Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"Oh, Ivan, Harry!" Dumbledore said in surprise, "What's the matter for coming so late?"

"Professor, we have it, Slughorn's memory." Harry said immediately, taking out the small glass bottle to show Dumbledore.

"I just got it, and I can confirm the key information about Voldemort's Horcrux." Ivan said, he is actually more concerned about Dumbledore's next actions after confirming this key memory content, and maybe he can move on to the next step!

After all, for Dumbledore, all the missing pieces of the puzzle should fit together.

Sure enough, the headmaster was stunned for a moment after seeing the small glass bottle that Harry took out, and then a smile broke out on his face.

"This is exciting news! This is awesome! I know you guys can do it!"

He obviously completely forgot that it was late at night, and hurried out from behind the table, took Slughorn's memory, strode to the front of the cabinet where the Pensieve was placed, and picked up the stone basin, which Dumbledore put on the table Go, pour the contents of the bottle into it.

"Now, we are finally going to see it. Come on, Ivan, Harry, this is a very important part." He said, gesturing for Ivan and Harry to enter the Pensieve.

Ivan followed Harry into the Pensieve, his feet off the ground, and he fell in the dark into Slughorn's office many years ago.

The same much younger Slughorn, with his bushy, glossy straw hair and ginger moustache, sat in a comfortable winged armchair, with his feet resting on a large velvet cushion and a A small glass of wine, with the other hand picking through a box of pineapple preserves.Six or seven teenage boys sat around Slughorn, among them Tom Riddle, and Marvolo's gold ring with black stone gleamed in Riddle's hand, which was particularly noticeable.

"Sir, is Professor Mellors retiring?" he asked.

"Tom, Tom, I know I can't tell you!" Slughorn wagged a frosted finger at him reproachfully, but then blinked and smiled, "I have to say, I Wondering where you got your news from, boy, you know more than half the faculty."

Riddle smiled, and the other boys laughed too, casting him admiring glances.

"You ghost, you can know things you shouldn't know, and you are careful to please important people. By the way, thank you for your pineapple, you guessed it, this is my favorite..."

Several boys snickered at his words.

"Tom, I'm sure you'll be Minister for Magic in 20 years, maybe as little as 15, and if you're sending me pineapple compote a lot, it's absolutely fine. I have strong connections in the Ministry, you know."

The other boys laughed again, and Tom Riddle only smiled.

When he was about to speak, the other boys all shut up.

He was by no means the oldest of the boys, obviously, but they all seemed to regard him as their leader.

Among these students, Tom Riddle has absolute control, far surpassing even Slughorn and other professors.

It can be imagined that when he was studying at school, he was definitely the leading figure among Hogwarts students, second only to the headmaster and Dumbledore.

Chapter 1460 Slughorn's Tale

Like the Godfather, Riddle's grip on the school is sufficient to allow him to carry out his reign of terror from the shadows.

If he entered the Ministry of Magic after graduating that year, he would definitely become a minister, and even a dictator.

Ivan thinks that such a Voldemort is much more terrifying than it is now.

Fortunately, Voldemort is not interested in becoming a godfather or a dictator. The power that almost all Slytherin students value is not his main goal, but a means for him to achieve a more purely evil purpose.

He had never cared about the position of Minister for Magic, leaving it to his clever Death Eaters to get it.

From the 15-year-old Riddle in the diary, it can be known that Voldemort's original ideal was to make his name and existence known and feared by everyone.

To put it simply, it is a man who aspires to become the devil, and he succeeds in the end, becoming the scariest Dark Lord ever.

This may have something to do with his humble origins and the idea of ​​getting ahead. Dumbledore had also shown them relevant memories before. The young Riddle thought he was different.However, that was a long time ago, before he had been exposed to so much evil black magic.

As for now, Ivan guessed that he might prefer to escape death, achieve immortality, and become an eternal existence beyond this world.

At this point, making "horcruxes" used to be his main method, but it was far from what the evil god could bring him.

Sure enough, the young Tom Riddle in the room rejected Slughorn's offer.

"I don't know if politics is for me, Professor!" he said. "I have no background in the first place..."

Because of his words, the two boys nearby looked at each other and smiled, perhaps they already knew Riddle's famous ancestors at this time.

As I said just now, the most urgent idea of ​​Riddle in this period is to stand out and become a dark wizard who makes everyone afraid of mentioning his name. The title of descendant of Slytherin can help him a lot.At least, it can help him get the approval of those ancient pure-blood wizard families.

"What are you talking about, Tom!" Slughorn said brightly, picking up another piece of candied pineapple. "It's so clear that a talent like yours must come from a respectable family of wizards. There's no need to investigate or prove it." , and I can prove it for you. You have a bright future, Tom, and I've never missed a student."

At this moment the little golden clock on Slughorn's desk struck eleven.

"My God, is it time already? Time to go, boys, or we'll be in trouble. Lestrange, hand in your essay tomorrow, or you'll be in detention. And you too, Avery."

The boys filed out and Slughorn got up from his chair and carried the empty glass to the table.

Movement behind him made him turn around, and Riddle was still standing there.

"Come on, Tom, you don't want to be caught outside after lights out, you're a prefect..."

"Professor, I want to ask you something."

"Then ask, boy, ask..."

"Professor, I want to ask you if you know... Horcruxes."

There was a moment of silence, and Slughorn stared at him in a little surprise, his fat fingers caressing the bottom of the cup absently.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts subject, isn't it?" he asked deliberately, but obviously he knew it wasn't school work.

Horcruxes are never mentioned in Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts in any grade, it is absolutely forbidden.

"No, professor, I don't quite understand the magic I read in books," Riddle said.

"Well, yeah, of course you don't understand, it's hard to find a book at Hogwarts that details Horcruxes, Tom, and that's a very evil thing, very evil," said Slughorn, " Evil beyond the general sense is unknown to ordinary wizards. In fact, let alone understand, I can guarantee that most wizards have never even heard of this word.”

"But you obviously know a lot, Professor? I mean, a great wizard like you, sorry, I mean, if you can't tell me, obviously... I just know if anyone can tell me, it's you, so I mustered up the courage to ask."

It was just right, the hesitant, casual tone, the clever compliment, without going too far.

It was obvious that Riddle wanted this information very, very badly, perhaps planning for weeks for this moment.

Dark Lord, no, the current Riddle is a good student who is curious about the magic of Horcruxes.

Brilliantly talented, with a foreseeable bright future, clever compliments, and just the right timing, Slughorn would not refuse a question from a student like this, even if the question had something to do with an evil Horcrux, so what does that matter Woolen cloth?

He probably wouldn't think that the boy in front of him would make a horcrux, but in fact, Riddle had already started researching it at this time, maybe because of the unexpected horcrux in the ring, he had no choice but to ask Sla Ghorn.

"Well, Horcruxes..." said Slughorn, not looking at Riddle, but playing with the ribbon on the box of pineapple preserves, "Of course, it wouldn't do any harm to give you a brief introduction, just to make you understand Let’s talk about the term. You know, a horcrux is an object that holds part of a person’s soul, so it’s called a horcrux.”

"But I don't quite understand what that is, Professor," said Riddle.

His voice is carefully controlled, but it may be because of God's perspective, Ivan can feel his excitement.

"That is, you split your soul apart." Slughorn paused, as if digesting the word, and then continued, "Hiding a part in something outside your body so that even if your The body is attacked or destroyed, and you can't die because there's a part of your soul left unharmed. But, of course, being in this form... is a scary thing, and few people think about it , Tom, less and less, it's better to just die."

Despite Slughorn's words, Riddle's hunger was now evident.

His expression is greedy, and he can no longer hide his desire, the desire for immortality.

"How to split the soul?"

"Oh, this, that..." said Slughorn, visibly disturbed by the continuation of the subject, "you must understand that the soul should remain intact. Splitting it is a violation, it is against nature .”

"But how to split?" Riddle asked again.

"Well, the soul can be separated by evil deeds. The most evil deed, by murder. Killing splits the soul. Tom, the wizard who wants to create a Horcrux uses this destruction: seal the split soul fragments in... ..."

Chapter 1461 The Quietly Changing World

Slughorn stopped abruptly, refusing to continue.

"Storage? But why..." Riddle asked again.

"There's a spell, don't ask me, I don't know!" Slughorn shook his head like an old elephant bothered by mosquitoes, impatient and angry at Riddle's untimely questioning, "I look like Have you tried? Do I look like a murderer?"

"No, professor, of course not!" Riddle said hastily, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend..."

"Where, there, no offense." Slughorn quickly returned to his usual appearance, and said gruffly, "It's normal to be a little curious about these things, Tom, I can understand, talented wizards always Fascinated by the magical side..."

"Yes, Professor!" Riddle said, "but what I don't understand is... besides the method you mentioned, do Horcruxes have other methods of splitting? For example, being split by other people with some kind of magic? No murder , but... Entering some strange world, where I met Death or some powerful wizard, and then part of the soul fragments were split out?"

"Are you talking about dreaming, Tom?" Slughorn smiled again, "Haha, this kind of situation does not exist in reality, I think you must be too stressed and cranky, after all, this kind of evil magic is not It should be a taboo we know about.”

"Perhaps," Riddle said. "Professor, is there any other way to split a soul?"

"There is only one way to split the soul, and that is the one I just told you about. Some evil black magic can pull a person's soul out of the body, but doing that is a form of injury, and making horcruxes in hopes of gaining immortality The purpose is contrary, and no one can use some magic to directly help other people make Horcruxes. But, um, wait, I suddenly remembered a legend..."

"What legend?"

"It's about Horcruxes and Salazar Slytherin." Slughorn said uncertainly, "This is a very old legend, or rather a rumor, and you should have heard it too, Slytherin left a room in this school."

"Yes, professor, I've heard about it. It is said that the great Slytherin left a weapon for his descendants in that secret room, which was used to purify Hogwarts and drive away those with impure blood. Wizard." Riddle was obviously interested, "But what does this have to do with Horcruxes?"

Aiwen also focused, which was information he didn't have.

According to the reasoning of time magic theory, the content of this conversation is something that did not happen before he returned to Hogwarts thousands of years ago. Lytlin's magic gave birth to the first Horcrux, an accidental Horcrux, and he asked Slughorn about it, and it was in his inquiry that Slughorn revealed Information related to Horcruxes and chambers of secrets.

Just as Riddle was curious, Ivan was also curious, what is the connection between Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and Horcruxes?

According to the calculation of time, Riddle should have found relevant information about the secret room at this time.Before long, he will open the Chamber of Secrets and release the basilisk, causing a series of vicious events such as the death of Moaning Myrtle, Hagrid's dismissal, and, with this murder, he creates the first Horcrux: Riddle diary.

In that secret room, in addition to the basilisk left by Slytherin, there are also secret treasures left by the four founders.

The Chamber of Secrets is the entrance to the treasure, but there is nothing related to Horcruxes inside.

Or was there originally, something left behind by Slytherin, and Riddle took it after opening the Chamber of Secrets?

Ivan still has that concept, Salazar Slytherin is the most troublesome of the four founders, and it is also very dangerous.

This powerful wizard has some crazy ideas that are different from ordinary people. He clearly knew from Aiwen that Voldemort made a Horcrux, but he deliberately left the information, magic and more dangerous magic related to the Horcrux to Voldemort. , what exactly do you want to do?

Do you think it's not difficult enough?Still think the scene is not chaotic enough?

With his help, the difficulty for Aiwen and the others to defeat Voldemort directly increased several times.

"Slytherin left a chamber of secrets, but I'm not sure if there is a weapon in it that can purify the school. I know what you mean by purging, but just talk to me about this later, don't Let Professor Dumbledore hear, Tom, he won't like this idea, and it will be bad for your future development in the Ministry of Magic." Slughorn said kindly, "I heard that legend, Slughorn What Leitlin left in the Chamber of Secrets is related to Horcruxes. Well, I guess it may be a magic, not the magic of making Horcruxes, but the magic of becoming a higher-level existence than Horcruxes. Horcruxes are just the beginning of this magic , Tom."

"Start?! You mean, some kind of magic beyond immortality and immortality?!" Riddle's tone obviously became more greedy.

"It should be like this." Slughorn said, "But it's just a legend, no, it should be more accurately described as a rumor, after all, so many years have passed, and no one has ever found that secret room in the school... ..."

It dawned on Aiwen that a higher-level existence than Horcruxes might be talking about evil gods, right?

The secret room left by Slytherin that Slughorn mentioned is not the one whose entrance is in the bathroom on the third floor, but the one in the acromantula lair, which is the "eyeball monster" that seals the body of the evil god underground remains.

That's what Salazar Slytherin left at Hogwarts, another room of secrets.

Slytherin left the magic of becoming an evil god there, but Voldemort did not find that place in the end.

Only after Hagrid released Aragog into the Forbidden Forest, the secret room deep in the bottom line was found by the spiders.

The magic of how to become an evil god is engraved on the wall of the Chamber of Secrets, the first step of which is to collect other people's souls, which Slughorn probably meant to say.

But the Horcrux is just the beginning of this magic, so what does it mean?

Things began to develop in a strange direction. Compared with the previous intelligence, new information appeared again, and a lot of information was related to each other.

Because of the effect of time magic, many things have changed, when all those who experienced it did not notice.

For example, at this moment, the young Tom Riddle in Slughorn's memory does not have so much information. He still has no clear understanding of the world that has quietly changed, and he is still moving forward according to the inherent trajectory, but many Still change.

Perhaps it was because of Slughorn's reminder that he went to open the Chamber of Secrets not long after...

Chapter 1462 Seven Horcruxes

For Aiwen who clearly felt these changes, he felt very amazing. Except for him as a witness to the change of time, no one else could feel this change as a participant. Only Aiwen knew that this world has changed from the past. different.

Others only know that Voldemort is becoming more evil and powerful, but they don't know that this is a change that should not have occurred.

"You should go back, Tom, time..." Slughorn reminded again.

"Sorry, professor, I have a few last questions about Horcruxes." Riddle came back to his senses and said, "Just out of curiosity, what I want to ask is, is a Horcrux useful? Split once? Wouldn't it be better to have more pieces, to make you stronger? Like, isn't seven the most magical number? Seven?"

"My God, Tom!" Riddle's question really startled Slughorn, and he yelled, "Seven! Isn't trying to kill one evil enough? Splitting souls is evil enough anyway." !!! And divided into seven pieces..."

Slughorn looked very disturbed now: he stared at Riddle as if he hadn't seen him clearly before.

You could tell he was regretting taking part in the conversation.

At this time, Slughorn finally realized that something was wrong, and Riddle's thinking was not as simple as understanding.

Anyone who wants to split his soul into seven pieces is either a fool who doesn't know what he's talking about or a deranged madman, hopelessly depraved, and Tom Riddle is one of the latter no matter how you look at it.

"Of course, of course," he whispered. "We're talking hypotheticals, aren't we, Tom? Just academic..."

"Yes, Professor, of course," said Riddle immediately.

"But, Tom... what I've said, what we've just discussed, don't talk about it. People won't like it if they know we talked about Horcruxes, it's forbidden at Hogwarts, you know, Deng Bullido is especially intense, we'd better..."