Elwyn returned to the castle and went straight to Dumbledore's office.
The password to pass through the door was still "cockroach pile". When Elwyn went in, Dumbledore was already waiting for him!
"Good evening, Elwyn. Do you have anything to tell me?" He asked calmly.
On the desk in front of him, there was a meditation basin with a milky white liquid slowly swirling inside.
Before Elwyn came, he seemed to be combing through his memories, looking for clues that he had neglected in the past.
"There is indeed something, Professor. It's about Rowena Ravenclaw and the secret treasure key she left behind." Elwyn said, walking over and sitting down. "I found the ruins left behind by Ravenclaw in the mermaid village under the lake. It's very troublesome to explain. Can I borrow the meditation basin? It would be more convenient this way …"
"Of course!"
The whole communication process was unusually smooth. Using the meditation basin allowed Dumbledore to understand what Elwyn had experienced more directly.
Regarding Elwyn's search for the secret treasure left behind by the four founders of the school, Dumbledore had always been supportive.
Especially in this situation, the secret treasure was related to the Lord Voldemort and the Evil God, so Elwyn received even more support.
"The Great Whirlpool of Charybdis?!" Dumbledore said softly. "When I was young, I went there once. The magic world generally believes that the great whirlpool is a passage to another space. Of course, its current power is not as strong as it was a thousand years ago. The power maintaining this passage is weakening, and it could disappear at any time. The most obvious sign is that people have not seen this whirlpool for many years. Its diameter is also not as big as what you see. "
"The power is weakening …" Elwyn continued to ask. "Professor, have you entered the whirlpool?"
"Yes, I've been inside. There are ruins left behind from ancient times." Dumbledore said, "Like all the ruins of that era, it is protected by powerful magic, and it is impossible to enter without the right method. Gellert and I originally had great expectations for that trip, hoping to find something, but in fact, we found nothing. However, since you have Rowena Ravenclaw to guide you, I think you might find something when you reach that place … "
Gellert Grindelwald?!
When Dumbledore was young, there was a period of time when he was very obsessed with power. He put aside the affairs of his family and his sister, Arianna, and traveled around the world with Grindelwald, looking for all kinds of ancient ruins and power, planning their career.
This career was to rule the world for the "greater good."
He sounded like the Lord Voldemort, didn't he? If it wasn't for his sister's death that made Dumbledore repent, who knew what would have happened to him now?
It was possible that the entire magic world was under the joint rule of Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
This was probably Dumbledore's dark history, and he never took the initiative to talk about these past events.
It was the first time Elwyn heard the name Grindelwald from his mouth. Next, Dumbledore told him some of the things he saw on that trip, as well as details about the sirens and the ancient ruins in the Great Whirlpool of Charybdis.
Perhaps it was because the time difference was too long, or it could be an illusion, but Elwyn always felt that the scene Dumbledore saw in the whirlpool was not quite the same as the huge outline he saw in his memory. The outline represented a greater horror …
After telling Elwyn some things, Dumbledore agreed to let him follow Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim to Sicily.
Because of the urgency of time, they did not have to wait until the summer vacation and set off in three days.
Dumbledore was also going to call Sirius back and let Sirius accompany them.
With Sirius accompanying them, things would be even more secure.
This would dispel Harry's urge to leave the Dursleys and live with Sirius during the summer vacation.
He had to live with his aunt and uncle for a while so that the protection spell cast by his mother could continue to work.
Just in case, Dumbledore also gave Elwyn the Invisibility Cloak that he found from Barty Crouch Jr.
There was only one real Invisibility Cloak, and it was the one in Harry's hand. It was one of the Sacred Weapons of Death.
Barty Crouch Jr's cloak was a traveling cloak woven from the fur of an invisible beast, and it had a powerful illusion spell on it. Compared to Harry's real cloak, the invisibility effect of this Invisibility Cloak would slowly weaken over time, and eventually lose its effect, revealing the real body, and it had more restrictions.
Even so, this Invisibility Cloak was very precious, second only to a legendary magic item.
Invisible beasts were magical creatures that could not be easily found and hunted. Just finding them could take years, or even decades. Not to mention, it took the fur of many invisible beasts to make such an invisibility cloak. In the world of magic, there were definitely no more than a hundred similar items.
More than an hour later, Elwyn left Dumbledore's place with the Invisibility Cloak and returned to the common room.
He told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that he was going to Sicily to find the giants with Hagrid, Madam Maxim, and Sirius. Not surprisingly, all three of them were shocked.
They wanted to go with Elwyn, but they could not. The semester was not over yet, and they had to stay in school to take the final exams.
After Dumbledore announced that the Triwizard Tournament had been canceled, the final exams were put on the agenda again.
This caught all the students off guard, and they complained.
Fred and George even said that they thought it was the most disastrous impact of the Lord Voldemort's resurrection.
Harry and Ron were fine, but as for Hermione, Elwyn had promised to take her on the next adventure.
Judging from the current situation, he had to break his promise again …
Hermione did not say anything. After knowing about this, she took the initiative to go to the library to help Elwyn find information about the vicinity of Sicily, which made Elwyn very apologetic. According to the plan, he was going to Egypt to read the Emerald Jade Record during the summer vacation. There was no danger in the process.
Elwyn was going to invite Hermione to accompany him, if she and her parents agreed …
Three days passed in a flash, and soon it was the day of their departure. Elwyn's things had all been packed. He, Sirius, Hagrid, and Madam Maxim were going to go to Boothbottom through the Flying Network, and then from there, they would take the Flying Carriage directly to Sicily.
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