At Hogwarts, one thing is almost universally acknowledged by young wizards, and that is the fact that "History of Magic classes are extremely boring."
However, even so, it is still one of the required courses at Hogwarts.
Over the thousands of years, there have been many types of magic courses that have changed over and over again with the advancement of the times, but the history of magic course has always remained on the students' schedule, and has never been canceled even for a single day.
If you have to ask "why", Maka McClain, who likes this course very much, might tell you - history, which can answer your doubts.
Just like a certain question, it once troubled many Hogwarts students and even professors.
They didn't understand why the founder of Hogwarts would choose to teach in such distinct branches. Some people think it is to teach students in accordance with their aptitude, others think it is to cultivate a sense of competition, and some even say that this is simply a mistake left over from the discord between the founders.
However, these people actually think too much.
Because you only need to read Chapter 9 of "Hogwarts: A School History" to know that Hogwarts will always be one. And the spirit advocated by each college is essentially the same.
Moving forward bravely like Gryffindor may help you reach your destination; but sometimes if you choose to retreat calmly like Slytherin, it may not necessarily mean that you are one step further away from your goal.
Although not many students would be interested in this inconspicuous truth, the book "Hogwarts: A History of the School" would only be remembered by a few young wizards. But coincidentally, Enns, who was theoretically unlikely to read such a book, read it carefully several times because of the relationship between Slytherin and Hufflepuff's Chamber of Secrets.
"... Calm down," Enns said to himself secretly in the crowd, "Think about it, what should I do most now... What is it?"
As he calmed down and thought silently, his steps also slowed down. When Malfoy's back in front became farther and farther away, and was finally completely submerged by the crowd, he suddenly turned around and walked back.
"The Chamber of Secrets! Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets! Now that he's gone, isn't that the best time for me to go to the Chamber of Secrets to find out what's going on?" Enns said in his heart while walking through the crowd, "I hope he hasn't given it there. destroyed-"
He walked all the way back from near the school gate. On the way, he also picked up a broomstick like last time so that he could return safely.
Not long after, Enns, who carefully avoided the sight of others, came to the girls' bathroom on the second floor of the castle.
This time, the Weeping Myrtle didn't seem to be here, which saved some unnecessary delays. He quickly followed the pipe under the sink and came to the secret room deep underground in the castle.
"That's right... If it were me, I would probably do the same thing..."
In fact, he had already thought of this possibility as early as after returning last night. It’s just that you can’t be reconciled if you don’t come here to see it with your own eyes, right
Yes, Enns saw it at this moment - behind the previous wall, there was indeed a "secret room within a secret room". It's a pity that now it can only be called a "ruins within ruins".
Behind the hard stone wall that had a large hole punched out, there were traces of destruction everywhere in the small space. There were fragments of wooden boards, fragments of paper, and brick waste everywhere. Even the walls of the stone room were covered with spider web-like cracks.
It can be seen that it was the mark of being smashed by some kind of force.
"Restored to the original condition!"
Standing in front of the gap in the stone wall, Enns waved his wand and cast a repair spell, but the spell did not have the effect it should have. He didn't know whether this was due to his own lack of ability, or whether there was really no possibility of restoring the things here to their original state.
With the light emitted by the glowing spell of the wand, Enns saw some pages of books that were pressed under the bricks, and he walked in without giving up. He wanted to try to see if he could use his own hands to piece together an answer that should belong to him from these pieces of paper that might contain important information.
"Well… "
As soon as he picked up a fragment of the page on the ground, he didn't even continue to exert force, and the fragment turned into dry and fine crumbs between his fingers.
"…Draco Malfoy!"
Enns, who was getting even more angry at Malfoy because of the completely rotten pieces of paper, didn't know that the books and papers originally placed here had long since lost their preservation magic and had rotted away with the passage of time.
But at this moment, countless green light spots suddenly spewed out from the cracked brick wall behind him, hovering silently around him.
These tiny light spots are like countless fireflies and look extremely beautiful.
And just as Enns was surprised by this sudden and wonderful sight, they quickly flew away, covering the severely damaged stone room with a layer of illusive and real light green shadow.
After a while, Enns was shocked to find that everything in the stone room seemed to have returned to its original appearance. Because those light spots have now merged into one, the original furnishings of the stone chamber have been reproduced in a form similar to an image.
Desks, cupboards, tapestries, clothes hangers, except for the fact that these images are all tinged with green, everything seems to have really appeared in Enns's field of vision.
He looked around, then suddenly raised his head. A large map hanging on the wall above the desk looked particularly clear. It can be said that these images look much clearer and more stable than when Maka injected her magic power into it.
Yes, that actually means that everything Maka did when she came here to look for clues in the past was wrong. Only passing Slytherin's test like Enns did last night was the right way to activate these images.
Of course, there is no right way now, whether it is Enns, Malfoy or Maka. After all, this place was only exposed after Maka brutally "teared it down" from the beginning. No matter how you think about it, this couldn't have been Salazar Slytherin's original intention.
"This is… "
Enns, who was attracted by the ancient map, started to have a headache again just after taking a glance at it, because he couldn't understand the text marked on it.
Last time Hufflepuff's letter was a variant of ancient runes, but now on this map, it is obviously another ancient script symbol. To be honest, he really didn't want to fight with some ancient text translation dictionary unless necessary.
"well… "
Fortunately, after he put aside the depression in his mind and once again cast his gaze on the map and wandered for a while, a rather conspicuous red circle in the light green attracted all his attention.
Even if he doesn't understand a word, but since the prompt is so clear, what reason does he have to complain
Enns suppressed the irritation in his heart and firmly imprinted the position of the red circle and the characters marked next to it in his mind. After the shadow shrouded in the stone room gradually dissipated, he quickly left. This is the real Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.
The map was clearly marked and the details were easy to understand. He could understand that the location should be in a mountain range. As long as he transfers the things in his memory to the paper exactly as they are, and then looks them up and compares them, he will be able to quickly find their approximate location.
As for what kind of troubles and rewards there are in that place, we won't know until we get there... No, to be precise, maybe he has to find a way to get there before Malfoy.
"That guy must be looking for that place..." While Enns was focused on walking to the library, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart, "There is too much time difference, I'm afraid it will be too late... After all, now Should I really compete with that Malfoy for that Slytherin gift?"
This is undoubtedly a very real problem - when the huge gap in strength is clearly before his eyes, all he can choose is to escape in the same embarrassment as last night, and he may not even be able to escape successfully every time.
While walking, Enns stopped moving forward again.
…
"Professor McLean, today's second round of competition is about to begin. Father asked me to inform you."
While Maca was still chatting with Harry and others in the staff lounge, Sarah knocked on the door of the room.
Although he actually wanted to relax a little more, the event was still very important after all, so he had to get up and prepare to leave.
"Let's go! Although I can't take you all to the front seats to watch the game, today's event should be much more interesting than yesterday. Let's go and watch it together!"
After asking Mr. Hohenheim and other members of the jury to make the competition more interesting, as he said, today's second round will be more entertaining. It's just that the selection of questions is a matter for the judging panel, so even he doesn't know what today's competition question will be.
Considering that many contestants were eliminated in the first round yesterday, the average level of the remaining contestants has naturally increased a lot, so even Maka can't help but look forward to it again.
A few minutes later, Maka, Harry and others said goodbye to each other at the entrance of the arena, and then walked to their seats to wait for the game to start.
"After yesterday's fierce competition among the players, we have bid farewell to our brothers and sisters who have worked hard in this arena. Believe me, their hard work will not be in vain. The remaining players will fight with their will and Determination to keep moving forward..."
In the middle arena, Lockhart, as the host, was still in high spirits. The lines that came out of his mouth were equally impassioned and, as always, there were no half-truths.
"This role really suits him." Maka couldn't help but chuckle on the sidelines.