Dorje turned the empty wine glass over and pushed it to Aberforth.
The next step is to get down to business.
"Albus, what kind of magic is that?"
Dumbledore pondered for a moment, "Tom is very obsessed with the origin of his bloodline, especially after knowing his origin."
He watched Aberforth put away the wine glass with a somewhat hollow look in his eyes, "He also has the talent of Parseltongue, and he also cultivated a basilisk."
Duoji's jaw opened wide, "Despicable Haierbo?"
"I didn't believe it at first." Dumbledore refocused his eyes on his dislocated chin.
"I met Horace yesterday."
In the entire Hog's Head Bar, the only sound left was the sound of Aberforth wiping his wine glass.
Dumbledore and Dorje became friends because they were both isolated by almost all students at the time.
One is the son of a Muggle hater, and the other unfortunately suffered from dragon pox before going to school.
Except for one Slytherin student, none of the students had any communication with the two.
Horace was born into the Slughorn family, one of the later Holy Twenty-Eight Families.
He made several outstanding Muggle-born friends during his time at school.
Although the Slughorn family is not a pure-blood supremacist, his parents hope that he can make more "outstanding" students.
He knew all the students with outstanding talents and distinguished backgrounds at that time.
Dumbledore and Dorje were rejected when they first entered school, and they clearly did not meet the definition of "excellent".
But perhaps because of his unique vision or his kind nature, Horace Slughorn took the initiative to make friends with the "bad" students in the eyes of his two parents.
It turns out this is right.
Dumbledore was not shrouded in his father's shadow and quickly showed his excellence in all aspects.
Even if Duoji is not at this level, he is far better than the students of the same period.
Although Slughorn did not have a deep friendship with the two of them, their relationship could be called friends.
"No wonder he resigned from the position of Dean of Slytherin." Duoji sighed in a low voice, breaking the silence.
Dumbledore smiled helplessly, "I used to think that he could not face his favorite disciple, but I didn't expect that the truth would be so cruel."
They met yesterday evening.
After slightly revealing that the diary contained Tom's sixteen-year-old soul, Slughorn's expression was very complicated.
A little relieved, a little uneasy.
At that time, Dumbledore only had the most evil and terrifying black magic in his mind.
Split a part of the complete soul and hide it in an object. Even if the body is completely destroyed, the original soul will not be harmed.
Such evil and terrifying magic also has shortcomings.
After losing his body and mana, he will be so weak that he is worse than a wandering spirit.
Voldemort's condition when he escaped under Dumbledore's nose last year was exactly as described.
"Horace, is the real reason why you resigned as dean because you found out that Tom made a Horcrux?"
Slughorn did not refute, which was regarded as an indirect admission of the facts.
Dumbledore and Grindelwald pursued powerful black magic in the past. Although they had some contact with soul-related matters, their understanding was not very deep.
When it was almost early in the morning, after playing the emotional card and repeatedly ensuring that a Horcrux had been destroyed, Dumbledore finally pried open Slughorn's mouth.
"Even a dark wizard would find it difficult to bear the pain caused by simply splitting one's soul.
As for splitting a soul suitable for being contained in a Horcrux, only one person before Tom had succeeded."
Two thousand years ago, Herbo in ancient Greece not only cultivated the basilisk, but was also the first dark wizard to create a Horcrux.
The forcibly divided soul will become weak as time goes by, and eventually disappear together with the Horcrux.
Through some evil behaviors that are more unnatural, the soul of the original body will be broken into pieces as if cursed, and it will become a special independent individual.
Evil does not have a broad definition.
It can be targeted murder, or it can be unjustified killing.
Horcruxes are like portkeys. They contain soul fragments. They can be anything in the world.
"Twelve years ago, when Lily's magic reflected the killing curse back on Tom, I knew he had successfully made a Horcrux."
Dumbledore did not blame or complain about Slughorn.
Tom was very good when he was in school, and his perfect appearance was very deceiving.
"Horace, I have one last question."
"I don't know, Albus, I really don't know."
Once the Horcrux is destroyed, no matter how far away the body is, you will feel the pain of the soul being destroyed.
And Dumbledore learned from some secret information channels that Tom, who is worse than a wandering ghost, is Voldemort, and he is still staying in the paradise of dark wizards, the Black Forest of Albania.
As the number of divisions increases, the soul becomes more and more unstable.
Then there is only one reason for not escaping, because the level of instability has reached the point where you cannot feel the pain of your soul being wiped out.
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"Horace, would you like to—"
"No, if I had known that he had made more than one Horcrux, you wouldn't have seen me here today."
Slughorn packed his luggage and ran away overnight, but he left one thing behind before leaving.
Dumbledore did not ask what the memory was in the vial, nor where he could be found.
There have always been only a handful of wizards who have the courage to fight against Voldemort.
He kills at will and has an extremely crazy and cruel character.
If the soul of the original body is resurrected, Lucius, who did not keep the diary, will die, and Slughorn, who revealed the secret of the Horcrux, will also die.
After hearing all this, Dorje sighed helplessly,
"It's just a matter of time. Even if Horace hides earlier, where will he hide in the end?"
"He is a coward." Aberforth put the polished cup away.
"Rather than hiding in a place where they won't be discovered, it's better to find all the Horcruxes and end this."
"No, he is very brave." Dumbledore looked into his equally blue eyes and said,
"He gave me all his memories of Tom, even if it was just some insignificant chat."
Aberforth said nothing more, just picked up another cup and wiped it silently.
Duoji looked at the two brothers who fell silent without being surprised.
Since Ariana's unexpected death, his best friend has been living in a hell called regret.
His younger brother Aberforth is the other extreme.
Never regret, never reflect.
When they were young, the relationship between the two brothers was very bad, almost to the point where they would fight whenever they met.
Later, what happened with Aurelius allowed them to sit down a little calmly.
By the time Grindelwald was defeated and Voldemort's shadow began to shroud the British Isles, the Dumbledore brothers had actually reconciled.
But some things just happen, and they can never go back to the beginning.