Harry Potter and the Temple of Tales

This should be the third time Louis has been alone with Lao Deng.

"Sit down, kid." Dumbledore pointed to the chair next to his desk.

"You are excellent, Louis. Thank you for helping solve the incident in the Chamber of Secrets." Dumbledore blinked his eyes, "I have not seen such an outstanding student for a long time, not even Tom Riddle fifty years ago.

Not even half a point."

"You praise me, Professor." Louis shook his head modestly, "I was just trying to be clever. People like Hermione, Ginny, Ron, etc. are much better than me."

"This is more than just clever, Louis." Dumbledore smiled, "It's a miracle that a first-year student can actually recover the basilisk."

Lewis's heart tightened, and the stone in his chest felt slightly warm as if he sensed something.

"Fox told me." Dumbledore reached out and stroked the phoenix's feathers, "Of course I'm not blaming you. What's evil is not the material itself, but the heart of the wizard."

Yes, but how many wizards can really think of this?

"Professor, what do you think of that diary?"

Lewis quickly changed the subject, fearing that Dumbledore would delve deeper into the basilisk issue.

Dumbledore paused for a moment before speaking:

"I have a guess, but I'm not sure because that kind of black magic has been lost for a long time and is the most evil."

"Professor Dumbledore, what you want to say should be Horcruxes." Lewis almost blurted out.

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze, silent and full of embarrassment.

Dumbledore trembled slightly and narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, a Horcrux, but how did you know about it?"

"Professor, in the restricted book area of ​​the school, of course I discovered it accidentally for purely academic research." Louis quickly explained, "I think this kind of book should not exist in Hogwarts, Professor."

Lewis's mind was spinning rapidly. Looking at Dumbledore's trusting eyes, he had said the word Horcrux for no apparent reason before.

"Tom Riddle has pursued extreme power, but the biggest temptation for him is eternal life."

"Death is what he fears most. The more people stand at the top of power, the more they fear death."

"But you clearly know that it is a Horcrux, why do you still doubt it?"

"Because nowadays there is no way to perfectly split the soul. Even killing will make the soul incomplete. And as I said before, the method of making Horcruxes has been lost."

This was the first time Louis heard that making a Horcrux could perfectly split the soul.

"One more question, Professor Dumbledore."

"Did you find out early on that this was Lucius Malfoy's doing?"

"Actually, not really." Dumbledore clasped his hands, "It's just that he wanted to oust me so much that he exposed something, thanks to the house elf who tipped you off."

"Dobby?"

Louis once again felt the terror of Old Deng. Not even the house elves could escape his eyes.

"Is that what you call him? What's interesting is that Lucius's good calculations were actually defeated by his own house elf."

...

After coming out of the office, Louis breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure Dumbledore brought to him was still too great, even though he dealt with it so calmly. But he was already sweating all over his body. Only Dumbledore could bring such great pressure to Louis.

I feel stressed.

"Crack!"

There was a crisp loud noise, and a house elf suddenly appeared in front of Louis. Louis was frightened.

"Oh, sir, I'm sorry, sir, Dobby didn't mean to scare you." The house elf stared at Louis for a long time with excited and grateful eyes.

"Dobby just wanted to repay Sir. It was Sir's decision that allowed Dobby to be free."

"I don't need you to repay Dobby. You have helped me a lot before, so I think I can return a favor to you." Louis smiled.

It seems that Harry succeeded, Dobby has been freed from the Malfoy family and became a free, oh no, free house elf.

"That's not possible, sir." Dobby kept shaking his head, "Harry Potter doesn't need Dobby to repay him. He said that you are the one who really rescued Dobby, so Dobby must give him a favor."

"What do you want, sir? Gold galleons? A precious collectible? Or a rare magical object? Dobby can help you find it." The house elf's big eyes were filled with anticipation.

"I don't need anything, as long as you are healthy and happy..."

"Oh, by the way, sir, wait for me. There is something that sir must like." Dobby suddenly jumped up and disappeared in front of Louis with a snap of his fingers.

About half a minute later, Dobby appeared in front of Lewis again, but this time he had a book in his hand.

"This book is the most treasured one of my former master. It is said to be an ancestral book. I think you will like it, sir."

Louis took the book from Dobby's hand. It was a book with a pure black cover, a green skull engraved on the cover, and the title of the book inlaid with gold fonts.

"Dark Magic Codex?"

Louis frowned. As expected of an ancient pure-blood wizarding family, this kind of heritage is not something that only ordinary wizarding families have.

"This is a book about dark magic, Dobby?"

"Yes, sir, but it is different from ordinary dark magic." Dobby scratched his head, "Dobby can't explain it clearly. The magic inside is extremely profound. Even the old master, well... Lucius Malfoy

Even sir, I can’t understand the mystery.”

Although Dobby gained freedom, the servility in his bones is still difficult to eradicate.

However, what would Lucius look like if he knew that his family's ancestral books had been stolen by his own house elf.

"Okay, I'll accept it first." Lewis held the book in his hand.

Seeing Louis accept it, Dobby jumped happily, then bowed to Louis, and apparated away from the school again.

After the Chamber of Secrets incident, the school temporarily returned to calm. The mandrakes planted by Sprouni gradually matured. With the careful preparation of Professor Snape, the antidote to petrification was finally released.

In the last few days of the semester, Colin regained consciousness and joined Lewis's study army. But on the third night when everyone was rushing to review, Hermione announced a news with a dark face.

Since the Chamber of Secrets incident caused a lot of panic in the school, the principal decided to cancel the final exams for all students. In an instant, the entire Gryffindor common room was boiling, except Hermione and Louis, who were more distressed.

"This is great, I think we need to celebrate."

In fact, not only Gryffindor, but students in the entire school are celebrating, and few students like exams. Although exams are indeed a good way to monitor students' mastery of knowledge points.

Louis is still exploring new potions by himself these days. Due to the influence of the Chamber of Secrets, visits to Hogsmeade have been suspended, so the materials Louis needs can only be purchased remotely from the distant Diagon Alley.

Louis spent a lot of money, but still found nothing about the new potion.

Without the hustle and bustle of the past, Louis enjoyed the last time of the semester with Ginny, Harry, Ron and Hermione. Of course, sometimes Astoria would join the team, but more often than not

It was being alone with Louis.

Louis had already returned the diary to Astoria, but the arrogant girl did not accept the diary. She hoped that Louis would keep her memory forever. And after the secret room, the old her was already alive.

In the past, Astoria, a confident, optimistic, but unable to change her arrogant character, has been reborn.

On the last day of the school year, a grand banquet was held to send off the young wizards who were about to go home. Of course, this banquet included the ownership of Hogwarts' highest honor, the House Cup.

"We are sure to win." Ron said to everyone, "The bonus points of nearly 600 points are a full 200 points higher than Slytherin."

Sure enough, just as Ron said, Gryffindor firmly occupied the top spot among the four major houses with a score of more than 800 points, winning the Best House Cup for two consecutive years.

Dumbledore stood up and clapped his hands toward the hall. Suddenly, all the colorful flags and hanging logos were made of lions and red and yellow colors.

At the end of the school year dinner, there was one person missing from the teachers' table, and Gilderoy Lockhart's seat was vacant. According to Dumbledore, Lockhart had woken up, but had lost his memory and was transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for treatment.

After Lockhart lost his memory, his crimes were finally exposed. People denounced him one after another, and almost all his fans instantly turned negative and turned into trolls to bombard the Daily Prophet.

The day after the dinner, everyone got on the express train back. Louis, Ginny, Ron and others were in the same carriage. Fred and George were also on the road together.

The group made full use of the last few hours to perform magic before going on vacation. They played with Flibaste fireworks and practiced using magic spells to eliminate each other's weapons.

"Hey, I think you should know that Percy has a new girlfriend, a Ravenclaw named Penello." Ginny said suddenly.

"Oh, we know, wait a minute, what did you say, they are really together?" Fred looked at George, and the twin brothers looked at each other and said with evil smiles.

"I thought it was just a joke." George spread his hands, "I told him before that he threatened to hit us with a curse."

"You won't laugh at him." Ginny looked a little anxious.

"Of course not." The twin brothers said in unison, but it was unclear what they would do.

The express train began to slow down, and Louis looked at the scenery outside the car. Harry and Ron were still discussing the phone, but it was not necessary for Louis because his home was right next to Harry.

I don’t know what will happen this summer, but I hope that by the time next semester starts, I will have undergone a profound change.