Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

He seemed to forget their Muggle origins, and bowed low to Ivan, Harry, and Hermione respectively.

Although the action looks a little funny, there is no perfunctory between the expressions.

Ivan knew that because he destroyed the Slytherin locket and helped Kreacher complete Regulus' orders, he finally gained the friendship of the house elf.

Like Dobby, Kreacher now respects him from the bottom of his heart.

This is indeed a happy thing, and it is perhaps the most positive and optimistic change brought about by the destruction of this Horcrux.

Although Ivan didn't know, what use could the friendship of a house elf be?

Maybe it will come in handy at a critical moment!

Chapter 199 Heading to the Cave

The house elf was so excited that he looked at the destroyed locket, his knees were weak, and he couldn't stand up anymore. He kept saying some words of thanks to Ivan, but Sirius didn't let him delay for too long.

"Kreacher, take me to that cave." Sirius ordered, with a flash of determination on his face, he was going to bring Regulus' body back.

He caught the house-elf and was about to Apparate.

"Wait a minute, Sirius, we're going too!" Harry hurriedly stopped him.

"No, you three stay here and wait for me." Sirius refused.

From Kreacher's narration, he knew that the cave was very dangerous, and there was evil magic left by Voldemort inside. He went there by himself to retrieve Regulus' body, and there was no need for the three children to take the risk.

"I know what you're thinking, but the three of us are not children anymore!" Harry looked at Sirius, "We have defeated Voldemort many times in the past two years, if there is any danger in that cave , we can help too."

"That's right, let us go with you, Sirius!" Harry had just finished speaking, and Hermione also said, "After listening to Kreacher say those things, no one can remain indifferent. Do something for Si, even if it is to help you bring his body back for burial."

Hearing Hermione's words, Kreacher let out a loud wail.

Ivan saw the obvious hesitation on Sirius' face, and he knew that the other party would definitely be persuaded by Harry and Hermione, and it was only a matter of time.

Sirius had never been sane when it came to taking risks.

To be honest, Ivan didn't want to go to that cave.

From the known information, the cave is very dangerous, there are a lot of infernal corpses and other evil black magic left by Voldemort in it, since Slytherin's locket has been destroyed, there is no point in taking risks there.

Especially considering that it is still Christmas, this approach is even more inappropriate.

But if Harry and Hermione were going, he'd have to go too.

What Hermione said just now was indeed true. After listening to Kreacher tell the story of Regulus, no one could remain indifferent, and she had to do something for him.

Since we must go, it is best to go with Dumbledore, just to have a talk with him...

"Okay, I can take the three of you." Sirius let go, straightened his waist, and continued, "We'd better hurry up, I think..."

"I think it's best to inform Dumbledore of this matter." Ivan said suddenly, "If I'm not mistaken, Kreacher just said that it was the corpse that dragged Regulus into the lake, and no one knows about that cave How many monsters of this kind are there?"

"Inferi?!" Sirius, Harry and Hermione froze for a moment.

"To put it simply, they are dead corpses controlled by black magic. They have no life, no soul and thoughts, and they are almost fearless except fire and light. If there are many ghost corpses in that cave, we will Several, it is impossible to be their opponents, let alone find Regulus' body." Ivan turned his head and said to Kreacher, "Kreacher, do you still remember the number of dead people you saw at that time?"

"That big black lake, Kreacher saw the hands of dead people in the whole lake." Kreacher gestured while speaking, his big light-colored eyes were full of fear.

"In this way, the number of corpses is indeed very large." Ivan looked at Sirius, "We must be careful, don't forget, in addition to corpses, there are other magics cast by Voldemort there."

"But Dumbledore is still in the Ministry of Magic. He is very busy. The Wizengamot is trying the case of Peter Pettigrew!" Judging by Sirius' appearance, he didn't seem to want to tell Dumbledore about this. time.

He wished he could go to that cave immediately and bring Regulus back.

At the thought of his brother's body lying alone in the dark, dank cavern, Sirius felt an unprecedented sadness in his heart.

"I don't care what kind of ghost, I don't want to delay any longer..."

"No, we have to tell Dumbledore, this is very important." Ivan insisted, shaking the locket in his hand, "Dumbledore must also know about this locket."

Maybe it was because of the safety of Ivan, Harry, and Hermione, maybe Ivan saved himself not long ago, maybe...

In short, at Ivan's insistence, Sirius reluctantly informed Dumbledore.

He apparated to the Ministry of Magic, and Ivan and the others stayed here to wait for news. He planned to use this time to go down and look at the Black family's collection.

"Please go this way, three little masters!" Kreacher was much more enthusiastic than before, and took the initiative to lead the way, and introduced the history of every decoration around.

The house-elves knew a great deal about what was in this house.

He could tell when each ornament was placed and why it was placed there, and he could even tell the origin of each stone clearly.

As soon as he entered the underground library, Aiwen noticed the huge green tapestry on the middle wall, and the family crest sewn on it with gold thread: a mountain symbol, two five-pointed stars and a short sword shield , on both sides of the shield are two big dogs leaping.

Ivan didn't know what the coat of arms represented, and his attention was completely focused on the series of names at the top of the Black family tree.

Many of these names appear repeatedly in the history of magic, and they are wizards of great fame.

From this we can see the past glory and honor of the Black family.

Aiwen compared these names with the history of magic in his mind with great interest. In addition, he also found that the Black family was related to almost all pure-blood wizard families, and many of them even An extinct wizarding family.

Even the families of the four founders of Hogwarts had marriages with the Black family.

Looking at the names of these familiar and prominent wizards, and recalling the things they have done that have influenced the development of the magic world, one can feel that this family tree is full of history.

But the further down the line, the more unpleasant names appear.

For example, Kreacher is introducing Phineas Nigellus, Sirius' great-great-grandfather, Ivan just saw him in the Hogwarts portrait the other day, a stubborn old man with a goatee, very partial Students of Slytherin House.

Although Kreacher portrayed him very great, anyone who knows history knows that this guy is probably the most unpopular headmaster Hogwarts has ever had.

Chapter 200 Secrets of Cutting-edge Black Magic Revealed

Another example is Araminta Merifran, the cousin of Sirius' mother, the dignified lady in Kreacher's mouth.

Whether she is really as good as Kreacher, Ivan doesn't know.But if he remembered correctly, one of the things this "Lady" was most famous for was trying to get the Ministry of Magic to force through a law that would have legalized the killing of Muggles.

Because the content was too appalling, and under Jin Gallon's offensive, this inhuman bill was almost about to be passed successfully, so she was recorded in the annals of history.

And Eladora, Sirius' aunt.

In the Black family, she started the family tradition of beheading house-elfs when they were too old to hold a plate, and it was soon followed and promoted by other pure-blood wizard families.

Surprisingly, this kind of behavior, which is extremely absurd in the eyes of all normal people, has won the high praise of Kreacher, the last house-elf of the Black family.

Looking at his appearance, I wish I could chop off my head now and hang it on the wall.

Besides that……

In short, unlike Harry and Hermione, who were confused and half-knowledgeable, in Ivan's view, the names appearing on the Black family's genealogy became worse the later they went.

Especially in this century, almost all of the Black family are evil dark wizards or disgusting pure-blood supporters. They have done a lot of evil and cruel things, and they have become famous because of it. can not see.

This does not mean that there have been no decent people in the Black family, but that immediately after appearing, like Sirius, he was quickly isolated by all family members and removed from this family tree, as if they never existed. .

"Ivan, Hermione, look here!" Harry pointed to a name on the right side of the tapestry, and said curiously, "It's Malfoy, he's actually on this family tree."

Following the direction of Harry's finger, Ivan saw a double-strand gold wire connecting Narcissa Black and Lucius Malfoy, and then a single-strand vertical gold wire connected from their names to Draco's name.

"Miss Narcissa, Master Draco's mother, is the cousin of Master Sirius." Kreacher hurriedly explained, "When the mistress was still alive, Kreacher had seen her many times, Miss Narcissa every week They all came to see the mistress, unlike the heartless and unruly Master Sirius, she is a respectable wizard, she has a good relationship with Master Regulus, and she also likes Kerry very, very much. cut……"

Ai Wen understood Kreacher's meaning, and it could be seen that this house elf had a good impression of Narcissa.

You don't need to guess, but compared to Sirius, Narcissa's attitude towards him is more friendly.

This is also one of the main reasons why Kreacher finally leaked information to Malfoy in the original book, leading to the death of Sirius.

It seems that we have to be more careful in this regard in the future.

"I can't believe that Sirius is actually related to Malfoy!" Hearing Kreacher's explanation, Harry's expression was shocked, "This, how is this possible!"

"Nothing is impossible. The heirs of a pure-blood wizard family can only marry pure-blood wizards. Needless to say, Muggle-borns, even half-blood wizards are not accepted. According to this standard, the marriage partners that can be chosen are very rare. limited."

Next to Narcissa, Ivan saw Bellatrix Black, a double-strand gold thread connecting it with Rodolph Slestrange's name.

Thinking of the craziest Death Eater under Voldemort, Ivan suddenly had a strange and eerie feeling in his heart. He was not going to continue to read this unpleasant family tree, he was going to see the Black family's collection of books.

In front of them, the entire room was divided into four book collection areas. Among them, the area near the northwest wall contained archives related to the history of magic and the Black family; on the east side of these books were the magic research notes of successive Black family members. The number of things like this is the largest, with more than 30 bookshelves.

On the south side near the exit, there are a large number of white magic books such as Transfiguration and Potions, many of which are duplicates of the books in the Hogwarts library.

The most striking thing is the book collection area in the southwest corner, which is separated from other areas by ropes. The bookshelves there are different from the brown bookshelves in the other three areas. They are all unpleasant black, and the number of books is very large. There are only four bookshelves, which have not been filled yet.

If Aiwen guessed correctly, all the black magic books should be placed there.

He hesitated for a while, and saw Hermione went to the area where the history of magic books were stored. There were many internal notes of members of the Black family, all of which were secrets that had not been disclosed to the public. She was very interested in this information.

Accompanied by Kreacher, Harry went to the other side of the bookshelf, and Ivan heard him asking about Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Aiwen quickly walked to the area where the black magic books were placed.

He walked to the huge bookshelf filled with magic books. Because of the long time, the surface of these ancient bookshelves was covered with thick dust and tiny cracks.

The heavy magic books placed on it were also covered with dust, and the peeling and faded bronzing letters on the spine could no longer accurately express the title of the book.

It was very difficult for Ai Wen to read. Most of the words and grammar in the books were very esoteric and difficult to understand. They were not grammar words from centuries ago, or ancient runic texts. Some books even had no words on the cover.

I don't know if it's a hallucination, but Ivan can feel faint whispers coming from the book in front of him.

Under the gloomy, dim candlelight, the hairs all over his body stood on end.

Fortunately, Sirius is not here, and Ivan can be sure that Sirius will not allow himself to come and read this kind of magic book. He must be planning to give himself and Hermione those normal magic books as Christmas gifts.

Aiwen looked at it for a while, and excluded all the books that he had read and those that had no names and were recorded in ancient magic text.

Unlike normal magic books, black magic books are very dangerous and he has to be careful.

You must know that most of these black magic books are manuscripts, and their authors are often very evil. Many of them are extremely cruel black wizards. When they copy the magic books, they are likely to leave evil on them. The black magic, if not careful, can easily be life-threatening.

A language like the ancient rune itself possesses magical power, as long as the arrangement and combination are correct, it means that the magic has taken effect.

In history, many people who dreamed of becoming dark wizards tragically lost their lives when they just opened the first black magic book in their lives.

Ivan didn't want to end up like this, he hesitated, then picked up the big black and silver book closest to him, took it out with great effort and put it on his knee.This book is made of paper from centuries ago. The title has peeled off, and there are several dark spots on the cover, which look like bloodstains. It looks very scary.

Ivan didn't open it in a hurry, he fumbled lightly with his fingers.

From the tactile sensation between his fingers, he still recognized the name of the book in his arms, which was "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic".

What, how is this possible? !

He looked at the magic book on his knee in astonishment, it turned out to be "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic", a book that recorded the method of making Horcruxes.

Judging from the information that Aiwen found before, this magic book is extremely rare. As the top black magic book, "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic" was even recognized by the magic world as lost.Except for one at Hogwarts, it can no longer be seen anywhere else.

Chapter 201 Horcrux Making Method

The Hogwarts book was originally kept in the restricted section of the library.

The specific origin and when it was collected in Hogwarts have not been investigated, but it is indeed the only known copy of "Secrets of Advanced Dark Arts".

Ivan did not expect that there would be this book in the Black family collection. This is simply the biggest gain after destroying Voldemort's Horcrux today.

He has long wanted to read this book, hoping to learn more about Horcruxes from it.

But the one kept at Hogwarts has been removed from the library by Dumbledore and hidden, and it cannot be found at all.

Although this book had been placed in the library in a special area along with other precious magic books before this, it is unknown where it is now.

Ai Wen once saw the name of this book in the library catalogue, followed by small red letters: Warning, this book is extremely dangerous!If you want to borrow, in addition to sufficient reasons, you also need the principal's personal approval.

In Ivan's view, this is almost impossible.

The previous headmasters of Hogwarts were all knowledgeable and powerful wizards. They knew how to measure, and it was impossible for a young wizard to read such books that recorded the most evil black magic for no reason.

Unless their heads are broken, or under the Imperius Curse.

The library borrowing records also prove this. Before Dumbledore hid it, the book sat there quietly for centuries, except for a few professors, no student activity at all. over it.In fact, most young wizards don't even know that there is such a black magic book in the library.

This status quo continued until more than 50 years ago, when Voldemort, a student, Tom Riddle successfully borrowed this book from the library.

Ai Wen didn't know how he did this, and he didn't know whether it was a coincidence that he borrowed the book in the first place, or whether he had already obtained relevant clues.

But there is no doubt that Voldemort obtained the detailed Horcrux production method from this book, and he believed that this black magic could help him obtain the eternal life he dreamed of.

From the information Ivan has, after knowing how to make a Horcrux and confirming several key issues, Voldemort immediately began to experiment. He split his soul by killing and became a monster that would never die.

This is also the main reason why Dumbledore has been unable to defeat Voldemort. In a state of full magic power, he may be able to defeat Voldemort, but he cannot kill him.

All efforts are futile until all Horcruxes are destroyed.