Tsk, that didn't sound like what Slughorn would say to Riddle.

In other words, in addition to hiding some of the more important memories, Slughorn also tampered with and fabricated the second half of this memory.

After a few seconds, the trio returned to Dumbledore's office again.

Harry seemed a little dazed, he looked at Aven, then at Dumbledore, who was sitting back behind the table, not understanding what was going on.

Dumbledore had just said that this was his most important memory, but he couldn't see what it was. Of course, the sudden white fog, and the fact that no one seemed to notice it, was strange, but other than that, nothing seemed to have happened, except that Riddle had asked a question that had not been answered.

"You may have noticed that this memory has been tampered with. Dumbledore didn't go around in circles and said bluntly, "Professor Slughorn tampered with his own memories, and he gave me a false memory. ”

"Doctored memories, why did he do this?" Harry couldn't help but ask.

"I think he must have been ashamed of this memory, so he tampered with it to make himself more decent, erasing the parts he didn't want me to see. It's a good thing that the tampering is clumsy, and it shows that the real memory is still underneath. ”

"Professor, this memory is about Horcruxes?" Evan interjected.

"Yes, an important memory of the Horcruxes. Dumbledore said with interest, "We already knew that Riddle wanted to make Horcruxes, and he thought that in this way he could gain eternal life. In fact, by the time he took the ring and returned to Hogwarts, he had managed to craft a Horcrux, but it was an uncontrollable accident. I talked to him, and Voldemort thought he was a problem, and the reason why he was kept was nothing more than trying to find something out of it......"

"Did he succeed then?" asked Aven, knowing that the one Dumbledore was referring to later was fifteen-year-old Riddle.

"No!" Dumbledore said, "So, Voldemort turned to Slughorn for advice on how to make a Horcrux, and he must have found something from the book, but it wasn't comprehensive, and there were some details that needed to be confirmed." ”

"For example, the number of Horcruxes that can be crafted ......," Evan said.

"Very sharp thoughts, Aven. The exact number of Horcruxes, this is one of the important things we need to figure out. After all, from what we know so far, Voldemort has made many Horcruxes, Riddle's diary, Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's tiara, the statue of the evil god, and the ring that appeared by accident. Dumbledore said, his bright eyes glancing at Harry quickly before turning back to Aven, "I said before that he has a habit of collecting loot, and we have found a lot of Horcruxes so far, but certainly not all of them, and we must confirm the final number of Horcruxes." ”

"What is the limit to the number of Horcruxes a person can make, and how many souls can be split?"

"Theoretically infinite, there is no limit to the number, but no one can do it because it requires an evil beyond imagination. As much pain is inflicted when splitting the soul, one's own soul will suffer the same amount of pain. Dumbledore said, "But Voldemort is obviously not a normal person anymore, so we can't measure him by ordinary standards." In fact, I'm going to give you a task with this memory we've just seen, and I want you to try to get Professor Slughorn to reveal his true memories and figure out what Riddle said to him, which will undoubtedly be our most critical information. ”

It's not easy to get Slughorn's real memories.

Evan knew, of course, that Voldemort had made seven Horcruxes after consulting Professor Slughorn, but he couldn't guarantee that this was the final number of Horcruxes Voldemort would have. That guy is visibly insane, and who knows what he'll do after working with the evil god.

Splitting souls is impossible for most people, but for Voldemort, it's as simple as eating and breathing.

How much Slughorn's memories will help now, no one can say......

But it's better to know than to have no clues.

"Professor, can't you use the Regent or the Truth Elixir if you want to get your memories?" asked Harry.

"Unlikely, Harry, Professor Slughorn is a very capable wizard who will be able to guard against these two tricks and other spells. He's so much better at occlusion than poor Morfin, and it's no wonder he doesn't have the antidote to the truth potion with him since I forced him to hand me this distorted memory. Dumbledore said mildly, "I think trying to force the truth from Professor Slughorn is foolish and will do more harm than good, and I don't want him to leave Hogwarts." We're going to take a more modest approach, and thankfully, he's got his weaknesses like all of us, and I'm sure you're the ones who can break through his defenses. Especially you, Harry, Slughorn is clearly more interested in you than he is for Evan, and you can easily gain his trust to give up his memories willingly in accordance with your demands. You must know that it is very important to get real memories, and how important they are can only be known after seeing the real thing. Well, this is the second memory, and we have two more memories to look at. The rest of the memories are the events of the night Evan and I found the ring, and the conversation I had with Riddle. ”

"Conversation with Riddle?" Harry still didn't understand what Dumbledore was saying.

He followed Evan into the meditation basin again, and this time, they returned to the Gaunt family's hut.

However, compared to the last time, this place is in ruins, leaving only ruins.

Dumbledore's memories didn't start from the beginning, he hid his experience of being bewitched by the magic left on the ring by the philosopher's stone Voldemort, and it started directly with the fifteen-year-old Riddle who came out to communicate with Aven.

Harry looked at Riddle in surprise, as well as Evan and Dumbledore and his conversation.

Unbelievable, he hadn't even thought that the ring on Dumbledore's right hand was the Horcrux.

No, he knew it was a Horcrux, but he thought it was a destroyed Horcrux, but he didn't expect it to be intact.

Half an hour later, the trio returned to Dumbledore's office, and Harry watched with fear as Dumbledore had the ring on his right hand.

"We were lucky enough to find the ring and had the opportunity to meet fifteen-year-old Riddle face-to-face, which helped us a lot in our future plans. Dumbledore said, seemingly unaware of Harry's gaze, "Next, I'm going to show you another crucial memory, which happened after Riddle graduated from Hogwarts, and that is, this memory contains information about the house elf home......