Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 155 The Marauder’s Map
As soon as the words fell, a puzzled look appeared on Ginny's face, and a question mark faintly appeared above her head.

Seeing that Mike was staring at her, Ginny felt the terrifying feeling from before coming back again. Her upper and lower rows of teeth couldn't stop trembling, making a rattling sound.

"No, no! I really haven't seen it!" Ginny raised her arms again in surrender.

Mike, who had been staring at Ginny's face for a long time but still got nothing, finally withdrew his gaze. Just as he was about to speak to comfort Ginny, who was scared like a little lamb, he heard Harry's voice in his ears.

"Mike, Mike. Don't be like this, Ginny didn't mean it." Harry couldn't stand it anymore and advised, "Besides, she is trying to help us, isn't she?"

"I'm sorry for being rude. I hope Miss Weasley can forgive me." A gentle smile appeared on Mike's face again, and he continued speaking according to Harry's words.

Ginny on the opposite side was obviously shocked by Mike's 360-degree expression change. It took her a while to react and she hurriedly apologized to Mike as if she was the one who was wrong.

The sharp-eyed Mike noticed that although Ginny was apologizing to him, her eyes were always on Harry. He immediately understood and quickly nudged Harry with his arm.

Young Harry was obviously lacking in social skills. He looked at Mike with an innocent face. He couldn't understand why Mike suddenly bumped into him.

It wasn't until Mike pointed at Ginny inconspicuously that Harry finally reacted and said, "Thank you so much this time, Ginny."

Ginny was so happy to receive the thanks from the person she loved that she almost flew up. The frightened expression on her face was instantly replaced by a happy smile.

Ginny felt that her face must be very red now, maybe even all the way to her neck.

Ginny was so embarrassed that she covered her face and ran back to the dormitory and threw herself on the bed. Fortunately, she remembered the way well, otherwise she would have fallen flat on her face if she had covered her eyes and ran.

"Harry thanked me, Harry thanked me... Yeah~"

Ginny, lying on the bed, repeated this sentence over and over again. The blush on her face not only did not fade but tended to spread to her neck.

Finally, after repeating it countless times, Ginny seemed to have thought of something embarrassing, so she screamed and covered her head with the quilt.

……

After saying goodbye to Harry, Mike returned to the dormitory with the Marauder's Map.

If what Ginny said was true, then Percy was basically certain to be the heir. But Mike only believed 30% of what Ginny said. Again, Ginny hadn't even cleaned up her own mess yet.

You have to find the truth yourself.

Mike thought so and unfolded the Marauder's Map.

What appeared in front of Mike was a blank piece of parchment. In addition to being a little yellow due to oxidation, there were also some stains on the surface of the parchment. It was not known whether they were made by the Weasley brothers or were there originally.

"I solemnly swear that I have done nothing wrong."

As Mike spoke the command, a small black ink mark appeared in the center of the parchment, just like a drop of ink dripping onto rice paper.

The ink gradually faded away, and a complete map of Hogwarts appeared in front of Mike.

The map covered a wide area, not only the Hogwarts Castle itself, but also the Forbidden Forest and Hogsmeade Village. Mike could clearly see that Hagrid's name appeared on the map at the location of the gamekeeper's cottage, and below Hagrid's name, there was a pair of footprints.

Staring at the castle-shaped pattern representing Hogwarts on the map, Mike silently thought of Ravenclaw Common Room.

The pattern on the parchment changed instantly. All the patterns were jumbled together and then quickly separated. When the picture stabilized again, a floor plan of the Ravenclaw common room appeared in front of Mike.

Seeing his name appear on the map, Mike couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face.

This live map is absolutely invincible!

Mike was able to analyze the general principle of the Marauder's Map, which was nothing more than name magic, pattern recording magic, code magic and positioning magic.

Needless to say, the cryptographic magic of using a password to open the map is something that basically any wizard who has a little knowledge of alchemy can do.

The simplest of the remaining three magics is pattern recording magic, which is the most used magic in the wizarding world. From the magic cards with moving characters attached to the chocolate frog to the characters on the magic portraits that can move by themselves, all of these exist only because of pattern recording magic.

This magic is easy to learn but difficult to master. Any wizard who has received special training can learn it, but it is very difficult to reach the level of being able to create magical portraits.

All the patterns on the Marauder's Map that can be seen with the naked eye are cast using pattern recording magic.

Then there is the magic of names. Just like the demons or dragons in ancient mythology all have a magical 'real name', the names in the Harry Potter world are also magical, but not as exaggerated as described in the mythology.

Name magic was developed based on this characteristic, but because it is so obscure and difficult to understand, basically no one would study it except those extremely learned wizards.

But if name magic is used well, it can also achieve some unexpected effects, the most famous of which is Voldemort.

The legendary dark wizard Voldemort cast a name magic on his own name. Whenever someone recites his name, he will feel it. Then, as long as he wants, he can know your location and identity, as well as what you say next.

Therefore, during the period when Voldemort was sweeping across Britain, almost all wizards in the entire wizarding world did not dare to directly recite Voldemort's name, but instead referred to him as the mysterious man (you know who).

This custom is still passed down to this day.

Finally, there is positioning magic, which is not difficult in itself. It is not even a spell technique and cannot be called magic. Many spells, including portkeys and apparition, contain this technique.

Although positioning magic is simple, it is a bit strange to use it in Hogwarts.

The entire Hogwarts area is subject to a large number of restrictions. The most intuitive feeling of ordinary people is that Apparition is not possible within the Hogwarts area, but what they don’t know is that the restrictions also include anti-positioning, Muggle expulsion and so on.

The positioning magic on the Marauder's Map not only worked, but was also extremely accurate and was not affected by the restrictions at all. This made Mike wonder whether the person who made the Marauder's Map had mastered some skills to avoid the Hogwarts restrictions.

Although the Marauder's Map is full of doubts, fortunately Mike is a free and easy person.

For him now, all that matters is that the Marauder's Map can help him catch Percy's tail.

(End of this chapter)