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If he could get his hands dirty, he would try his best not to drag it out. Opening the box by force was not recommended, but using a bit of brain was fine.
Thinking back to when he first saw the Bloodline Purification Potion, the first thing that came to his mind was a replacement for those extinct ingredients.
In this world, there was nothing that could not be replaced. People could be replaced, so what could not be replaced?
Jon held a lump of ooze that he found outside Hufflepuff's lounge. Under the light from the tip of his wand, he carefully examined it. After confirming that it was an unusual lump of ooze, he carefully placed it into the small box.
This lump of ooze should be enough to gamble on the keyhole.
Although he had never done the job of picking locks before, the principle should be similar. Anyway, as long as the spring of the lock was unlocked … right?
Let's try it first, and then say if it didn't work. What if it unlocked?
Jon silently waited for the hands of his watch to skip past 9 o 'clock. Then, he put the small box of ooze into his ring, raised his wand and tapped himself.
"Disillusionment." (Dysler Falcon Gate)
After Helga's modification, the Disillusionment Spell was much more difficult, but the increase in strength was also obvious. This [Modified Version: Disillusionment Spell] had a lot more stability and concealment. According to Helga, it was by modifying a little bit of the way the magic worked, and adding a little bit of the effect of the Disillusionment Spell.
The specific modification process could probably be written into an academic thesis. Jon did not understand much at the moment, but it was fine as long as it could be used.
After waving his hand to ensure that there were no flaws in the concealment effect, Jon left the dormitory.
At this time, there was actually someone reading in the lounge. Jon thought that waiting like this was not a good idea, so he simply cast a soundproof spell at the entrance.
The effect was not high, and the duration was not long. However, even if Jon went out, it would not take too long.
He had walked the path from Hufflepuff's lounge to the study on the eighth floor countless times. He already knew which stairs moved and when, but there was a small incident on the way.
Mr. Filch had caught some unlucky bastard who was still wandering around the castle when it was time. Oh, there were two of them. Jon, who had been hidden by the Illusory Body Spell, fixed his gaze on them. It was indeed the Weasley twins.
Being caught by Filch … meant that he hadn't gotten the map of the survival point yet.
With that in mind, Chown was no longer in a hurry. Logically speaking, Filch would bring the twins back to his own office before bringing them to Professor Mag's office.
"Don't even think about running away. If you do, you won't have a good ending."
As soon as Jon approached the door of Filch's office, he saw the gloomy face of the castle guard threatening the twins fiercely, "Don't think you'll get away with it this time. I'll teach you little brats a lesson so that you won't be so careless in breaking the school rules in the future, will you?"
The twins didn't seem to care about Filch's nagging at all. Instead, they were sizing up this place that most students avoided with great interest.
Jon was also sizing up this gloomy office as he compared the location of that drawer in his memory.
Filch, who was sitting behind the desk, took out a piece of parchment from the drawer and spread it out in front of him. Then, he picked up a long quill and began to write on it.
They were all acquaintances, so he didn't even need to ask for their names.
"Just you wait. Let's see what your dean has to say this time. You won't be able to escape from confinement. Now, come with me to see Professor Mag!"
Jon stood at the door and watched as Filch walked away with the twins after writing the punishment letter. He seemed to have seen one of the twins glance at the drawer where the map of the survival point was, and several times at that.
It wasn't necessarily because they knew the map of the survival point … It should be the plot in the original novel. They were planning to steal something from Filch, and the map of the survival point was only incidental.
After Filch left with the twins, Jon turned and walked into Filch's office. Just as he was about to open the drawer on the filing cabinet, he saw a pair of emerald cat eyes.
Filch's pet, Madam Loris, was lying beside the filing cabinet.
He almost ignored it.
Jon turned his eyes and pointed at the stairs outside with his wand.
"Ding dong."
The sound of something falling on the ground came from outside. Madam Loris let out a meow and scurried out. Jon immediately walked to the filing cabinet and pointed his wand at a drawer with a sign that said, "Material confiscated, highly dangerous."
"Alajo, open."
The drawer slid open quickly. It was filled with all kinds of magic props, and an envelope was lying quietly among the pile of props.
"Duplicate into a pair."
Jon quickly made a copy of the envelope. As for whether the map inside was duplicated, that was not something that Jon had to consider.
After stuffing the envelope with the map of the survival point into his ring, Jon happened to see Madam Loris on her way out. Fortunately, his Illusion Spell was strong enough.
Without stopping on the way, Jon quickly went to the eighth floor. He first used the Reveal Spell to remove his invisibility, then opened the door to Ravenclaw's study and walked in.
Helga had already floated out of the world of the portrait and waited for a while.
"Ancestor."
"You're late," Helga said softly in the portrait, "Did something happen?"
Jon shook his head, took out the small box and envelope from the ring, and put them on the table.
"Nothing happened, just a small harvest. Let's open this drawer first."
Jon opened the small box and skillfully pressed the soft clay ball on the keyhole. At the same time, he waved his wand and cast a spell. The small keyhole was quickly filled with clay and then solidified. Jon gently twisted it and there was a click.
The lock was unlocked.
Jon used more force and the clay key was pulled out, but the drawer did not open.
… Endless awkwardness.
"What's going on?"
Jon looked at Helga, who was on the wall, in confusion. The witch seemed to have found something wrong with the situation.
"It's the Garrote Spell. There's a noose in the drawer. You can either pull it open directly or use a spell … This is a secret spell that only the four of us know."
Helga started to feel sad again as she spoke. Jon was used to such scenes. If the other three founders had left a trace of their souls to accompany her, things would not have turned out this way.
Unfortunately, Slythrin had left. Ravenclaw was too sad because of his daughter and only left behind a room that would grant every request. Gryffindor left behind the sword and the sorting hat. Speaking of which, the sorting hat could also be used to place one's soul. Perhaps the legendary Wizard did not think of this.
Well, other than witches like Hufflepuff who could not bear to leave their students, not many would want to leave behind a trace of their soul when they died.
He listened to the spell silently and began to practice casting the spell.
This time, the drawer was finally opened, and the things inside leaked out.
"This is …"
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