Chapter 664 Portrait
"Helga...did she have any wish?" Allen suddenly turned the topic to the deceased Helga Hufflepuff.
"The tutor has been talking about it, hoping that Hogwarts can truly maintain the title of the best magic school in the world. Speaking of which, she didn't know why she suddenly went to Holy Rome before her death." Bonnie then said with some confusion. , "We are the best school! Although I heard that there was a witch named Nelida Vokanova in the former Bulgaria region of the Eastern Roman Empire. It seems that she also recently established a magic academy near Scandinavia. , but they are not at the same level as our Hogwarts rivals."
Allen was silent for a long time. He knew that Helga should have gone to see Rowena once when she knew her end was coming, and her wish should refer to what Allen had described to her and Gryffindor before. The downward spiral Hogwarts was on under Dumbledore and his previous headmasters could be improved.
His eyes fell on the wall behind Bonnie. Apparently, Hogwarts had not yet made the custom of hanging the portraits of the principals on the wall, and the portraits of the four founders were not on it.
"Didn't Helga leave any portrait?" Alan asked with some regret.
"Ah! If you don't tell me, I almost forgot. There is indeed one. The instructor said it was specially reserved for you, so I have been keeping it very carefully." Bonnie did not use magic, but got up and walked to a large cabinet. She tapped the magic lock on it with her wand, and the complicated chains jingled, and the cabinet opened automatically. Bonnie carefully held out a portrait with a brown wooden frame, "But the tutor will only come out to the garden occasionally." She only comes out when she’s picking vegetables in the yard, so if we call her outside, she won’t be able to hear her.”
Helga's arrangement was not beyond Alan's expectation - it is said that Hufflepuff's common room and dormitories have never been seen by outsiders for more than a thousand years, just like their college logo, the badger. , Hufflepuff knows exactly how to hide—how to protect herself.
In the portrait, a semi-basement-style tavern was transformed from a huge oak tree root and a mud hole. Half of it is underground and half is on the ground. The entire tavern surrounds the big oak tree in a circle, and the roof is covered with thick green lawn. , and the magic garden grows on the thick layer of soil on the roof of the tavern.
"Helga's late-night tavern." Allen's face was full of memories.
"Although I was often scolded by my tutor for being clumsy at that time, it was really a relaxing and beautiful time." Bonnie recalled her childish and clumsy appearance and sighed, "Would you like to try my current skills? I promise you won't get burned. Something is burnt."
"Then I'm welcome. If you are free later, please make me some pudding. Some people really like to eat it. By the way, how about Tracy who cooked the food?" Alan thought about it. It was almost time to bring Luna back, so he asked Bonnie unceremoniously for some pudding made with the materials of this era - even if the method was exactly the same, obviously because the materials would be different, Alan did not have the confidence to make it in his era. Makes it taste exactly the same.
"Last time, I didn't dare to talk to you because of my immaturity. In fact, Tracy left her tutor before Hogwarts was established. I heard that she went to France - it's a pity that she didn't stay long. Many things were gone. There's no rush to learn." Although Bonnie's classmate was not friendly to her at the time, now when she hears the name, she only feels some nostalgia instead of negative emotions.
"Judging from the fact that she always serves things undercooked, Tracy's temperament is too anxious, and you are just the opposite. You are always worried about undercooking things and making people eat them, so even if they should be half-cooked, Half-cooked things will become well-cooked in your hands - Bonnie, that's why Helga would like you more, you have the potential of Hufflepuff in your heart." The tea cup was turned in Alan's hand Circle, he looked at Bonnie who was a little shy because of the praise, "Do you still remember that Muggle bard who often came to the tavern to eat and then used singing to pay for the meal?"
"Of course I remember, he brought us a lot of relaxing and comfortable time, and his singing is good." Bonnie laughed easily and hummed a few tunes of songs that poets often sang.
"I saw his descendants on the Muggle battlefield this time. They had very good character, but they were forced to do some disgraceful things and lost their lives in order to atone for their sins." Allen took out the Aiutelefo. The gem of the soul, "I haven't thought about how to place his soul. How about making him a frequent visitor to the tavern in the portrait?"
Bonnie still felt a little uncomfortable with Allen playing with Muggle souls so lightly, but after getting partial information about the wizard who seemed to be immortal through her mentor's mouth, Bonnie knew that the other person was not a completely fallen into darkness. The dark wizard in front of him is just a little unscrupulous about research and life like many Ravenclaws. In addition, the red-haired man with familiar eyebrows flashed in the gem, although it is not clear how Allen wants to create a soulful one. Portrait, but in the end she said nothing and nodded in agreement.
Next, Bonnie took Merlin to the kitchen and asked the house elf to bring some painting supplies to Alan.
Allen, who was left in the vice-principal's office, placed the portrait in the late-night tavern in front of him again, picked up the gem of Aiutelefo's soul, and began to recall the knowledge related to the portrait and soul magic.
Hogwarts portraits can speak and move between frames, behaving in a manner consistent with the person they are painted on. However, their ability to communicate with people has nothing to do with the skill of the painter, but is based on the strength of the real person in the painting. The person in the portrait can use the model's favorite words and imitate their every move.
So, Sir Cadogan's portrait is forever a declaration of war, a fall from his horse and a very unbalanced movement, which is the impression left by the hero on the poor painter who painted him; and the portrait of the Fat Lady remains for many years after the hero's death. Lee has always loved good food, good wine and tight security. UU reading www.uukaｎshu． NET However, none of these portraits allow for a deeper dialogue about their lives: they are literally two-dimensional, mere representations of their protagonists as seen by the artist.
Some portraits communicate quite a bit with the living world. In a still-yet-unestablished tradition at Hogwarts, future headmasters have their portraits painted before they pass away. Once the portrait is complete, the principal will lock it away and periodically open the cabinet to visit it if they wish. They will teach the people in the portrait to imitate their own behaviors and impart various useful memories or knowledge to them. This information was then available to successive principals over the following centuries.
In Allen's era, the in-depth knowledge and insights of certain portraits of past principals were only known to serving principals and a small number of students. When someone comes to visit, the person in the portrait is mostly pretending to be napping.
But the most important thing is that even if they can communicate and have the ability to think, these portraits have no soul, and what Allen needs to do now is to bind the soul of Aiutelefo to his portrait. For Allen, who has already read the Nether scrolls and knowledge about souls, it is not a big problem - on the contrary, it is quite difficult for Allen, who has never formally learned painting, to draw Aiutelefo first. Fortunately, Allen, who has some fine muscle control and photographic memory, finally started writing after practicing several times.