Principal's Office.

There was no one but a meditation basin with milky white mist flowing.

After an unknown amount of time, Dumbledore and William returned to the office from their memories.

After reading Harry and William's memories one after another, Dumbledore leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed, as if thinking about something.

William waited quietly while looking around.

Fawkes returned to the shelf, bare, and buried his head in the nest to sleep.

It's ready to wait for the hair to grow before going out for a walk.

After all, a plucked phoenix is not as good as a chicken!

The Sorting Hat was also back in place, with Gryffindor's sword next to it.

William didn't expect the Sorting Hat to summon Gryffindor's sword.

I don't know if it was Gryffindor's magic or Dumbledore's doing.

He prefers Dumbledore, the headmaster's favorite little game to play, which can surprise you and give you the illusion of being admissible.

See, the one who can pull the sword out of the Sorting Hat is the real Gryffindor!

Suddenly, the courage buff doubled, and he rushed forward with a roar!

It took more than ten minutes for Dumbledore to open his eyes, pick up the destroyed journal, and sigh:

"It's amazing, needless to say, Tom is probably one of the best students Hogwarts has ever had."

William acknowledged and gave Tom a middle finger. If the Dark Lord is not good, then he is not the Dark Lord.

William didn't ask who the other "brilliant students" were, and now was not the time to talk about witches and business.

"William, you're doing a great job, as good as ever." Dumbledore said softly.

"But I made a serious mistake of relying too much on the power of the ring in the hope of training Harry."

"Numerous facts have proven that I also make mistakes just like ordinary people. In fact, because I'm — pardon me — because I'm so much smarter than most, my mistakes are correspondingly worse.

I didn't expect that in the depths of the secret room, there were still Slytherin records. ”

Dumbledore's tone was filled with deep remorse.

"So, we're in trouble, big trouble, even trickier than Voldemort."

"Sixteen-year-old Riddle?"

"That's right, I've said more than once that Tom in his youth was more terrible than Voldemort.

The two did things differently, Voldemort gained great power, ran out of patience, thought he was immortal, and preferred the simplest of killings.

Riddle is young, and he prefers to co-opt others and use intrigues.

With the lessons of his predecessor Voldemort, I think he will be more cautious in the face of me. ”

Dumbledore put down his journal and leaned back in his chair.

"Professor, there's one thing I don't understand, whether it's Riddle or Voldemort, why didn't they die after being killed by Avada?

Riddle says that he is the soul of Voldemort and is banished in a journal.

What kind of magic is this? I thought about it for a long time, but I can't remember which magic book has a similar existence. ”

The look on Dumbledore's face became solemn, and he looked at William seriously, the tips of ten slender fingers lightly touching together.

After being silent for a long time, he finally said in a cautious tone: "William, have you ever heard the word Horcrux?" ”

"Hmm...... Yes, the Forbidden Zone's book "Poison Magic" mentions that it says, "The most evil of magical inventions of horcruxes are not described here."

Other than that, I haven't seen it in any other book in the forbidden area. ”

"That's because I removed all the books that dealt with Horcruxes in detail."

Dumbledore raised his hand slightly, and a thick book flew out of the cabinet.

It was a brown black leather book with a book titled "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic"

"This book is full of dark arts, and the most detailed steps on how to craft and destroy Horcruxes."

Dumbledore spread out the book and flipped to the Horcrux page.

There is a man on the page who kills a man and lets out a cry of pain, and his soul is then cut off.

"By killing, separating the soul and sealing it in an object.

In this way, even if your body is attacked or destroyed, you cannot die, because there is still a part of your soul left unharmed......"

"This is the secret of Voldemort's immortality, and the diary is his Horcrux?" William raised an eyebrow.

Dumbledore nodded solemnly, "That's right, I realized early on that Voldemort may have made Horcruxes.

So I moved all the books about Horcruxes into my office to prevent anyone else from seeing them.

I kept looking for evidence, and finally I got the diary. ”

"Then there's another question, Professor." William keenly asked, "How did the diary end up in Ron's hands?" ”

"I think it was given by Lucius Malfoy, who was too conspicuous and high-profile during this time.

The house-elf of Malfoy approached Harry more than once, hinting at an attack...... Various phenomena indicate that the diary was previously owned by Malfoy. ”

William thought for a moment, "The only time Malfoy came into contact with Ron was at the Blotte Bookstore, where he got into a fight with Mr. Weasley.

It was probably given to Ron at that time. ”

"But how dare he...... Throwing Voldemort's Horcruxes to Ron? William wondered.

"Malfoy probably didn't know it was a Horcrux, and Arthur's several searches made him anxious.

He was anxious to get rid of his master's things, and he could also blame Arthur. Dumbledore analyzed.

"That raises another problem, Professor." William's brow furrowed, "Why is the Horcrux in Malfoy's hands?"

I mean, why would Voldemort give such an important thing to his servant?

With Voldemort's character, shouldn't something so important be kept in a safe place and not be discovered by anyone? ”

"Isn't he too ...... Not careful. ”

"William, you're very observant." Dumbledore bowed slightly, "I'm thinking about that too. ”

"Voldemort was too careless with this Horcrux, which means that he may well have made more Horcruxes, so losing one won't be so dangerous.

I hate to believe this, but there seems to be no other explanation that makes sense. ”

William hesitated for a moment, and said helplessly: "Wouldn't it be impossible to kill Voldemort forever, we don't know the number of Horcruxes, and we don't know the specific location." ”

Voldemort is really a "Voldemort...... Out of the world.

If William were him, he would find a beautiful island to hide, and Dumbledore would be killed.

"I'm still investigating the location of other Horcruxes, and I already have a few small clues." Dumbledore said.

William was stunned, the principal was too efficient.

Sure enough, it's always your enemies who know you best!

"As for the quantity, one person might know."

"Who?"

"My former colleague Horace Slughorn. He was the former dean of Slytherin House, and he liked Tom the most, and the two had a close personal relationship. ”

"Voldemort wouldn't tell him about such a thing, would he?"

"I think Tom may have consulted Horace about this." Dumbledore said cautiously.

"Twelve years ago, when Horace heard that Voldemort had been defeated by Harry, he was so relaxed that he almost lost control of his joy.

His reaction was so strange that when I was talking, he drank a lot of alcohol and accidentally leaked a word.

So I became alarmed that Horace had probably shared some dark secret with Tom. ”

"Later, when I asked cautiously several times, he refused to speak, and a few days later, he directly submitted his resignation to me."

William nodded, this reaction did feel like a thief.

"So, Professor, I have one last question."

Dumbledore snorted and motioned for William to bring it up.

"Did you notice, Tom was out of the journal and resurrected from his soul state.

Although he was ordered by Avada, he did not die, and became a shadow like Voldemort, waiting to be resurrected again. ”

"This may be due to other Horcruxes, if Voldemort made multiple Horcruxes, they are now all public Horcruses for the two." Dumbledore explained.

"But is it possible that when we find all the Horcruxes and destroy them successfully, or we can't destroy Tom Jr. and Tom Sr?

Because they all belong to Tom Riddle's soul, and they all exist independently, so they become Horcruxes for each other and become Horcrux matryoshka dolls? ”

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(Thanks to the tips of the two bigwigs of "Hellcat" and "Elf Fire Wind")

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