Chapter 226 What about knowledge?
After ending the riddle bet with Katrina, Albert did not go to the stadium to watch the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, but went directly to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor. He planned to record down the hundred riddles and answers raised by Eagle Ring first, so as not to forget these things after a while.
Fast memory cannot be long-lasting after all. Unless Albert is often asked questions by the eagle ring like a Ravenclaw student, it is simply impossible to remember the general content after a long time.
As the saying goes, a good memory is worse than a bad writing.
This motto from the previous life is still very reasonable.
It took Albert a lot of time to sort out and record these one hundred riddles and answers. By the time he put down his pen and stretched out, it was already past twelve noon.
Every Quidditch match, unless it ends early, a large group of people will basically skip lunch until the end of the game.
As for dinner?
Quidditch games rarely last into the evening. How useless do the two Seekers have to be to not catch a Golden Snitch within a few hours?
There are only a few games that last for a whole day.
Albert put away his notebook, stretched out his hand to rub the muscles on his cheeks, and turned his gaze to the eagle ring on the old wooden board in the corner of the library. He took a deep breath, raised his hand and tapped on the wooden board twice, and Eagle Ring spoke out a riddle:
You are not in the past or future. I can see you now. Where are you?
“In the mirror.” Albert replied immediately.
"That makes sense." After Ying Huan said this, a door opened out of thin air.
“Succeeded!”
Albert clenched his fists excitedly, raised his wand and walked through the door. He found himself in a large circular marble chamber, illuminated by burning blue torches.
“Eternal fire?” Albert looked at the torches on the wall. At this moment, he suddenly had the urge to take a torch and study it.
“Where is the treasure of Ravenclaw’s knowledge?” Albert murmured.
This is a secret room without windows. It is very empty inside, which is consistent with the so-called four walls of a house.
It’s not like there’s nothing here, there are some weird characters and symbols carved on the marble walls.
“Ancient magic text?”
Actually, the moment Albert entered this secret room, he had already noticed the ancient magic script on the wall.
There is no other way. Apart from the eternal fire, only the ancient runes on the walls can attract Albert's attention. He stepped towards the wall, brushed his hand over the carvings on the wall, and began to carefully translate the actual content of the ancient magic text.
The ancient magic text that Professor Brod and Professor Smith showed him was indeed copied from here.
However, in Albert's memory, the writing used by wizards a thousand years ago should have been ancient magic script. English, a writing borrowed from Latin, was only introduced to Britain later.
Then...shouldn’t I read the writing on the wall from a translation perspective? Does it only exist to record something?
Or are there any secrets hidden in the ancient magic texts?
It took Albert half an hour to read the ancient magic text carved on the wall in front of him and copy it into his notebook.
The writing on the wall probably talks about the establishment of Hogwarts, which is similar to the documentary records Albert saw in the library.
Originally, Hogwarts was established to protect wizards from persecution.
From the fact that the castle where Hogwarts is located is located on a mountain by the lake, and the exact location of the school and the castle is cast and cannot be plotted, it can be seen that the four giants had already considered the possibility of enemies when they established Hogwarts. To attack Hogwarts, a series of defensive measures were set up in the castle.
Albert has not forgotten that the armor and knight statues in Hogwarts Castle can be enchanted when necessary. This means that with an army of hundreds or thousands who are not afraid of death, and combined with the castle's terrain and defensive measures, at that time, even the notorious Vikings could not capture Hogwarts Castle.
However, this long-known history of Hogwarts is not what Albert wants. There should be more than this in the Ravenclaw knowledge treasure house!
asshole!
At least, you have to leave me some books or other things.
Has it been vacated by others first?
Albert glanced at the task "Searching for Ravenclaw's Treasure House of Knowledge" on the task panel, and it turned out that it had not been completed.
Could it be said that this is not Ravenclaw’s treasure trove of knowledge?
Or is there any secret hidden in this secret room?
Albert walked around the secret room again. Apart from the magic writing on the wall, there was really nothing else.
However, Albert made some new discoveries.
Something like a puzzle. As for why it is called a puzzle? That's because the magic symbols on it were scattered.
Albert thought it might be a door, or something else, but he still couldn't understand it, or rather he couldn't understand it:
Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind.
Then what?
Albert pieced together its scattered magic script and read it out in ancient magic script.
He felt vaguely that something was missing. As for what exactly was missing, Albert himself couldn't tell clearly.
If this is a treasure house of knowledge, then what kind of knowledge does it hide?
Albert couldn't figure it out for a moment. He felt that it must not be ancient magic writing, because it was the writing used in that era, and it certainly couldn't be the history of Hogwarts on the wall. So, what is left here?
That sentence: Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind?
Or the eternal fire on the wall?
Albert took down an eternal fire from the wall and looked at it carefully. It was somewhat similar to the shape of the Olympic flame. Sure enough, it was engraved with some ancient magic inscriptions. In this regard, Albert made protective gloves. The difference in rings is actually not that big.
However, the effects of these ancient magic texts are very surprising.
Albert knew that this might be the power of magical words.
Just, is this related to the treasure trove of knowledge?
If it is really related, then...what secrets are hidden in the treasure house of knowledge?
Albert felt a headache. He really couldn't figure out what secrets were hidden here.
"Forget it, write this down first!" Albert put the eternal fire back. Professor Brod and Professor Smith probably didn't find the secret in the secret room.
As for, a certain wizard who discovered the secret here in the past took away the things originally placed in this secret room?
This possibility should be unlikely.
(End of this chapter)