Chapter 30: Ghosts and Statues (revised, typos have been corrected)

"Thank you for your compliment. Actually, it is not worth mentioning. It is just to make up for my own fault. I just want Mr. Filch's workload to not increase in vain because of our faults." Allen remained humble and vigilant. , He thought Dumbledore's tone was a bit bad.
"A kind heart is precious, coupled with enough sense of responsibility, this quality is really shining. Mr. Harris, such a lively night, I believe you must be exhausted, hurry back to your Ravenclaw Go to the comfortable bed in the tower, good dreams and good night."
Dumbledore didn’t punish him for breaking the rules of the night tour, but when I thought about Alan, he took it for granted. Dumbledore has always admired the wizards with Gryffindor’s bravery and adventurous spirit. Moreover, although Alan is not afraid of punishment, he can A little less twists and turns is the best.
　　 Allen bowed and said goodbye to his principal, turned and left.
　　 Back to Ravenclaw Tower again, still facing the question of Magic Door Knocker: "You just call it by its name and it will be destroyed. What is it?"
　　 It was late at night, and Allen felt very tired. After thinking about it, he still gave the answer impatiently: "Silence."
　　 The door opened silently, and the little Ravenclaw stepped in immediately.
　　 was about to go back to the dormitory, Alan suddenly stopped, he felt as if someone was staring at him, looking around, no one—not even a ghost.
Knowing that he did not feel wrong, Alan was not eager to go back to his dormitory. His brother Albert often said at home,
Be vigilant at all times.
This sentence is not Albert’s original, but a senior in his Auror office. Mantra. At this moment, Allen felt that it made sense, so he drew out his wand.
　　 Fortunately, the magic long candles in the Ravenclaw common room are not extinguished all night for the convenience of students who like to read, so Alan can see the surrounding situation very clearly.
The blue curtains were blowing in the wind, but obviously, there was no one behind. The star-studded ceiling and carpet were clear at a glance, and there was no one. Allen let his gaze go around the rows of bookshelves gently, scanning all the wide Seat, there is no trace of anyone.
　　 The quiet night is accompanied by the calls of unknown insects outside the window. The cool breeze should have been a comfortable and beautiful feeling, but Alan is indeed a cold hair, this feeling of being stared at has not disappeared. All the places have been checked, so only-Allen walked quickly to the niche opposite the door and carefully observed the white marble bust of Rowena Ravenclaw.
　　 This is a particularly beautiful face, her features are three-dimensional, like a knife and axe. Her closed lips, half-squinted eyes, and frowning brows all revealed that she was not only beautiful, but also a very stern person, but Alan looked at the statue’s face and suddenly felt something inexplicable. After realizing that something was wrong, he shook his head, then started Occlumency, and observed again.
　　 One hand of the statue held a magic wand around his chest and placed it above the heart on the left. The other hand seemed to fall naturally, and the palm of his hand made an inviting and explanatory action.
The whole statue looks like it is urging students to learn the mystery of magic, and it is like explaining the knowledge of magic spells, and it is more like analyzing a philosophy of life with earnest words-the most interesting thing is that no matter where you are, Roy Na Ravenclaw's insightful eyes seem to be staring at you.
　　 Allen could not find anything abnormal from the statue, but with his keen five senses, he confirmed that this feeling of being observed came from the statue.
　　 "I know you are hidden in the statue, come out!" Allen pointed his wand at the statue of the founder of his academy.
　　 "If I don't come out again, I'll smash the statue." Allen tapped the statue with his wand lightly. After a while, the top of his wand shimmered, "Battered--"
　　 "Stop it, how dare you?!" A very beautiful and tall female ghost floated out of the statue quickly.
　　 "Oh, it turned out to be you, Ms. Gray." Alan took back his wand with embarrassment. He found that he almost blew up her mother.
Ms. Gray is the ghost of Ravenclaw’s college. Like her mother, she is very tall and beautiful. She has long waterfall-like hair at the waist, wide robe and the floor, but she can’t hide her beautiful body. Posture, but unlike her mother's majesty that showed enough wisdom as a confidence, she seemed too arrogant and defiant.
"Alan Harris, I know you, we are the best student in Ravenclaw in the past few years, and many professors have admired you. But I know that you have to use the phantom spell to go out very early every day. The behavior is very strange. What are you hiding?" Ms. Gray clings to the statue, as if she has to hide in the first signs of something wrong-her bad experience decades ago made her full of students who had this behavior. Be vigilant.
"It turns out that you saw me in the statue. Dear lady, everyone has a little secret, but my morning exercises are not a secret. I just get up early and go out for exercise. Invisibility is just to avoid trouble. The school's inspections are still very strict." Allen shrugged, and he has determined that Ms. Gray is not malicious-if it is replaced by Pepy... he is much worse than Ms. Gray.
"But what I'm curious about is, how can you sit in the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of our academy?" Allen hit the nail on the head and pointed out the crux of the problem, his eyes fixed on the wrong side. Looking at Ms. Gray, she did not miss the panic that flashed in her translucent eyes.
　　 "Roina Ravenclaw is my biological mother, and as her only descendant, of course I can put on her statue." Ms. Gray explained.
Allen found the problem right away-according to Ms. Gray’s usual personality, she might disdain to answer this kind of question, let alone panic explaining, and it’s common for the people in the portrait to move around each other, but the ghost is in others The statue of is very rare-the crying Myrtle can sit in the toilet, because the toilet has a pipe and there is space in it. Ghosts cannot be placed in entities ~EbookFREE.me~ For example, a wide wall, ghosts can let themselves go through, but can not hide in the wall for a long time, so the statue must be empty.
　　 In just a few moments, Allen saw that Ms. Gray was lying, so-why did she lie? What is she hiding?
"Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of mankind. Your mother's beauty and wisdom coexist. As her only descendant, you are lucky to have such a great mother." Allen put on a social face and a gentle tone, and decided to go first. A few compliments-after all, a senior has done this to her. She seems to be quite comfortable with this set, although it may not be so effective after being deceived again.
"Are you lucky? Boy, when you have experienced it a lot, you will know that extraordinary ingenuity may not be the greatest wealth, but it may also bring great disasters. Having a great mother with countless auras may be for each other It's not a beautiful thing." Ms. Gray seemed to be touched by something sad, and her tone was very sad.
"You seem very sad..." Allen tried to persuade. "Look, I am a Ravenclaw through and through. If the descendants of the founder of the academy have anything to ask for, I will be happy to provide what I can The help provided."
"Perhaps, after all, you are Ravenclaw, a student selected according to my mother's criteria-there was a teenager who was very similar to you, as good and personable, and he tried to persuade me in the same way. , But he lied to me." Ms. Gray became angry, and the expression on her transparent face became a little distorted.
　　 "Then what's his name? Which college is it a student?" Allen tried to empathize, leading Ms. Gray to point out the difference between him and the mysterious man in college.