All things are three at Hogwarts

"I have to say that Draco is very lucky, but you misunderstood, Pansy." Allen lowered his head and smiled and shook his head, "I ask you these because I am considering the urgency of the matter and considering which option to use. A way to save him."

"Huh? Allen, are you saying that you can do more than just that?" Pansy couldn't believe her ears. The Sword of Damocles hanging above her head actually had multiple ways to solve it...

"Pansy, I told you, you should have told my brother earlier..." Emily said in a boastful tone, "My brother has known everything since he was a child. He can answer all my questions that no one else in the family can answer!"

Allen found that his smart sister had not realized that when she was a child, the rest of the family was just annoyed by her questions and did not answer her. He touched his nose in embarrassment and turned to Pansy: "What if your father decides to surrender?" It's easy to solve, just ask him to make an appointment for me to pick him up. You know I have many ways to avoid the restrictions of the anti-Apparition area; but if your father's attitude is like this, maybe you should be more careful with your professor. Confidence, I can break into Tom's lair and capture your father without the help of Aurors... But this is not a very safe and secure method for your father, so I plan to try to use more Ravenclaw first. Some stylistic methods... I will go directly to rob people as a last resort. You can first report that the disappearing cabinet has been successfully repaired, report the current situation in the UK to the Dark Lord in detail, and then use this matter to give you and Your father buys some time..."

Pansy and Emily both looked confused.

Seeing the confusion between the two girls, Allen continued to explain, "You can tell him about the dispute between Dumbledore and I at the opening party; tell him about the growing rift between Dumbledore and me; After the cooperation between Harris and the Ravenclaw Temple, those pure-blood families prepared to join forces with Dumbledore to boycott the Harris family and reported all in detail to Tom. If the Dark Lord still has a trace of reason, the Dark Lord should have some sense. You won’t want to simply expose the disappearing cabinet that was originally used as a small means to punish you. Instead, you will continue to lie dormant. After a more intense conflict breaks out between Dumbledore and I, the loser of the two of us will He must leave Hogwarts, and when the time comes... the usefulness of the disappearing cabinet will be much greater than the benefits that a doomed assassination can bring to him... He will naturally make another plan."

After getting a solution from Allen, the dignity and stubbornness she had maintained since the summer vacation collapsed instantly. Pansy collapsed on the ground, her head raised and her eyes closed, two big tears seeping out from under her eyelids. , she opened her mouth wide and gasped, like a fish that was about to dry up and die, getting oxygen again.

"Of course, the premise of all this depends on Tom's sanity. You have to know that his recent state is probably worse than before..." Allen reminded, "But don't worry, if he still lets you continue to assassinate, I will Just go and capture your father."

When Pansy calmed down a little, Emily reached out her hand to help Pansy up, but was hugged back by the other party, and then she heard some inarticulate words of gratitude coming from the other party's mouth.

"Pansy, I'm very happy that you made the right choice. Although you can't come to my class before your father is rescued, as your professor I can't let your class fall behind. I'll give you a copy of that textbook first. , I will give you the same one as Draco in the course. If you don’t understand anything, just ask him. In addition, you have used Occlumency much better recently than when you started school, but remember to keep calm at all times...you will know later After your strength is improved, these things that were originally big to you will no longer be a big deal." Allen said with a sanctimonious look at this time, "Oh, okay, you are strangling me. Little Sweet Bear is about to turn into a little dead bear. Tell Emily your measurements. The ancient magic class robe will also be given to you and Emily who is not yet old enough to take elective courses in advance, as your Quidditch. Qi Shengli’s gift, you can wear it when no one is around...Huh? Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I could have known about your assassination plan but not found out that you girls like this outfit?"

At this time, the principal was in the room.

Dumbledore tilted the small transparent glass bottle containing Slughorn's memory, and the memory inside fell into the pensieve. Dots of light shone in the pensieve, and black memories swirled in it. They plunged into Slughorn's memory again.

Harry found that the previous part of the memory was the same as the memory provided by Slughorn last time he saw it, until the Horcrux was mentioned.

"One night I was in the restricted section of the library... and read some information about some rare magic. I thought you might be able to give me some pointers." Riddle approached Slughorn. "If I remember correctly, that thing is called …Horcruxes.”

"Soul energy is a kind of container that hides a person's soul." Different from the way Slughorn interrupted Tom with his anger in the last memory, this time Slughorn answered Tom Riddle. question asked by the mysterious person.

"But I can't think of how, Professor." Tom Riddle approached Slughorn.

"Split a part of the soul and hide it in a container, so that even if the body is attacked or even destroyed, he will still be protected, and the hidden part of the soul will survive. In other words, a person with a Horcrux cannot be truly killed. Die." Slughorn's tone was solemn, and the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together.

Riddle's hunger was obvious now, his greedy expression no longer hiding his desire. He turned around and walked towards the fireplace nearby, not letting Slughorn notice the change in his expression. He carefully controlled his voice, but Harry could feel his excitement, "Then how can we split the soul, Professor?" ?”

"I think you already know the answer, Tom." Slughorn looked a little uneasy.

Tom Riddle's voice sounded particularly calm: "Kill."

"Yes, killing is one of the ways that souls can be separated. This is a violation of the laws of nature." Slughorn shook his head like an elephant bitten by mosquitoes, "But you have to know how to make Horcruxes. method, otherwise killing is just killing and has nothing to do with your soul.”

"Can the soul be divided only once? For example, can it be divided seven times?" Riddle's voice sounded as if he was just out of curiosity.

"Seven times?" Slughorn looked very uneasy and stared at Riddle as if he had not seen him clearly before, "Seven times! Merlin's beard, isn't killing a person terrible enough? What if the soul is divided into two parts? Seven copies...these are just assumptions, right, Tom? Purely academic discussion."

Tom Riddle took two steps forward, and when he turned back again, his expression was very polite and gentlemanly. He said soothingly: "That's natural, Professor. Just treat it as a little secret between us."

The memory ends here, as if it collapsed and turned into black mist again.

"Professor." As soon as Harry landed on the floor of the office, Harry couldn't wait to ask the question in his heart, "Do you think Voldemort succeeded?"

"Yes, he succeeded. If you recall, you should know that he didn't just make a..." Dumbledore's tone was very solemn, and he staggered back, "Horace may have been killed by Tom. The question scared him. Maybe he thought that according to Tom's knowledge, he could only know the disadvantages of splitting the soul too many times, which made him not warn against this behavior. Tom actually didn't know about it. Later, he might have understood it, but he Don’t care either.”

Dumbledore took off the ring on his hand, and the ring rolled around on the table several times. He took out a blackened diary from the drawer and put it on the table: "This confirms my idea."

"Tom Riddle's diary." Harry did not continue. He lowered his head and looked at the ring on the table. "Counting this, two Horcruxes have been destroyed."

"Yes, this is one of his Horcruxes. Four years ago, this Horcrux was destroyed by Allen using the teeth of the basilisk." Dumbledore held the charred notebook, "I knew at that time that this kind of magic would not work. Normally, very evil and very powerful, but I didn't know how powerful it was until later, and Horace's memory tonight confirmed what Alan and I thought."

"Does Allen also know that there are multiple Horcruxes? Does he know that two were destroyed?" Harry was a little confused. He originally planned to tell Allen about this incident so that he could be prepared.

"Many people think that I seem to know everything, but in fact I don't." Dumbledore responded to Harry, seemingly lost in his own thoughts, "For example, Alan knows a lot of things that I don't know, but there are more than two A few, and I understand Alan Harris destroyed a few as well.”

"But if someone can find all those Horcruxes and destroy them..." Harry said impatiently.

"Whoever can destroy Voldemort." Dumbledore raised his charred withered hands and said, "Marvolo's ring, the terrible curse, his Horcruxes are extremely difficult to find, and they are set with various traps. "

"Professor, why don't you try your hand at the Ravenclaw Temple?" Harry looked at Dumbledore's hands very worriedly. "I mean, that temple seems to be quite good at cursing, and Alan seems to be very good at cursing. They have a close relationship and Ms. Gray has always had a good relationship with them.”

"Don't worry Harry, Professor Snape and I should actually be able to cure it, and at my age it's hard for me to accept new things. No matter which method is adopted, it will waste a lot of time..." Dumbledore Giving Harry a reassuring smile, "We have to spend our time and energy on our primary goals first rather than on this bad old man like me."

"But how to find it? He could have hidden these anywhere." Harry didn't try to persuade him anymore. He was a little annoyed that he wasted so long to find the memory before, thinking that if Dumbledore were faster, he could solve the problem more quickly. Go and heal with peace of mind.

"Yes, but dark magic, especially dark magic like Horcruxes..." Before Dumbledore could finish his words, Harry's finger touched the ring on the table.

As soon as he touched it, the ring evoked those horrific memories deep in Harry's heart, triggering his lightning scar and causing a burst of pain. The image of Voldemort when he was young and screaming to the sky. Tom Riddle in the orphanage stared at the ring. The postcard appearance behind the pipes on the wall, Voldemort's pale face after rebirth... flashed through Harry's mind quickly.

The ring rotated rapidly on the table like a top, then slowly slowed down its rotation and fell back to the table. Dumbledore's eyes also followed the ring.

Harry closed his eyes and shook his head uneasily. When he opened his eyes, he felt a little dazed for a moment. He didn't adjust until he saw Dumbledore's blue eyes behind his crescent-shaped glasses.

"...will leave a trail." Dumbledore spat out what he had just finished. He walked out from behind the principal's desk and faced Harry. "And, I thought I might have found another one. But I didn't this time. No one can destroy it."

Dumbledore had white beard and hair, and his beard, which was tied into a strand on his chin, swayed slightly as he walked. Dumbledore's face looked pale and haggard, and he smiled apologetically at Harry, "Harry, I asked too much of you this time.