Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 142 The Ravenclaw Code

"Are you crazy?!" Hermione was completely shocked as she looked at the Cornish elves scattered all over the ground like rain.

"They are just, just—"

"Just throwing wizards out of windows, hanging students on ceiling fans, gouging out their eyes, and poking their kidneys—these are just innocent little animals?" Rice glanced at Hermione, then continued packing her bag.

"By the way, this is the fourth floor of the castle. You're a Lockhart fan, right? Then I suggest you go to the school hospital and call Mrs. Pomfrey."

"But... well, I wanted to say, uh." Rice's words completely disrupted Hermione's train of thought. She stammered for a while, but finally picked up her bag and rushed to the school hospital.

As Hermione left, Rice packed his schoolbag. He turned and looked at Daphne, who was standing next to him with her schoolbag.

"What's wrong? Did I get something dirty on me?" Noticing Rice's gaze, Daphne quickly checked the hem of her wizard's robe to make sure nothing was stuck on it without her noticing. She even crossed her legs to make sure her shoes were clean too.

"Daphne, do you think what I did was a bit cruel?" Rice asked her.

Daphne blinked. She glanced around the messy classroom and said nonchalantly, "I feel alright, don't I? After all, those Cornish elves attacked the wizards, didn't they? Even among Muggles, a mad dog that bites someone gets executed."

"Very good." Rice's smile returned, the first time he had smiled since seeing Lockhart's test paper that afternoon. Daphne's answer satisfied him.

He was quite worried that Daphne would give a bad answer.

In Rice's view, their fate was sealed the moment the Cornish elves threw Lockhart out the window.

Lockhart was indeed foolish, but he was still a wizard.

Rice knew very well that these little elves were very clever, and the reason they hadn't gone any further was because they knew they were on wizards' territory.

If this weren't wizard territory...

A thousand years ago, the Cornish elves' diet included human flesh.

"Cleaned up completely." Rice took out his wand and swept the messy floor clean, then put all the overturned tables and chairs back to their original positions.

With a spell cast, the classroom returned to normal, looking as if nothing had happened.

But how can something that has happened be the same as something that never happened?

The news that Professor Lockhart was thrown out of the castle window by a group of Cornish elves and ended up in the school hospital quickly spread throughout the school, much to the students' astonishment—how could Professor Lockhart, with such a wealth of adventures, be unable to handle even a group of elves?

Some students thought Lockhart was acting to test their knowledge, while others thought it was just a simple mistake.

The seeds of doubt have been sown, and cracks have appeared in Lockhart's illustrious image.

However, few people know that the moment Lockhart was admitted to the hospital, Professor Sprout approached Mrs. Pomfrey and intervened in Lockhart's treatment plan.

According to Madam Pomfrey, Lockhart only had a common fracture, which she could heal with a single spell, perhaps with some potions as post-operative aid.

Professor Sprout rejected her short-sighted view, believing that doing so might leave Professor Lockhart with health problems. She strongly suggested that Mrs. Pomfrey use her herbs to treat Professor Lockhart, which would allow him to recover without any risks.

Madame Pomfrey was an expert in the field of healing, and generally no one could interfere with her treatment process, but Professor Sprout, a master of herbal medicine, was an exception.

Since Professor Sprout had spoken, and what he said made perfect sense, Mrs. Pomfrey readily agreed and adopted his suggestion to treat Lockhart's fracture with pure herbal medicine.

As a result, Professor Lockhart's hospital stay inevitably extended from one night to three days and three nights.

However, the real excitement was yet to come: when his young fans came to visit him, Lockhart decided to show off his skills by demonstrating his expertise in healing spells.

This treatment completely removed the bone from his fracture site, directly causing his hospital stay to increase from three days to half a month.

The events at the school hospital had no impact on the students; the young wizards' lives continued as usual. After the disastrous Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Daphne returned to the Slytherin common room to continue studying the pamphlet Ravenclaw had given her.

After researching a lot of information during the summer vacation, she has already figured things out.

After settling down in a corner of the common room, she opened the notebook Ravenclaw had given her and began writing. To facilitate communication, Daphne even used Latin.

Sure enough, the ink disappeared shortly after the words were written, and in its place appeared a line of neat and beautiful Latin.

Hello Daphne, I'm Rowena.

A look of delight appeared on Daphne's face, and she quickly wrote in her notebook: "May I know your role?"

Of course, but you need to answer one of my questions.

Immediately afterwards, a long passage appeared on the booklet.

There are four wizards wearing hats in the classroom. Wizard A and Wizard C are wearing white hats, while Wizard B and Wizard D are wearing black hats.

Wizard A can see Wizard B and Wizard C; Wizard B can see Wizard C; Wizard C and Wizard D cannot see anyone. They know there are four wizard hats in total, two black and two white, but they do not know what color their own hat is.

Who will be the first person to know the color of their wizard's hat and shout it out immediately?

Daphne picked up her quill pen—Latin was already difficult for her, and now she had to use it to solve problems, making it even more challenging. She took out a dictionary and painstakingly translated the questions in the booklet, referring to the dictionary as she went.

That wasn't enough, so she drew another diagram to help.

After a few minutes, she finally solved the logic puzzle.

[Wizard B]

Congratulations, you got it right!

Another passage appeared on the booklet:

[I am the Question and Answer Book created by Ronaldo Ravenclaw. I contain a great deal of Ravenclaw's wisdom, but if you want to obtain it, you need to answer my questions or complete my tasks. You can choose either questions or tasks.]

[Here is your reward for answering the question correctly—"A Detailed Explanation of Spatial Magic (Part One)"]

Daphne stared in disbelief at the words that appeared in the booklet.

The gift Ms. Ravenclaw gave us was far too precious!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

First update delivered; second update a little later.

Without reading the answer in the "Author's Note," do you know why it's Wizard B?

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Resolution:

Because Wizard A can see Wizards B and C, if B and C are the same color, then he will immediately know that he is the other color. However, if Wizards B and C's hats are different colors, he cannot know for sure what color his own hat is.

Based on their order of appearance and the color of their hats, if Wizard A cannot be the first to call out the color of his own hat, it means that Wizard B and Wizard C's hats are different colors. Wizard B can see that Wizard C's hat is white, and can quickly deduce that his own hat is black.

(End of this chapter)