"That's really evil...... Van Lin looked at Slahhorn with blazing eyes, and once again had a very intuitive feeling of how much the name Tom Riddle had been pampered at Hogwarts.

Maybe it's a different era.

However, it is certain that if Van Lin dared to ask the professors such a question as how to make a Horcrux, he would definitely be killed, and in any case, this is not a subject that a student should study, but it seems that Slavhorn has no intention of refusing at all.

"But surely you know them perfectly, sir?" said Tom Riddle, looking humble, "I mean, there is no wizard like you...... I'm sorry, I mean, if you can't tell me, obviously...... If anyone can tell me, it's you...... So I just think I'm ......"

He did a good job, Van Lin thought, his hesitation, his orderly tone, and his careful compliments were well mastered.

He managed to control Slahhorn's heart, he was humble and polite, and his words gave Slavhorn great satisfaction.

Of course, this is also a divide.

Harry's way of saying it was the same as Ron's saying it was completely different in terms of results.

One is flattered, and the other is taken for granted.

Placed in Tom's mouth, apparently, this feels like the former.

Moreover, Tom has had too many experiences of clichéing from different people's mouths, treating different people and using different methods.

Suffice it to say, Riddle wanted to know this information very much, probably planning for weeks for the moment.

Van Lin will do the same, of course, now Van Lin is more inclined to be simple and rude, since the threat can solve the problem, naturally Van Lin does not need to waste words.

What's more, Van Lin can't find anyone who threatens now.

The two sides have almost made it clear that the carriage and horses are here, and now it is up to Voldemort to strike first, or Dumbledore to find a way to counteract first.

"Uh-huh......" Slavhorn hesitated, not looking at Riddle, but fiddling with the ribbon at the top of the crystal pineapple box, "Well, I'll tell you about it, of course." Just to make you aware of it. Soul fragments, as the name suggests, a part of the soul, or, as the name is called, a Horcrux, is a word that describes an item capable of concealing a portion of a human's soul. ”

Horcruxes?

Harry must have heard Van Lin talk about it countless times, and now, Slavhorn had proven it for him once again.

"But I don't understand, or rather, I don't understand how it works, sir......" Riddle said. He carefully controlled his voice, but Van Lin could clearly feel his excitement.

"Well, that's exactly what it is...... You're going to separate a part of your soul," Slavhorn said, "and hide it outside of your body." Then, even if your body is attacked or destroyed, you can not die, because part of your soul is still intact, but, of course, in one form......"

Slughorn's face contorted, and Harry found that he remembered hearing the words two years ago,

"I'm torn from my body, I'm not as good as a ghost, not as good as a ghost...... However, I survived. ”

It was probably Voldemort's state, an incomplete soul, a body reconstructed by magic.

It's hard to imagine what that state would be, or maybe the word human doesn't seem like a good one.

"Well," Slavhorn said uncomfortably, "you must understand that the soul should be kept intact. Separating the soul is a crime, and it is against nature. ”

"But how to go about it?" Tom didn't pay attention to Slahhorn's reminder.

Van Lin saw Slahhorn's body tremble a little, he seemed to be bewitched by Tom, the Imperi Curse or something, but Van Lin clearly knew that the fear in Slahorn's heart was magnified, and he couldn't control his actions at all.

This seems strange to a professor who has been famous for a long time, but it makes sense to Tom.

"Through a crime, a most evil crime—murder! Murder can tear apart the soul of a man, and the wizard chooses this destruction in order to create a Horcrux, he will put up his torn soul......" Slavhorn said tremblingly, his hand holding the wine glass not calm.

"Packed, but ......how?"

"By a spell, but I don't know what it is!" said Slahhorn, shaking his head like an old elephant bothered by mosquitoes. "Do I look like I've tried...... Do I look like a murderer?"

"No, of course not, sir," Riddle said quickly. "I'm sorry...... I didn't mean to offend you......"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not offending me," Slavhorn said roughly, "it's natural to be curious about these things, and great wizards are like that, keeping their sensitivity and exploration of all the unknown......"

"Yes, of course, sir," said Riddle. "But I don't understand...... Out of curiosity alone...... I mean, can a Horcrux be used many times? Can you only extract your soul once? Wouldn't it be better to divide your soul into many pieces in order to make yourself stronger? I mean, for example, 7 is the most magical number, isn't it?"

"Merlin's beard, Tom!" Slavhorn cried out, almost choking. "Isn't it bad enough to want to kill someone......? Bad enough to split one's own soul...... But in order to tear into seven pieces...... I can't imagine how crazy that was......" Slavhorn looked very confused now: he stared at Riddle as if he had never seen him clearly before, and Harry could say that he was remorseful about the conversation.

Visible to the naked eye, Slahhorn's expression changed rapidly, as if he had done something wrong.

He has been led by Tom by the nose since the beginning.

Isn't this to blame for Slavhorn?

Van Lin didn't think so.

A lot of the time, Slavhorn lacks some decisions of his own, in short, Van Lin has always felt that Slahorn is terrible, at least in terms of being a person, Slahhorn has many ways Van Lin doesn't like very much.

"Of course," Slavhorn muttered to himself, "we're talking about hypotheses, aren't we? all theories...... Some academic discussions......"

"Yes, sir, of course, some scholarly discussion, sir!" Riddle replied immediately.

Still, Tom ...... Don't say what I just said to others...... That is, what we are talking about. People don't think we're just gossiping about Horcruxes. It's forbidden at Hogwarts, you know...... Dumbledore was particularly outraged by this......"

"Of course I won't say a word, sir," said Tom for sure, "it's just a private lesson, and nothing to do with any third party. ”

Slavhorn seemed to be a little tired, he had done something wrong, and for a split second, it was as if he had emptied his body.

His back was a little rickety, as if he could see Slahhorn's tiredness, and Tom respectfully said goodnight to Slavhorn, but Slavhorn did not respond, but this did not affect Tom's mood.

Tom couldn't wait to leave, and Harry saw a frenzied joy on his face, just like when he first knew he was a wizard, and that joy didn't make him any more handsome, but somehow made him less human......

The distortion of human nature, the degradation of morality?

Van Lin felt that this sentence was particularly appropriate for Tom Riddle now.

It can be said that after a short conversation, Tom began his journey to make Horcruxes, and the first one, presumably Gaunt's ring, the Resurrection Stone?

Murdering Tom Riddle's family and framing the uncle who might be his father?

Van Lin couldn't imagine what it was like to split a soul, but he had died once, facing the unknown world, the space of the soul.

Can it be clearly understood that the soul is divided in two, or more?

It feels like a complete split from your skull down, not just the physical pain, but the soul tearing will make people even more impressive.

It must be admitted that Voldemort had a lot of perseverance, so he was able to become the Dark Lord and become the pinnacle that no other wizard could achieve in his lifetime.

And the people who can succeed, most probably, are a bunch of crazy people!

Merlin, for example?

The one who communicates with another world, not only the madman of the demon plane, but also the strange alien space, relies on these to strengthen its own magic.

Or, Grindelwald?

Vainly trying to master the most primitive power of wizards.

Silently?

This is probably one of the most primitive ways for wizards to show their power, it is more powerful, but it is also more dangerous, and the rage destroys the will of the wizard...... And Grindelwald tried in vain to control this wild power.

He was doomed.

Once the primitive is domesticated, within three generations, it will inevitably perish.

This is where the memory ends completely.

Tom Riddle closes the door, and it's business as usual, except that Slavhorn seems to need more alcohol to make himself forget about such things.

"Thank you, Harry," Dumbledore said quietly. "Let's get ......"

When Harry landed on the floor of his office, Dumbledore had already sat down behind his desk, and Van Lin sat quietly next to him, no one paying attention to Harry, who had just come to his senses.

Without saying a word, Harry sat down and waited for Dumbledore to speak.

"I've been hoping for this proof for a long time", Dumbledore finally spoke, "it further proves my idea, it tells me that I am right, and it lets me know how far we have to go......"

Harry suddenly noticed that every headmaster in the portrait on the wall was awake and listening to their conversation. A fat, red-nosed wizard has actually pulled out a hearing aid.

"Well, Harry," said Dumbledore, "I'm sure you understand the significance of those words we've just heard. At your age, Tom Riddle is doing everything he can find to make himself immortal. ”

"And then he succeeded, sir!" asked Harry. "He created the Horcruxes. That's why he didn't die when he attacked me. Did he hide a Horcrux somewhere? Is a small piece of his soul safe?"

"A small piece...... or more," Dundedo said. "You heard Voldemort say that he wanted to know from Slughorn what would happen to a wizard if he created more than one Horcrux. He wanted to escape death, and for that reason he kept murdering, tearing open his soul so that he could put his soul in many separate hidden Horcruxes. There are no books to give him information. As far as I know, I'm sure no wizard has ever created more than two Horcruxes other than Voldemort. ”

Dumbledore paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Four years ago, I got something that proves that I think Voldemort was separating his soul. ”

"Journal," Harry said, and Van Lin had told me that it was a Horcrux, but I didn't understand what a Horcrux was for.

"That's right, it's the journal, Riddle's, that instructs you on how to reopen the Vault. ”

"I don't understand, sir!" said Harry.

"Well, although I didn't see Riddle come out of the diary, you described to me a phenomenon that I never saw with my own eyes. Just one memory can start acting and thinking for oneself? Just one memory can destroy that girl's life and make her fall into its hands? No, there's something even more evil in that diary...... A fragment of the soul, I'm almost sure. The diary is a Horcrux. But many problems arise with it. What puzzled me the most was that the journal was being used as a weapon. ”

"I still don't understand," Harry said.

"Okay, let's assume that the Horcrux has this function—in other words, that these soul fragments are safe in them, and that they can undoubtedly prevent the death of their master, but it's certain that Voldemort really wanted the diary to be read, to let a trace of his soul live or control the bodies of others, so the Slytherin monster was unleashed again. ”

"Yes, he didn't want his painstaking work to go to waste," Harry said. "He wanted people to know that he was the heir of Slytherin, because he couldn't be trusted at the time. ”

"Quite right," Dumbledore said. "But I don't know if you've noticed, Harry, if he intentionally passed the diary on, or rather, to later Hogwarts students, but it doesn't make sense. That was part of Tom's life, and, I'm sure we've confirmed it. The point of the Horcrux is, as Professor Slavhorn explains, to keep a part of yourself hidden and safe, and not to give it to someone else and not to risk it to someone else that it might be destroyed. - As if it were actually happening: this soul fragment is no longer there, you have seen it. In terms of how much Voldemort valued Horcruxes, this carelessness gave me bad premonitions, suggesting that he must have made or planned to make more, so losing his first one wouldn't do much harm. I don't want this to be true, but there's no other possibility. You tell me that two years ago, Voldemort returned to his body that night, and he issued the brightest warning statement to the Death Eaters. I have gone farther than anyone else on the road to eternal life. You told me he said, 'Farther than anyone else,' and then I thought I understood what it meant, though the Death Eaters didn't think of it. He's said his Horcruxes, the number of Horcruxes, Harry, I don't believe other wizards can do that. But it happened: Voldemort seemed to have grown into one of the few people in the past few years, and from the changes he had undergone, I can only explain that his soul had been damaged by the distant realm that we call 'habitually worst'......"

"So, he allowed himself to murder the others?" said Harry. "Why doesn't he make a philosopher's stone, or steal one, if he likes immortality so much?"