Magic Fabrics from a Thousand Years Ago

Because Muninn was here rather than Manus himself, he did not spend much time checking for danger before approaching the door.

The gold-and-red Ancient Magic crystal and metal made Manus instinctively compare it to the silver-and-blue Ancient Magic constructs he had seen at Hogwarts.

The two appeared vastly different in nature, and their methods of opening were different as well.

The Ancient Magic gateways at Hogwarts required one to trace symbols or knock at a fixed rhythm to open them, while this one before him...

Seeing the keyhole in the door, Muninn unhesitatingly took out the Portkey and pushed it into the lock.

"Click—"

There was no need to turn it. The instant the key was inserted into the lock, the entire door released a powerful suction force after a crisp sound. In a moment of disorientation, Muninn was pulled inside.

Though it looked like he had been sucked in, it was actually a spatial transportation spell aided by the intention of being pulled away. After being transported, Muninn still held the key in his hand, and there was still a keyhole plainly visible on the door before him.

Did he need to unlock the door to get out as well?

Muninn gave it a try and, as expected, Apparition was impossible inside the building.

"It only verified the key?"

On the other side, Manus frowned. This verification measure was even more careless than he had expected. He had thought that even if it did not verify bloodlines, there should have been some other means of inspection...

But Manus soon had no spare attention to dwell on that.

As the door opened, everything within the mysterious building was laid completely bare before Muninn. Once he turned around, the entire interior arrangement was visible at a glance.

The floor was a