Time-Turner?
Robert's job is somehow related to this?
Morris showed a very interested expression.
The secret of the Time-Turner was extremely attractive to him.
He had tried it with Hermione; Hermione could use it normally, but he couldn't, and he didn't know why.
Led by Robert, the three entered the Time Chamber.
Compared to the Death Chamber, the Time Chamber is much brighter.
Light shone from all directions; although bright, it was not glaring, and a soft woody scent filled the air.
In the center of the room stood a huge, long table, which was quite worn and clearly had been used for many years.
What's most striking is that the table is filled with Time-Turner of all sizes and shapes.
Morris moved closer.
"Are these all Time-Turner?" he asked Robert curiously.
"Yes," Robert nodded, walked over to him, and said, "But very few of them are usable. I'm trying to repair them; that's my job."
Hardy picked up one of the converters, whose frame was twisted and Transfiguration, and asked, "How's the progress?"
"Um, I... I'm trying." Robert looked a little embarrassed.
"That means we haven't figured it out yet," Hardy said nonchalantly. "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Since the inventor of the Time-Turner passed away, no one has been able to understand the principle behind it, even though he left behind a lot of related research materials."
Robert sighed. "I can't deny it."
Morris suddenly spoke up, " Mr. Hardy, I remember I broke a Time-Turner before."
"Oh, I remember," Hardy blinked, his eyes darting around the table. "Let me see... where is it... oh, I found it."
He pointed to a corner of the table.
Morris's gaze followed Hardy's finger and fell upon the delicate little hourglass, its surface slightly damaged and its golden chain broken.
"How did you break it?" Robert frowned slightly.
Each Time-Turner is extremely precious, after all, it is now a non-renewable resource.
"I don't know either," Morris shrugged. "It seems the Time-Turner is inherently repulsive to me."
"Rejection?" Robert thought for a moment, then looked at Hardy. " Mr. Hardy, may I show that thing to Morris?"
"Of course," Hardy answered without hesitation.
That thing?
Morris's curiosity was piqued.
"Come with me." Robert beckoned to him and turned to walk towards the innermost corner.
There was nothing in that corner, and the walls looked very ordinary.
Robert gently touched the wall, and after a few seconds, a crack gradually appeared, extending into the shape of a door, with a bronze handle emerging from it.
Robert pushed the door, but it didn't budge.
"It's become a bit less sensitive over time."
After muttering something to himself, Robert kicked open the door that had appeared out of nowhere.
"Be gentle," Hardy said slowly, "I don't want to fix your door."
"It's alright," Robert said, and went inside first, followed by Morris and Hardy.
The room was completely dark until Hardy clapped his hands, and then the torches on the walls lit up one by one, illuminating the entire room.
This place looks like a storage room. In the corner stand several dusty glass cabinets containing Scabbers metal instruments. Thick parchment scrolls are stacked on the wooden shelves next to them, along with various wooden boxes.
Robert rummaged through one of the boxes for a while and finally pulled out a rock the size of a human head, placing it on the table next to him.
The stone looks plain, with a rough, dull surface and a color between gray and white, no different from any other stone picked up casually from the riverbank.
"What is this?" Morris asked the question he should have asked.
"The raw material for the Time-Turner," Hardy explained first, "Is the filling for the hourglasses in all Time-Turner, made from this stone. Although the specific manufacturing method has been lost, the raw material has been preserved."
After explaining, he looked at Robert with a puzzled expression, "What are you going to do?"
"If Morris is averse to the Time-Turner," Robert said, placing the stone firmly on the table and taking a step back, "I want to see if this stone will react to him."
"They've been using him as a guinea pig," Morris smiled slightly.
"Let me see."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand to the unadorned stone.
Ten seconds passed, and nothing happened.
"Hmm, I don't feel anything."
Morris withdrew his hand as he spoke.
"It's alright," Robert shook his head regretfully, "Finding the secret of this stone is not easy to begin with."
Hardy explained from the side, "For hundreds of years, we've tried all sorts of methods, but no one has ever been able to make this stone react."
Morris looked at his hand, manipulated his Mental Power, and tentatively reached towards the stone.
The next second, an accident occurred.
In Morris's eyes, the stone suddenly burst forth with a blinding white light.
Immediately afterwards, a wave of dizziness washed over him, and he involuntarily closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, his surroundings had changed.
"Here it is...
Morris looked around and was surprised to find himself in the living room of his own Ship in a Bottle.
And that dusty gray stone was placed on the coffee table in front of us.
He walked quickly to the window, looked out, and found that it was pitch black outside, with a bottomless abyss below.
interesting.
What exactly is this place?
Morris fell into deep thought.
First and foremost, it was undoubtedly the stone used to create the Time-Turner that brought him here.
Moreover, he was certain that he had come here in his physical body, not in his consciousness.
Time-Turner...
Morris suddenly realized something and took his pocket watch out of his pocket.
Sure enough, the pointer didn't move.
In this place, time seems to have gone awry.
Upon learning this, Morris calmed down.
He put away his pocket watch and began to wander around the various rooms of the Ship in a Bottle.
The rooms were exactly the same as the original, except that all the magical items, creatures, and the hardworking skeleton workers were gone.
After wandering around for two minutes, Morris returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, looked at the magical stone in front of him, and once again extended his Mental Power.
The familiar dizziness returned.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the original Time Chamber.
Robert and Hardy were standing in front of him, looking at him with an expression that was somewhere between surprise and confusion.