The next morning, after class, Harry told his friends what he considered to be reliable about the homework Dumbledore had given him, and Ryan was listening to Harry with Hermione in the common room, and in addition to the task, Dumbledore's previous attitude towards Harry overhearing Malfoy and Snape's conversation.

"Slughorn must be determined to hide the truth from the past, and if Dumbledore doesn't have access to those memories now, it's unlikely that you'll be able to get them. Ryan wasn't optimistic about Harry's operation, and he said bluntly. "As for Horcruxes, I must say that the Mysterio, a powerful and extremely evil Dark Lord, was able to consider this issue at that age and try to gain access to such dangerous knowledge. ”

"No matter how hard it is, I'll have to- wait, you say you know what a Horcrux is?" Harry looked at Ryan in surprise.

"Yes. Ryan nodded slightly. "As an alchemist, I do know about Horcruxes, which are very out-of-the-box and evil products of alchemy. Now that the Headmaster has let you know about the Horcruxes, there are a few things I can tell you. ”

After clearing his throat, Ryan said seriously. "A horcrux is an alchemy item used to hold the split soul after splitting one's soul by killing humans. ”

"It's evil. Harry shook his head in disgust. "So why did Voldemort make such an evil prop, could it provide him with powerful magical powers?"

"No, the purpose of a Horcrux is to provide immortality to the user. Seeing Harry's mouth open in surprise, Ryan smiled, "You can't be interested in this thing, do you? I understand that eternal life is attractive to everyone—"

"Of course not. Harry interrupted Ryan's teasing and said firmly, "This is wicked. ”

"Not only that, but the after-effects are very large. Ryan continued: "According to the available information, often users will slice their own brains out by the way when they slice their souls, and you see that the mysterious man completely loses the wisdom and appeal of his youth in the later stage. At the same time, the soul that is sliced out may form another person after certain conditions are met, and due to the evil of the Horcrux, the new self and the original self cannot coexist amicably, and only one of them can survive in the end.

"And then, what else do you know about Horcruxes?" Harry felt a little uncomfortable as he thought of his own prophecy and that of Voldemort. So he hurriedly urged Ryan to continue.

"Hide a part of it in some object outside the body. In this way, even if the Horcrux user's body is attacked or destroyed, he cannot die, because there is still a part of the soul left unharmed in the world. Of course, it is better to exist in this form than a ghost, and not many people want to live like that. Ryan made the last key point.

"So, that's the Voldemort we met in first grade, right? the mist that flew out of Quirrell's death. Harry recalled seeing Voldemort in his first grade.

"Yes. Ryan nodded, "Theoretically, a person can only make one Horcrux. But I can tell you that Dumbledore and I have destroyed far more Horcruxes than that. I think Professor Dumbledore's assignment to you is to find out how many Horcruxes the mystery man has made. ”

"But how did I get that memory? After listening to Ryan's explanation of the Horcruxes, Harry seemed even more frustrated. He didn't think he could get Slughorn to tell something that important. But now that he knew the dangers of Horcruxes, he felt that Ryan was risking his life to fight on the front line, and that his prophesied opponent Voldemort could never do nothing.

"I don't know. Ryan shrugged, because he had cleaned up Aragog a long time ago, so it was impossible for Slughorn to reveal his true feelings at Aragog's funeral in the original text. However, Ryan thought he still had something to tell Harry, "Now that you know what a Horcrux is, you must also know that Professor Slughorn definitely wants to cover it up in front of people, so don't ask him directly." ”

"Of course. Harry smiled wryly and nodded. "So it seems that he is most likely one of the culprits responsible for Voldemort!

At this time, Harry probably guessed what Dumbledore's recent wandering around was for: he must have been looking for other Horcruxes. But he would never say anything about it.

In the ensuing session, Harry said that Dumbledore didn't think the conversation between Snape and Malfoy that Harry had heard was important, and the Headmaster reaffirmed his trust in Snape. Ryan and Hermione could only comfort Harry Dumbledore at this time, Headmaster Harry Dumbledore might have his own arrangements that needed to be kept secret.

Ryan wasn't sure what Professor Dumbledore was trying to do, because he wasn't going to die this year, and he didn't understand why he would let Malfoy do things.

It was clear that Hermione was also suspicious, and after Harry left, she turned to Ryan and asked, "What do you think our headmaster is going to do, I don't believe Dumbledore can't see that Malfoy is doing something for the mystery man right now, and that this matter will affect Hogwarts." ”

"Maybe our headmaster wants to set a trap for the mysterious man, you know that a conspiracy can only do great harm when it is not known, and now listening to Harry, our headmaster should know about it. So you don't have to worry so much. Ryan comforted Hermione, and of course he thought so. However, just in case, he still had a lot of hands and feet on the disappearing cabinet that Malfoy had repaired in the past two days, as well as in the entire responsive room.

Harry seemed to have told Ron and Ginny about these things, but it didn't seem like Ron had any good ideas. Because Harry still seemed very distressed for the past two days, and often grabbed his hair helplessly. Ryan was even a little worried that Harry would make himself bald before he reached middle age, knowing that even the wizarding world had no cure for baldness, otherwise Slughorn, as a top potions master, would not let himself be like that.

Now that we've talked about Potions class, I have to say that Slughorn has come up with a new trick in the new Potions class. Unlike Snape, who liked to let everyone make potions in a step-by-step manner, Slughorn preferred to teach everyone how to use them in their lives. For example, in a new class, he handed out a bottle to each student in the classroom and asked them to make an antidote to the poison in the bottle.

"According to Gobarrot's third law, the antidote to mixed poisons is greater than the sum of the antidotes of each individual ingredient, and there are more than a dozen poisons in one bottle here, and it seems that today's classroom task is a big project. Hermione whispered beside Ryan that she had always been uncomfortable with Harry's ability to copy books and get higher grades than her in Potions class, as she had always resented opportunism. This time she felt she finally had a chance to outperform Harry.

"It's not that complicated. Ryan reminded. "A piece of dung stone is enough, the poison here is not that powerful. ”

"Shut up. Hermione turned her head to stare at Ryan, "What's the difference between me and Harry if I do that?"

Ryan shrugged helplessly, Hermione was stubborn in some ways, and she would stick to her heart and be flexible when it came to important things. But in everyday life, she is still as rigid as ever. But Hermione Lane didn't hate it, because sticking to principles wasn't a bad thing.

"Then I can only wish you good luck. After Ryan finished speaking, he began to busy his own business, of course he would not use a method with little technical content such as bezoar, as an alchemist, he had a better way.