Chapter 081: Voldemort's Horcrux
"She's only 13 years old." Snape desperately searched for reasons to deny it.
"Are you and Evans still childhood sweethearts?" Lucius immediately retorted.
"I'm old!" Snape looked up at the window pane, which was already full of twilight.
"At the age of 33, I haven't run four yet, much younger than me, not to mention that as long as there are no accidents, wizards have a long lifespan, and the 20-year gap is not a problem at all." Lucius urged him.
"Lucius. Malfoy! What exactly do you mean? Snape sprang up to his friend, grabbed him by the collar, and shouted.
"I just hope that after you get the nourishment of love, you can regain your youthful vitality." Lucius's voice was unusually affectionate, but it made Snape shudder.
"I can't communicate with you, a peacock in heat everywhere." Snape took a step back, gave Lucius a fierce look, and then flicked his sleeves and left the study.
"I can't wait to find your baby!" Lucius's teasing made Snape's pace speed up by three points, "That's right, you should be more aggressive in chasing girls." β
Snape was so angry that he stopped and glared back at Lucius, and when he set off again, he directly used the illusion charm, so as not to continue to endure Lucius's evaluation.
Seeing this, Lucius put away all the expressions on his face, closed the door of the study, and excited the magic to prevent eavesdropping, before opening the secret room, walking to a blank portrait, and asking softly and respectfully.
"Father, I did this, right?"
"Lucius, there is no absolute right or absolute wrong in everything, there are gains and losses, advantages and disadvantages, as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, you should take action. You understood this at a very young age, so why do you ask me today? "There is a majestic male voice in the portrait, as if he has always been at the top and is used to giving orders.
"I'm a little lost today because I saw a familiar figure under her, and I felt extremely frightened." Lucius looked at the meditation basin, and his fingertips couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Didn't you decide to invest in her two years ago because you thought she was familiar? Why are there doubts today? The voice asked rhetorically without question.
"At that time, I just thought it was like, thinking that she was the heir. But he didn't expect it to be like this, those action habits are simply only possessed by him. Lucius was shaking.
"In that case, you also pushed your friend to her?"
"It's because of Snape that I believe Catherine still exists." Lucius suddenly regained his composure, and he looked out the window with intense attention, "Only he can tie her firmly." β
"Now that you understand. Why do you even ask me? I'm just a dead thing. The voice revealed a sense of helplessness.
"Father, I'm 43 years old, and I'm afraid I'll make the wrong choice and make Draco's situation even harder." Lucius closed his eyes. He clutched his chest and sighed, his voice full of deep helplessness.
"My child!" The voice sighed before saying, "Not anyone can be called 'YoungFairy' by us dead creatures, and the future of that girl is not something that Vody can control." It wasn't something Dumbledore could stop either, she was going to open up a whole new path, and Draco was following her. They will only encounter new obstacles, but they will not be dragged down by the quagmire, and the Malfoy family is destined to shine with new brilliance, and the future of their children and grandchildren can only be controlled by their children and grandchildren. β
"I see!" Lucius bowed respectfully to the portrait, "Thank you for your father's teachings!" β
"Go ahead! I want to take a break. A tired voice spoke, and even coughed lightly, and Lucius hurriedly exited the chamber lightly.
The breeze swept by, the curtains swayed its posture, and there seemed to be a corner of the clothes floating in the blank portrait, but on closer inspection, there was still only an empty chaise longe.
Now let's turn back the clock a little bit, to the moment when "Catherine" rushed out of the bedroom.
"You're trying to cover it up!" Seeing that her body could not be controlled, Catherine simply hugged her head and lay down again.
"Wouldn't it be wise for you to expose me? Am I not so stupid? Riddle shouted in a thunderous rage.
"You've been exposed." Catherine yawned and said lazily, "As the saying goes, there are many mistakes, and you give such a long speech, people who know me well will surely find a lot of flaws, and unfortunately the professor is the one who knows me best, and I never call him Professor Snape unless other professors are present." β
βSHITοΌβ Riddle wanted to strangle the girl in front of him immediately, when he didn't have to use an honorific title, he used an honorific title everywhere, and when he wanted to use an honorific title, she actually omitted it, he never knew that someone's habit would be so weird.
"By the way, how many Horcruxes have you made?" Catherine asked suddenly.
Riddle opened his mouth to answer, but then realized what she was asking, and hurriedly closed his mouth.
"What do you want to do?" Riddle glared at Catherine viciously.
"Recycling waste, of course! Don't you know that littering everywhere is dangerous? Catherine asked innocently with a wink.
"How dare you say that my Horcruxes are rubbish!" Riddle suddenly felt the urge to take Catherine's head apart.
"Isn't it? The original form of the Horcrux was a lich's lifebox, have you ever seen that lich make seven or eight lifeboxes and throw them around? β
"Not that much at all! There is no littering more! Riddle angrily argued.
"There aren't seven or eight, that means at least six!" Catherine sat up abruptly and analyzed seriously, "The method of splitting souls is murder, but the person you have murdered over the years will never be counted with just two hands, which means that only murder with a special meaning will prompt you to make a Horcrux." β
"The first person to die at your hands was Myrtle, but it was said to have been an accident, but her death shattered your respect for life, so you were able to calmly blame your uncle for the murder of your father and grandparents, andβ" Catherine stood up and looked at the three chips covered in a green film of light, and tapped her finger on one of them, "It was placed in your journal." β
Riddle's face twitched, but he didn't make a sound, just stared at Catherine with a cold gaze.
"The last person you intended to murder was Harry, presumably you were going to use his death to create a new Horcrux, but unfortunately you were hit by an accidental reflection of the death curse, so you had no choice but to turn me into a Horcrux." Catherine moved her finger to the other piece, "It's just that it's clearly letting you down." β
"The rest of it is from the crown, I don't know you hid it in that place at Hogwarts, but apparently it was put in when you went back to ask for a DA professor, the question is-" Catherine cupped her chin with her fingertips, "who did you murder for it?" β
Riddle's eyes narrowed, and his gaze became more aggressive.
"I think it should be Mr. Malfoy's father, Abraxus. Mr. Malfoy. Catherine smiled gently, "After all, when old Mr. Malfoy became the president of the Hunting Society, it was not your enemies who stood in your way, but your former allies. β
"So I believe that the assassination that almost brought down old Mr. Malfoy should have been secretly arranged by you, but unfortunately not only did you fail to do so, but I am afraid that it will also arouse his vigilance, as for dragon pox syphilis, although it sounds very consistent with the surname Malfoy, I don't think a family that has been circulating for so long will not prevent this kind of thing from happening."
Riddle closed his eyes directly, and Catherine couldn't see any emotion fluctuations in his face.
"As for the locket, since it's Salazar. The relics of Slytherin, which must have been passed down for many generations in the Gaunt family, should have been well collected, but after the family was ruined, in order to prevent loss, I am afraid that it can only be carried by your mother. β
Catherine paused slightly, and noticed that Riddle's face began to have a faint anger that could not be contained.
"Your mother must have had a very hard time when your father abandoned his wife and children, so she must have sold the locket, which is probably the real reason why you went to work as a clerk in the Borgin Burke store, to recover the relics of the Slytherins."
"The locket has to do with your loved ones, but the last thing you can tolerate is your mother's cowardly submission to death, resulting in your sad childhood, and there is only one intersection of this qiΔ - Lady Cole, and it is believed that the cause of her death is also an unsolved mystery in the Muggle world."
Riddle's forehead began to bruise, but he didn't let his anger out.
"I, the diary, the crown, the locket, among the four Horcruxes, except for the first and last, the other two are the relics of the four sages who founded the school, so you must be very hopeful to collect all the sets, and it is even more coincidental that the sword of Gryffindor has always been stored in the principal's office, which should be the reason why you applied for the DA professor."
"As for the last item, the Hufflepuff Holy Grail, it must have fallen into your pocket, after all, except for Professor Dumbledore, everyone else was almost unwary of you when you were younger, and I am left with only two last questions, which are 'how the hell did you get it' and 'where the hell is it hidden by you now'."
"I believe that if I investigate carefully, I will still be able to solve these two problems, but for the last Horcrux, I can't find any clues from your speech just now, I believe that it should be an item that is not inferior to the relics of the sage, can you give me some hints?"
"Do you think I might sue you?" Riddle grinded his teeth and glared at Catherine with red eyes, clearly on the verge of an outburst.
"You're not denying it, which means that there are indeed six Horcruxes, right?" Catherine replied with a smile, "Now that I have managed three pieces, after I subdue you and find the remaining two, your main soul will also lose all its way out." (To be continued......)
PS: Two days after tomorrow, the unit's collective activities, it won't be updated at all, plus what I owe before, it's a total of three chapters, depressed! Anyway, I can't finish it tonight, because I have to get up early tomorrow, so I'm afraid I won't be able to make up until next week, so please forgive me.