Chapter 215 Maledictus Blood-Curse

Jon brought Neville and the rest of the group, carrying a large stack of books on ancient runes, and returned to the high tower.

He did not immediately tell Sir Stoker the meaning of the magic rune on the slate, after all, the meaning of the content was something he learned from Nick, and Nick's existence couldn't be revealed to the outside, he could only first pretend to look and rummage through these ancient runes books that he brought with him to the tower.

Sir Stoker did not let him work directly at the top of the tower, although the scenery there is better, it is almost Christmas, so the weather is too cold, and the warmth of the room with a fireplace is more comfortable.

Taking Jon to his own private study, Sir Stoker took out a copy of the ancient runes from the stone slab at the top of the tower to provide him with a convenient cross-reference.

Jon pretended to casually flip through those ancient runes books, but the corner of his eye was focused on the books that were kept in this study.

By simply looking at the titles of the books, he could tell that most of them were astronomy-related books, not only written by wizards but also many books published by Muggle publishers.

This Sir does have an extraordinary love for astronomy, from the time he first met with Jon, he made this clear, and it does not seem to be a lie.

And when Jon was ready to withdraw his gaze, ready to pretend that he had suddenly made a discovery inadvertently, he saw some books that are quite different from other astronomy-related books, located at the far corner of the bookshelf.

These books were grouped together, and from the book covers they also looked older, obviously not the work of modern wizards.

And what attracted Jon was the title of one of the books.

A Study and Exploration of the Maledictus Blood-Curse.

Jon's unusual behaviour at this moment was eventually noticed by Sir Stoker, who followed his gaze and also saw the ancient collection of books on the bookshelf.

"My grandfather's grandfather used to be the vice dean of the magic maladies and injuries hospital in France, and the main direction of his research in his life was related to the maledictus blood curse. This is an extremely bizarre and dreadful curse, from ancient times to the present there has never been a way to lift and cure it, and this ancestor of mine has only left behind this information, if you are interested, you can always look through it during the time you stay in the tower."

Sir Stoker said generously.

Jon retracted his gaze from those books, he simply had some impressions of such curses like maledictus blood-curse, in the original book, the big serpent Nagini, which was made into a living-horcrux by Voldemort later, was ultimately turned into serpent form due to maledictus blood-curse.

Jon is not interested in this type of curse itself, the maledictus blood curse.

"Thank you for your generosity, Sir, let's get back to what we started with, about the content of the ancient runes left on that slab, I have found out some clues."

Jon looked at Sir Stoker, and his face indeed showed an expression of surprise.

"You've got a clue so soon? I originally thought it would take at least a while."

"It's really a matter of good luck, and we apparently had pretty good luck, as I found the same content as these magic runes on the slate from the book I was flipping through at the beginning."

Jon restated the information he got from Nick to Sir Stoker.

"The slab is supposed to be a seal or lock."

"A seal? A lock?"

The smile on Sir Stoker's face gradually narrowed and his brow tightened.

"You mean that the stone slab itself exists actually to protect and hide something?"

Jon said with a nod.

"Yes, the ancient runes on the slab are actually a kind of magic used for sealing and locking, it prevents the slab from being opened easily, thus preventing someone from finding what is hidden under it."

With Jon's narration, Sir Stoker's face became more and more gloomy.

He obviously could not quite accept such a thing.

The tower, which he had built with his own hands and lived in for decades, had actually hidden something in it under his nose in such a silent manner, and he didn't know anything about it.

Jon saw the change in Sir's face and asked with a serious look on his face.

"Can you be sure that it was not you or someone else in the tower who arranged this stone slab?"

Sir Stoker said with unparalleled firmness.

"I simply can't even recognize most of the magic runes in it. In this tower, besides me, there is only Rabier who has been taking care of my life and living, and there is even less chance for him to have done it."

Jon stroked his beard thoughtfully and said.

"If you're sure it wasn't yourself, then it's only possible that someone slipped in without your knowledge."

"Professor Johnson." Sir Stoker suddenly looked at Jon seriously, "Can you ... unlock the ancient rune magic on that slab?"

His words were pleading like he simply could not accept that in his own home, there would be something hidden that he knew nothing about.

Jon honestly said.

"I told you before, Sir, I'm not a master of ancient runes, and if the professor of ancient runes who worked with me at school had come over, there might have been a way to unlock it, but my knowledge of runes is only out of interest, and there's really no way to unlock this slab based on my understanding of runes."

Hearing Jon's words, Sir Stoker had a frustrated expression on his face at first, but at the last sentence, he obviously heard certain different meanings.

"There is no way to unlock this slab based on your understanding of runes ... you mean to say ..."

Jon said very frankly.

"It's true that ancient runes are not my strong point, but I do have some other tricks that can resolve these magic runes laced with magic. However, this method will damage the ancient runes on the slab and eliminate the magic power attached to it ..."

"I don't mind, Professor Johnson! In fact, if you can erase the magic on this slab, that would be even better." Sir Stoker said, "I just want to know who hid such a thing in my house, and what his purpose is."

Jon was certainly not surprised by his decision.

The two then left the study and re-entered the top of the tower where the cold wind was blowing.

Jon quietly put the ring that was hanging around his neck back on his finger on the way and went back to the stone slab, where he gently touched the first ancient rune of the first line with the finger that was wearing the ring.

That ancient runes flickered for an instant, and then the magic that was originally enclosed on it was transferred to the second gem inlaid on the ring.

There is no limit on absorbing magic power attached to magic artefacts for Jon, unlike absorbing magic power from an enemy's spell with a General Counter-spell, which can only take magic power from someone comparable to or weaker than himself, magic power attached to magic artefacts lacks control of the will, so the ring can absorb it much easily.

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