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Voldemort stared at Morfin, as if assessing his potential.
Then, he got closer and asked condescendingly, "Is Riddle back?"
"He abandoned my sister and ran back alone. My sister deserved it, married to trash!" Morfin slammed on the ground again, "She didn't know where she died in the end, and she robbed our things. After she ran away Before! Where's the locket, huh, where's the Slytherin locket?"
He seemed to be asking Voldemort, but Voldemort didn't speak, and Morfin became angry again.
"Shame on us, she, that little slut! Who are you? Asking these questions here? It's over, isn't it? It's over? It's over!" he yelled, brandishing his dagger.
He looked away, shaking slightly.
Voldemort stepped forward, when a strange darkness came, swallowing Voldemort's oil lamp and Morfin's candle, swallowing everything, this is not a normal light.
Ivan froze for a moment, passing through the shady scene, he seemed to see Voldemort using a spell.
Dumbledore's hand tightly grasped Ivan's arm, and the two flew back to reality.
"That's all?" Ivan asked.
"Yes, Morfin can't remember what happened after that." Dumbledore said, "What we can know is that when he woke up the next morning, he was lying on the ground alone. This is the ring we were looking for."
Ivan didn't interrupt, waiting for Dumbledore to continue.
"Meanwhile, in the village of Little Hangleton that morning, a maid ran screaming and running through the high street, saying that there were three dead bodies in the drawing room of the great house: old Tom Riddle and his parents, and the Muggle authorities were helpless. As far as I know, they still don't know how the Riddle family died, because the Avada Kedavra generally doesn't leave any scars." Dumbledore continued, "But the Ministry of Magic knew immediately that it was cast by the wizard. They also know of a Muggle-hater who lives across from the Riddles and who has been in jail for assaulting one of the victims in this case."
"So the Ministry of Magic found Morfin, there was no interrogation, no Veritaserum or Legilimency, he immediately confessed, provided details that only the murderer knew, and said he was proud of killing those Muggles, saying He had been waiting for this opportunity for years. The wand he handed over was immediately proven to be the murder weapon for the Riddles, and he didn't resist, and was taken into Azkaban obediently, the only thing that disturbed him was his father's The ring is gone. He will kill me, he said repeatedly to his captors, I lost his ring and he will kill me. That seems to be all he said next, he was in Azkapandu For the rest of his life, mourning the loss of the last of Marvolo's heirlooms, the family's honor has since been shattered, and he was finally buried next to the prison, along with the other poor souls who died there."
"Voldemort killed his father and his grandparents?" Ivan said, "with Morfin's wand?"
Even though I already knew about it, it still makes people shudder to say it now.
Many people have told Ivan that he is as talented as Voldemort in his youth and is an outstanding wizard.
But from what I saw just now, this is the second time Ivan saw Tom Riddle after the diary.
It's not a soul fragment, it's much more real and complete than last time, and the things he did.
Taken together, Ivan can be sure that he is not as good as Voldemort.
Chapter 1076
What Voldemort can easily do, Ivan simply cannot do.
Think about it, how much hatred is needed for a 15-year-old boy to kill his father and grandparents with his own hands and blame it on his uncle...
Even if Ivan is given great power, he will not be able to become the third-generation Dark Lord. He may be a dark wizard, but he will not be more evil than Voldemort.
The first generation of Dark Lord Grindelwald in modern times is no better than Voldemort. Ivan doesn't know much about him, but his research on black magic can make Durmstrang, a student who allows him to learn black magic. His school couldn't bear it and expelled him. One can imagine the degree of evil.
It is not easy to become bad, maybe this is why Dumbledore is at ease with Ivan...
"Yes!" said Dumbledore, sighing softly. "There is no recollection to prove it, but I think we can be fairly sure. On that night Voldemort knocked out his uncle and took the ancient Ring and his wand, went across the valley to the big house opposite, killed the Muggle who abandoned his wizard mother, killed his Muggle grandparents by the way, and wiped out the unworthy Riddle family, And revenge on his biological father who never wanted him. Then he went back to the Gaunts and cast that little bit of complicated magic, implanting a false memory in his uncle's brain and laying the wand next to its unconscious master. "
"It never occurred to Morfin that he did it?"
"No, he confessed and showed off everywhere, taking pride in it. He wanted to do this a long time ago, but he just didn't have the courage."
"But this real memory?"
"He kept it, but it took a lot of highly skilled Legilimency to bring it out. Morfin has pleaded guilty, so who's going to dig his mind? But I went to him in the last few weeks of his life. Prisoner, I was trying to understand Voldemort's past. I managed to extract this memory, and after seeing these contents, I tried to get Morfin out of Azkaban. But the Ministry of Magic has not yet made a decision, mo Fern died, on the land where their family had been."
"But..." Ai Wen wanted to say something, but finally shook his head. Morfin died unjustly, but this is what he needed. He thought he killed the man who tarnished his family's honor, "What about the ring? Is this the last time it's seen?"
"No, I believe he carried the ring with him for a while and was seen by others." Dumbledore said, "But I don't get that memory. It's in the hands of my old friend. I think you and Ha Leigh might be able to get it, he's always liked the company of famous, talented people."
Ivan didn't speak, it was that old friend again, it must be Horace Slughorn.
He used to be a colleague of Dumbledore, the former dean of Slytherin College, and taught Voldemort himself.
As Dumbledore said, he has very important memories there, about Voldemort's past in school, how he rose step by step, the method of making Horcruxes and some extremely critical details, it seems that Dumbledore has already planned to go to I'm looking for him!
With Ivan's intervention, Dumbledore took out these memories that were originally taken out next semester in advance.
Their main purpose is to find Slytherin's ring, and secondly to help Ivan gain a deeper understanding of Voldemort.
Thinking of this, Ivan raised his head and asked, "Professor, where is that ring now?"
"There is no direct information, and we also need to decline, which is the main reason why I let you read these two memories." Dumbledore said seriously, "Since he once made Slytherin's locket into a Horcrux, We have reason to believe that he also made that ring into a Horcrux, and he seems to have a soft spot for what the four founders of Hogwarts left behind. From what I know of him, he was murdering his father and grandparents At the same time, he must have taken the opportunity to split his soul."
"Well!" Ivan nodded, which is not surprising at all, Voldemort does have this habit.
Although there are no specific requirements for items to be made into Horcruxes, Voldemort's pride and dignity made him try to find items with special historical significance to make Horcruxes. He has always been very concerned about the things of the four founders of Hogwarts .
In addition to the Gryffindor items, everything left by the other three founders was found.
"After making the ring into a Horcrux, he must have hidden it." Dumbledore continued, "From what I know of him, he will not give it to other people for safekeeping. The diary is a special case. Well, there aren't many Death Eaters who can get this kind of honor, although he has many devoted friends and followers, but he never believed them, I say this for want of a better word, um , there is no doubt that he has no affection for them."
"Professor, do you think he will hide that ring in the old house of the Gaunt family?" Ivan asked directly.
He doesn't remember this piece very clearly, he only remembers that memory caused Dumbledore a lot of trouble in the original book.
Dumbledore was injured by the curse that Voldemort left on the ring. With the help of Snape, he barely sealed the power of the curse into his hands. He died soon, which directly led to his later death. Of course, that was what he wanted to happen things.
Aiwen is not worried that Dumbledore can't find the ring. Since he can find the first time, he can definitely find the second time.
But now that the situation has changed so much, he doesn't want Dumbledore to die again.
"No doubt, that place has special meaning to him. That's why we need to collect and understand these memories, but believe me, Aiwen, guessing where he hides the Horcrux is only one of the main reasons , you will discover more uses slowly." Dumbledore said, without directly answering Ivan's question, "In fact, the main experience of Voldemort's life can be simply divided into five parts, the first part is his arrival at Hogwarts. Part 1 is about his time at Hogwarts when he found the ring, part 2 is after he left Hogwarts until he reappeared In the past few years, he has transformed from Riddle to Voldemort, the fourth part is his rise to escape, and the last part is the current Voldemort."
"Next year, I will let you and Harry understand part of it." Dumbledore said slowly, "But as I said just now, about the crucial second part, that is, his experience in school , I don’t know much, he deliberately guarded against me, I only know that in the past few years in school, he gained the most basic power, confused many people, and started to make Horcruxes, he won the first batch of horcruxes by his side Followers, this group of people forms a dark force in the castle, they are complex, the weak seek refuge, the ambitious want to gain some power, and the cruel by nature are attracted by a leader who can teach them higher forms of cruelty .In other words, they were the predecessors of the Death Eaters, and some really became the first Death Eaters after leaving Hogwarts."
Chapter 1077 Departure
"Did he summon these people and it happened right under your nose, Professor?"
"Yes, right under my nose!"
Ivan sighed again, Tom Riddle in the student days was really scary.It is not easy for them to form a DA, but look at what they were doing when they were students, forming a dark force under Dumbledore's nose, and enlisting Death Eaters to form a real army.
From this point of view, Ivan is not as good as him.
In fact, strictly speaking, without Riddle's diary, Aiwen would not have the current strength.
Most of the magic knowledge at the beginning was taught to him by Voldemort when he was a student.
There are many of them, and Ivan is also using them now...
It can be said that without Voldemort, there would be no Ivan today.
If he had learned and mastered those esoteric knowledge by himself, he might still be struggling with those magic books.
Whether you can comprehend and sum it up is another matter.
Of course, if there is no Voldemort, Ivan would be happy and relaxed. He spent the past few years at Hogwarts in peace and stability, coping with classwork like Colin, Ron, and Neville, learning some simple magic, and talking to Hermione every day. Dating……
Thinking about it this way, this world without Voldemort is actually pretty good, isn't it?
"As I said just now, he was on guard against me, and he was very wise. He didn't try to confuse me like so many colleagues who confuse me. He once told me that he was determined to start a new life, and I chose to give him this opportunity." Dumbledore Said, as if he could see what Aiwen was thinking, "I have to admit that for a while, I was really deceived by him. Riddle gathered a lot of followers in the school, but he controlled them very strictly. People have never been caught doing bad things openly. Although there were many vicious incidents at Hogwarts during their seven years at school, they could not be conclusively linked. The most serious one was of course the opening of the Chamber of Secrets, causing a girls died. You know, Hagrid was wronged for this case."
"So, unfortunately, although he was once my student, I didn't find much memory about Riddle at Hogwarts, not much useful stuff." Dumbledore said, "There were not many people who knew him at the time." People wanted to talk about him, they were too scared. What I know now is that after he left Hogwarts, he went to great lengths, interviewing people who could be elicited, looking up old records, questioning Muggle I only found out after meeting the wizard."
Voldemort's horror lies not in his strength, but in his ability to demagogue and his ingenuity to fool Dumbledore.
When he gave up these things and turned to pure power, he became less scary!
At the very least, he has the possibility of being defeated. Although he is strong and immortal, he has a fatal weakness.
"Those who will recall to me tell me that Riddle was fascinated by his origins. Of course that's understandable, he was raised in an orphanage and it's natural to wonder how he got there. It seems he was in the prize room, Searched for old Tom Riddle in prefect lists in old school records, and even in history books of magic, but found nothing, and finally he was forced to admit that his father never went to Hogwarts. I believe that's when He abandoned the name, changed it to Voldemort's, and began to investigate his mother's family history, which he had despised before. We will not look at this memory for the time being, but I can tell you clearly that he thinks that since the woman succumbed to death This shameful weakness of human beings makes it impossible to be a wizard."
"The only clue he had was the name Marvolo, which he had learned from the orphanage administrators to be his maternal grandfather's name. After some painstaking research among old books and wizarding families, he finally found the remnants of the Slytherin family. In the summer when he was 15 years old, he left the orphanage he would go back to every year to find his relatives in the Gunter family. As I just said, that place has special meaning to him, and it used to be his dream land, It's also where dreams are broken."
"So, he hid that ring in that house?" Ivan asked again.
"Yes, at least I think so!" Dumbledore replied affirmatively, "That's my destination too."
With a wave of his wand, the Pensieve on the table and the two crystal vials containing memories disappeared.
"It's about time and we have to start after dark, and I think we'd better act like we're wanted since the Ministry of Magic is looking for us," said Dumbledore, pausing, "Oh, yes, since that The ring is now a Horcrux, and I think we'd better take a weapon."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a flash of golden light, and the phoenix Fox appeared above the living room, wearing the tattered sorting hat.
It hovered and threw the sorting hat into Ivan's arms.
"Oh, Fox brought it here!" Dumbledore said, "Please take it, Ivan, we're leaving now."
The real Gryffindor can get the Gryffindor sword from the sorting hat, which is their weapon.
Ivan hurriedly stuffed the sorting hat into his arms, holding Dumbledore's left hand with his right hand.
Dumbledore's right hand grabbed Fox, another golden light flashed, and they disappeared from the living room!
Seconds later, the two of them appeared out of nowhere on a country road.
Fox uttered a low cry, flew into the distance, sprinkled a little golden light, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The night wind blew slowly, and the thick clouds in the sky covered the stars. In front of them was Little Hangleton.
It was somewhat similar to what Ogden saw in his memory, but many houses in the village had been renovated and their layout had changed.
Only the Riddle Mansion stood quietly on the hillside in the distance, just like in the past.
The place has been defeated now, and it seems that no one has lived in it for a long time. Several windows of the house have been sealed, and the tiles on the roof are incomplete. The disappearing Riddle family is like a scary haunted house.
"No one in the village dares to approach there. The murder left a deep impression on them half a century ago." Dumbledore said, "Okay, let's go to the old house of the Gaunt family. Be vigilant , Alvin, I don't think Voldemort would leave no magic at all, just leave the ring there."
"Yeah!" Ivan nodded and added, "Be careful too, professor!"
He wasn't worried about himself, but he was afraid that Dumbledore would see the Resurrection Stone for a while and couldn't stand the temptation...
Chapter 1078 Four Items
Along the dirt road that Ogden once walked in memory, Ivan and Dumbledore walked towards the woods beside the valley.
Unlike the newly repaired main road, the dirt road is still winding, potholed, and full of rocks, and the bushes and hedges on both sides have become taller and denser.
They grow irregularly, filling everything around them, and even covering the original path.
Nearly a hundred years have passed, but there is still not much change here, and time seems to have stood still in this place.
After passing those thick old trees, Ivan saw the old house of the Gunter family again.
Now, this old house should be called a ruin but it is more appropriate.
The moss-covered walls are still there, supporting the main body of the old house tenaciously, covered with plants, the tiles on the roof have all fallen off, the exposed rafters have begun to rot, and the doors and windows have disappeared, leaving A dark hole.
The sound of insects crawling through was heard from inside the house, and the dense nettles had already taken over the place.
Voldemort hid the ring here, and Ivan didn't know whether it was just an unobtrusive good idea, or a bold and crazy idea.
The dilapidated old house offered no protection against any intruders.
But again, no one would be interested in this place, this dilapidated hut was worthless.
From this point of view, the Gaunt family is definitely the saddest pure-blood wizard family ever.
However, it has a special meaning to him.
"Here it is!" said Dumbledore, took two steps forward, and stopped again, "Do you feel anything?"
"What?" Ivan asked in surprise, looking at the dilapidated house in front of him.
"Magic, this place has seen magic." Dumbledore said softly, as if something like a spell was spreading in the air, "Ivan, I told you before, feel it with your heart, don't trust your eyes, that is Unreliable."
He was spinning slowly in place, apparently concentrating on something invisible to the eye.
This is much harder than usual to feel the magic power. Ivan closed his eyes, and the magic power around him seemed to be distorted in the house in front of him.
To use a metaphor, it is like light, which was originally shot in a certain direction, but suddenly deviated.
"In the right corner!" Ivan said slowly, looking for the area where the magic power changes.
"Yes, you feel it too, it's there, let's go in and have a look!" said Dumbledore, striding forward.
"Professor, what kind of magic is this? Is it the same as the one in the cave by the sea?"
Aiwen still has a fresh memory of that magic, and only by using blood can it be broken and it can be entered.
"I don't think so, but it should be just as evil!" said Dumbledore. "There is always a price to pay for that thing. Advanced dark arts are always like this, which is also in line with Voldemort's expectations, but I think It shouldn't be too difficult this time. He was only 15 years old when he got the ring, about the same age as you. A Horcrux, he had never killed anyone before."
Ivan followed him forward, did Dumbledore mean that Riddle wasn't that evil at the time?
"Hogwarts doesn't have so many evil black arts for him to learn about, although I can be sure that he has read every magic book he can find in the restricted section of the library!" Dumbledore said, leading Leading Ivan into the dark cabin, "But those magic books have been screened, and some really dangerous things have been isolated."