Chapter One Thousand and Ninety-Nine

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"I think so, we made it......" Dumbledore said, reaching for the ring with the resurrection stone.

"Okay, Professor......"

Van Lin nodded, not immediately flashing Dumbledore's dark fingers in front of his eyes.

"Cursed...... Curse...... Voldemort's curse, Dumbledore......"

Fan Lin suddenly thought of something, but he was faintly a little unable to grasp it......

"Professor...... Professor Dumbledore...... Wait a minute......"

As he spoke, Fan Lin knocked the box out with a spell, "You can't do this......"

"What are you doing in Vanlin?" said Dumbledore, with a hint of anger as he watched the Horcrux in his hand...... Also, Van Lin is actually attacking him?

"No, it's not, Professor Dumbledore......" Van Lin held his wand in one hand, the biting chill giving him a hint of authenticity.

"What is this?" Rutherford asked with a smile, his eyes shifting and not knowing where to look.

"Wait, I don't think we've made it yet. ”

"No, we succeeded, but you sent it flying. ”

"No, that's not true, and besides, it's none of your business, old bat. Van Lin's unexplained irritability shocked him.

He hated Rutherford a little, but he never ......

This is, magic?

Van Lin suddenly thought of something, all this was Voldemort's means, used to protect his Horcruxes, they were not free from Voldemort's magic at all, whether it was Dumbledore or Rutherford......

Fan Lin took two steps back slightly, but he didn't know if he had touched something, and Fan Lin fell to the ground.

Dumbledore had clearly removed the obstacles around him just now, but why......

Seeing that Dumbledore was about to take the box back in his hand, Van Lin did not hesitate at all, and a spell struck at Dumbledore's hand.

"It's not true, I fell for the magic ......," Van Lin muttered, watching his spell pass through Dumbledore's hand.

Yes, I just touched something in the real world, which is the obstacle that didn't show up, so what Fan Lin controlled was his body just now?

"What are you doing?" said Dumbledore solemnly, while Rutherford on the side was a little impatient.

"Impolite little ghost, looks like I need to give you some ......"

There was no time to react, the speed of the vampire was still very slow to capture by Van Lin, and the method of a figure in front of him was extremely fast, unlike Dumbledore, this time it was a real touch, and the cold fangs were embedded in Van Lin's skin at once.

This left Van Lin a little confused as to whether it was illusory or real, but one thing was certain, he was being attacked by vampires......

"Give it to me, get out of here!"

Van Lin roared, and the wand hit Rutherford's head directly, and a cold light seemed to destroy everything around him, but the pain in his heart woke Van Lin again......

"This is ......" Van Lin looked down at the bone snake biting into his arm, and his wand had completely destroyed the snake body behind it.

"Is this, hallucination?" Van Lin took the dead viper off his arm with some difficulty, and everything around him changed, just as it had been when he first entered, the hut was still so dilapidated, with tables and chairs, and bookcases......

But the bones of the dead and the feeling of desolation were all gone, and as Ogden remembered, there was not so much furnishings at Gaunt's cottage, and naturally, no Muggles would come to patronize it.

The door was open, and Rutherford stood in the doorway, licking his lips from time to time.

"Dumbledore......" Van Lin shouted, and quickly got up from the ground, but a dizzy feeling of excessive blood loss made Van Lin's body shake a little.

But compared to his bad form, Dumbledore's appearance at the moment is more worrying.

Dumbledore's old body curled up, his eyes fixed on the open cupboard.

A jewel ring from Ogden's memory lay there quietly, without any light or wonder, but it firmly attracted all of Dumbledore's attention.

"Ariana!"

"What?" Van Lin's expression changed slightly, which was exactly what he had been worried about before he came.

Ariana Dumbledore, sister of Albus Dumbledore and Aberforth Dumbledore.

If there is anything that can affect Dumbledore, except for his sister Ariana, it is only Grindelwald, and now, for Dumbledore, living people have no effect on Dumbledore, exactly, for the Resurrection Stone, naturally, Ariana is the nightmare in Dumbledore's heart.

"Professor, stop, it's just the three of us here, and there's no Ariana!" Van Lin endured his weakness and tried to step forward to pull Dumbledore back, but in a trance, Van Lin saw a figure shaking.

"Get out of here!" Van Lin yelled, then used a spell to shatter the locker containing the Resurrection Stone Ring to prevent Dumbledore from touching it.

But it didn't work, and the Resurrection Stone was still affecting Dumbledore......

"Ariana, you're back, are you, are you willing to forgive me, it's all my fault, I shouldn't ......"

"Nothing shouldn't be ......" Van Lin's steps were a little vain, he ran a few steps forward, and he grabbed Dumbledore with his hand, freed from the control of the resurrection stone.

"Calm down, Professor, we've all fallen for Voldemort's magic, it should be said, it's the magic of the Grim Reaper, you have to cheer up, Professor......"

Van Lin shook Dumbledore's shoulder, but when he looked up, he made Van Lin a little sluggish.

What did he see?

Dumbledore actually wept in front of him, like an ordinary old Muggle?

If you say this, others will think that they are crazy.

But that's just the way it is, the impact of the Resurrection Stone on Dumbledore was so profound.

Fortunately, all the people Fan Lin wants to see are alive in the world, and his mother has not become an obsession, naturally, cracking the illusion is just a matter of opportunity.

Dumbledore, on the other hand, felt more guilty about Ariana than ordinary people could imagine.

Kill Ariana with your own hands?

It was going to drive Dumbledore crazy.

If this was really Ariana, Van Lin didn't mind Dumbledore being immersed for a while.

But after waking up, Van Lin still remembered the characteristics of the Resurrection Stone, which was not the real Ariana, it was just a ghost created by the Resurrection Stone based on Dumbledore's memories.

The real Ariana must have left here a long time ago and gone to the world of the dead, as Van Lin experienced in the second grade, and through that white nothingness, there was really no going back.

Therefore, the resurrection stone can only recall the souls that are still wandering in the world, and those who have long left, what the resurrection stone can do is only to create a false illusion, and with a strong pessimistic heart, under this influence, no matter who it is, it will be mentally tortured and crazy, but in the end it is impossible to get what you want, so you naturally have to find it yourself.

Suicide became the only way.

What a bullshit Deathly Hallows, this is a sharp blade that tortures itself.

There were just three of them, Dumbledore, himself, and the old vampire who hadn't broken free, and the damn Resurrection Stone could only project images into Dumbledore's memories.

"Damn, Dumbledore, be sober...... "Van Lin shook Dumbledore's body vigorously, but it didn't help.

Dumbledore's strength was so great that Van Lin couldn't stop him from picking up the ring.

"Sober me up, Professor Dumbledore, that's not Ariana!"

Van Lin seemed to suddenly understand why Voldemort hadn't taken the ring.

It's not that Voldemort didn't discover the function of this ring at all, and if he wanted to open it, Voldemort was also invaded by his memory, and then saw his mother and that Muggle father?

But with Voldemort's character, how could a guy who could kill his own father with his own hands care.

Naturally, Voldemort left this ring here, this is the best protection, not all people are as dehumanized as him, and those who come to find Horcruxes will naturally receive the influence of the Resurrection Stone.

And destruction is the final end, which was calculated from the beginning.

Van Lin finally understood why Voldemort was relieved to leave the ring here, it was something that no one could touch.

Obviously, Voldemort also left behind some magic, such as the snake that attacked him, which was a backup means to destroy the ones who were more affected by the resurrection stone.

This is almost foolproof, so to speak, should you be glad that your little life experience saved you?

But Dumbledore was clearly not among them, he was too deeply affected, from Ariana......

Voldemort's magic was tempting Dumbledore to wear the ring, which was the equivalent of keeping Ariana by his side, and then the curse on the ring?

Maybe not against Dumbledore, but there's no doubt that anyone else would have been killed if they came here.

Sirius didn't even enter the house, he was hallucinating outside the door!

Damn it......

"Hold on, Professor!" Van Lin said, aiming his wand at Dumbledore.

"Regent!"

A ray of light pierced Dumbledore's body, and Vanlin saw a faint face, a girl's face, which was ...... Ariana?

Maybe it was Ariana, but before Vanlin could see anything else, a strong sense of resistance came over him, and Vanlin returned to Gaunt's ancestral home.

Van Lin only felt that his head was about to explode, and used his spirit to spy on Dumbledore's inner world, if Dumbledore hadn't been hallucinated, he would have become an idiot if he wasn't careful.

However, this also had an effect, and Dumbledore's body stopped, as if he was a little confused.

"Very well, let's do it again...... Regent!"

The scene changed in an instant, it was a small room, and he couldn't wait to confront his brother and Grindelwald, and then a spell struck Ariana who was nearby, and Dumbledore and Aberforth screamed in pain......

"Abu ......"

Professor Dumbledore...... "Van Lin felt his head a little dizzy, the feeling of squeezing was so strong that he couldn't even move his body as he stood here.

"Professor Dumbledore, come to your senses......" Van Lin rushed forward, but as soon as he stepped in, it was as if he had stepped into the abyss.

"You won't succeed, he can't be awakened by you......" An empty female voice sounded in Fan Lin's head, in fact, Fan Lin couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman at all.

"Shut up!" Without further thought, Van Lin ran forward quickly, it was Ariana's tombstone, where Dumbledore knelt.

"It's not this ......" Van Lin forcibly held back his dizziness, and with a tap of his wand, the picture changed again, returning to the face he saw for the first time, the face of Ariana.

This time, Varlin could see it clearly, and Dumbledore stood in front of Ariana with tears streaming down his face, his lips constantly squirming, as if begging Ariana for forgiveness.

"No, Professor Dumbledore, that's not true...... "Van Lin flicked his wand hard, and in the next second, as if the mirror had been broken, Van Lin returned to Gaunt's ancestral home......

"Again...... Regent!"

Van Lin raised his hand with some difficulty, but ......

"Stop, Van Lin, I'm awake...... Dumbledore's tired voice came from the side, and then the old body fell to the ground with a bit of a slump.

This made Fan Lin breathe a sigh of relief, and then his body went limp, and he collapsed on the floor.

Thankfully, Dumbledore had come to his senses, and maybe he had cracked the spell, but at a price......

But if Dumbledore resists a little, Van Lin's consciousness will be shattered as soon as possible, and then he will naturally become an idiot, but fortunately, Dumbledore still comes to his senses.

As if relieved, Van Lin looked up at the ceiling, and through the cracks in the bricks, beams of light spilled down.

Once again, Van Lin recalled Arion's face, the Dumbledore's nightmare.

In fact, because Ariana was seen by three Muggle boys when she was a child and inadvertently performed magic on her, the three boys did terrible things to her, and since then she has lost control of magic, and the magic is in her body, driving her crazy.

Percival Dumbledore killed the Muggles in revenge, and ended up in Azkaban.

In order to prevent Ariana from being imprisoned in St. Mungo for life, Candela left the Fertile Fields with the two brothers, Ariana and Albus, for Godric's Valley. and declared that Ariana was not in good health and could not go to school.

In fact, Ariana is always timid and cute when she is normal. Only Aberforth could silence the runaway Ariana. Because of a magical riot that killed her mother, Candela Dumbledore. From then on, Albus began to take care of Ariana.

A few weeks later, however, Dumbledore met Gellert Grindelwald. The two talked speculatively and ignored Ariana.

Dumbledore's younger brother, Aberforth, returned home from Hogwarts and blamed Dumbledore for not taking good care of his sister Ariana.

The two brothers clashed and drew their wands. By this time, Grindelwald was already very angry, thinking that Aberforth was a stupid child who had hindered his and Dumbledore's grand plans, so he turned his wand at each other. The three of them injured the innocent Ariana in the scuffle, causing her death.

Ariana was later buried in Godric's Hollow with the epitaph "Where the treasure is, there is the heart".

To put it simply, this is what Dumbledore did wrong when he was younger, and it cost Ariana a price, and there is no doubt that this experience almost cost Dumbledore his own life.

What if only Dumbledore himself came today?