"So he kills to make himself impossible to kill?" Harry said. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "If he likes immortality so much, why doesn't he make a philosopher's stone, or steal one?" ”

"Well, we know he tried it five years ago," Dumbledore said. "But I think there are a few reasons why a philosopher's stone is less attractive to Voldemort than a Horcrux."

"For the elixir to truly continue life, it must be taken regularly, and if the person who takes it wants to gain eternal life, it must be taken forever. As such, Voldemort will be completely dependent on the elixir, and if it runs out, or is contaminated, or the Philosopher's Stone is stolen, he will die like everyone else. Remember, Voldemort likes to go it alone. I'm sure he'll find it intolerable to rely on other things, even the elixir. After he attacked you, he was forced into a terrible state of half-dead, and if he could get out of this situation, he would of course be willing to drink it, but only to reclaim his body. After that, I'm sure he'll continue to rely on his Horcruxes: as long as he can get a human form, he won't need anything. He is immortal...... Or closer to immortality than anyone else.

"But now, Harry, we have this information, you have succeeded in obtaining this vital memory, and we are closer than anyone else to the secret to ending Voldemort. You heard him say, Harry, 'Isn't it better to divide your soul into many pieces, and to be stronger...... Isn't 7 the most magical number...... isn't '7 the most magical? Yes, I think the idea of dividing the soul into seven pieces appealed to Voldemort deeply. ”

"He made seven soul shards?" Harry was horrified, and several of the portraits on the walls made the same shocked and indignant sounds. "But they may be anywhere in the world - hidden, buried, or unobtrusive-"

"I'm glad you recognize the seriousness of the problem," Dumbledore said calmly. "But first, no, Harry, not seven soul fragments: six. The seventh part of his soul, despite being badly wounded, remained in his reborn body. This part existed like a ghost during his years of exile; Without it, he simply did not have himself. For those who want to kill Voldemort, the seventh soul will be the last piece of their attack - the piece in his body. ”

"But there are still six soul fragments," Harry said a little desperately, "how can we find them?" ”

"You forgot... You've destroyed one of them. And I've destroyed another. ”

"You've ruined another?" Harry said eagerly.

"Indeed," Dumbledore said, raising his blackened, burned hand. "The ring, Harry. Marvolo's ring. It also has a terrible curse on it. If it weren't for me—forgive me for my lack of modesty of modesty—for my great ability, and if it weren't for Professor Snape's timely action when I returned to Hogwarts, I would have suffered so much that I might not have lived to tell you this story. In any case, a shriveled hand in exchange for one-seventh of Voldemort's soul is still very cost-effective. The ring was no longer a soul fragment. ”

"But how did you find it?"

"Well, as you know by now, I've been trying to unearth Voldemort's past as much as I can for years. I traveled everywhere and visited places he was familiar with. I stumbled upon the ring hidden in the ruins of the Gonter house. It seems that Voldemort never wanted to wear it again after sealing his soul inside. He hid it and protected it with a lot of powerful magic, and kept it in the hut where his ancestors once lived, and of course Morphin had been taken to Azkaban, never expecting that I might one day take trouble to visit the ruins, or that I would keep an eye out for clues that I was hiding things with magic.

"In any case, we can't afford to be complacent. You destroyed the diary and I destroyed the ring, but if our inference about seven souls is correct, there are still four soul fragments. ”

"And they could be anything," Harry said. "Could they be old tinplate cans or, I don't know, empty potions bottle......s?"

"You're thinking about choosing a portkey, Harry, those are ordinary items that tend to be overlooked. But would Voldemort use tinplate cans and old potions bottles to guard his precious soul? You've forgotten what I showed you. Voldemort loved to collect loot, and he favored items that were full of magical history. His pride, his belief in his superiority, his determination to make an astonishing mark on the history of magic; All of this implies that Voldemort would have chosen his soul fragments carefully, preferring items worthy of this honor. ”

"That journal wasn't that special."

"That journal, as you yourself say, proves that he is the heir of Slytherin; I'm sure Voldemort thought it was surprisingly important. ”

"So, what about the other soul fragments?" Harry said. "Do you know what they are, Professor?"

"I can only guess," Dumbledore said. "For the reasons I have said, I believe that Voldemort would have used objects that were great in their own right. That's why I'm searching Voldemort's past to see if there's any evidence that such an object has ever disappeared around him. ”

"That cassette pendant!" Harry exclaimed. "Hufflepuff cup!"

"Yes," Dumbledore said with a smile. "I can bet with, maybe not my other whole hand, two fingers, that they became the number three and four of the soul fragments. The remaining two, assuming he made a total of six, would be hard to guess, but I can venture to guess that after obtaining the Hufflepuff and Slytherin items, he began to track down the items belonging to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I'm sure the four items came from the ideas of the four founders and shook Voldemort's mind powerfully. I can't answer if he's got his hands on Ravenclaw, but I'm sure the only known relic of Gryffindor is still unharmed. ”

Dumbledore gestured with his blackened hand to the wall behind him, where a ruby sword lay silently in a glass box.

"You think that's why he really wants to go back to Hogwarts, Professor?" Harry said. "To find out what one of the founders is left?"

"Exactly what I thought," said Dumbledore, "but unfortunately, although he was outside of our school, he didn't have the opportunity to search for it, or I believe, it didn't give us any more advantage. I can't keep on saying that he never fulfilled his ambition to gather the four founders. He must have two -- maybe three -- and that's the best thing we can do right now. ”

"Even if he gets his hands on Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, there's still a sixth soul fragment left," Harry counted with his fingers. "Unless he gets both?"

"I don't think so," Dumbledore said. "I think I know what the sixth soul fragment is. I have to admit, I was once curious about the snake, Nagini, and I wonder what you think about it? ”

"The snake?" Harry said in surprise. "Can you use animals as soul fragments?"

"Well, it's not wise to do that," Dumbledore said. "Because entrusting a part of your soul to something that can think and act for itself is a great risk. Either way, if my consideration is correct, Voldemort was at least one thing away from making six soul shards when he entered your parents' house intending to kill you.

"He seems to have reserved the process of making soul fragments for murder with special significance. You belong to the kind of murder that has a special meaning. He believes that if he kills you, he can destroy the dangers outlined in that prophecy. He believed it would make him invincible. I'm sure he's going to use your death to make the last soul shard.

"As we know, he failed. However, after a few years, he killed an old Muggle with Nagini, which may have led him to think of turning it into his last Horcrux. It highlights Voldemort's connection to Slytherin, reinforcing Voldemort's mystique. I think he loves it more than anything; He clearly likes to take it with him, and even as a parseltongue, the degree of control he has over it is unusual. ”

"So," said Harry, "the diary is gone, the ring is gone. The cup, the pendant, and the snake are all intact, and you think there's a Horcrux that Ravenclaw or Gryffindor used to use? ”

"A very succinct and correct summary, yes," Dumbledore replied with a bow.

"So...... Are you still looking for them, Professor? You went looking for them when you left school, right? ”

"Correct," Dumbledore said. "I've been looking for a long time. I think...... Maybe...... I'm almost finding another one. There are some signs of optimism. ”

"If you find it," Harry said quickly, "can I go with you and help you destroy it?" ”

Dumbledore stared at Harry very seriously for a few moments before he said, "Yes, I think so." ”

"May I?" Harry was taken aback.

"Oh, yes," Dumbleury smiled slightly. "I think you've earned that right." Harry felt his heart lifted.

It's a nice feeling not to hear those words of warning and protection. The headmasters on the walls around him seemed unimpressed by Dumbledore's words; Harry saw that some of them were shaking their heads, and Phineas Nigelus even scoffed.

"When a Horcrux is destroyed, will Voldemort know, Professor? Can he feel it? Harry asked, ignoring the portraits.

"A very interesting question, Harry. I believe not. I believe Voldemort is now too deep in evil, and that these crucial parts of himself have been away from him for too long for him to be felt when we do. Perhaps, at the moment of death, he will realize his loss...... For example, he was unaware of the destruction of the journal until he questioned Lucius Malfoy. When Voldemort found out that the journal had been destroyed and all the magic it contained had been lost, I learned that he was furious. ”

"But I thought he had Lucius Malfoy sneak it into Hogwarts?"

"Yes, he did think so years ago when he was sure he would be able to create more soul fragments, but Lucius still had to wait for Voldemort's permission, which he never received, because Voldemort disappeared shortly after giving him the diary. No doubt he didn't think Lucius would dare do anything to it other than to protect the soul fragment, but he trusted Lucius's fear of a master who had disappeared for years and thought he was dead. Lucius, of course, didn't know what that diary actually was. I deduced that Voldemort had only told him that the journal would reopen the Secret Chamber, because it had been cleverly enchanted. If Lucius knew that he held a part of his master's soul in his hands, he would have treated it with greater awe - but in fact he had carried out his old plan for his own purposes: by blaming Arthur Weasley's daughter, he wanted to bring Arthur into disrepute and drive me out of Hogwarts, while also killing three birds with one stone. Ah, poor Lucius...... Considering Voldemort's anger at him for having wisely abandoned his soul shards, and his fiasco at the Ministry of Magic last year, I wouldn't be surprised that he was secretly glad he was still safely in Azkaban. ”

Harry sat and thought for a moment, then asked, "So, if all of Voldemort's Horcruxes were destroyed, could he be killed?" ”

"I think so," Dumbledore said. "Without his Horcrux, Voldemort would be a mortal whose soul had been severely damaged. But don't forget, even though his soul is incorrigible, his mind and mana are still intact. So even without the Horcruxes, it would take an unusual skill to kill Voldemort. ”

"But I don't have any unusual abilities or powers," Harry couldn't help but say.

"No, you have," Dumbledore said firmly. "You have a power that Voldemort never had, you can—"

"I see!" Harry couldn't wait to say, "I can love!" ”

He couldn't help but add, "It's crucial!" ”

"Yes, Harry, you can love," Dumbledore looked as if he knew what Harry had just held back. "It's love that gives you everything, it's something great and extraordinary. You're still too young to understand how different you are, Harry. So, when the prophecy says that you have 'an energy that the Dark Lord does not understand,' it means love! ”

Harry nodded involuntarily.