Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"It's the Horned Beast!"

"Oh, that's a real discovery."

Before that, Luna would come over almost every other month to tell Ivan and Hermione that she and his father had made various major discoveries on the horned beast, from the footprints of the horned beast to fossils, from horns From stuffed animals to pelts, from rumors of the existence of the horned beast to sightings of the horned beast alive.

Mr. Lovegood has never given up searching for this magical creature that exists in myths and legends, and spent most of his life proving the existence of the horned beast.

At the same time, there has been a column on the "Quieter" that has been publishing articles related to the horned beast all the year round.

In the eyes of most wizards, these things are groundless and ridiculous.

Of course, most of the other articles in this magazine are also in this style.It cannot be said that "The Quibbler" has no selling points at all. In addition to the reports on fictional creatures or relics, there are many articles in this magazine that question those in power. Although most of the content is still made out of nothing, I have to say The content is quite wonderful, and it is very popular among some wizards who oppose the Ministry of Magic and those in power, especially today after Voldemort's return and the fall of the Ministry of Magic. Talking media, this has to be admirable.

"What did they find again this time? A live horned beast?"

"No, but the house elf home was mentioned in the article," Elaine said. "This discovery can atone for me."

"what?!"

"House-elf home, mentioned in the magazine!"

"The Quibbler really mentioned that word? You must have read it wrong..." Hermione said in surprise, "I mean, it's The Quibbler, we all know this magazine What kind of stuff, how could there be a house-elf home mentioned in it, this is really incredible!"

"It's unbelievable, but it does mention the home of the house elves." Elaine said, "I used the reading comprehension method taught by Ai Wen to confirm with the context. The home of the house elves mentioned in this report is likely to be ours. The place I've been looking for."

"Good job, Elaine, I just said that there may be clues hidden in any book." Ivan asked eagerly, "What's in it?"

"The author of this article said that the horned beast was once regarded as a guardian beast by the ancient house elves. Before the house elves completely became a subordinate race of wizards, they had worshiped and sacrificed the horned beast for a long time, and this point is in the Corresponding traces and proofs can be found in the ancient ruins left by the house-elf home..."

"Hasty reasoning, no one knows what the horned beast looks like, maybe those ancient house elves drew some other kind of magical creature, but it was more abstract, no one can guarantee that house elves have paintings Talent, or realistic style." Hermione commented disapprovingly.

"We're not looking for horned beasts, Hermione, whatever those ancient house elves drew on stones, the focus is on house elves' homes." Ai Wen put his chin in his hand and asked while thinking, "Still Is there, Elaine? What else was in the magazine?"

"Gone!"

"It doesn't say where the house-elves are home?"

"No, that's the only place a house-elf home is mentioned."

"Let me see!" Ivan hurriedly took "The Quibbler" from Elaine's hand.

To tell the truth, it never occurred to him that he would find information about the home of the house-elves in this magazine.

Chapter 1657 Harry is in Danger

In the column of "The Quibbler" on the Horned Beast, Mr. Lovegood described this report, which he became the discovery of the century, in Ivan's familiar style.

Except for the home of the "house elves" mentioned at the beginning of the article, the whole article is a textual research and discussion of the relationship between the horned beast and the ancient house elves, which has no practical significance. Understand, they're more likely to be mistaken than to find the real Crooked Beast!

After all, this kind of thing has happened repeatedly in the past many times.

For example, about half a year ago, Mr. Lovegood announced that he had found the footprints of the horned beast, but it turned out that they were only the footprints of the ball bird.

For a long time, apart from writing articles and doing weird experiments, Mr. Lovegood's favorite thing is to take Luna around the world, looking for traces of those illusory creatures. The two of them have been to many places, and they are both Some inaccessible places, such as virgin forests, snow-capped mountains, or ancient magic relics, etc.

During these journeys full of fantasy style, they also collected and brought back many "journey souvenirs" by the way.

The main reason why these souvenirs were brought back was because, in Mr. Lovegood's opinion, they proved the existence of those imaginary creatures.

However, his ideas turned out to be mostly wrong and absurd in the end.

Whether it's the horned beast or something else, they are all imaginary things that don't exist.

In general, after long-term persistent collection, Mr. Lovegood found a lot of worthless junk, just like Mr. Weasley likes to search for all Muggle-related industrial products, even if those things are not What's the point, Mr. Lovegood found pretty much the same stuff, mostly of no value.

If it weren't for the mention of the home of the house elves, this report would be completely worthless rubbish in Ivan's opinion.

Reading this stuff is a waste of time.

"What did the above say?" Hermione asked, and came over to read the article with Ivan.

"The report didn't say the specific whereabouts of the house elf home..." Ai Wen said, tapping the pages of the book with his fingers.

Where he struck, there was a photograph of a strange creature carved into a large expanse of pale yellow rock, which is what Mr. It looked more like a genetically mutated horned camel.

But regardless of the horned beast, just looking at the painting style of the picture on the slate, it is quite in line with the characteristics of a house elf.

Perhaps, it is really a relic left by the ancient house elves.

The tablet must now be in Mr. Lovegood's hands, and however he got it, he must know more or less of its whereabouts, plus he mentions at the beginning of the article that "the home of the house-elves ", he may have actually been there, and found the remains of this ancient house-elf.

As for the fact that the specific location of the house elf's home is not clearly stated in the article, it is also easy to explain.

With such an important discovery, Mr. Lovegood definitely plans to continue to explore there in the future to find more clues about the horned beast.

"What is this? From the photos, it looks a bit like a child's graffiti." Hermione said.

"No, it's drawn by a house-elf, and if you've seen anything Dobby draws, they're actually very similar."

"Bad drawings always have something in common, even if that's the house-elf style," said Hermione, "it doesn't mean much..."

"It doesn't matter. For all questions about this report, we can ask Mr. Lovegood himself." Ivan said.

There is nothing to lose by going to Mr. Lovegood and talking to Luna, rather than staying here for a meaningless search.

By the way, you can also remind them to be careful, don't go on like this again!Mr. Lovegood has been writing openly against Voldemort and the Ministry of Magic in The Quibbler lately, and it would be naive to expect the Death Eaters to do nothing and tolerate such behavior.

It's not too late to remind, otherwise it will be too late if something really happens.

"That's it. Let's talk to Luna's father after lunch. I remember that Luna's house is near the Burrow, so it's easy to find."

"But Sirius reminded us not to go out again recently!"

"If we're fast enough, he won't know anything. Besides, it's better to find something to do than to stay in this old house, especially Harry's current situation. It's really worrying. I think Luna The house should not be under surveillance yet, we can find a way to make Harry..."

Before Ivan finished speaking, he heard a high-pitched and sharp voice passing by, "Harry Potter!"

Dobby the house-elf woke up, forced open his bulging eyes the size of tennis balls, and looked at them tearfully.

The voice just now was his shouting.

"Oh yes, Dobby, it's great that you're awake. I mean, are you all right?"

As Ivan said, he touched Elaine with his toes.

"I'm sorry, Dobby, I shouldn't have used those books just now..." Elaine said immediately.

In order to make herself appear to be apologizing more sincerely, she kept blinking and seemed to be crying hard.

"Harry Potter!" Dobby repeated.

"You're confused, Dobby, I'm Elaine, not Harry, Elaine!"

"No, Harry Potter, Master Irwin, Harry Potter!" Dobby kept calling Harry's name.

"Harry is lying upstairs!" Elaine said inexplicably, looked at the house elf, and looked back at Ivan suspiciously.

"Dobby, what's wrong with Harry?" Ivan asked, something was wrong with Dobby.

"Harry Potter is in danger, and it's all Dobby's fault. Master Irwin must save Harry Potter. He must hurry up. Save Harry Potter now."

"Take it easy, Dobby, make it clear, did Harry leave the house?"

Dobby nodded, his protruding eyes widening.

"That's impossible, and if Harry leaves, we'll know for sure," said Hermione. "It's no longer possible to Apparate here."

"It's the magic of the house elves, Dobby can take Harry away." Ivan's heart sank, he should have thought of this, but everyone was negligent, everyone ignored the house elves Magic, everyone thought it was dispensable, "Dobby, where did you take him?"

Dobby the house-elf shuddered, as if he was a little hesitant to say that name.

Almost at the same time as this question was asked, Ivan thought of the only possibility, and Dobby's reaction confirmed her guess...

Chapter 1658 Imprisoned Ron

Malfoy Manor! ! !

Dobby took Harry there to save Ron.

It was a surprising but not unexpected outcome, as almost everyone knew that Harry was going to save Ron.

Harry had also had a fight with Sirius this morning over it.

Surprisingly, Harry didn't expect to act so quickly, and let Dobby take him directly to the Malfoy Manor.

Sure enough, as soon as Ivan asked this question, big and big teardrops fell out of Dobby's big protruding eyes.

"It's all Dobby's fault, it's all Dobby's fault, it was Dobby who took Harry Potter to that place, Dobby shouldn't have done that, Master Irving told you, Harry Potter can't Get out of here, but Harry Potter said don't tell anyone else." Dobby groaned loudly, rubbing his red eyes from crying, "He wants Dobby to take him there, Dobby disagrees, Harry Potter said Dobby was his friend, and the great Harry Potter was going there to save his other friend, and Dobby just..."

"Save his other friend?!" repeated Hermione, exclaiming, "My God, Dobby, you took Harry to Malfoy Manor!"

Dobby wailed louder in answer, the house-elf's tennis-ball eyes wide open, trembling from feet to ear-tips.

"You went to Malfoy Manor to save Ron, my God, you guys did this, it was so reckless and reckless, Harry didn't consider the danger at all, he actually entered the canteen by himself The lair of the dead, he didn't think about the consequences at all. Yes, the magic of the house elves can do this, and can break through the magic defense of the wizard." Hermione continued to ask, "But I don't understand why you came back alone Where's Harry?"

"Harry Potter's friend was locked in the secret room, and Dobby couldn't get into that place. Harry Potter made Dobby want to come back to pass the news..." Dobby said with a sob, "We found it in the dungeon. An old wizard, Harry Potter called him Mister Ollivander, and Harry Potter told Dobby to send him back first."

"Ollivander?! But..."

"Okay, Dobby, take us to Malfoy Manor immediately, maybe Harry hasn't been discovered yet." Ivan said, raising his wand.

More than 20 minutes have passed since Dobby ran into the library and was stunned. There is a high possibility that Harry will be found.Malfoy might not have imagined that their former servant, a house elf, would sneak into their manor with Harry, but that didn't mean Harry stayed in the manor for so long without being discovered.

However, after Voldemort started killing in the manor last night, there should not be too many Death Eaters daring to approach there in a short time.

Even if Harry is caught, as long as Lucius doesn't summon Voldemort, everything still has a chance.

……

Inside Malfoy Manor, for a moment, Harry's heart was beating in his throat.

Draco Malfoy had been pacing and shaking in front of the big mirror, talking about how he could catch Harry, and he must have spotted the Harry behind the mirror.

Harry could feel that he was really panicking now, there seemed to be no way out, and the right hand holding the wand was covered with sweat.

Through the mirror, he could hear Lucius' eager voice asking Draco if he had found anything.

Even, the blurry pale faces under the pale blond hair automatically appeared in Harry's head.

As the fear grew, it seemed harder to resist Voldemort's thoughts, and his scar began to burn again.

Without warning, he and Voldemort's mind was connected again, the real scene around him disappeared, he was Voldemort, and he was flying in a distant place, across a black, rough sea, he didn't know where he was going, this The place doesn't seem to be England.

Looking at the endless black water, Harry recalled the night he went to Azkaban with Dumbledore.

He seemed to be merging with the darkness, accompanied by a burst of severe pain from the scar, Harry covered the scar with all his strength, everything returned to reality, the expected thing did not happen, he was not found, Draco Mar Foo finally left the mirror, and Harry breathed a heavy sigh of relief as the footsteps of the Malfoy family faded away.

Draco found nothing, but Harry had the feeling that Draco had let him off on purpose.

But the idea is so ridiculous that if he were Malfoy, he certainly wouldn't do it.

Since a long time ago, the two of them have been enemies, and they dislike each other, and now they are even more mortal enemies.

If it had been Harry who had spotted Malfoy hiding behind the mirror, he wouldn't have hesitated to say so.

Waiting for there was no more sound around him, he took a few deep breaths and crawled out from behind the mirror, his hands and feet were shaking.

Harry came back to the glass cabinet again, and this time he quickly found the peacock Dobby said on the huge glass.

It stands upright, and unlike other birds, its tail feathers are all unfolded behind it.

Harry stretched out his wand and tapped on the peacock pattern, and the whole shelf emitted light green fluorescence, and it spun in response to the sound, revealing the secret passage behind.

Although the secret passage was very dark, Harry jumped down quickly without hesitation.

He knew he had to hurry, he opened the chamber, Malfoy probably already knew, they'd be back soon.

Harry descended the steep stairs, which ended in a heavy door.

Without pausing, he swung his wand upwards forcefully, and the door swung open!

Unlike the dark corridor, there is a glimmer of light inside the door, and a dim candle is placed on the table in the center of the room.

The light was flickering, and in a trance, on the chair in front of the table, a red-haired boy was sitting there with his back to Harry.

"Ron, is that you?" Harry said happily. Although he only had a back view, he recognized Ron at a glance.

Ron sat there quietly, not turning his head to look at Harry who barged in.

He didn't seem to hear Harry's voice either, but it wasn't unresponsive. His body was shaking slightly, looking a little weird.

"Ron, I'm here to save you, we have to get out of here quickly." Harry said excitedly, and quickly came to Ron.

This time, Ron finally seemed to hear Harry's voice, perhaps reacting to his movement.