Chapter 218 216. The part under the sea
It was only the magic power on the first rune that was absorbed. The gem that had been completely used up by Jon in Azkaban actually changed from blue to red to a degree visible to the naked eye.
This is the change that Jon has absorbed the magic power of all the students in the fourth grade and below in the entire carriage, which has never changed!
This proves that the people who wrote these rune texts have extremely powerful magic power, definitely surpassing most people in the magic world.
This is a key piece of evidence.
Jon doesn't know any wizards with this level of magical power, but what he can be sure of is that the former Voldemort must have been so powerful!
And he passed by this tower during the month that he disappeared.
All kinds of coincidental evidence are superimposed, and some doubts can become empirical evidence.
Now not only Sir Stoke is eager to know who left what in his house, but Jon also wants to know what Voldemort has hidden.
What is it in this tower that attracts him.
Of course, Jon doesn't mind at all when he gets the answer and also gives himself the opportunity to reserve sufficient magic power.
There are thousands of runes on the slate, each of which contains unique magic power, and Jon can eat it bit by bit.
It's just that now, after all, the gem has been inlaid on the ring, and the ring is worn on his hand. With him as a transfer station for absorbing magic power, there is no way to directly absorb it all at once like in Hogwarts Castle at that time. With the amount of powerful magic power, he can only slowly digest word by word.
"I need some time sir, there are too many runes on the slate, and there is no way to solve them all at once."
Sir Stoke also saw that Jon's method was indeed effective. Although he didn't understand how Jon could erase the magic power in the rune just by touching it with his finger, he knew clearly that Jon was not Lying to fool him.
"Don't worry, Professor Johnson, as long as you are not in a hurry, I can let you live with me forever, and even if the students you stay on the ship are difficult to explain, you can also bring them to me together, as long as it does not exceed One hundred people, I have plenty of room here to live in."
Sir Stoke obviously showed his sincerity enough, but Jon didn't intend to take all the students on the Hogwarts to the tower at all.
They weren't really on vacation, and no one could guarantee that Voldemort only made one arrangement in this tower.
If it weren't for someone to help him thoroughly explore the tower, Jon didn't even want to bring Neville and Hermione up at first.
While Jon and Sir Stoke were re-studying the runic slate on the top of the tower.
Hermione and Luna have arrived at the foyer on the first floor.
After Jon took the three boys back to the ship to move books, the two girls continued to hang out with Rabiel down the tower. Even if the boys came back, they did not rejoin them, but were divided into two groups, and the girls continued. Down, the boys go up from the living room.
It is impossible for Rabiel to follow them all the time. There are still a lot of miscellaneous tasks in this tower that need to be done by it, not to mention that it is now close to lunch time, and it has to prepare lunch for seven people by itself.
So now Hermione and the others have no one else to follow.
"It's hard to imagine that there are so many rooms, and only the jazz and the elf live there."
They walked all the way, if the stairs themselves can take people around like an elevator, their legs would have been tired and numb.
Even now, the two girls don’t feel relaxed. Rabiel followed him and could prepare tea for them at any time, but now they can no longer find someone to ask for tea.
Luna didn't seem to hear Hermione's words, her eyes were fixed on the corner of the hallway, a place where large potted plants were placed.
Hermione followed her gaze, and then saw another black cat just under the potted plant.
The cat was lying in the corner, looking at them with those eyes that reflected the firelight.
"The elf named Rabiel said that these cats in the tower were bred from two ordinary black cats. Are you very interested in them?" Hermione asked.
Luna shook her head.
"No, I just feel like the cats don't like us."
Hermione showed a puzzled expression on her face. She approached the black cat lying in the corner, squatted down, and reached out to stroke its fur, but the black cat stood up as if disgusted, and nimbly hid. She released Hermione's hand and left with graceful steps.
Hermione, who was "ugly rejected", didn't feel much frustration. Her parents had promised her to buy a cat as a pet when she grew up, so she also did some research on the habits of this animal.
"It can't be said that I don't like it. Most cats basically have this kind of personality, even for the owners who adopt them."
Luna didn't say anything more, what she said just now seemed to be just casually.
They wandered around the foyer a few times, and found nothing superfluous about the elegant decoration here, but when Hermione stood in front of the window and saw the gentle sea surface in front of her, she suddenly had an idea.
"We are not on land now. If we look at the principle of building a house on the ground, the foundation of this tower must be rooted in the ground on the seabed."
She looked at Luna thoughtfully.
"This also means that the first floor above the sea where we are now cannot actually be called the first floor of this tower. There should be other floors under our feet."
Luna showed great interest in Hermione's discovery. She seemed to think that a tower divided into two sections by sea water was cool.
"Then if there are floors below, where is the entrance? We have already finished the stairs."
Hermione didn't give an answer, obviously she didn't know where the entrance was.
But generally speaking, if the floor below the sea really exists, then the passage to it will basically be on the first floor above the sea, which is the foyer they are in now.
"Look around," said Hermione.
The two girls separated, and they began to search in the foyer that had already wandered around a few times.
Luna lifted the carpet, but did not find any tunnels or trapdoors underneath. Hermione tried to touch the surrounding potted plants and various decorations. She felt that since this kind of entrance was not placed on the bright side, it must be will be hidden in an inconspicuous place.
However, just as they were searching and Hermione was pondering over an ordinary portrait, Rabiel suddenly appeared beside them.
(end of this chapter)