“…… Your son Morfin attacked a Muggle last night ......"

“…… He gave a dirty Muggle a little color to see how it was illegal......"

“…… Check this out! The gem bears the coat of arms of Peverell...... Salazar Slytherin! We are the last living heirs of him......"

“…… Every time the Muggle passed by, she watched him from the fence......"

“…… Is this true! My daughter, a pure-blooded descendant of Salazar Slytherin, went after a filthy Muggle ......"

It was like a drama, and the ups and downs of the Gaunt family didn't allow Harry to relax for a moment.

Finally, the plot comes to the climax, the pure-blooded Gaunt's daughter Merope falls in love with a Muggle named Tom, Mr. Gaunt is furious, pulls out his wand and is about to clear the portal, but is stopped by Ogdon, as a result, Ogden is beaten by Mofin's crazy attack and runs away in a panic.

Before Harry could read any more, Dumbledore pulled him out of the memory, and they returned to the Headmaster's office.

"What's going on behind that? Sir, that girl? Harry asked.

"Oh, she survived." Dumbledore beckoned Harry to leave the chamber where the meditation basin was placed, sat himself down behind the table, and said, "The Ogden Phantom moved back to the Ministry of Magic, and fifteen minutes later returned to Gaunt's mansion with reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic, arresting both Morfin and his father Gaunt Sr. ”

"Morfin was sentenced to three years in Azkaban for attacking Muggles on several occasions, and Mavolo was sentenced to six months for harming several officials of the Ministry of Magic......"

"Marvolo?" Harry grabbed the key to Dumbledore's words at once, earning him an appreciative smile.

"That's right, that's what you think." Dumbledore smiled and said, "Old Gaunt is Voldemort's maternal grandfather. ”

"Marvolo, Morfin, and Merope are the last descendants of the Gaunt family." "The Gaunts are very old pure-bloods, known for their restlessness and violence, which may have something to do with their habit of marrying close relatives," he said. The young man you see, the one Merope is madly obsessed with, is Voldemort's father. ”

"Mofin is the one who attacked him?" Harry asked.

"Yes, but it doesn't matter compared to the story behind it." Dumbledore said.

"You should have noticed that when Merope first broke the vase, she used two recovery charms to restore it. In fact, this is because of Marvolo's repressive rule, which limited Merope's magical abilities. ”

"It's like squeezing a spring hard, after Marvolo and Morfin were imprisoned, Merope was completely free and let herself go."

"Guess how she made Tom forget about his Muggle couple and fall in love with her?"

"Aphrodisiac?" Harry thought of the potion shown in Slughorn's class, but added an answer considering the Gaunt's distorted outlook.

"Or ...... Snatching Spell? ”

"I'm more inclined to be an aphrodisiac." Dumbledore said, "That's easier to do, just persuade Tom to drink a glass of water when he passes by one day." But whatever she did, a few months after the scene we just saw, Tom and Merope eloped. ”

"The rest of the story is more interesting, a few months after they eloped away, Tom came back alone, but without Merope by his side, and claimed that he had been deceived and deceived."

"I think he meant that he was under magic, but there was no way to say such things at the time, and he would be mistaken as crazy. However, his departure and return are too strange, and the villagers speculate that Merope tricked him into conceiving his child and forced Tom to marry her. ”

"But she did give birth to Voldemort!" Harry said, "But, I remember Voldemort grew up in an orphanage, isn't ......?"

"That's what we don't know." Dumbledore said, "Merope didn't appear later, and must have died shortly after giving birth to Voldemort. ”

"It's a tragedy, Harry, and the power of magic can never replace real emotions."

"When you decide to play with your emotions with some means, you are bound to suffer a very serious backlash."

"Undoubtedly, Merope loved Tom so much that she used magic to make him fall in love with her and give birth to a child for him. But because of this love, she felt that her husband also loved her like this, so she stopped the aphrodisiac. ”

"Perhaps, Merope thinks Tom will at least stay for the sake of their children."

"But the truth is, she was wrong." Harry interjected.

"Yes, that's exactly what it is." Dumbledore nodded, "Since then, Tom hasn't looked for her again, nor asked how his son is......"

"Wait!" Harry sensed the dot, "Voldemort's father knows he has a son? ”

"Yes, but that's another story." Dumbledore said.

Harry was lost in thought, completely immersed in the story Dumbledore was telling. He suddenly understood why Voldemort was so crazy, born in such a family, and still had the crazy and violent blood of the Gaunt family, maybe it only took a small change to make him what he is now.

Thinking back to what Dumbledore had said about his first meeting with Voldemort, maybe he was already what he is now, but he was just hidden at the time.

At this moment, Harry remembered an inconspicuous object in his memory, and subconsciously looked at Dumbledore's left hand.

Dumbledore saw his actions, and then he reached out his left hand and shook it so that Harry could see the ring he was wearing.

"Sir, is that the ring the one that Marvolo Gaunt showed Ogden?" Harry asked.

Dumbledore nodded and replied, "That's right, it's that one." ”

"But...... Has it been with you all along? ”

"No, I only got it recently." Dumbledore said, "Just a few days before I went to pick you up at your aunt's house. ”

"That's when your hand hurts......" Harry looked at Dumbledore's right hand again, remembering that it had healed at the school's opening party.

"How is it good?"

"That's another story." Dumbledore stood up, looked at the time, and said, "But it's too late, I'll tell you about it next time." ”

Dumbledore escorted Harry to the office door, and as soon as he pushed the door open, Harry stopped. He turned around, looked into Dumbledore's kind eyes, and asked, "Sir, can I tell Hermione and Ron about tonight?" ”

"Of course you can, but you have to make sure they don't tell anyone else about it." Dumbledore was silent for a moment, then said, "There are some things that are not suitable for too many people to know. ”

"No, sir, I promise!"

"I believe you...... But now, it's time for you to go back to your dorm room and rest. Dumbledore patted Harry on the shoulder, "Good night, Harry." ”

"Good night, sir."