Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Those were all dishes from Hufflepuff's treasured recipes, and all the food Hermione ate in her dreams were made by the elves.

No wonder, it tastes so much better than in reality.

From this point of view, Duoduo is proficient in cooking.

This is no surprise, as house-elves are known to love to cook and Hufflepuffs have a long tradition of cooking.For those who love to cook, the recipes in the Hufflepuff collection are indeed invaluable treasures.

But this is not what they need, Hermione doesn't like to cook, and recipes can't defeat Voldemort.Could it be that they have a culinary competition with the evil deified Voldemort?

Or use delicious food to influence him?

This is too nonsense, even more absurd than the dream just now.What they need is Hufflepuff's secret treasure key, from which they can gain the power to defeat the evil god and Voldemort.

"If you need this cookbook, I can give it to you, no problem." Duoduo said, picking up another piece of cake and stuffing it into his mouth, "But in my opinion, you don't need to look for any treasure keys at all. , because you have obtained the treasures of the four founders."

"I don't understand what you're saying..." Hermione frowned at him.

"Let me think about how to tell you, you should already know what this place we are in is." Duoduo explained, "The home of this elf, it used to be an ancient warlock in order to seek eternal life, using An eternal dream created by alchemy and black magic."

"I know this. I read the relevant records in the book outside." Hermione wondered, "That ancient warlock was called the God of Nightmare, and Hufflepuff defeated it later."

"You haven't really understood the horror of this place." Duoduo said seriously, his eyes widened like Dobby, "This is a very scary place, and the power of darkness is raging here. That The ancient sorcerer wanted to become a god. It connected with the dreams of mortals through the magic here, created dreams to affect them, and strengthened itself, and even let them sleep forever. Countless people died because of this... The dream you saw just now is like this You must have felt the power."

Chapter 1755 The Elf's Explanation

When it came to that absurd dream, Hermione had many questions, she said uncertainly, "That dream seems to want me to be addicted to it?"

"This is the scary thing about eternal dreams. It can decide whether you are having a good dream or a nightmare, but either way is scary. To me, sweet dreams are sometimes scarier than nightmares, because good dreams are more likely to make people addicted to dreams. Can After all, there are only a small number of people who get rid of the shackles of dreams and wake up like you."

"Get rid of the shackles of dreams? I just feel that there are many unreasonable things?"

"Logic and facts are not important in dreams, what is important is to be able to satisfy the desire of the dreamer, so that people will fall asleep willingly, not to mention the horror of nightmares. Controlling dreams at will is the horror of the Nightmare God Can you imagine the scene? Many people are in a deep sleep forever, and they can’t wake up no matter what. Others are caught in repeated nightmares, waking up again and again, afraid to fall asleep, and even unable to distinguish reality from dreams. only death can end all this..."

The huge kitchen was extremely quiet, only the sound of the elf chewing the cake.

"Whether it's a beautiful dream or a frightening nightmare, the emotional fluctuations of mortals in the dream will make the ancient warlock who has become the god of nightmares stronger." Duoduo continued, picking up another piece Cake, "Its power is getting stronger and stronger, and its scope of influence is getting bigger and bigger. The places it affects are like purgatory... It's scary, isn't it?"

After a long silence, Hermione nodded and said, "Yes!" She imagined the scene of Duoduo talking, and it was indeed very scary.

If such a nightmare god really existed, people might never dare to fall asleep again, but how could it be possible to not sleep for a long time?Death seemed to be the only way out.

But what does this have to do with the treasures of the four founders?

Why did he say that they have got the treasure left by the four founders?

Seeing Hermione's doubts, Duoduo continued, "I want to tell you through this example that magic is a very dangerous force that must be guided correctly. Helga once said that Hogwarts is not only It is to teach students how to use magic, but also to teach them how to behave in the world, to correctly understand their own power, to become a qualified wizard, to understand the true meaning of bravery, wisdom, power, and kindness, and to learn what love is!"

"Love? This sounds very similar to Dumbledore's idea." Hermione thought for a while and said, "He also told us a lot of truths, and told us that the most important thing is love."

"He is a qualified principal. Love itself has magic power, and it is the most powerful power. Only the truly strong can understand this, but unfortunately, most wizards are trying to make themselves have more magic power , learn more powerful magic, obtain immortality through messy methods, the existence of gods like nightmares is not an exception, and they are not the darkest and most terrifying existence." Duoduo said wisely, "At the point in time I was in And in the previous era, the entire magic world was in a mess, wizards abused magic, waged wars, caused massacres, and even attracted the attention of dark creatures in the void in order to seek immortality..."

As he said, he picked up the last piece of cake on the plate and waved it vigorously.

"Wizards think that they are different and superior. They use magic uncontrollably, slaughter Muggles, and wage wars against other races such as elves. The forces of darkness are gathering rapidly. If we continue, we will sooner or later be the same as the last magical age. Perishing, this is asking for death. Against such a background, four talented wizards founded Hogwarts, and the original intention of the school was to teach wizards how to use magic correctly and how to behave as human beings."

This is very similar to the original intention of the school as recorded in "A Piece of Hogwarts School History", but it is also different. After all, things about evil gods and other aspects cannot be casually spoken out.

Hermione somewhat understood what Duoduo meant, and knew why he said that they had obtained the treasures left by the four founders.

Because the biggest treasure left by the four founders is the school itself!

"I just carefully observed the school's operating status in your dream. Many concepts of the four founders have been perfectly inherited and improved." Duoduo stuffed the last bite of cake into his mouth, "Adhering With the ideas of the four of them, Hogwarts has become a successful wizarding school. Over thousands of years, it has cultivated countless wizards. With their efforts, your time is much better than mine. These are the treasures of the four founders, and what they most want to pass on, a hopeful future."

What is the most valuable asset of a magic school?It's not about powerful power, super magic items, or unrivaled magic, but about the school itself, its purpose, philosophy, and spirit, and the students it cultivates.

Hogwarts is the greatest treasure left by the four founders.It transports talents for the magic world and changes the entire pattern of the magic world.

It made sense, Hermione had to admit, but it didn't help much in their current situation.

"The situation is not as good as you imagined. There are still many dark wizards of the kind you mentioned, even within Hogwarts." Hermione retorted, "And the current situation is very troublesome. A person from Hogwarts The graduated black wizard is trying to become an evil god, we must stop him, but our strength is not enough, we need the help of the secret treasure left by the four founders."

"There will always be such a situation. The darkness cannot be completely eliminated." The elf said frankly, "Although I don't know what they put in the secret treasure, if it is an evil god, it may indeed help you Overcome the difficulties. The four of them have been working hard to fight against those dark creatures, and the establishment of Hogwarts also has the purpose of cultivating helpers and successors."

As Helga's most important partner, Elf Duoduo knows many secrets related to the four founders of Hogwarts, and judging from the current situation, the stories of the four founders are not simple at all, they have done many things , not just creating a magic school.

"We need this help. Ivan has already got the keys of the three founders of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, and Hufflepuff is missing." Hermione continued, "We thought Her key will be here, but it doesn’t look like this now. The only clue is that Hufflepuff himself told Ivan that her help will appear at the right time, and when it appears, it means that we have passed the test... "

Chapter 1756 The Return

Hermione stared at Dodo and said seriously, "But I don't know what that means."

"It's literally." Duoduo said, slapping his ears a few times.

He conjured another black drink, and Hermione smelled a sweet smell, and she noticed that the cup he was using was a Hufflepuff gold cup.

"Literally?" Hermione frowned.

"It's there when you need it." Duoduo said with a smile, "Helga has many flaws, but it's still reliable." He gulped down the drink in the golden cup, and when he put it down, the golden cup once again was filled.

Facing this answer, Hermione didn't know what to say for a moment. Judging from what he said, they actually didn't need to do anything, just wait for the key to Hufflepuff's secret treasure to appear.

But is this possible?

Hermione was skeptical about this. He didn't get the key to Hufflepuff's secret treasure from Duoduo, nor did he get the answer he wanted.

Although I already had psychological expectations, I was still very disappointed.Just in time, is it time to fight Voldemort?Compared to Hufflepuff's treasure key, she hopes that Ivan and Dumbledore will return by then.

Just as Hermione was thinking about this, Duoduo drank another glass of drink, and he wiped his mouth with insatiable desire, "It's really delicious. Do you know what my favorite place in the eternal dream is?"

"What?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Everything here is the same as in reality. Although I have been dead for thousands of years, I can still live here. I obtained eternal life in a disguised form in a dream. This feeling is very good. No wonder so many wizards want to live forever. The only The disadvantage is that it may be too monotonous, no matter how rich the imagination is, the thousand years will run out, and I can’t think of new dreams, but I just found a lot of interesting places from your dreams. It's up to them."

A dream that lasted for a thousand years, and will remain so for the next infinite ages.Hermione couldn't imagine this feeling, she didn't think it would be good, what was the value of this kind of immortality?

Everyone is afraid of death and hopes to gain unlimited life, but after they get it, they may find that the real situation is very different from what they imagined. However, since the eternal dream and the home of the house elves are mentioned, Hermione also has many question.

"I don't understand. If this dream tree was created by the black magic of the evil god, why didn't Hufflepuff destroy it, but transform it into a home for elves?"

"Because the darkness cannot be completely wiped out, that guy has other life-saving magic, which Helga has not found and cannot crack. The purpose of our stay here is to prevent the God of Nightmare from reviving and returning." Duoduo explained, "Then An ancient sorcerer created elves, and now we are its jailers. Each elf is responsible for guarding a piece of darkness in his own dream... The grievances between us and the god of nightmares are a very long story. I'm happy to share it with you, but I think you may need to leave this dream even more."

Hermione has been in the dream for a long time, and I don't know how long it has passed in reality.

Since there is nothing she needs here, she really has to leave here.

"I'm leaving!" She nodded, and then she thought of something, "I have one last question, about the current situation of the house elves, do you know? The current elves have become servants and subordinate races of wizards. One thing, I want to know, what do you think?"

She briefly talked about the current situation of house elves and the affairs of the SPEW House Elf Promotion Association. It is very difficult to meet a house elf with a clear mind like Dodo. Although it is a character more than 1000 years ago, Hermione still wants to To know his opinion on the matter.

You know, other house-elves are very resistant to SPEW, unwilling to accept wages and holidays, and Dobby is no exception, which makes Hermione very frustrated.

She hopes to be recognized by the elf, even if it is an elf from a thousand years ago.

"Elves have been serving humans since the day they were created. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Elves love to work, they need work, and they're willing to work for wizards, but we're not slaves or pets. I hope wizards serve Our labor pays wages, although I don't know what to do with the money, but I support your idea. The elves are free!"

House-elves are free...

Duoduo's last sentence was shouted out, but it gave people a sense of unreality.

Hermione felt as if she was getting farther and farther away from him all of a sudden, obviously he was right in front of her, but the world was peeling away, and Duoduo was waving goodbye to her on the opposite side.

She knew she was waking up, that she was leaving the dream and returning to reality.

From a distance, everything in the Hogwarts kitchens was fading into darkness.

Until, darkness becomes the only color.

……

How long will it take to return to reality from the world of the dead?No one can answer this question. After all, there are only a few people who come back from the dead, especially a special case like Ivan.

Since ancient times, he may have been the only one who traveled through space in this way.

In the void, light and shadow flashed quickly in front of Ivan's eyes, and he retreated backwards at a speed faster than light.He felt as if he was flying through the universe, seeing countless strange planets and scenes.

Every planet represents a space.Some of them are very barren, just like the space created by Haierbo; some are full of vitality, with colorful life and ecosystem; some are collapsing, shattered into shocking shapes or only dust, Yes... Before Ivan stopped to take a closer look at these planets and scenes, he was led quickly forward by the Slytherin gem.

Until he entered complete darkness, all the brilliance disappeared.

It seems to be a black hole here, and Ivan can't tell the direction in it, and he doesn't know whether he is moving forward or backward, or falling, and time has lost its meaning.He simply closed his eyes, and he didn't know how long it had passed, until he heard a slight noise in his ear.

Ai Wen opened his eyes and found himself back in reality.This is still a place he is very familiar with. In the past few years, he has been here many times. The round walls are covered with portraits of people. They are talking in a low voice, and the one facing Aiwen Zhang was Dumbledore, smiling as usual.

This is the Hogwarts headmaster's office, which is almost exactly the same as when Dumbledore was still there, except that the master behind the desk is no longer Dumbledore, but Snape in black robe.

He stared closely at Ivan who suddenly appeared, with a dangerous light in his eyes.

Chapter 1757 Something Worse Than Death

"Ivan Mason, what an unexpected visitor." Snape said slowly, in a whisper-like voice, without any warmth, but enough for Ivan to hear clearly.

Facing Ivan who suddenly appeared, he looked a little surprised.In addition, Snape had some inexplicable expressions on his face, as if hesitating whether to pull out his wand and cast a curse on Ivan, but in the end he did nothing.

"Long time no see, professor, nice to meet you." Aiwen said happily, sitting on the chair opposite the desk, "I heard that you have become the principal, which is really good."

"The Dark Lord trusts me very much, and he has entrusted me with great responsibility." Snape said coldly, "If I arrest you and present you to the Dark Lord, he will be happier."

"For a person who has just returned from the world of the dead, he will be happy to see anyone familiar, but I can be sure that the Dark Lord is definitely not included." Aiwen replied, "And we all know, You can't succeed, I won't cooperate, and you won't do it either. Dumbledore told me that I will travel through space to return to his most trusted person."

"The person Dumbledore trusted most?" Snape hesitated, his thin lips twisted into a slightly sarcastic smile, "I doubt if he really trusted someone."

His gaze passed over Ivan, and he looked at the portrait of Dumbledore on the opposite wall.

"Mason, poor guy, you, like that idiot Potter, have been brainwashed by Dumbledore. You don't understand what kind of person he is, don't understand his past and thoughts! Trust? It's ridiculous, Dumbledore Lido's life has been full of lies and secrets, even more than the Dark Lord. He doesn't trust anyone but himself, and I'm not his."

"But I trust him, and I trust you too." Ivan said seriously.

The two looked at each other, and neither of them spoke.For a moment, there were only the whispers of the old principals on the wall in the room.

"I trust you, Severus, you know that," Dumbledore's portrait said suddenly.

"Enough is enough, I don't want to listen to such unquestionable nonsense, and I don't need your ridiculous trust. I would have done my best by not picking you off this wall and destroying you. You are dead, Dark Lord Having ruled here, he is becoming stronger, stronger than anyone can imagine, and no one can stop him." Snape said angrily, then turned his gaze to Ivan, and pulled out his wand extremely quickly, "As for you, Mason, I don't know how you got here, but you're in the wrong place."

"As I said just now, I don't want to fight." Ivan also put his hand on the wand, looked at Snape without giving in, and said slowly, "We have fought many times before, Professor, you should Know my strength, and we have no point in dueling."

"Do you think you are strong? This is not the Hogwarts you are familiar with. As long as I think, I can call a bunch of dark wizards and dementors at any time, as well as terrifying monsters you don't understand. They are all Dark Lords." How many minions can you defeat?" Snape said, with a look of disgust, "The Order of the Phoenix has failed, Dumbledore's plan has failed, the Dark Lord is now far more powerful than before, and we cannot defeat him .I thought you'd be a little smarter, Mason, like fleeing abroad with Potter."

"We have not failed. Dumbledore, Harry and I all firmly believe that when the Dark Lord wants to gain a stronger dark force to become the evil god, he is doomed. His failure is doomed. And I came here , is here to complete all of this." Ivan said seriously.

"What do you want to do, tell me your plan!" Snape pointed at Ivan with his wand.

"The Dark Lord obtained the black magic left by the despicable Hai Erbo in the Land of the Dead, and became the magic of the evil god. We must stop him before he succeeds." Ivan said.

"It's too late." Snape said coldly, "A group of dark wizards from abroad are helping him. They built a building in the swamp deep in the woods. Many corpses were transported there, and Hogwarts wandered around. The number of dark creatures is increasing..."

"He hasn't completed the final steps yet. Haierbo's black magic is to become the god of death. I have seen the specific process of casting the spell in the Land of the Dead. In addition to transforming himself with black magic and preparing a lot of flesh and blood, he also needs a soul. "

"soul?"

"Only living people have souls." Ivan explained, "Dead people don't have these."

"Now I finally understand why he wants to have a large number of wizards arrested. They are on the way to be escorted." Snape said, his long nose twitched, as if he was influenced by Ivan's words and Voldemort's plan Shocked.

"In order to avoid more deaths, we must prevent him from becoming an evil god. The Dark Lord is only semi-evil god at most. We still have a chance, and based on what I know about him, before he becomes an evil god, he will definitely want to rely on Kill Harry yourself to prove his strength and prove that he is invincible." Ivan continued, "We also have the help of the secret treasure left by the four founders of the school. It is not impossible to defeat the Dark Lord. Of course, the most important thing is to destroy all Horcruxes, only then will he lose his greatest support... You know what I mean, professor, we all need your help during the whole process, especially in the most critical time."

Snape didn't answer for a long time, his eyes lost all light in an instant.

"Severus, you promised me that you knew what you were going to do." At this moment, the portrait of Dumbledore on the wall spoke again, reminding Snape not to forget their agreement.

Snape snorted and slumped back in his chair, weakly.After a long time, he spoke, but his tone was deathly calm.

"You know, Dumbledore, this is the most annoying thing about you... I am not afraid of death, and I am willing to give my life, but you ask me to accomplish something more difficult than death."

There was another long silence, and Snape seemed to have nothing to ask.

At this time, a male principal on the wall suddenly said, "They are coming."

Snape stood up again, his face was pale, and he said to Ivan, "The Order of the Phoenix is ​​about to launch an attack on Hogwarts Castle, I will leave here, return to the Dark Lord, and complete what you want me to do, I don't know what you rely on, but I have to remind you, Mason, he is no longer what he was before, and under the blessing of dark forces, his strength is terrifying. I don't want to wait until I do my After doing what was supposed to be done, you failed.”

Chapter 1758 Situation in the Castle

"We will win!" Ivan said with certainty, he was confident of defeating Voldemort.

"That would be the best, because I really don't see the point of storming Hogwarts Castle at this time, it's just to create an opportunity for him to destroy you." Snape said.

"Offense is the best defense, Professor, we have a chance of victory only before he becomes the evil god; and only in the final battle at Hogwarts, we have the possibility of winning." Ivan said, although he did not expect Will catch up with the plans of the Order of the Phoenix, but it's just right.

Everything will be decided tonight.

Snape didn't refute, he looked directly into Ivan's eyes.At this time, another voice sounded from the wall, "They have entered the castle."