The seven-pointed star, with its central triangle, circle, and a vertical line, is exactly the same as the pattern on the parchment. And the fifth horn in the seven-pointed star is painted bright red, with a palm-sized groove on it.

And the size is just the same as the number of the first seal that Brandi made in Classroom 13.

This couldn't be clearer, and if nothing else, it should be here that the fifth seal card that Wright and Voldemort were given should have been found.

But it's exactly this ...... that's bizarre According to Professor Binns, Slytherin was building a vault in the castle without even the knowledge of the other three giants. So how did the boy who built the treasure house know in his remaining memories? How good was his relationship with Slytherin?

Not to mention that he even successfully passed the basilisk guards, leaving a mural in the secret room.

Brandi and his family became more and more curious and frightened about this wizard whose name had been forgotten by the world.

Now that they had seen the body of the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, Gadwin and Williamson naturally had no idea of spending any more time at Hogwarts investigating Muggle discrimination, and since Carlo's ouster was almost a foregone conclusion, the huge treasure left behind in the Chamber of Secrets was obviously more exciting to the Ministry of Magic than asking if the Muggle students had been cursed by the Headmaster.

Merlin is on top, and the entire British wizarding world has not seen sightings of this rare and dangerous creature for four hundred years! Even the few remaining bits of information about basilisks were obtained through international exchanges from Ministries of Magic in other countries.

Not to mention that almost everything in the Basilisk is of great research value, even if it is just taken and made into a specimen, it is a great achievement for the British Ministry of Magic. Of course, due to the fact that the basilisk has too many wounds on its body and is missing a key eye, this specimen may not look very good.

Dumbledore was naturally well aware of the importance of the basilisk to the Ministry of Magic, so before going back, at Gadvin's request, he specially used a spell to lift the basilisk out of the water, and placed it on the platform, he generously agreed to the Aurors' request to hand over the basilisk to the Ministry of Magic for study, and instead left only the basilisk with the snakeskin that had faded.

Then, after everyone had followed Dumbledore back to Professor McGonagall's office, Gadwin and Williamson were eager to leave, and they needed to hurry back to the ministry and organize someone to get the big guy out of the chamber before the basilisk was rotten.

"Professor, why did we give them the basilisk like that?" When the two of them left the office, Harry said with some confusion, "Didn't you just say on the road, the basilisk is full of treasures, but the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic obviously didn't do anything......

"That's how you weigh what you get, Harry." Dumbledore sat back in his armchair and said with a smile, "Sometimes we have to make some trade-offs in order to achieve our goals. I'm more worried about the current state of the school than a basilisk that I don't know what to do yet. To put it bluntly, I also need the Ministry of Magic to help me alleviate the school's declining reputation due to Amycus's actions. Besides, it was cruel to let Gadwin and the others stay here and interrogate the traumatized children one by one. ”

With that, he magically conjured three chairs for Brandi and the others to sit down.

"It seems like it's still early, so you shouldn't be in a hurry to get to dinner. Need some candy? Let me see Minerva this... Not... Tsk, it doesn't look like she's very sweet tooth. Ignoring the three men's expressions, which were half admiring and half contemplative for his explanation, Dumbledore bent down and opened his desk drawer to take a look. Then the mint hard candy is good, there should be quite a few in the kitchen. ”

He snapped his fingers, and a plate of jam tartlets and mint hard candy appeared on the desk in his office, and a few seconds later, a large pot of black tea popped up with a pop. With that done, he nodded in satisfaction, then leaned down and continued to study the pamphlet in front of him.

"What should I do? Do you write on this? ”

Brandi glanced at them.

"Professor, that diary, it's ......" Brandi said with some concern, according to Riddle's previous statement, this diary is obviously full of evil black magic, which can unconsciously invade the viewer's heart, Brandi himself can ignore this magic, but if the professor does not pay attention

While Brandi was struggling, Dumbledore had already picked up his pen and scribbled a few lines on it. However, I don't know if it was because he was too badly injured, or because Riddle obviously knew that the journal must be on Brandi or the Hogwarts professor now, and although Dumbledore's writing disappeared from the pages, no new words came out.

"Don't worry about how it will hurt me, in fact, if you have mastered the Occlumency technique, you will find that it is not very clever in terms of probing people's hearts." As he spoke, he recited a few more carefully crafted incantations, and his wand tapped lightly on the journal, which immediately burst into a burst of light, revealing the protective magic that had been protecting the diary all along.

"Hmm...... It's another magic you've never seen before, isn't it," Dumbledore flipped through the journal with his fingertips, his intently sliding his gaze over the film of light as thick as the bottom of a glass bottle, "Needless to say, just by making this thing, he could probably be the best student Hogwarts has ever been." ”

He looked up and couldn't help but laugh when he saw the confusion on the faces of the three Brandi. "Fifty years ago, at Hogwarts, I taught him personally. Although I was already amazed at his amazing talent at the time, it seems that I still seriously underestimated him now. I really didn't expect to have such courage and determination at that time...... I have to marvel at that. ”

Courage, and determination?

Brandi was a little confused. But Dumbledore didn't seem to intend to dwell on Brandy's doubts. He picked up a piece of mint hard candy and threw it into his mouth, changing the subject. "Listen to Minerva, he ran out of it?"

Dumbledore shook the diary in his hand, and Brandi, who was still confused by what he had just said, was stunned for a long time before he realized that he was referring to Riddle among them.

Considering that the stories the headmaster had heard were likely to come from Lockhart's mouth, he simply recounted the unprocessed things as they were. To Brandi's surprise, Dumbledore didn't particularly care about Riddle's servant hiding in the shadows, and when he was anxious to warn Dumbledore, the latter just nodded thoughtfully.

"Thanks for the reminder, Brandy, I'll take note. But Voldemort," he said, looked at Ron, who was trembling at the name, and wisely changed his words. There have always been many loyal adherents of his doctrine of the supremacy of power, even after his complete downfall. Don't worry too much, Brandi. When he learned the news of his master's defeat again, he naturally died down. ”

But what if the man is not some loyal servant?

Thinking back to the inexplicable inconsistencies in the entire secret room incident, Brandi moved his lips hesitantly, but he couldn't say it.

After that, like Brandi and the others, Dumbledore began to try to destroy the journal. Compared to Harry's pale and feeble Burn Charm, Dumbledore's spell was more obviously effective, and a golden flame of light flew out of his wand, wrapping around the diary in mid-air like a chain, clinging to the transparent film of light, making a sizzling sound.

But this was the only reaction that occurred on the light film, and no matter how the light flame contracted and burned, the diary remained unmoved.

Five minutes later, Dumbledore revoked the magic.

"It doesn't look like it's something that can be cracked so easily." He looked at the intact diary in the air and muttered to himself with a solemn expression. "The nature of this magic is very similar to the life attachment you mentioned, but the things consumed may be different, which is really difficult, and Riddle was already able to do this when he was young... Then ...... next."

Before he knew it, Dumbledore's voice was already inaudible.

"Maybe we can completely drain it little by little?" Harry said eagerly. "Brandi's magic spell should help too."

"Of course you can, but it's not easy." Dumbledore said, taking down the diary from the air, and examining the shallow marks on the light film after being burned by the fiery serpent, the marks were gradually smoothing out and slowly disappearing over time.

Judging from the reaction of the shield just now, the magic contained in the diary is still abundant. If you want to destroy it by attrition, it will be a long-term process. While we can do this with this, if we can, we'd better find a way to bypass this layer of protection and attack the journal itself, and since we can't think of an effective response for a while, why don't we go to the auditorium and enjoy a celebratory dinner with everyone? ”

"Celebrating?" Brandi, they look at me, I look at you, and they look at each other.

"yes, isn't it worth a party to celebrate?" Dumbledore took the last sip of his tea, "And it's time to announce the decision about the three of you at the banquet." Alright, let's go back and get ready. ”

With that, he strode out of the office.

Prepare for ......

The three of them didn't know what they were thinking, and their mouths opened wide in horror.