Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Douglas opened a hole in the middle of the southeast part of the rock wall and placed the sarcophagus inside. At the same time, Sirius, Lupin, Dumbledore and Douglas attached their own protective magic to the hole in the wall.

After finishing this, Douglas carved a bust of Regulus Blake from a large piece of rock and wrote a line of words on the base.

Regulus Arcturus Black (1961-1979)

The first person to discover the secret of Voldemort's creation of the Horcrux and his intention to destroy it.

Seek light in darkness and dedicate yourself to justice.

Chapter 278 A Different Myrtle

After everything was over, Kreacher returned to the Black family's ancestral home under Sirius's orders, and asked him not to tell anyone about it.

Seeing Sirius looking very depressed, Lupin suggested taking him for a walk. Douglas and Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts to attend the Christmas dinner which was not yet over.

When the two returned to the Hogwarts Ballroom and the door opened, the whole place was silent.

The ghosts who were performing the show were stunned in mid-air at first, the smiles on their faces froze instantly, and then they looked at Nick who was almost headless at the same time, and Nick looked at Harry at the Gryffindor table, and Harry looked behind Douglas, and was a little disappointed when he found that Sirius was not there.

At this moment, the temperature in the auditorium suddenly dropped, the candlelight flickered, and the ghosts snorted coldly, then quickly disappeared from the tables, ceiling, and walls in the auditorium.

Fortunately, Peeves was asked to leave early by the professors because he mixed his gift with the normal gifts and smeared the cake given to him by George and Fred. Otherwise, there would definitely be words like "The Ghost Killer is back!" at this time.

Dumbledore looked at Douglas with a smile on his face.

He shrugged helplessly: "Professor, this is all prejudice."

Professor Snape, sitting in the staff seat, found that the person he hated had not come back, and Douglas had made such a big embarrassment in public, so a sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on his face.

The Christmas holidays are over soon.

The first thing that students who went home for the holidays did after returning to Hogwarts was to ask their classmates about Peter.

Especially those members of the Charon Detective Agency who went home for the holidays, after hearing the inside information, felt like they had missed out on 10,000 gold galleons.

After Christmas.

Neville of Gryffindor received an Excellence in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Herbology. When his grandmother, Mrs. Augusta Longbottom, heard that Douglas wanted to teach him swordsmanship, she didn't refuse just because it wasn't magic. She even collected two goblin-made swords, one for Neville to practice with and the other for Douglas as a gift for his apprenticeship.

The old lady also wrote a letter to Neville: "You should study swordsmanship seriously, Neville. Swordsmanship can not only make your body stronger and braver, but more importantly, when you lose your wand, I hope you still have the strength to resist!"

Some people are happy but others are sad.

Colin, who is also in Gryffindor, missed the opportunity to have Douglas help him modify the camera because he only got an excellent grade in one subject. As a result, he has been in a low mood since receiving the report card, and he is even a little embarrassed to face Harry.

He had previously planned to modify the camera and use it specifically to track Harry's performance on the Quidditch field. He had already promised Harry that he would be able to do so, but it turned out that he only had an excellent score in one subject.

As a result, it wasn't Harry who saw him hiding, but he who saw Harry hiding. This made Harry privately happy countless times.

The Hufflepuff students learned the Palm Fire spell from Lupin, but it was Douglas who taught them how to use Palm Fire to process food. The only ones who suffered were the orchard and Hagrid's food farm, especially the chicken coop and pigpen.

After seeing the eagle that Ravenclaw made for Christmas, Douglas gave it his full approval. Originally planning to give only one gift to the best student, he eventually gave ten sets of magical text-to-audio book props as a reward.

As long as you put ordinary reading materials into the magic prop, it can automatically read the contents inside. Douglas even thoughtfully set up a replaceable voice magic so that students can choose their favorite voice.

Of course, there are also Slytherin's seven dragon balls. No one knows who has these seven balls. Douglas just lets them investigate each other privately as a form of exercise. For this purpose, he also deliberately gave others a few disposable balls to confuse them.

Perhaps because so many things happened during the Christmas holidays, students forgot the most important thing at the beginning of the new semester, which is to review the papers.

The other grades were fine, just like usual, explaining some of the errors on the papers. But fifth grade was different, because at the end of last semester they had a mock OLS exam, and everything was based on the normal OLS exam. Therefore, this result fully reflects their learning progress over the past four and a half years.

Therefore, professors of all subjects attached great importance to the results of this exam. Those who did well were encouraged to keep up the good work, while those who did not did well were given more homework without hesitation. They were also asked to promptly check for any gaps and identify any weaknesses.

Even practical classes taught by professors of various subjects, such as Charms, Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, etc., are set up in the study room, the fifth-year review area. Perhaps the only one who has a harder time is Professor Lupin.

Although Sirius was no longer wanted, he still did not return to his ancestral home. Instead, he continued to stay at the Douglas family home and came to Hogwarts every night when Harry was learning the brain-blocking technique.

"Oh, of course, I have to think about Harry's safety. You know practicing Occlumency is a dangerous thing."

Douglas pulled out a stack of materials and said, "You're right, so I plan to use the safest method to teach him Occlumency. You guide him through all the materials. I don't believe he won't be able to learn it."

Harry looked at the two-foot-high pile of books and waved his hand quickly.

"Actually, I can challenge myself to learn more difficult methods of learning. I should learn Occlumency as soon as possible, right? I don't know when I'll finish reading these books."

Douglas shrugged at Sirius and said, "The child asked for it, I can't help it!"

After a busy week, the first weekend after Christmas finally arrived. However, since Peter was still wanted by the outside world, Hogwarts continued to prohibit students from going to Hogsmeade village.

But Sirius turned into a big black dog and followed Harry to the Quidditch field to watch him train.

The original plan to select students to enter the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets also began to be implemented.

The first group of students were all seventh graders, led by the head boy and girl student council presidents Percy and Penelope, a total of twelve students, who entered the entrance to the secret room on the second floor.

They had just pushed the door open and hadn't seen the scene in the hall clearly when Myrtle, who had been waiting for a long time, floated in front of them.

She took a deep breath and said in a tone different from her usual resentful tone:

"Ah, young wizards, welcome to Hogwarts, the Center for Mystical Practices. I am your guide, Myrtle."

When the other people present heard Myrtle's greeting, they all looked at her in surprise. This was completely different from the crying Myrtle they had in mind.

Chapter 279: Oath under the Statue

Myrtle saw everyone's expressions and knew what they were thinking. Although the principal had asked her to be a guide, the thought of that person saying that if she wasn't up to the job, she would have to go back to the corridor... The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and the more wronged she felt, the more she wanted to cry...

Percy was shocked to see Myrtle's expression changing rapidly. If Myrtle started to throw a tantrum again, they would have no chance of entering the level today. He even suspected that Myrtle was part of the level.

"Ah, hello Myrtle, what should we do? You know the professor is keeping an eye on this place, and time is running out..."

As he spoke, Percy nudged Penelope beside him and signaled with his eyes to the toilet that was extremely out of place with the whole hall environment.

Penelope understood what Percy meant, and with her hands behind her back, she also put her wand in her hand to prevent Myrtle from escaping from the toilet.

Myrtle suppressed her grievance, but her voice began to tear up as she spoke, "Principal Dumbledore said you must be respectful to me, otherwise you won't be able to enter."

"..."

Percy was a little embarrassed, he thought it was his boss who set it up, but he didn't expect it was the headmaster.

When the others heard it was their principal's arrangement, although they still felt a little disdainful of Myrtle, they thought this was also a hurdle, and one by one they began to use their own sweet words, choosing only the nicest ones to say to Myrtle. Among them were several former prefects...

After everyone admired it together, Myrtle smiled brightly, but still pretended to be generous and said, "Okay, let's continue. Where was I just now?"

"In order to prevent wizards from being persecuted by Muggles, four great wizards founded Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on this high ground...

Shortly after the school was founded, Slytherin and the other three founders disagreed over the issue of blood composition. Slytherin wanted to admit only pure-blood students, but the other three founders disagreed. Slytherin left the school, but not before secretly building a Chamber of Secrets...

And my poor Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, the only victim of the Chamber of Secrets in the past hundred years... the only one... no one knows what she went through. When she was alive, Olive Hornby laughed at me. After she died, I went to find her, but she had the Ministry of Magic expel me, forcing me to stay in this sad place... and then you continue to laugh at me..."

Seeing that Myrtle was becoming agitated again, the translucent pearly white ghost body began to shake.

Percy immediately comforted her, "Myrtle, calm down. No one is laughing at you here. We are all listening carefully to your story. But have you forgotten..."

Myrtle flew over several people's heads and then glared at Penelope who hid her wand behind her back.

"Are you planning to sneak attack poor Myrtle? Like that guy, using that damned magic that can harm ghosts... You don't need to explain. In view of your rude behavior, the difficulty of the level has increased. Originally, you only needed to answer a question for me to enter the level, but now... oh no, the order is wrong... wait, let me think about it."

"Brave wizards, will you help poor Myrtle... that is, me... enter the legendary Slytherin Chamber of Secrets and destroy the evil basilisk?"

"Okay, I know you're willing! There are seven passages leading to the final chamber of secrets, corresponding to the seven main subjects of Transfiguration, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, Potions, Charms, and Astronomy. Of course, there are also contents of other elective courses interspersed in it."

When everyone heard that there was also content about the history of magic, they were stunned. Magic could be used in other subjects, but the history of magic challenge would not just be reciting the history of the magical world, right?

"Oh, young wizards and witches, are you ready? Please take out your wands and stand under the statues of the founders of your respective academies to take the oath!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Myrtle mention the oath. They all frowned. You know, oaths in the wizarding world are different from those in the Muggle world, especially when swearing an oath with a spell. If there was any special spell in this room, their oath would definitely come true.

They turned their gazes towards Percy and Penelope. They too had serious expressions on their faces. No one had told them about this beforehand, but as the Head Boy and Head Girl of Hogwarts, they naturally prioritized protecting the school's reputation.

Percy thought for a moment and said to everyone:

"Since Madam Myrtle was arranged by Headmaster Dumbledore, I believe he will not harm us. If there is anything wrong with the oath, we can stop immediately. Myrtle, can we stop halfway?"

Percy said the last sentence to Myrtle with a very serious expression. As the first batch of students to enter here, they must be cautious about each level. More importantly, in addition to being responsible for passing the levels, they are also required to write a summary report on the content of this level afterwards.

Myrtle tilted her neck and looked at the sky, which had been transformed into a starry sky by magic, at a 45-degree angle. It was much better than the old toilet ceiling before.

Seeing that Myrtle ignored him, Percy suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Some students even whispered about whether they should quit. Anyway, when they came in, the professors did not say that there would be any punishment for failing to pass the level.

Penelope cleared her throat and said, "Now that we're here, let's follow the procedure. If anyone doesn't want to, they can just declare themselves a failure. Don't forget, besides us, there will be students from every grade participating..."

Hearing this, the faces of those students who were about to quit changed. Percy looked at his girlfriend with admiration. Seeing Percy's expression, Penelope raised her eyebrows slightly, looking very proud.

Percy secretly rejoiced, it seemed that the way his boss taught him was sometimes very effective.

Immediately afterwards, Percy and Penelope took the lead and stood under the statues of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw respectively. The others hesitated for a moment and then stood under the statues of their corresponding colleges.

They raised their wands and looked at Myrtle quietly. This scene scared Myrtle. If she didn't remember her current identity, she would have turned around and jumped into the toilet.

She tried to steady herself and muttered softly, "I was chosen by the principal. I was designated by that person..."

Then she cleared her throat and said:

"Dear wizards, welcome to the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets game.

Before you embark on this journey of discovery, let us take a pledge to ensure your journey is both fun and safe. Please repeat the following pledge with me:

I swear to being a good Hogwarts student!

I will protect and cherish the places I have explored and will not maliciously damage the successful work of each professor.

I will do everything possible to play this game in an honest and fair manner.

I will respect all my opponents and will not resort to any form of deception or cheating... (If you can deceive the professors, of course.)

I will follow the guide's instructions to ensure the safety of myself and others.

I will enjoy every moment of this journey with an open mind..

I will share the joy with my companions and create unforgettable memories together.

Now, dear wizards, our adventure is about to begin!

Please follow my footsteps, let us explore this mysterious and beautiful land together and start an unforgettable journey! "

Chapter 280 Let’s see who dares to choose the ingredients

During the oath-taking process, no one noticed any trace of magic. It was obvious that this was just a simple slogan, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, they also felt that only Professor Holmes could come up with such a prank.

Myrtle saw their expressions and seemed to know what they were thinking, but she still said with an unhappy look:

"Since you just disrespected the great guide, Myrtle, you will now face your first challenge before entering the secret room. Please gather behind the statue."

Everyone followed Myrtle's instructions and came to the back of the statue, which was a huge stone arch. The murals on the surrounding walls described the scenes of the establishment of Hogwarts.

It was obvious that in order to enter the secret room, they would need to use magic to open the stone archway, and everyone looked at Myrtle again.

Myrtle proudly flew around the stone archway and said:

"Originally, you only needed to choose your corresponding subject and then answer the questions at the stone archway, and you could pass this first level directly.

But now it might be a little more complicated... See those round tiles on the floor around the stone archway? Tap them with your wands."

Percy first cast an armor spell on himself, then used his wand to light the nearest floor tile. The others carefully raised their wands at the same time, carefully preparing for the situation that might arise.

With the click of the magic wand, a white light came out from the gaps around the floor tile, and then it slowly rose like an elevator, finally forming a stone platform inlaid with transparent glass.

There was a Muggle-born student present who frowned as he watched the words flashing on the glass. He wondered if he had walked into the wrong set.

"this......"

Everyone turned to look at him and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

He smiled bitterly and said, "I feel like I should know, but this thing shouldn't appear in the magical world."

Myrtle explained:

"That person said this is an exam system. As long as you select the subject you want, a hundred questions will appear. Each question is worth one point. Only if you score above 90 points can you see the magic spell to enter the real level.

Please pay attention to the hourglass on the screen. That is the time you have to answer the questions. If you do not finish answering within the specified time, the questions you left blank will be marked as zero points.

Everyone's mouths twitched. This level definitely wasn't designed by Headmaster Dumbledore, it had to be Professor Holmes. They hadn't expected the reward after the exam to be another chance to take it. If they had known, they wouldn't have gotten an excellent grade.

But it has already started, no one will choose to give up, let alone when it comes to questions that they are good at.

Following Percy's method, each person chose a tile and then answered the questions.

Myrtle floated in the air around everyone like an invigilator.

The classroom closest to here on the second floor has eight large mirrors, one of which is showing the current scene in the secret room hall.