"Creeker couldn't leave a trace on it. The elf said sadly, "Cretche tried everything, everything, but none of them, none of them succeeded...... There was so much magic on the box that Cretche believed that the only way to destroy it was from the inside, but it couldn't be opened...... Cretcher punished himself and tried again, and punished himself again and tried again. The hostess went mad with grief, because Master Regulus was missing, and Cresche could not tell her what had happened, because Master Regulus forbidden, forbidden, forbidden, to tell his family, about the rock, the cave, ......"

"It's obvious, it's a shame your brother didn't join the Order of the Phoenix, Siris. Moody also said to Cyris in a tone of emotion, "Now all we have to do is find a way to destroy this thing." ”

"You're going to destroy it!" Cretche sprang to his feet and grabbed Moody's new leg, who frustrated himself with a few flicks of the leg until Syrith ordered it to leave, and then rescued Moody.

"Hmm, maybe we can get this done before we deal with the Dementors?" Moody took from Syris's hand and looked at the locket expectantly, "This thing doesn't look like a good thing, I guess wearing it for a long time will affect people's minds." ”

"That's right, it's better to let it go. Lohart nodded, unable to imagine that Moody could even guess this, "But I think it's just like that if a murderer like you is affected or not." ”

Moody fiercely raised his cane to knock Lockhart, causing him to shrink his head in fright: "Little Gildero, you are impatient to live, dare to laugh at Lao Tzu!"

"Alright, let's take this thing and show it to Dumbledore, and then we can destroy him together on a certain day. Arthur hurried to the round.

"Maybe, but I guess it's not that simple, this is a Slytherin thing, and it must be different from the Dark Lord's own Horcruxes, and the spells on it must be more and more powerful. Snape said coldly, "My advice is to ask Dumbledore first and let him make a decision." ”

"Severus is right, then let's do it first, go back to each house and find your own mother, and wait for the notification of the encirclement and suppression of the Dementors. Moody nodded and adjourned.

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Moody followed Lockhart and Snape to Dumbledore's office and told him about it.

"Oh my God, I summoned three elves in a row to get that fake Horcrux to drink the liquid out of it. Dumbledore couldn't hide the surprise on his face, "When I found out that it was a fake, you just didn't know how I was feeling at the time, it's great......"

"Okay, look at how this Horcrux can be destroyed. Moody interrupted Dumbledore's lyricism.

Dumbledore smiled and nodded, took the locket from Moody's hand, placed it on his desk, and looked closely...... The other three men, standing or sitting, waited for Dumbledore's conclusion.

After a while, Dumbledore raised his head, his face full of helplessness: "Obviously, this thing is fundamentally different from the Horcruxes we encountered before......"

"The essential difference?" Snape sneered, "You just say, is there the difference between what you have the means to destroy and what you can't?"

"It seems so to speak. Dumbledore didn't pay any attention to Snape's taunts, "This is a Slytherin thing, one of the four founders of Hogwarts. ”

"So, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, you're not willing to destroy it?" Moody looked at Dumbledore inexplicably, "What's the essential difference?"

"The difference is that before we were just fighting Voldemort alone, now we're fighting against Voldemort and Salazar Slytherin. ”

"Salazar Slytherin isn't a god either, so why add him!" Lockhart said unconcernedly.

"It's true that Salazar Slytherin isn't a god, but he's definitely better than me......" Dumbledore stretched out his index finger and shook it, "This locket, even without Voldemort's hands, is definitely not something we can destroy alone." ”

"What is Salazar Slytherin doing with so much protective magic on a locket?" Lockhart said, realizing that this thing was not easy to deal with. "What else can you do but pretend to be coerced? He was also used by later generations to do crooked ways. ”

"Snort, little Gildero, pretending to be forced is the same as the pursuit of excellence of the opposite sex, which is a primitive impulse that everyone has. Moody couldn't stand it anymore, "If you can have the magic of Salazar Slytherin, I don't know what to pretend." ”

"I ......" Lockhart really didn't want to talk to Moody, he always exposed people at once, more poisonous than Snape, "I won't leave something to make a Horcrux for people!"

"I hope so. Moody rolled his eyes with MONOCULUS.

"I think right now we're talking about how to destroy Horcruxes instead of ......," Snape said softly and gloomily, "how to pretend to be forced." ”

Lockhart didn't want to discuss this issue anymore, so he pretended to have his own preferences and methods, and it would be boring to discuss it: "Mr. Headmaster, we don't have to destroy it, just let the soul inside lose its effect on resurrecting the mysterious man." ”

"Destroy the soul within, not destroy it?" Dumbledore looked at Lockhart in surprise, "How?"

Lockhart also stood up, walked over to his desk, picked up the locket, and took a closer look at it again. Open it, it is absolutely impossible to open, only the Parseltongue can do it, and he doesn't know if there is still the same protective magic in it, but even if there is, it will definitely not be as strong as the shell.

Lockhart took out the soul talisman he had gotten from Pan-zen: "I got it by accident, and it is said to be able to deal with spirits, but I don't know how to use it." ”

With a strange look, Dumbledore took the leather talisman and put on his glasses to look at it for a while. "I don't understand what the principle is, but it seems that it can indeed deal with the soul, and how to use it ...... Direct contact with the soul?"

"That's useless. Snape concluded, "There are many ways to destroy the soul if you have direct access to it, and the soul is a fragile thing. ”

Lockhart shrugged, reached for the talisman again, and put it away. "Isn't this a Slytherin locket, maybe there's a way to open it? ”

"You mean Parseltongue?" Dumbledore was not young, but his brain was still very responsive.

"Possibly, isn't the Parseltongue unique to Slytherin, and the Mystic is also a descendant of Slytherin......" Lockhart didn't dare to speak too much, and said in an uncertain tone, "And Harry also has a Parseltongue, maybe we can let him try?"

"Good idea. Dumbledore nodded, putting the locket away, "Then we can get Harry in and try it out in a while." Alasto, have you arranged the Dementor thing?"

"Alright, wait for the notice, this time to destroy a large accomplice of the Death Eaters. ”

"That's good, if this operation is successful, there will be much less pressure on the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government. Dumbledore nodded in satisfaction and looked at the three of them through his half-moon glasses, "If there's nothing else to do, you can go back and rest." ”