Chapter 45 The Second Supplement

"No, Severus, I still think we should wait and see for a while, and don't act rashly before we can make a specific judgment." Dumbledore disagreed.

"That guy is staying next to Potter, Dumbledore," Snape roared angrily, "I assume your brain has not been overwhelmed by sweets, you should know how dangerous this is."

"I know you care about Harry, Severus," Dumbledore said with a smile, "but I still think we should be cautious. Judging from its performance, it may not be our enemy."

Hearing Dumbledore say that he cares about Harry Potter, Snape's face was as ugly as eating a dead fly, "It's up to you, but I hope you are right, because if you are wrong, then we will probably be able to collect the body of Potter, the little troll, soon."

After Snape finished speaking, he threw his black robe, pushed the door open aggressively and left, completely ignoring Dumbledore. The white-bearded old man looked at the phoenix on the shelf and sighed silently.

Here, Sherry returned to Harry's side. He thought of a problem. Snape actually discovered him, which means that Dumbledore also discovered him. With the old man's shrewdness, Sherry estimated that it was only a matter of time before he was exposed. However, they probably still don't understand what kind of existence he is. There are so many strange things in the magic world. Maybe they think they are some mysterious monsters or ancient aliens, but they will never think that they are a brand new system that can subvert the current magic world.

Now that the fangs of the basilisk are in hand, the process of devouring the Ravenclaw Diadem can be started at any time. But there is still a small problem here. This time's devouring and analysis cannot be as light as last time. The Mirror of Erised is just a rare and powerful ordinary magic prop, and the meaning of the Ravenclaw Diadem is completely different. This crown belongs to Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four founders of Hogwarts. It represents the wind, one of the four elements, and can increase the wisdom of the wearer. Later, it was stolen by Ravenclaw's daughter and finally fell into Voldemort's hands, and was made into a Horcrux by him.

For thousands of years, Ravenclaws have made it their mission to find this treasure, and have worked hard generation after generation. But they don't know that this priceless treasure is lying quietly in Hogwarts. Any Ravenclaw who knows what Sherry is going to do will probably do everything to stop him.

Because this crown represents such a great significance, the backlash from this world must be extremely shocking. Sherry is not half sure that he can resist the backlash of the world, so he can only use the defense system of Hogwarts to increase his chances of winning. It can be imagined that this time the swallowing process must be extremely tortuous, and I am afraid it will be difficult to distract myself. Therefore, I and Harry must be separated for a while. Then, Sherry faces two problems.

First, Harry is a formal wizard, and Sherry must always stay by Harry's side, provide energy and support for each of his spells, and supervise the consequences. This is his responsibility. Once he leaves for too long, it is equivalent to dereliction of duty, which will bring very serious consequences, the most serious of which is the self-collapse of the magic network. Second, devouring the crown of Ravenclaw is a serious act of digging the foundation of the world, and the corner of the load-bearing wall is dug, so the backlash of heaven and earth will be extremely powerful. Although Hogwarts has a powerful defense system, it is estimated that it cannot completely offset the backlash this time. Then in the final stage of devouring, he may have to face the backlash of heaven and earth directly. This is an inevitable test.

Encounter problems and solve them. This is the way of a decent wizard. The problems came one by one. The first was Harry's disconnection from the network. Sherry can now leave for a short time, but the time cannot exceed one and a half days. This is the limit, otherwise it may self-destruct. This rule is the rule of the magic network itself, not Sherry's rule. Sherry can only abide by it at this stage and cannot modify it. So, should I tell Harry the truth directly? Sherry hesitated. He believed in Harry's feelings and loyalty to him, but Sherry instinctively did not want to reveal this incident involving his most fundamental secrets to anyone. Then, there is only one way to go, lying.

"Harry! Harry!" Sherry woke Harry up softly, ignoring his confused look, and said directly: "Harry, I have to leave for a while because of an urgent matter. You must pay attention to your safety during my absence."

"What? Teacher, you are leaving? Where are you going? How long will it take?" Harry's mind immediately became clear when he heard that Sherry was leaving, "Is the place you are going far? Or take me with you!"

"What are you thinking about!" Sherry was a little amused, "I just have some private matters to do, which will take some time. I'm just telling you now so that you don't worry. It won't take long, I will be back in a day and a half at the latest. It's not far either, it's in Hogwarts."

"Oh, oh!" Harry didn't quite understand. Is it necessary to say such a thing so solemnly? It would be fine to leave a note or something like that. Anyway, the teacher has left before, and he is not a baby who has not grown up.

"After I leave, some changes may occur. Don't be afraid. They are temporary." Sherry said, "It won't last long. Be patient and wait for me to come back."

"Okay!" Harry nodded obediently.

"I'll borrow your invisibility cloak for a while and bring it back to you when the time comes." Sherry added, "Okay, that's all. Go to sleep first!" He pushed Harry down on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and watched him close his eyes. When he felt his breathing stabilized, he cast "Assisted Sleep" on him, confirmed that he fell into a deep dream, and then turned around to pick up the invisibility cloak and put it on.

Coming to the door of the Room of Requirement with ease, Sherry covered himself with the invisibility cloak and walked back and forth under a huge painting, muttering to himself.

"I need a place to hide things..." This sentence was repeated three times, and two doors with long handles appeared on the wall opposite the painting. Sherry opened the door and walked in, and found that the space inside was huge and endless, full of miscellaneous items everywhere, all kinds of messes.

"Detect Magic!" Sherry cast a first-level spell of the prophecy system, which can detect the magic items around him. As a result, as soon as this spell was cast, it was like countless light bulbs suddenly lit up in the originally dark room, and there was aura of magic items everywhere. Sherry looked at the countless lights in front of him and thought that he would have to look for it for a while.

However, considering the special nature of the Ravenclaw crown, its magic aura is probably the strongest among them, so it should not be difficult to find. In this way, Sherry began to shuttle and search among the piles of debris. During this period, he found a strong gray aura, ran over to take a look, and found that it was a tall wooden cabinet. He immediately knew what it was. This should be the vanishing cabinet, which can open a passage to the outside of Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy used this to bring the Death Eaters into the school. It is a very interesting space spell item, but it is useless to Sherry now.

Sherry continued to search and found many powerful magic items one after another, but none of them were what he wanted. After turning around a tall shelf full of books, a ball of blue light inadvertently broke into Sherry's perception range.

If the aura of ordinary magic items is the stars, and the one like the Vanishing Cabinet is the moon, then the crown placed casually on a circular mold column is undoubtedly the sun. Sherry could feel that the agility and wisdom representing the wind were constantly surging and jumping in this space. However, in this pure blue aura, there was a small black spot that was very annoying, just like a mole on the face of a peerless beauty, which destroyed the original beauty. Sherry knew that he had found it. This was the crown of Ravenclaw, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Coming closer, Sherry picked up the treasure and looked at it carefully. The entire crown is made of pure silver, and special magic is used to reinforce it so that it will not deform due to the soft texture of silver. The polishing process is very fine, and it seems that every line is engraved with beautiful patterns, but it is smooth to the touch and very shiny. It should be made by the goblin master. In front of the crown, there is a sky blue gem the size of a baby's palm, which is perfectly inlaid on it, flashing a charming halo. Inside the crown, Sherry touched some slight depressions. Turning it over, there was a line of words engraved inside the crown, "Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of wizards."

At the same time, Sherry could also feel a discordant force coming from the crown, as if the attraction of this crown to himself suddenly increased a lot. There was a whisper echoing in his ears, constantly tempting himself to wear the crown on his head and gain the wisdom beyond mortals.

"Humph! This trick can only fool the inexperienced second-year girls. It won't work for real wizards!" Sherry said, and the huge amount of energy was transformed into positive energy, which was poured directly into the place where it was connected to the crown. Even if it can't destroy Voldemort, it should be enough to give him a good drink.

"Ah!" A scream like from the depths of the soul came from the crown, frightening Sherry so much that he shivered and dropped the crown to the ground. (To be continued)