Chapter 305: Castle selection wizard

Fox has two tail feathers, and Jon and Dumbledore each grabbed one of them.
As a golden light flashed, they left the pig's head bar and reappeared in the castle.
"Don't you need to sue Mr. Aberforth Dumbledore?" Jon reminded softly, standing firm.
"Aberforth was never happy to see me too much, because he couldn't stop the thought of interrupting the other half of my nose." Dumbledore said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Ariane will meet with you. We said goodbye to him."
"Well..." Jon couldn't help but curl his lips.
"But he admires you very much, Aberforth, it's rare." Dumbledore continued, "And if it wasn't for your face, I might not see Ariane today..."
"Well, I'm honored!" Jon said casually.
Fox's tail feathers had broken free of their hands and flew quickly towards the principal's office in front.
At the same time, the ugly stone monster, lying on the ground with a flattering face, smiled stupidly at Dumbledore.
"Long time no see!" Dumbledore touched the head of the stone monster lightly, and he almost jumped up in joy, completely ignoring Jon, who had fallen aside.
"I didn't expect you to be such a stone statue..." Jon murmured, and followed Dumbledore into the principal's office.
...
They climbed up the spiral staircase made of stone, and it rose automatically, like an elevator, and Dumbledore pushed open the top door.
At this moment, a deafening sound suddenly erupted... There was cheers. All the former Hogwarts principals and headmasters on the wall stood up in the picture frame and applauded excitedly; they were waving their hats, and a few wielding wigs; They walked out of their frames and shook hands with each other; they danced around the chairs in the painting...
"Welcome back!" the principals and headmasters shouted in unison.
"Thank you...thank you..." Dumbledore responded with a smile, "Thank you, Phineas...Don't be so passionate..."
Principal Phineas Black happened to blow a kiss to Dumbledore.
"But before I talk to you, I have one very important thing." Dumbledore continued.
The expressions on the faces of the principals and principals suddenly became serious again...
Obviously, they all seemed to know in advance what Dumbledore was going to say.
"Come with me, Jon." Dumbledore nodded to Jon.
Dumbledore didn't go too far, but just gently moved the chair beside his desk to reveal the wall behind him.
Jon stepped back subconsciously, and he saw Dumbledore raise his wand and aimed it at the back wall with ancient patterns.
What he said was not a spell, but a password:
"Do not disturb the dragon ()!"
The wall carved with ancient patterns cracked a little bit from the middle, revealing a deeply hidden door.
Dumbledore stepped in.
...
Inside is a strange space, the surrounding area is pitch black, and the starry sky can be clearly seen above the head...
You know, it's not late at night.
They seemed to be standing at the very top of Hogwarts Castle, but there were only two steles in front of them...One was very tall and the other was very small.
"Maybe I have to tell you a story first!" Dumbledore said mildly: "According to legend, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar- Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw, the four founders of Hogwarts, are preparing to build a school..."
"...Ms. Ravenclaw dreamed of a warthog and took her to a cliff by the lake; so the next day she took three friends and came here by boat according to the route in the dream... …They found out that this is actually a dragon’s den!"
"...In the dragon's den, there is an old ancestor dragon. It is very old and old, so old that it can hardly move its position; the four wizards are very surprised, because the ancestor dragon is recognized as extinct hundreds of years ago. Up."
"Gryffindor decided to kill it and used the head of the last ancestor dragon to decorate the gate of the school; but it was blocked by Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff thought they might be able to persuade the ancestor dragon. After all, it looks like time is running out; Slytherin uses unskilled dragon language, barely communicating with the dragon, acting as the dragon’s translator."
"The four wizards successfully persuaded this ancestor dragon to agree to live here forever in another way...The four wizards worked together and used an extremely powerful transformation technique: the dragon's cave was transformed into Hogwarts. On the campus, the treasure of the dragon has turned into a dense forbidden forest, and the body of the dragon has become a huge castle, that is, the castle of Hogwarts..."
"I've heard of this story, the origin of the Hogwarts school motto, right?" Jon nodded: "But Professor Bins told us that this story is mostly false, because he first heard it was 14 It's the matter of the century. At that time, the four founders had been dead for hundreds of years."
"Oh, isn't it..." Dumbledore turned around slightly, looking slightly embarrassed.
He coughed slightly, and continued: "But this story says that the core story expressed is correct...because Hogwarts castle itself is a powerful magical creation, it has its own consciousness!"
"A castle with autonomous consciousness?" Jon murmured.
...
Before he knew it, Jon had followed Dumbledore's footsteps and came to the big stele.
The whole body of the stele is black, and it looks like it was made of obsidian (dragon crystal). The stele is densely written with golden letters.
It can be seen that these are the names of Hogwarts students, with a date behind each name.
Joanna Brewster, September 21, 1994.
Euan Abercrombie, February 14, 1995.
Ross Zeller, June 13, 1995.
"When every young wizard reaches the age of eleven, whether he is from a Muggle or wizard family, his name will appear on this stone tablet, and of course there is also the time when it was recorded..." Dumbledore Introduced behind him: "Every July 29th, we will send the admission letter to Hogwarts for the name that appeared on the stone tablet in the past year."
Jon quickly found his name in the upper few lines.
Jon Hart, July 15, 1992.
"In other words... If I was born more than ten days late, I would have to come to Hogwarts to study a year later?" Jon asked curiously.
"I think so." Dumbledore nodded.
Jon continued to search on the stone tablet.
Astoria Greengrass, December 23, 1991.
Hermione Granger, September 19, 1990.
Daphne Greengrass, August 8, 1990.
Ron Weasley, March 1, 1991.
and also--
Harry Potter, July 31, 1991.
Jon couldn't help blinking, and pointed to Mr. Potter's name and whispered: "If I remember correctly, July 31st should be later than July 29th..."
Dumbledore was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled and explained: "Yes, I deliberately sent a letter of admission to Mr. Potter a year in advance, before his name appeared on the stone... As the principal, this Some power is still available, as long as it can be determined in advance that Mr. Potter is a real wizard."
Jon nodded, and at the same time secretly thanked his parents for letting him be born more than ten days earlier, otherwise, like Daphne and Hermione, he would not enter the campus until he was almost 12 years old (or even 12 years old).
...
"So what is the role of the other stone tablet?" Jon walked to the other stone tablet curiously.
It is also made of obsidian, but compared to the previous one, it is much smaller.
There are also golden letters on it, but the writing is much larger.
The first name is "Salazar-Slytherin", and the number behind it is "993".
Then there is "Hurga-Hufflepuff", and the following number is "998".
Then Brian Gegeveld, 1032.
...
You can see a lot of familiar names, Jon once chatted with them in the principal’s office, including--
Dexter Fosco, 1642.
Dairis Derwent, 1741.
Phineas Black, 1872.
Armando Dupete, 1926.
Albus Dumbledore, 1943.
...And under Dumbledore, there is another name whose golden light is much dimmer than other names, and it is not followed by a string of numbers indicating the year.
The name is "Jon Hart".
"I can't read it wrong..." Jon rubbed his eyes and said in an incredible way.
"No, you are not mistaken!" Dumbledore said meaningfully: "The content of this stele is written with the names of previous principals, including the future principal..."
"Then it must be a mistake!" Jon shook his head in an unbelievable way: "I'm just an ordinary Hufflepuff student, not right, I am also an ordinary Slytherin student~www.mtlnovel .com~ How come you are going to be the principal of Hogwarts... Professor Dumbledore, I am not humble, but you absolutely have to ask for wisdom..."
"Hogwarts has decided." Dumbledore said with a serious face: "It never goes wrong!"
"But... it's too trivial!" Jon argued.
"Whenever the current principal is about to step down or die, the Hogwarts stele will show the name of the next principal four years in advance..." Dumbledore said meaningfully: "The castle will choose wizards. , Jon... it will choose a principal who can lead Hogwarts to glory!"
"In other words, you will step down or die within four years?" Jon suddenly realized something.
"Yes!" Dumbledore nodded: "Honestly, I'm very happy to be relieved!"
"When did it appear my name?" Jon asked with a stern face.
"Three years ago, when I just learned that you were a prophet Magus... your name suddenly appeared on the stele." Dumbledore replied: "This also validates my idea. Only the most outstanding A wizard with terrible talent will meet the conditions of Hogwarts and be selected by it when he is under the age of twelve... You know, Hogwarts never makes mistakes!"
"Three years ago...four years in advance..." Jon muttered silently. He raised his head and looked at Dumbledore:
"Professor, you will not die, and you will not resign. You can continue to be a principal for more than ten or twenty years... I can promise... I swear, I will help you stop death!"
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