"Because Ravenclaw's crown was formerly Voldemort's Horcrux, for security reasons, I can't make such a contribution public. Dumbledore had an embarrassed look on his face, "Of course, I'll let everyone know what you've done when we win." ”

"It doesn't matter, such a sacrifice for victory is nothing. Ryan waved his hand and made an indifferent expression, anyway, this time the headmaster got closer to the big guy, and by the way, he was able to get a lot of good things through Dumbledore that he couldn't get before, which was already very worthwhile, and a little fame was nothing. Not to mention that in a situation like this, this kind of false name will only make Voldemort turn his attention, and it is better to have this false name.

"I take the liberty of asking, where did you find this tiara?" asked Dumbledore, straightening up after pulling open the drawer and putting the tiara. "This is important, so I want you to tell me. ”

"There's a place for students to hide things in the Responsive Room. Ryan didn't think he needed to hide it from the headmaster, but the process of finding it was going to change a bit, and he couldn't tell the headmaster that I knew this thing was here.

"Didn't I get a magic item recycling at Sirius's house before, so when I got back to school, I started looking for enough ingredients at Sirius's house after I ran out of the stuff I got at Sirius's house. As a result, when I thought at the door of the Bing Room that I was looking for scrap products that everyone didn't need, what was displayed in the Room was a huge warehouse of miscellaneous items. Inside there are a lot of things that the students were hiding there before. This has helped me a lot, and many 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 not needed, and it's a good thing for you to recycle." This is also a lack of thought on my part before, not considering that it is difficult for you to buy what you need, even if you have money. In the future, if you lack anything, you can tell me directly, and I will help you find it. ”

"Thank you then. Ryan smiled and continued. "Later, when I was looking inside, I saw the crown on the head of a bust of an old wizard. At the time, the tiara looked rusty and inconspicuous, but I just thought the stone on top might have been valuable. As a result, when I reached for it, there was a voice inside the crown asking me to take it, and I found out that something was wrong, and then I put this in a lead box and took it back to study it slowly, and I thought it might be a Horcrux, so I used it to test the stripping of the remnant soul, and it didn't succeed until two or three days ago. ”

"You're taking too much risk, Ryan. I don't want you to do that in the future. After hearing what Ryan had to say, Dumbledore looked concerned. "You should have told me this kind of thing in advance, it's not like you haven't seen the danger of Horcruxes. ”

"You don't have to worry. Ryan said to Dumbledore with a smile. "I think I'm level at the Horcrux with all sorts of magic and dangerous curses. At the same time, it can also weaken the temptation of the soul in the Horcrux to me, not to mention that I received the blessing of the phoenix when I went to the Celestial Empire during the summer vacation, so that my soul can communicate with Hermione, and she will notify you as soon as I have a tendency to be controlled by a mysterious person. ”

"Okay. Dumbledore smiled. "I should learn to trust you young people now, but you can come to me when you encounter any difficulties in the future, and the door of my office is ready to be opened for you. ”

"Thank you so much. Ryan thanked him from the bottom of his heart, now he could buy some things he wanted but couldn't buy before, and he could finally start refining alchemy stones by himself.

After a few more words, Ryan said goodbye to Professor Dumbledore and left. As he went downstairs, he saw Harry walking towards Professor Dumbledore's office, apparently preparing for a new lesson on getting to know Voldemort.

Ryan discovered that after the last battle of the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore began to consciously train young people, especially Harry. It seems that during the battle with Voldemort, he realized that he was getting older, and slowly began to be overwhelmed, and felt that it was time to raise the next generation.

Harry spotted Ryan as he was going downstairs, and he made his way to the Headmaster's office after saying hello to Ryan. Dumbledore had already cleaned up all traces of Ryan's visit by this time, leaving only the meditation basin on the table.

After Harry had spoken hello to the Headmaster, Dumbledore spoke about the meeting between Harry and the Minister of Magic during the Christmas holidays. Dumbledore was somewhat impressed by Harry's performance, and mentioned that the Ministry of Magic had been trying to figure out what he was doing, and even sent the Aurors to follow him.

"So they don't know where you're going?" Harry asked, hoping for more information on the question he was curious about, but Dumbledore just looked at him from above the half-moon lenses and smiled. "yes, they don't know, and it's too early to tell you. All I can say is that this matter was very important in the victory over Voldemort. Alright, we're going to get back to class, unless you have something else important—"

Harry hastened to reveal the overheard conversation between Snape and Malfoy, but Dumbledore advised Harry not to take the matter to heart, as he didn't think it mattered. Although Dumbledore's answer made Harry very uncomfortable, he finally chose to watch today's memories as Dumbledore requested.

Dumbledore began to describe Voldemort's excellent performance after entering the school, but also pointed out that Voldemort was already very good at disguise by this time, and he even organized a small group of his own and caused many vicious attacks with no evidence found.

Dumbledore then showed the memories of Gaunt, Uncle Voldemort. In this memory, he saw Voldemort confirm his identity for the first time. After reading the memory, Dumbledore told Harry that he could confirm that Voldemort had killed his father and grandparents with Gaunt's wand after knocking him unconscious. Later, he cast that complicated magic on his uncle, implanting false memories into his uncle's brain, and planting the blame on his uncle. And also took the old ring with him.

After Harry and Dumbledore criticized the Ministry of Magic's flaws, Dumbledore solemnly took another bottle out of the pocket of his robe. Harry noticed that when Dumbledore poured the contents of the bottle, the contents of the bottle were not easy to pour into the meditation basin, and it seemed to be a little condensed, could it be that the memory would also deteriorate?

"Harry, this memory didn't come easily, and I think it's the most important of all the memories I've gathered, and certainly the shortest. Dumbledore said, "We'll be back in a moment." Alright, let's go into the meditation basin again......"

After the familiar feeling of falling, Harry saw a much younger Slughorn in front of him, most notably because he was not bald at this time. Looking around, he found himself in Slughorn's office. Six or seven boys, all fifteen or sixteen years old, sat around Slughorn, and their chairs were all stiffer or shorter than his. Before he could take a closer look, a voice came, "Sir, is Professor Meles retiring?"

Harry found that Tom Riddle, who was officially young, was also the most handsome man in the house.

"Tom, I can't tell you this. Slughor shook a frosted finger he had just pulled from the jar of candied pineapple, "But I'd love to know where you got the news from, you're better informed than most of the professors at Hogwarts." ”

Riddle smiled slightly, and the other boys laughed too, casting admiring glances at him. Slughorn laughed too. "You ghost, you know things you shouldn't know, and you're careful to make important people - thank you for the candied pineapple by the way, you guessed it, it's my favorite, though I don't know where you learned about it—"

That's when a strange thing happened. The entire room was suddenly covered in a thick white fog, and Harry could only see Dumbledore's face beside him. Slughorn's voice rang out in the room, unnaturally loud: "—you will make mistakes, child, remember my words. ”

Then the fog cleared, and Harry saw the little golden clock on Slughorn's desk striking eleven. He began to drive everyone out. But the young Voldemort stayed. "Sir, I would like to ask you something. ”

Then ask, kid, ask ......."

"Sir, I would like to ask if you know...... Horcruxes. ”

The room was thick with fog again, and Harry couldn't see Slughorn or Riddle anymore, except for Dumbledore smiling serenely beside him. Then Slughorn's voice rang out again, the same as before.

"I don't know anything about Horcruxes, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you! Get out of here and don't let me hear you mention this again!"

"It's confusing. When Harry looked up, Dumbledore looked at Harry, "If you don't, I'll be surprised." ”

"What the hell was that?" said Harry, puzzled.

"Professor Slughorn tampered with his own memories. Because he was ashamed of this memory and wanted to tamper with it to make himself more decent. That's why I don't use Truth Elixir or Soul Retrieval, because memories can be fake. So, I'm going to give you homework for the first time, Harry. You're going to try to get Professor Slughorn to reveal his true memories, which will undoubtedly be our most critical information. ”

Dumbledore brushed his hand over the meditation basin, "This memory is everything, Harry. Without it, we are nothing less than blind. ”