The stars are bright.
The silvery moonlight pours down from the windows of the towering tower, penetrating the night like a trickle, illuminating a corner of the room, and coating the ancient stone walls and wooden structures with a soft silver glow.
"Don't crowd. The senior students should give way to the junior students in the lower grades."
"It was almost, it was almost, I would have fallen down and died. When will the school expand the stairs? Those old-fashioned professors really don't know how to adapt!"
"My dad is right, Hogwarts is indeed dangerous!"
Ravenclaw's two Prefect led the students back to the lounge.
When walking through the long corridor, everyone's queue was relatively neat, but as they were going to the highest level, the constantly rotating stairs caught the freshmen off guard.
Ever since.
The originally neat queue turned into a crowd of people traveling during the holidays. Everyone squeezed in and squeezed out, for fear that they would miss the time for the stairs to rotate and not be able to go to the college lounge smoothly.
"Damn it! Prefect Please take care of it! There is a senior old witch touching my butt!"
All the way up.
Ian Due to his relatively thin body, he only dared to squeeze into the front position. Unexpectedly, he encountered several attacks from unknown people from behind.
Maybe.
The little boy who is more handsome than Leon Nado goes out, and sometimes it is difficult to protect his innocence.
"It's just the beginning of school. What are you people doing? Just restrain yourself!"
As the female Prefect, Penelope sternly rebuked the senior girls in the team, while the male Prefect Dietrich quickly pulled Ian next to him.
"Students in our college have always been bolder than other colleges." Dietrich explained to Ian in a low voice, and used his eyes to warn the witches and... individual wizards behind him.
The queue continues to climb.
Soon.
Under the leadership of two Prefect, everyone came to the top tower. This is the unique lounge for Ravenclaw students. Some Ravenclaw students believe that this position represents the wisdom of overlooking all living beings.
"Welcome again to join Ravenclaw. This will be the place where everyone studies and lives from now on." Two Prefect led everyone to stop in front of a bare wooden door.
There is no handle on the door, and there is no place to insert the key. It looks like a bare wooden board with Bronze Door Knocker inlaid in the middle.
The door knocker is decorated with an exquisitely crafted eagle, and there are many traces of time on it. After all, it is a thousand-year-old school, so it is absolutely reasonable to say that it is a cultural relic.
"The gates of all colleges require a password to pass. Only our Ravenclaw is different from other colleges. If we want to pass the gate, we must answer a question."
"This is a test of our wisdom."
Said.
Female Prefect Penelope knocked on the door.
Immediately.
I saw the sculpture of Bronze Eagle Knocker as if it had come alive.
It did not make a bird call, but spoke human words in a soft and gentle tone.
"Which one can change the world more, knowledge or power?" is a very obvious philosophical proposition.
The sound of this alchemical creation is very gentle, a bit like that of Nana Mizuki. After receiving the question, the female Prefect Penelope did not give an answer immediately.
"Let's start with you first."
Female Prefect Penelope named Qiu Zhang.
"Me?"
Qiu Zhang looked a little nervous, but he still stood up from the crowd and gave his answer after thinking for a moment.
"I think it is knowledge, because knowledge can enlighten people's hearts and is the foundation of world development, while rights are just derivatives of world development."
Although she acted rather restrained, her answer was still loud and clear.
"That makes sense."
After Bronze Eagle Knocker finished speaking, the door to the lounge opened immediately. Female Prefect Penelope signaled Qiu Zhang to walk in, and then immediately closed the door to the lounge.
"????"
Ian was also standing near the front and wanted to follow but was stopped.
"This is our welcoming custom."
Penelope knocked on the door again with a smile.
"If you could choose a wise man in history as your mentor, who would you choose?" The soft voice came from Bronze Eagle Knocker's mouth again.
"Rowena·Ravenclaw."
Ian looked around, could he tell the second answer in this place?
"What's the reason?"
Bronze Eagle Knocker spoke in confusion.
"This has to be considered the second question. You can ask why when I come next time."
Ian shrugged.
"It makes more sense."
Bronze Eagle Knocker thought for a while and then the door opened again.
Ian hurriedly dragged his luggage in.
The door is closed again.
"You're really fast."
Qiu Zhang was originally looking at the decoration of the lounge, but the next moment he saw the released Ian.
"I'm lucky, I came across a simple question."
Ian also began to look around.
The interior of the lounge is dominated by blue and bronze tones.
Silk curtains of these two colors are hung on the walls, and stars are painted on the dome ceiling, which contrasts with the stars on the dark blue carpet.
Next to the door leading to the dormitory stands a tall statue of Rowena·Ravenclaw made of white marble, which is lifelike, and there is an introduction to the life of this lady next to it.
"In fact, sometimes questions can be difficult. I heard that someone once entered and exited the lounge dozens of times a day, just to compete with Bronze Eagle Knocker in a question-and-answer interaction."
As a member of Pure-blood wizard's family, Qiu Zhang seems to know a lot about Hogwarts.
"Then I think this senior will definitely be depressed after graduation." Ian stood in front of the statue of Ravenclaw and read the words next to it.
"Ah? Why?"
Qiu Zhang, who was studying the sofa, turned his head in confusion.
"Because his love probably ended at the moment he graduated."
Ian responded with a smile.
Qiu Zhang was stunned for a while before he figured out what Ian meant.
"Who would fall in love with a gate?"
She couldn't help laughing.
At this time.
Outside the gate.
I saw another classmate pass through the gate successfully.
The other little wizards also showed eager expressions.
Just as Qiu Zhang said.
For Ravenclaw students, thinking and answering questions is not torture but a kind of fun. As the grade increases, it may even evolve into a kind of enjoyment.
"What door doesn't have a leaf?"
Bronze Eagle Knocker was put in a position by Ian and asked in a different way.
"Goal."
The Q&A continues.
The door opens again.
Watching another young wizard being let in.
Ian was a little surprised.
There are actually brain teasers for door knockers?
"The question bank is indeed a bit too complicated."
Ian is thoughtful.
He felt that Bronze Eagle Knocker in his own college was too lax. Perhaps, he should spend some time in the coming days to convince Bronze Eagle Knocker to make progress.
For example, it would be good to use more advanced math questions.
After all.
There is no room for ambiguity in mathematics.
(End of chapter)