The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"The portrait you left behind is indeed no ordinary portrait," Scott sighed helplessly.

He took a deep breath to calm his wildly beating heart.

This was truly a huge shock.

"This is just a magic spell to see the essence of a personality, much like the effect of the Sorting Hat."

Ravenclaw smiled reservedly.

"Excuse me, but as a professor, I need to verify your character."

You truly deserve to be called our ancestor of eagles.

Scott thought.

This kind of self-centered, independent attitude is really something else.

“I must say, I admire a kid like you,” Ravenclaw added. “I hope you continue to walk firmly on your own path.”

"Yes……"

Scott was almost too afraid to look up.

Just then, Ms. Gray suddenly let out a clear laugh.

Scott turned to look at her in surprise.

"...You've been fooled, Scott."

Ms. Gray covered her mouth with one hand and laughed as she spoke.

"Mother can't use any magic now; that's just the intimidating effect caused by the magical circuits carved on the portrait!"

“Of course, Helena told me about you,” Ravenclaw said with a smile.

She shook her head. "Don't you understand? The traces of your brain surgery are too obvious. I can tell from your eyes."

"..."

Scott was speechless.

Why are you two, a mother and daughter who have been together for thousands of years, bullying an innocent 14-year-old boy like me?

"Let's talk about Medea instead."

Ravenclaw changed the subject.

"Although Salazar did not ask us to take care of Medea when he left, we all assumed that we would take his place."

Scott couldn't help but ask, "So, Slytherin really left Hogwarts to protect the school?"

Ravenclaw nodded. "Of course, that's only one aspect. On the other hand..."

She hesitated for a moment, then continued, "His magical research cannot continue at Hogwarts; it will always be a school."

“I see,” Ms. Grey said, somewhat displeased. “Back then, Medea made all sorts of demands of me because of this!”

“That child…” Ravenclaw shook his head.

"Let me speak!"

Ms. Gray wore an expression that could only be described as willful.

"I didn't want to say it originally."

Ravenclaw nodded.

"If you ask me earlier, Medea is just like me."

Ms. Gray said to Scott.

"We all have overly dazzling parents. Although we are all quite talented, we can never reach the heights of our parents."

The Ravenclaw in the portrait looks somewhat helpless. "I never stipulated that you had to become a powerful wizard, Helena."

“I know, Mother,” Mrs. Grey said, turning to look at the portrait, “but I didn’t understand these things back then.”

She then said to Scott, "Let me start with myself. Back then, I envied my mother's wisdom and longed to have her wisdom and fame."

She began to reopen old wounds, saying, "Back then, I foolishly thought that my mother's wisdom came only from her crown, so I chose to steal the crown and escape from Hogwarts."

At this moment, Scott didn't know what expression to make.

He wasn't confident he could act in front of Ravenclaw.

Even if it's just a portrait.

So he could only lower his head slightly as if listening.

Fortunately, it seemed no one cared about his expression.

Ms. Gray continued, "Later, I caused my mother to fall seriously ill and die, and I was punished myself. I only felt remorse before I died... This made me a ghost after I died."

“You shouldn’t have taken my death upon yourself, Helena,” Ravenclaw said.

Ms. Gray shook her head.

“Medea is different from me; she craves her father’s approval.”

She told Scott about Medea.

"She felt that Slytherin named her Medea in the hope that she would become a powerful witch, like the princess of Colchis."

Scott thought to himself, Slytherin is quite unconventional.

Judging from the experiences of the original owner of this name, the meaning of this name is not good.

"She misunderstood."

At this point, Ravenclaw explained.

“Salarchar named her Medea, not hoping she would become a powerful witch like Medea…”

Her expression was somewhat indescribable.

"This is Salazar's peculiar taste. He wants his daughter to be as strong as Medea, so that even if she suffers harm in the future, she can take revenge as bravely and resolutely as Medea."

"..."

Scott agreed with her assessment of Slytherin's taste.

Medea's revenge even involved killing her own children.

Ms. Gray's expression was also somewhat complicated.

But she continued, "In short, that's what Medea herself thinks. She's not particularly talented, just like me, and she never gets any praise from Slytherin, which has driven her crazy."

Chapter 127 The first condition of the oath is

Is there so much pressure for descendants of legendary wizards?

After listening to Ms. Gray's story, Scott thought with amusement.

I wonder if Hufflepuff and Gryffindor have any direct descendants.

Ms. Grey added, "Back then, I only knew that Medea was often saddened by not receiving praise from her father, but I didn't know she would go to this extent..."

She turned to look at the portrait of Ravenclaw.

"You know, Mother, the purpose of her oath with you."

She said it with certainty.

"I can't believe you didn't see through her thoughts. You only lose your temper when you're with me."

“Of course I know her purpose,” Ravenclaw said calmly, “but the conditions for that oath to work are too demanding, and I don’t think she will have a chance to fully wake up.”

Scott stood to the side, looking at them with a bewildered expression.

He really wanted to say...

Riddler, get out of Hogwarts!

“Oh, sorry, Scott.” Ms. Gray looked at Scott.

Noticing his gaze, she seemed to snap out of her daze.

"I should have made things clear to you," she said apologetically.

“I only understood the gist of it,” Scott said.

Although some things could be inferred from their conversation, Scott wanted to hear the details.

It's good to satisfy your gossipy nature, isn't it?

"That was before I made any mistakes."

Ms. Gray said.

"Slytherin's sudden departure without saying goodbye was a huge blow to Medea, who knew she would never again have the chance to receive the praise she craved."

She seemed lost in memories.

"She once truly believed that one day she would make Slytherin proud of her daughter."

Scott said, "I remember her saying... she had asked you for help before?"

"Yes, she's too proud."

Ms. Gray said with a sigh.

"She wanted to break the engagement her father had arranged for her, she looked down on Gaunt and wanted to keep her Slytherin surname."

Scott was a little confused. If he wanted to break off the engagement, he could just not get married. Besides... Helena didn't seem to be of any help.

His expression was quite telling; at least both ladies understood what he was thinking.

"Marriage contracts in that era were not to be broken easily; they were contracts with magical powers."

Ms. Gray explained.

"She wanted me to help her persuade my mother to intervene and help her break off the engagement."

Scott then looked at Ravenclaw.

Ravenclaw smiled somewhat helplessly.