[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

"When will I see Dumbledore again?"

Edgar and Sirius looked at each other, both helpless: "Wait until Scrimgeour makes his next move."

Now Scrimgeour unilaterally waged a cold war with the Order of the Phoenix on behalf of the Ministry of Magic.Although he is not the Minister of Magic, as the head of the powerful Auror Command, his attitude has seriously affected the normal work of everyone - Frank and Moody were invited to talk by him in turn, asking them to be loyal to the Ministry of Magic instead of Dumbledore. Lido; Amelia and Alice who are far away in the Legal Department are also affected. Scrimgeour believes that the "nepotism" in the Ministry of Magic needs to be rectified, and the Burns family bears the brunt of his doubts.

Facing these groundless accusations, Edgar simply made concessions on the surface: he allocated a large part of the affairs of the team he led to Sirius, and he began to secretly investigate the spies hidden in the Ministry of Magic, and from time to time Pass some information to Dumbledore for Regulus.

"How many Horcruxes does Dumbledore think there are?" Sirius asked.

Edgar shook his head: "He's still thinking about it. However, according to his research, only very advanced magic can destroy a Horcrux."

"Advanced magic...can I understand it as black magic?"

Sirius had just had time to frown at Regulus' words, but Edgar nodded, "He thinks Fiendfyre is a feasible solution."

"So Dumbledore knows where the Ravenclaw diadem is?"

"No. But he agrees with your speculation about the Roziers."

"If the Rozier family already has a Horcrux, why did Cornelia rush to inquire about what the Dark Lord gave to Bella?" Sirius asked back.

"What if that thing was given to Evan, and Evan hasn't had time to tell Cornelia?" Edgar reminded, "Don't forget that Cornelia's patricide was accidental. No one thought that Evan would die suddenly."

"But we have searched Rozier Manor many times, but found nothing."

"The Horcrux of the Dark Lord may not have any striking features, at least you can't see it just by looking at it." Regulus said, "Now Rozier Manor is guarded by Aurors, can you get a search warrant again? "

"No." Edgar said bluntly, "but you know more about Horcruxes than we do, right?"

"You can't say that—"

"If I can help you sneak into Rozier Manor, how sure do you think you can find the Horcrux?"

Regulus gasped: "You think too much of me, Bones. I just discovered the secret of the Horcrux by accident, and I don't know more about it than you."

"We might as well set Fiendfire on the Rozier Manor."

"If it can be confirmed that the Horcrux is in the Rozier Manor, this is also a feasible way." Edgar said unexpectedly, he looked thoughtful, "Slytherin's locket, Hey Chippaqi's cup, Ravenclaw's diadem..."

His words were interrupted by a golden-red light, Phoenix Fox suddenly appeared in Edgar's office out of thin air, it landed gently on the back of the chair, with a note in its mouth.

Edgar took it and read it again, raising his eyebrows: "Sirius, Dumbledore wants you to meet him at Hogwarts."

"Me?" Sirius repeated in surprise, "now?"

"Yes. Fox will take you directly to his office...Wait, Regulus, you have to come with me."

"Dumbledore, your finger—"

Sirius keenly noticed that the nail on the index finger of Dumbledore's left hand had turned black.

"This is a wonderful adventure story, and I will tell it soon." Dumbledore looked a little tired, and he motioned for Brother Black to sit down at the desk. Regulus saw a shiny sword on the desk, Next to the sword was a ring inlaid with black stones, and Sirius had already called out the name of the sword:

"Is this the sword of Gryffindor?"

"Yes." Dumbledore's face flashed a faint joy, "I think I found another thing that can destroy the Horcrux."

"I've heard it was made by goblins, isn't it?"

"I know that things made by goblins have magical powers that wizards don't understand, but Dumbledore, are you sure it can destroy Horcruxes?"

"I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but there is no better way than to use one relic of the Big Four to destroy another." Dumbledore picked up the ring that was placed next to the sword, "As you can see, I accidentally Another Horcrux was found."

"Accidentally..." Regulus' gaze fell on Dumbledore's finger, "Is this due to it?"

"You know the power of Horcruxes, Regulus. Unfortunately, I am also a mortal, and I was also bewitched by its dark power. Fortunately, I woke up in time and didn't put the ring on my finger, so I was lucky. Saved a life." Dumbledore told them of his decision, "I have decided not to destroy the Horcruxes for the time being, because once we do, Voldemort will know that we have detected the secret of the Horcruxes. Not only will he be the first to destroy the remaining Horcruxes. If the horcruxes are well hidden, I will step up my defenses. I don't want to miss an opportunity to wipe out the roots, so unless we find all the horcruxes, I will not move any of them."

"Where did you find the ring, Dumbledore?"

"Gaunt's old house." Dumbledore said succinctly, "Although this name is not mentioned much now, Voldemort's real name is Tom Riddle, and his father of the same name was a Muggle. The Old House is not far from each other, which also provided Voldemort's parents with the opportunity to meet - this is another long story - shortly after Voldemort's mother ran away from home, his grandfather and uncle were arrested for attacking Ministry of Magic staff. Sent to Azkaban, where Marvolo was released first, but he died before his son Morfin was released from prison. Morfin still lives in the old house of Gaunt after he is released from prison, holding the Blackstone Ring, an ancestral relic of their family Lived poorly until the summer of 1943."

"What did Voldemort do?" Sirius asked bluntly.Dumbledore glanced at him:

"He killed the Riddles and blamed his uncle, I guess, in a premeditated killing that turned the Blackstone Ring into another Horcrux, and Voldemort left it safely in the now-abandoned Gaunt House."

"I wonder what happened to Voldemort's parents," said Regulus, now with an insulted look on his face. "None of the Death Eaters knew he was half-blood."

"He was ashamed of his Muggle father and hated his own origin even more, so when he started to walk the dark magic path of no return, Tom took a new name for himself. The Gaunt family is the descendant of Slytherin , I guess Voldemort was very proud of it. However, his parents' union is not a good story: Merope Gaunt was madly infatuated with the son of the squire Riddles, and used some magic to do it- Most likely it was a love potion—to confuse him. What happened later was that Old Tom eloped with Merope, who also took away another family heirloom of the Gaunt family..."

"Slytherin's locket."

"That's right." Dumbledore nodded, and sighed again, "Old Tom came back a year later, claiming that he had been deceived by a witch. The story is a long story, in short... Merope gave birth A boy named Tom Marvolo Riddle died afterwards."

Sirius raised his eyes: "You knew this all along, Dumbledore?"

"Yes." Dumbledore looked back at him, "I'm used to letting myself keep secrets and remember the past, but now is the time to tell the truth."

He was annoyed, but Sirius held himself well.Meanwhile Regulus asked another question from the side: "Did you see him before he came to Hogwarts?"

"I've seen it before." Dumbledore told them, "I was the one who picked him up at Wu's Orphanage. The first time I met him, I noticed something strange about this boy. Everything harbors malice, covets great power, is ambitious..."

Sirius thought of Wesson uneasily.

"I guess that's not the point you want to say." Regulus interrupted his random thoughts, "Dumbledore, why did you come to us?"

"Voldemort wanted immortality and immortality, so he started making Horcruxes." Dumbledore returned to the topic, "but he may not have heard of another legend, or he may not have believed it."

"Aren't you talking about the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore?" Regulus shook his head. "That's just a legend."

But Sirius didn't object.He suddenly remembered the Invisibility Cloak inherited from the Potter family.

"The power of the Deathly Hallows may be legend, Regulus. But they really exist." Dumbledore took a piece of parchment and drew a circle, a vertical line and a triangle on it, "Resurrection Stone, Old Man Wands, invisibility cloaks."

"That Invisibility Cloak is a Deathly Hallows?"

"James never mentioned it."

"Harry is a descendant of Ignotus Peverell, and the Invisibility Cloak has been passed down from generation to generation in the Potter family and is unknown to outsiders."

Now Regulus' expression is very exciting: "Then the resurrection stone..."

Dumbledore pointed to the Blackstone ring: "It's not entirely the power of Voldemort's soul fragment that bewitches me, but more the power of the Deathly Hallows."

"But how do you know—"

"Maybe the Resurrection Stone has sensed the memory of a dead person in my heart?" Dumbledore said lightly, and Regulus fell silent suddenly, "Finally, the Elder Wand..."

In front of the Black brothers, Dumbledore drew out his wand and placed it in front of them.

"The person who owns the three Deathly Hallows will become the master of Death."