Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1314 Someone revealed the spoiler

After trying a few passwords that Dumbledore had used before, and finding that they had no effect on the stone monster in front of him, Harry gave up the idea of ​​continuing to try. The three of them realized that it was Snape who changed the password of the stone monster. Extra complicated, that almost meant Snape became Headmaster of Hogwarts.

   Only the principal is qualified to do that.

   They had to stand in front of the stone monster and wait patiently for Albert to come and pick them up.

   "Why don't you ask what Albert's password is?" Ron said to Hermione while looking around with the help of the Marauder's Map.

   "It's unlikely, maybe some spell was used." Hermione speculated.

   "What spell?"

   "You will ask him later."

"Do you think Albert will have found Ravenclaw's diadem long ago?" Harry interrupted the conversation between the two, guessing, "That guy is very smart, since we can find the clues, he must be able to." , it shouldn't be difficult to get Mrs. Gray to tell the truth."

   "Albert is not a liar." Hermione glanced at Harry and said, "And, does that really make sense?"

   "Dumbledore is also an insider?"

   "It is inevitable."

"Dumbledore obviously doesn't need to lie to us about this matter." Although Harry had similar thoughts, he quickly suppressed it. Just like Hermione said, there was no need for Dumbledore to hide The whereabouts of the Horcrux, he wants to destroy Voldemort's Horcrux more than anyone else.

   "But they must have known that Mrs. Gray is Ravenclaw's daughter." Ron reminded, "That guy's brain is better than the three of us combined."

"Although Ni's praise makes me very happy, I don't think you need to belittle yourself at all. Although the upper limit of people is different, the lower limit is actually not much different." Albert came down from the revolving stone ladder above, He smiled and greeted the three of Harry: "It seems that you have gained a lot from this trip."

   "You already knew that, didn't you?"

  Although Harry was fairly calm, Albert could tell that he couldn't wait to know about the crown.

   "This is not a good place to talk, come with me!"

   Albert greeted the three of them into the stone staircase and went directly to the principal's office.

   "How did you do it." Ron still couldn't help asking, "I mean..."

   "Of course I don't know what the password is." Albert explained: "However, this is not a big problem at all. As long as you use the confusion spell, you can easily get rid of the stone monster guarding the door."

   "Can the Confusion Charm really do this?" Harry doubted.

   "Don't forget that Barty Crouch Jr. used a brilliant confusion spell to fool the Goblet of Fire." Hermione reminded.

   "But didn't we try to use the confusion spell on the stone monster just now, and it didn't have any effect at all."

   It wasn't that Ron thought Albert was lying, but that he had just tried.

"Because your level is not enough, only the clever confusion spell can do this." Albert explained to the three of them: "The spell is actually not just as rigid as the spells you use, but also as powerful as the ones you use." Like Min using the Patronus Charm to deliver a message."

   "Extraordinary wizards are usually able to use more advanced magic, which I call advanced magic or advanced magic.

   Albert waved his wand lightly, and a ball of light flew out from the tip of the wand, floating beside them.

   "Although it is essentially the same as the luminous spell, its use is no longer limited to a wand." Albert introduced to the three, "You can think of it as an advanced application of the luminous spell."

   "I've seen Dumbledore use this." Harry said suddenly, "Can it still emit a dazzling light to illuminate the surroundings?"

   "Yes, it can be used to blind enemies at night."

"Here we are."

  Albert made the ball of light floating in front of him disappear, stretched out his hand and twisted the door handle in front of him, and pushed the door directly into the principal's office.

   "What did you bring us here for?" Harry asked suspiciously.

   "Harry, you should know that the portrait in the principal's office can talk and have its own consciousness." Albert stopped and said suddenly.

   The three people following behind bumped into him.

"Of course I know."

   "Professor Dumbledore?"

  Harry rubbed his head, looked up at the portrait of Dumbledore smiling towards him behind the desk, with his mouth slightly open, he finally knew why Albert brought them here.

   "Nice to meet you, Harry." The portrait of Dumbledore looked at Harry kindly.

"gentlemen."

  Harry looked at Dumbledore with a complicated expression, talking about what he had gained at Hogwarts today, "I suspect that Ravenclaw's diadem is the last Horcrux we are looking for."

   "It seems that you have found some clues." Dumbledore said with relief.

   "I have verified with Professor Binns that Ms. Gray is indeed the daughter of Ravenclaw. I suspect that she knows the whereabouts of the diadem, but she seems unwilling to reveal the diadem to me."

   "If Ms. Gray knows the whereabouts of the crown, there is a high probability that the mysterious man will get the crown from her. After all, the mysterious man is very good at confusing others with rhetoric. It is not difficult for him to convince a ghost to reveal the news of the crown."

   While speaking, Harry secretly glanced at Albert, "Also, I suspect that the mysterious man hid the crown in Hogwarts."

   "Hagrid once told me that if you want to hide something, the safest places are Gringotts and Hogwarts."

Facing Dumbledore's portrait, Harry talked about his analysis: "So, you put the Sorcerer's Stone in the Gringotts vault at the beginning, and then transferred it to Hogwarts, I think the mystery People probably think the same way.”

   "You make a lot of sense, Harry, so where do you think Tom Riddle will hide the crown?" Dumbledore nodded in agreement after listening to Harry's analysis.

"The Room of Requirement, the mysterious man probably hid the crown in that magical room on the eighth floor, which is very suitable for hiding things." Harry moved his eyes back and forth between Albert and the portrait, and his intuition told him that Albert and the portrait Dumbledore already knew about this.

   "On the day Tom Riddle came to Hogwarts to apply for a job and beg you to let him stay and teach, he probably dropped by and hid the diadem in the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor."

Noticing the confusion on Ron's face, Harry also specifically explained: "Tom Riddle knows a lot of Hogwarts castle secrets, and the Room of Requirement is undoubtedly such a secret place, if we hadn't revealed it to many people location, not many students would know the secret of the Room of Requirement."

   "But we don't have any evidence to prove that the mysterious man won the crown of Ravenclaw." Ron pointed out the premise of Harry's analysis.

   "Not everything needs evidence." Harry's biggest doubt now is why the two of them are willing not to tell him.

  Or, Albert also discovered this matter recently, so he now guides himself to find Ravenclaw's crown?

  Harry thought that was the only way to make sense.

   "Continue Harry, your time is limited." Albert reminded kindly.

   "Limited time?" Dumbledore cast a puzzled look.

   "Felix Elixir."

"Oh I got it."

"The Room of Requirement can be completely turned into a room for hiding things according to the request of the mysterious person." Harry also realized that his time was limited, and planned to sort out all his thoughts in one go, "Tom Riddle believes that few people can find it." There, and find the diadem he hid. In fact, I suspect he's not against anyone finding Ravenclaw's diadem."

"At that time, Tom Riddle probably hadn't prepared six Horcruxes, so he still wanted to fight for the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, because only then would he have the opportunity to stay in Hogwarts and take the sword of Gryffindor. Got it too," said Harry softly, "and later turned his own snake, Nagini, into a Horcrux."

   "Very good Harry!" Albert applauded softly: "Then why don't you tell me where Hufflepuff's gold cup will be hidden now?"

"Gringotts." Harry felt that Albert was trying to imply something to him, but he went along with him, "I don't know if Tom Riddle has a Gringotts vault, but I think when he was young Might envy anyone who has the key to the Gringotts vault."

   As he spoke, he looked sideways at Albert.

"Don't look at me like that. I also have my own Gringotts vault. I bought it for Galleons. I remember it was five hundred Galleons." Albert shrugged and said, "However, I should be right to know you. The mysterious man probably won't have the key to Gringotts. When he was young, he didn't have a lot of Galleons to store in Gringotts. When he becomes a famous dark wizard, he probably won't easily walk into Gringotts. kind of place."

  In fact, Albert was more certain than anyone else that Voldemort did not have a Gringotts vault, and he inherited most of Voldemort's inheritance.

"Maybe, Tom Riddle does not have a Gringotts vault, but I think he probably puts the cup in the vault of other Death Eaters, after all, he has a case of giving the diary (Horcrux) to the Malfoy family for safekeeping .”

Harry excitedly told everyone his summary and analysis: "However, since he never told Lucius Malfoy the truth about that diary, he probably wouldn't tell the Death Eaters the secret of the Horcruxes, only Said that the gold cup is a precious thing, and it should be stored in his family's vault."

   After finishing speaking, Harry looked up at Dumbledore's portrait and asked, "Do you know which Death Eaters Tom Riddle trusted the most?"

   "Great speculative Harry."

  Dumbledore looked at Harry with the relief of watching his own children grow up.

   "At that time, Tom Riddle had many loyal supporters. If he insisted on being qualified... probably only the Malfoy family, the Lestrange family, the Yaxley family, and the Carlo family."

   "Mr. Anderson, who do you think it will be?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.

"This is actually not difficult. You only need to look through the "Pure Blood List" compiled by Cantanclus Nott. Most of the so-called twenty-eight saints in it have become Death Eaters, and their last The most powerful and most loyal is probably your target."

  The Malfoy family already has a diary, so it can basically be ruled out first.

"Bellatrix is ​​the Lestrange family. Yaxley is able to help Tom Riddle control the Ministry of Magic, and obviously has a certain degree of trust." Harry cast a searching look at Albert : "Which one do you think it will be, how about divination?"

   "Lestrange." Albert revealed the secret directly.

"I also think it's Lestrange, that crazy woman is very loyal to Tom Riddle." Harry agrees with Albert's words, he also thinks it should be the Lestrange family, after all, their whole family is in Ah Zkaban lived for many years.

   "By the way, is their family rich?" Harry asked suddenly.

"The Lestrange family originated in France, and their branch in England is equally old and wealthy." Phineas looked at Harry Potter and his group. It was really hard to imagine that this group of people were actually discussing Go to Gringotts and rob other people's vaults.

   "It's not easy. So far I haven't heard of a successful case of robbing Gringotts." Ron felt that it was an impossible task to sneak into Gringotts quietly and obtain Hufflepuff's gold cup.

   "We have time to make a perfect plan, but before that, maybe we should go to the Room of Requirement to find the whereabouts of the diadem." Harry asked curiously, "Didn't you go to the Room of Requirement to find the diadem?"

"If you hope to find a place to hide things through the Room of Requirement, there will inevitably be a garbage dump, which is the place where discarded items from Hogwarts generations have been piled up." Albert reminded kindly, which can be regarded as saying that he really knew These things, "It's not easy to find the crown or the gold cup from the trash, and you can't hide in Hogwarts to find it. Once exposed, it will arouse the vigilance of the mysterious people."

   "So, Ms. Gray really told the mystery man the secret of the crown, but why didn't she want to tell us?" Hermione expressed doubts about this.

   "Probably out of shame, she stole her mother's diadem and hid it away."

   "Then what to do?"

  Harry looked at Albert and brought the topic back. He felt that the other party had a solution.

   "I have an unconventional solution." Albert did not disappoint everyone.

   "What way." Ron asked.

   "Use Diemerblaze, burn the garbage there to ashes, and Diemerblaze can also destroy Horcruxes."

   "That's too dangerous." Hermione said anxiously, "Many wizards who have used Fiendfyre in the past have been burned to death by their own Fiendfyre."

"Compared to Crown, breaking into Gringotts is more troublesome." Albert changed the subject, "You only have one chance, once you break into Gringotts, the mysterious man will probably know what you are doing. "

   "Not only do you need to persuade a goblin to help lead the way, but you also have to go through the heavy defense facilities of Gringotts, find and destroy the Horcrux before the mysterious man can react."

   "If you are willing to help, our success rate will definitely increase significantly." Hermione looked at Albert expectantly.

   "I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

  Albert shook his head and refused. He was a little worried that joining would make this matter a hellish difficulty.

   "However, I will ask Dobby to help you when the time comes. If you succeed, Dobby can let you leave calmly."

   "Okay." Harry remembered one more thing, "Professor, can I take the Gryffindor sword? I need a weapon that destroys Horcruxes, and use it to convince the goblins at Gringotts."

   "Are you going to use the sword of Gryffindor to convince the goblin?"

  Ron and Hermione's eyes widened in surprise, it was hard to believe that Harry was planning to use the Gryffindor sword to bribe the goblin.

   "Very smart." Albert nodded in praise, "Gryffindor's sword belongs to Hogwarts, even goblins can't take it away."

   "I'm afraid you will be disappointed." Phineas said eccentrically, "Snape took the sword away, and it is said that it was put into the Yaxley family's vault."

   "The one that Snape took away is a fake, the real Gryffindor sword is still hidden here." Dumbledore said gently: "It's just behind my portrait."

  Harry couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, moved closer to Dumbledore's portrait, and pulled it out to reveal the hole hidden behind, where Gryffindor's sword was lying quietly.

  (end of this chapter)