Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

You know, Voldemort's soul is very unstable.As long as killing people may split the soul, because of an accident, Voldemort split the Horcrux magic attached to Ron.Then, on that night 16 years ago, at this place, when he killed Harry's parents, would it also cause a split of the soul, allowing a piece of soul to attach to Harry? !

He was defeated by Lily's protective spell at the time, and he couldn't control his excitement and caused his soul to split, making Harry a Horcrux, so Harry was able to enter Voldemort's mind.

Compared with the Horcrux magic on Ron, Voldemort's soul fragments were integrated into Harry's soul, and he himself was a Horcrux.

To destroy Voldemort, all Horcruxes need to be destroyed.After the diary, Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's crown, the ring of the Gaunt family, Hufflepuff's gold cup, the statue of the evil god, and the Horcrux magic on Ron were all resolved one by one, what remained The only one is Harry, he must die to destroy Voldemort.

This is what Dumbledore wants to guide him to know, and it is also the task Dumbledore left for him. At this moment, Harry suddenly wanted to ask Riddle about it. Riddle, who is 15 years old, must know of.

Or, Ivan also knows!It is not Aiwen who should go to the world of the dead, but him!

Seeing that Harry seemed to be listening, Sirius continued, "Apologize to Hermione for what happened just now and the hurtful remarks, Harry, we can't continue to hurt anyone who loves us, especially here kind of time."

Harry's head was a mess of ideas that had just popped up.

He only heard Hermione whisper "I'm fine", and Sirius went on to talk about things related to Bathilda Bagshot, "I think Hermione is right, it's not a good time to visit Bagshot Not a good idea, besides being dangerous, I doubt how many wizards will stay at home, Death Eaters and Dark wizards are hunting people around these days, everyone is terrified and either gets caught or goes into hiding."

"The message on the board confirms that those dark wizards have been here." Hermione added.

"Not only in Godric's Hollow, but also in other places. Voldemort is crazy. If the information about the evil god left by Ivan is true, I can't even think about what he will do! Before Voldemort does even crazier things , we have to stop him, this is our mission. Let’s go to find the home of the house elves, don’t make any more troubles, the enemy may appear at any time, be vigilant. By the way, where is the ruins of the house elves’ home? "

"In the mountains to the east of the valley, Mr. Lovegood found many murals and graffiti left by ancient house elves on a rock wall when he was tracking the horned snoring beast, including house elves The records of the homeland." Hermione said, "I looked at the photos, and it was a rare ancient rune, which was only circulated among goblins and elves. Mr. Lovegood read a lot of materials before deciphering it."

Dobby shook his head and said, "Dobby doesn't know any ancient runes, miss. Dobby has never heard of them, and neither do the other house-elves."

"That happened nearly a thousand years ago, and it's normal if you don't know." Hermione continued, "Since they were conquered by humans, the elves' inheritance has been broken, and they have completely become a subordinate race of wizards. As for elves, they also I have been enslaved by wizards for hundreds of years, and although I have gained independent status through continuous rebellion, there are not many goblins who can remember the traditions and words left by their ancestors."

In fact, not only goblins and elves, for thousands of years, there have been many non-human intelligent creatures and magical animals that have become extinct due to the killing of wizards, such as bear monsters, spore people, and Ge Ge that were recorded in the ancient history of magic. Long, Cyclops, and more.These ancient magical creatures are all extinct now and have become history.

Their magic, writing, and civilization were annihilated.Today's wizards can only see the names of these creatures in books, and imagine their appearance out of thin air.

Some people say that this is a kind of progress, but if you think about it from another angle, isn't it a kind of regret?

Human wizards have explored every corner of the magical world, conquered all magical creatures, and domesticated countless magical animals. They seem powerful and invincible, but in fact they have made the world lose its diversity and a lot of excitement.

"On the mountain in the east!" Sirius said, "I don't have much impression of it, I just remember that there is a statue and building commemorating Godric Gryffindor himself on the top of a mountain somewhere in the east of the valley. It looks like a monastery, and whenever the moon is full, there will be moonlight shining directly above the statue. James and I have visited it. Come on, if the home of the house elves is there, I probably know how to get there."

He said, walking in one direction, Harry and Hermione followed.

Soon, they left the main road and walked on a rugged path, walking in silence for a while.Harry's head was still full of thoughts that had just popped up, and his thoughts were complicated.

Hermione didn't speak either, she thought of Ivan again.If, as Sirius said just now, Ivan met Dumbledore in the world of the dead, what would they say?

The last enemy to destroy is death!The only way to defeat death is to accept it, and Dumbledore may choose to go on and defeat this final enemy.

What about Ivan, will he choose to go on or come back?Only those who are truly courageous will go on without any scruples. Hermione does not doubt Ivan's courage, but she hopes that he can come back, even for her...

In the night sky, the stars were shining brightly, and a shooting star suddenly passed by.

……

Voldemort didn't seem to have thought about whether Harry would come to Godric's Hollow, or thought about it, but he thought that it was already at this time, and he couldn't arrange someone to stay here all the time. Leigh, Hermione, and Dobby were four people, and they didn't meet a Death Eater or a dark wizard along the way.

According to the clues left by Mr. Lovegood, they quickly found the destination of the trip.

Chapter 1739 The Legend of the Lucky Fountain

It was a rock wall deep in the forest, covered by dense vegetation.

No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a very hidden and unremarkable place.

There are few people around, and if there is no guidance, no one will come here at all. Considering the height and abstraction of the murals left by the house elves, even if they are discovered, they will not think about it, but treat it as a Random graffiti, don't know how Xenophilius Lovegood found this in the first place.

In order to prove the existence of the horned snoring beast, what has he experienced!

The four cleaned up the plants on the rock wall, revealing a large number of petroglyphs below, far more than the information provided by Mr. Lovegood.

White paint is used on the rock wall to paint many portraits of house-elves engaging in various activities, as well as many strange animals, including an unknown creature that Mr. It looks more like a mutant llama, and the style of the portrait is very similar to the style of the Hufflepuff gold cup pattern.

"Is there a clue to the location of the house-elf home in this?" asked Sirius.

"It's possible!" Hermione said, looking carefully at the mural in front of her, trying to find something.

"To be honest, I really can't see the significance of these portraits." Sirius frowned and said, "There are some ancient legends in the nearby mountains. I heard about them when I visited James' house during the summer vacation. Before, someone saw a garden full of exotic grasses in the nearby mountains. Many people said that the Fountain of Good Luck was in that garden. Have you heard the story of the Fountain of Fortune? This story It is very famous, and it is one of the most widely circulated bedtime fairy tales in the wizarding world. When I was a child, Regulus and I listened to my mother telling it."

"You mean the Fountain of Good Luck? It can't be the story of the Fountain of Good Luck I've read, right?"

"What are you talking about, Hermione, there's only one story about the Fountain of Luck, and every version is pretty much the same. There's a Fountain of Fortune in a delightful garden, protected and shrouded in magic. You can get permanent good luck after taking a bath. Three witches with their own misfortunes set off to find the fountain of good luck. After going through all kinds of disasters, they all reaped their own good luck. You all understand that happiness depends on your own hard work..."

"I know this story, Sirius, I mean, there is the story of the Fountain of Fortune in the "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" that Dumbledore left me." Hermione said excitedly, "You say, he Did they find something, so they left us a clue."

"It might just be a coincidence!" Sirius said disapprovingly.

"I compared the materials, and the "Tales of Beedle the Bard" left by Dumbledore is not the complete version, his book only has five stories, which is only a small part of the complete "Tales of Beedle the Bard". Why did he specifically select these five stories? He must have a purpose in doing so. Since "The Legend of the Three Brothers" is true and corresponds to the Three Deathly Hallows, then "Fountain of Good Luck" may also be true, corresponding to That's the garden you're talking about," said Hermione quickly, "and that garden might be the home of house-elves."

"Sounds a lot like Dumbledore," Harry muttered.

"I'm not as optimistic as you, Hermione. The Fountain of Luck is one of the oldest legends in the wizarding world. It has been widely circulated and almost all wizards have heard of it. Dumbledore may simply like that story. Even if that The Garden is really the home of the house-elves, so how can the story of the Fountain of Fortune help us?" Sirius continued, "We don't know how to find that place at all? I don't know how many wizards have come here for thousands of years. Passed by here, looking for the garden and the lucky fountain, but found nothing. In fact, as the world's oldest wizarding gathering place, I don't know how many legends like this are left in Godric's Hollow. Every The ancient pure-blood wizarding families have hidden secrets, and they are all sealed in this valley."

"But I have a feeling, it's here." Hermione said with certainty, she quickly walked forward to a petroglyph, and took out Hufflepuff's gold cup from her pocket. She kept it in her hands, "Look quickly, isn't this mural very similar to the pattern on the gold cup?"

"Indeed..." Harry and Sirius stepped forward and compared and observed carefully, "They are exactly the same, both in the style of house elves."

"But what does this represent?"

"Hmm..." Hermione pondered, looking quickly at the next few paintings, "This seems to be some kind of ceremony, and the gold cup is the key prop. This gold cup used to be a sacred vessel of house elves, which could keep food fresh. Used for some sort of ritual. You see here, this thing might be a gold cup, and these are house-elves."

She pointed to the petroglyph next to the one Mr. Lovegood had made sure of the Snork's existence.

"And what's this in front of them, a horned snorkel and the house-elves it eats?" Harry asked suspiciously.

In the portrait, many house elves are prostrate on the ground, and a golden cup is placed on the stone pier in front of it. There is something in the golden cup, which seems to be sacrificed to a horned snoring beast, and there are several small animals inside the strange creature. elf.

Later, the picture became very abstract, and it was impossible to understand what the sculptor wanted to express. After a few more pictures, the ancient rune of "House Elf Homeland" appeared on the painting, which was a land full of lush plants. The place looks a lot like the secret garden that Sirius said.

The thing in the middle looks like a tree, but it doesn't quite look like it... These paintings are so abstract that it is difficult for anyone to guess what the ancient house-elves were trying to express.

"Are we going to dedicate gold cups of food to the Snork? Or some of us to the Snork." Harry said uncertainly, the murals making his head even more confused, "Then, it will take the rest of the people to the home of the elves?"

"It's really ridiculous, let the monster swallow itself, and any reasonable person knows that the horned snorkel does not exist." Sirius said. Only Xenophilius Lovegood would believe that, and I don't think he's normal here." He nodded his head with his finger.

"Maybe it's not a crooked snorkel, but it does have to sacrifice food to something." Hermione's eyes still stayed on the mural, "We've looked through some existing materials about house elves before they were enslaved. They used to Worshiping some kind of nature god, I think that might be what they worshiped."

"But what does this have to do with the Fountain of Good Luck mentioned just now? And where are we going to sacrifice food? It can't be just to put the golden cup here, it looks stupid..."

"Dobby has something to say, and Dobby feels something unusual." Dobby said suddenly, and the other three looked at him in surprise.

"what have you found?"

"A force, Miss Granger, Dobby doesn't know, something seems wrong here..." Dobby said, before coming to a mural depicting many plants that seemed to be.He felt it for a while, then stretched out his hand to touch the rock wall.

Chapter 1740 The Magic Garden

"Dobby can feel that something is attracting Dobby, Dobby..."

Before he finished speaking, the rock wall in front of him suddenly changed.

A rippling magical ripple flashed, and the surface of the rock formation moved, as if something was about to drill out of it.Soon, a large number of dark green vines appeared from behind the rock wall, which looked very much like devil vines. The vines were intertwined with each other to form a hole on the rock wall that was about the same height as a house elf. The interior was pitch black.

"It's house-elf magic, no wonder no wizards have ever discovered it." Hermione said pleasantly. "The house-elf's home is inside! Dobby, do you still feel anything?"

"Dobby doesn't feel anything but the magic, miss," Dobby squealed. "Is that the old house-elf magic? Dobby never saw it."

"Let's go in and have a look." Hermione said eagerly.

"Better be careful," said Sirius, the tip of his wand glowing strongly, and he stretched his arms inside the opening, which was flanked by a mass of vines.

They are intertwined and staggered, extending obliquely forward, leading to a deep place underground.

Because the passage is too narrow, only one person can pass through at a time.

The four discussed their formation, and decided that Sirius would lead the charge, followed by Dobby, Hermione, and Harry at the end.Thus they entered the passage one by one, talking about the wonders of this magic, and what the house-elf home might be.

The long and narrow tunnel has been extending underground, and it is not known where it leads.The magic wands of the three were faintly visible, and they were not in any danger.

Hermione crawled forward while carefully observing the vines on both sides. She had never seen this kind of plant before. It might be a magical plant cultivated by the ancient house elves. Soon, the rock wall behind the vines gradually turned into mud. , They have already entered a deep place underground, at this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Do you still remember what was said in the story of the Fountain of Fortune? The garden located in the deep mountains is protected by high walls and powerful magic. Only the vines in the garden can prop up the high walls and open a passage. The three The witch entered the garden through the passage made of vines, which corresponds to everything in front of us."

"I really don't want that story to be true, because the second problem the witches encountered was a huge earthworm blocking the way." Sirius' voice came back from not far ahead, and it sounded weird, "In Fighting underground, we don't have an advantage, and I tried it just now, there is indeed a strange magic power here, which cannot be apparated, if...be careful, we seem to be in the right place."

At the end of the vine tunnel is a huge space.When Harry climbed out, Sirius was waving his wand and shooting light balls around, and the strong light dispelled the darkness here.

Looking around, this is a huge underground cave, with dense green vines on the surrounding rock walls, and the source of the vines cannot be seen, nor does it know where they extend from.

"This is where the house-elves live," said Hermione, looking around constantly. "Look at these vines on the rock face. They might just come out of the garden."

"Forget about the vines, where's the Hufflepuff key?" Sirius asked.

"The elf demon summoned at Hogwarts told us that Hufflepuff's house-elf brought her treasure to the house-elf's home," recalls Harry. Home, then it must be somewhere in this cave."

"But it's so big here, it's not easy to find the hidden things, and we don't have time, so it's impossible to find them slowly."

"I know that if the legend is true, the treasure of Hufflepuff may be in the last Fountain of Good Luck, which is the core of this place." Hermione said with certainty, "This is just the periphery of the garden , I haven't seen any other plants except vines."

"Then where should we go? Or let Dobby touch the wall again and trigger the magic of the ancient house-elf." Sirius turned and asked, "Do you feel anything?"

"No!" said Dobby excitedly.

"In the story of the Fountain of Good Luck, the second test is a huge earthworm." Hermione analyzed, "Do you still remember the petroglyphs we saw just now? Maybe we can summon it."

"What is summoned?"

"The earthworm, or the horned snoring beast, or the badger on the golden cup. I don't know what it is. We can only know it when it is summoned. It will take us to the third level."

"Are you crazy?"

"That's what's written in the story, I'm just analyzing it." Hermione said, then she seemed to see something, and suddenly raised her voice, "I seem to have found that platform, exactly as I thought, there should be a platform here .”

She walked forward quickly and came to a tall raised stone.

"What platform, please explain clearly."

"It's the table where the gold cup is placed. That's what the mural outside is like. I think this is it. Seriously, didn't you pay attention to the content of the mural just now?" Hermione said softly, putting Hufflepuff's gold cup on the table. Going up, "It should be placed here, yes, there is a groove here, which matches the size of the gold cup, and then put in the offering, and the earthworm will appear."

Harry and Sirius looked at each other in disbelief.

But for this kind of situation, Harry has been very familiar with it for more than six years. He knows what he should do, that is, keep his mouth shut and wait for Hermione's operation. Usually, what she said is right at this time of.

Sirius was still unclear, so he asked, "What is the sacrifice you are talking about? I have never learned about the diet of house elves, Dobby, what do you like to eat?"

"Dobby is not a picky eater. A good house-elf eats leftover food from its master. Dobby likes to cook food. Dobby will eat whatever the master likes." Dobby racked his brains thinking about what he likes to eat. "Now, the food that Master Ivan or Harry Potter likes is what Dobby likes."

"Sounds really good, we should go back and make a dish that Harry likes to bring back." Sirius said sarcastically.

"It's water!" Hermione said suddenly, "I think so. In the story, the earthworm blocking the way wants the witches to prove the pain to it, and the last witch is left in despair because she is worried that she will miss the fountain of good luck." Tears, the earthworm sipped the tears from her cheeks, its thirst was relieved, and it moved aside, it was thirsty and painful because of lack of water, so it asked the witches to prove the pain to it."

Chapter 1741 Alchemy Creation

"Please, Hermione, stop talking about that fairy tale, it's just a story."

"It's not just a story. From the information I found, the ancient house elves also believed that water was sacred. It nurtured the growth of all things and dedicated it to the gods they believed in." Hermione said, taking out her wand and pointing at the golden cup , "And I think there is nothing to lose by experimenting. Clear water is like spring!"

A gust of water spouted from the tip of her wand, and soon filled the golden cup on the dais.

In the darkness, everyone remained motionless, looking nervously at Hufflepuff's golden cup.

Everyone was waiting for something to happen, and time passed very slowly.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Just when they thought nothing was going to happen, Hufflepuff's golden cup really had some kind of magical reaction, and the water inside suddenly gushed out continuously.

The water flows outward from the center of the golden cup, and soon covers the stone platform.Miraculously, the water didn't spill onto the ground.

They stopped when they reached the edge of the ledge, forming a mirror-smooth surface.

It can be seen that a large amount of clear water is continuously gushing out of the golden cup and flowing to the stone platform below, but the flow of water cannot be felt on the stone platform, showing a strange calm.

"How is this going?"

Hermione watched closely with interest, trying to figure out the reason behind it.At this moment, Sirius suddenly shouted, "Come back, Hermione, something is coming, be careful!"

As soon as his words fell, the water in the golden cup rippled.With the center of the golden cup as the dot, the ripples spread outward layer by layer, continuously.

Soon, the ripples broke the calm of the entire water surface, and the fluctuations became more and more violent.Hermione felt that the ground under her feet was shaking, and something was rapidly approaching from below, she hurriedly backed away, and under the command of Sirius, the four of them leaned close together, trying to get as close to the exit as possible.

At this moment, even the entire space was trembling.Amidst the huge roar, something came out of the ground.

What the hell is this!

Half of its body is exposed outside, and half of it is buried in the soil.Everyone present has never seen this kind of thing before, it doesn't look like a magical animal, it looks like some kind of mechanical creation, but it can't be said to be completely...