After finishing 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 write down the 100 riddles and answers proposed by the Eagle Ring first, so as not to forget these things after a while.
After all, rapid memory cannot last long. Unless Albert is frequently questioned by the Eagle Ring like the students of Ravenclaw, it is impossible for him to remember the general content after a long period of time.
As the saying goes, a good memory is worse than a bad pen.
This motto from my previous life still makes a lot of sense.
It took Albert a lot of time to organize and record these one hundred riddles and answers. By the time he put down his pen and stretched, it was already past noon.
During every Quidditch game, unless it ends early, a large group of people basically don't eat lunch until the end of the game.
As for dinner
Quidditch games rarely lasted into the evening, so how incompetent would the two Seekers have to be to not be able to catch a single Snitch in several hours
After all, there are only a few matches that last a whole day.
Albert put away his notebook, rubbed the muscles on his cheek, and cast his eyes on the eagle ring on the old wooden board in the corner of the library. He took a deep breath, raised his hand and tapped the board twice, and the eagle ring spoke a riddle:
You are not in the past and the future, but now I can see you, where are you
"In the mirror," Albert answered immediately.
"That makes sense." Yinghuan said, and a door opened out of nowhere.
“Success!”
Albert clenched his fist excitedly, raised his wand and walked through the door. He found himself in a huge round marble chamber, with burning blue torches illuminating the surroundings.
"Eternal fire?" Albert looked at the torches on the wall. At this moment, he suddenly had the urge to take a torch down and study it.
"Where is Ravenclaw's treasure of knowledge?" Albert murmured.
This is a secret room without windows. It is very empty inside, which fits the so-called bare walls.
There is something fishy here, as some strange symbols are engraved on the marble walls.
"Ancient magic runes?"
In fact, the moment Albert entered this secret room, he had already noticed the ancient magic runes on the wall.
There was no other way. Apart from the eternal fire, the only thing that could attract Albert's attention was the ancient magic words on the wall. He walked towards the wall, stretched out his hand and brushed the carvings on the wall, and began to carefully translate the actual content of the ancient magic words.
The ancient magic words that Professor Broad and Professor Smith showed him were indeed copied from here.
However, in Albert's memory, the writing used by wizards a thousand years ago should be ancient magic words. English, which is borrowed from Latin, was introduced to Britain later.
Then... shouldn't I read the words on the wall from the perspective of translation? Does it exist just to record something
Or is there some secret hidden in the ancient magic words
It took Albert half an hour to finish reading the ancient magic words carved on the wall in front of him and copy them into his notebook.
The text on the wall probably talked about the founding of Hogwarts, which was similar to the documents Albert saw in the library.
Originally, Hogwarts was established to protect wizards from being persecuted.
After all, Muggles are afraid of magic, and they persecute wizards because of their fear of magic, and to make matters worse, a thousand years ago during the Dark Ages, Britain was in the horrific Viking Age.
From the fact that the castle of Hogwarts is located on a hill by the lake and the exact location of the school is under a spell and cannot be mapped, it can be seen that when the four giants built Hogwarts, they had already considered the possibility of enemies attacking Hogwarts, so they set up a series of defensive measures in the castle.
Albert did not forget that the armor and knight statues of Hogwarts Castle could be driven by spells when necessary. This meant that with hundreds of troops who were not afraid of death, combined with the terrain and defense measures of the castle, even the notorious Vikings could not capture Hogwarts Castle at that time.
However, this long-known history of Hogwarts is not what Albert wants. There should be more content in Ravenclaw's treasure trove of knowledge!
asshole!
At least, you should leave me some books or something else.
Could it be that someone else had emptied it out first
Albert glanced at the task "Searching for Ravenclaw's Treasury of Knowledge" on the task panel and found that it was not completed.
Could it be that this is not Ravenclaw's treasure trove of knowledge
Or is there some secret hidden in this secret room
Albert walked around the secret room again. Apart from the magic runes on the wall, there was really nothing else.
However, Albert made some new discoveries.
Something like a puzzle. Why is it called a puzzle? That's because the magic symbols on it have been broken up.
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 and talent are mankind's greatest wealth.
Then what
Albert pieced together its scattered magic words and read them out in ancient magic words.
He felt that something was missing, but Albert himself couldn't tell what it was.
If this is a treasure trove of knowledge, then what kind of knowledge does it contain
Albert couldn't figure it out for a moment. He felt that it was definitely not ancient magic runes, because that was the writing used in that era. It certainly wasn't the History of Hogwarts on the wall. So, what was left here
That sentence: Extraordinary intelligence and talent are mankind’s greatest wealth
Or the eternal fire on the wall
Albert took down a piece of eternal fire from the wall, placed it in front of him and looked at it carefully. This thing was a bit similar to the shape of the Olympic flame, and there were indeed some ancient magic runes carved on it. In this respect, it was not very different from the protective bracelet made by Albert.
However, the effects of these ancient magic words are surprisingly great.
Albert knew this might be the power of magic words.
But, does this have anything to do with the treasure trove of knowledge
If there is a connection, then... what secrets are hidden in this treasure trove of knowledge
Albert felt a headache. He really couldn't figure out what secrets were hidden here.
"Forget it, let's just write this down first!" Albert put the Eternal Fire back. Professor Broad and Professor Smith probably didn't find the secret in the secret room.
As for, was there a wizard who discovered the secret here in the past and took away the things that were originally placed in this secret room
This possibility should be small.