The Emerald at Hogwarts

The Gaunt family, a family that has disappeared for decades, is the last descendant of Slytherin.As early as when she started investigating clues in the secret room, Ada had focused on this family.

It's just that Ada's investigation couldn't go deeper because the clues were broken.

Today, records about the Gaunt family have been found again, which can be regarded as continuing the broken thread.Ada may be able to find clues about the location of the secret room from the history of the Gaunt family.

This ancient family is the last descendant of Slytherin.However, because they are accustomed to marrying close relatives to protect the purity of their bloodline, this family has become increasingly irritable, restless, and violent from generation to generation.

Ada even suspected that the members of the Gunter family had some mental problems. They no longer behaved like normal people.

Most pure-blood families will pass down amazing wealth, and the same goes for the Gaunt family. They were once very rich, richer than the Malfoy family.

They pay special attention to luxurious and extravagant ostentation, but the people in this family are all prodigals and lack rationality.The result of sitting on their hands is that they become poorer and poorer, and the family property has long been squandered by these people.

They had nothing left except the pure-blood glory that they clung to.No, they still had a house left, if that could be called a house.

When they arrived at Marvolo Gaunt, they were even more impoverished, even poorer than Ada who had just entered Hogwarts.

These are the contents that Ada found in wizard genealogy books, but "The Origin of Gaunt" introduced another side of the Gaunt family.

In this book, in addition to Salazar Slytherin, the ancestors of the Gaunt family can also be traced back to the three Peverell brothers, who are descendants of Cadmus Peverell.

The most famous children's story in the wizarding world, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," contains a story called "The Legend of the Three Brothers." This story is inspired by the three Peverell brothers.

According to legend, the three brothers were the original owners of the Deathly Hallows. Those who possess the Deathly Hallows can defeat death.

Some people regard the story of the three brothers as a fairy tale or a fable; some people regard it as a legend and think that the story is just a story; and some people spend their whole life trying desperately to find the death left behind by the three brothers. Sacred vessel.

This lofty-sounding Deathly Hallows has fascinated many people, including many powerful wizards, such as Grindelwald.

The original Dark Lord was not only looking for the Deathly Hallows, he also used the Deathly Hallows' mark as his own symbol.Ada had seen this symbol in the castle of Nurmengard.

To this day, on a wall of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, you can still find the Deathly Hallows mark left by Grindelwald.

The ancestor of the Gaunt family, Cadmus Peverell, is the second brother who is said to possess the Resurrection Stone.If the three Peverell brothers and the Deathly Hallows really exist, then the stone that can bring the dead back to life is likely to be in this family.

Of course, it is not ruled out that these cheaters and losers might sell the Resurrection Stone for money.

In addition to being related to Peverell, Ada also discovered their relationship with the Chamber of Secrets in "The Origin of Gaunt". This family knows where the Chamber of Secrets is, and they may have even opened it!

The legend of the Chamber of Secrets first spread within the Gaunt family, and they would tell the news to those they decided to share it with.

But many people regarded what the Gaunt family said as boasting, and no one could hear the basilisk hidden in the castle, so not many people believed this story.

Despite this, the legend of the Chamber of Secrets survived, evolving into different versions over the centuries.

As the legend spread, for unknown reasons, the Gaunt family was gradually erased, and almost no one knew the relationship between the secret room and this family.

This also makes Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and the basilisk entrenched in it even more mysterious.

The author of the book "The Origin of Gaunt" is convinced of this legend. He may know someone from the Gaunt family, or he may be a member of the Gaunt family.He believed that the secret room had been opened more than once in the years since it was built, and he even attributed some of the attacks that had occurred in the castle to the secret room.

The last mention of the Chamber of Secrets in the book dates from the eighteenth century and relates to a man named Corvinus Gaunt.

The castle has existed for centuries, so it naturally needs to be renovated, and the underground drainage pipes also need to be repaired. The secret room is no longer safe and may be discovered by others at any time.

In order to ensure the concealment of the secret room, Corvinus and others built a bathroom at the lost entrance and left an entrance and exit that only they could pass through.

After reading this, the book is over for Ada. She has no interest in the follow-up of this somewhat antisocial family.

Although it is a pity that the specific location of the secret room is not stated in the book, Ada at least got a crucial clue.The hidden entrance to the secret room is hidden in the bathroom. As long as you find the bathroom, you are only one step away from the secret room.

The investigation into the Chamber of Secrets took a turn, but a new question followed. There are so many bathrooms in Hogwarts, which one is the right one?

It’s already the 90s. After all these years, is that bathroom still there?

The castle has also been renovated in the past 200 years. Has the former bathroom been remodeled again?

One question after another appeared, and Ada's little head started to hurt again.Ada regretted that when she was wandering around Charing Cross Street, why couldn't she visit Shell Street.

She now urgently needs a magical Sherlock Holmes to help her solve the predicament at hand, instead of the two Weasley idiots who can only tease Harry!

Forget it, these two fools are pretty good, so I won’t curse them in circles.

Just as Ada was thinking about it, two Weasley fools appeared in the Room of Requirement, holding some food in their hands.It doesn’t take much thinking to know who these cakes are for.

"After dinner, the dwarfs left the school." Fred said, "There will be no more dwarfs blocking you."

"Are you hungry?" George handed the cake to Ada and continued, "Let's deal with these cakes."

Ada, who was drawing circles on the ground, suddenly lost her temper. Instead of taking the cake, she moved her body to the other side.She said angrily: "I'm not hungry! I won't eat!"

But her stomach was very shameless, and the moment she smelled the aroma of cake, it started gurgling.

Fred and George showed evil smiles behind Ada. George paused for a moment, and then said: "Well, it's so delicious. Fred, you should try it too! The milk is rich, the taste is delicate, and the aftertaste is endless."

Ada covered her ears not to listen to the chewing sound made by George. She wanted to resist the temptation.

Merlin, if I am guilty, take me away directly!Don't let these two fools torture me!Ada thought.

"Really, let me try it!" Fred pretended to be very interested and said loudly, "It is indeed delicious. Is this a newly developed flavor by house elves? Why have you never tasted it before? Pass?"

The scent of cakes in the air became stronger and stronger, constantly flowing into Ada's nose, and her empty stomach also began to rumble again.

She secretly turned her head to take a look, but found the twins looking at her with evil smiles on their faces.The two of them didn't eat the cake they brought, they just broke it open and placed it behind her head.

"You've already turned around, are you really not going to take a bite?" Fred said, "Don't be hard on yourself!"

After taking the cake that George handed her, Ada took a small bite. She swore that she really only took a small bite.

Maybe it was because she was really hungry, or maybe it was because the cake was really delicious. Anyway, Ada enjoyed the food very well, and she had completely forgotten the promise she had just made to take a "small bite".

"Tell me, why are you being so petty again," George said, "Don't make it a matter of being confessed!"

"Yes, you should be happy." Fred began to be suicidal again, "Just think about the past, every Valentine's Day, no one dared to confess to you, and they avoided you like a fire dragon."

Ada, who was eating like a hamster, took a blank glance at Fred. She had never had an image in front of the twins.

"What does this mean, George, do you know what this means?" Fred turned a blind eye to Ada's eyes and asked George.

George was also very cooperative. He said, "What does it mean?"

"This means that Ada has grown up, and those stupid boys outside have finally realized that Ada is a girl!" Fred said while laughing, completely unaware of Ada's sinful little hand reaching out to him.