Who could resist the temptation of becoming Ravenclaw's little emperor? The male prefects would massage your back, the female prefects would wash your feet, and every student would stand before you to welcome back Ravenclaw's Diadem.
Such a scene might have seemed a little childish to a high school student.
But for a mathematics major who, after transmigrating, had no chance to trade stocks or buy Bitcoin, had not nearly gone to Eton College, and had only arrived at Hogwarts Castle to study magic, it was absolutely quite tempting.
"It's all that Noseless Tom's fault!" What Ian had lost was the chance to ascend the throne at Ravenclaw, while what Voldemort had lost was certainly far more than the Merope Gaunt Ian spoke of.
He would truly take away the cheating Horcrux that the evil mutant had hidden in the Room of Requirement.
Misty Illusion.
That would be its destination.
"Teacher Mara will like this new toy." Ian tucked the packaged Ravenclaw's Diadem beneath his arm and casually picked up several spell notebooks whose owners had long since vanished.
He had always been an excellent student who loved learning. The notes of outstanding upperclassmen who had likely been dead for ages would definitely make his spell proficiency soar.
"Click—"
He turned the brass handle of the Room of Requirement.
Ian took one final look around the room, filled with a dazzling array of treasures.
He might not take away every valuable item here that no longer had an owner, but he would definitely return to sort through some valuable goods he could sell to fund his alchemy studies.
"Good buddy, I'll protect you real good from now on." Ian rubbed the peeling wall of the Room of Requirement. He remembered that Hogwarts had always possessed thoughts of its own.
"Actually,