The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 645 Hero's Exploration

Is that really Loila?

This puzzle remained unsolved even after Shiloh left the Saint-Germain Hospital—although the person looked exactly like Royla, and that was indeed the case in Karkaroff's memory—Shiloh had never seen Royla so cold before.

So much so that she kept thinking about this question the whole way—after all, no matter how you looked at it, they were very different from her.

But in any case, the other clues gleaned from Karkaroff's memory are valid—namely, the place where they met.

From Karkaroff's memories, we can roughly determine the location: a mountain plain in southern Germany. Guided by these memories, Hilo arrived there on a snowy winter day.

So, is this the place?

Hilo looked around thoughtfully. Even though the guidance of her memory should be correct, because of the different season, there was no grass and blue sky like in her memory. There was only a gloomy sky and falling snow.

Even the ground was covered in snow.

After a few seconds of thought, Hilo gently raised his wand: "Burning Flames."

Fire serpents spewed from the tip of the staff, gradually spreading around her. Under Hilo's skillful control, the flames only melted the snow without igniting the grass.

As the red flames spread out in concentric circles, the surrounding ground gradually came into view.

Hmm—Shilo bent down slightly to take a look, feeling that this place seemed to be gradually matching the scene in her memory.

Although countless years have passed, this place doesn't seem to have changed much.

Soon, Hilo arrived at the place where Loila had opened the secret chamber in her memory. From the outside, it looked no different from the other places, and even a wizard would not be able to find anything here.

It's obvious that Loila must have used a magic circle at the time, but Shiloh doesn't really understand magic circles.

Is this the magic lock array that Loila mentioned? Or is it some other kind of magic array?

If only I had listened more attentively in class back then — Hilo remembered that she had attended every class, but all she remembered was what Loila looked like, and she had completely forgotten about the magic circle.

But now that we know it's here—shouldn't we be able to open it using some special methods?

Thinking this, Hilo coughed and raised his wand, pointing it at the ground.

"Thunderbolt Explosion!"

As the incantation was uttered, a spell struck the ground with a deafening explosion. Not only that, Heero continued to wave his wand, throwing out one explosive spell after another.

Under the relentless bombardment, even the reinforced entrance to the secret chamber was successfully blasted open by Hilo, creating a hole.

Although this might disrupt the original magic array—but now that things have come to this, I don't have much time to waste.

Hilo looked at the messy grass in front of her, pursed her lips, and then walked down the steps.

This must be the place where Loila tortured Karkaroff—I didn't expect it to be so well preserved after all these years—it must be thanks to the magic circle at the entrance, right?

Hilo raised the tip of his staff: "Fluorescent light."

As the twinkling lights illuminated her path, her pace quickened.

Soon, Hilo reached the end of the stairs, but looking at it, she couldn't help but frown.

Various odds and ends were scattered on the ground. Hilo could see a broken glass, an hourglass broken in two on the ground, and even dried black liquid on the ground with just a quick glance.

Has this place been invaded by red hats?

Not only that, she also saw messy footprints on the dirty ground, which were particularly conspicuous on the dusty ground.

Has anyone been here?

Hilo frowned slightly, raised his wand and flicked it. Fluorescent light emanated from the tip of the wand and hung on the ceiling, illuminating the room.

This also allowed her to see the situation inside the room clearly.

That's right—someone was here not long ago—

Not only were there footprints on the floor, but there were also various traces of dust that had been swept away from the table—the outline of a notebook was left on the table, clearly indicating that someone had taken something that was originally there.

Who has been here?

Is he an explorer?

Or—someone else?

Hilo bent down but didn't go inside. Instead, he stood at the doorway and began to observe the outline of the footprints.

There were two footprints, one big and one small. The smaller one had very small steps and seemed to walk unsteadily. They were scattered all over the room. Was it a child's footprint?

The larger one has a much longer stride, but leaves very few footprints; most of the time it stays in one place.

Although they were boots, Shiloh felt that the two people's heights could be determined by their footprints.

The smaller one—about 1.5 meters tall—is probably female? After all, these are female boot footprints, while the larger one is male.

He needs to be very tall—maybe over 1.8 meters.

Are they father and daughter?

The somewhat odd combination made Hilo raise an eyebrow. She slowly walked into the room and began to explore its various contents.

This place is clearly a laboratory, and the various messy things piled up together are very much in line with Loila's behavior—looking around casually, Shiloh's gaze finally settled on the table.

Besides the somewhat conspicuous outline of the notebook, there were other things on the table, such as some glasses and some unidentifiable materials in jars.

These things are at least several decades old; are they still usable now?

"Clatter".

Just as she was thinking this, Hilo stepped on something and made a crunching sound, which made her look down and take a look.

It was an hourglass broken in two. When Shiloh first saw it, she thought it was just an ordinary hourglass, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, she quickly bent down and picked it up.

This is not an ordinary hourglass—it is—a time converter.

That's right—Shiloh clearly remembered that the reason Royla tortured Karkaroff was to find out where Durmstrang's time-twister was—

So did she go and get that time converter?

Hilo picked up the hourglass that had broken in two and looked at it thoughtfully.

This time converter is completely broken and unusable—I have no idea what happened to it decades ago—

Hilo decided it would be better to put the time converter away for now; maybe it could be repaired and still be used.

Then—Shiloh turned her attention to other parts of the room, and as she explored, she gradually discovered more details about the room.

Judging from the dust, the two people who entered the room only took the notebook and didn't seem to have taken anything else.

The dust on the bottles and jars didn't change much—wait a minute—Hiro vaguely saw something tiny under the flickering fluorescent light, gently reflecting the light.

It was a silver, slightly wavy strand of hair—falling silently to the ground.