Reborn at Hogwarts

A giant... eagle?

Ivan was a little dazed.

He didn't remember seeing the giant eagle at the end of the stone bridge when he entered the Kingdom of the Dead last time.

The only thing seen was a huge, blurry shadow.

And because of some kind of strong premonition of crisis, he didn't dare to observe that shadow carefully.

Ivan didn't directly express his doubts, but continued to listen to Ms. Gray's narration.

"I don't want to see that eagle...it scares me very much." As if recalling the fear hidden deep in my heart, Ms. Gray's voice became more and more erratic, and Ivan felt that her body seemed to be shaking. A little bit transparent, "But it seems that there is a mysterious force driving me, I just stared at it and walked towards it——

"Then, my mother showed up."

"Your mother?" Ivan finally couldn't help interrupting Ms. Gray's narration.

"Yes, my mother is Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the great founders of Hogwarts." Ms. Gray hesitated, but she still confessed her identity, "Before I was alive, I was Helene Na Ravenclaw."

Of course Ivan knew she was Ravenclaw's daughter.

But in order to cooperate with Ms. Gray, he still made appropriate expressions of "shock" and "unbelievable".

Ms Gray continued:

"When I was about to get lost, my mother appeared on that stone bridge.

"When she saw me, she held a crimson stone in her hand. She called my name, and I wanted to respond to her, but the eagle's eyes were like a bottomless vortex, which kept blocking me. I, let me continue walking towards it... Then, my mother rushed up and covered my eyes, and after I couldn't see the eagle, I fell into a coma.

"When I woke up again, I had turned into a ghost and returned to Hogwarts. And my mother..."

Having said that, Ms. Gray paused.

"When I saw her again, it was already at her funeral."

It seems that it has been a long time since so many words have been said. After saying this, Ms. Gray fell into a long silence.

And Ivan... He also got a lot of information from Ms. Gray's words.

First of all, the "Nation of the Dead" was not discovered by Paracelsus.

As early as around 990 BC, when Hogwarts was founded, Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of the school, entered there and brought out the soul of her dead daughter and sent her back to the Hogwarts.

This is information that is not recorded in books.

Ivan already knew the rest - Rowena Ravenclaw died of a serious illness.

As for what kind of "disease" it is, there is no record in all the information that can be found.

But now Ivan also has some guesses.

Maybe... because he entered the Kingdom of the Dead as a living person and was cursed by the "God of Death"?

Thinking of this, Ivan felt his scalp tingle again.

If the guess is true, then as a person who also entered the kingdom of the dead and stayed on the stone bridge carrying the undead, I am afraid that he will not be spared.

Although so far, I can't see any abnormalities in him, but Ivan has decided that he must find time to find Grindelwald in the near future, and find a way to dig out the secrets that this old guy has hidden.

As a former partner of Paracelsus and the original Dark Lord, Grindelwald must have many things that he has not told him.

In addition to the fact that "Rowena Ravenclaw once entered the kingdom of the dead", there is another thing that Ivan is very concerned about.

It was the "red stone" as Ms Gray called it.

Judging from the appearance she described...it should be the Philosopher's Stone.

In other words, Rowena Ravenclaw, she also relied on the Philosopher's Stone to enter the Kingdom of the Dead?

Ivan stroked his chin.

So, the Philosopher's Stone she used... whose is it?

Regarding the first alchemist in history to refine the Philosopher's Stone, there are many controversies in the information he has consulted.

At present, the magic world generally believes that the first refiner of the Philosopher's Stone was Nicole Flamel.

But Nicole Flamel was born in the fourteenth century.

It was only the eleventh century when Rowena Ravenclaw died of illness.

This time difference... is a bit too big.

Ivan thought for a while, and looked at Ms. Gray with a sad expression:

"Ma'am, I want to ask, do you know what the crimson stone that Head Ravenclaw is holding in his hand is?"

When referring to Rowena Ravenclaw, he deliberately used the name of the headmaster, thinking whether this could bring the relationship closer.

Hearing this, Ms. Gray nodded.

"Of course it's the Philosopher's Stone—only the highest crystallization of alchemy can allow the living to open the door to the kingdom of the dead," she said.

really! Ivan sighed secretly, and then asked again: "Then do you know whose philosopher's stone she is?"

Upon hearing this question, Ms. Gray's expression suddenly became extremely strange.

She took a deep look at Ivan, and said reluctantly, "It belongs to my father."

Father? !

Ivan froze for a moment.

Before asking this question, he had never considered this option at all.

From before time-traveling to after time-traveling, all the materials and books that Ivan read that mentioned "Rowena Ravenclaw" did not mention her husband at all.

Ivan didn't care at all.

It's as if Rowena Ravenclaw gave birth to Lady Grey herself...

It wasn't until Ms. Gray mentioned it at this time that he suddenly realized it.

There is such a person?

"My father was an alchemist." Ms. Gray once again fell into the memories, unconsciously biting her lips, and murmured, "However, when I was ten years old, he disappeared..."

"Missing?" Ivan Xin said that this was too bloody.

Ms Gray nodded.

"Strictly speaking, it's not considered missing." She added, "He left voluntarily. Before he left, he left a letter for his mother. I read it once while my mother was not paying attention. He said— —is to seek the great truth.”

great truth?

Ivan wanted to ask Ms. Gray how Rowena Ravenclaw would react to such nonsense.

But he finally held back the words, and finally said: "I'm sorry."

"Let's talk about returning to the Kingdom of the Dead." Ms. Gray shook her head, avoiding the topic, "Since you came in through that door, you must also know about 'Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets', right? "

"Salazar Slytherin secretly set up a secret room in order to clean up those students he thought were unworthy of studying at Hogwarts." Ivan nodded.