The first memory Harry saw with Professor Dumbledore today was that of the house-elf Hadge, whose owner was a very old and very wealthy witch named Hepzibah. Smith.

Voldemort, who was still named Tom Riddle at the time, won the trust of this eccentric but rich old lady by virtue of his appearance and his ability to play with people's hearts. During a meeting, the old lady proudly showed Tom her treasures: the gold cup from her ancestral Hufflepuff and the Slytherin locket. Then she saw a red glow in Tom's eyes, but she thought it was just light.

It was a fatal mistake, as Dumbledore told Halihepziba Smith that he had died two days later, and that the Ministry of Magic had determined that the house-elf Hadge had mistakenly placed poison in her hostess's evening cocoa tea.

Harry insisted that this was impossible, believing that Voldemort had tampered with the memories of the house-elf Hackie, just as he had done to Morfin. Dumbledore agreed with his reasoning.

When Hao Qi was convicted, Hepziba's family discovered that two of her most valuable treasures had been lost. At the same time, the clerk at Borgin Bock, the young man who often visited Hepziba and was so pleasing to her, had resigned and disappeared. Dumbledore said:

"Harry, there are certain details of the story that I need to remind you of at this time. Voldemort committed another murder. , this time he was not for revenge, but for profit. He wanted the two treasures that the poor old lady had shown him. Just as he robbed the other children in the orphanage, just as he stole his uncle's ring, this time he stole Hepziba's cup and locket. ”

"I even have some evidence that Voldemort didn't kill much in order to hide himself when he wasn't strong in the early days, the first was the murder of his father's family, and the second was the accidental use of a basilisk to kill a Hogwarts student. And what we're seeing now is his third murder and his first after leaving school. Deng Lido spoke slowly.

"But," said Harry, frowning, "it's crazy...... Take such a big risk to kill an innocent person, lose your job, or even leave with suspicion. Just for ......"

"Maybe. Dumbledore said, "But Voldemort considers himself a descendant of one of the Big Four of Hogwarts and has a great bloodline. Then it is understandable that there is a special preference for the relics of these precious Big Four. ”

Dumbledore then shared with Harry his memories of Dumbledore's refusal to allow Voldemort, who had been disfigured by the Dark Arts, to teach at the school.

"Why?" Harry looked up at Dumbledore's face after reading the memory, "Why did he come back?"

"I've pretty much figured it out, thanks to your friend Ryan, who found something from the school that confirmed my suspicions and gave me a new understanding of some of Voldemort's practices. I think you've learned from Ryan what a Horcrux is, but I'm still missing the most important piece of the puzzle. I'll tell you all about that when you get that memory of Professor Slughorn, Harry. Dumbledore said.

After listening to Harry's account, Ron looked at Ryan with shocked eyes, "I can't believe it, buddy. You can actually help Professor Dumbledore, but can you tell me what exactly you've helped the Headmaster?"

As he finished speaking, Harry turned his head to look at Ryan, looking very interested in Ron's question.

"No, I can't. Ryan smiled and shook his head slightly. "Since Headmaster Dumbledore doesn't want you to know, then there must be a reason for that, I don't have all the information I have, and if I give you information that I know, I'm afraid that this incomplete information may give you the wrong signal. ”

"Okay. Harry nodded helplessly. "I think I'm going to have to figure out how to get that vital memory from Slughorn as soon as possible. ”

"Well, then I can only wish you good luck. Ryan blessed from the bottom of his heart, he didn't know how Harry should get that memory this time when all the eight-eyed spiders in the Forbidden Forest had been cleaned up.

Over the next week, Harry racked his brains about how to get Slughorn to hand over his true memories, and even talked to Ryan and them about ways from time to time, but there were not many good ideas.

However, while subconsciously frantically flipping through the Half-Blood Prince's Potions textbook, Harry found an interesting spell that was written in the blank space of the textbook with a spell (Sectumsempra) and the three interesting words "to the enemy" underneath.

At first, he wanted to find a place to practice on his own, but after remembering what Ryan and Hermione had said earlier, he picked up his textbook and asked Ryan, who was finishing his thesis, to ask him to test the magic. The reason why she didn't look for Hermione was because if she did, she would be greeted with a lot of preaching.

"Sectumsempra?" Ryan followed Harry to the couch where he was sitting and looked at the spell, and found that he couldn't remember what the spell was, after all, he had mainly read the translated version in his previous life, and some transliterated spells could be quickly recognized, such as Arvada or something, but now he couldn't remember what it was.

"Yes, wait for me. Ryan said as he pulled out a gold plate inlaid with Mithril characters, then drew his wand and pronounced the incantation into the space in the middle of the plate.

In an instant, a crack appeared in the center of the gold plate, and at the same time, the two runes turned blood red and black respectively where the gold plate was held near Ryan's right hand.

"So that's it!" Ryan finally figured out which spell it was, and it was probably the legendary and famous Blade Shadow. Unfortunately, the previous Chinese version used paraphrasing on this spell, so that he didn't recognize it immediately when he saw it just now.

"What?" asked Harry curiously, not hearing Ryan's whispers.

"Yes, this magic is an offensive spell that creates a sword-like wound on a person or object. Ryan said to Harry, picking up the gold plate.

"Sounds okay, it's like a cutting spell, right?" said Harry, with some excitement.

"It's not just that. Ryan pointed out the key point. "The biggest difference between this spell and the Cutting Spell is that the part damaged by the spell cannot be regenerated by any means, but it can be healed by the counterspell. It should be regarded as a more dangerous form of black magic. Personally, I would advise you not to use this spell on your classmates until you have mastered the counterspell. ”

"Is that what it looks like?" Harry grimaced, remembering Sirius' lost hand forever. "Thank you so much, otherwise I would have made a big mistake. ”

"So like I said last time, whether it's a spell or a potion, it's best to really figure out what they do before we use them. Otherwise, it will not have the effect we want, it will be a small matter, and if it comes to a bad reaction, then the problem will be really big. Ryan admonished earnestly, and then went back to his original seat to write a few of the professor's assignments with Hermione.