Harry Potter’s Book of Sin
Chapter 27: Merlin's Secret
"This is what my father left... it was once his father's thing."
Harry felt the invisibility cloak slid across his fingers like running water. It was more delicate and lighter than silk, and it hardly felt any weight.
"Use it well"-remember what it says on the note.
He couldn't help sliding out of the bed and draped the invisibility cloak over him.When he looked down, he could only see the moonlight falling on the ground in the darkness.
"Use it well?" Harry couldn't help thinking again.
Yes, that's it!Suddenly, Harry's mind was so clear-put it on, and the whole Hogwarts was completely open to him!
He stood in the darkness, and there was silence around him, and he felt a sudden excitement in his heart.
Wearing this invisibility cloak, he can go anywhere, any place!Filch would never find him.
Ron mumbled something in his sleep on the next bed, and Harry turned his head to look at him.Do you want to wake him up?No, this is the invisibility cloak his father left for him-he felt that at least this first time, he should use it alone.
He wanted to experience that, in the past, has his father wrapped this cloak alone and explored around in the huge Hogwarts Castle?
Thinking of this, Harry couldn't help but stretched out his hand to put the hood on the cloak on.He tiptoed out of the dormitory, walked down the stairs, walked through the common room, and climbed through the portrait hole.
"Who is it?" the fat woman in the painting asked dazedly.
Harry didn't say a word, he walked quickly in the corridor, trying not to make any noise.
Hogwarts in the middle of the night is completely different from the daytime, with a unique sense of mystery in the depth, which makes Harry, who grew up in the Muggle world, feel as if he has walked into a castle in a magical story.
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but want to laugh, isn't this just a magic castle?Although it was not the first time to walk in the Hogwarts corridor at night, when he was wearing the invisibility cloak, he found that this was a completely different feeling from the past.
He can calmly observe all the details within sight, and he is not afraid of being discovered by Filch, who is watching the night.
"Where should I look?" He stopped, thinking, until his heart was pounding.
Suddenly, he remembered-the forbidden book area of the library!He can read as much as he wants there until he finds out what sacred Le May is.
Harry wrapped the invisibility cloak tightly around him again before walking forward.
The inside of the library is pitch black, and almost nothing can be seen when looking inside. It is even more eerie and terrifying than during the day.
Harry had to withdraw to make sure Filch was not outside before lighting a lamp and walking it across the bookshelves.The light looked like it was floating in the air. Although Harry felt he was holding it with his hands, the sight still made the initiator feel creepy.
The restricted book zone is in the deepest part of the library.Harry gingerly stepped over the isolation rope that was halfway across his waist and raised the light to check the title of the book.
However, he didn't see any clue from the title of the book.
The peeling, faded, bronzing letters spelled out words that Harry couldn't understand.And some books don't even have titles at all.
There is a dark stain on a book.It looked like blood, which made Harry feel terrible.
Harry stood between the bookshelves, feeling the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.He felt that there was a burst of whispers in those books, and it seemed that those books knew that there was a person who shouldn't be standing here and was looking at them secretly.
This may be his illusion, but it seems not.
Harry felt like he had to start somewhere, he couldn't be so stunned.
So he placed the lamp carefully on the floor,
He suddenly saw a striking silver-gray book tightly sandwiched next to a large book with a dark green spine.The book was not very heavy, and Harry held it to open the cover.
Suddenly, a gleam of blue and green flashes on the pages of the book, and they flipped on their own.
Harry quickly held them down to stop them making any more noises.But the next moment, he saw several lines written on the edge of the page.He is familiar with these fonts—they are almost exactly the same as the writing style in the Occidental Handbook that Maca gave him.
This is Maca's handwriting!He has been here too, and he also wrote some notes on it.
This is a banned book zone!How did Maca get in?Does he also have a way to hide?Saving others by oneself, Harry guessed the correct answer almost instantly by coincidence.
He tried to understand through the notes left by Maca, what Maca came here for.
It was a pity that Harry found that these lines of words separated every word, and he knew it; but if it was a sentence, he became completely ignorant.
He turned a few pages back and forth, and finally had to put it back on the bookshelf with a disappointed look.
Suddenly, the big and thick dark green book next to him was accidentally crooked-this book looked too huge, and Ben was forcibly clamped on the shelf by the book next to it.
Seeing that the book was about to fall, Harry was taken aback.If it falls on the ground, it may completely break the surrounding silence!
He hurriedly leaned forward, trying to take this heavy book in his hands—
"Hmm." Harry couldn't help groaning.
Fortunately, even though the back of his hand had dull pain from knocking on the hard floor, at least there was no noticeable sound.
After reassuring a little, Harry looked at the big book in his hand, which had a rough dark green cover and was surprisingly heavy.This made Harry very curious about it.
He opened the cover carefully and found that every page of the book was actually made of a firm and delicate bark!
The edges of the pages are slightly yellow, but it can be seen that they should be off-white.Some of the parts of the experiment log in it were so plain that even Harry could see what it was talking about.
"To transform the blood of humans? The blood of various magical creatures?"
Harry was frightened by the deformed human illustrations inside. He staggered back a few steps and hurriedly closed the big book about weird magic.
On the dark green cover, its name-"The Book of Druids" was faintly carved, and in the lower right corner of the cover, the word "Merlin" was written impressively.
Speaking of Nicole LeMay, Harry may not remember for a while, but the name "Merlin" is a famous wizard that even ordinary Muggles know!
He once appeared in the Muggle world, fostered the eternal king in Celtic legends-King Arthur, guided him to the world-famous sword in the lake, and unified England that was in turmoil.
Now the Merlins of the magic world was founded by Merlin. Every wizard is excited to receive the medals awarded by him. Dumbledore has a first-class Merlin medal.
Why did such a great wizard write such a terrifying magic book for what?Pressing the uneasiness in his heart, Harry turned the page again, and he wanted to continue to look back.
At this moment, he heard regular footsteps coming from outside the library. Is it Filch?
He hurriedly put out the lantern on the ground, and then carefully stuffed the book into its original position to make sure it didn't fall again.
There is no gain yet, but he knows he must go.
When Filch dragged a heavy step past him not far, he even felt his heart burst out.Harry realized that he might still see the light or some other reason, and was looking around with a frown.
When Filch walked slowly in, Harry quietly left the library.Before leaving, he glanced at the forbidden book zone-he would come again.
"You should wake me up." Ron said angrily.
"You can come tonight. I want to read that book." Harry said. "This is a big secret about Merlin, and I haven't found out who Nick LeMay is!"
"About that big secret," Ron said, "Sounds like it's interesting, bloodline transformation? Maybe we can become as powerful as giants!"
"You can eat bacon or something else, why don't you eat anything?"
Harry felt that he had a little loss of appetite.He did not expect that there are so many secrets hidden in the forbidden book zone!
What did Maca write in that book?Is Merlin as respectable as the rumors?Who is Nick LeMay?What exactly is that big dog guarding?Why did Snape steal it?
There are more and more things that make him puzzled, which makes him feel a little anxious.
When using the invisibility cloak for the second time, because Ron was also covered in it, it was inconvenient to move, and they walked much slower.
"It's really cold at night in winter!" Ron whispered softly, "Should we stop looking for it, shall we go back?"
"No!" Harry said in a deep voice, "We must find out as soon as possible, who is Nicol LeMay? Snape must have not made a good idea!"
It didn't take long before they came to the restricted book zone of the library again.Regardless of Merlin's book, the two began to search for Nick LeMay.
After a while, they discovered a lot of terrifying content in those strange and dangerous banned books.For example, demons and temptations, and soul and death...
A lot of evil-sounding magic abounds here, but there is not even a word related to Nick Le May.
"It seems that there is not even the forbidden book zone!" Ron said while shaking, he felt his feet were freezing.
In desperation, Harry opened the big dark green book again—he wanted to at least clarify this question before speaking.