Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

But Ryan just sighed sincerely in his heart.

As the only purely wizarding village in the whole of Britain, it is just as prosperous as Diagon Alley—it even has a bit more of a lively atmosphere.

"I told you that you would like this place...but you have been here for so long and you haven't come here yet. We are very disappointed!"

George said.

"Speaking of the Marauder's Map—how ​​much do you think it would be worth if we sold it to you?"

Fred inquired secretly.

Obviously, Ryan's generous attitude of buying all the Honeydukes candies just now made them realize Ryan's financial power again.

"Oh, Fred, my good brother... I thought you had given me the Marauder's Map a long time ago."

Ryan, realizing Fred was just joking, just rolled his eyes at him.

However, what Gemini said is not wrong.

Ryan had never been here since he entered Hogwarts.

The reason was certainly not because he didn't know how to get there - in fact, the Marauder's Map recorded at least three secret passages leading to Hogsmeade.

Ryan knew all these secret passages because they were designed by Ryan.

But the key point is that when Ryan designed these secret passages, the wizarding village of Hogsmeade did not even exist!

So in his mind, he naturally never thought that he would reach Hogsmeade by passing through these secret passages.

"Let's go buy some Christmas presents."

So at this moment, Ryan is also eager to try.

Compared to the magical world a thousand years ago, which had no other entertainment except killing dark wizards and beating goblins, he prefers the current magical world - at least it is interesting enough.

"Uh... go buy it yourself. Fred and I are going to Zonko's Joke Shop - we need to see the materials of the product..."

"If you take me to choose a suitable gift, I will provide the raw materials for your new product."

"You're such a good judge of character—Master Ryan, please come this way first!"

After some playing around, Ryan and the twins started walking around Hogsmeade.

And Ryan naturally wouldn't be stingy with Galleons.

He bought a black and gold pheasant quill pen for Hermione at the Writer's Quill Shop, and an exquisite, green-glowing herb seed box for Neville.

"As for Seamus, a leprechaun explosion-proof device would be a good idea..."

"Dean mentioned that he really wanted a mosquito scope."

"What? Buy Professor McGonagall a magic cat toy... I think you want me dead? But you can buy one for Friday!"

He bought quite a number of Christmas gifts, including those for his friends, his cat and bird, professors, children and staff of the orphanage, and of course the twins - he directly bought a set of prank materials from Zonko's Joke Shop, which made the twins shout "Long Live Ryan!"

By the time he finished buying the gifts, it was already dusk.

The setting sun shone on the streets of Hogsmeade as Ryan walked side by side with the twins.

Then, Ryan noticed an area not far away, independent of Hogsmeade.

It was a cemetery.

At this time, there was an elderly couple in the cemetery.

For some reason, they seemed to be staring intently at the Hogwarts uniforms on Ryan and the twins.

Ryan saw a lot in their eyes.

Anger, longing, unwillingness, regret.

Ryan then noticed that their bodies were illusory.

"ghost?"

Ryan was a little surprised.

Then he saw three tombstones in front of the two ghosts.

Elizabeth Alsace

Warren Jackson

The first two tombstones obviously belong to this elderly couple.

And in the center of these two tombstones, there is a petite and cute tombstone.

Myrtle Elizabeth Warren

[1929-1943]

"Oh, it's them."

And George and Fred obviously recognized the pair of old ghosts.

So after seeing Ryan's puzzled expression, they came up to Ryan and explained in a low voice.

"This is the Hogsmeade cemetery. Many dead wizards and villagers are buried here..."

"Them too?"

"Oh, no."

Fred and George exchanged a glance before hesitantly saying, "We heard they didn't live in Hogsmeade before, but moved here just before they died, just to be buried in the village."

As the holders of the Marauder's Map, they have been secretly active in Hogsmeade for many years.

So, they have heard some news more or less.

"As for the reason, it seems that it is because their daughter died in the castle and was buried here."

These words made Ryan frown.

"Daughter? Died in the castle?"

Is this Hogwarts, or some evil haunted castle?

"Well... I heard it happened decades ago - a girl died unexpectedly in the castle. We heard from the people in the bar... Her death was very tragic."

"Their ghosts have been in Hogsmeade ever since, observing all the young wizards who come to Hogsmeade."

George and Fred explained.

“We were also shocked when we first arrived.”

"But then we heard that it seemed they were looking for their daughter's killer."

"Of course, there are also claims that the murderer of his daughter has been found..."

Obviously, they also have only a vague understanding of this.

So Ryan nodded.

He frowned and looked at the two ghosts in the cemetery again.

Even after the three of them had left the cemetery area, the two old men were still watching them from afar.

Ryan knew that the birth of a ghost was not so easy.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Hogwarts has a large number of ghosts. That’s because Hogwarts itself is the place with the richest magic in the whole of Britain.

But outside of Hogwarts, even in Hogsmeade, which is very close to Hogwarts, the magic is completely incomparable.

In these places, the birth of a ghost requires extremely strong obsession.

After their death, these two old men became ghosts and stayed in Hogsmeade, which represents...

"The way that girl died was probably so tragic that they couldn't let it go even after death."

Ryan's face was solemn.

As one of the founders of Hogwarts, he naturally felt sympathy for all the young wizards who died in accidents.

so...

"Myrtle Elizabeth Warren."

He wrote down the poor little wizard's name.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt something strange.

He saw it clearly - Myrtle died in 1943... He seemed to have heard of this year somewhere.

"Where is it?"

But even Ryan couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

But just as Ryan was thinking about it, the twins made a suggestion.

"Okay, Ryan—forget all this... Let's go to the center of the village!"

Fred said.

"Every Christmas holiday, Hogsmeade holds an event. I heard this year it's a quiz event, and the questions are about the Big Four."

George said excitedly, "It's said that the organizer is an avid fan of the Big Four and an expert in this field—and the winner of the quiz contest will receive a reward of 100 Galleons!"

"...oh?"

Then Ryan's eyes sharpened.

What about the Big Four?

"expert?"

For the time being, he pushed the tragedy of the two ghosts into a corner of his mind.

"Fred, George—believe me, no one understands the Big Four better than I do."

With such a confident declaration, Ryan strode towards the venue of the event.

Four hours later...

"Separate left and right!"

When Ryan and the twins returned to the castle through the secret passage, it was already night at Hogwarts.

Fred chanted the spell to open the secret passage towards the wall in front of him.