Chapter 194: Rowena Ravenclaw

"I need a room that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw..."

"I need a room that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, I need a room that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw."

On the eighth floor, Arthur paced back and forth in front of the white wall of the Room of Requirement, feeling extremely nervous.

Finally, after he repeated his request for the third time, a door with a bronze wall appeared in front of Arthur's eyes.

"Nice!"

Arthur exclaimed excitedly as he clenched his fist.

It had been a month since his conversation with the Grey Lady, and during that month, he had tried countless ways to enter the core of the Room of Requirement.

He mentioned, ' I want to find the core of Hogwarts,' 'Ravenclaw's Chamber,' and 'Ravenclaw's library.'

Arthur had tried over a hundred different paths in the past month, but unfortunately, most of the time, the Room of Requirement did not respond.

While he had some successful tries, they only delivered some notes and wisdom from Ravenclaw.

Arthur had even meticulously observed every inch of the Room of Requirement, trying to find some clues, but he was unsuccessful.

Arthur started to doubt if the Grey Lady was playing a trick on him.

He recently took advantage of his last opportunity to enter the chamber and spoke with the puppet that Slytherin had left, asking about the Room of Requirement.

"The Room of Requirement? What's that?"

Slytherin looked confused, as he had never heard of such a place in Hogwarts. But as Arthur described it, Slytherin suddenly had a realization.

"You mean the room on the eighth floor! That's Rowena's bedroom. It's also where she usually reads and rests."

"Rowena was lazy. To save more time for reading and studying magic, she enchanted her bedroom so that it would meet her different needs based on Hogwarts' conditions."

"Because I am the owner of this castle, I provided a little help during the changes."

As Slytherin spoke, he couldn't help but feel a bit proud.

He claimed to be the only man who had entered Rowena's bedroom, a privilege that even Godric Gryffindor didn't have.

In the past, Rowena Ravenclaw had won the hearts of many talented wizards with her intelligence and beauty.

Both Slytherin and Gryffindor pursued her, but in the end, Rowena chose an ordinary wizard and had a daughter with him.

This ended the ideas of Slytherin and Gryffindor, and they became good friends, together founding Hogwarts.

Arthur got the information he wanted, and he even heard some gossip about the four founders.

Excitedly, he went to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor to give it a try.

Arthur grabbed the bronze doorknob that resembled the one in the Ravenclaw common room and pushed the door open.

The room inside wasn't too big, with several tables and chairs, a big bed, and a row of portraits along the wall.

It was clear that Rowena Ravenclaw was a witch who didn't care much about the quality of her space.

On a round table, there was a crystal ball placed on it. Arthur gently picked it up and infused it with magic.

A stream of information flowed into his mind, and he understood the purpose of the crystal ball.

By telling the crystal ball what one needed or the scene they desired, they could reshape the layout and items inside the room.

At this moment, the bedroom began to change.

As if being squeezed, the entire room, including Arthur and the crystal ball in his hand, squeezed into a paper-thin sheet and spread out at his feet.

A dazzling white light appeared, and the empty space expanded with the white light.

At the end of the line of sight, a figure slowly walked towards Arthur from a distance.

"Rowena Ravenclaw."

When this figure walked slowly but quickly to stand in front of Arthur, the two of them faced each other, and Arthur slowly spoke her name.

Arthur's heart was filled with waves of shock. At this moment, Rowena Ravenclaw existed in the form of a soul.

Ghosts carried a sense of death with them, making everything gloomy, while a soul was a temporary state for wizards after death, neither moving on to the afterlife nor becoming a ghost.

"You seem to have discovered my secret, young wizard."

Rowena Ravenclaw spoke, her voice strangely hoarse.

She looked at Arthur with great interest as he not only awakened her but also seemed to know her current condition.

Calming his turbulent mind, Arthur elegantly bowed, expressing his respect for the founder of his own house.

"Hello, Lady Ravenclaw, I am Arthur Gant, a third-year student from Ravenclaw."

"After I awakened, I automatically learned about you, so there is no need to say these things. Tell me, you do know about the existence of souls, don't you?"

Rowena Ravenclaw's eyes sparkled with a strong desire for knowledge, making Arthur feel like he was facing Hermione.

This was the same expression she had when she asked his advice.

But she mentioned knowing my information automatically, could it be the effect of the Book of Admittance and the Acceptance Quill?

Arthur had read some records about these two items in the Restricted Section, but he had never seen them.

"Yes, are you currently existing in the form of a soul?"

Arthur regained his focus and answered Rowena Ravenclaw.

"So you do know about the existence of souls, which is very impressive,"

Rowena Ravenclaw looked at Arthur with admiration. In her own house, there appeared a wizard as great as him, which satisfied her a lot.

"However, as far as I know, once a soul separates from the body, it slowly becomes weak and eventually leaves this world, unless..."

Arthur's words hinted at something.

"Unless a Horcrux is created, right?"

Rowena Ravenclaw casually said what Arthur wanted to say.

"I would never use an offensive method to stay alive. In fact, my soul can only exist in this room. Once I leave, I will leave this world."

"And I also need to maintain a long period of sleep to maintain my memories and prevent them from fading away."

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