Although Evan himself does not use these dark arts, this book is indeed very informative, and the dark magic recorded in it has given him a lot of inspiration.

Aside from the Horcruxes and the Three Unforgivable Spells, there were other dark arts recorded in the book that Evan hadn't even heard of before. Now through this book, I know that if Voldemort or the Death Eaters used those magic, he also knew how to crack it.

He looked at it for a moment, then jerked his head up.

Evan suddenly remembered that now was not the time to read a leisurely book, Dumbledore and Sirius were about to return, and there was not much time left for him.

They wouldn't let themselves be exposed to this kind of dark magic book, especially the book at hand, "Cutting-edge Dark Arts Revealed", which also has the method of making Horcruxes.

He can't read it here, he has to take the dark magic books in front of him and study them slowly when no one is around.

Evan frowned and looked at the dark magic books in front of him, these books were too big and thick, and it was inconvenient to carry them.

Just the book "Revealing the Secrets of Cutting-edge Black Magic" at hand, it was very difficult to pick up, and it was impossible to take all the books away, he had to think of a way.

The best practice is the Stretch Without Traces spell, which enlarges the space and can be used on a carry-on backpack or handbag to fit in whatever you need to carry without considering size or weight.

But this spell is very complex and extremely difficult to use, and Aven has tried several times before without success, and it is even more impossible to do it in a hurry.

He thought for a moment and pulled out his wand.

Since the Traceless Stretching Charm didn't work, he was going to use the Shrinking Charm.

When he encountered Aragog in the Forbidden Forest the other day, Evan had intended to use this spell on him, but it didn't work out at the time.

After returning to the castle, he deliberately practiced many times, and he had mastered the shrinking spell completely.

"Shrink down!"

As Aven spoke, the wand glowed blue. The heavy, thick spellbook on his knees quickly shrunk, shrinking to the size of half a palm.

Evan nodded with satisfaction, picked it up and looked at it, the current size of this book is very small, but the weight has not changed at all, if it weren't for the shrinking charm, it is hard to believe that this kind of pocket magic book would have this kind of weight.

He put the shrunken "Secret of Cutting-Edge Black Magic" in his arms, and then selected a few more magic books to shrink until he could no longer hold them.

Shortly after Evan finished, Sirius returned with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore wore a long black travel cloak, and he held a Slytherin locket in his hand, and the expression on his face was more serious than ever.

"Professor, we just heard Kreacher say"

"Regulus is in that cave, we must"

Seeing Dumbledore, Harry and Hermione hurriedly ran over and said babbling.

Evan also walked over slowly, standing beside Sirius, he was afraid that he would walk too fast and let the magic book hidden in his arms fall out.

"Harry, Hermione, I know that, Sirius has told me everything on the way. Although he was talking to Harry and Hermione, Dumbledore was looking at Aven, his pale blue eyes full of scrutiny, and he said slowly, "To be honest, I really didn't expect that you would actually find and destroy this thing!"

"It's just a coincidence, the Slytherin emblem on this locket is so eye-catching, I was curious to pick it up and look at it, I didn't expect it"

"And then you happened to put the basilisk fangs on your body, what a surprising coincidence, Aven. Dumbledore returned the locket to Aven, "But I have to thank you, thanks to all your coincidences and efforts, the locket was completely destroyed, and its contents were completely gone. ”

Evan took a half-step back and hung the locket around his neck.

Looking at Dumbledore's wrinkled face, he wasn't sure if the other party had noticed something, and under Dumbledore's gaze, Evan had a feeling that there was nowhere to hide, and all the secrets were known.

Otherwise, he seemed to have seen the dark magic book hidden in his arms.

"I don't understand, Professor!" Harry looked confused, neither he nor Hermione could understand what Dumbledore was saying to Aven, "what is this locket, and why did Voldemort hide it while Regulus secretly replaced him?"

"Like last year's diary, this is a dark magic item made by Tom Riddle himself, and it's very evil and very crucial. Tom Riddle probably never thought that Regulus would take this thing out of the cavern right under his nose. There seemed to be a hint of disappointment in Dumbledore's tone, "It seems to me that he must have had blind confidence in the defensive magic he had laid down, and he didn't expect Kreacher to leave the cavern. But he used to be like that, and he never wanted to understand these things. ”

"Professor, what the hell is this locket?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a Horcrux. ”

"Horcrux?!"

The look on Harry's face became even more confused, and he turned his head to look at Hermione beside him.

Hermione shook her head, she didn't know what a Horcrux was, she hadn't even heard of it before.

Unlike the two of them, Evan was full of surprise, he didn't expect Dumbledore to say it directly, he originally thought that the other party would keep it a secret.

It seems that after seeing Tom Riddle's journal and Slytherin's locket again, Dumbledore had confirmed that Voldemort was working on Horcruxes. Or rather, he had a new plan to tell them about it.

As for Sirius, after hearing Dumbledore's words, the expression on his face suddenly turned pale, although he had guessed about this locket before, but he never imagined that this thing would actually be a Horcrux.

Sirius had heard of this ancient, evil magic.

Even if it's unclear what Horcruxes are used for, it's undoubtedly important.

No wonder Regulus would rather lose his life than steal it from Voldemort.

Thinking of what his brother had done, Sirius, who had been in a state of grief, felt a sense of infinite pride rise in his heart, and he was proud of Regulus.

"Professor," Harry continued, wondering what a Horcrux was.

But Dumbledore didn't seem to want to answer the question, he looked down at Kreacher and continued, "I just heard Sirius say that this locket was originally hidden by Tom Riddle in a cave, and I wanted to go to that cave to see if there might be any clues left there. Will you help us, Kreacher?"

"Yes, sir!" replied Kreacher hoarsely in a bullfrog voice, "Kreacher is willing to show you the way to the cave, but Master Regulus"

"We'll bring Regulus back. Dumbledore looked at Kreacher, "There is no doubt that he is a hero and deserves the credit that a hero deserves." ”

"Wait a minute, Professor, we're going too!" said Harry, hurrying as he continued to dwell on what the Horcrux was.

He was afraid that he would say too much and lose the opportunity to accompany Dumbledore.

"I can take the three of you with me. Dumbledore's gaze circled around and then rested on Evan again, "But you must promise me to keep this matter a secret, and you must not tell anyone else, including Mr. Weasley, until I agree, is that okay?"

Evan nodded, and Hermione hesitated before nodding her head.

"Can't even Ron tell me?" Harry looked hesitant.

"Of course!"

They looked at each other for a moment, and Harry nodded, "Alright, Professor!"

"Very well, I think we can go now. Dumbledore turned and pulled out his wand. (To be continued.) )