the lost castle

"You should go, you can't run away"

A large, round, black diamond lies on purple velvet. Everyone in the world will be dazzled by its magnificent radiance at the moment of contact. Even in such a dimly lit place, the complex folding The surface is also enriched with bright brilliance from every angle, cold and beautiful, just as the dark wizards said with a chuckle, without the magic power of the curse, how could gemstones have such a moving charm.

It is a well-known curse stone, which once caused panic among Muggles. Because Muggles decided to divide the diamond to eliminate the curse, a wizard secretly replaced it and brought it back to England. After several twists and turns, it finally fell into the into the hands of the Ministry of Magic, and it has remained in the Department of Mysteries ever since.

It's no secret that its name can be found on the first line of the second page of the Ministry of Magic's thousands of pages of Dangerous Objects List, Kronos' Joke.

This isn't a Weasley joke shop item, despite its similar-sounding name, the original wizard who disappeared because of "Kronos' joke", and the three wizards who got his inheritance including this diamond He died a month later. After investigation by the Ministry of Magic, it was found that it was not a curse, but the most rare and rare time magic medium. However, when you accidentally held it and read Apparition or entered the Floo Network, the problem came, it It will definitely not take you where you should go, and it is different from the safe magic props like Time Converter. If you go to the past where you have not existed, you will disappear in this world. If you accidentally fall into it, you cannot In the future of living, there is only death.It doesn't allow you to travel accurately in the time period of your life every time. The wizard who got it at first didn't know this. After trying it once or twice, he thought he was ecstatic and couldn't hold back the gift of Merlin. I used it repeatedly and lost it unfortunately.

No wizard is willing to use their lives to study the safe use of this thing, so its final home is only on the dusty shelf of the Mystery Department.

Draco stared at this unpolished black diamond, which was already the only magic item he knew that could travel through time, but obviously, it still had a great possibility to take you directly to Merlin.

Slytherins were cautious, and Malfoy never took risks when possible.

Draco didn't even reach for it to take it away.

Carrying it on your body means you can't use Floo Powder and Apparation, which is a very dangerous thing.

The dark and bright floor tiles and porch are as cold as black crystal, no matter how careful you are, there will be some noise. Draco just came out of the Department of Mysteries when he heard extremely noisy voices and a woman's crazy laughter from a distance with yelling.The tone was so familiar that Draco didn't even need to think about it, and immediately flashed into the door of the Department of Mysteries - this is the only end of this corridor with walls on both sides - what is Bella doing here?

"...Stupid, dirty Mudbloods, get out of the way, out of the way!!"

The tearing sound of the spell and the scream sounded almost simultaneously.

"Bellatrix? Lestrange! The Ministry of Magic has charged you with seventeen deadly crimes to be kissed by a dementor..."

"Hehehe——" the sharp cry was accompanied by an extremely quick sentence of black magic, "I think you miss Merlin, rubbish, imbecile, you are so clumsy like a fool, you should be thrown into the Middle Ages, let you Burned to death by Muggles, raised high by knight's spears, starving you to death... cluck! Give me Kronos's... Hell, Kronos's what! It's that black diamond! ! Take it here! Otherwise, hehehe..."

Draco slowly clenched his wand and gazed at Bella, who was getting closer, from the wooden stand.

Finally her eyes finally fell on the striking black diamond.

She laughed wildly, not caring about the large number of Aurors and Ministry of Magic officials behind her, and yanked the diamond off the shelf, and the spell thrown behind her was blocked by her wand waving casually.

"Cronus...Lord, Bella will be able to get you back."

With a wave of his hand, he directly cut a deep gash in his arm, stuffing the diamond into his flesh and blood.

Draco's pupils constricted, and even though he thought about it, even if time could bring him back to that era in the Middle Ages, he knew that using Kronos' joke, the dead and missing people would not be able to take away the gems, and time is only limited by the wizard himself It just works.Not to mention stuffing it into the arm, even if you have the ability to swallow it, you probably won't be able to take it away, but...

A crazy idea popped out of his mind suddenly.

Draco held out his wand, pointing at Bella in the corner of the chaos where no one was paying attention.

"It's all petrified."

Bella was startled suddenly, and almost instantly, she froze, her eyes bulging in a weird way.

In the next second, Draco pounced on him, before the spell that the Ministry of Magic inertially slammed on Bella did not fall on the petrified Bella, before the petrification spell would be lifted due to Bella's powerful magic power in a few seconds , He firmly grasped Bella's gray and petrified arm, and the black diamond on the arm that was solidified with Bella, and recited the spell.

"Apparation."

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In the winter of 1004 A.D., the outbreak of the plague finally subsided due to the cold, but there were no people in the nearby towns, and the wizards of Hogsmeade also reduced their chances to go out. White, it has stopped now, and the howling of werewolves came from far away from the Forbidden Forest.Some students are hurrying along the path with their wands and parchments. Some of them are about to leave Hogwarts. This beautiful castle cannot accommodate them forever. Everyone has different plans in their hearts. It is obviously a good idea to travel to the East, which still believes in mysterious power, which cannot be covered by the Holy See. They talked excitedly in twos and threes.

In the clearing near the well and the mill at the entrance of Hogsmeade, there was a crisp crackling sound.

Almost all the nearby wizards turned their heads away vigilantly, whether it was the students, the old woman in the mill who looked no different from a Muggle woman, or the skinny man leading a donkey, Hogsmeade is a village where only wizards live. Gua can't come here, but strange wizards are never welcome.

The hands of everyone who were about to draw out their wands immediately retracted after seeing the figure appearing in Apparation.

Respectfully bowing or bowing their heads, the children were curious but did not dare to ask, and only whispered good evening, Dean.

The robe and cloak were covered with snowflakes, and Rowena's long tea-blond hair, which had slipped out of her felt hat, was tightly pressed against her pale cheeks. Her bright face was visibly haggard and thin, and only her eyes were still bright.But at the moment her eyes are red, even with some radiant little magic, it still can't hide the tiredness and trance state.

Helga put her long red hair back into the brim of her hat, whispered something in Rowena's ear, and the two of them walked across the gravel road that was stamped with all their footprints, passed through the village, and headed towards Hogwarts went.

Godric.Gryffindor stood where he was, casually waving hello to the saluting students, and kept turning his head to look at Salazar who coughed muffledly from his throat at the end.

In fact, if it weren't for the first three deans, the students would hardly recognize the last one as the dean of Slytherin.

Salazar is not short, and can even be said to be quite tall, but compared to Godric, uh...or Helga is a rare tall figure among women, and Rowena, who is as tall as Salazar, is exquisitely dressed The unusual high boots and the high bun, so when all four of them were wrapped in cloaks, when they looked over suddenly, Slytherin, who liked to stand at the end, was so inconspicuous that it could be ignored.

The big cloak made of Sphinx fur is very warm and heavy. If you cover it from head to tail, it is really difficult to recognize who is standing opposite you just by looking at the figure from the back.

But now what makes the students and even the Hogsmeade wizards most curious is that Hogwarts, the four wizards who are already famous in England and even the entire Mediterranean coast, look like they came back overnight from a far away place. Where did he go? You must know that this is a very miraculous thing for the Duke of Slytherin. May I ask when was the last time the Duke came to Hogsmeade? Three years ago, or five years ago, was the last time the Duke came to Hogsmeade? When did you travel abroad, ten years ago, or 15 years ago?Merlin, what happened? Not only did the Duke of Slytherin go out, but did he go out with the other three?

There are bright students who have been whispering things that everyone knows in recent years.

Three years ago, the head of Ravenclaw who married to Ireland came back with his daughter.

Although many people regretted that the four founders of Hogwarts will lose one of them, they can marry the most outstanding alchemist in Ireland. The whole of England is very optimistic about this marriage, and there is no nobler blood than this couple. It is more suitable for hobbies, talents and talents.

It's just that after five years of marriage, they are strangers?

However, the alchemist family in Ireland is prominent and has a meager blood. I am afraid that things will not end for the children in the future.

In this day and age, even a ten-year-old child is well aware of the dark side of the family and the world. They exchanged a few words in a low voice before leaving. Although the head of Gryffindor is very popular, Slightly Forget about the Duke, the children are afraid and can't say anything in front of him, and the students of the Snake Court respect the dean and keep a respectful distance. What's more, the relationship between the two deans is not a big deal in Hogwarts. Secret, sensible students have long made excuses to avoid it.

"That... none of us will tell Helena, and Rowena has long since stopped loving him..."

Godric was looking forward to seeing Salazar's expression, but the cloak was too tightly covering him, so he could only see the meaningless indifference at the corner of his lips.

"Well, you think I think too much, even if Helena knows you don't care, Salazar, she is only three years old, she doesn't understand anything. When she grows up, if she doesn't fall in love with someone, it's not like If Rowena or Mia are as unfortunate as they are, they won't understand—”

"cough……"

Godric touched his nose and stopped talking.

In the gray morning light, small snowflakes began to float in the sky again.

"Let's go, Helga will comfort her, we'd better go back to the cellar, I'm already missing the hot soup and the taste of steak... By the way, Salazar, drink the potion first when you go back, how could you Coughing so hard—”

The second half of Gryffindor's words were already stuck in his throat, and his eyes and mouth were wide open, staring at the ball that fell from the sky.

Certainly not snowflakes, not so big, certainly not birds, not so big.

It hit the thick snowdrift and stopped moving.

It seems to be people, two people.

And this scene, this picture, how the hell is it so familiar.

"Godric, cough...it seems to be Draco. Malfoy." The Duke of Slytherin had very good eyes.

"Uh, I think the other one seems to be the woman named Bella." Gryffindor, who had claimed to be a knight all his life, had no bad eyesight.

The author has something to say:

Kronos, god of time

What these four people went out to do was to beat that Irish wizard back and stop fighting for Helena

But in the end, neither Rowena nor her husband gave in. I can't say who is wrong, but that man was more unlucky. He brought friends and family wizards, but he couldn't beat this side. He died, as the portrait said. thing