In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter
Chapter 214: Rune Slab

The view from the high tower was great, but Sir Stoker had obviously brought Jon on this visit for more than just the view.

They came to a stone wall enclosure, which did not look any different from other places, but after Sir Stoker gently pushed the outermost surface of a stone wall, a stone slab obviously different from other places was revealed.

It is a stone slab with an overall black colour, carved with dense, hidden writing on it.

Jon did not lie before, when lurking in Hogwarts Castle, to understand the "slave pact" signed by the muggle students in the castle, he did study the ancient runes for a while.

But this is purely out of interest, and the study does not last long at all, so he simply did not achieve much significant progress, only barely knew and understand basic common runes, with that, he can only recognize some runes in front of him and know the general meaning of some lines and clauses.

"I found this slab five years ago, during a special astronomical observation I found it by chance due to the rare star alignment that day. You should remember what I told you last night when we first met, that although this tower was left to me by my family, all my past two generations of family members had actually forgotten that such a place even existed."

Sir Stoker suddenly and strangely did not continue to talk about this stone slab and instead chatted about the history of this tower.

"It didn't stand this high at all when I first came here, only about twenty floors were exposed above the sea, and the rest of this nearly fifty floors high were built slowly by myself alone after I came here and determined to resettle. It took close to twenty years in total, and it was only completely finished in 1976."

Jon frowned slightly, catching the implication of his reason for introducing this.

"In other words, the top of this tower where we are now was actually built by you eighteen years ago?"

"To be more precise, it was twenty years ago." Sir Stoker said seriously, "I had completed this spot before 1974, and the latter two years were mainly for the arrangement of the various floors."

The two-year gap had no impact on the problems that arose from this matter itself.

"You, newly built this floor in 1974, but suddenly five years ago you found this slab hidden behind the wall which you knew nothing about?"

Jon stared into Sir Stoker's eyes, and he seemed to suddenly think of something.

Sir Stoker nodded with a somewhat gloomy gaze.

"Here's the problem, this tower is ancient, but I can be sure that every piece of material from the twenty-seventh floor onwards was made by my own hands with magic to construct and build this tower. I am certain that at the beginning I did not leave anything hidden on this floor and never brought any outsiders here before, but just five years ago, I found this stone slab covered with ancient runes"

His voice was sullen, and his face looked grim.

After such an incident, of course, no one's mood can be good, a home built by their own hands, but suddenly one day they found something that they have never seen before.

To put it another way, it's like in your own home, in a private bedroom that you basically don't let outsiders in to visit, suddenly one day you find a book under your pillow that you've never even read or touched

This will certainly give rise to a great sense of panic and insecurity, ordinary books will not harm people, but with the stone slab inscribed with ancient runes, there is no way to guarantee the danger it has.

No matter who, the first thing that comes to your mind can only be that someone has sneaked in. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ N0vᴇlFirᴇ.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

That's what Sir Stoker thought, and that's what Jon was thinking now.

He had been looking for what Voldemort had done when he came here that year from last night until now.

But judging from the owner of this tower - Sir Stoker's performance, he looked like he simply did not know Voldemort as a person, and never remembered that at some point in time, someone had visited him at home.

But this slab obviously appeared in this time interval, Jon has good reason to suspect that Voldemort avoided this old Sir and sneaked into this tower back then.

Of course, from Sir Stoker's current representation of his strength, Voldemort should be able to easily kill him, but for some reason, he left him alive, and just secretly made some unnoticeable changes in this tower.

And five years ago, the stone slab inscribed with an ancient rune that Sir Stoker inadvertently found, is evidence.

Both the visit of Voldemort and the appearance of the stone slab can be linked to each other by logical and meticulous reasoning, although it cannot be considered absolute, but it is very likely.

From Sir Stoker's point of view, why he was so impatient after learning that Jon was a professor of magic school can also be explained.

The only direction he could take to catch the man who sneaked into the castle is this slab of stone.

But according to his own words, he only studied astronomy deeply, and in other areas of magic, he is just at the level of an ordinary wizard, which caused him to have no way to understand this stone slab inscribed with ancient runes at all.

Therefore, he needs the help of a professional, and Jon's current identity means that he is a professional "professor" who can't be more professional.

As for why this Sir when he encountered this kind of thing, instead of going back to the land to find someone to solve this problem is still breaking his head here with no apparent result, it is expected that he has his own reasons.

"So, Sir, you want me to help you decipher what is written on this slate and investigate the origin of this thing?" Jon asked.

Sir Stoker nodded his head gloomily.

"You should be able to understand my thoughts now, there is no way I can accept that such a thing can happen in such a place where I have spent most of my life living and which belongs to me alone. I have to investigate the origin of this slate, so I need your help, Professor Johnson."

Jon looked at the slate and asked the question in his mind.

"Since you found this slate five years ago, why didn't you go back to the land in the meantime to find someone who specializes in runes to investigate it?"

Sir Stoker took a deep breath and said with a serious look on his face.

"I once swore that I would never leave this tower in my life if I don't complete my research goals."

Only then did Jon's face show an expression of understanding.

If you think about it, who would want to spend their lives in such a place where there is no communication with the outside world at all?

Unless one really has deep obsessions with certain things.

From the top of the tower they are now in, it is roughly evident that Sir Stoker's vow should be related to the starry sky above their heads.

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