Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor
Chapter 404 Regret and Hate
"You may not have heard of the name Peverell Medal, but you must have heard of another story related to it - the God of Death and the Three Brothers."
This fairy tale is as famous in the wizarding world as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Of course Sherlock knows about it.
The content of the story is very simple. Three brothers met the God of Death. In order to get the lives of the three of them, the God of Death pretended to reward them with gifts that satisfied the different requirements of the three.
The eldest brother asked for an elder wand that was more powerful than any wand in the world, the second child got a stone that could resurrect the dead, and the third child very cunningly asked for an invisibility cloak that could escape the supervision of Death.
In the end, both the eldest and the second child were taken away by the God of Death. Only the third child lived his life peacefully. In the end, he met the God of Death as the winner as if he were meeting an old friend.
This story is included in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", which is a classic fairy tale in the wizarding world.
Dumbledore told this story, and of course Sherlock knew it very well.
And just by asking questions, Sherlock could vaguely guess what Dumbledore wanted to say.
"Professor, are you trying to say that this story is not a legend, but a reality?"
Dumbledore had a solemn expression on his face, without any of the gentle smile he used to have when he was joking.
"No one is sure whether the God of Death exists, but the three brothers and the three items they once held are indeed real."
He stretched out the wand he always held in his right hand, without hiding anything from Sherlock.
"In the story, the most powerful wand in the world is the one in my hand."
The straight wand with a circle of protrusions at every distance along the wand was indeed extremely strange, but if Dumbledore hadn't said it himself, who would have thought of it as the legendary wand.
"You should also know about Harry's invisibility cloak. A normal invisibility cloak is either cast with a high-level illusion spell or made of the fur of an invisible beast, but no matter which of the two, in the long run After using it, the magic on it will slowly fade away until it completely turns into an ordinary cloak."
"But the one that Harry's father left to him has been passed down for thousands of years. The only explanation is that the invisibility cloak was the one in the hands of the third child who finally succeeded in defeating death."
"And the black gemstone on this ring perfectly matches the characteristics of the legendary resurrection stone held by the second son."
Dumbledore's voice was calm, but the suppressed emotions in his calm words were no less than the uproar that was stirring up in Sherlock's heart at this moment.
Listening to Dumbledore's narration, Sherlock remembered the movie title he had before he traveled through time. When he saw the movie description, he casually skipped it, but the movie title left a deep impression on him.
Because this book was made into two movies, and the last one is called "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"!
Sherlock stared at the Gaunt ring embedded with the Resurrection Stone and the elder wand held in Dumbledore's hands, feeling a little unbelievable in his heart.
These three things can all be called sacred objects, but two of them are just plain and ordinary in front of him?
But as someone outside of the previous story, Sherlock was only a little bit shocked even if he was shocked by such a simple thing as the treasures could be collected so easily.
In front of this legendary item, he still retains complete sanity.
It was this kind of reason that told him that a normal Dumbledore would never let something like the Resurrection Stone affect his emotions so easily. In fact, it was one of the Three Hallows of Death.
If he was really greedy for the power of the Three Sacred Artifacts, then he would have taken possession of the third son's invisibility cloak, which was the most useful in the story, instead of giving it back to Harry.
Sherlock did not hide such doubts. He believed in Dumbledore's character, just as Dumbledore completely believed in him and told everything about the Elder Wand in his hand.
"I can't understand Professor, even if this thing is the legendary Resurrection Stone, for us, it is a Voldemort Horcrux that needs to be destroyed. Why are you so excited after seeing it... .”
When he said this, Sherlock's voice paused slightly, and he actually already had a guess in his mind.
"Or, Professor, who do you want to resurrect?"
Dumbledore was silent.
Not only was he silent in words, his expression and eyes were like a silent person, as if he had nothing to say to Sherlock's question.
Sherlock didn't rush the old man. He waited quietly, and the only sound in his ears was the lonely crow in the distance in the late night of winter.
After a while, Dumbledore let out a long sigh and sat down on the dusty floor without any trace of his image.
"Although it is very late now, Sherlock, would you like to listen to the story of a sinful old man here?"
At this moment, he has absolutely no appearance of being the Headmaster of Hogwarts, the Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot, the President of the International Federation of Magic, and the greatest White Wizard of the 20th century. He completely looks like a man who has reached the end of his life and has no idea about his life. A weak old man who has regretted countless times and has no way to compensate.
Sherlock sat directly on the dusty ground without any scruples. He knew clearly that what Dumbledore needed now was not comfort from him, but just a listener.
"When I was young, I had an ideal that I thought was extremely lofty. At that time, I didn't know whether I was lucky or unfortunate, but I got to know the most important person in my life."
"I don't know if you have ever heard of the motto 'food'. It once became the ultimate goal of all the actions of a group of thugs in the early 20th century. In fact, the person who first proposed this sentence, Just me."
Sherlock unconsciously remembered Dumbledore's name for the first person in history to be called the Dark Lord when he recognized the mark on the Resurrection Stone as the emblem of the Saints organization.
"Gettler".
Only people who are most familiar with each other and have a close relationship will call each other by their first names.
Of course, Sherlock had learned about Dumbledore's history after coming to the wizarding world, and knew that his current status was all thanks to the fact that he personally defeated the black man who had cholera that spread throughout the wizarding world decades ago. Demon King.
The name of the first Dark Lord was Gertler Grindelwald.
"That's right, the man who was called the first Dark Lord who I personally defeated and imprisoned was my closest companion, friend and lover when I was young."
When he spoke about his relationship with Grindelwald, he did not hesitate at all. His calm tone was as if he was recounting a past that had nothing to do with him.
There was no look of shock or weirdness on Sherlock's face.
He had guessed part of the inside story through the details of Dumbledore's previous name. Although the relationship between the lovers in the end was a bit surprising to him, it made sense.
"We met in Godric's Hollow. At that time, we were like the wind and leaves. Everyone thought that the biggest regret in their lives was that they did not meet each other until they were eighteen years old."
"Where we talked about magic, discussed the situation in the magical world, discussed the rapid development of Muggle society, and denounced the ignorant conservativeness of the Ministry of Magic in various countries. Our souls were connected, our minds were connected, and we were like-minded, until an accident happened."
"My family is an ancient magical family. In addition to me, there is a younger brother and a younger sister in my family. However, my youngest sister Ariana was tortured when she was six years old because she accidentally performed magic in front of three ordinary boys. The abuse, the magic got into her head and drove her crazy."
"My father Percival used magic to attack those boys in order to avenge Ariana. He was eventually arrested and tried by the Ministry of Magic. Because of this incident, our family moved to Godric's Hollow and severed old ties. But not long after those days, my mother died in Ariana’s magic riot, and the three of us became orphans.”
"Due to the death of my mother, my brother Aberforth still needs to continue his studies at school. I was forced to give up my original plan to travel around the world after graduating from Hogwarts and stay in the valley to take care of him. My sister who was already crazy. But that was also the period when Getler and I were in love. Ariana also liked her second brother Aberforth more than me, so I didn’t take it seriously. She takes good care of her.”
"Aberforth was about to return to Hogwarts at that time. During the two months he was at home, he knew very clearly that my focus was not on Ariana. He accused me in front of Gettler. Because his accusatory words angered Getler, a fight broke out between them."
"One of them is my brother and the other is my lover. I don't know who to help. I just know that no matter how I shout through language, they don't listen to my advice, so I made an extremely stupid move at that time. Choice. Also participated in their fight and tried to use violence to stop their violence.”
"In the end, tragedy happened. Ariana, who was already frail and sick, was hit by a spell cast by an unknown person and died in front of us."
One could clearly hear the sadness and regret in Dumbledore's tone that had never appeared in his words before.
"Gettler fled Godric's Hollow overnight. I know he didn't want to escape accountability from the Ministry of Magic. He just wanted to escape me. And at Ariana's funeral, Aberforth interrupted me with his fist. I didn't get angry at all, but I felt resentful that he didn't hit me harder."
"I know very clearly that it doesn't matter whose wand the spell that hit Ariana was shot from. All the causes of this matter are all on me. Ariana's death can only be caused by me. One person is responsible, but I can’t be responsible at all.”
"I can only bear this sin and live day and night for nearly a hundred years."
The sad old man raised his head and looked at Sherlock.
"After living for so long, I have done many wrong things. Sherlock, Gettler, who is known as the first Dark Lord, is my former lover. Many of his organizational theories are from my youth. It can be said that he is the one who has always fulfilled our agreement, and I am just a shameful betrayer."
"Tom, who is more cruel and crazier than him, is a student who I personally brought into Hogwarts and exposed him to magic. I saw his bad behavior from the beginning, but I failed to punish him. No better correction could bring this child who had gone astray from the beginning back to the right path.”
"I have been called the greatest white wizard of the 20th century. However, in the 20th century, I was indirectly responsible for the darkest periods in the magic world for two generations, so I have always felt that this title is not appropriate. What a compliment, it is a statement of my guilt, a record of my faults.”
"But the thing I regret most is Ariana's death. Because she was the first life I killed, an innocent and suffering relative of mine!"
Dumbledore's voice began to tremble unconsciously when he said this.
"When I was young, I read countless ancient books, but even the great wizards' writings did not contain any mention of resurrection magic. Only in that fairy tale, the resurrection stone was mentioned. thing."
"I spent countless hours understanding and searching for this legendary thing, but I didn't get any report. I was completely discouraged and thought that this thing was really just a mythical legend."
"It wasn't until I defeated Getler that day and got the right to use the Elder Wand from him that I truly realized that this legend was true. Since the Elder Wand exists in the world, the Resurrection Stone must not It would be a false rumor.”
"Since then, I have been looking for traces of the Deathly Hallows everywhere, but I still haven't found any traces. I fell into disappointment again. It has been so long, even my brother who has always hated me Aberforth also forgave me later, and even I completely let go of the matter."
"But fate likes to play tricks on people. Just tonight, when I have completely put down the matter of resurrecting Ariana and thought that I would sleep underground with this regret and regret in the near future, we actually have Found it while searching for Voldemort's Horcrux."
Dumbledore's eyes were shining. He looked at Sherlock and held the ring tightly in his hand.
"The resurrection stone, in the story of the God of Death and the three brothers, has the power to summon people back from the God of Death!"
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