Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Mike rushed out of the library and headed straight for the Room of Requirement.

Mike's idea was very simple. Now that he knew that the key to the whole incident was Ravenclaw's crown, he would go straight to find the crown.

Mike, who has the Death Curse, is not afraid of Voldemort's remnant soul in the crown. If it doesn't work, he can give him an Avatar.

And Mike also has a perfect pathfinder.

Barrow! We meet again. Mike said looking at the bloody Barrow who was still wandering on the eighth floor of Hogwarts.

But Barrow, who had his back to Mike, was startled by Mike's voice and hurriedly wanted to get into the wall and escape.

Hey! Do you still want to defeat that demon? I can help you. Mike shouted hurriedly when he saw this.

As expected, Bloody Barrow froze in place after hearing Mike's words, and said in a low voice: No, you can't help me, that demon is invincible.

Since you are so scared, what are you still doing here? Don't think I don't know that the devil is hiding in the crown, and the crown is hidden behind this wall! Mike knocked on the wall and said, Come on, I Come open the door for you and let’s go meet the devil together.”

Perhaps Mike's words had an effect, and a light called hope seemed to light up in Barrow's eyes. However, that light only appeared for an instant and was annihilated by the endless darkness.

No, it's useless. You are destined to be devoured by the devil after being branded, and I am just a waste.

Mike was about to continue to trick Barrow into entering the Room of Requirement to find a way for him, but a female voice suddenly rang.

That's enough, stop bewitching this poor man.

Mike looked at Ms. Gray slowly floating out of the wall, with a smile on his lips.

Oh? Why don't you avoid me? After Mike asked this question and saw that Ms. Gray did not answer, he continued, I can promise you, but you have to answer my questions.

Ms. Gray glanced at the bloody Barrow who was still secretly sad, sighed and said: Okay, let me tell you everything. The devil Barrow mentioned is actually my mother, Rowena - Ravenclaw.

My mother has been Head of Ravenclaw for as long as I can remember. She was smart, beautiful, powerful and greedy. No one in the wizarding world at that time was not impressed by her mother's beauty, and no one was not afraid of her mother's power and greed.

Her mother's greed for knowledge soon made her dissatisfied with the meager collection of books in Hogwarts, and she set her sights on the heirloom knowledge of ancient families.

So a war of unprecedented scale broke out. Mother led the students of Ravenclaw College and killed people all over Europe in the name of plundering knowledge. Countless families were destroyed by her, and the name Ravenclaw also followed them. The war between the south and the north resounded throughout the wizarding world.

Of course, mother's behavior also caused dissatisfaction among other giants. Both Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tried to persuade mother, but it was of no use at all.

It was not until later that Slytherin, who had long since left, returned to Hogwarts, and at the same time he brought an agreement, an agreement from all pure-blood families in Europe.

The content of the agreement was very simple. In order to get their mother to stop killing, pure-blood families who were afraid of being killed by their mother chose to actively offer their family's ancestral knowledge and promised not to hide anything.

At first, her mother did not intend to sign the agreement. She felt that she would be able to obtain the knowledge even without the agreement, but after the other three giants jointly persuaded her, her mother finally agreed.

At this point, my mother was obsessed with knowledge all day long and could not extricate herself, and the European wizarding world also returned to peace.

However, the mother gradually realized that she could never learn all the magic spells by herself, so she set her sights on eternal life again.

I think she must have been crazy at the time. She used a soul separation spell she created to transfer most of her soul into the crown, leaving only a small part of her body for daily activities.

At the same time, she also began to spread the word that her crown was an artifact, and whoever wore it could gain supreme wisdom and endless knowledge.

And she had only one purpose in doing this, and that was to lure me into stealing the crown.

She knew that I would be fooled because I was just as greedy as she was. And once I put on the crown, my body will be invaded by the soul inside, and I will gradually become the new Rowena Ravenclaw.

Ms. Gray laughed at herself when she said this, and then continued: Actually, mother did not lie. People who wear that crown can indeed gain supreme wisdom and endless knowledge, but the price is to lose their souls.

After I stole the crown, I didn't put it on immediately. Instead, I kept running away with it. I understand how terrifying my mother's power is. If I steal her baby, she will definitely hunt me to the ends of the earth.

After escaping all the way to Albania, I finally felt a little safer and couldn't bear the temptation, so I put on the crown.

The moment I put on the crown, I lost control of my body. I could see and hear, but I just couldn't control it. I was terrified, and just then Barrow arrived.

Ms. Gray stopped again when she said this, stretched out her hand to stroke Barrow's hair, and looked at him with extremely gentle eyes. Under her caress, Bloody Barrow, who had become extremely irritable after listening to Ms. Gray's words, gradually calmed down. He held Ms. Gray's hand, put it on his face and rubbed it gently.

Barrow was not sent by my mother. He came out to look for me because he was worried about me. Ms. Gray's voice became very sad. At that time, he saw something abnormal about me at a glance. He wanted to Save me, but I was out of control.

I...I killed him.

I killed the person who loved me most in the world.

At this point, Ms. Gray was already bursting into tears, while Barrow hugged her without saying a word, with tears twinkling in the corners of his eyes.

This was the first time that Mike saw the ghost shed tears. The crystal tears fell from Ms. Gray's face like broken pearls, but disappeared when they fell to the ground.

Mike did not disturb the man and woman who had been entangled for nearly a thousand years, but waited until they were done venting before asking.

Then how did Voldemort get involved with the diadem?

That is a very ambitious young man, just like you. Ms. Gray poked her face out of Barrow's arms, I can see that he is eager to get the crown and the endless knowledge and wisdom in it. So. I followed suit and told him the whereabouts of the crown.

So poor Tom is just an unlucky guy who you tricked into dying?

No, I prefer to call him a warrior, a warrior who risked his own life to defeat the devil for the sake of the princess.

Ms. Gray and Mike looked at each other and smiled.