Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 182 Helena Ravenclaw

Barrow was tempted.

"By the way, don't call me teacher when there are other people around. Just call me Rice. My name is Rice Lint now." Before returning to the underground classroom, Rice didn't forget to remind Barrow of this, lest he accidentally reveal his identity.

Blood Man Barrow: ...

"Teacher, your naming method is quite unique," he couldn't help but remark.

"I feel great." Rice was quite pleased with the way she named herself.

When the two returned to the underground classroom, they found that the anniversary party had reached its climax. However, all of this seemed to have nothing to do with Nick, who was almost headless, because he was standing pitifully in the center of the dance floor, watching a group of people dressed as hunters playing a game of balancing hockey balls on their heads on horseback. The limelight was completely stolen by these uninvited ghosts.

The phrase "the guest overshadows the host" is perfectly apt here.

Barrow was in a hurry; he couldn't wait to know the truth about that day, so he walked quickly, drifting at a fast pace, with Rice close behind.

Barrow's power was so great that ghosts would give way wherever he went, even clearing a path for him in the ghost-filled underground classroom.

Rice was happy to do so, following closely behind Barrow—although he could pass directly through the ghosts' bodies, to be honest, the feeling of being immersed in icy water was not pleasant.

At that moment, he noticed that on the other side of the classroom, Daphne and the others were blocked at the dining table by a unique ghost—even though ghosts cannot eat, the nearly headless Nick still prepared a "sumptuous" dinner for the guests. However, these foods were inedible to the living, as they were all rotten and spoiled, enough to send a young wizard to meet the founder of Hogwarts if eaten in one bite.

The ghost blocking Daphne and the others was different from the ghost in the classroom. It wasn't a pale, transparent ghost, but a physical monster. The strange ghost wore a bright orange-red party hat, its bow tie around its neck twirling incessantly, and a malicious smile flickered across its face.

Rice recognized the ghost's name; it was Pippi the Ghost, a prankster ghost who was an old acquaintance of his.

This guy has been around since the school was first built. To be more precise, he was born along with the entire building and gained powers different from ordinary ghosts after a large number of children flocked to it.

At first, Rice and his friends didn't notice anything unusual about Peeves; they treated him like an ordinary monster. However, after repeatedly defeating him only to see him again the next morning, the founders realized something was wrong.

They abandoned the idea of ​​eliminating Peeves and instead tried to seal him away, but no matter how hard the founders tried, Peeves would always return to Hogwarts and bring even more mischief.

Ultimately, Rice and his friends determined that Peeves was actually a spirit born from the condensed emotions of the Hogwarts children, and there was only one way to expel him from Hogwarts: to relocate all the students from Hogwarts.

Thus, the idea of ​​expelling Peeves from Hogwarts was completely thwarted.

The founders of the "what's the use" approach simply hired a caretaker named Hankelton Humbert to outwit Peeves, thus beginning a thousand-year-long struggle between the castle caretaker and Peeves. The story of Peeves and the first caretaker, Hankelton, could be told by Rice for three days and three nights.

Ironically, after Daphne killed the troll last year, many students believed it was the "spirit of Hogwarts Castle" manifesting itself. But if you really look into it, the creature that best fits the definition of the "spirit of Hogwarts Castle" is actually Peeves.

This will probably shock countless people, right?

At that moment, Mischievous Ghost asked Daphne in a sweet tone, "Want some?"

As he spoke, he handed a bowl of moldy peanuts to Daphne.

"No, thank you." Daphne was extremely disgusted with the bowl of peanuts in front of her, but she knew very well that a rational person should not offend Mischief, so she controlled her expression and responded to him in a polite manner.

However, Pikachu was clearly there to cause trouble, and Daphne's politeness couldn't deter him.

He decided to teach these little devils a lesson; tonight, he was determined to make these little wizards eat this bowl of peanuts!

Blood Man Barrow noticed Rice's unusual behavior. He followed Rice's gaze and saw Peeves making things difficult for the little wizard.

He let out a soft "humph," and then Rice saw Pippi shudder and dart under the table.

Having resolved Daphne's predicament, Rice didn't linger and left the underground classroom before the kids could react.

"Peeves seems quite afraid of you?" After leaving the classroom, Rice glanced at his good student: Not bad! He never expected that what his student couldn't do in life, he would accomplish in death!

"Yes, sometimes clever students will impersonate my voice to scare away Mischief, and it works very well."

"What exactly did you do to Peeves...?"

Barrow and Rice chatted as they rushed to the Ravenclaw Tower.

"Where is Helena?"

"I don't know." Barrow's spirit became less transparent, and he was much more nervous than Rice had imagined.

"Perhaps inside the tower," Rice said, glancing at the door knocker at the entrance to the Ravenclaw common room.

This door knocker was handcrafted by Ravenclaw, incorporating highly advanced magic and possessing a degree of intelligence. Another alchemical artifact in the school possessing its own intelligence is the Gryffindor Sorting Hat.

After Rice knocked on the door knocker, the knocker posed a question to him. Only if Rice answered the question correctly could he enter the Ravenclaw Tower.

"A young wizard has two water jugs, one large and one small. The large jug holds six pints of water, and the small jug holds five pints. How can he obtain three pints of water from the Black Lake using only these two jugs?"

Rice thought for a moment and gave his answer.

The door swung open, revealing the Ravenclaw common room behind it.

The Ravenclaw common room is a large, round room, decorated in an extremely ethereal style. Elegant arched windows line the walls, and blue and bronze silks hang from the ceiling. Stars are the central theme; star charts adorn the domed ceiling, and the deep blue carpet on the floor is also covered in stars. Unlike the Slytherin common room, this room contains numerous bookshelves, and a tall white marble statue stands in a niche opposite the door.

A ghost with waist-length hair and a robe that reached the ground stood in front of the statue.

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.

Update delivered. The second update will be a little later. I've included the answer to the door knocker question in the author's notes!

Let's have a picture of Cedric today.

It consists of four steps.

First, fill the 5-pint pitcher and pour it into the 6-pint pitcher. At this point, the 6-pint pitcher contains 5 pints of water.

2. Fill the small jug again, and then use the small jug to fill the large jug. At this point, 4 pints of water will remain in the 5-pint jug.

3.把大壶的水倒掉，再把5品脱壶里剩余的水倒入6品脱的壶里，这时6品脱的壶里有4品脱水

4. Fill the 5-pint pitcher and pour it into the 6-pint pitcher. At this point, the small pitcher will contain 3 pints of water.

(End of this chapter)