Voldemort's Ministry of Magic did not continue to cut off the Floo net, which was only effective when it was used suddenly, and now they have managed to kill Lockhart, and the other Order of the Phoenix have also apparitioned to the seaside, and it is very likely that they have fled the United Kingdom, and it is difficult to block them again in the same way.

As agreed, Syrith and Harry also converged at the Shell Hut. Lockhart's death made Bill and the others completely lose the will to resist, but out of righteousness, he still let Hermione and the others live in his house.

Lockhart was buried on a small mound by the sea, with no tombstone at Hermione's request, and she said she would wait until the war was over......

Hermione's cold behavior made Fleur suspect that she wanted to commit suicide, and for a long time she slept in the same bed with Hermione and watched her, but in fact, Hermione was just waiting for Lockhart to come back to life.

When will Gilderoy be resurrected and in what form?

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After a day of anticipation with the golden ball in her hand, Hermione became suspicious: Did Gilderoy really make a Horcrux?

The day after Lockhart's sacrifice, Hermione began to ask herself this question constantly.

The small golden ball hanging around his neck was indeed a magic item, but its magic fluctuations were very obscure, and she couldn't tell if it was a Horcrux or not, and he found a lot of information about it from Lockhart's relics, but none of the books taught wizards to identify Horcruxes.

This was the idea behind Lockhart's idea when he first made the Horcrux: unless Voldemort examined the orb himself, it would be difficult for any wizard who acquired it to recognize it as a Horcrux.

He did it successfully, maybe it was less protective, but it was "bland".

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Hermione knew that someone would be able to identify the Horcrux, but she couldn't tell anyone about it, either at Lockhart's behest, or just to be on the safe side. They are battling the most feared dark wizard in history, and their leaders and strongest forces are on the same path as their enemies. What would other Order of the Phoenix members think?

Others don't know that Harry, a little kid full of "justice", will be clamoring to destroy this golden ball with a water press: if Lockhart also becomes a dark wizard, will the British wizarding world still be saved?

Mr. and Mrs. Bill, Harry and his godfather, comfort themselves every day, and the way she pinched a pendant in her arms all day long may indeed be a little weird, no wonder others worry about her.

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As they look back on the battle, they discuss why Harry was cursed with death. Harry said that in the second he was unconscious, he saw Dumbledore, and Dumbledore told him to come back, so he woke up immediately - and then he was surprised to find that his soul link to Voldemort had disappeared.

They are not fools. After a little discussion, he came to the right conclusion - Harry himself was a Horcrux, so Voldemort would lose consciousness for a moment after he was struck by the Death Curse, and so he would jump like thunder when he woke up......

As for why he dreamed of Dumbledore...... Maybe the protective spell he had left on Harry was mixed with a psychic spell.

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A week has passed, and the news that the "fake" Gilderoy Lockhart has been killed by the Ministry of Magic Aurors has also spread the news in the form of news. Although it has long been rumored that the Ministry of Magic is a fake, how could the real Gilderoy Lockhart be killed by a few Aurors?

The Muggle world got worse, and Lockhart's previous use of mass fire in the forest ended up causing a fire...... After rioting everywhere and without the restraint of the Aurors, the Death Eaters began to openly use Muggles as necropsy - the number of missing people proliferated, and the police sent to investigate the cause often never returned. Even if I came back, I was brainwashed...... Plagues caused by dark magic experiments...... Climate upheaval caused by the resurgence of Dementors......

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There was still nothing unusual about the golden orb, and Hermione was getting more and more desperate, even if it was a little hot or vibrating, and even affecting people's minds like Voldemort's Horcruxes. Who could tell this was a Horcrux?

Why hadn't the Horcruxes resurrected Gildelow or brought his soul to him?

Is Gildelow really dead, is the man buried outside the house really him, maybe just someone changed?

Perhaps in that battle Gildelow surrendered to Voldemort. He killed Harry and became a Death Eater in exchange for his own survival?, and who is this Harry now, and will his godfather Syreth agree?

Oh! That's right. Gildelow is a master of memory magic, and he must have changed both Syrith and his own memories!

Hermione sat in front of Harry and stared at him in a daze, looking at Harry uncomfortably.

"Hermione, don't think nonsense......" Harry said weakly, "The professor is dead, but you still have us, you have to live strong and avenge the professor......"

"I still have you, you marry me?" replied Hermione scathingly, "I don't like you!"

“......”

No, it's not, Harry is still the same as the little boy before, whether it is his verbal expression or his movements, he has been taking care of him like a sister for so many years. Harry himself has never hidden his thoughts, and only those with lower emotional intelligence than him will become friends with him...... I already knew him well.

So Gildelow is really dead...... The question goes back to the original starting point, is this a Horcrux after all?

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Hiding in the room of the shell hut every day, staring at the little golden ball in his hand, after a long time, more illusions flooded into Hermione's mind: Did Gildelow survive Ginny Jr.'s death curse when he was in his second year? Did he continue to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts? Did he join the Order of the Phoenix......

Gildero, this must be your Horcrux, right?

Perhaps you have been resurrected somewhere, weakly waiting for help?

Hermione held the lights out, thinking to herself that if Lockhart called her name, there would be a reaction.

But all kinds of memories about him are irrepressibly blurred, but fortunately, the marriage certificate in her pocket reminds her that it is all true, and Gildelow not only joins the Order of the Phoenix, but also has a close relationship with her. In the end, he married himself.

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If Gildelow hadn't joined the Order of the Phoenix, he wouldn't have died, and as long as a powerful and famous wizard like him didn't speak out against Voldemort, the Death Eaters would have had enough to go to him for trouble?but—she asked herself, if Gildelow hadn't joined the Order of the Phoenix, he would have been the child of two Order of the Phoenix couples: Harry and Ron's best friend...... How much intersection can my life have with him outside of the classroom? I'm afraid that in the end, I am just an ordinary student of Gildero, and he is the student who has better grades and likes more......

This series of tangled thoughts drove Hermione crazy, and she broke down. Tears that had been held back for a month finally flowed out. Unable to keep the secret anymore, she decided to show it to everyone if the Horcrux didn't respond after a month.

A month later.

No one believed it was a Horcrux at all!Harry foolishly said that he could tell it by casting a few spells on it, but his godfather Cyreth stopped him.

"Hermione, there's a good chance this is really Gildero's Horcrux, you have to take good care of it, don't let anyone destroy it. Cyris could tell at a glance that it was the compass he had given to Lockhart. How could it be a Horcrux...... Lockhart must have lied to Hermione because he was afraid that she wouldn't be able to think about it, really-

"Hermione, Professor Lockhart could be resurrected at any time, so you must take care of this 'Horcrux'. Fleur didn't believe it at all: "So what." In order to have the strength to protect it, come and eat more......"

"How long are we going to stay here?" said Harry irritably, "it's all practice every day, and I don't think I'll be able to get to the level of the professor and the mystery man in my whole life." Why did the prophecy choose me?"

"Harry, be patient, things will turn around. Bill didn't even believe him.

"Let's go right away. Go find the last Horcrux. Harry said, "Then find a way to deal with that snake!"

"Arley, it's safe to wait for Mondigus and the others to gather news about the last Horcrux before setting off to find it. Fleur said. "Do you think you're going to be able to find the Horcrux and destroy it by going out and walking around now?

"It's better than waiting here, and we've found a way to destroy the Horcruxes!" Harry argued loudly, blushing.

"What kind of hydraulic press do you mean, although I haven't seen it, but Arthur's father said that the mysterious man has destroyed all the large hydraulic presses in the UK!" Fleur said unceremoniously: "You go out and have no other use than sending you to death, if you want to live, obediently listen to my arrangement to go to France!"

"He can't destroy all the hydraulic presses in the world, there are still so many Aurors resisting, how can I escape!"

"Oh, yes, should I pray that the Aurors will die soon," Fleur said angrily, "and then you willingly go into hiding?"

"Fleur, don't say that. Bill hastened to reassure his wife and Harry, "Fleur isn't cursing those Aurors, she's worried about you, Harry. ”

"I know, but if you all give up resistance, just leave me alone, I'm willing to die in the battle with the mysterious man, just like Professor Lockhart, live and die with a bang!" Harry didn't appreciate it, "Bill, if you're afraid, let's take refuge in France together, but just lend us a house to live in!"

"We haven't given up resisting Harry, we should wait for a time to fight back!" Cyris said with a frown, "Do you think that rushing out and fighting the mystery man to the death is a hero? Gildelow died to protect us, and if you die to be a hero, the mystery man will probably sleep laughing." ”

"The timing?" Harry's stubborn temper turned, "When the Aurors create for us with their lives, we will have to find the timing ourselves!"

Hermione stood up.

"Hermione?" Fleur asked with some uneasiness when she saw her movements, "we're discussing...... It's not a quarrel......"

"I'm tired and need to take a break. Hermione said with a blank face, and went straight back to her room.

She listened to a group of Phoenix Society arguments more irritably, but this was not the reason why she got up and left the table, she did it because the pendant on her chest against the skin had just heated up, she didn't know if it was a delusion, and wanted to go back to her room to make sure.

Back in the room and closing the door, she quickly sat down on the bed, took out the pendant in her arms and put it in her hand, and carefully felt the temperature and magic changes on it - not an illusion, the temperature above was obviously fluctuating with the fluctuation of magic!

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――(To be continued......)