The Crown That Increases Wisdom

Perhaps Helena Ravenclaw would know something…

Yvonne thought of Madam Specter, whom she had not seen for a long time. Yvonne had been so busy with the Ministry of Magic that she had almost forgotten about her. It seemed necessary to see Helena again.

… .

Late at night, an owl quietly enters the Ravenclaw tower through the open window, lands on the ground, and reverts to human form.

Ivan looked around and quickly located Rowena Ravenclaw's bust of white marble.

Helena seemed to notice Ivan's presence, but she pretended not to notice as she glided down the corridor.

Ivan frowned as he found this strange, but he still followed her and greeted her.

"Good evening, Lady Helena!"

The wandering ghost reluctantly stopped, turned her head, gave Ivan a look of disgust, and said casually, "Good evening, Hales. It's been almost a year since we last met. I can't believe you're still looking for me… Is there something you don't understand?"

Yvonne rubbed her nose. Why did this feel like a double-cross?

Fortunately, Ivan was able to discern the reason for Helena's cold attitude from her words, and he immediately looked apologetic.

"I'm sorry, Madam Helena, but too much has happened at Hogwarts recently, and it takes a lot out of me … and I wanted to surprise you!" Ivan said as he pulled out a white-and-gold diadem with ornate sapphires.

Helena's eyes were instantly drawn to it. She floated slowly to Ivan and stared at the diadem in his hand, her eyes full of nostalgia and sadness. Finally, she gently reached out as if to lift the diadem, but unfortunately, her arm passed through it.

It was only then that Helena remembered that she was a ghost and could not touch things in reality.

Helena gave a low sigh, but she was sharp enough to notice that the diadem was not as damaged as Ivan had claimed.

"You've fixed it?" Helena asked, looking surprised.

"Yes, that's why I took so long to find you…" Ivan nodded, then told Helena that he had tried and failed to repair the diadem, and that he had found a way to fix it in Ravenclaw's lab…

"I accidentally broke it three years ago, so I've been trying to fix the diadem before returning it to you, but I didn't expect it to take so long," Ivan added with a shrug.

"I see. I didn't know… I thought…" Helena said, looking embarrassed.

"Think I'm like Tom Riddle?" Yvonne asked with a smile.

"It seems that I have misunderstood you…" Helena's cold face flushed slightly.

When she learned that Ivan had been trying to fix her mother's diadem for nearly a year, fulfilling her wishes, Helena's anger and resentment dissipated.

She did not doubt Ivan's words, as she had asked Ravenclaw students about the events of the past three years in the course of the year.

In addition, Ivan had previously consulted her on alchemy, so Helena was well aware that this young wizard in front of her had extraordinary skills in alchemy, and it was not impossible for him to fix her mother's diadem.

"Anyway, thank you for fulfilling my wish, Harles," Helena said gratefully.

"If I promised to bring it to you, I'd have to do it. Besides, you've helped me before by telling me a lot of secrets about this castle, haven't you?" Ivan replied, raising his eyebrows.

Helena gave a small smile, her fleeting figure beautiful in the moonlight.

"You should smile more often. You look better than your usual cold self," Ivan said teasingly.

Helena was stunned for a moment, and her smile faded a little. She said in a slightly annoyed tone, "You can say that to the little girls who are still alive…"

Ivan gave a non-committal shrug, and seeing that Helena was in a good mood, he got down to business. "By the way, Helena, I heard that your mother's golden crown increases people's wisdom. Is that true?"

"Of course it is. I stole it to be smarter than my mother," Helena sighed.

"And? Did you succeed?" Yvonne asked curiously, not bothering to press him on how to use the Ravenclaw Crown.

To be honest, he found it hard to imagine that a magical object could make a person incredibly clever…

"I succeeded, but perhaps I also failed…" Helena floated to the bust of Ravenclaw and gazed at it for a long time before speaking. "You have been to the lab in the Room of Requirement, haven't you?"

Yvonne nodded, but could not understand why the ghost lady had brought it up.

Helena ignored Ivan's confusion and continued talking.

"My mother, Rowena, was a very clever witch, no… I should say she was the most brilliant witch of her time."

"But it was because she was so highly intelligent that she became obsessed with the magic of magic, and sought to discover the mysteries of magic… she was not content with creating a golden corona that would make one more intelligent…"

Helena quietly recounted the events of the past. As the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw, she was always looked forward to.

Unfortunately, compared to her talented mother, her talent was only at the level of an ordinary genius. No matter how hard she tried, she could not compare to her mother.

Perhaps because she was disappointed with her performance, when she became a little more sensible, Rowena devoted most of her time to the study of magic, and spent less and less time with her.

This infuriated the young Helena, and she was envious of her mother's incomparable intellect, which allowed her to receive praise wherever she went.

"At the time, I stubbornly believed that if I could become smarter and more famous than my mother, she would probably want to see more of me…" Helena whispered.

"So you stole the diadem?" Ivan asked.

Helena nodded slightly, then turned to look at the golden crown in Ivan's hand and said emotionally, "When I put on this diadem, I knew I was wrong, very wrong, but I didn't want to give in to my mother. I wanted to prove to her that she could do it, and I could do it…"