Hogwarts: This holy light is righteously evil

But precisely because he is a ghost, transparent and without a physical body, he is jokingly referred to by his students as "the professor who forgot to bring his body to class."

Just then, Eddie, who was sitting diagonally opposite Puni, was looking down and taking big bites of a roasted chicken leg, with oil dripping down his chin. As he ate, he mumbled, "Puni, you've got the guts to sleep in the History of Magic class. If you've got the guts, try dozing off in the Potions class this afternoon. I want to see if you can get away unscathed."

As soon as Eddie finished speaking, the laughter around him stopped instantly, and everyone looked at Puni, waiting to see his reaction.

After all, Professor Snape's strictness was well-known at Hogwarts. No one dared to cause trouble in his Potions class, let alone doze off. If they were not careful, they would be severely reprimanded by Professor Snape, or even punished by copying the Potions textbook, or by helping to process potion materials in the dungeon.

Unexpectedly, Puni spoke almost without hesitation, quickly and decisively: "I don't have the guts. I wouldn't dare to slack off or doze off in Professor Snape's class."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud burst of laughter erupted around the Ravenclaw table, even more boisterous than before.

Cho Chang smiled broadly, Eddie laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight, and Roger put down his chicken leg, wiping his mouth as he laughed heartily. The other Ravenclaw students around him also laughed so hard they were doubled over, filling the long table with a joyful atmosphere.

In fact, Penny has been well-regarded by the first-year Ravenclaw students ever since he entered Hogwarts.

From the first day of school, he displayed knowledge far exceeding that of his peers. He excelled in both magical theory and practical application, and he was also decisive, responsible, and had a strong leadership spirit.

Over time, the entire first-year Ravenclaw community came to regard him as their leader, and would seek his opinion on anything that came up.

However, the professors at the school had mixed opinions about Puni.

Professor Flitwick, for example, really liked Puni and greatly admired his intelligence and talent. Whether in Charms class or in their daily interactions, he took special care of him and often praised him.

Professor McGonagall, on the other hand, had a love-hate relationship with Penny. She admired his courage and sense of responsibility, but felt that he acted too boldly and was not like a traditional Ravenclaw at all.

As for Professor Snape, he seemed unusually indifferent to Penny, as if he were just treating him as an ordinary student.

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Puni's life gradually developed a fixed rhythm, so regular it was almost rigid.

During the day, he would appear in all his classes on time and listen attentively to the professors. Even if he occasionally dozed off during the boring History of Magic class, he would never miss the core courses. In particular, he was cautious throughout Potions class, never slacking off and always maintaining a proper and disciplined performance to avoid attracting Professor Snape's attention.

As night fell, when Hogwarts Castle was silent and the students were asleep, he would quietly slip out of his dormitory and head to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor to continue his search for the crown that carried Ravenclaw's divine power, day after day without fail.

Unlike Penny's focused approach, the Weasley twins have rarely accompanied him to the Room of Requirement late at night recently.

It wasn't that they had lost interest in the "treasures" in the Room of Requirement, but rather that their inherent adventurous spirit had been reignited by something more mysterious, making them no longer content to slowly rummage through the clutter in the Room of Requirement.

What they yearn for even more is to wander through the hidden corners of Hogwarts, explore those undiscovered secrets, and experience the joy of unknown adventures.

All of this stemmed from Penny's casual mention of "Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."

It was just a casual remark that day, but unexpectedly, after hearing it, the twins devoted most of their energy to finding the Chamber of Secrets in Slytherin. Every day after class, they would secretly search around the castle, asking for clues about the Chamber of Secrets, and even went so far as to avoid Filch's patrols and sneak into areas that students were not allowed to enter.

Seeing the two of them so engrossed and focused, Puni didn't care at all. Whether they found the secret room or not didn't matter much to him.

Penny knew perfectly well that Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets was far more mysterious and harder to find than the Room of Requirement.

Even Voldemort, during his time at Hogwarts, spent a long time and exhausted his efforts to gradually uncover all the secrets of the Chamber of Secrets and finally find a way to open it.

The twins were just two first-year students. They had neither powerful magic nor enough clues, so finding the secret room was undoubtedly an impossible task.

Moreover, even if the twins were extremely lucky and found the entrance to the secret room, they would still be unable to enter.

The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets can only be opened using Parseltongue, a unique spell left behind by Salazar Slytherin. No other spell, no matter how powerful the dark magic or how exquisite the white magic, can break the seal of the Chamber of Secrets or open the entrance.

The twins didn't understand snake language at all, so even if they found the entrance, they could only look on in despair, not knowing where to begin.

However, Penny himself had a strong interest in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, and even secretly speculated that there must be other ways to enter the Chamber of Secrets hidden in Hogwarts Castle besides the rumored passageway in the girls' lavatory on the second floor.

His conjecture was not unfounded, but rather the result of careful consideration and analysis.

He had secretly gone to the girls' restroom on the second floor and carefully observed the legendary entrance to the secret room and the pipe under the sink.

The pipe was narrow and damp, its inner walls covered in moss, and its opening was extremely small. It was clearly designed for slender creatures and not for humans to pass through.

Puni knew that the pipe was actually a special passage prepared for the basilisk in the secret room. The basilisk was slender and could easily move through it.

Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, was born into a pure-blood wizarding noble family and possessed a strong aristocratic mentality, making him proud and conceited.

Such a noble wizard, when constructing such an important secret space as the Chamber of Secrets, would not have left only one passageway for the Basilisk to pass through. He would have prepared a respectable and convenient passageway for himself and future Slytherin descendants, and possibly more than one, so that in case of emergency, they could enter or leave the Chamber quickly and safely.

Puni naturally wanted to find these hidden passages to enter Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

His obsession with the secret chamber stemmed not only from his curiosity about its secrets, but more importantly, from the fact that the basilisk kept there was the object of his intense desire to study.

As an ancient and powerful magical creature, the basilisk contains immense dark magic power. Puni has been researching the balance between holy and dark magic. If he could observe and study the basilisk up close, it might bring new breakthroughs to his research and accumulate more power for his subsequent plan to become a god.

But Puni was also very clear-headed. The basilisk was incredibly ferocious and extremely lethal. With his current magical power, it would be extremely dangerous to study the basilisk up close. If he was not careful, he could fall into a situation of no return.

Therefore, he did not rush into anything, but chose to temporarily suppress his curiosity and continue to focus on finding the Ravenclaw crown, while secretly accumulating magical power, perfecting his holy magic system, and making full preparations.

He already had a clear plan in mind: once he found the crown, he would use its divine power to further enhance himself, make thorough protective preparations, and then go to find the hidden passage of the secret chamber, explore its secrets, and study the powerful basilisk.

He wouldn't act rashly before then; after all, only by acting cautiously could he go further and successfully realize his plans.