Under the guidance of the ghost, Ai Wen went deep into the castle.
While Marcus walked to introduce the history of this place to Ai Wen, continuing the exterior decoration style, Ravenclaw Castle's internal structure and decoration are quite complex and luxurious.
Different from the simple and clear architectural layout of Hogwarts Castle, you can see the central staircase connecting the aisles of each floor in the foyer. The interior of Ravenclaw Castle is like a labyrinth. I don't know where to go. Passage and stairs.
The corridor extends in all directions and continues into the deep darkness.
The castle is very quiet, it seems that even the air has a mysterious atmosphere, although many of the actual decorative items are no longer, but under the influence of magic, the illusion of the past emerged in front of Ai Wen, reproduce the castle in the past Brilliance.
undefinedIf you don't consider the blue magic light that pops up from time to time on these phantoms, they seem to be no different from real objects.
If Ivan has any doubts about the whole thing, it is the magic that makes ghosts and objects reappear.
There is no doubt that Ravenclaw's crown has started magic, but Avon is not quite sure about the principles.
In his opinion, this magic is incredible.
It's illusion, not all, at least the ghosts are physical, they can act according to their own ideas, and the most crucial point, to complete this kind of magic requires huge magic, which comes from where?
This is certainly not the power of the crown, Ravenclaw's crown is not so strong.
Evan has been wondering, the ghost does not seem to know about it, until he walks into Ravenclaw Castle, he feels that the magic around him becomes more active, and a powerful energy attracts him in the center of the castle, where It is the source of the whole magic.
Ravenclaw's crown just started the magic, and the magic itself is above the center of the castle.
"Wait, Marcus, this direction..." Ai Wen felt a bit and pointed to a corridor and asked, "What's there?"
"That direction is the central tower, the owner, the library is there!" Marcus said, "Please go here. This corridor does not lead directly to the central tower. There is a secret passage on the third floor of the banquet hall. Otherwise We have to go around the West Tower for a big circle."
"Can't you go straight through?" Aiwen asked, and he thought the castle was awesome.
It's really weird, obviously there are simpler and more direct channels to abandon, and it's so complicated to build on.
The key is in Ai Wen's view, it doesn't make much sense to build like this.
"Yes, except for a few secret passages, only five towers are connected to the central tower. We have to go around here for a long time." Marcus explained, "The original designer placed magic in the castle. Therefore, the internal structure of the castle is designed in the form of spell runes. Many passages are strictly limited by magic. Everyone who comes here will not know the direction, but if you live here for a long time, you will be familiar with it... ..."
"Well, what is the magic of the ancestors of the Ravenclaw family?"
"It's a powerful defensive spell that is said to be resistant to intruders. I don't know exactly what magic, because this magic is only used when the Ravenclaw family is in crisis." Marcus said, "In fact, As far as I know, no one has ever used this magic. This may be just a rumor. You also saw that when the family is really in crisis, this so-called magic does not work. The powerful power of death is not the magic of mortals. Be able to resist."
"Well..." Ai Wen nodded casually.
He felt that this magic was not as simple as Marcus said.
It's wonderful to say that it's defensive magic, and it's amazing to have so many ghosts and scenes.
Ai Wen is more interested in the castle's central tower. Apart from the outdoor books, there are still secrets.
Under the guidance of the ghost, Ai Wen went up the white marble staircase to the third floor of the banquet hall.
The entire three-story side wall was replaced by a hollowed-out window, from which you can see the garden on the outside of the castle.
The garden is sandwiched between the outer layer of the castle and the main tower. There are many statues of different shapes scattered between the hay.
Ai Wen stopped again. He looked at the towering center tower and his eyes quickly moved to the statue in the garden.
The shapes of these statues are all monsters whose shape is difficult to describe....
For example, the human figure statue like the mythical creature "Medusa" near the pavilion, this woman's hair is composed of countless snakes, its body is distorted, it is not clear whether it is, or because of the long-term weathering of the rock. Injury, it has eight arms on its body, and the bottom is also a snake-like body.
This eccentric creature, Evan has never seen it, it is like a product of some black magic transformation failure.
Although not seen, but looking at the statue, Ai Wen has an inexplicable familiarity.
The image is not exactly the same, but he almost immediately thought that this was the evil creation that he had seen in the Malay temple before, but the monsters that were seen at that time were the patterns carved on the walls, and the statues in front of them were even more Stereoscopic and vivid.
Are these statues a cult of the gods?
If it is, then things seem to be getting more and more interesting.
"There is the central tower, the owner, the stars... It looks majestic, isn't it?" Marcus thought that Avon was looking at the central tower and introduced it in a proud tone. "The tower is full. Thousands of feet high, it is the tallest building I know, and you can't imagine standing on top of the entire territory, especially climbing to the top, as if you are between the stars..."
"Well, it's awesome." Ai Wen nodded and said insincerely. For those who are used to the high-rise buildings of Muggles, the height of this tower is actually nothing, but considering the tower building. It was a thousand years ago or earlier, and it was indeed a miraculous building at the time.
But Ai Wen will not be shocked by this height, of course he will not refute Marcus.
As a ghost of a thousand years ago, many of Marcus's understandings and worldviews remained in the Middle Ages, and he said that modern society would scare him.
Just like Hogwarts's teacher of magic history, Professor Bins, he can't accept anything modern.
Anything and news that has nothing to do with the course he teaches seems to scare him.
After listening to the ghosts praising a few central towers, Ai Wen asked his own concerns. "Who built the strange statues in the garden below?"
Statue?!" Marcus seemed to be surprised too, as if he had just noticed the statues because of Avon's reminder.
He looked puzzled at the monster statue in the garden and fell into meditation.
Ai Wen frowned and observed the expression on his face, and there was a strange feeling.
Marcus seems to have just noticed the statue. It was just like when Elvin mentioned the black magic that the black witch was casting. This ghost did not see the green magic light shining from the sky, but it was a reminder at Ai Wen. It's strange to notice these obvious things.
This feeling
undefinedIt's like there is something, some kind of magic that is blocking Marcus's vision, letting him turn a blind eye to something in front of him and what is happening. The scene he sees is different from that seen by Ai Wen, when Ai Wen After reminding him, this magic was immediately released, and he saw what Ivan said.
Considering that Marcus's existence is also a kind of magic, this possibility is very big. What he saw was the scene left by the caster. Or is Marcus pretending not to see, so that Ai Wen does not notice these things, but this is the case, and now it is the same, whether it is the trace of the black witch's casting or the statue in the garden below is obvious. If Marcus hopes that Evan does not see them, then ignore the past and it is too much to say.
"The statues" Marcus's sense of pride is gone, he said dryly, "The statues are always there."
"But you didn't seem to see them just now?"
"I didn't pay attention to the owner," Marcus said. "I didn't expect you to be interested in them. These scary statues have been there for a long time, and it has been easy for others to ignore them. In fact, I can't remember when they were there, but it must have been made by that person. He likes to play with some weird things, and everyone is surprised to see if they don't pay attention. The old master has always been extraordinarily ecstatic about him. Tolerance must be that he put the statue"
"Wait, Marcus, who is that person you said?" Ai Wen asked.
"The man" Marcus's expression has become sluggish again. He seems to have fallen into a long-lasting memory. After a long time, he said, "It's Master Dalyan, master, please forgive me for a while. His name, Master Dalyan is the youngest son of the old master, a weird guy with no sense of existence. As you can see, he always does some bad pranks, as if to think it is interesting, but actually let Everyone has a headache. No one in the castle likes him. Master Dalyan is not as talented as his brothers and sisters, nor has he inherited the talent of the Ravenclaw family. In fact, he has nothing. He is a dumb gun."
"A dumb gun?" Avon said, remembering Hogwarts janitor Felch, he was a dumb gun.
A dumb gun is a person who is born in a wizarding family but cannot use magic, that is, a Muggle from a wizard.
Generally speaking, the dumb guns will be looked down upon by some wizards and considered to be second-class citizens in the magic world.
Especially in those pure-blooded wizarding families who believe in pure blood, this kind of discrimination will become extraordinarily obvious. Many pure-blood wizards think that it is a shame to have a dumb gun in the family. They will remove the dumb gun members from their family tree. For example, the Malfoy family or the Black family have done this.
Even a wizard-like family like the Weasley family who is very friendly to Muggles and does not believe in pure blood is hard to accept the dumb guns in their family. As far as Ivan knows, Ron has an uncle who is a Muggle accountant, but his existence is almost a taboo topic for the Weasley family and will not be talked about.
In the days before the millennium, the status and circumstances of the dumb guns were much worse than they are now.
They are the existences of the wizarding family that are not easily talked about and are forgotten.
Very few individuals who value the pure blood wizards with higher bloodlines than everything else, even directly kill the dumb guns inside the family, so as not to be known by others.
"Yes, Master Dalyan is a dumb gun. From small to large, he has not shown any ability to cast spells." Marcus paused for a while before continuing. "He is a shame of the Ravenclaw family, people Basically, he rarely talked about him, usually pretending that he didn't exist. The old master was too kind and didn't expel him from the family. But it was strange, it must have been a long time, and my mind was about the memory of Master Dalyan. Always on and off, as if I forgot a lot of things, but there is nothing, isn't it? You can ignore him, the master, in addition to doing something weird to destroy the castle, Master Dalyan has not done anything."
How could it be ignored, this Dalyan is too suspicious.
Can he carve these statues like the creations of evil spirits, is it really just a coincidence?
And Marcus, the strange reaction of this old ghost and he forgot a lot of things about Dalyan, is it a coincidence? !
"Is these statues carved by Darian himself?" Ai Wen asked softly.
"probably."
"The images of these monsters are all his own thoughts?"
"Yes, he must have intended to scare everyone, and he specially carved these terrible things." Marcus said, "There are no such monsters in the world. These are his own delusions, even if he follows other people. Said that these monsters wandered around the castle."
"Wait, Dalyan said the following statues of the monsters wandering around the castle?"
"This is a prank, the master, no one but him has seen these monsters, they simply don't exist." Marcus continued. "It is not surprising that he can say that, Master Daly always does this. Some despicable pranks, such as painting a pattern on the walls of a castle that nobody can understand, or whispering a person there, pretending to be around him, etc. He probably wants to cause it in this way. The attention of others, but it just makes everyone hate him."
"Okay!" Ai Wen thought for a moment and asked, "What happened to Dalyan?"
"At the time of the death, everyone in this land is dead, I think he is no exception." Marcus replied, "But he was not qualified to go to the door of death to witness the opening ceremony, so he I should still stay in the castle, but I didn't see him. His soul may have dissipated. After all, he is just a dumb gun with no magic."