Chapter 128 Horned Water Snake

"Here we are."

A light appeared at the end of the corridor, and a few seconds later, Nelson steered the small mine cart to a slow stop at the end. It was a small arched glass door, which was a little ordinary compared to the deep and long corridor.

Nelson followed Professor Twelve Trees and got out of the car. With a wave of his hand, the trolley car turned back into a silver ball and flew back to his hand. Professor Twelve Trees turned his head to look at him, held the glass door, and said , "This is the hall of our branch."

Nelson took a closer look. The arch was about three meters high and was divided into upper and lower parts from the center. The upper half was made of transparent glass. The silver wire plate sets out the complicated roots of the world tree.

In his eyes, surrounded by trunks and roots, the ten crowns of the World Tree seem to be stretching out their branches and leaves to connect with each other. The roots penetrate deeper and deeper, and the silver patterns even leave the door frame and run along the ground toward Nelson's feet. Crawling, several worlds represented by the canopy even began to evolve and communicate with each other.

Nelson was stunned. He shook his head and blinked his eyes. The glass door in front of him changed back to its ordinary appearance, and all the abnormal movements disappeared. It seemed that everything he saw just now was an illusion.

"Haha," Professor Twelve Trees caressed the arch and said proudly, "Although the material is only ordinary glass and mithril, its historical and artistic attainments are very high. This door and the opposite window are a pair. , almost the oldest artwork in our school."

"Artwork?" Nelson asked softly.

"That's right, although it has a long history, we once thought it had some kind of ancient magic," Professor Twelve Trees introduced, "but no... this door and its matching windows belong to the founder of our school, Yi Brought from home in Ireland by Professor Thaw Sur, who is said to be of Salazar Slytherin descent."

"Descendants of Slytherin?" Nelson thought that the descendants of Slytherin were only one branch of the Hangleton Gaunt family, but he didn't expect to find Tom's relatives in this place across the ocean.

"That's right," Professor Twelve Trees nodded, "Her aunt is the famous witch Gormley Gaunt, so I think it's actually a good choice for you to come to Ilvermorny. After all, everyone and Salazar Something about Slytherin."

"Slytherin's relics turned out to be ordinary doors and windows?" Nelson wrote down the name of Gormley Gaunt.

"We also don't think it should be. Ilvermorny's previous professor of the history of magic made a statement, but unfortunately it has not been verified." Professor Twelve Trees pressed his hand on the trunk of the World Tree, "It is said that wizards who master Slytherin magic can From the pattern on this door, I can see some mysteries of magic, but it is a pity that Salazar Slytherin's magic has long been lost."

"That's a pity..."

"It's a pity. I'm also very curious about what his magic looks like... Excuse me, Nelson." Professor Twelve Trees motioned Nelson to take a step back, and said, "I'm going to open the door."

Nelson took a step back and stood behind Professor Twelve Trees on the right, watching him chanting.

"Ilvermorny, young and great Ilvermorny,

I have brought a boy as young as you, who came to seek the knowledge in the stone house

O all-knowing horned serpent, have mercy on the wisdom of the ignorant

Daring and free Thunderbird, please protect the souls of the cowardly

Brave and glorious cats and leopards, please strengthen the body of the weak

Merciful goblin, look into the heart of the indifferent

Share your character and talent with these sun-like children

Please find a place for them at the top of Mount Greylock

We appreciate your generosity

You must be happy for them too"

Professor Twelve Trees glanced back at Nelson, and said to the arch, "Excuse me, this time there is only one young man who came halfway, his name is Nelson Williams Wertling, please arrange the college for him to attend .”

As soon as the words fell, Professor Twelve Trees pressed the cane on the trunk with a little force, and the whole world tree emitted a dazzling but warm white light, and the arch slowly separated from the middle of the trunk to the left and right.

"This magic was added by us... Come in, they recognize you, you don't need to be sorted with freshmen next year," Professor Twelve Trees walked in front, hugged Nelson's shoulders, and whispered to him with his head down, "I I have to explain to you that you must respect the four of them, but you don't have to be too afraid, just be yourself."

"The four of them?" Nelson wondered, but before he finished speaking, Professor Twelve Trees pushed him hard from behind, and Nelson passed through the glass door, rushing forward uncontrollably.

He saw that he was in a hall that looked like a Colosseum. There were four huge statues on all sides of the stands. He stepped on dozens of stairs on the ground below the stands. Above his head was the top of a dome that could not be seen at a glance. A thick white mist filled the air, making the surrounding statues somewhat unreal.

Nelson flails his arms and falls from the top of the stands.

"This old principal, you are quite strong..." This was the only sentence that Nelson thought of when he fell down from the stands. He blinked and found that he was already standing in the center of the bottom platform, with a complex golden pattern under his feet. , Nelson carefully identified it, and recognized its true face - a golden Gordian knot, a complicated knot that was said to untie the person who could become the king of Asia but was finally cut off by Alexander the Great's sword.

"Human character and traits are the same as complex knots." A cold female voice sounded in Nelson's ear, "Many wizards may not know what kind of person they are until they die."

"We're not curious about who you are, kid." It was a somewhat vague male voice, which seemed to have a sharp meaning from a long distance away, "But we will decide based on your deepest characteristics. Where will you study - you seem to have taken similar tests?"

"I--"

"That's nothing, people are always changing... The four of us represent four different qualities, and your thoughts will activate the corresponding stone statues," Nelson had no time to answer, another male voice came from his ear, this The Taoist voice sounded full of vitality, and Nelson even felt that he was not very old. "Even if you are a complex enough person, there will be more than one statue activated for you."

"It's your turn to make a decision at that time - but don't worry, I think you must have your own answer when you walk in here." The last sentence sounds like a gentle and generous man , he encouraged, "Go ahead, I hope you get what you want in Ilvermorny."

Nelson took a step forward. Although he had already been sorted at Hogwarts, he still had some longing in his heart—because the sorting hat may have been on his head for less than three seconds. As a pretentious person, he I still have some expectations for the drama of "genius monks being scrambled by major academies".

Soon, the white fog in front of him dissipated, revealing a straight passage. Nelson stood there and waited for a while, but found that there was still no other passage opened for him, and shook his head in disappointment.

"You seem disappointed?"

The cold female voice who spoke first asked.

"No!" Nelson hurried forward, "I'm just confused about the future."

"You don't even know what the statue in front of you is? Then why are you disappointed?" The female voice ignored Nelson's sophistry and continued, "Then you must be disappointed because you don't have enough statues to choose from, you are such an insatiable people."

"Ma'am, I don't." Nelson continued to argue.

"Not only greedy, but also pretentious."

"..." Nelson didn't speak, but just quickened his pace and walked forward. He was afraid that people would not want him, so he dropped out of school as soon as he came, which would be a loss for adults.

"However, people who are greedy and pretentious are just right for us," the cold female voice changed the topic, and said, "We advocate knowledge and wisdom, and what the greedy people desire most is wisdom beyond ordinary people. Do smart people think they are as mediocre as ordinary people?"

Nelson walked to the edge of the field and saw a thick base carved out of bluestone that was as high as three people. He looked up, and the white mist around him dissipated. A long-horned water snake clinging to the branch of the world tree was looking up. In the distance, the crystal embedded in the forehead emits a faint white light, which is as cold as the woman's voice. Following the eyes of the long-horned water snake, there is an arched window depicting the World Tree pattern, and the sunlight from the top of the mountain is shining through the window. Sprinkled in, passing through the colored painting on the glass, a huge tree was drawn on the ground with light and shadow.

"Horned water snake, representing the wisdom of witches and wizards."

"I'm not a smart person..."

Nelson smiled wryly, seeing an arched door opened in the center of the stone base, he saluted the wizard to the statue, and walked into the door.

The corridor inside the arch is exactly the same as when he came here. Nelson took out the ball and turned it into a trolley car again. He stood on it and drove forward boredly. Soon, Nelson came to a five-fork intersection. He walked along the intersection Guided by the street signs, walk to the widest corridor in the center.

"Where is it assigned?"

After a while, Nelson saw Professor Twelve Trees standing in front of him waiting for him. He put away the small mine cart and walked towards the principal.

"Horned water snake."

"Good college." Professor Twelve Trees patted Nelson on the shoulder and said, "When you said you were good at the history of magic, I thought you were going there... After all, those who can calm down and study history must like reading, And the horned water snake prefers people who like to read."

"Ravenclaw?" Nelson felt a lot better in his heart, and he felt more and more that there should be something wrong with Hogwarts' Sorting Hat.

"Uh... you mean Ravenclaw of Hogwarts?" Professor Twelve Trees thought for a moment and said, "It's kind of similar, but not exactly the same. The traits we value are different from Hogwarts. Long horns Hydra is supposed to be a house between Ravenclaw and Slytherin."

"I see."

"Actually, you don't need to care about the college. After all, the learning content is the same. I heard that Hogwarts colleges have deep prejudices?"

"Fortunately, even Slytherin and Gryffindor are very close," Nelson shook his head and said, "I don't know much about other schools, Principal Twelve Trees, can you tell me more about our school and college? ?"

"Hahaha, good boy."

Professor Twelve Trees smiled and blew his beard, and patted Nelson on the shoulder vigorously. He liked Nelson's slightly cunning reaction, but he appreciated Nelson's attitude of treating the principal as an equal ——Different from the country where Ilvermorny is located, as a magic school located in an immigrant country with Muggles participating in the construction, equality has always been the theme of Ilvermorny.

But what he doesn't know is that although he looks young, Nelson is a person who has seen big storms. From the Dark Lord to the little beggar, Nelson has come into contact with all kinds of people in the world.

"Do you know Serafina Piccolo?"

"I know that the Secretary of the United States Department of Magic played a major role in the incident of magical animals getting out of control." Nelson said as if reciting a text.

"That's right, although I think her most outstanding achievement is actually allowing wizards to drink alcohol." Professor Twelve Trees shrugged and led Nelson out of the corridor, saying, "When she was sorted, I was still an alchemy teacher. At that time, all four statues chose her, and in the end, she chose the horned water serpent."

"So she graduated here too." Nelson nodded.

"That's right, such a talented witch chose to choose your academy," Professor Twelve Trees recalled, "Of course, I don't want you to be blindly arrogant."

"I understand, I won't." Nelson followed him, walked to another arched stone door, and watched Professor Twelve Trees take out the key from his pocket.

"Very good," said Professor Twelve Trees as he opened the door, "Longhorn Water Snake Academy was established by the founder of Ilvermorny, Principal Aesop Searle. She is a wise witch. At the beginning of her establishment, She appreciates those who value knowledge. Compared with the other three academies, the Horned Water Serpent will allow you to have access to more advanced spellcasting skills-such as silent casting, wandless casting, delayed casting, etc., but the corresponding , it may be more difficult for you to access the special content of the other three colleges."

"That's awesome! Principal." Nelson was a little excited when he heard the three small fires of the horned water snake.

"Of course it's great," Professor Twelve Trees pushed open the door, pointing to the room that looked like a library, and said, "This is where the students of Ilvermorny got their magic wands, and wizards in this land of America didn't use magic wands before. Yes, until the Aesop family came here, so almost all the wands of American wizards are obtained in Ilvermorny, you should have your own wand, right? Do you need another one?"

"No need, Professor." Nelson took out the cold fir wand and shook it lightly. "Thank you, I have my own wand."

"Wait, this wand doesn't seem to be yours."

I wish you all a Happy New Year!