Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 216 The Part Under the Sea
However, the magic power on the first rune was absorbed, and the gem, which had been completely used up by John in Azkaban, actually changed .
This is a change that Jon has never experienced before even after he absorbed the magic power of all the students below the fourth grade in the entire carriage!
This proves that the person who wrote these magic words has extremely powerful magic power, definitely surpassing most people in the magic world.
This is a crucial piece of evidence.
John didn't know which wizards had this level of magical power, but what he was sure of was that Voldemort must have been this powerful!
And he passed by this tower during the month he disappeared.
When all the coincidental evidence is added together, some suspicions can become empirical evidence.
Now not only Sir Stoker is eager to know who left what in his house, but Jon also wants to know what Voldemort has hidden.
What on earth was attracting him in this tall tower?
Of course, Jon didn't mind at all that while getting the answers, he also had the opportunity to reserve sufficient magic power.
There are thousands of magic runes on the stone slab, each of which contains unique magic power, and Jon can eat them bit by bit.
However, now the gem has been inlaid in the ring, and the ring is on his hand. With him as a transit station for absorbing magic power, there is no way to directly absorb a large amount of magic power at once as he did in Hogwarts Castle. He can only digest it slowly, word by word.
"I need some time, sir. There are too many runes on the slate. There is no way to solve them all at once."
Sir Stoke also saw that Jon's method was indeed effective. Although he did not understand how Jon could erase the magic power of the runes just by touching them with his fingers, he knew clearly that Jon was not lying to him.
"Don't worry, Professor Johnson. As long as you are not in a hurry, I can let you stay here forever. If it is difficult to explain to the students you left on the ship, you can also bring them here. As long as there are no more than a hundred people, I have plenty of rooms to accommodate them."
Sir Stoker obviously showed his sincerity enough, but Jon had no intention of taking all the students on the Hogwarts to the tower.
They weren't really on vacation, and no one could guarantee that Voldemort had made only one arrangement in the tower.
If Jon didn't need someone to help him explore the tower completely, he wouldn't have wanted to bring Neville and Hermione up with him at first.
And just as Jon and Sir Stoke were re-studying the rune tablet at the top of the tower.
Hermione and Luna have arrived at the first floor lobby.
After Jon took the three boys back to the ship to move the books, the two girls continued to wander downstairs with Rabill. Even when the boys came back, they did not reunite with them, but split into two groups. The girls continued to go downstairs, while the boys went upstairs from the living room.
It was impossible for Rabil to follow them all the time. There were still many miscellaneous tasks that needed to be done in the tower. Moreover, it was almost lunch time and he had to prepare lunch for seven people by himself.
So now there is no one else following Hermione and the others.
"It's hard to imagine that there are so many rooms, but only the knight and the elf live there."
Hermione sighed.
They had walked all the way here, and if the stairs hadn't been like elevators that could carry people around, their legs would have been numb from exhaustion.
Even now, the two girls did not feel at ease. Originally, Rabir followed them and could prepare tea for them at any time, but now they could no longer ask anyone for tea.
But Luna seemed not to have heard Hermione's words. Her eyes were fixed on the corner of the hallway, where there were large potted plants.
Hermione followed her gaze and saw another black cat under the potted plant.
The cat was lying in the corner, looking at them with its bright eyes that reflected the firelight.
"The elf named Rabill said that these cats in the tower were bred from two ordinary black cats. Are you interested in them?" Hermione asked.
Luna shook her head.
"No, I just feel like these cats don't like us."
A puzzled expression appeared on Hermione's face. She approached the black cat lying in the corner, squatted down, and reached out to touch its fur, but the black cat stood up as if in disgust, lightly dodged Hermione's hand, and walked away with elegant steps.
Hermione didn't feel much frustration after being "ugly rejected". Her parents had promised her that they would buy her a cat as a pet when she grew up, so she had done some research on the habits of this animal.
"You can't say they don't like it. Most cats have this kind of personality, even towards their adoptive owners."
Luna didn't say anything else, and it seemed that what she just said was just a casual remark.
They walked around the hallway for a few times, but didn't find anything extra about the exquisite decorations. But when Hermione stood in front of the window and saw the calm sea right in front of her, she suddenly had an idea.
"We are not on land now. If we follow the principle of building a house on the ground, the foundation of this tower must be rooted in the seabed."
She looked at Luna thoughtfully.
"This means that the first floor we are on, located above the sea, cannot actually be called the first floor of the tower. There should be other floors beneath our feet."
Luna showed great interest in Hermione's discovery. She seemed to think that a tower divided into two parts by sea water was very cool.
"So if there are floors below, where is the entrance? We've already walked the stairs."
Hermione didn't give an answer, and it was obvious that she didn't know where the entrance was either.
But generally speaking, if the floor under the sea really exists, then the passage leading there will basically be on the first floor above the sea, which is the lobby where they are now.
"Let's look for it," said Hermione.
The two girls separated and began to search the hallway, which they had already walked around several times.
Luna lifted the carpet but did not find any tunnel or trapdoor underneath. Hermione tried to touch the potted plants and various ornaments around. She felt that if the entrance was not in plain sight, it must be hidden in an inconspicuous place.
However, just as they were searching and Hermione was pondering an ordinary portrait, Rabill suddenly appeared beside them.
