Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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After being abandoned by the old Tom Riddle, Merope came to London alone.

She was pregnant and couldn't go back to the old house of the Gaunt family. There was no one and no place to turn to.

She was so poor that in order to survive, she had to sell her priceless locket to Mr. Bock in Borgin Bock store.

She only got ten Galleons, and she relied on ten Galleons for nearly a year.

Suffering, mourning, grief and chronic malnutrition ultimately killed her.

Later, on a snowy New Year's Eve, she collapsed on the front steps of a Muggle orphanage.

There, she gave birth to Voldemort, and less than an hour later, she died, leaving behind this newborn baby, the name Tom Marvolo Riddle, and the wish for the child to be like his father , love for the child and his father, and a shame that cannot be erased.

Undoubtedly, this incident was a great shame to Voldemort.

At least until the age of 15, he has been brooding about it.

He thought his mother was like one of those stupid Muggle girls who were shameless, played with and then ruthlessly abandoned.

Finally, she died.

Like so many sad Muggles, died in obscurity, no one even knew his name.

But in fact this is a struggle against fate, a failed struggle.

The complexity of the matter was far beyond imagination, and Merope was far stronger than Riddle initially imagined.

When the 15-year-old Riddle first learned about these things, it must have touched him to a certain extent.

This can be proved from the photo that was torn apart and glued together again. His inner feelings at that time were extremely complicated.

It is impossible for a 15-year-old boy to have no affection for his mother, despite the darkness of his life experience.

He must have fantasized countless times, and this kind of feeling is called love!

Tiny, but it did exist in Voldemort's heart, deeply buried in the heart of a 15-year-old boy.

"The basis of communication is sincerity!" Ivan reminded.

"Well, if that's what you want to know, I admit, I did feel sad, but absolutely no love!" Riddle insisted.

"But you cried?"

"I'm crying, because I can't control the stupid tears flowing out!" He shouted loudly, and the phantom body shook violently, "I regret doing this. Be careful to touch the magic left on this ring, and in a shaking of the distance, I saw my mother suddenly appear beside me. Yes, I have never seen her before, but she is exactly the same as in the photo."

"This stone can call back the dead." Dumbledore said softly, signaling Ivan not to continue asking this question, "but it doesn't seem to be in the way I imagined, or our method of use is wrong. Tom, You saw your mother, and what happened?"

Since his student days, Dumbledore wanted to get all the Deathly Hallows, especially the Resurrection Stone, which was extremely important to him.

He once wanted to use it to revive his parents so he wouldn't have to take care of his sister Ariana.

Now, he wants it too.

He wanted to resurrect his sister, and told her personally how much regret he felt in his heart...

But the experience just now may have made Dumbledore understand that the resurrection stone will not really resurrect the dead.

It can only recall the soul, or something more real than the soul, but it is definitely not a real resurrection.

But listening to Dumbledore's tone, he seemed not quite sure yet, or rather not giving up.

"That woman said a lot of stupid things to me. It was a kind of magical power that I didn't understand. She guided me forward, leaving the big house, and came to an illusory world, the world of death." Riddle Said slowly.

He closed his eyes, as if recalling that terrible experience.

Ivan took a quick look at the ring and the black gemstone on it. The method of using the resurrection stone is to rotate it three times in the hand.

But neither Riddle nor Dumbledore did this, but they still triggered the magic on the resurrection stone.

Dumbledore's situation can also be explained just now, his blood dripping on the resurrection stone touched Voldemort's magic.

But Riddle definitely didn't use the resurrection stone in the correct way back then, what's going on?

Also, the resurrection stone does not have the function of leading the living to the world of the dead.

Ivan is not so sure about this, because he remembers that Harry used this resurrection stone in the original book.

After Harry was killed by Voldemort, he entered the world of the dead. He saw that Dumbledore was dead and got the final guidance.

This matter itself is very abnormal, and the normal destruction of the soul in the body will definitely not have this effect.

Perhaps as Riddle said, the resurrection stone and the ring have magic they don't understand, bringing the living to the world of the dead.

Look at the rest of the Slytherin stuff, and there's one that's really easy, that guy likes to keep secrets.

Perhaps it was because Riddle was his descendant and met certain conditions, so the magic left by him was triggered.

"Tom, what does the world you see look like?" Dumbledore asked.

"A illusory world, everything is black and white like I am now. It may be more real than the fog, but it is still full of depressing feelings. My mother and I left the big house. She said she would take me Going home, we crossed the canyon and came here..."

"here?!"

"That's right, it's ridiculous that she actually calls this dilapidated house her home." Riddle said disgustedly, "In the picture I saw, this house was not in ruins, but when it was still inhabited." I met my grandfather Marvolo Gaunt here, he said his name to me, and he was talking to me, although I always wanted to communicate with him, but this situation is so abnormal Now, I'm not stupid enough to believe the nonsense of a dead man transformed by magic."

"What did you do then?" Dumbledore asked with interest.

"I pulled out my wand and cast a spell on him, he dodged, his figure changed again, he was not Marvolo Gaunt at all, but Death in disguise, an old man with a hood, I hate That guy!" snapped Riddle, "he made me uncomfortable, so I used Avada Kedavra on him."

"Interesting!" said Dumbledore softly, as if considering the truth of what Riddle said.

"That god of death, he was hit by my magic, he was about to die, I killed the god of death! Before he died, he said that I could get a reward from him as a reward for defeating him!" Riddle said , "It's ridiculous, isn't it? That's what I thought at the time. Whether he is really Death or not, I will conquer him. I am invincible. I will eventually become the most powerful wizard. I put these words told him."

Chapter 1087 The Legend of the Three Brothers

Having said that, Riddle suddenly paused.

He seemed a little hesitant, not sure whether to tell the next thing, which was related to his biggest secret.

But the situation in front of him clearly told him that he had no other choice.

"Then, he asked my name." A few seconds later, Riddle continued, "The guy who calls himself the god of death, he knew about my plan to make a Horcrux, I didn't tell him about it, but he Seeming to be able to read my mind, he told me he would grant my wish..."

"So your soul is split?" Ivan looked at him in surprise, it was really incredible.

"That's right, when I woke up, I was split from my soul and stayed on this ring." Riddle said, "Believe me, damn kid, my reaction was as surprised as yours, and even more so. Shocked. I didn't do anything, and I don't know what happened, but I apparently became a Horcrux, and Reaper granted my wish."

"A Horcrux made by Death himself?!" Dumbledore looked at Riddle.

"Yes, Professor, do you know what's going on?" Riddle asked, returning to that humble and polite look.

"Not sure, but there are some guesses!" Dumbledore didn't seem to want to explain.

Seeing his appearance, a look of annoyance and anger quickly flashed across Riddle's face, and he didn't continue to ask.

Since Dumbledore is not going to say it, but no one can know it from him!

But Ivan is still thinking, what is Dumbledore's guess?

Reaper granting Tom Riddle's wish sounds very much like that legend, the legend of the three brothers.

Aiwen looked at the ring in the cabinet, but because of the light and angle, he couldn't see the emblem of the "Peverell" family on the ring.

But it must be there, proving in silent language that this legendary story really happened.

As early as three years ago, Aiwen found the "Story Collection of Beedle the Poet" that accepted the legend of the three brothers.

It was the only thing he could find about the Deathly Hallows, and he remembered that story unmistakably.

A long, long time ago, three brothers were on their way along a secluded trail, and it was nearly dusk.

As they walked, they came to a river that was too deep to wade through, and too dangerous to swim across.

However, the three brothers were proficient in magic, and with a wave of their wands, a bridge appeared on the treacherous water.

When the three reached the middle of the bridge, a figure in a black hood blocked their way.

He was Death, and Death had spoken to them.

He was angry that he lost three new offerings, because travelers usually drown in this river.

The three brothers escaped their fate and were lucky enough to miss death.

But Death was very cunning, and he pretended to congratulate the three brothers on their magic, saying that they had escaped Death by virtue of their cleverness, and each of them could get a reward.

The boss is a warlike man who wants the most powerful wand in the world: a wand that can always help his master win in a duel, a wand worthy of a wizard who has conquered death!

The Grim Reaper went to an elder tree on the shore, made a wand out of the hanging branches, and gave it to the eldest brother.

The second child is an arrogant man who decides to continue humiliating the god of death, and what he wants is the ability to bring the dead back to life.

The god of death picked up a stone from the bank and gave it to the second child, telling him that this stone has the ability to bring the dead back to life.

Then Reaper asked the youngest, San, what he wanted. The third was the most humble and smartest, and he didn't believe in Reaper.

Therefore, he wanted something that would allow him to get out of there without being followed by death.

Reaper granted his wish and reluctantly gave him his invisibility cloak.

Then, the god of death stood aside and let the three brothers continue on their way.

They talked about the wonderful experience just now, admired the gift of the god of death, and walked forward.

Later, the three brothers separated and moved towards their respective destinations.

The boss walked for more than a week, came to a remote mountain village, and quarreled with a wizard.

Naturally, he used the "elder wand" made of elderberry as a weapon, and he would undoubtedly win the duel. He possessed the most powerful strength. After his opponent fell to the ground and died, he went on and walked into a tavern , boasting loudly how invincible the powerful wand he got from the hand of death.

That night, after the eldest was very drunk, another wizard crept up to his bed, stole the wand, and slit his throat.

In this way, Death took the boss's life.

At the same time, the second child returned to the home where he lived alone, took out the stone that could bring the dead back to life, and turned it in his hand three times.

To his surprise and surprise, the girl he wanted to marry but unfortunately died young appeared in front of him immediately.

But she was sad and indifferent, and there seemed to be a veil between them.

Although she returned to the world, she didn't really belong here, and she was in pain.

Eventually, the second child, driven mad by hopeless longing, committed suicide in order to actually be with her.

In this way, the god of death took the life of the second child.

However, the god of death has been looking for the third child for many years, but has never been able to find him.

The third child lived until he was very old before he finally took off the cloak and gave it to his son.

Then, he greeted death like an old friend, and happily joined him as an equal, and left the world.

The elder wand, the resurrection stone, and the invisibility cloak, these three items are the Deathly Hallows.

It is rumored that as long as you have them, you can defeat death and become the master of death.

Undoubtedly, Death is cunning.

In his original plan, the three brothers were supposed to drown in that river as a sacrifice to him.

When the three brothers escaped the fate of death, he was unwilling to lose the three sacrifices, so he appeared in front of them, saying that he wanted to give each of them a reward, but in fact he wanted to bring their fate back. to death.

The Three Hallows of Death, three legendary magic items, were originally the three baits of the God of Death.

In the end, only the clever third child escaped the pursuit of death and walked to the end of his life without incident.

In the story of 15-year-old Tom Riddle, he also sees death and escapes from him.

The god of death decided to give him a reward, to help him create a Horcrux, to help him conquer death...

If this god of death was the same as the god of death in the legend of the three brothers, he would definitely not have such kindness.

Ivan was almost certain that Voldemort was cursed from the moment this Horcrux was made!

He chose strength, therefore, death will be his final destination...

Of course, the so-called god of death does not actually exist, let alone appear in this ring.

Considering that this ring has been in the hands of Salazar Slytherin for a long time, Ivan is more inclined to leave a spell left by the legendary wizard...

Chapter 1088 Special Horcrux

"Magic left by Slytherin?"

A flash of inspiration flashed in Ivan's mind, and clues appeared quickly.