Dumbledore brought the members of the Order of the Phoenix to the Headmaster's chamber.

"Severus, didn't Voldemort give you any information?"

"No, he just asked me to pass on the news about you as usual, and I didn't know he was coming until Hogwarts was attacked. Snape, who had always been unfazed, was also a little nervous, "Now it seems that I am completely untrusted. ”

"There's no going to talk about whether you're trustworthy or not. "Dumbledore also has a stomach problem, what good can Voldemort do when he attacks Hogwarts this time except to cause a little panic?" ”

"Tonks, is there anything wrong with the Ministry of Magic?" Lockhart asked uneasily.

"I don't know, they used a powerful magic to block all the magic signals in this area, and I can't communicate with the Ministry of Magic. ”

"There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Ministry of Magic. Lupin also spoke, "Otherwise, there will definitely be more than that." ”

"Do you have any ideas, Hermione?" Dumbledore looked at Hermione, who had always been smart, with some hope.

"He's definitely here for a purpose, maybe the mystery man is stupid, but his Death Eaters aren't all brainless people......" Hermione frowned as well, "but I can't guess what he's trying to do." ”

"I think there's a Horcrux hidden at Hogwarts, Headmaster. Lockhart couldn't help it. "He must have found out that he had a Horcrux destroyed, and he wanted to get it back this time, Severus, did any Slytherin students leave the common room during the battle just now? ”

"No, if you get the Horcrux back, he can let me go or control a student...... There's no need to make such a fuss. ”

Lockhart didn't understand at this moment, but he felt that the safest thing to do now was to get the crown in his hands immediately: "You wait for me to get down, and I'll go back when I go." ”

He stood up and left the headmaster's office and walked straight to Ravenclaw's Tower, where he had graduated and knew everything about Ravenclaw in the school - such as the ghost of Ravenclaw.

"Professor!" Pandora was met in the hallway, and she ran over and hugged him tightly: "The mysterious man said that he broke the Ministry of Magic, is it true, will my grandfather be okay with them?"

"Honey, there's no such thing," Lockhart bowed his head and kissed her, "your grandfather will come to our rescue later, until then, you'd better stay in the lounge and not go anywhere, understand?"

"No, I'm going to stay with you, you'll protect me!"

"Pandora, you know what, I like you most that you have always been sensible and obedient, never rash, you know. Lockhart said to her sternly, "Now, listen to me, and go back to the break room, I can't be distracted in the middle of the battle to protect you." He kissed her again: "Love you, okay." ”

"Well, I love you too, be careful!" Pandora never disobeyed Lockhart's request and nodded in agreement.

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Lockhart took a few turns around the Ravenclaw Tower neighborhood and soon found her in the place where Lady Gray frequented. Lady Grey was a slender ghost with waist-length hair and floor-length robes, and Lockhart could swear there was no more beautiful ghost in the world - but knowing that she was the daughter of Ravenclaw's founder, her beauty was nothing surprising. Ravenclaw is so beautiful and intelligent, it is surprising that her daughter does not inherit her excellent genes.

She knew Lockhart, who had been at Hogwarts for seven years and often talked to her, but she ignored her. She watched haughtily as Lockhart ran toward her, wanting to see what was the matter with him.

"Lady Gray, I've had a hard time looking for me. ”

She nodded, but did not speak.

"I need you to tell me everything about the Ravenclaw crown. ”

"I thought you were coming to talk to me again, Gildero. Her lips twisted into a sneer. She said as she turned to leave, "I can't help you." ”

"Wait!"

Lockhart wasn't going to talk nonsense with him at all, he knew where the crown was, he just came to ask her, Lady Gray was beautiful, but she couldn't put on it, she had an egg.

"It's urgent," he said, pretending to be anxious, "that tiara is at Hogwarts, isn't it?"

"Yes, but you will never find it, and though you are a Ravenclaw," she said contemptuously, "but your wisdom is not enough to get it." ”

Your sister actually mocked herself: "It's in the room of requirement, isn't it!"

The ghost didn't blush, but her transparent cheeks seemed to suddenly become less transparent, and she raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Y-how do you know?"

"Thank you!" Lockhart waited for him, and he turned and walked to the principal's office, this time it was her turn to pester Lockhart.

"Your wisdom amazes me, Gildero......" Lady Gray, who rarely complimented people, or even spoke on her own initiative, drifted with Lockhart's pace: "I stole the crown from my mother. ”

"Oh, it's all about you, you can rest. This time it was Lockhart's turn to ignore her.

"I stole the tiara," Helena Ravenclaw whispered again, "and I wanted to be smarter and more famous than my mother." I fled with the crown. ”

"Oh. ”

"Then my mother got sick - very sick. Even though I had done unfilial and unrighteous deeds, she still desperately wanted to see me again. She sent a man to me. The man loved me for a long time, but I rejected him. My mother knew that the man would not give up until he found me. ”

"Miss Gray, you don't have to tell me what's going on, I'll destroy that thing!" Although it was a pleasure to chat with an iceberg beauty, Lockhart was not in the mood right now.

"I'm sure you can do it, Gildero, why didn't you ever show your amazing wisdom when you were a student?" Lady Gray was annoyed by his attitude, "or I would have sought your help long ago." ”

Amazing wisdom you sister, now that you have no use value, hurry back to Ravenclaw Tower and stay.

"I later hid that crown in a hollow tree. Unrelenting, Ms. Gray continued to chase him through a wall: "In a forest in Albania. A desolate place where I thought my mother couldn't reach it. ”

"And then you foolishly told the mystery man the news and made him defile the Ravenclaw relic, right?"

"How do you know everything, it's not wisdom, you're a prophet!"

"Alas, you're not the only one who has been deceived by his rhetoric. Lockhart arrived at the principal's office, not expecting Miss Gray to follow him.

"Mr. Headmaster, Miss Gray tells me that the Ravenclaw crown is hidden in the Requirement Room!"

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"I see. Dumbledore stood in front of the door of the Room of Requirement, and after talking to Lady Ravenclaw for a while, he figured out the cause and effect: "Many years ago, Voldemort came back to Hogwarts once and asked me for the position of Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, and I turned him down. ”

"And he cursed the position!" Harry understood.

Hermione suddenly remembered that it might be this curse, borrowing her hand, and almost killing Lockhart several times, and she grabbed Lockhart's hand guiltily and turned her head to look at him.

Lockhart understood what she was thinking of, and shook his head at her with a smile, Hermione had paid her whole person to herself, and there was nothing to apologize for a long time.

"Yes, but what I didn't expect was that when he returned to Hogwarts, he might have hidden a Horcrux here. Dumbledore shook his head with emotion, and opened the Room of Requirement: "But I don't understand, why did he use this barbaric and stupid method to retrieve the Horcrux, wouldn't it be safer to send a Slytherin student to take it secretly." ”

As soon as they crossed the threshold, they understood why they couldn't just send someone to get it. The room was the size of a church, and the surrounding landscape looked like a city, with high walls made up of thousands of long-dead students.

The Vanishing Cabinet that had been shattered by Dumbledore last time was still lying there.

"How do we find it?"

"A torch has been burned in the room of requirement. "Lockhart mentions," and with a strong fire. ”

"In that case, I don't know if the defensive magic of the Room of Requirement will be able to protect the rest of Hogwarts. Dumbledore shook his head, "And it's certain that the Room of Requirement will no longer exist in the future." ”

"So, Harry......" Lockhart looked at Harry, "now I ask you, remove the Occlumency, and feel where that Horcrux is." ”

Dumbledore glanced at Lockhart in surprise, but did not speak.

"Removing Occlumency?" Harry said in surprise, "Okay, I'll try ......"

Harry closed his eyes, Lockhart's training was quite successful, plus his talent and learning ability were already extremely strong, and now it felt a little strange to lift the Occlumency, and stood quietly for a while: "I feel it, there is something in this room that connects with my heart." ”

"Is that okay?" Hermione looked at Harry uneasily.

As if possessed by something, Harry began to walk around the Room of Requirement, approaching the Horcrux, and a bunch of the Order of the Phoenix followed him quietly, not daring to disturb him in the slightest.

They walked slowly down a passageway, surrounded by all sorts of rubbish - bottles, hats, boxes, chairs, books, weapons, brooms, bats......

Lockhart suddenly felt a little wasted, he had been at Hogwarts for seven years, and he didn't know that Hogwarts had a room for requirement! No wonder he was destined to be an ordinary person, and Voldemort and Harry were the Dark Lord and the savior.

"Somewhere around here," Harry muttered, "right there...... It's ...... I feel it, it's in this pile!"

"Harry is awesome!" Tonks complimented.

- (To be continued.) )