Hogwarts: Please graduate soon

For being able to say "admitting defeat" in such a stylish way, Wayne instantly stood in awe of the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker.

It is indeed a thing made by Ravenclaw, so smart.

Waving at the door knocker who was still pretending to be dead, he was about to walk into the passage, but suddenly asked:

"What is the answer to the question just now?"

After a moment of silence, the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker finally gave the answer: "Pi, or π."

Wayne raised his eyebrows, thought silently, and then nodded.

The eagle-shaped bronze door knocker was indeed not fooling him, and pi was completely in line with it.

I in eternity keeps rotating, without beginning or end, which means that pi is an infinite non-repeating decimal.

The wise pursue me, the foolish ignore me, which refers to the wide application of pi, not only in Muggle society, but also often used in wizard astronomy or astrology.

There is a saying that as long as you understand pi, you will master a truth.

And the last sentence, I am invisible, but I affect the shape of all things, means that pi is a mathematical concept, an abstract existence, but the design of many objects applies pi to make the invisible visible.

The three correspond to each other, which is a perfect answer.

"Did you come up with this question?" Wayne asked curiously. No matter how you look at it, this eagle-shaped bronze door knocker is not as smart as him, and it can come up with such a wonderful puzzle.

"No, it's my creator." The door knocker said: "Ravenclaw's wisdom is still shocking even after a thousand years."

Wayne felt much more comfortable now. It's not shameful to lose to Ravenclaw, but he always felt embarrassed to lose to a doorknob.

...

Wayne finally came to the lounge of Ravenclaw after passing through the passage. He was surprised to find that there were still people in the lounge in the middle of the night.

"Wayne, you really came in?"

Seeing the boy suddenly appear, Qiu, who was a little sleepy, instantly became energetic, ran to the boy's side, and looked at him happily.

"Didn't we agree to rest normally and not worry about me? Why are you still in the lounge?" Wayne gently kissed the girl's forehead and said softly.

Qiu hugged him and sighed lazily: "I'm just a little curious. I want to know if you can pass the test. By the way, what question did the door knocker ask?"

Wayne repeated the question. Qiu thought hard for a long time, but still couldn't think of the answer.

When Wayne said pi and explained it one by one, it suddenly dawned on him.

Then he looked at the boy with admiration: "You are amazing. You can answer such difficult questions."

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Wayne responded without blushing: "Of course, I am quite wise."

Letting others answer is also a kind of wisdom.

"Hmm!" Qiu gave a loving kiss as a reward.

"Okay, go back and rest." Seeing the girl's eyes were full ofAlmost unable to open his eyes, Wayne said again, it's almost two o'clock in the morning, and there are classes tomorrow.

Qiu nodded obediently, and said before leaving: "I don't know where Ms. Grey has gone, but she will come back every night to look at the Ravenclaw statue for a while. This is what Marietta told me."

"I know, if she doesn't come back later, I will come again tomorrow."

"Well, then I'll go back to sleep first."

Qiu waved and walked into the girls' dormitory corridor. He was the only one left in the lounge.

Wayne looked at the layout and decoration style of the lounge.

This is the last public lounge he has been to, and it also has a very strong college style.

The Ravenclaw public lounge is a spacious round room with a light blue overall color, a large number of floor-to-ceiling windows, and blue and bronze silk curtains. If it is daytime, the lighting must be very good.

The whole room gives people a fresh and elegant comfort, which is much better than the coldness of Slytherin and the solemnity of Gryffindor, but Wayne thinks it is still not as good as Hufflepuff.

The Hufflepuff lounge is warm like spring all year round, and the little sunshine is also unusually lazy, which always gives the little wizard a feeling of home, making people relax and unconsciously want to sleep.

Wayne often sees little badgers lying on the sofa and sleeping soundly, sleeping more sweetly than in bed.

In addition, this lounge gives him the feeling that there are many books, very, very many.

There are many plants hanging on the walls of Hufflepuff, while the walls of Ravenclaw are bookcases filled with books.

Even next to the single sofas in groups of three or two, there are piles of books.

The most abrupt thing is that the two projection devices he made were placed in the middle of a pile of books, which seemed a bit awkward.

Because this is a tower, the area of ​​Ravenclaw's lounge is much smaller, but it is divided into two floors, and there is enough space for activities.

Wayne came to the statue of Ravenclaw.

The founder wore a complicated robe, a hood on her head, a wand in her left hand, and a book in her right hand.

On her head, there was a gorgeous crown, exactly the same as the one in Wayne's hand.

This is a replica made to commemorate the lost crown.

Although it was just a statue, Wayne could see that Ravenclaw must have been a beautiful woman with fair skin and beautiful appearance.

No wonder the Sorting Hat also praised her and said that it would be great if she was a Ravenclaw hat.

It's just... Wayne always felt that this statue looked familiar, not in appearance, but in temperament.

"You are not the little wizard of this academy."

Just as Wayne was staring at the statue in a daze, a ghost floated down from the starry sky ceiling and said in a cold voice.

Wayne turned his head to look at her. She was a young beauty with long hair down to her waist. Even the wide cloak could not cover her proud figure. It was just that the arrogance on her face was intimidating.

This was the first time he had seen the ghost of Ravenclaw College. She seemed to have always been alone, and had never even attended the start-of-term dinner or the Halloween party.

"I am Wayne Lawrence from Hufflepuff." Wayne said.

Ms. Grey looked at him and said after a moment: "I know you, a genius of Hufflepuff. Students often talk about you and play the games you made."

"Oh yes, and you are also a master at coaxing girls."

The last sentence was full of deep disgust.

"Since you know me, it will be much easier." Wayne said cheerfully, without any anger after being ridiculed: "I came here specifically to find you, Ms. Grey."

"Looking for me?" Ms. Grey frowned slightly, "What do you want to do?"

"How about talking about the crown?"

Ms. Grey sneered and said contemptuously: "Another greedy little wizard."

"You are not the first one. Generation after generation of students have tried to get the whereabouts of the crown from me, but they all failed, and you are no exception."

As she said this, she was about to float away.

But Wayne's next sentence made her illusory figure freeze.

"Not necessarily? I remember that more than fifty years ago, a Slytherin student got a lot of information from you."

Ms. Grey turned around abruptly. Ghosts cannot blush. Her transparent cheeks became blurred. "Who are you and why do you know all this!"

"Are you his lackey?"

"Ms. Grey, it is very rude to slander people." Wayne said unhappily: "With Tom's honor, I don't even want to be my lackey."

"As for the crown, I have already got it." Wayne said, taking out the Ravenclaw crown.

The moment she saw the crown, Ms. Grey became even more excited. Silver-white water drops slid down her cheeks and then disappeared, which made Wayne amazed.

So ghosts can cry too?

"Did you steal it from him?" Ms. Grey said excitedly, "No, that's not right. I heard from students that he has become a very powerful dark wizard. You can't do it."

"Did you steal it? That's possible. Anyway, it's fine as long as you can get it back."

Ms. Grey wanted to touch the crown, but her slender fingers penetrated the crown, making Wayne feel cold.

So this is what it feels like to be penetrated by a ghost?

Wayne thought about it for a moment, then put the crown away.

Ms. Grey was stunned, and then became angry: "You want to take it for yourself too? It belongs to Ravenclaw!"

"Take down the fake and put the real crown on it!"

"You are wrong. It used to belong to Ravenclaw." Wayne chuckled and shook his head: "But now, the crown belongs only to me."

"After the crown was stolen, its ownership changed. You shouldThis is the clearest, Ms. Grey."

"No." The young man suddenly paused, and then said: "At this time, it would be more appropriate to call you Helena?"

Ms. Grey, no, Helena looked at him in shock.

"You...you...how did you know?"

Wayne sighed, "Are you asking me a hundred thousand questions? Why do you have to ask me everything?"

"The point now is not this, do you know what happened to the crown?"

Helena was stunned, "What happened? Aren't you just coveting my mother's wisdom?"

Since her identity was revealed, Helena no longer concealed it, but she didn't understand what Wayne meant by this.

"No, it's much more serious than this. Voldemort, oh, that is, Tom, who coaxed you into a state of confusion, made the crown into a Horcrux. "

Helena's eyes widened.

"Horcrux? What is that?"

Wayne: "......."

"No wonder you feel stupid." Wayne looked at her with a look of disappointment: "As the daughter of Ravenclaw, you don't even know what a Horcrux is?"

"So what is it?"

Helena was furious, "Don't just say a name and think you can scare me!"

Looking at the clarity and stupidity in the ghost's eyes, Wayne was finally defeated and told the basic knowledge of Horcruxes.

After listening to his explanation, Helena's whole body was shaking.

"How dare he, how dare he use black magic to defile his mother's crown!" The ghost's voice became sharp: "Lawrence, help me kill him, as long as you kill him, the crown will be yours!"

"Do you have the ability to order me now? "Wayne looked at her with contempt: "Whether you admit it or not, the crown is now my property."

Helena sneered, and she thought of an idea: "Then I will go to Dumbledore and ask him to take the crown back."

The boy made a gesture of please come at will: "Go quickly, do you think he doesn't know that the crown is in my hand? I just told him this morning, but he can't do anything to me."

"But if you really go, I will put your mother's crown in the bathroom."

"You dare!"

Helena was shocked and angry, but seeing the boy's calm appearance, she didn't dare to gamble.

Finally, she could only say helplessly: "What do you want to do? Did you come to me just to show off that you got the crown?"

"Of course not. "Wayne smiled slightly: "I still respect the daughter of the founder very much, and naturally I won't do such a provocative act. ”

“Helena, I have had the crown for a while, but its effect is far from as powerful as the legend says.”

“You were also the owner of the crown back then. Did I not find the right way to use it, or was the effect of the crown exaggerated?”

Seeing that Wayne had something to ask of her, HelenaNa was shocked, and returned to her initial arrogance, saying contemptuously:

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because I can destroy the Horcrux without damaging the crown itself."

Wayne said faintly: "Ms. Helena, you don't want your mother to be defiled, do you?"

"As long as you tell me the secret, I will help you destroy the soul fragments in it."

Helena was furious: "It is to defile my mother's relics, please speak clearly!"

"Same meaning." Wayne waved his hand and suddenly yawned.

"It's getting late, make a decision quickly."

There was another silence, Helena seemed to be thinking about something, hesitated for a long time, and then said:

"Actually... I have never used the crown."

"What?" Wayne looked at her in disbelief: "Are you kidding?"

"It's true."

Helena gave up struggling completely, and while talking, she also talked about the side of the cloak. There was a long scar on the white chest, and there were silver-white blood spots around it.

Wayne blinked.

The scar is really big, ah, the blood is really white.

It can be seen that Ravenclaw definitely didn't treat this daughter badly back then, and the nutrition was really good.

"I stole the crown and fled to Albania. I was so scared that I didn't have time to use it."

"The Bloody Baron caught up with me quickly. He killed me in anger and then committed suicide."

"From beginning to end, I never wore the crown on my head."

When talking about this past event, Helena still had a painful expression.

She betrayed her mother just to gain higher wisdom, but she didn't even have the chance to try and died under Baron's knife.

"In other words, you don't know anything?" Wayne took a deep breath. He felt that he was about to break his defense.

After wasting most of the day, he actually got such an answer.

"No, of course I know." Helena stubbornly retorted: "I don't know how powerful the crown is, but I know it will not be as ordinary as you said."

"Mother often wears the crown, including when she designs the corridors of the school, the secret passages everywhere, and when she decides on the courses. Whenever there is an important matter to be decided, she always wears the crown."

Wayne thought: "So I haven't found the right way to use it?"

"That must be the case." Helena answered with great certainty, and then her voice softened:

"Lawrence, I have told you all the information I know, and you must abide by the agreement and destroy that disgusting soul."

"I have done so." Wayne waved his hand listlessly and walked to the door: "The crown is now pure."

Helena followed him and floated: "You didn't lie to me?"

"No, if you don't believe it, you can ask Dumbledore."

The ghost suddenlyMy perception of the boy has improved a lot.

"By the way."

Wayne walked to the door and was about to push it open when he suddenly turned back:

"One last question."

"Ask it."

"Your mother is a Ravenclaw...then who is your father?".