Connor's Hogwarts

"The answer to this mystery is surprisingly simple."

The night he got the stair operation data, Connor solved this problem that he thought would be difficult.

As for how to solve it.

Um, just pinch your fingers and calculate it.

Arithmetic divination is so magical.

However, this was of no use, because he couldn't understand what Connor calculated with his fingers.

The things calculated using arithmetic divination were very mysterious. He couldn't even express the divination results in words. It was like a string of numbers, a letter, or a spell, but Connor couldn't write them. Information.

"This is really confusing. This is probably another language, and I haven't learned it." Connor said distressedly.

There are many languages ​​in the magical world, not just ancient runes. The magic spells chanted by wizards belong to the Latin family. As we all know, the Latin alphabet is derived from the Greek alphabet, and the Greek alphabet is preceded by the Hebrew alphabet. The first one is Phoenician alphabet, and the second one is ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

An outstanding wizard must be proficient in multiple magical languages, but learning languages ​​requires accumulation. Connor is still young and he only knows a few languages. For the time being, he cannot tell what the hidden message is.

But it didn't bother him. If he didn't know how to do it himself, he would just ask someone who knows how to do it. If he was in trouble, he would ask Dumbledore for advice. There was no charge for asking questions anyway.

When Connor pushed open the door to the principal's office, he saw Dumbledore in his pajamas and a funny nightcap, twisting on a stool.

"." Connor looked at the music boxes placed around, turned the volume to the highest level, turning the principal's office into a disco ballroom, and complained helplessly: "Principal Dumbledore, you are really getting younger and younger."

Dumbledore snapped his fingers, and the dynamic concert suddenly turned into a soothing concert hall. This man was very skilled at playing this. Dumbledore shook his head: "This man is old and doesn't know how to entertain himself. It’s not easy.”

Connor sat on the exclusive chair: "Maybe you can teach Gandalf how to play the monster card, so that you won't be too bored."

Dumbledore quietly put away Facebook on his desk and said with a smile: "I think chatting with others is more interesting than playing the monster card."

Connor rolled his eyes and asked casually, "Who did you give the new version of Facebook you asked for?"

"Ahem, I gave it to a few old friends. Connor, your Facebook is a good thing and deserves to be promoted vigorously." Dumbledore touched his beard and asked: "I wonder if you can use this to send messages to each other?" Function, change it to be used by multiple people at the same time?”

Oh, I can actually think of the function of group chat. Dumbledore is quite discerning. Connor nodded: "Of course, I have been researching in this direction. It can basically be realized. When this function is developed, By that time, the new version of Facebook will almost be officially released."

"Not bad, not bad. I have never doubted your creativity." Dumbledore smiled, and it was clear that he was in a good mood. It seemed that there was no suspense about who the Facebook was given to.

"So Connor, why did you come to see me?"

Connor handed over his Facebook: "Professor, take a look at this. This is the movement track of the stairs in the school for a year. Look here, the stairs in our castle do not change randomly, they have a regular movement. of."

Dumbledore took over Facebook and looked at it seriously. His expression became more serious the more he looked at it: "Is this Ravenclaw's secret message?"

Connor nodded: "Nine times out of ten, this is most likely the key to finding the Ravenclaw treasure."

Dumbledore closed his eyes and opened them after a long time: "Is it a secret that requires a year of observation? Connor, did you discover it based on that Conan painting? It's amazing."

"Yes, I used arithmetic and divination to calculate it, and I easily got a bunch of information, but I couldn't figure it out, so I came to ask you for advice." Connor spread his hands and said truthfully.

"Yeah, wait a minute, let me try." Dumbledore closed his eyes again. Arithmetic Divination is not a spell. It does not require a wand to cast spells. It is more like an "operational method" like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. ", but it uses special magic patterns to perform calculations.

"Thoth grandes aggezza è lapiù granderic chezza dell'umanità" (Ahem, English words that don't count for words are not considered watery.) Dumbledore spat out a string of unclear pronunciations, which made Connor stunned.

"This is the ancient Egyptian language." Dumbledore rubbed his brows and said, "It is also a language with its own magic. It was created by Thoth, the legendary ancient Egyptian god of wisdom. It is the source of magic for the spells we use today. language."

"What does this spell mean?" Connor said in confusion. The spell was so long and smelly that he couldn't remember it even after listening to it once.

"Well, it doesn't have any special meaning, nor does it have any magical effect. If you insist on saying it..." Dumbledore had a strange expression: "This sentence probably means [Extraordinary wisdom is the greatest wealth of mankind]." "

Connor: "???"

"That's it?" I'm a fool. I've worked hard for a year, observing every day and never slacking off, but you just gave me such useless information? No, Granny Ravenclaw, are you going to be so deceptive?

Dumbledore pondered for a moment and shook his head: "There is really no other information. This is the most reasonable result that I sorted out from a bunch of messy information."

"Maybe. This is not information about Ravenclaw's secrets, but just a commemorative signal from the original design of the stairs?"

"." This is really possible. Doesn't it mean that programmers like to put personal stuff in the programs they write and leave their own "traces"? Is this just a whim of Ravenclaw? ? Then am I working hard in vain? ? ? Doing a lot of stupid things turns out to be in vain? !

Connor collapsed like a deflated rubber ball: "So I have done a lot of useless work?"

If you think about it seriously, if Ravenclaw really left any clues back then, it is unlikely that they would be put into the changes in the stairs for a year-long observation period, right? Isn't that sincerity to prevent people from finding them? Thinking about it this way, could it be that my starting point was wrong in the first place? Have you been battling with the air?

Looking at Connor, who was getting more and more depressed, Dumbledore suppressed his laughter and showed an unbearable expression on his face: "Connor, this is just a guess. There may be other information that we haven't discovered yet."

"."Why do I think this old man is laughing at me? Connor sighed and said, "Forget it, it's Conan who's doing the work anyway, not me, so there's nothing to feel bad about."

"."

"Professor Dumbledore, I'm a little tired. This week's magic scroll test allows me to take a leave."

"As long as you're happy with this."