritor." Metis' voice came from the sculpture, still mellow like singing.

Owen looked at everything around him, and suddenly said: "The test just now was an illusion?" He had even forgotten Melet at the time.

"Everything is an illusion, but why isn't it real?" Metis said softly.

"Then I have passed the test?" Owen approached with a smile, and Melet was spinning lazily at his feet, rubbing his back against his ankle.

"Yes, it seems that you have discovered the essence of the test a long time ago." Metis said briskly.

"I just realized that this test is not only a test of wisdom and knowledge, but more of a test of xinxing." Owen said flatly, "I think the self-created spell is a test of reason and awe, caution and awe. Shrewd. If anyone gets injured trying to create a powerful spell without knowing it, he will be eliminated."

"That exam was more about seeing the examiner's greed for knowledge between trade-offs, and the same is true for the oath, but it also added inner torture."

"Of course, all these tests are just tricks that can be seen through by people who have been sober from beginning to end." Owen said slowly, looking around at the bookshelves around him.

"That's right, only those who are persistent and greedy enough for knowledge can find it here, but only the most sober or least greedy among them can get the real inheritance." Metis said in a chant-like tone, "This is Ravenclaw designed it all."

"I'm curious, what would have happened if I had sworn the oath?" Owen asked with a half-smile.

"Then you can get the rest of the collection as you wish." Metis said calmly, "Actually, after you pass the test of self-created spells, you are already qualified to obtain them. After all, Ravenc The purpose of Lao leaving this secret room is not to seal up knowledge, but to pass it on."

"But the most precious part will not be handed over to me, right?" Owen nodded knowingly.

"That's right, for thousands of years, there are only six people who have truly passed the test." Metis said softly, "Ravenclaw finally understood before his death that the insatiable thirst for knowledge will only bring tragedy... In a way, she herself died of a greed for knowledge."

"Therefore, when designing this secret room, she focused the test on her heart and will."

Metis fell silent, but the ground shook slightly again.A circle of more ornate black carved bookshelves rose up from the floor. They were taller and more solemn than other bookshelves, and the rows of thick books were full of mysterious and ancient historical charm.

"They contain advanced knowledge in various fields, including lost ancient books, mysterious and profound spells, and Ravenclaw's own research results, including complete and unfinished ones." Metis dutifully introduced .

All the books are placed on different bookshelves by category, including Charms, Alchemy, Potions, etc., involving various fields and covering everything.

Owen stood in front of the Charmology bookshelf, identifying the titles on the spine of the books one by one.This bookshelf seems to be so big, but there are not a lot of books inside, which should be the effect of the traceless stretching spell.It is also divided into many small categories, such as the theory of spells, advanced spells and applications, general magic, black and white magic, and so on.

Noticing that Owen was standing in front of the Charmology bookshelf with great interest and looking at it, Metis seriously advised:

"Please don't rely on the "Seven-point Construction of Spell Runes" you learned in the test, and please don't publish it. It will only kill the wizard's curiosity and creativity, and in the long run it will be an improvement stumbling block, and it is for this reason that Ravenclaw chose to seal it in the first place."

"I know." Owen nodded, he didn't pay much attention to that thing.

"You can read the "Mystery of Magic Power" on the top first." Metis said with relief, "I think it should be helpful to you."

(End of this chapter)