From Hogwarts to Strixhaven

"Harry foresaw 'bad luck'?" Ivy raised his eyebrows, "Who told you?"

That day he was in the library reading the collection of the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts with the Scholar's Touch, and Hermione found him mysteriously and described to him what Harry saw and heard that day.

The first thought in Ivy's mind was that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban.

Because as we all know, his Animagus form is a big black dog. In the original book, when Harry was in the third grade, he was in the Animagus form and looked at his godson across the street.

But now the Weasley family did not win the gold galleon prize of the Daily Prophet, so they did not make the front page of the Daily Prophet. Not to mention that Sirius saw the photo of the Weasley family in Azkaban, which was a coincidence among coincidences. If Fudge had not gone to Azkaban for inspection on a whim, Sirius would not have gotten the newspaper from Fudge, nor would he have found out that Peter Pettigrew was still alive.

This coincidence is likely to be broken by extremely small variables. If Fudge arrived in Azkaban one day earlier or later for work reasons, the headline of the newspaper in his hand might not be the photo of the Weasley family winning the lottery.

Or simply because of the butterfly effect brought by Ivy, the Weasley family never won the lottery.

Moreover, this butterfly effect has begun to affect the magical world. Because Lucius gave Tom's diary to Ivy, he never conspired to use it to open the Chamber of Secrets, and there was no situation of Dobby betraying the Malfoy family.

Now Ivy has seen the butterfly effect caused by the loss of the diary. Harry was not disturbed by Dobby during the summer vacation and was able to receive letters from friends. Even Ron took him to the Weasley Burrow the day before Harry's birthday. Then when school started, the two were able to go to school normally and did not hit the Whomping Willow in a flying car.

In this way, the main story line of this year no longer exists.

Thinking of this, Ivy suddenly decided to enter the Chamber of Secrets immediately to check the basilisk. If possible, try to keep it asleep.

"Fred and George told me." Hermione, who was sitting opposite him, whispered, "They all took the Divination class. According to the Divination professor, 'Ominous' is a well-known sign. People who see it will die soon!"

"So you came to the library for..." Ivy was not sure what Hermione wanted to do.

"To find information about 'Ominous'!" Ivy glanced at the books stacked in front of Hermione, including "Death Omen: What to Do When You Know Doom is Coming", "Seeing the Future through the Mist" and "Tyco Dodonas's Prediction".

The cover pattern of "Death Omen" is a big black dog, which is the dog spirit seen by wizards, that is, "Ominous".

"Maybe what Harry saw was really a black dog, not some 'Ominous'." Ivy shook his head, "Good luck, Hermione, I have something else to do."

Hermione looked at Ivy in amazement as he got up and left the library. In her impression, Ivy has always been a wise and shrewd character. This time she came to him in the hope of getting some help.

But Hermione didn't expect Ivy to leave like this: "Okay... Now I know that dealing with O.W.L.s is not an easy task."

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The girls' bathroom on the second floor of Hogwarts is a place that has been in disrepair for a long time, because there is a bad-tempered ghost-Myrtle living here all year round.

Ever since Ivy made the soul fragments in Tom's diary into an evil magic prop, he has gained insight into the secret of Parseltongue from it. Now he can also use Parseltongue to open the passage to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

Parseltongue is a magical skill. It is equivalent to a spell-like ability with the object designated as a snake. The effect is equal to the sum of the 1st-level spell Speak with Animals and the 4th-level spell Dominate Beasts. These two spells are not in the wizard's table of magic, which is a very useful supplementary ability for Ivy.

With a short hissing sound, the faucet engraved with the Slytherin snake emblem emitted a burst of white light, and the pool below it disappeared and turned into a passage leading to the bottom of the Black Lake.

Ivy looked at the sludge that filled the pipes with disdain, and used the gasification form to turn himself into a breeze.

After walking along the winding sewers for several miles, Ivy stood on the ground of Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets for the first time.

In fact, Ivy had thought about coming here more than a hundred years ago. Although the Gaunt family had begun to decline at that time, it seemed that they had not lost the inheritance of the Chamber of Secrets. It was not a wise move to rashly tell his little friend Omenis that he wanted to go to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets. Ivy originally planned to learn a few words of snake language from Omenis after solving the goblin Lanlock, and then go to the Chamber of Secrets alone.

Now more than a hundred years have passed in a flash, and Ivy has finally got what he wanted.

Ivy took out his wand and tapped it in the air several times, creating several fluorescent spheres that illuminated the entire underground space.

The first thing illuminated by the fluorescence was the huge snake skin of the basilisk. After a thousand years of growth, the basilisk cultivated by Slytherin himself has grown to a terrifying size. You should know that the average length of an adult basilisk is 50 feet. As a weapon prepared by Slytherin to eliminate Muggles, the basilisk hidden in the Chamber of Secrets is even more terrifying.

Passing through the rubble and scattered animal bones on the ground, Ivy put all the giant snake sloughs of the basilisk into the Destruction Grimoire, which is a very good potion material and can also be used for alchemy. As a Scoia Party member who even collects the wands of the dark wizards he killed, Ivy has no reason to let go of the giant basilisk's snake slough.

Continuing forward along the passage, Ivy came to a well-preserved wall. Needless to say, Slytherin must have cast a spell on it a thousand years ago. The passage Ivy just passed was not as bright and beautiful as it.

The wall was decorated with two winding giant snakes, as if they were hissing, and the snakes' eyes were huge emeralds, which was in line with Slytherin's usual aesthetics.

"Open." Ivy spoke a deep Parseltongue and ordered the wall in front of him.

The two stone-carved giant snakes slowly separated, and the stone walls gradually sank into the sides of the passage, revealing a hall.

There were many stone pillars with giant snakes coiled around them in the hall, supporting the dark ceiling. Standing at the end of the darkness was a huge stone statue, a statue of Slytherin himself.

It was a thin, wrinkled wizard with a long beard that almost reached the ground.

The floor in the hall seemed to have been paved with some kind of magic. The fluorescent ball that Ivy cast could not illuminate the entire hall at all. Ten steps away, it was dark again.

"Speak to me, Slytherin - the greatest of the four giants of Hogwarts." Ivy looked at the stone statue of Slytherin and spoke this secret language in a low Parseltongue.

Slytherin's mouth suddenly opened wide, revealing a cave that led to nowhere.

Ivy added 3 rings of flying magic to himself and came to the deepest part of the secret room along the new cave.

The furnishings here are very similar to Slytherin's study, and it can be seen that there is a common architectural idea. Ivy had once explored Slytherin's study with Omnis Gaunt more than a hundred years ago. Together, they had gone through many tests set by Slytherin himself, such as using the Cruciatus Curse to torture your friends.

Ivy had seen a lot of interesting black magic in that study, but in terms of lethality, it was still not as useful as the Killing Curse carefully developed by wizards.

The deepest part of the secret room was undoubtedly a single space, where there was a stone bed with green sheets, and all the bedding on it had been destroyed by time; a stone table decorated with stone snakes like the stone pillars in the hall, on which there were only some rotten parchments and long-dried candlesticks; there were also several large boxes that had long been empty. Perhaps Slytherin had left some of his collections to future generations, but considering the Gaunt family's downfall, Slytherin's relics might have been cleaned up by them long ago.

The single-person space in the Chamber of Secrets was unremarkable. Perhaps Slytherin left Hogwarts shortly after the construction of the Chamber of Secrets was completed. Wasn't the hall that Ivy had passed by before not much different from this place? Although it was well preserved by magic, it was indeed empty.

There was also a stone porch on the side near the entrance, and several steps guided Ivy's steps downward.

Under the illumination of the fluorescent ball, Ivy saw the green scales of the basilisk at a glance. Its huge body almost filled the entire sunken cellar, and the air was filled with a fishy sweetness. Ivy guessed that it came from the basilisk's poisonous saliva and venom.

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

The coiled snake body reflected a gorgeous brilliance. Like other poisonous animals in nature, the basilisk also used its dazzling scales to convey a dangerous signal to all creatures that saw it.

Ivy found that the scales were trembling regularly, although very slowly, but it was proof that the basilisk was still alive.

Ivy flew above the basilisk and found the triangular snake head along its coiled body. Compared with its huge body, this head can be said to be very flat. The basilisk in front of him was a female, because Ivy did not find the iconic bright red feathers on the head of the male basilisk. It has existed in the basement of Hogwarts Castle for more than a thousand years. It is impossible that it has not yet begun to develop secondary sexual characteristics?

Under the illumination of fluorescent light, the basilisk's eyelids trembled, as if it was about to wake up in the next moment.

"Sleep--" Ivy soothed in Parseltongue.

As the only magical power that wizards can control the basilisk, the command of Parseltongue is absolute to it. Even if Ivy is not its real master, there is no other wizard with Parseltongue here.

The Tome of the Order of Monsters, written with fragments of Tom Riddle's soul, gave Ivy the power to tame the basilisk. If he wanted the basilisk in front of him to completely submit to Ivy, he had to first remove the connection between it and the Slytherin bloodline.

As the creator of the basilisk, Slytherin's magic ensured that the basilisk was always loyal to his offspring. This is why Harry, who was also a Parseltongue in the original book, could not command the basilisk.

Ivy needed some research to ensure that Slytherin's magic was ineffective, but even if he succeeded, there was not enough space to carry the basilisk with him. So Ivy was not in a hurry. He still had a lot to do this year. Now he just had to ensure that the basilisk would not suddenly run away.

The silver lime tree wand sprayed a burst of silver-white mist, which soon completely enveloped the basilisk below, and it looked like it was covered with a layer of silver gauze.

Is this a magic that acts on the basilisk?

As a magical creature classified at the XXXXX level by the Ministry of Magic, the scales of the basilisk, like the dragon, have a very strong anti-magic effect, and any spell cast on their scales may be deflected.

Ivy was unwilling to spend energy on doing stupid things. Anyway, the diary had disappeared. Without the intervention of external forces, Harry, the second Parseltongue in Hogwarts, would not take the initiative to enter the girls' bathroom. The basilisk was safe in the secret room, and no one would disturb it.

So Ivy didn't have to go to great lengths to trap it with any magic, just add a layer of insurance measures. When the basilisk wakes up and breaks the spell that shrouds it, Ivy will know immediately. Such a warning measure is enough. Without Voldemort's interference, the school will be very peaceful this year.

Ivy cast a spell to remove a piece of green scale from the basilisk, turned around and left the secret room, and he was going to do the next task.

After completely digesting the Phantom of the Opera in the basement of the Paris Opera House, Ivy had gained enough experience to push the professional level of the Scribes Mage/Ancient Warrior to level 12.

But the Melody Casting feat and the preparations for the start of school still took him a little time, so he had time to complete the upgrade until now.

The professional level reached level 12, which means that Ivy has another chance to choose a feat, and has obtained a professional feature from the Ancient Warrior profession - replacing the ancient ability.

As a master of discovering ancient items, the Ancient Warrior can gradually master the dominance of the ancient items after deeply synchronizing with the ancient items.

This means that Ravenclaw's crown will completely serve Ivy and become his Doom Crown. Ivy can rely on this professional feature to completely change a secondary ancient ability of Ravenclaw's crown.

But before that, Ivy must first complete an ancient ritual to further activate the power of Ravenclaw's crown.

"Decorated with the evening star", this is the second step of the Ravenclaw crown ancient ritual, Ivy has some clues.

He wanted to use a magic to seal the starlight in the sky into the gemstone, so that it would shine forever, and then inlay it into the crown as a decoration.

For the largest gemstone on the crown, Ivy decided to use the light of Venus.