Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

The next night after the exam, the school held a year-end banquet. Gray sat on the teacher's bench as usual. After living here for almost a year, everything became very normal. The people on the teacher's bench slowly arrived. But the seat next to him was empty - missing the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who had moved away.

Perhaps Lockhart's fake "curse" and resignation were the curse that should have occurred in this position. He thought he had escaped the curse, but in fact he was already under the curse. Who can tell?

The auditorium was gradually filled with people. Throughout the school year, even though Gray often gave Gryffindor points to catch up with the scores of the other three houses to avoid being widened by an exaggerated gap, Gryffindor's score was still not the third. First, he was curious as to what reason Dumbledore used to add the points. He couldn't give Harry and Ron another [-] points, right?

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore said happily. "Before you enjoy these delicious dishes, I must trouble you to listen to an old man's cliché. You have experienced a lot this year, and your little minds must be They are all richer than before... There is a whole summer vacation waiting for you, which allows you to digest those things and clear your mind before the start of the next semester..."

After Dumbledore announced the scores of each house, the difference in the scores of each house was very small. Unsurprisingly, Slytherin was first, but with the experience of the previous school year, the students would not cheer and applaud at this stage. , and waiting to see if there is a final result.

Sure enough, Dumbledore cleared his throat to indicate that the topic was not over yet.

"I still have some final points to allocate - Harry Potter, he provided a lot of help to the professors to solve the basilisk and played a vital role in the plan to find the basilisk. I reward him for this Fifty points to Gryffindor!"

Everyone turned their attention to Harry, and the applause at the Gryffindor table was the loudest. Several Gryffindor students could not restrain themselves from slapping the table in ecstasy.

"Then, the one with the highest score now is Gryffindor, and the House Cup this school year belongs to them!"

Dumbledore clapped his hands, and the flags and ribbons in the auditorium turned into red and gold, representing Gryffindor. A huge Gryffindor banner hung on the wall behind the teacher's chair, and the Gryffindor table erupted. Cheers.

The professors on the teacher's bench also applauded. Needless to say, the one with the worst expression must be Snape.

Trelawney also came to the auditorium this time. She only came to the banquet when school started and at the end of the school year (unless it was instructed by the gods). The rest of the time, she stayed away from her colleagues and stayed in her stuffy and crowded north. Tower office, non-stop drinking.

She squinted her eyes and trembled twice, perhaps because she was not used to the noise in the auditorium.

"Here's a toast to you." Gray raised his glass.

"Thank you, Professor Morris," Trelawney said with a worried look on her face. She held the glass unsteadily, spilling a few drops of sherry, "but... I'm really sorry, dear. At this time, I want to say a few words that are inappropriate."

"Uh...what's wrong?" Gray felt that she was about to say some so-called prophecies, which made him a little nervous. He didn't want to hear prophecies related to him, and hoped that everything would be okay.

"Actually, I saw you in the crystal ball two days ago," Professor Trelawney said in her ethereal voice, "I saw you running in one direction, seemingly towards a certain end point... …There may be stagnation along the way, but in the end you are still moving towards your goal…”

Gray held the wine glass in his hand and looked at her blankly. Trelawney's words made him think deeply. What did this mean?Why "you"?Where is that end point?

"Yes, you, you are not the only one, there is another person, you two are running towards the same end point -" her voice became more and more nagging, and she shook her wrist a few times, wearing a The bracelets clanked against each other.

"Gray, you don't want any more tripe, right? It's easy to get confused if you eat too much of this stuff." Mag interrupted her neatly.

"Ah? What? Tripe?" Gray was brought back from his thoughts, but he didn't see tripe on the dinner table (tripe tirpe also means nonsense).

Trelawney gave McGonagall a cold look.

"I think the gods' instructions are correct, Minerva," Trelawney was interrupted by McGonagall and was very unhappy, "Halloween is a good proof."

"Really? Then I hope this kind of prophecy appears less often," Mag said poignantly, "Our school cannot withstand the torment of the second basilisk."

"I don't think this will happen again," Dumbledore interrupted their conversation in a relaxed tone, trying not to spoil the atmosphere of the party, "After all, Hogwarts is the safest place, oh! The treacle fruit tart today was really good.”

In the following time, McGonagall and Trelawney ignored each other, and the year-end dinner ended like this. The students were led by their prefects to line up back to the lounge, and the teachers' table was dismissed.

Gray was following several professors, waiting to leave the auditorium through the classroom passage door, but Dumbledore gently held his shoulders.

"Gray, at 08:30 tonight, in my office." Dumbledore said with a smile, "There are some things that require your participation."

"My involvement?"

In the evening, Gray arrived as scheduled, and it was the familiar principal's office again.

"Here you are, Gray." Dumbledore put down the silver teapot in his hand and turned to sit behind the table. "Since the last time we talked about Horcruxes, I have thought about a lot of things."

At some point, the diary appeared on his desk again.

Theoretically, Voldemort will be resurrected in two years, but only one Horcrux has been obtained. Apart from the diary, Harry Potter, and the Ravenclaw diadem that was already in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts, there is also The four Horcruxes (gold cup, pendant, ring, and Nagini) were not obtained. What troubled Gray the most was the gold cup and Nagini. Although Nagini, the Horcrux, has not yet appeared, it has become It is inevitable to become a Horcrux.

But for what reason would he himself have pointed out these Horcruxes to Dumbledore and informed them of their location?Perhaps in Dumbledore's current mind, Voldemort may only have two or three Horcruxes, and he has not yet realized that there are so many Horcruxes to search for.

"Let me say something first, Principal," Gray said, "Since we know that there is more than one Horcrux, we need to find them in time and solve the trouble. Otherwise, if Voldemort comes back one day, everything will be messed up. trouble."

Dumbledore looked at Gray with his smiling eyes. He was silent for a few seconds, and then said with a smile: "That's exactly what I wanted to say, Gray. It seems that we have the same idea again. These days I I have been looking for clues about the Horcrux, but the progress seems to be slower than I thought."

Gray realized that Dumbledore seemed to have something else to say.

"So, I thought about it, sometimes it might be easier to have one more person, especially one with unique insights." Dumbledore did not take his eyes off Gray, "After all, only you and I know about the Horcrux now. And had the same idea.”

"So you mean... you want me to investigate Horcruxes?"

He had doubts about Dumbledore's words, so this job was just left to him?