Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Vader noticed that Regulus mentioned Voldemort's biggest secret - Horcruxes in his last words.

He had not discussed this issue with Dumbledore before.

Even someone like Slughorn would be frightened and panicked if he heard students discussing Horcruxes with him.

Maybe Dumbledore will get some inspiration from their previous experience at Gaunt House... Whether he guessed about Horcruxes or not, it will definitely be confirmed this time.

At the same time, Dumbledore seemed to have the same question in mind.

"Horcrux..."

He sighed and said to Wade:

"I have thought many times about what keeps Voldemort alive... There is more than one kind of magic that can do this. But in the end, he chose the most evil and dangerous Horcrux."

Vader said, "It sounds like it has something to do with the soul."

"Voldemort split his soul."

Dumbledore was not secretive, he said:

"He separated part of his soul and sealed it in an object. This object is called a Horcrux."

"In this way, even if he is fatally injured, he will not die, because there is still a part of the soul that is not damaged and remains in this world, looking for the opportunity to be resurrected."

"But living in this state is more painful than death."

"If he cannot be resurrected, he will not be accepted by the world of the dead, nor can he wander in the world of the living. The remaining soul will become weaker and weaker, and eventually he will forget who he is and dissipate in endless torture."

After he finished speaking, he looked at his student and saw that he nodded slightly without any sign of yearning for Horcruxes.

At the same time, I wasn't surprised.

He said bluntly: "When the Gaunt house was burned down, an evil shadow emerged from the fire."

"Yes."

Dumbledore nodded, confirming his unfulfilled intention:

"If I'm not wrong, it should be one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Very clever... He hid a piece of his soul in the ruins that no one cares about."

Wade added: "Actually, this is not our first experience."

"……no?"

Dumbledore was stunned for a while and then said.

"I found an old crown in the Room of Requirement at school."

"Crown?"

"Yes. It's very similar to Ravenclaw's diadem, but it has evil black magic attached to it. Remus, Michael and I burned it in a cave."

Now that Dumbledore had confirmed his identity as a prophet, Vader no longer racked his brains to find excuses for his discovery, and directly explained the situation at that time without giving up the reasons.

Hearing the figure who was also destroyed in the fire, Dumbledore was silent for a long time this time.

In the stone basin, the green potion began to slowly fill again. If the locket was still inside, only a little gold should be visible at this moment.

"Let's go back, Remus should be waiting impatiently," Dumbledore said.

The two of them stepped onto the boat, and the enchanted boat returned automatically. The bright light on the shore gradually magnified in their eyes.

"Vade, don't mention the Horcruxes to anyone."

"Yes, Professor."

"Is the crown still there with you?"

"I will send it to you after I return to school." Wade said, "But it has been burned by fire, and there may not be anything useful in it."

"As long as magic is used, it will always leave traces." Dumbledore said: "I guess you also found something special in the Gaunt house? Except for Michal."

"A ring, Professor." Wade said frankly: "But I think it's better for me to keep this thing."

Hearing this, Dumbledore was startled for a moment, and his eyes suddenly opened slightly.

He seemed to want to say something, but looking into those bright gray eyes, he swallowed what he wanted to say.

"Well...since you said that...there must be a good reason..."

Dumbledore murmured, his fingers trembling slightly before being held by himself again.

The boat slammed against the shore.

Lupine stretched out his hand, pulled Vader up, inspected them with his eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that both of them were as usual.

"You have been going for a long time...have you found anything?"

"Well, there are some... special discoveries." Dumbledore glanced at Sirius not far away and said, "It has something to do with Regulus."

He took out the gold locket from his pocket.

"Professor, Remus." Vader said suddenly, "I want to go back to school first, is that okay?"

Lupine asked in surprise: "Is there something urgent?"

"No, no..." Vader hesitated and looked at Dumbledore: "Maybe we can ask Fawkes to bring Harry here?"

When Sirius learns the truth, will he be devastated by Regulus?

Vader guessed he would.

This Gryffindor is a person with very passionate and pure feelings. When he hates someone, he wants him to die. When he likes someone, he can go through fire and water.

But Vader didn't want to witness that.

He didn't want to see a man at his most vulnerable and embarrassed.

When it comes to comfort, Lupine or Harry are more suitable than him.

But Dumbledore shook his head.

"No, if Harry were here, he would force himself to be stronger. But today, we should give him an...environment that allows him to be weak."

"I understand," Vader said.

Before Dumbledore could make any move, Phoenix Fawkes suddenly appeared.

It landed on Wade's shoulder, flapped its wings, and a few more feathers fell down.

Vader caught it smoothly and said goodbye to Lupine: "Professor Dumbledore will explain it to you, Remus. If you need help... I can help at any time."

"OK, thanks."

Lupine thanked him blankly, and then watched Vader and Fox disappear in the golden-red light.

…

The fire flashed past, and in an instant, Wade found himself back at school.

To be precise, Dumbledore's headmaster's office.

Fox landed on its gilded perch somewhat slowly, as if very tired. It made a suffocating sound and its eyes were listless.

Wade asked softly: "You are going to Nirvana, right?"

Fox said nothing.

It raised its neck, and suddenly its whole body was on fire. It screamed suddenly and turned into ashes and fell to the ground.

This sound seemed to wake up the sleeping old principals, and the portraits around them started to move.

A thin male principal shouted: "Hey, student, how did you get in? This is the principal's office, and no one else is allowed to enter without permission! You'd better leave right away!"

The old principals around nodded in agreement.

"So I am here. Of course Dumbledore allowed me to come. Is there any other reason?"

Vader asked rhetorically.

When the other principal portraits heard this, they also laughed at the male principal, saying that he had no brains.

It was obvious that this one must be very annoying.

Vader glanced at the name on his portrait - [Phineas Black].

The most unpopular headmaster in the history of Hogwarts and the great-great-grandfather of Sirius and Regulus.

He sat cross-legged next to the ashes, waiting for Fox's resurrection.

Phineas narrowed his narrow eyes and asked curiously: "Dumbledore said that you are the best student of Ravenclaw in the past hundred years, is that true? What great achievements have you made?"

His tone was frivolous and arrogant. Wade raised his eyebrows and glanced sideways at him.

Phineas' originally lazy expression immediately changed. He frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do I feel that you are pitying me?"

"How is that possible?" said the headmistress in another portrait next to her: "Blake, please don't make things difficult for the students!"

But Phineas actually walked into the portrait next to him and pushed away the old principal inside.

"Really!" The old man held his hat and made a dissatisfied voice.

Phineas walked all the way to the portrait opposite Wade, leaned on the frame, and asked, "You guys going out today...could it have something to do with my useless great-great-grandson?"

Wade said solemnly: "No, it's another one."

"What?" Phineas was confused.

"Regulus Black," Vader said, "We found his body."

"Regulus?"

The frivolous expression on Phineas's face disappeared, he fell into silence, and the surrounding portraits immediately became quiet.

They held their breath (if they had any) and said nothing.

The ashes suddenly moved, and then a crumpled baby bird poked its head out of it.

The newly born baby bird has not even a hair, so beauty has nothing to do with it. It moves its bony wings and explores the world around it in the ashes.

Vader couldn't help but think: Does this phoenix still have previous memories? Can it be regarded as the same phoenix as before?

"How should I take care of it?" he asked the old principals around him: "Does it need to eat something?"

After a while, an ancient portrait spoke.

"Dumbledore knows that it is going to Nirvana recently and has already prepared it - did you see the green crystal bottle on the cabinet? Just give it three drops of the potion inside."

Wade followed his instructions and found the crystal bottle - it was placed next to Fox's perch, very obvious.

He unscrewed the cork and smelled the fragrance of bamboo leaves. He was stunned for a moment before carefully feeding the magic potion to the chick.

Like all newborn birds, it opens its mouth wide to welcome food, as if there is a bottomless pit in its belly.

Wade only fed three drops, and even though the chick was still squealing, he put the bottle back.

Phineas watched him finish, and then slowly said: "Regulus...how did he die?"

"He died of justice and faith in his heart." Vader said: "In order to resist Voldemort, he used his own life to give people the opportunity to defeat that man."

After a while, Phineas let out several ugly sneers.

"He doesn't sound like Black anymore... more like a stupid Gryffindor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Phineas strode away from the portrait, leaving only a blank space in his portrait.

Vader didn't stay long either.

He took out the box containing the crown from his bag - after deciding to invite Dumbledore to the cave, he borrowed the crown from the Room of Requirement, and this time Barnabas did not stop him.

Vader placed the crown on an empty table and said to the portrait next to him: "This is for Professor Dumbledore. Please tell me when he comes back."

"Okay," said the portrait.

The old principal in another portrait said dissatisfiedly: "Today's students are really... actually instigating the principal!"

Vader ignored him.

He opened the door and walked out of the principal's office.

It was already evening, and the students who went to Hogsmeade were coming back one after another.

Standing on a high place, Wade could easily see two students hiding in a corner, tightly pressed together. The girl was giggling, and the boy leaned over to kiss her cheek.

Those two people were Michael and Padma.

Padma was very shy, but Michael was at ease like a veteran in the field.

He approached, touched, stepped back slightly, whispered a few words, and started to approach again like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Rubbing ears and temples, like a fish in water.

Wade couldn't help but smile, and felt that these guys were too precocious.

In his heart, he always brought everyone into the sixth grade of elementary school according to age.

He knew that some people said behind his back that he was old-fashioned, but he didn't care.

Wade walked down the spiral staircase, thinking about what happened today.

His frank talk with Dumbledore... the Inferi... and the two Black brothers.

And the phoenix nirvana.

Although the phoenix in the magic world is not as powerful and omnipotent as the legend says, its tears can heal most injuries, even those bitten by the fangs of the basilisk; and its feathers also have various magical uses.

Wade plans to make a few bottles of healing potions first, and the rest can be used in alchemy. Thanks to Fox's generosity, he gave him enough feathers.

"Mr. Grey... Wade Grey..."

When Wade was about to return to the Room of Requirement along the corridor, he suddenly heard a thin voice calling him.

He turned his head and saw that it was McGee.

This is a house elf who is good at cooking and is also responsible for cleaning the Slytherin lounge and dormitory.

"McGee?" Wade walked over and squatted: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Wade Grey doesn't know yet, something happened in Slytherin College today, and McGee wants to tell him."

McGee clenched his palms, as if he was ashamed of leaking the information of the college.

But because Wade is also a student of Hogwarts, he is also its master in theory, so it is not ashamed to punish itself by hitting the wall.

"What do you want to tell me, McGee?" Wade asked gently.

"In the evening, there are not many Slytherin students, most of them go to Hogsmeade."

The elf looked up and said in a thin voice:

"Two fat people suddenly attacked others... Their magic is not very good, and they accidentally turned into a cow, almost breaking their ribs."

"Did they recite the levitation spell wrong?" Wade frowned: "Isn't that a magical effect that only appears by chance?"

Ever since Professor Flitwick talked about the unlucky wizard who was almost killed by the cow, there have always been little wizards who don't believe in evil secretly trying, but such an effect will not appear once in ten times.

Even if they recited the spell wrong, the magic power is not enough to support such a huge space transfer.

The house elf shook his head: "McGee doesn't understand what's going on, but McGee has also discovered some strange phenomena..."

He suddenly stopped talking and looked around, as if he was worried that he would be eavesdropped by others.

Then he approached Wade and whispered: "Someone is secretly practicing evil magic... There is also an elf from outside in his dormitory..."