Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

"Horcrux?" Dumbledore said slowly as his light blue eyes moved away from the diary and turned to him.

"You know 'Helbo', right?" Gray said. "The first recorded basilisk was bred by "Helbo", a Greek black wizard who could speak Parseltongue." Gray said "Another Horcrux that is interesting about Haierbo is that he became the first wizard to successfully make a Horcrux. It is said that a Horcrux can put a part of a person's soul inside. When the body dies, the soul is still there. Resurrection is the way to achieve eternal life.”

"It seems you know something about Horcruxes."

"I happened to see an explanation for this word. It's just a very evil, twisted and magical way..."

Dumbledore held the diary in his hand and looked at him motionless, "Then what is your basis for thinking that Voldemort has Horcruxes?"

"If it were a simple black magic item, this diary would be too autonomous, wouldn't it? No matter who opens it and communicates with it, it can control the other person's feelings and capture his heart. The weakness is that he keeps chatting with him and tries to pretend to be the best friend. This is not specific to one person, but applies to everyone." Gray said, "Voldemort's recovery phenomenon in this diary is When facing Longbottom, he introduced himself as Tom Riddle and manipulated him into speaking snake language to open the secret room."

"I appreciate you calling him by his first name, Gray. What's wrong with You-Know-Who or not? It's all bullshit - I've been trying to convince everyone to call him by his first name for years, but nothing has changed. It's yours." Someone who understands very well." Dumbledore flipped through the diary casually and then motioned for him to continue.

"Thank you for your compliment." He nodded. "Voldemort has brought many evil consequences, and everyone is still very afraid of him. Although in people's eyes, Voldemort is dead. But in fact, he is not dead."

Dumbledore said, "Yes, he looked at him with some admiration. It was after the incident... that he did not die that night. Voldemort's body was found. In fact, people cheered 'Voldemort is dead' afterwards." 'Voldemort is gone, Voldemort has disappeared'. At first I thought that since everyone said these words, they would be able to understand that he did not die and simply disappeared. But after so many years, everyone has this idea and slowly changed to ' Voldemort is dead. People just want to face something they are willing to accept. You must have known about the Sorcerer's Stone before. Yes, there was that time when Voldemort came back and was dying and had a soul parasitic on Quirrell. But in the end He ran away and disappeared, but we should understand that he will come back. The last time he was parasitic on a professor, this time there is a diary. No one can predict what will happen next time."

"The reason why Voldemort is so haunted is that he may have created Horcruxes to ensure that he would not die."

"It makes sense. In fact, I have suspected that Voldemort made Horcruxes since a long time ago. He once applied to be a professor in the Defense Against the Dark Arts course. Do you know why?" Dumbledore asked.

"Has he ever come to apply for a professorship?" Gray pretended not to know.

"He came to me with his so-called friends who claimed that Voldemort was the one who did it. Those bad rumors have been spread."

"Then why do you suspect that he has been exposed to Horcruxes?"

"Because he has a ferocious face. His face is as white as snowflakes on his shoulders. His face seems to have been burned. His facial features are blurred and weirdly twisted like wax. The whites of his eyes seem to be permanently filled with blood..." Dumbledore There was a tone of voice that was a little sad: "At that time, I guessed that he must be doing some twisted experiments. It is normal. Magic will not make a person become that ugly. His so-called experiments are very, maybe he can make Horcruxes."

"Obviously, something happened this time that basically confirmed our idea that Voldemort made a Horcrux." Dumbledore looked at whether he had a diary in his hand and seemed to be thinking about something when he spoke.

"And there should be more than one Horcrux." Gray said.

The portraits on the wall made a slight noise and became quiet again within a few seconds.

"It seems that you have also discovered something is wrong here. The Horcrux is so important, but it is placed in the hands of others casually. Voldemort handles the Horcrux so carelessly, which makes me have a bad guess..."

"It is almost certain that he created multiple Horcruxes," Gray said. "This diary has a purpose, not only for rebirth, but also to open the secret chamber. If the only thing he can resurrect has Horcruxes, he will never do it." Put aside the rebirth plan. So in order to deal with Voldemort who may come back at any time, we should find out where the Horcruxes are."

"Yes." Dumbledore smiled and looked at Gray through the glasses with his blue eyes and said slowly, "You really brought a lot of surprises to me, the old headmaster, Gray."

Gray heard the portraits whispering on the wall.

"Wizards who use these dark arts often pay a greater price. They lose forever than they gain, especially their souls." Dumbledore said.

"The principal is destined to be a loser for all wizards who study black magic." Gray understood that what he meant was "the self-deception of selling one's soul in exchange for power will suffer great pain and become crippled and twisted, with the soul wandering around."

Dumbledore's expression was almost expressionless, but there was no big change. He raised his head and looked at the round room with all kinds of magic and small decorations on the ceiling.

"You look so much like your mother," he whispered.

"Can you tell me more about her?"

"What's wrong? Has your father ever told you about her?"

"Never." Gray felt that he was choked because he had to learn about his mother from other people.

"Well...it seems that Mr. Morris may be too sad. I thought he would recover quickly after talking to him that time."

He sat slightly beside the silverware table.

"France was so critical of the Death Eaters at the time. She was a group of wizards and wizards who followed Voldemort. She was as smart as you and a brave person. At that time, Voldemort was rampant and everyone formed the Order of the Phoenix to fight against him. She was one of them, but... you should have guessed that she died when something happened later. Whether it was dark magic or Voldemort, we all need to fight against it. Among them, too many people are trying to protect everyone's bright future. And lose your life..."

Dumbledore deliberately spoke slowly when he spoke his last words.

Gray nodded in agreement.

"I'm very glad that I hired you to be a professor at the school. Every time I encountered a problem, you were always there. You were unique, insightful, and good at observing, and you found details that others couldn't see. The content of this conversation made me understand a lot. It's great to chat with someone who's also brave enough to call Voldemort by his first name, Gray."

"Then it's the principal." Gray said, "Since I have talked so much and made you understand a lot, can you answer any questions I have?"

"I'd be happy to - if I could answer," said Dumbledore.

"Why are you suddenly inviting me to be a professor of crystallology?"

"How should I put it? I think it is necessary for students to know about crystal stones." Dumbledore smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be good for them to study the existence of stones?"

He is avoiding the important and taking the easy.

"And then return the required courses?" Gray asked again.

"You have also seen Professor Mason Ballard. The lesson here is that after Alchemy is set as an elective course, almost no students are willing to take it - of course, this professor may have a personality similar to his. Relationship. If crystal science is more difficult, I think it will be very painful for you as a professor if students take the initiative to take classes. Gray is, and I don’t want you to be as autistic as him."

"But is this a bit of a fuss?"

"Don't think that the subjects you teach are gray. As long as you teach with your heart, people will fall in love with it. Besides, who can say for sure whether the world will be safe in the future? What if one day it becomes a crystal stone? How important is it?" Dumbledore said, "It's okay to let students at Hogwarts know something about crystals. What's the downside? I feel more at ease with a professor like you."

Gray felt that what he said was true. If he were to join the company at the beginning, he would be almost 100% sure that anything that happened next would have nothing to do with Jingshi.But this secret room incident made him understand that many things had obviously been rewritten.

"Oh, yes, it's about Ballard. How did you talk to him?"

"I haven't seen Mr. Mason since I first spoke to him."

"It seems that the social interaction between the two of you has almost come to an end because Ballard has returned to his old self and just hid in his own little world." Dumbledore smiled helplessly.

"Mr. Mason, I also want to know more about him."

"Unfortunately, I basically have nothing to say about him. I have nothing more to say."

"Why can't I just mention him?"

Gray recalled that in the original work, he had no impression of the name Ballard Mason at all. This person should not be an important figure.

"Gray is one of your smart people, but there are many things. The truth is that you have to know enough yourself before you can know more from others. If you don't know them, then you shouldn't know it." Dumbledore said it was "a form of protection for yourself."