Hogwarts, where the stars shine

Merlin is the most brilliant name in the history of magic. His legend and love story are all well known to everyone.

The Wizengamot established an honor system in the name of the Order of Merlin to reward wizards who have sacrificed themselves and contributed to the development of wizard society.

His name also became part of wizarding idiom culture.British wizards always use "Merlin's beard" to express their surprise.

The frequency of use is as high as that of Oriental holding grass.

He was such a legendary archmage, but Mesa used his wand to hit his embroidered image on the tapestry, and he was still chanting incantations and tapping at the same time.It is simply disrespectful to the immortal master!

However, instead of being punished by God, the frivolous Mesa found what he wanted to find.

I don’t know whether it was the way he struck the wand that was right or whether he said the right words to break the spell. In short, Mesa succeeded.There was a soft click, and a small depression appeared on the rough stone wall next to the tapestry.

Then, the depression gradually grew larger, and finally a bronze door knocker in the shape of an ouroboros appeared.

Mesa looked at the bronze door knocker. The Ouroboros can be said to be one of the oldest mythological symbols in the world. He didn't expect that Hogwarts also had one.

Think about it, wizards learn magic, and it is normal to use this mythical symbol.

Compared to Mesa who was calm, Lilia next to her looked surprised.Even though she knew that Mesa had been searching for a secret in the lounge, she never thought that a knocker would appear.

In shock, Lilia's eyes widened and her cheeks swelled unconsciously, looking like a colorful ball fish.

Standing in front of the bronze door knocker, Mesa hesitated for a moment before reaching out and grabbing the door knocker.But no matter how hard Mesa tried, the knocker didn't budge, and nothing changed in the common room.

A door knocker may just be a knocker, but it does not necessarily mean there is a door.

I was shaken by the knocker, Mesa thought.

Now he really wanted to kick him hard, but considering the hard texture of the rough stone wall, he gave up the idea of ​​​​hitting the stone with an egg.

Mesa raised his hands and walked up and down in front of the tapestry, thinking of ways to get through the knocker.

Mesa's first thought was that Ravenclaw also had a knocker. Anyone could enter Ravenclaw Tower by answering the question of the eagle-shaped knocker.

But when it just held the Ouroboros door knocker, it didn't ask Mesa any questions.Slytherin's bronze door knocker feels more like a dead object.

While Mesa was thinking hard, Lilia, the colorful ball fish on the side, stepped forward and reached out to hold the bronze door knocker.Lilia also wanted to give it a try to see if she could break the trap.

However, Lilia's treatment was the same as Mesa's. The bronze door knocker did not look at the girl and still showed no reaction.

The Ouroboros door knocker is right in front of you, and the mechanism leading to the secret place is right in front of you, but there are no tips for completing the level.What a headache!

Just when Lilia was also frowning and thinking hard, Mesa suddenly hit her palm with her fist, looking like she was suddenly enlightened and understood.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!" As he said that, Mesa found a match and turned the match into a silver needle.

"Why did you stop?" Seeing that Mesa made no next move, Lilia blinked and asked in confusion.

Mesa, holding the silver needle, said seriously: "Lilia, give me your hand."

Lilia tilted her head and looked at Mesa, who had a serious face. She handed her left hand to Mesa in confusion, and then——

"ah!"

Lilia was furious when she was pricked by a needle. While sucking the pricked finger, she glared at Mesa Black with an angry look.

The little eyes, sometimes angry and sometimes sad, seem to be saying: You have betrayed my trust!

It's a pity that Lilia's eyes were thrown to the blind man, and Mesa, who transformed into Grandma Rong, didn't even look at her.Mesa approached the door knocker carefully and dropped the blood droplets from the silver needle on the Ouroboros.

The bright red blood dropped into the door ring instantly.Suddenly, there was another soft sound.

After the bronze door knocker shook slightly, the Ouroboros spit out its tail and began to swim along the rough wall.As the Ouroboros moved, the originally rough wall gradually became smooth, and a hidden stone door slowly appeared.

When the bronze Ouroboros transformed back into a knocker, Mesa reached out to hold it again.Just as he was about to open the stone door, he heard a resentful voice behind him.

"Why didn't you prick your finger just now?"

When Mesa turned around, he happened to meet Lilia's aggrieved eyes, and he suddenly felt that he might, probably, be a bit of a bitch.

"This...that...I can explain, really." Mesa said sincerely, "Look, this is the Slytherin common room, right?"

Lilia nodded, confirming Mesa's nonsense.

"You happen to be a pure-blood wizard," Mesa continued, "Slytherin's mechanism is matched with the blood of a pure-blood wizard, isn't it just right!"

After hearing Mesa's explanation, Lilia's anger was reduced by half, and she forgave Mesa who pricked her with a needle.After all, this quibble sounds reasonable.

After coaxing Lilia, who was particularly easy to coax, Mesa turned back to the hidden stone door and tried to pull the knocker.

Behind the stone gate was a dark hole, like a thick, heavy fog that could not be broken away, and the visibility was extremely poor.

"Luminescent!" Mesa lit up his wand and stuck the ebony wand into the door.

The faint light from the tip of the stick illuminated the position next to the door, but it could not penetrate the darkness and shine any further.

Lilia stood on tiptoe and took a quick look, then quickly left the door.When Lilia came back, she had a bright lantern in her hand.Without any hesitation, Lilia directly hung the lantern around Mesa's neck.

With the help of the bright lantern and the dim light from the tip of the staff, the two looked at each other and walked directly to the unknown secret behind the stone door.In this wave, wealth can be found in danger!

As Mesa and Lilia left, the hidden stone door was closed again, the Ouroboros-shaped bronze door disappeared, and the common room returned to its original appearance.

Behind the stone door, Mesa walked in front with a lantern hanging, followed closely by Lilia holding a wand, and the two of them moved forward cautiously.

Mesa has already tried it out, and there is only one road left at your feet, with walls on the left and right.It's just that I don't know what kind of material the wall is made of. It feels a little slippery to the touch, like a pool of grease.

Even the road underfoot is like this.The feeling of stepping on it is not like a solid ground, but more like stepping on a sponge soaked in water, or a piece of butter that is about to burn.

As we walked, the black fog in front of us turned from thick to thin, and the light from the lantern also shone farther.

At this time, Lilia who was following behind gently shook Mesa's left hand and whispered: "Mesa, did you just lie to me?"

Mesa didn't look back, still holding up his wand to open the way ahead.Mesa felt that the two of them had walked for a long time, but the road under their feet seemed to have no end.

"You must have been lying to me just now!" Lilia said firmly, "Are you afraid of pain?"

"Do you think it's possible?" Mesa said. "It's not like you didn't see how I treated Flint that night."

Lilia stopped talking, but she still felt that Mesa had deceived her.She thinks: It's not because she is a pure-blood wizard at all, it's just because Mesa doesn't want to prick her finger!

Especially if you don’t know if the method will work!

On the long, dark road, the shadows of lanterns flickered, and the only sound of footsteps could be heard.

After an unknown amount of time, the road under their feet finally came to an end, and a door appeared in front of them.The door knocker is covered with a grease-like substance, and the appearance of an Ouroboros can be vaguely seen.

Mesa grasped the bronze knocker for a third time and pulled it open, revealing the green light of the Slytherin common room.