The Castle Resumes Operation

"Reparo!"

"Locomotor (Locomotor)!"

"Mobiliarbus!"

"..."

Inside Hogwarts Castle, a bustling scene unfolded.

Everyone was extremely excited to hear that the Magic Node had been completely repaired, and they all wanted to do their part to restore the castle to normal operation.

Given that the spellcasting skills of the individual young wizards were probably only good enough for causing trouble, Headmaster Dippet ultimately decided that the professors and Prefect would help Mending Charm spells, using different spells such as Mending Charm and Locomotion Charm to help restore order to the castle.

Under the influence of their incantation, the originally messy rubble in the Main Tower seemed to be recovered as if by spilled water, flying and sticking back to the Moving Staircase that had fallen to the ground and broken pieces. After sticking together, it immediately became seamless, making it seem as if it had never been damaged.

Countless misplaced objects were enthusiastically moved back to their original locations by the wizards using Locomotion Charm. Even if there were some discrepancies in their memory, the portraits hanging on the walls would cheerfully point them out, telling the wizards where these things originally were.

Ghosts often appear and disappear unnoticed in places that wizards don't pay attention to, randomly capturing lone professors or Prefect on the road and prompting them to repair those hidden locations.

With everyone working together, Hogwarts Castle quickly returned to normal operation.

Even the various facilities are not simply restored to their original state.

Because many wizards have a slight case of mysophobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder, they often chant a Cleaning Charm while repairing castle facilities, which makes the whole castle much cleaner!

Finally, amidst the expectant gazes of the young wizards, as the Prefect read out the different commands for the common rooms of each house, and even in the special Ravenclaw Common Room, someone answered the question posed by the Eagle-Headed Door Knocker, the entrances to the common rooms of the four houses opened in response!

Each little wizard excitedly squeezed into the entrance of the common room, where the little wizards who had been trapped were already waiting to welcome them back. The many friends hugged each other, crying tears of joy!

While the Young Wizard Xiwen finally returned to the Slytherin Common Room and lay on his bed, ready to get a good night's sleep to replenish his tired energy, the Ghost Xiwen was idly floating up and down on the Seventh Floor of the Main Tower.

Opposite him was the rather grotesque Troll-Bashed Barnabas Tapestry, while the wall behind him, which should have been a door, was completely smooth and flat.

To be precise, when Xiwen emerged from the interior of the Room of Requirement through the wall, he did not see the smooth door on the wall. When he tried to return to the room through the wall, he could only see a complex structure made of bronze bricks, which was probably the alchemical structure that powered the Room of Requirement.

It must be said that the room left by the Grey Lady is indeed very reliable in terms of privacy and security.

Suddenly, the smooth door abruptly reappeared on the wall. Xiwen turned his head and saw that the door was open, Helena floated out from the gaping doorway.

"Huh, how did you open this door?" Xiwen asked in confusion.

Helena chuckled and replied, "Of course not, it wasn't me who opened it. It was Mom who directly used her permission to open the door."

"Oh, I see. So the Room of Requirement's magic system has something called licensing!" Xiwen said with an awkward laugh.

"It's not just the Room of Requirement and Departure; Hogwarts Castle itself is an alchemical creation, and it also possesses a similar licensing authority to the Room of Requirement and Departure," Helena explained to Xiwen. "Normally, the Headmaster has the highest licensing authority over Hogwarts Castle, followed by the Vice-Headmaster, and the Headmaster and the Board of Governors also have certain licensing authority."

"I see." Xiwen nodded, looking like he had learned something new.

Then, he looked at Helena and asked, "You and the Grey Lady finished talking so quickly?"

Helena nodded slightly, then looked at him with a strange expression and said, "Mom said she wants to talk to you alone for a while."

"Me?" Xiwen was taken aback. "What's there to talk about with me?"

Then something suddenly occurred to him, and he panicked, asking, "Is there going to be another test?"

"How would I know?" Helena rolled her eyes at Xiwen and shoved him into the room. "Whatever the test, you have to complete it, understand?"

Xiwen nodded sheepishly, then drifted somewhat guiltily toward the location of the marble statue of the Grey Lady.

As he entered, the door to the Room of Requirement slammed shut, nearly startling Xiwen.

"The Grey Lady, what brings you here?" Facing the stern Founders of Hogwarts alone, Xiwen even felt a presence reminiscent of the aura he had felt from his own teachers at Kamar-Taj.

However, after years of getting to know his teacher, he had become quite familiar with her and her aura no longer had much of an impact on him; but meeting the Grey Lady for the first time today, especially since he had tricked her daughter... made the feeling quite different.

"You seem a little nervous?" The Grey Lady asked, a slow, elegant smile curving her pale lips.

Xiwen took a deep breath to calm himself and replied, "Anyone would be a little excited to be face-to-face with a Hogwarts legend."

"There's no need for that. I'm just someone who has vanished into history," The Grey Lady said, shaking her head. "My current state is merely a faint trace of my consciousness remaining in this body created by alchemy. It will automatically activate when Helena arrives."

"And this awareness won't last long. When I've fulfilled the responsibilities I didn't complete in my lifetime, that will be the time for me to leave."

"You mean you'll disappear soon?" Xiwen exclaimed.

"Anyone can disappear." Ravenclaw agreed with Xiwen's words, smiling as he spoke.

Upon hearing this news, Xiwen fell silent. Could even a legendary figure like Ravenclaw fade into the annals of history?

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Xiwen took a deep breath and slowly said, "So you want to speak with me alone, presumably because you have something for me to do."

"You're quite perceptive," The Grey Lady nodded approvingly, speaking to Xiwen. "The matter I'm entrusting to you is closely related to Helena, and it's the last thing I can do for her as a mother."

At this point, the Grey Lady looked at Xiwen with a stern gaze and asked seriously, "So, are you willing to do me this favor?"

Scenes from my time with Helena flashed through my mind—

The first time I acted as Soul Body, I caught a glimpse of her in the library—her stunningly beautiful profile as she quietly read; when she was misunderstood and imprisoned, she remained steadfastly by my side; upon learning her hidden true identity, she tried every means, even making excuses, to forgive me... These moments, one after another, surfaced in my memory.

Xiwen's lips curled slightly as he slowly and solemnly said, "Of course, for Helena's sake, I will do whatever you ask of me!"