The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

His ex-girlfriend, Millie, the girl who had eavesdropped on the train leaving school last semester and sent a letter to Travers, was also in the crowd.

Of course, Slytherin students were the most numerous among these students.

Strilner, with his conspicuous bald head, was among them.

"It's a transaction, but also a vow."

Medea answered Scott's question.

"These students have all traded something with me before, but unfortunately..."

She glanced at Scott with regret.

“You did not participate in the transaction, so you did not sign a pledge with me.”

“I remember the oath stipulated that you cannot harm the students of this school,” Scott emphasized.

Medea agreed, saying, "Of course, I won't hurt them. I certainly won't hurt Hogwarts students."

Scott couldn't help but retort, "Really? But I almost died in the Forbidden Forest."

Of course, he exaggerated a little.

Medea ignored his complaints.

"This secret room was first discovered by my father, Slytherin."

She suddenly started telling a story.

"After he discovered this secret room, he shared it with his friends, and they often came here to play music together to relax."

Scott was starting to have a hard time figuring out what kind of person she was.

Forget it...

He suddenly gave up resisting.

Let's listen to the story instead.

Didn't you see that the great Principal Dumbledore was listening with great interest?

Medea continued, "After my father left alone, I discovered the true secret of this secret room in the notes he left behind."

She smiled happily and pointed to the pipe organ behind her, "This pipe organ isn't really for playing music, and this isn't a music room."

At this point, she looked at Scott again.

"..."

Scott met her gaze in silence.

"..."

Medea continued to gaze at him.

"..."

Scott's lips twitched.

Do you really need a straight man to play the role of a comedian?

He was extremely helpless.

Can't you do a solo performance?

Ah!

Or you can choose someone else!

However, he didn't speak, and Medea just kept looking at him without continuing.

Okay, I'll cooperate, alright?

After a long silence, Scott gave in.

He was exhausted and didn't want to linger there any longer.

Forcing himself to stay awake, Scott asked her listlessly, "So what exactly is this place?"

"This is the outlet for magic."

Medea was finally able to continue her story.

"The environment was different in ancient times, so the magic power contained within this magic castle was always extremely abundant. When the magic power became too much, it would be released through this place."

"emission?"

Scott was genuinely surprised.

Is it really necessary to be so extravagant...?

"Yes."

Medea then pointed to the copper pipes that covered the entire wall behind her.

"When the magic flows through these copper pipes, the organ will automatically play beautiful music to remind the castle's owner."

So this is a magical sewer that can automatically play music?

Scott's lips twitched again.

Medea proudly added, "After my father discovered this, he made some modifications to the place."

When her eyes met his, Scott immediately reflexively replied, "Modification?"

"That's right!"

Medea said with great interest.

"By the time my father and his comrades discovered the castle, the magic had ceased to overflow, and the place had lost its original purpose."

"Ok?"

“My father transformed this place into a node of the castle’s magic, which can be used as a fulcrum to leverage the magic of the entire castle. He sometimes uses this magic to conduct some experiments.”

"Oh!"

"After discovering this, I started a second round of renovations here..."

Just as Scott was about to fall asleep, Medea finally got to the point.

Chapter 142 Medea's Self-Revelation

Scott felt that Medea at this moment was exactly like Helena in the portrait in the Room of Requirement, and for some reason she had become very talkative.

It turns out that Medea was intrigued after discovering the original purpose of the music room in Slytherin's notes.

The magic contained within Hogwarts Castle is too powerful.

Slytherin himself was a legendary wizard, so he was simply using the castle's powerful magic to conduct some experiments.

However, Medea, who was not that powerful herself, was extremely envious of the powerful magic contained in the castle.

She had been studying how to use these powers to strengthen herself, catch up with her great father, and gain his approval.

After countless days and nights of tireless research, she seemed to finally see a glimmer of hope—

She found an ancient oath-signing ceremony in the Slytherin library that required a vast source of magic.

This oath serves no other purpose than to adhere to the principle of equivalent exchange, allowing one to transact with anyone.

What is being traded is not money and goods, but intangible things such as magic, talent, and even lifespan.

This discovery filled Medea with ecstasy.

If she could exchange for enough magic and talent, she could become a genius like her father!

But after calming down, she was not satisfied with it.

The oath follows the principle of equivalent exchange, which means that to gain something, you must lose something else.

Medea only wanted to become powerful; she didn't want to lose anything.

Later, she began to devote herself to studying and modifying it, and she came up with some ideas.

This is also why she suddenly wanted to call off the engagement.

She was confident that she had found a way to become stronger, and that getting married was no longer her best option.

So she sought help from the other three founders who were her father's friends, and from her friend Helena.

But everyone politely declined her offer.

According to the rules, once a marriage is arranged by Slytherin himself, no one can interfere unless he himself appears.

Although Medea was somewhat disheartened by her failed attempt to break off the engagement, she quickly rallied.

Marriage could not change her desire to become stronger.

She began to devote herself wholeheartedly to her research, wanting to improve that ancient oath.

She didn't want to be a party to the transaction witnessed by the oath, but rather the one who controlled the oath.

But she failed.

The oath didn't seem to be as effective as she had hoped.

The oath can only operate by relying on a vast source of magic, which she, as a wizard, cannot truly control.

On the eve of graduation, Medea, who was about to get married, chose to leave behind her achievements with great reluctance.

Since she can't control it while she's alive, she'll wait until she's dead to finish it.

She revamped the vow, setting her sights on the distant future, and secretly sneaked into the music room to further modify it.

Then, she tried to persuade Ravenclaw with conditions, and eventually agreed to some of the harsh conditions proposed by Ravenclaw, thus completing the signing ceremony of the modified oath.

As Medea continued to reveal more about herself, Scott became increasingly convinced that she was a genius.

He couldn't understand why the witch, who was capable of all these things, would be described as having mediocre talent...

Is talent only in magic?

In Scott's view, Medea was incredibly learned and exceptionally gifted.

Medea didn't elaborate much on her research and modification of the oath, but even those few words were beyond Scott's comprehension.