"I have to say Draco was lucky, but you misunderstood, Pansy. Alan looked down and shook his head with a smile, "I'm asking you if you're looking at the urgency of the matter and considering which way to save him. ”

"Hmm, Ellen, are you saying that there are several ways to do it?" Pansy couldn't believe her ears, the sword of Damocles hanging above her head had multiple ways to solve it...

"Pansy, I told you you you should have told my brother earlier..."Emily's tone was a little ostentatious, "My brother has understood everything since he was a child, and he can answer my questions if no one else in the family can answer them!"

Alan found that his clever sister hadn't realized that when he was a child, it was just that the rest of the family was annoyed by her questions and didn't answer her, and he touched his nose a little embarrassed and turned to Pansy: " If your father decides that it's best to go over and ask him to pick him up at a certain time, you know I have a lot of ways to avoid the restrictions of the anti-illusion zone, but if your father is at the moment, maybe you should have more confidence in your professor, I don't need the help of the Aurors to break into Tom's lair and get your father back... It's not a safe way for your dad though, so I'm going to try something a little more Ravenclaw first... I'm going to rob people as a last resort, you can first report the current situation in Britain to the Dark Lord by reporting that the Vanishing Cabinet has been successfully repaired, and then use this incident to buy you and your father some time..."

Pansy and Emily both looked confused.

Seeing the two girls' incomprehension, Alan continued to explain, "You can tell him about the argument between me and Dumbledore at the opening party, tell him about the growing feud between me and Dumbledore, and report to Tom in detail that after the cooperation between Harris and the Ravenclaw Temple, the pure-blood families are ready to join Dumbledore to boycott the Harris family. If this Dark Lord still has any trace of the Dark Lord's sanity, he will not want to simply expose the vanishing cabinet that was supposed to be a small means to punish you, but continue to hibernate, and when Dumbledore and I break out into a more violent conflict, the two of us who lost will inevitably leave Hogwarts, and then... The Vanishing Cabinet can be used much more than a doomed assassination can bring him... Naturally, he would have made a different plan. ”

With Allen, the decency and stubbornness that had been held on since the summer vacation collapsed in an instant, Pansy sat down on the ground, she tilted her head back and closed her eyes, two big tears seeped out from under her eyelids, she opened her mouth wide and gasped, like a fish about to dry up and die, and got oxygen again.

"Of course, all of this depends on Tom's sanity, you know, his recent form is probably worse than before..."Alan reminded, "but don't worry, if he still lets you continue to assassinate, I'll just go and get your father back." ”

When Pansy was a little calmer, Emily reached out and tried to help Pansy up, but was hugged by the other party's backhand, and then heard some muttered words of gratitude coming from the other person's mouth.

"Pansy, I'm glad you made the right choice, although you can't come to my class until your father is rescued, but as your professor you can't let your class fall behind, then give you a copy of the textbook first, give you Draco in the class first, ask him if you don't understand anything. Also, Occlumenclumy has been much better lately than you did at the beginning of school, but remember to keep it up at all times... You will know in the future that after your strength is improved, these things that were originally big for you will no longer be a matter" Alan said with a sanctimonious look at this time, "Oh, okay, you are strangling my little sweet bear, she is about to become a little dead bear, you tell Emily your size, and the ancient magic class robe will also be sent to you and Emily who is not yet at the age of electives, as a gift for your Quidditch victory, which can be worn when no one is around... Hmm? Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I could have known about your assassination plan but not know that you girls like this dress?"

At this time, the principal is indoors.

Dumbledore tilted the small clear glass vial with Slughorn's memories, and the memories inside sank into the meditation basin. The meditation basin glowed with a sparkling light, and black memories swirled in it. They threw themselves into Slughorn's memories again.

Harry found that the memories in the previous part were the same as the last time he saw Slughorn provide them, until he mentioned the Horcrux.

"I was in the forbidden section of the library one night... Reading some material about some kind of rare magic, I thought you might be able to point me out. Riddle pulled closer to Slughorn, "If I'm not mistaken, it's called... Horcruxes. ”

"Soul energy is a vessel that hides a person's soul. Unlike the last time Slughorn interrupted Tom with his outburst, this time Slughorn answered Tom Riddle's question from the mystery man.

"But I can't think of any way to do it, Professor. Tom Riddle approached Slughorn.

"Split a part of the soul and hide it in a container, so that even if the body is attacked or even destroyed, it is still protected, and the hidden part of the soul will survive, in other words, the person with the Horcrux cannot be really killed. Slughorn's tone was solemn, and the wrinkles on his face were all huddled together.

Riddle's hunger was evident now, and his greedy expression could no longer hide his desires. He turned to the nearby fireplace to prevent Slughorn from noticing his change in expression, he carefully controlled his voice, but Harry could feel his excitement, "So what do you do to split the soul, Professor?"

"I think you already know the answer, Tom. Slughorn looked a little uneasy.

Tom Riddle's voice sounded particularly calm: "Killing. ”

"Yes, killing is one of the ways in which souls can be separated, and it is a violation of the laws of nature. Slughorn shook his head like a mosquito-bitten elephant, "But you have to know how to make Horcruxes, otherwise the killing is just killing and has nothing to do with your soul." ”

"Can you only divide the soul once? Like seven?" Riddle's voice sounded like it was just curiosity.

"Seven times?" Slughorn looked very uneasy, glaring at Riddle as if he hadn't seen him clearly, "Seven times, Merlin's beard, isn't it terrible enough to kill a man? If you divide the soul into seven parts...... These are all hypotheticals, right, Tom? ”

Tom Riddle took two steps forward, and when he turned back again, he looked very polite and gentlemanly, and he said soothingly, "That's nature, Professor." It's a little secret between us. ”

The memory ended here, as if it had collapsed and turned into a black mist again.

"Professor. As soon as Harry landed on the floor of his office, Harry couldn't wait to ask himself the question in his mind, "Do you think Voldemort succeeded?"

"Yes, he succeeded, you should recall that he didn't just make one—" Dumbledore's tone was very solemn, and he staggered back a little, "Horace may have been frightened by Tom's question, maybe he thought that Tom's knowledge could only know the harm of splitting souls too many times, and that made him not warn him of this kind of behavior, and Tom didn't actually know about it—he may have known it later, but he didn't care. ”

Dumbledore took off the ring from his hand, and the ring grunted around the table a few times, and he took a charred journal out of the drawer and placed it on the table, "This confirms my thoughts. ”

"Tom Riddle's Diary. Harry didn't say any more, he looked down at the ring on the table, "Counting this, two Horcruxes have already been destroyed. ”

"That's right, it's one of his Horcruxes. The Horcrux was destroyed by Eren four years ago using the teeth of a basilisk. Dumbledore took the blackened notebook, "I knew at the time that this magic was not ordinary, very evil and very powerful, but then I didn't know how strong it really was, and tonight's memories of Horace confirmed what Eren and I thought." ”

"Does Eren know that there are multiple Horcruxes, does he know that two have been destroyed?" Harry was a little confused, he had planned to run and tell Eren about the incident so that he could be prepared.

"A lot of people think I seem to know everything, but I'm not. Dumbledore replied to Harry, his expression not looking like he was caught up in his thoughts, "Alan knows a lot of things I don't know - but there are more than two, and as far as I know, Alan Harris has destroyed some of them. ”

"But if anyone can find all those Horcruxes and destroy them......" Harry said with some impatience.

"Whoever could destroy Voldemort. Dumbledore lifted his blackened hands and said, "Marvolo's ring, the terrible curse, these Horcruxes of his are extremely hard to find, and they are set up with all sorts of traps. ”

"Professor, why don't you try your hand at the Ravenclaw Temple?" Harry looked at Dumbledore's hand worriedly, "I mean, that temple seems to be pretty good at curses, and Alan seems to be close to them, and Lady Gray has always had a good relationship with them. ”

"Don't worry Harry, Professor Snape and I should be able to do it myself, and I'm having a hard time accepting new things at my age, and it's going to be a waste of time either way..."Dumbledore gave Harry a reassuring smile, "We're going to have to spend our time and energy on the first priority and not on me as a bad old man." ”

"But how can he find it? He probably hid it somewhere. Harry didn't persuade him again, he was a little annoyed that he had wasted so much time to find his memory, and thought that if Dumbledore had done it faster, he would have been able to solve the problem more quickly and go to heal his wounds.

"That's right, but dark ......magic, especially Horcruxes," Dumbledore could finish his sentence before Harry's finger touched the ring on the table.

As soon as he touched it, the ring evoked horrific memories in Harry's heart, triggering a wave of pain from his lightning scar - the image of Voldemort screaming in his youth, the appearance of Tom Riddle in the orphanage staring at the postcard behind the pipe caught in the wall, the pale face of Voldemort after he was reborn...... Fast flashed through Harry's mind.

The ring spun like a spinning top on the table, then slowly slowed down and fell back onto the table. Dumbledore's gaze followed the ring.

Harry closed his eyes and shook his head uneasily, and when he opened them, he was in a trance for a moment, only to get used to the blue eyes of Dumbledore after putting on his crescent-shaped glasses.

“...... will leave a trail. Dumbledore spat out the unfinished words as he walked out from behind the Headmaster's desk and came face to face with Harry, "And, I think I might have found another one." But this time I couldn't destroy it alone. ”

Dumbledore's beard was white, and his chin was tied into a wisp of beard that swayed slightly as he walked. Dumbledore's face looked pale and haggard, and he smiled apologetically at Harry, "Harry, I'm asking too much of you this time. ”