Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Even though she was wearing a patched and tattered wizard robe and smelled strongly of herbs and fertilizers, it did not affect her popularity among the students.

She even reminded Ryan of Helga Hufflepuff - their personalities and even looks were somewhat similar.

There was no practical part in this class. Professor Straup just introduced some basic knowledge about herbs, including "identification", "collection", "preservation" and some common types of herbs.

It is worth mentioning that, apart from Hermione who is always a top student, Ryan did not show off too much.

On the contrary, Neville Longbottom performed unexpectedly well in this class and named several herbs.

"My grandma likes to grow some herbs, so I know some..."

Professor Straub awarded Gryffindor another five points for this.

After the herbal medicine class, Ryan's first day of classes officially ended.

He, Seamus, Neville and Dean enjoyed a delicious dinner in the auditorium, and after saying goodbye, they returned to their dormitories.

But when night fell again at Hogwarts, Ryan left his dormitory again.

Once again, his independent dormitory is indeed very convenient for night outings, as if it was specially customized for him.

But today, Ryan did not choose to continue to go to the Room of Requirement.

He quietly walked out of the castle while avoiding Filch who might appear.

The sound of shoes stepping on the autumn lawn has a slight rustling sound, and the cool breeze at night is quite bleak and cold in this late autumn season.

Ryan paced and looked at the Black Lake not far away.

The silver moonlight falls on the Black Lake, making it shimmer in the night, as if white elves are jumping on the water.

Ryan walked to the edge of the Black Lake and gently called out the name.

"Shagaaaa."

The scene is the same as it was a thousand years ago.

The boy called out his friend's name in front of the lake.

"Buzz!"

And the latter will of course respond.

As the water surface of the Black Lake rolled back, the fish below were startled and swam rapidly. The water surface bulged like a hill, and the huge black squid appeared on the shore.

"Buzz!"

The giant squid's tentacles twisted in the moonlight, making low sounds.

No one should be able to understand that sound, unless a wizard suddenly awakens the 'squid voice'.

But Ryan is an exception.

As the person who raised Shakaa'e, he could roughly understand what the giant squid was expressing.

"Sorry - I was supposed to come see you yesterday, but I suddenly thought of a possibility..."

Ryan apologized softly.

The giant squid's tentacles slowly placed in front of him, and its huge head also moved closer to the shore.

Ryan stroked him and softly recounted his experiences during this period.

"Yeah, I woke up and found that I was no longer in Hogwarts..."

"I went to the Room of Requirement, you know? The room where the Ravenclaw teachers stayed..."

"Hogwarts is still the same, but all the familiar people are gone..."

"I saw the memory of the Sorting Hat. Ravenclaw has..."

He spoke softly, and the giant squid was like a child listening quietly.

The moonlight shone on them, never changing.

Finally, Ryan asked what he wanted to ask: "Shaga'a'er, do you know the treasure left by the teachers?"

"They left me things at school, but I'm not sure what they are or where they are."

Yes - in the entire Hogwarts, Ryan could currently think of the location of the treasure left to him by his four teachers.

Apart from the Room of Requirement, the person most likely to know this news is Shaka.

but...

"Buzz!"

The giant squid's head shook slightly.

"You don't know either?"

This performance certainly made Ryan understand that the giant squid didn't know what the four giants left behind.

"That's really... Logically speaking, at least the Gryffindor teacher should tell you what he left behind."

This situation gave Ryan a headache.

But at this moment...

"Buzz!"

Shaka'a'er's low voice came again, and then Ryan saw its huge wrist touch a stone by the Black Lake.

"Oh, after all these years—you still like this?"

So, Ryan said with a smile.

"Buzz!"

"Of course, of course I'll play with you—go on!"

Ryan smiled, stretched out his wand, and pointed at the stone. Then he saw the stone fly high and fall into the Black Lake.

But the next moment, Shaka'aer's huge tentacles caught it, and then the giant squid handed the stone back to Ryan, who waved his wand again and threw the stone away...

This was a very simple, even boring game, but Ryan smiled for the first time in a long time.

Until half an hour later...

"Oh, Shaka Aer, let's stop here for today. I really don't have enough magic power right now."

Ryan said with a little regret.

"Buzz!"

Saga also made a sound of regret - it was hard to imagine that a giant squid as tall as a mountain and with powerful magical powers would like this kind of game.

"Okay, I have to get back... I have to train today."

Ryan said goodbye to Shaka Aer: "I will come to see you again when I have time, old friend."

But at this moment...

"Buzz!"

Along with a low voice, Shaga'er's wrist tentacles were handed to Ryan. Ryan looked down and found that something was wrapped around the wrist tentacles.

It was a short whistle.

It has a red, slightly flat appearance and is carved with a squid.

Of course...in fact, most people would not think that the pattern of eight lines stretched out from the middle of the ball is a 'squid', but Ryan recognized it.

Because he designed this thing himself and drew the pattern on it himself.

"You actually still have this thing... Was it left by a Gryffindor teacher?"

He took the whistle with a smile - it was the one he used when he raised Shaga'ae since he was a child.

"Buzz!"

The giant squid nodded its huge head and then raised its tentacles.

Ryan could understand what it meant.

"Blow it and I'll appear."

It was no longer the little squid caught by the dark wizard.

"I can protect you now, Ryan."

So Ryan smiled and nodded, and put the whistle away carefully.

"Goodnight, Shakaa'e."

"Buzz!"

After saying good night to each other, Ryan turned and walked towards the castle.

The giant squid looked at Ryan's back from a distance and dived to the bottom of the lake.

Ryan walked back across the lawn, thinking with some annoyance in his heart.

Until now, all the places he could think of that were most likely to find the treasure seemed to have failed, which left him at a loss for a moment.

"Don't worry, clear your mind, and think carefully... huh?"

But just as Ryan was telling himself this in his heart, he seemed to see a white figure on the castle bridge not far away.

The figure seemed to be wearing a skirt - or a robe, which fluttered faintly in the peripheral vision.

Ryan immediately turned his head and looked carefully in the direction of the covered bridge.

But at this moment, the covered bridge was empty.

Ryan thought it was just his own illusion for a moment, but before he could think about it, he saw a white shadow flash by in his peripheral vision.

"who!?"

This time Ryan was sure that he was not mistaken, so he picked up his wand and turned around, while his left hand secretly picked up the whistle given to him by Shagaaer.

But when he turned around and took a closer look, he was stunned again - because at this time he saw a white cat squatting on the head of the fountain statue in front of the castle gate not far away.

“It turned out to be a cat.”

Ryan breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a slightly fat cat, and at this moment it was sitting on the statue with its head tilted and eyes open, looking at Ryan.