Hogwarts: Nagini captured at the start

Chapter 26 Beautiful Ghost

Hagrid turned his head away, guiltily avoiding Harry's eyes; clearly, he was the one who broke in first and took the things from the vault.

Harry leaned forward and pressed on, "Hagrid, I remember that day, you took a dirty little bag from vault 713, could it be..."

"Harry, these are things a first-year student shouldn't be concerned with. You got a scolding from Snape, you probably won't be in the mood for lunch, right? Here, have a few more rock cakes!"

Hagrid's attitude was clear, and Harry wisely stopped asking questions. The four chatted about some interesting things, and as it was getting dark, Robin led Harry and Ron away from the cabin.

On the way back to the castle, Harry said, "I clearly saw Hagrid take a small cloth bag from vault 713. I have a feeling that the person who broke into Gringotts was after that bag."

"Harry, even if you've guessed part of the truth, you can't say it. Otherwise, what if an intruder hears this news and sneaks into Hogwarts, which could be detrimental to Hagrid?" Robin advised.

"Right, Gringotts in Diagon Alley is the goblin headquarters. How powerful must a trespasser be to avoid the eyes of hundreds of goblins and break through numerous traps to enter the underground vault!" Ron chimed in.

"Huh?! Then I... thank goodness, thank goodness Hagrid didn't answer me directly, otherwise, I would have been in big trouble!"

Whether Harry asks or Hagrid tells, the intruder knows what's in the bag and where it is now.

After all, Quirinas Quirrell was also involved in setting up the Philosopher's Stone Guardian level, wasn't he?

Yes, the dirty cloth bag contained the magic stone!

Rumor has it that Nicolas Flamel and his wife were able to live for 600 years thanks to the Philosopher's Stone, and that the village bully, who parasitized Quirrell's head, risked everything to sneak back into Hogwarts for the same reason.

Of course, Robin also wanted to investigate how much magic power was stored in the Philosopher's Stone.

When we returned to the castle, the long dining table in the first-floor hall was already laden with fragrant and tempting food.

The rock cakes Hagrid gave them were terribly unpalatable, and the three of them desperately needed delicious food to mask the bitter and sour taste left on their taste buds.

After eating, the three of them went back to their dormitory in the tower to wash up and go to sleep!

The next day, at 1:30 pm, Robin wandered aimlessly around the castle, pondering how to increase his cultivation value.

After all, if you only have the income from picking up trash (oops!) and Taobao, it'll be ages before you can upgrade your Rubik's Cube to level 3.

Today is Saturday, and it's lunch break time, so there are hardly any people in the corridor. Even the portraits in the picture frames on the wall are all snoring and taking a nap with their eyes closed.

But the empty castle seems to have become the domain of the ghosts.

The wide-faced, big-mouthed ghoul, Pippi the Ghost, was chasing Nick, who was almost headless, all over the second-floor corridor, while the fat monk watched the spectacle from the sidelines.

When a ghost with silver bloodstains on its robes appeared, Peeves, the nearly headless Nick, and the fat monk turned even paler and then darted away through the wall, showing just how terrified they were of the Slytherin ghost—the Bloody Barrow!

When the blood-covered Barrow floated to the third-floor corridor where Robin was, its previously dull eyes turned fierce, and coupled with its emaciated body, it looked exactly like a ghostly version of a zombie.

"Get out of the way!" Blood Man Barrow said in a hoarse, low voice.

Tsk, a ghost, a ghost with a mental illness, trying to control the living?

Robin glared back defiantly, then walked straight through the body of the blood-soaked Barrow.

Everything happened so suddenly that by the time Bloody Baro came to his senses, Robin had already reached the fourth floor. After glaring at him, it angrily floated back to the Slytherin Tower.

"Oh my god, Robin Lestrange, you're really something. Very few people dare to go up against Bloodman Barrow directly. Do you know who he is?"

Nick, who was almost headless, said, pointing to his head.

Behind it, there floated the wide-faced, big-mouthed, round-eyed Pikachu.

Indeed, Peeves is more afraid of Barrow than any other ghost.

In truth, Robin harbored a deep dislike for Barrow the Blood Man, a man with exceptional magical talent and immense strength. When the woman he secretly loved refused his advances and wouldn't return with him, he went mad and killed her. Afterwards, filled with remorse, he committed suicide with the same sword.

If you're so capable, go go crazy and kill the village bully or the Death Eaters. What kind of skill is it to kill a woman?

"Ms. Gregory has arrived!"

As he spoke, Nick, who was almost headless, disappeared into the wall; he was in a hurry to write a letter to his friend Patrick.

Robin turned around and saw a ghost with extremely beautiful features, long hair reaching her waist, and a long dress that reached the ground.

She had an arrogant and somewhat disdainful expression; when it floated past Robin, it didn't even glance at him.

However, Luo Bin didn't want to miss this great opportunity to improve his breeding value.

"Ms. Grey, are you the ghost of Ravenclaw Tower?"

The beautiful ghost turned around and said coldly, "I am!"

"Do you have another name, Helena Ravenclaw?" Robin asked tentatively.

Upon hearing this, the beautiful ghost twisted her lips into a cold laugh.

"You're not the first, nor will you be the last, student to covet the Ravenclaw crown. Every year at the start of the school year, a bunch of people come and pester me!"

So, the female ghost in front of us is definitely Helena!

Robin stared intently at Helena's chest. In the original story, it was mentioned that Helena was jealous of her mother. In order to surpass her mother's wisdom, she stole the crown that had the magical power to make people smarter and fled to the Albanian jungle.

Later, Barrow the Blood was ordered by Rowena Ravenclaw (Helena's mother) to go to Albania. He went through many hardships to find Helena, but she refused to go with him, refused to hand over the crown, and said some hurtful things.

Enraged, Barrow went mad on the spot. When he regained his senses, Helena was already lying lifeless in a pool of blood. Then, filled with remorse and fear of the world's judgment, Barrow committed suicide.

The Ravenclaw tiara also vanished without a trace with Helena's death!

Of course, "without a trace" is relative to the wizards who are unaware of the truth.

In fact, Helena sensed danger before Barrow reached the treehouse. She hid the tiara in a tree hole. After her death, she became a ghost and resided in the Ravenclaw Tower. Later, she was persuaded by Tom Riddle to reveal where the tiara was hidden.

Riddle ran to Albania, found the tiara, and used magic to forge it into a Horcrux. On the night he returned to Hogwarts to apply for a teaching position, he hid the tiara in the Room of Requirement, which he thought was the only place he knew about.

Hilarious! Since the founding of Hogwarts, countless students and teachers have come and gone from the Room of Requirement!

Flitwick's props for various holidays, Filch's new broom and wrench, Shiny's hangover cure, and even the desks in the classroom were all moved from the Room of Requirement.

The village bully believed that only he knew about the House of Requirement, which was probably the most foolish mistake he ever made.

(End of this chapter)