Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Percival's choice affected his family's life, and to some extent even affected the development of the entire magical world.

He's just an ordinary wizard who did a wrong thing in extreme rage.

He paid the price with his life for this, and his wife, son, and daughter bear the consequences of the incident.

Percival's fate has long since come to an end, but the influence of the murder incident that year has not ended. After so long, there are still many wizards who agree with what Percival did, and even worse, they are now beginning to legalize the persecution Muggles, just because they can.

Magic is power, and having power is superior.

There are many people who yearn to gain power, to become stronger, and to abuse those who are less than them, finding pleasure in the process.

Of course, they will put on many guises for their behavior, such as revenge like Percival.

Ivan has no way of judging whether this kind of thing is correct, but the whole process has undoubtedly been distorted, and no matter how righteous the reason is, it is just a despicable excuse.

In the photo, baby Ariana, in Percival's arms, was not much bigger than a loaf of bread and showed no more facial features.

Mother Candela's jet-black hair is tied into a high bun, and her facial features are carved like knives.

Although she was wearing a satin gown with a high collar, her dark eyes, high cheekbones and straight nose reminded Ivan of Indians.

Albus and Aberforth wore the same lace-collared jacket and had the same shawl hair.Albus looked a few years older, but otherwise the two boys looked very similar, as this was before Dumbledore's nose was broken and he started wearing glasses.

Baby Ariana's arms waved vaguely outside the swaddle, and the family looked quite happy, smiling serenely at the newspaper.

The text under the photo is an excerpt from Rita Skeeter's new book, and Ivan read it: Kendra Dumbledore is self-respecting and proud. After her husband Percival was arrested and imprisoned in Azkaban, she I can't bear to continue living in Wotuyuan.So she decided to move her family to Godric's Hollow, a village that later became famous because it was the place where Harry Potter miraculously escaped from the clutches of the You-Know-Who...

At this time, a burst of hurried footsteps sounded from outside the kitchen.

Ivan looked up and saw Harry appearing at the door, his face was still pale, and he didn't seem to have slept well.

The house elf Kreacher went up to meet him, and Harry froze for a moment before coming to sit beside Ivan.

He was holding something in his hand, and his expression was a little downcast.

"What's the matter, Harry?" Ivan asked.

"I just went upstairs, Sirius' room, I've never been there," said Harry, his voice a little hoarse. "I found this there."

He handed over the note he was clutching in his hand, it was crumpled and Harry smoothed it out.

"Sirius never told me, and I don't know..." Harry whispered.

Ivan squinted his eyes and read it. This is a letter from Harry's mother Lily to Sirius.

Dear Padfoot:

Thank you, thank you for Harry's birthday present!

This is his favorite toy. He can fly around on a toy broom at only one year old. He looks so happy.

I'm attaching a picture to show you, you know the little broom only gets two feet off the ground, but Harry nearly killed the kitten and almost broke an ugly vase that Petunia gave me Christmas present (not complaining).Of course, James had great fun saying the kid was going to be the next Quidditch star, but we had to put all the decorations away and keep watching him as he flew.

We had a very quiet birthday tea, just old Bathilda, who had always been very kind to us, and especially doted on Harry.

It's a pity you can't come, but the Order of the Phoenix comes first, and Harry is too young to know birthdays!

James is a little bored here, and he tries not to show it, but I can tell... The Invisibility Cloak is still with Dumbledore, so there is no chance to go out.

How glad he would be if you could come.

Bug came over last weekend and I think he was down, but maybe it was because of the news from the McKinnons that I cried all night too.

Bathilda came over often, she was a funny old lady, and she told a lot of Dumbledore stories, it was incredible.

I wonder if he himself will be happy to hear that!

Honestly, I don't know how much to believe, it's hard to believe Dumbledore...

Chapter 1606 Conversation with Harry

The content of the letter is so far, it is hard to believe what Dumbledore said, the letter did not say, but things are obvious, maybe Bathilda Bagshot told Lily about Dumbledore's past, which is what Rita Skeeter is going to expose These, do not need the second half, the content already on the letter paper can touch people's nerves very much, no wonder Harry is so lost, this is his mother's letter, it mentions the funny things about Harry when he was one year old, Lily and Jen Tom's quiet life while hiding from Voldemort, and the traitor Peter Pettigrew.

All of these, while hiding some important information, also affected Harry's sensitive nerves.

He desperately wanted to know this, but no one told him, neither Dumbledore nor Sirius.

These most important memories for Harry are so ordinary that they are easily overlooked.

"Harry..." Ivan said, as if he had a lot to say, but he didn't know where to start.

"I've looked everywhere, but I can't find the missing letter, and I can't find the photograph," said Harry, still hoarse.

"Maybe it was taken by Sirius."

"Maybe, somehow, the room up there is a mess, someone went through it before me, I'm not sure if Sirius did it, but he has no reason to do it, maybe Snape, he might I came back to find news about the Order of the Phoenix."

Harry didn't know that Mundungus Fletcher was stealing things from this house. Although Ivan had warned Mundungus when the buyer kept the elf corpse last time, he was very suspicious. How much warning would go, for a thief the allure of the old Black family home was too great.

Sirius didn't care about it at all. The only house-elf watching was still in the house, which was full of silver and priceless antiques.

In order to steal, Mundungus can even pretend to be a ghost, and the possibility of letting it go is almost zero.

No wonder Kreacher wasn't in the right state this morning, he kept whispering about Sirius' prodigal son, obviously very irritated.

There was no need to tell Harry about these things, he was in a bad enough mood now, there was no need to be angry about it.

"Harry, if you want to know the second half, you can ask Sirius." Ivan said, giving an acceptable suggestion.

"I'll ask him, and I'll have a deep talk with Sirius, but I'd rather see Bathilda Bagshot before that," Harry said. "She was mentioned in the letter, and Ron My Aunt Muriel mentioned her at the wedding too, and she also knows the Dumbledores, so it would be interesting to talk to her, wouldn't it?"

"In a sense." Ivan said, he knew what Harry was thinking, "Are you still planning to go to Godric's Hollow?"

When discussing the plan during the summer vacation before, Harry said that he wanted to visit the place where he was born and his parents rested, which is the famous wizard gathering place "Godric's Hollow", but this idea was rejected in the ensuing discussion , it doesn't make sense for them to go to Godric's Hollow now.

Whether it is looking for the treasure key of the four founders of Hogwarts, or Voldemort's Horcrux, it does not involve that place.

On the contrary, Voldemort may guess where Harry is going, and the Death Eaters will lie in wait for them to pass there. It is extremely unwise to go to Godric's Hollow at this time. In fact, Ivan doubts that even if they go , it is also a big question whether I can see Bathilda Bagshot.

"I want to know the truth, Ivan!" Harry said, seeming to be afraid to look at Ivan, but his voice became louder and louder, "Bathilda Bagshot knows a lot, and it is necessary to meet her. I think To find out for myself, to figure out all the things, not what you've always wanted me to do: choose what to believe."

Indeed, knowing it in person is much more credible than listening to what Ivan said, Sirius said, Aunt Muriel said, and Rita Skeeter said.

Even if nothing was found, it was a great relief to Harry to see his parents' graves.

In the end, it will be Harry himself who will face death. Even if Ivan knows a lot, he can't replace him, and he can't even give him much help.

"I'm not suspicious of you and Sirius, Ivan, but do you think I can remain indifferent after knowing these things?" Harry continued, he still didn't look at Ivan, "I know you and Hermione have always opposed I'm going to Godric's Hollow, it might be dangerous, but it's important to me."

"Well, we can go there after we find Hufflepuff's treasure key." Ivan finally said, "I will convince Hermione, and I will tell you everything I know about Dumbledore. You judge the truth of these things yourself. First, you can read this article first."

"What is this?" Harry asked in surprise, and took the newspaper that Ivan handed over.

"The latest issue of the "Daily Prophet" has the latest policy of the new Ministry of Magic. They seem to plan to interrogate Muggle-born wizards, but this is not the point. The point is the excerpts from the third edition of Rita Skeeter's new book , about the past of Dumbledore’s family.” Ivan said, “Before you came, I was reading this report, which mentioned Dumbledore’s parents, sister, and Bathilda Bagshot, if you want To investigate and understand the past, I think we can start here."

He said and pointed that passage to Harry. After Dumbledore's father was arrested, the Dumbledore family moved from Fertile Land to Godric's Hollow. No one there knew about the past of the Dumbledore family. Don't care about the eyes of people around you and the bad influence of Percival, you can start over there.

In Rita Skeeter's words: Like Fertile Land, Godric's Hollow is home to many wizarding families, but Dumbledore's mother, Candra, doesn't know any of them, so it won't be as common as in the original village. Someone is curious about her husband's crimes.

She repeatedly rejected the friendly overtures of her new neighbors, and soon isolated her family from the outside world.

"I brought a batch of homemade pot cakes to welcome her, and she closed the door in my face," said Bathilda Bagshot. "The first year they moved, I only saw two Boy. I never would have known that Ariana had a daughter if I hadn't picked weeping berries in the moonlight one time in the winter and saw Kendra leading Ariana into the back garden. Her mother took her for a walk around the lawn and held him tightly, and then led him back into the house, not knowing what was going on."

It seemed that Kendra saw a move to Godric's Hollow as an opportunity to hide Ariana, something she'd probably been planning for years.

Timing is important. Ariana was just seven years old when she disappeared, and many experts believe that seven years old is the age at which magical abilities should be revealed.

No one alive remembers Ariana ever displaying the slightest magical ability, so Candela decided to hide her daughter's existence and was ashamed to admit that she gave birth to a Squib.Of course, it was much easier to imprison Ariana without the friends and neighbors who knew her.

Since then, there are only a handful of people who know of Ariana's existence, and they are all able to keep the secret, including her two older brothers. They use the words taught by their mothers to block embarrassing questions, "My sister is too weak to go to school."

Chapter 1607 Arianna's Story

"As Aunt Muriel said, Dumbledore's mother imprisoned Ariana because she was a squib." Harry asked, his mood seemed to be worsened by the contents of the newspaper, He looked at the newspaper photos of the seemingly happy Dumbledore family and couldn't believe it was real.

"There is nothing to deny. Candela did do this, but she did not imprison Ariana, but to protect." Ivan said.

"Protection?" Harry looked at Ivan in disbelief, and said loudly, "A seven-year-old girl is locked up for protection?!"

"Yes, because Ariana isn't a Squib who can't use magic, she's an Obscure."

"What difference does it make! Also, what is an Obscure?" Harry asked.

"The Obscure, like wizards, Muggles, and Squibs, is a title that distinguishes people by magic." Ivan patiently explained, "When the minds of young wizards are greatly traumatized, they will lose control of their own magic. Sometimes, a dark magical force slips in and takes refuge in the mind of a young wizard. This dark force is so powerful and so evil that wizards who know it call it obscurity, and you can think of it as A parasite with dark powers, Harry."

"Silently!" Harry repeated in a low voice, as if trying to convince himself of the concept.

"According to my guess, Moran is related to evil gods. They are creations of evil gods, just like dementors." Aiwen said, "Of course, no wizard knows this, and the magic world has not yet researched Moran. Sources, Moran is generally regarded as a dark energy creature free from space."

"You mean, a silent person resides on Arianna, making her a silent person instead of a squib." Harry said very slowly, "Arianna is controlled by evil gods?! This sounds really unbelievable Already!"

"It's unbelievable, but the truth is, Rita Skeeter's article didn't say why Dumbledore's father Percival asked to kill the three Muggle boys, or mentioned it, but it was just a brushstroke." Ivan said, "You can investigate, Harry, this part is very important. As far as I know, it is because Ariana was accidentally seen by those three Muggle boys when she was using magic when she was a child, and they did terrible things to her." The thing that caused her heart was greatly stimulated, and since then she lost control of the magic, and the magic was in her body, driving her crazy, in fact, she became a silent person."

"But even so, why did the Dumbledore family lock her up? They should take Ariana to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries."

"There is no way to treat it. Until now, wizards have believed that the silent person is ominous and will bring disaster and misfortune. After discovering and confirming the silent person, the Ministry of Magic usually kills it. This can prevent other attempts. The dark wizards use the silent ones to do bad things.” Ai Wen said, “The silent ones are very rare, and they are very powerful, stronger than most wizards. The silent people in the body will wake up. We can call it awakening. In the awakened state, the silent people will become a black mist with no substance, and the destructive power is extremely powerful. If they do not use magic all the time, silent Then it will eat back the host, and eventually take over the host's body and get out of control, which will bring disaster..."

"Momoran's ultimate goal is to control the silent people to summon evil gods and let them come to this world, but so far, no one has succeeded in Momoran, because their power is too dark and powerful, far exceeding the limit that the human body can bear. A burst of magic is a great harm to the obscurity itself." Ivan continued, "This is the main reason why most of the obscurity are children, and they can't live for too long. In fact, most of the obscurity can't survive. Over ten years old."

"But Ariana lived past ten years old!" Harry immediately caught Ivan's speech impediment, "I remember she was killed after Dumbledore graduated..."

"Yeah, this is the best proof that the Dumbledore family took good care of Ariana, not captivity and abuse as it was believed. They took care to protect her emotions and magic, so that the silence in her didn't have a chance to awaken , This is the best way to protect the obscurant, although to outsiders, Arianna is like a squib, locked in the house and never allowed to see outsiders, but this is better than being stimulated, doing a lot of things after silently awakening Terrible things are stronger, isn't it?" Ai Wen said, "Dumbledore's mother was careful to protect her, so she was able to live past the age of ten, and if there was no accident, she could continue to live."

"About that accident, it's probably another gimmick in Rita Skeeter's book!" Without waiting for Harry to ask, Ivan took the initiative to say, "Although Mo Ran, who lives in Ariana's body, has not awakened, but It still affects Arianna all the time, as long as her mood fluctuates slightly, it will trigger a magical riot. When Dumbledore was about to graduate from Hogwarts, Arianna accidentally killed her mother because of a magical riot. Dead! Oh, yes, that's how Candela died, and you can look into that, or ask Bathilda Bagshot, she should know something."

"After Candela died, Dumbledore, who had already graduated from school, began to take care of Arianna." Aiwen said, "But he was very unwilling to waste his time and life on such things, although Dumbledore loved her very much. sister, but he is also a talented wizard at the same time, like every young wizard, he has his own ideals and revenge, and wants to do his own big business, but he has to stay at home, this state And it went on until he met Gellert Grindelwald."

"Gellert Grindelwald?! You mean the dark wizard who was defeated by Dumbledore?" Harry asked, "Krum also mentioned him to me at the wedding yesterday, and he said he has many relatives Friends were all killed by Grindelwald, and said that the strange triangular emblem on Luna's father, Mr. Lovegut, was Grindelwald's symbol, and the two of them quarreled about this..."

"That emblem represents the three Deathly Hallows, Harry, three extraordinary supermagic items, said to be directly given by the God of Death, as long as the person who gathers all the Deathly Hallows can conquer death, Grindelwald has been looking for them , He was able to appear in Godric's Hollow because of this reason." Ivan said, "Remember, we discussed the Deathly Hallows before, if you want to know more, you can go to see Dumbledore left In the collection of fairy tales for Hermione, there is a story about the legend of the three brothers, which is about the Deathly Hallows, but this is not the focus of our discussion this time, let’s continue to talk about Dumbledore’s past. Grindelwald has We don't know if there is no clue to find the Deathly Hallows in Godric's Hollow, but there he met the young Dumbledore, two talented wizards, who have an extraordinary understanding and research on magic, and the same Ideals and revenge, once they meet together, they will naturally be very speculative..."

Chapter 1608 Continuation of the Story

"We can imagine that during those days, Dumbledore and Grindelwald studied magic and talked about their ideals together. They both felt that the other was the person in their destiny. They even sneaked out to adventures in ancient magic ruins around the world. "Ivan said, "When Sirius and I sent out the key to find the secret treasure of giants and Ravenclaw, Dumbledore mentioned to me that he had gone to Sicily with Grindelwald. At that time Under such circumstances, this kind of risky behavior is very reckless for Dumbledore. Considering Ariana's physical condition, even if Dumbledore has not been away for a long time, it is very inappropriate. For this reason, Arianna is ignored, and Grindelwald may also think that Ariana is a burden. We all know that Grindelwald has never been a good person. He is a black wizard through and through. Imaginary black magic research. His attitude towards Ariana who hindered him and Dumbledore can be imagined, or maybe he hoped that she would die early. But Ariana's condition at that time was inseparable from human care, even Unable to bear any stimulation, under such circumstances, her physical condition will definitely get worse."

"Didn't Dumbledore know what you said?" Harry asked after thinking for a while.

"I think he didn't know, or knew but ignored. At that time, Dumbledore was thinking about how to realize his and Grindelwald's great ideals for the greater good, while ignoring his sister. , This was also the thing he regretted the most in his later life.” Ai Wen said, “In fact, I suspect that Dumbledore didn’t know Ariana’s situation very well at that time, and he probably didn’t know about the obscurity. Think Ariana is magically out of control..."

"If you have read Mr. Newt Scamander's biography, yes, it is Mr. Scamander, the author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". He gave Hagrid and us a lot in Buckbeak. If you read his biography, Harry, you will find a very interesting description." Ivan continued, "As a magic zoologist, the young Mr. Scamander once followed the ancient According to the tradition of wizards, he conducted a round-the-world journey mainly to research and rescue magical animals. His first stop was the United States. At that time, Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts and Grindelwald rose rapidly. Mr. Scamander met Grindelwald while traveling in America. In fact, I think Scamander was able to choose to go to America, and Dumbledore played a big role in it."

"Where are they going?" Harry couldn't keep up with Ivan's jumping thinking. He was still talking about Ariana just now, and now he is going to discuss Newt Scamander's adventures in the United States. Even so, but It has to be admitted that Harry is intrigued by such shocking things.

"Grindelwald was expanding his power at the time. He was already very powerful, but not enough to conquer the world. At least, he was not sure enough to defeat his old friend Dumbledore, nor did he find all three Deathly Hallows, so Grindelwald began to hope to obtain other powers." Ivan said, "I think he must have witnessed the scene of Arianna's magic riot, and even the situation when she silently awakened in her body, and left How can a wizard like Grindelwald ignore such a powerful force beyond imagination? He has studied it and discovered the secret of the Obscure. He must have got the news when he went to the United States , want to find a new Obscure, and Dumbledore appeared there just to stop him."

"Of course, with the help of Mr. Scamander, Dumbledore successfully stopped Grindelwald in the end. They fought all the way back to Europe from the United States, and finally had that amazing duel in Nurmengard. These things You can ask Mr. Scamander in person, and I think you can also visit him. After all, Grindelwald occupies an extremely important position in Dumbledore's life. If you want to know Dumbledore, you can't bypass it anyway. This black wizard." Ivan said, "If necessary, we can even go to Nurmengard to meet Grindelwald himself, where he has been imprisoned since he failed in the duel."

"Is that dark wizard still alive?" Harry said in surprise.

"Dumbledore just defeated him, not killed him. The relationship between the two of them is very good, beyond imagination. Rita Skeeter is not wrong about this, but it doesn't mean that the personal relationship is good, just Will not become an enemy, especially for wizards with the status of Grindelwald and Dumbledore, ideas may be more important to them." Ivan explained, "Okay, Harry, let's continue the topic back to Ali On Anna, as we just said, Grindelwald went to the United States to find the silent person because he witnessed the power that erupted in Ariana's silent awakening, and the reason for Ariana's magic riot was because of Dumbledore's When the younger brother Aberforth came home from Hogwarts on vacation, he found that Dumbledore had not taken good care of Ariana. He had a fierce quarrel with Dumbledore. Well, if there is no accident, Aunt Muriel’s family was with the family yesterday The quarrel we were talking about was the follow-up to this quarrel. In short, they had a fierce quarrel that time, and Grindelwald also participated in it. They should have moved their hands in the end. Ariana next to her was stimulated. The silent awakening in the body, in that chaos, the magic of Dumbledore, Grindelwald or Aberforth hit Ariana, or because the magic riot was too powerful and exceeded Ariana's body's ability to bear, in short, she died."

Harry didn't speak or ask questions, and it seemed that it was difficult for him to accept what Ivan said for a while.

"Grindelwald thought he killed Ariana, so he ran away after that quarrel! And because Dumbledore was the one who killed Ariana, he has changed a lot since then, and he no longer has those ideas before. , but gradually became the professor we are familiar with." Ivan finally said, "Okay, Harry, these are the stories about Ariana, we can blame Dumbledore for making mistakes in the process, but everyone makes mistakes Well, Dumbledore is no exception, what matters is what we do when we make a mistake. We all know what kind of man Dumbledore was, Rita Skeeter and Aunt Muriel's slander doesn't have any credibility. "

Chapter 1609 Unstable

After a long time, Harry came back to his senses and asked, "Ivan, did Dumbledore tell you what you said? He didn't tell me anything."

"Most of them were investigated and guessed by myself, so I said that it might not be appropriate for me to tell you these things." Ivan said and shook his head, "As far as I know, Dumbledore didn't tell you these things. To tell anyone, he's been blaming himself for Ariana's death. The night Dumbledore and I set out to find the Horcruxes at the Gaunt cottage, we saw the Resurrection Stone on that ring, which is three One of the Deathly Hallows has the power to resurrect the dead, but this stone can only make people see the shadow of the dead, not the real resurrection. Dumbledore was deeply involved in it at that time, and almost fell into an ambush... …the curse that the Dark Lord left on the ring. That night, the headmaster only mentioned his family to me. Although he didn’t say much, I could feel his nostalgia, as well as his self-blame and regret .”

"I don't know what you said." Harry said in a low mood, "I never thought of going to know about Dumbledore's past."

He is a little confused in his head now. It stands to reason that what Ivan told him should make him feel better. At least he knows that Dumbledore did not confine, hide his sister, and did not stand idly by the abuse and neglect. Tar Skeeter said so, but the reality is not.

Although Ivan said that he investigated these things by himself, Dumbledore told him something after all, or revealed some clues to him, but Dumbledore didn't tell Harry anything, nor did he explain it.

Harry wasn't sure if Dumbledore really wanted him to know this, or if he was too self-blame for not saying it, and he wasn't even sure if Dumbledore really cared about him?Or do you just treat him as a tool that needs to be sharpened, but don't trust him, and never confide in him?

Anyway, Harry's head was in a mess now, even more messy than last night.

Dumbledore's past, Dumbledore's true thoughts about him, which one is the most important?

Harry felt that he was a little confused. He didn't know what he was thinking and what he wanted. A wave of terrible thoughts couldn't help but hit him. He always had some cruel thoughts now, and he wasn't even sure whether they came from Voldemort was still in his heart.

Neither Ivan nor Harry thought that because the soul became more and more unstable, Voldemort's main soul was frequently connecting with his remaining horcruxes. Harry's current thoughts were happening to other horcruxes...

With the progress of the terrible black magic transformation, Voldemort's broken body could no longer accommodate the restless main soul.

"It is because we don't know that we need to investigate and understand, but only Dumbledore himself knows these things best. I believe that if he has the opportunity, he will be willing to tell you. After all, this involves the not-so-glorious history of the past. No one will be casual...Harry, are you listening to me?" Ivan said, he noticed that Harry was a little distracted, and he didn't seem to listen to what he said, "Your scar started to hurt again? See What happened? His mood became unstable again?"