novelslam Chapter 1050 Scam!
Chapter 1050 Scam!
Chapter 1050 Scam!
The Washington Monument in the United States emits dazzling white light, shining like a jewel in the dark.
Whether Muggles or wizards, as long as they are in Washington, D.C., they can sense this power.
They raised their heads... staring blankly at the brilliance.
With the breeze coming, countless characters from low to high are slightly floating in turn. The scene is not like the world, and people can't help but worship.
Soon someone saw three figures appearing on the spire.
It's just that the light is too bright, and the shadows are indistinct, making it difficult to see the appearance clearly.
Standing on the top of the obelisk, William looked around.
As the tallest building in Washington, the view is spectacular.
He didn't observe too much, and quickly looked down.At the feet is the pinnacle of the obelisk, wrapped in a small circle of aluminum foil.
This is normal, in those days, aluminum was more precious than gold.
Back then, Napoleon III specially made an aluminum crown.Even Napoleon III and his royal family members and noble ministers are eligible to enjoy aluminum knives and forks.
There is also an inscription engraved on that small piece of metal:
Laus Deo!
"Laus Deo..."
Hermione had studied Latin, she pondered for a moment, and muttered, "Praise God?"
As a wizard, she actually wants to translate it into: praise Merlin.
However, William felt that... this god did not refer to the "God" of Muggles, nor Merlin of wizards.
It's the god of death who is everywhere, but is everywhere.
Praise be to death!
After all... the prehistoric mysteries are hidden here.
Of course, William was sure that the lost power was hiding here, not because of this inscription.
It was because, standing atop the Capitol earlier in the evening, he had accidentally seen something familiar.
William looked down from the spire, and soon found the statue on the wall of the obelisk:
An old, monkey-like face, with a long, sparse beard that almost reached the hem of the wizard's robes.
See also the Slytherin statue!
This was already the third Slytherin statue William had seen after the Chamber of Secrets and the Root Cave of the Snakewood.
Because of it, he was basically sure that the power was hidden here.
Yes, it can only be hidden here.
The Washington Monument is the origin of the cross in Washington DC.
The entire square is centered on it, with four arms extending out, like the four-square reference pointer on a compass.
It is both the center of the capital and the undisputed center of power in the United States!
If one had to choose a place to store that power, William would also choose this obelisk.
"Do you want to take it away?" Hermione looked down at the body of the monument, and said as a matter of course: "Pack up the whole monument and bring it back to England?"
Trieni on the side was stunned.
This is the Washington Monument, one of the most important buildings in the United States.
Not to mention the importance, the height alone is 169 meters high.
And why did Hermione's tone sound more like picking up unremarkable rubbish on the side of the road?
Well, Hermione's good habit of "Operation CD" was obviously learned by William.
If it was before, William would have agreed and would directly pack the obelisk and bring it back to England.
But at this moment, he was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head:
"We don't take this power away, it's probably just a scam."
"A scam?!" Hermione was puzzled. "Isn't this the power left by Slytherin?"
William looked at the night in the distance, and said softly: "Maybe, maybe not, but there is definitely something wrong with this power."
Hermione tilted her head, her face blank, she was thinking about what details she had overlooked.
William quickly explained:
"It's normal for you not to remember, it was five years ago, when I first met Professor Babling..."
At that time, William entered the time loop for the second time.
He wanted to learn ancient runes, so he went to Babling.
William whispered: "At that time, Babling told me that the original meaning of the ancient rune is very important, not its translation.
Because one word, one mistranslation, is enough to rewrite history.
for example……"
The expression on William's face was extremely serious:
"The image of Slytherin was only recorded in the Slytherin family at first, but it was all in the form of ancient runes.
Later Corvinus Gunter translated this part into Latin.
But he mistranslated 'Slytherin's face seemed to be glowing' as 'his face was like a monkey'.
Since then, all Slytherin images have a monkey face. "
At that time, William didn't have much experience in the magic world, so he didn't pay much attention to this mistake. He only thought it was a small academic problem.
But as he repeatedly encountered the Slytherin statue, William slowly realized that something was wrong.
very wrong!
Hearing his words, Hermione also keenly remembered something, and she said with a face full of astonishment:
"If Slytherin doesn't look like that, then the Slytherin statue in the Chamber of Secrets, and the Sanctuary of the Chamber of Secrets..."
"That's right!" William stared into Hermione's eyes, nodded and said:
"The Chamber of Secrets is real, and so is the Basilisk.
But the secret room, the sanctuary of the secret room that Tom discovered, is probably a fake. "
Back then, after Tom was resurrected from the diary, he found the so-called Sanctuary in the Slytherin statue in the Chamber of Secrets.
And... Slytherin's notes.
It was with the notebooks that he came to the United States to look for the Slytherin wand and the prehistoric mysteries.
But the problem is that since the statue is fake, the so-called secret room sanctuary must also be fake.
At least, not from Slytherin.
It is even more impossible for him to do what Tom said: study magic in that room, think about life, observe the universe, time and space, and even reflect on death.
And... leave thick notes.
It's all a scam!
So, who set this up?
Numerous evidences show that Corvinus Gaunt discovered the Chamber of Secrets earlier.
He not only repaired Hogwarts' plumbing system, but also covered it up.
He was also the first to get the appearance of Slytherin wrong.
The statue, as well as the room inside the statue, are most likely left by him.
Of course, Slytherins may indeed have kept notes.
After all, Tom dispelled the Horcrux community according to the magic in the note, this cannot be faked...
But Gunter could discover the secret room, and even more the notes, but he didn't take them away.
There is also a so-called secret room sanctuary deliberately created, pretending to be a place for Slytherin to study, and leaving notes in it...
This is very ill-intentioned.
The most reasonable explanation:
He deliberately modified the content to lure latecomers to look for prehistoric mysteries and magic wands.
The content of the notes, true or false... Only this can deceive people!
And the evidence is: there are statues of Slytherin on the wand and the obelisk.
It can only be said that he originally wanted to enhance the authenticity, but the small details went wrong, which gave William a reason to doubt.
No matter how you look at it, there is a conspiracy in it!
Although this Gaunt is Babling's father, when William meets, he probably has to call him uncle...but we will treat each size as the same size.
Anyway, this powerful force may seem full of temptation, but it is actually full of poison.
William dare not touch it!
Whoever loves to touch who touches!
Then again, Tom searched all the way, and this power was probably reserved for him on purpose.
It's a pity that Tom not only found the wrong location, but also died.
William felt a little bit embarrassed: this tool man died too quickly.
Brother must buy the paper version of the Washington Monument, and burn it to you on the first seven days!
If you want to hate, be very Voldemort, don't look for me again.
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(ps The foreshadowing of the second volume is finally used in the seventh volume.
I remember that when I was writing the third volume, the volume of Tom’s Diary, there was a statue of Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets, and some book friends posted an article saying that "Gaunt mistranslated the appearance of Slytherin".
It is rare that anyone still remembers. )
(End of this chapter)