"Because Ravenclaw's diadem used to be Voldemort's Horcrux, for safety reasons, I cannot make your contribution to the public." Dumbledore showed an embarrassed look on his face, "Of course, wait for us
After victory, I will let everyone know your contribution."
"It doesn't matter, such a sacrifice for victory is nothing." Ryan waved his hands and made an indifferent expression. Anyway, after giving the thing to the principal this time, he got closer to the big boss, and by the way, he was able to get one through Dumbledore.
A large number of good things that could not be obtained before are already very worthwhile. A little false reputation is nothing. Not to mention that in the current situation, this false reputation will only draw Voldemort's attention. Without this false reputation, it would be better.
"Let me take the liberty of asking, where did you find this crown?" Dumbledore opened the drawer, put the crown in, straightened up and asked. "This is very important, so I hope you can tell me."
"The place where students hide things in the Requirement Room." Ryan felt that there was no need to hide this from the principal, but the process of finding this thing would change slightly. He couldn't tell the principal that I knew this thing was here, right?
.
"Didn't I recycle magic props at Sirius's house before? So after I returned to school, after I used up the batch of things I got at Sirius's house, I started looking for enough raw materials in the school. As a result,
When I was thinking about looking for scraps that no one could use at the door of the Room of Requirement, what was displayed inside the Room of Requirement was a huge junk warehouse. There were a lot of things hidden there by previous students. This helped me a lot.
, a lot of the materials in the recent batch of bracelets came from here." At this point, Ryan paused.
Dumbledore smiled: "It's okay. The things hidden there are all things that no one needs. It's a good thing for you to recycle them. This is also my poor thinking before, and I didn't consider that even if you have money,
It’s also difficult to buy what you need. From now on, if you need anything, you can just tell me and I will help you find it.”
"Thank you then." Ryan smiled and continued. "Later, when I was looking for something inside, I saw this crown from the head of an old wizard bust. At that time, the crown looked rusty at all.
It's not obvious, I just thought the gem on it might be valuable. When I reached out to pick it up, there was a voice inside the crown asking me to put it on, and I realized something was wrong. After that, I put it in a lead box and took it back to study it slowly.
Later I thought it might be a Horcrux, so I used it to experiment with peeling off the remaining souls, and it wasn't until two or three days ago that I succeeded."
"You are taking too many risks, Ryan. I don't want you to do this in the future." After listening to what Ryan said, Dumbledore showed a concerned expression. "You should have told me this kind of thing in advance. It's not like you didn't."
I’ve seen the dangers of Horcruxes.”
"You don't have to worry." Ryan said to Dumbledore with a smile. "I think my level can face all kinds of magic and dangerous curses on the Horcrux. At the same time, it can also weaken the temptation of the soul in the Horcrux.
, not to mention that I received the blessing of the Phoenix when I went to heaven during the summer vacation, allowing my soul to communicate with Hermione. If I have a tendency to be controlled by a mysterious person, she will notify you as soon as possible."
"Okay." Dumbledore smiled. "I should learn to trust you young people now. But if you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me. The door of my office is always open for you."
"Thank you very much." Ryan thanked him sincerely. Now he could buy some things he wanted but couldn't buy before. He could finally start refining the alchemy stone by himself.
After saying a few more words, Ryan said goodbye to Professor Dumbledore and left. As he was going downstairs, he happened to see Harry walking towards Professor Dumbledore's office. It seemed that he was preparing to start a new chapter on getting to know Voldemort.
course.
Ryan discovered that after the last battle at the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore began to consciously train young people, especially Harry. It seemed that during the battle with Voldemort, he realized that he was older and gradually began to be unable to do his job. He felt that it was time
It’s time to train the next generation.
Harry found Ryan who was coming downstairs. After saying hello to Ryan, he went to the principal's office. At this time, Dumbledore had cleaned up all traces of Ryan's visit, leaving only the pensieve on the table.
superior.
After Harry greeted the principal, Dumbledore first talked about the meeting between Harry and the Minister of Magic during the Christmas vacation. Dumbledore was a little moved by Harry's performance, and also mentioned that the Ministry of Magic has been trying to figure out what he was doing.
What, even sent Aurors to follow.
"So they don't know where you are yet?" Harry asked, hoping to get more information on this question that he was curious about, but Dumbledore just looked at him from above the half-moon glasses and smiled. "Yeah.
, they don’t know, and it’s too early to tell you now. I can only say that this matter is very important to defeat Voldemort. Okay, we will continue the class next, unless you have other important things-"
Harry quickly told what he had overheard about the conversation between Snape and Malfoy, but Dumbledore advised Harry not to take it to heart because he thought it was not important. Although Dumbledore's
The answer made Harry very uncomfortable, but he finally chose to watch today's memory as Dumbledore asked.
Dumbledore began to introduce Voldemort's outstanding performance after entering the school, and also pointed out that Voldemort was already very good at disguising at this time. He even organized a small group of his own and triggered many vicious attacks for which no evidence could be found.
.
Next, Dumbledore showed the memory of Gaunt, Voldemort's uncle. In this memory, he saw Voldemort confirm his identity for the first time. After reading the memory, Dumbledore told Harry that he could
It was confirmed that after Voldemort knocked out Gaunt, he used Gaunt's wand to kill his father and grandparents. He then framed his uncle and used some complicated magic to implant false memories into his uncle's mind.
He blamed his uncle and took away the ancient ring.
After Harry and Dumbledore criticized the shortcomings of the Ministry of Magic's traces, Dumbledore solemnly took out another bottle from the pocket inside his robe. Harry paid attention to how Dumbledore poured the contents of the bottle.
Sometimes, the contents in the bottle are not easy to pour into the pensieve. It seems to be a bit condensed. Will the memory also deteriorate?
"Harry, this memory is hard to come by, and I think it is the most important of all the memories I have collected. Of course, it may also be the shortest one." Dumbledore said, "We will be back in a moment. Okay.
,Enter the pensieve again..."
After the familiar feeling of falling, Harry saw a much younger Slughorn in front of him. The most obvious thing was that he was not bald at this time. Looking around, he found that he was in Slughorn's office.
Six or seven boys sat around Slughorn, all fifteen or sixteen years old, and the chairs were harder or shorter than his. Before he could take a closer look, a voice came: "Sir, Professor Mellors wants to
Retired?"
Harry found that the young Tom Riddle who was speaking was also the most handsome man in the house.
"Tom, I can't tell you this." Slug said, shaking a finger covered in icing sugar that he had just pulled out of the jar of pineapple preserves, "but I'd love to know where you got the news from. You
Better informed than most of the professors at Hogwarts."
Riddle smiled slightly, and the other boys also laughed and cast admiring glances at him. Slughorn also laughed. "You are a ghost, you know things you shouldn't know, and you are careful to make friends with important people."
People - thank you for the pineapple preserves by the way, you guessed it, this is my favorite, although I don't know where you know this from - "
At this time, a strange thing happened. The whole room was suddenly shrouded in thick white fog, and Harry could only see Dumbledore's face next to him. Slughorn's voice rang in the room, unnaturally loud:
"—You're going to make mistakes, kid, mark my words."
Then the fog cleared, and Harry saw the small golden clock on Slughorn's desk striking eleven. He began to drive everyone out. But young Voldemort stayed. "Sir, I want to ask you.
Just something."
Then ask quickly, kid, ask quickly..."
"Sir, I would like to ask you if you know... Horcruxes."
Thick fog filled the room again, and Harry could see neither Slughorn nor Riddle. Only Dumbledore was smiling peacefully beside him. Then Slughorn's voice sounded loudly again.
, the same as before.
"I know nothing about Horcruxes, and even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you! Get out immediately, and don't let me hear you mention this again!"
"You're confused." Dumbledore looked at Harry when Harry raised his head, "If you didn't think so, I would be surprised."
"What on earth was that just now?" Harry asked in confusion.
"Professor Slughorn tampered with his own memory. Because he was ashamed of this memory and wanted to tamper with it to make himself more respectable. This is why I don't use Veritaserum or Legilimency.
Because memories can also be false. Therefore, I am going to give you an assignment for the first time, Harry. You have to try to make Professor Slughorn reveal his true memory, which will undoubtedly be our most critical information.
"
Dumbledore said as he brushed the pensieve with his hand, "This memory is everything, Harry. Without it, we are just blind."