Chapter 1532: The Seven Horcruxes (Happy Christmas Eve)
For Evan who clearly felt these changes, he felt very amazing, except for him who witnessed the change of time, no one else as a participant could feel this change, only Evan knew that the world was different from the past.
Others only know that Voldemort is becoming more evil and powerful, but they don't know that this is a change that shouldn't have happened.
"You should go back, Tom, time ......," Slughorn reminded again.
"I'm sorry, Professor, but I have a few last questions about Horcruxes. Riddle came back to his senses and said, "Just out of curiosity, I want to ask, is a Horcrux useful? Can a soul only split once? Isn't it better to divide a few more pieces to make you stronger? Isn't seven, for example, the most magical number?"
"Oh my God, Tom!" Riddle's question really startled Slughorn, and he exclaimed, "Seven! Isn't it evil enough to kill a man? Anyway, splitting souls is evil enough!! and splitting into seven pieces......"
Slughorn looked very uneasy now: he stared at Riddle as if he hadn't seen him clearly.
It was evident that he was regretting his involvement in the conversation.
By this time, Slughorn finally realized that something was wrong, and Riddle's idea was more than just understanding.
Anyone who wants to divide his soul into seven pieces is either a fool who doesn't know what he's talking about or a mad madman, hopelessly depraved, and Tom Riddle, no matter how you look at it, belongs to the latter.
"Of course, of course. He whispered, "We're talking about hypotheses, aren't they, Tom? just academic ......."
"Yes, Professor, of course. Riddle said right away.
"Tom, though...... Don't say what I've just said, what we've just discussed. People wouldn't be happy to know we'd talk about Horcruxes, it's forbidden at Hogwarts, you know, Dumbledore was especially intense, we'd better ......"
"Don't worry, Professor, I won't say it. Riddle finished and left.
He turned around, and Aven, Harry, and Dumbledore, who were standing in this direction, could see his face, full of ecstasy, as he had when he first found out that he was a wizard, and that joy had not made his face more handsome, but rather a little hideous......
"That's it, Aven, Harry!" Dumbledore whispered, "Let's go......"
Evan and Harry fell back to the floor of the office, and Dumbledore was already sitting behind his desk.
The two of them sat down as well, and before Dumbledore could speak, Evan said, "Professor, Voldemort made seven Horcruxes. ”
"Yes, I also initially guessed the number, and as Riddle said, seven is the most magical number. In fact, I've been waiting for this evidence for a long time. Dumbledore said, "It confirms my speculation, proves me right......"
"The rings of the Gaunts, Riddle's diary, the Slytherin lockets, the Hufflepuff gold cups, the Ravenclaw crowns, the statues of the evil gods......" Evan said one by one, reporting Voldemort's Horcruxes.
He noticed that the old headmasters in the portraits on the wall were all awake and eavesdropping on their conversations, and a fat wizard with a red nose had taken out his hearing aids.
"There are already six, and one is unknown to us. Evan finally said.
Of course he knew what that last Horcrux was, but he couldn't say because it was Harry Potter!
Harry Potter was the last of Voldemort's seven Horcruxes, one born by accident.
In Aven's opinion, how to destroy this Horcrux was the most difficult problem, and he still had no good solution.
Because that meant Harry had to die!
Leave it to Dumbledore to teach Harry how to face death properly and come back from the dead......
"Perhaps he hadn't had time to make the last Horcrux, but we already knew that Voldemort didn't choose random objects to load his soul with, but rather items that were connected to Hogwarts' history. Dumbledore paused for a moment before continuing, "Of course, it's possible that he's already made a seventh Horcrux, ...... in an unknown way or in a way we don't know."
He glanced at Harry, and the conversation shifted.
"Actually, Aven and Harry, the memory we just saw is very important, and the number of Horcruxes Voldemort wants to make is only one of the important messages it conveys, and I'm sure you two should understand the importance of that conversation. At your age, sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle is trying to figure out how he can make himself immortal. ”
"He clearly achieved his goal and did not die after his failed attack on me. Harry said, noticing Dumbledore's gaze at him, but not thinking much about it, "Because he's created multiple Horcruxes, it's okay if he's hit by the Arvada Calling Curse." ”
"Yes, that's exactly what a Horcrux does, as long as one of its souls is safe, he's immortal. Dumbledore said, "As Evan said, the number of Voldemort's Horcruxes is currently determined to be six, of which the statue of the evil god was made recently, and one is uncertain. That is, before his last failed escape, he had produced at least five Horcruxes, a staggering number. We've all heard it just now, and what he especially wants to know from Slughorn is what happens if a wizard makes multiple Horcruxes, and what happens if a wizard kills people many times to escape death, splits his soul many times, and stores multiple Horcruxes stored separately. No book could give him this knowledge, and as far as I know, I think Voldemort knew that no wizard before him had ever split a soul into more than two pieces, not even the despicable Helmo, the inventor of this magic. ”
"It's not that I didn't do it, but I didn't dare to do it, which was a bold and crazy idea. Evan said.
Even now that there are more evil gods, he thinks Voldemort is terrible when he thinks about it.
This horror is not only cruel to the enemy, but also to oneself beyond imagination.
The soul was separated again and again, that evil, that pain, that torment......
Just thinking about it is enough to scare people.
There are a lot of dark wizards who are so evil that they would consider making Horcruxes, but they would never make more than two, let alone seven.
Dumbledore paused, gathered his thoughts, and said, "Actually, as early as when he came back to me again to ask for a position in the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, I had already guessed that Voldemort had made Horcruxes, and that his soul was in an extremely unstable state at the time, even if it didn't need to be tested, I could feel it just by sitting here, but there was no direct evidence. It wasn't until four years ago, when you two showed me the diary that taught people how to open the Chamber of Secrets, that I was sure that Voldemort had split his soul......"