Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 232 The Crown in the Room of Request

As a result, all the little wizards who came to watch admired the extreme speed of the Firebolt.

Harley turned into a red flame in the sky and shuttled freely through the sky, unable to capture her figure at all.

Firebolt and Harley fit perfectly, especially since Harley's physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary wizards.

She can activate the Firebolt's speed to the limit, but her own operation is not affected.

You know, the bodies of those British national Quidditch players who eat Hocropia ginseng produced in the Mariana Trench every day cannot even withstand the speed of the Firebolt in the third range.

With this alone, Harry is already qualified to start the British National Quidditch!

From an overall perspective, Harley can join the youth training of the British National Quidditch team, and maybe have the opportunity to be a substitute for the second team. (Pure passerby, no malicious intent.)

After watching that training, the Ravenclaws gave up directly. They couldn't think of a way to win.

Harley is originally strong, scoring efficiently, and is an operational player.

Now there is another round of money-making and a major change of costumes. How do we win?

No fighting, bullying, pure bullying!

The official start of the game on Saturday also confirmed that the Ravenclaws were indeed powerless.

As soon as Ms. Hooch blew the whistle to announce the start of the game and fired the Quaffle, Harley launched her broom and soared into the sky.

Before the three Ravenclaw Chasers could react, the Quaffle was in Harry's hands.

Then, less than a minute later, the first goal of the game came.

In the following games, Harry turned into a red meteor, dribbling the ball recklessly and scoring continuously, helping Gryffindor quickly widen the point difference.

Ravenclaw's half seemed to have become Gryffindor's back garden, and it would be a sin to stay even one second longer.

Although Ravenclaw's Seeker Qiu Zhang was excellent and only rode a Comet 260, she still managed to catch the Golden Snitch one step ahead of Katie.

But Ravenclaw still lost the game with a score of 160:290.

This was because Harry was being merciful and didn't want to make dear Professor Flitwick too uncomfortable.

If the opponent is replaced by Slytherin, who talks bad words every day, even though they have Professor Snape, Harry can still shave their heads.

Anyway, while the others were entangled with Malfoy, Harry's speed alone could penetrate Slytherin's defense.

That night, although they were not surprised by the outcome, the Gryffindors still held a banquet.

The Gryffindors were so excited about this big victory that it didn't end until half past nine in the evening.

But at some point, Harley disappeared silently.

The party had gone on for too long, and Harry felt that continuing to party would be a waste of time.

After Hermione briefly congratulated herself and drank two glasses of butterbeer, she had already taken her homework to the library to review.

She also invited Harley to come with her, but Harley didn't agree and chose to go to the Room of Requirement.

But this time, Harley did not open the room where she often conducted magic research.

After wandering in front of that wall three times, Harley opened the room where the things were hidden.

Her research on dementors has entered a bottleneck period, and she has almost used all the methods that can defeat the dementors.

Even some special potions and dark rituals that can target spirits have been tried by Harley.

Now the two captured Dementors were trembling with fear when they saw Harley, and they didn't even dare to run away.

But the research ends here. Only by entering the spiritual world to explore can Harley gain more.

But before she recovers to the strength of a demigod, Harley has no intention of entering the spirit world rashly——

There always gave her a sense of danger, a sense of extreme danger.

Since there was nothing to research on Dementors, Harley decided to change her goals.

It just so happened that when she captured Peter Pettigrew, Harley discovered a lot of good things in this room used to hide things.

Just at a glance, she saw a cabinet with traces of alchemy on it, a specimen of a five-legged beast and a specimen of a mountain giant.

According to Emperor Russell's famous saying "Assassins and thieves never return empty-handed", now that Harley knows about this place, she must go and collect some wool.

After entering the room, Harley walked quickly in the direction in memory.

The cabinet with traces of alchemy is next to a stone bust of an old man wearing a hairband and a crown.

Both were large objects, more conspicuous in these garbage piles, and closest to the door, so they became Harley's first target.

Harley walked forward, her footsteps echoing among the tall garbage piles.

From time to time, some bottles, books and bats rolled down to her feet, but Harley ignored them.

At the same time, the spider silk also spread from Harley's back to the surroundings, detecting the surrounding environment.

After passing many garbage piles, Harley finally saw the conspicuous statue.

The cabinet next to the statue stood in place, with faintly visible alchemical runes on it.

"I found you." Harry snapped his fingers, and the threads spread wildly, lifting the cabinet directly from the garbage pile.

In order to save time, Harley's movements were a little rough, and the spider silk knocked many discarded items around him flying.

The statue was also knocked over by the spider silk. The old and faded crown on it rotated in mid-air and hit the spider silk holding the cabinet.

Harley didn't pay attention, after all, too many debris had hit the spider silk before.

Given the tenacity of this group of spider silk, mere debris will not have any impact at all.

But an accident still occurred. When the ancient crown hit her hair, Harley clearly felt a soul following the spider thread, trying to invade her brain.

Harley immediately chose to cut off the connection between that piece of spider silk and herself. After all, when facing an unknown soul, caution is the first priority.

At the same time, Harley also took the wand in her hand and stared at the crown with a wary expression.

There was a loud "bang" sound all around, and the cabinet hit an abandoned table with a missing leg, but Harley didn't pay attention.

However, after the crown was separated from the spider silk, there was no movement. It just lay quietly on the ground, like an ordinary worn-out decoration.

After thinking for a moment, Harry raised his wand and whispered softly: "Calling the Guardians!"

A silver Medusa emerged, with a silver-green light on her body.

Harley controlled Medusa to move towards the crown. Anyway, if she wanted to, she could lift the spell to summon the patron saint at any time.

When Medusa touched the crown, the previous soul appeared again.

He was still invading Harley's brain, but this time Harley realized that he seemed to want to communicate with herself.

After hesitating for a moment, Harley chose to let go of part of Medusa's consciousness.

Then a voice sounded in Medusa's mind: "I saw your heart, she is mine..."

"Put on me, and I will give you wisdom and strength. I am the legendary crown of Ravenclaw..."

"Knowledge is endless to me, and profound magic is stored in my memory. After wearing me, everything will be at your fingertips..."

That voice kept echoing, tempting Harley's soul in various languages.

"Does this item only have this ability?" Harley's body frowned, "Judging from the current behavior, this crown is very similar to the items passed by the audience."

"It should be to use the temptation of language to knock down the defense line of the soul, and then control others step by step."

"But it's not even as dangerous as the operator."

"It's not dangerous, but what if this item is a magic item with its own consciousness?"

"What it wants to show is probably just what it wants me to see. The purpose is to tempt my body to hold it and wear it..."

"And it also claims to be the diadem left by Ravenclaw... Wait, will the diadem left by Ravenclaw claim to be the legendary diadem?"

After considering various possibilities, Harley decided to try further.

Immediately afterwards, Medusa's body began to shine with light, and then all the light was injected into the crown.

When the silver light from the patron saint was injected into this worn-out crown, the crown showed no reaction, and the sound still echoed rhythmically;

But when the green light from the mythical creature was injected, the crown suddenly began to tremble, and the seductive voice disappeared.

Instead, there were bursts of wailing, as if this worn-out crown was begging Harley for mercy.

Seeing this, Harley quickly judged that she had the ability to suppress this unknown magical item and that it did not pose much danger to herself.

However, out of caution, Harley chose to control Medusa to pick it up.

One person and one patron saint moved towards the door, preparing to leave the room.

The specimens of the five-legged monster and the cabinet with traces of alchemy were no longer important. This crown attracted most of Harley's interest.

After a brief adjustment, Harry reappeared in the room that belonged to himself and Hermione alone.

She threw the crown on the table and lay facelessly on the bed.

Harley always felt that the aura on the crown was a bit familiar, and it seemed that she had seen the soul inside that took the initiative to contact her.

After thinking repeatedly but with no results, Harley raised her hand and the magic mirror automatically flew out of her pocket.

Harley needs to use a little external help, such as using a magic mirror for divination.

Soon, a diary appeared in the magic mirror.

"Voldemort's diary?" Harry said softly, looking at the crown on the table again.

"I see, no wonder it took the initiative to seduce me. It turns out to be the same Horcrux as that diary."

"Ravenclaw's Horcrux? Not necessarily. The previous soul fragment claimed to be the legendary crown."

"If it is the soul fragment of Ravenclaw, it will only treat the crown as a normal magic item, and at most it will call it its most precious item."

Despite the seemingly relaxed expression on her face, Harley increased her caution.

After all, this is an item left behind by a strong man who was at least a demigod, and possibly an angel, during his peak period. There are also some soul fragments of unknown origin in it.

Respecting the strong is the most basic principle of survival, and Harley, who has lived for a long time, understands this deeply.

Ice gushes out of Harley's hands and adheres to the crown layer by layer, freezing it.

At the same time, various curses and black magic also poured into the ice, preventing forces from within or outside from destroying the ice.

Harley was not prepared to hand over the crown. After all, although she did not know how to use magic like Horcrux, she still wanted to study it.

I had to hand in the diary last time and was unable to study it;

Now that he finally got a ready-made case, how could Harry not study it carefully?

But there is definitely not enough time now, so let’s put away the Horcrux first.

Harley would wait until next weekend when she had a long break to do her research.

Finally, Harley threw the Horcrux into her pocket and carried it close to her to prevent it from being lost.

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In the days that followed, Harry tried to find a picture of the Ravenclaw diadem.

The two are indeed similar, but the crown in Harley's hand is too old, making it impossible for Harley to make an accurate judgment.

In addition to confirming the true identity of the crown, Harley also used various means to toss the crown, and even let the dementors try to give the Horcrux a dementor's kiss.

However, when the dementor kissed the crown, it was unable to suck out any soul fragments at all. Instead, he was almost contaminated by the soul fragments inside.

Fortunately, Harley was able to separate the Dementor from the Diadem in time and sever the mystical connection between the two.

After trying most of the methods he could think of, Harley summarized a lot of information.

Only the power of one's own mythical creature form can most effectively cause damage to it.

Black flames and frost can cause pain, but they are not strong enough to destroy a Horcrux.

The basilisk's venom can also destroy Horcruxes. Harley only used a little venom, and the Horcruxes started wailing.

As for those spells, they failed to cause any harm to the Horcruxes.

But Harry thought about it and realized that the most lethal spell he could cast was just a penetrating spell with black magic attached.

Usually, my own battles seem to rely more on the power brought by the witch path. After all, the attack survival magic in the forbidden book area is really not as good as the witch's ability.

Harry no longer tried to use various dangerous potions, but was ready to wait for news from Sirius.

As a famous pure-blood family, the Black family is also a family that has been assigned to the Slater family for generations.

No matter what, there should be some books on black magic left in Blake's old house.

There might be knowledge about Horcruxes there.

When the time comes, it will be much faster to conduct research based on the paths explored by predecessors than to blindly explore on your own.

So this Horcrux was thrown back into his pocket together with the Dementors.

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(ps. Some of the settings about the Horcrux and Basilisk are secondary settings, in order to meet the needs of the plot.)