Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

In fact, before noon, Dumbledore returned to No. 12 Grimmauld Place at around ten o'clock in the morning.

It was not clear from his expression whether the negotiation with Scrimgeour in the morning went smoothly, but after he saw Sherlock here, he immediately found a room alone with him to talk.

"I gave Rufus enough warning, but it seems he took Fudge, who has now become his adviser, at his word."

Dumbledore said calmly, his tone only sounded a little regretful, not very depressed.

Sherlock also said calmly.

"Ever since Fudge left office, not only was he not kicked out of the Ministry of Magic, but he could already tell what Scrimgeour was thinking by letting him stay. At first, I thought he might just want to stabilize Fudge by keeping him. He has completed the transfer of power in the ministry, and now it seems that he still thinks what that idiot said makes sense."

"What did Scrimgeour say on this matter in Azkaban?"

Dumbledore shook his head.

"He promised that he would conduct a thorough investigation of those Dementors, but then he vaguely reminded me not to interfere too much with the Ministry of Magic. He also suggested that I bring Harry to the Ministry of Magic. They want to do some investigation into the dementor attack last night."

"He still doesn't give up on Harry?"

"Scrimgeour wants to lead the fight against Voldemort by himself. He wants to control everything in his hands." Dumbledore and Sherlock looked at each other and said, "If he really has this ability, then all the power will be in his hands." Integration is indeed a good thing, and I don't mind doing things under his orders. But judging from what he has done in his previous position as the director of the Auror Office, his ability in this area is not even as good as Ba's. "

"The desire for control is strong, but the ability is not enough." Sherlock smacked his lips. Although he didn't say anything else, the meaning he wanted to express was self-evident.

Dumbledore took off his glasses from his face, tapped them with his wand, cleaned them, and then said.

"Put Scrimgeour aside for now. Even if he doesn't pay attention to my reminder, Kingsley and the others have already paid more attention to Azkaban, and we have other more critical things to do."

His face became serious.

"When you noticed Voldemort's Horcrux in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts, I also went to look for it, but I didn't find anything yet. However, the Horcrux in Hogwarts will not escape. In the future, We can take our time to investigate. During this time, I have also reorganized his past. If that diary is the first Horcrux he made, our next search target will not be like finding a needle in a haystack."

As he spoke, he stood up from his chair.

"If you have nothing else to do this afternoon, you can go out with me. Let's check out the places where Voldemort might have hidden important things."

Sherlock nodded, looking for Voldemort's Horcrux not only to prepare for killing him completely in the future, but also to strengthen Sherlock's capital.

Mrs. Weasley cooked a sumptuous meal for lunch.

In front of Harry and the others, Dumbledore did not show the slightest trace of sadness, and happily told Ginny, who was in a bad mood, about Mr. Weasley's naughty incidents when he was a student at Hogwarts.

In terms of personal charm, Dumbledore was at least a few hundred steps ahead of Voldemort, and even his former rival Grindelwald was slightly behind.

After lunch, Sherlock and Dumbledore walked out of the foyer of No. 12 Grimmauld Place and stood in front of the door.

"You must have been there?" Dumbledore asked with a wink.

Sherlock laughed.

"Not only have I been there, you may not have thought of it, but I also have a house there."

"Ah, then the next thing we do will be easier to handle."

As they spoke, they waved their wands together and disappeared.

At the same time, in a dirty alley, accompanied by a sonic boom that sounded like a whip hitting the air, the figures of Sherlock and Dumbledore appeared here at the same time.

Knockturn Alley.

As a wizarding street in the British wizarding world, it is not as famous as Diagon Alley.

But in the eyes of many wizards, it is an indispensable shopping place.

After all, if you want to buy materials and magic items that are classified as contraband by the Ministry of Magic, such as love potions, you won't find them in a normal potion shop in Diagon Alley.

But in Knockturn Alley, maybe you have no intention of expressing your needs at all, and there will be an old witch with rotten teeth on the roadside to sell you her masterpiece of obsession.

"Riddle worked on this street for a while after graduating from Hogwarts."

Dumbledore and Sherlock did not immediately walk out of this deserted alley. Dumbledore waved the strange-shaped Elder Wand, completed the physical transformation of himself and Sherlock, and said .

"In his first year of graduation, he applied to the then headmaster of Hogwarts, Armando Dippet, to stay and teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Armando refused because he was still young. But he is welcome to apply again after a few years when he has more experience.”

"After he failed to stay in Hogwarts as he wished, he disappeared for a while. I haven't figured out where he went for the time being, but during this period he most likely made a Horcrux, because it didn't take long for him to Back in the UK."

"He was really talented at that time, and the Ministry of Magic offered him many positions as long as he was willing to enter. However, to everyone's surprise, he chose to come to Knockturn Alley and apply for a job in the Borkin Burke Antique Shop at No. 13b. , the innkeeper at that time, Caractacus Bock, accepted him.”

"He was very honest while working here and never had any bad reputation. But suddenly one day, he quit the job and chose to go out again and travel around until he came back again when he was about thirty years old. Go to Hogwarts to find a job.”

At this point, Dumbledore and Sherlock, who had transformed into two middle-aged wizards, were less than twenty steps away from Borgin Burke's shop.

"So, you suspect that he might have a Horcrux hidden in this shop?"

"It's possible. If that's the case, you should be able to feel it after entering. Even if he didn't choose this place as a hiding place, he must have experienced something unusual during the years he was an employee here. "