Hogwarts, where the stars shine

The Easter holidays were over, the bad weather was getting better day by day, and the sun began to shine faintly on Hogwarts again.

In the Slytherin dungeons, the mood brightened.

Although they withdrew from the competition for the Quidditch Cup early, thanks to their own dean, they are still in the lead in the College Cup rankings.

Of course, that optimism assumes there will be no Quidditch matches.As long as you can't see the players on the court or their eye-catching performances, you can deceive yourself and pretend that nothing happened.

Monsters, ghosts, and snake gods don't exist at all.

Looking at the entire Hogwarts, who dares to touch my Slytherin!

This courage was probably given by Hogwarts Batman.After all, in the eyes of the Slytherin cubs, nothing strange has happened in the academy for a long time, and they have found a sense of security in their young dean.

Snape wandered around the castle all day long, deducting points whenever he disagreed, ensuring the Academy's lead.

But the righteous man of Hogwarts lost his courage at this time, or maybe he just wanted to avoid the limelight temporarily and avoid Dumbledore's eyes.

Since Slytherin fell into a collective coma, the people behind the scenes have once again cowered away and have not taken any action.Even Mr. Justice, who was underwater, could not bear the dark circles on Mesa's face.

After the Easter holidays, Mesa began to stay up late to practice spirituality.

The restricted book section of the library and the Slytherin lounge are his main areas of activity.

The forbidden book area allows Mesa to master more magic to deal with possible dangers; the common room can not only wait and see, but also learn more about the place where you live.

Mesa had a very strong feeling that there was a huge secret hidden in the common room.

This secret must have been very tempting to Steele Martin, so he tried to enter the Slytherin common room again and again despite Dumbledore's presence, even at the risk of hurting students for it.

In order to confirm his hunch, Mesa almost read through "Hogwarts: A School History".

In this book of more than 1000 pages, Mesa did not find the secret of the common room, but read a few words about the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

The Chamber of Secrets has been a legend at Hogwarts for centuries.

According to legend, Salazar Slytherin himself built the Chamber of Secrets without the other founders knowing about it.

The purpose of building a secret room and raising monsters is to purify the school one day and purge all those who are not worthy of learning magic.

But the secret room only exists in legends. The school has conducted many investigations over the past thousand years, but it has never been able to find this secret room and failed to confirm that the legend is true.

Putting aside the veracity of the legend, if Steele Martin was searching for Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, what good would it do him personally?

What's more, according to legend, only the heir of Slytherin can open the Chamber of Secrets. Steele Martin is a Gryffindor, why should he join in the fun!

Rather than saying that Steele Martin is the heir of Slytherin, it is better to say that Lilia is the heir. After all, Shafik is a pure-blood family, and may be a relative of Salazar Slytherin who cannot be beaten.

In order to be able to find out the truth, Mesa's efforts certainly went beyond this.

In addition to the thick "Hogwarts: A History", Mesa also consulted Professor Binns.

Professor Binns can be called a conscious history of magic, leaving such a great figure without asking unless Mesa's brain was eaten by zombies.

With this idea in mind, Mesa found Professor Binns after class and asked him about the legend about the lounge.As a result... asking was the same as not asking. Not only did Mesa not get any answer, but he also rarely witnessed Professor Binns getting angry.

"What I study is the history of magic, facts, Mr. White, not myths and legends!" Professor Binns's roar was like a tape recorder that ran out of power, which was impressive.

Unable to get help from books or other people, Mesa had to fend for himself.He had carefully observed the common room several times in April.

Of course, that doesn't include the girls' dormitory, which Mesa can't get into.Angry...shaking...cold!

At 11:30 that night, the Slytherin dungeon seemed a little deserted, with only a few people there.

Mesa sat in an armchair near the fireplace, flipping through a thin book. Lilia sat next to him, holding a notebook in both hands.

This notebook was handwritten by Mesa. It recorded practical spells such as the coma spell, the disarming spell, and the iron armor spell, which was of great help in improving Lilia's self-protection ability.

If the notes in Lilia's hands are basic dueling instructions, the notes in Mesa's hands are the dark version instructions.How kind can a pamphlet that emphasizes the Death Curse be?

You know, if you use the Unforgivable Curse on a wizard, you will get a lifetime ticket to Azkaban.

As the night got darker, the number of people in the common room gradually decreased. The students went to bed one by one, and even the fire in the fireplace became fainter.

After a while, Mesa closed the book in his hands and began to search the common room.These days, he conducts a nightly carpet search of the lounge.

Mesa looked sideways at Lilia, who was motionless, and saw the girl's little head moving bit by bit, like a chicken pecking at rice.The handwritten notes were placed on his lap, and the pages must have not been turned for a long time.

Without waking up Lilia, who was dozing, Mesa walked around the common room alone, looking for suspicious things that he had missed.

Mesa carefully observed every part of the common room, including the carved armchairs, the warm fireplace, the green-lit chandelier, and the rough stone walls.

After an unknown amount of time, Mesa's footsteps stopped in front of the tapestry in the lounge.

Medieval tapestry depicting the adventures of famous Slytherins.

"Is there anything wrong with this tapestry?" Lilia said lazily, her voice sweet and soft, "You have been looking at it for a long time."

Lilia, who was dozing off, vaguely saw Mesa staring at the tapestry. When she woke up from her nap, Mesa still kept the same movements.Lilia almost thought Mesa was petrified.

Rubbing his dry eyes, Mesa asked: "I just feel like something is wrong, but I can't find it."

Lilia also rubbed her sleepy eyes and came over to observe together. She said, "Is there anything strange? It has been hanging here for centuries."

Yes, tapestries have been hung on rough stone walls since they were made in the Middle Ages. If anything was wrong, it would have been discovered long ago.

Although he thought so in his heart, Mesa's eyes did not leave the tapestry.

"This should be Merlin, right?" Mesa asked, pointing to one part of the tapestry.In place of Mesa's finger is a bearded wizard guiding a child.

Lilia crossed her arms, looked at it carefully for a while, and said uncertainly: "The story on the tapestry looks like the sword in the stone, but Merlin's appearance is different from that on the chocolate frog card."

Whether it is the magical world or the Muggle society, there are legends about Merlin and King Arthur.

In the legend of the wizarding world, Merlin, known as the Prince of Magic, once studied in Slytherin House. He was regarded as proud by the Slytherins, but other houses almost never mentioned this.

If Merlin had ever attended Hogwarts, he would have contradicted the Arthurian legend.

According to legends and speculations by historians, the story of King Arthur should be set around 500 AD, while Hogwarts was only established around the 10th century AD.

All in all, the idea that Merlin was a Slytherin is highly controversial in the wizarding world.Only Slytherins think so.

"Do you think it's strange that Merlin appears on the tapestry?" Lilia asked, "Because it doesn't match the legend?"

"Yes, the tapestry is a product of the Middle Ages." Mesa said as he drew out his wand. "People at that time should be closer to that history or legend."

As he spoke, the ebony wand struck Merlin on the tapestry.