Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 421
"Are you free tonight?"

As soon as he heard Dumbledore's words, Mike stopped pouring the wine in his hand.

This time he did not continue to drink regardless of the same as last time, but decisively put down the bottle in his hand, frowned and asked Dumbledore:
"What's the matter with you?"

"I seem to have found some clues about Horcruxes." Dumbledore picked up the red wine that Mike put down and poured himself a glass, "And since you have quite a lot of experience in destroying Horcruxes, I plan to invite You come with me tonight."

"Let me guess, didn't you find Chris?"

Dumbledore took a sip of his red wine and shook his head slightly without speaking.

Seeing this, the corners of Mike's mouth couldn't help but rise, because he had already guessed that the Horcrux Dumbledore found should be the Gaunt ring made of the resurrection stone!
However, in the original book, Dumbledore went there alone. Why did he invite himself this time?

Is it really like what he said, just because he has rich experience in removing souls?

Mike was lost in thought for a while.

But Dumbledore obviously didn't intend to give Mike too much time to think. He drank the red wine in the glass in two or three gulps, then looked at Mike's slightly tangled expression and said:

"It seems that you don't want to go. Let's forget it. This matter is indeed too dangerous for you."

After speaking, Dumbledore turned and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Mike's voice brought a smile to Dumbledore's face who had already turned around. He stopped and turned to look at Mike again.

"Phew!" Mike let out a heavy breath, and said with some evil humor, "I think I still have more say in the matter of destroying Horcruxes, so I'd better go with you, or maybe You will be seriously injured!"

Dumbledore didn't pay much attention to Mike's wicked words, he laughed for a while, clinked his glass with Mike, then turned and left.

And it wasn't until Dumbledore went far away that his voice rang in Mike's ear.

"At 8 o'clock tonight, we will gather at the gate of the manor after the wedding."

Mike raised his eyebrows, and continued to think about the purpose of Dumbledore's invitation to go with him. At the same time, his right hand was instinctively going to get the glass of red wine he had left.

However, he caught a blank, and it was not until this time that he realized that his wine had already been taken away by Dumbledore!
……

The wedding between Lupine and Tonks went smoothly except for some "simple" etiquette. The whole wedding officially started after the host announced that the two had officially become husband and wife.

All the tables and chairs that had been placed in the garden were removed by the staff, and replaced with the same pure white dining table, on which were placed a variety of pre-prepared wines and delicacies.

These were all arranged by Mike. Apart from these, there were two house elves on the lawn not far away who were constantly cooking barbecue.On their side, there are a large number of musical instruments. At this time, the magic on these musical instruments has been fully triggered, and they are slowly floating in the air one by one and playing by themselves.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became cheerful. Ron, who hadn't eaten anything since getting up in the morning, couldn't bear it anymore, screamed and rushed towards the table full of food.

Seeing Ron's embarrassing look with chicken legs in one hand and steak in the other, the two Weasley brothers closed their eyes in pain. Mike felt that they would really like to dye their hair black if they could, because this way they could pretend Tsukuru didn't know Ron anymore.

And as Ron's best friend, Harry obviously wanted to join this 'battle', but it was a pity that Black beside him was firmly holding onto his shoulders, which made his plan to fight side by side with Ron come to an end. dead belly.

At the same time, as today's protagonists, Lupine and Tonks also walked off the platform and entered the feast.

Black, who was still restraining Harry not to let him be rude just now, recovered his nature after seeing Lupin, and started to grab Lupin and drink wildly.

Perhaps because he was afraid that he would not get drunk by himself, he even got two brothers, George and Fred!

Seeing them drinking vigorously, Mr. Weasley was also greedy, but the sight from Mrs. Weasley who was not far away at that time made him give up the idea.

No way, the hospitality of George and Fred in France has completely conquered Mrs. Weasley, and now the two brothers and Mr. Weasley are treated differently at home!
On the other hand, Tonks was not idle either.

At this time, she was pulling Hermione and Mrs. Weasley to the side to talk, and because the distance was too far, no one could hear their conversation at all.

But judging from Hermione's and crimson faces and the occasional glances at Mike in the distance, it should be a pink topic.

The banquet lasted from afternoon to night, and after a whole afternoon of fighting, Black's goal was achieved - Lupine became a dead dog drunk and couldn't wake up barking!
But Black and the Weasley brothers were not feeling well, and they were not much better than Lupine at the moment.

The drunk Lupine and the Weasley brothers were helped into the room by Mrs. Weasley and Tonks to rest as soon as the banquet ended.

As for Blake, I don't know if it was revenge for him to force the Weasley brothers and Lupine to drink. Both Mrs. Weasley and Tonks instinctively ignored him, which caused him to be alone after the banquet Lying on the lawn.

Mike understands this very well, knowing that Black ruined Tonks and Lupine's wedding night!
However, he didn't lie down for a long time, and Harry, who was overfed soon, found out the tragedy of his godfather, so he used magic to send him into the villa with his distended belly.

So far, the wedding of Lupine and Tonks has been successfully concluded, and at this time, Mike and Dumbledore also met quietly at the gate of the manor.

"Good evening, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Wearing a pure black combat uniform, Mike greeted Dumbledore in front of him.

"Oh, good evening."

Dumbledore looked at Mike's battle uniform a little strangely. You must know that the weather tonight is as good as the daytime. The bright white crescent moon hangs high in the sky, casting bright moonlight downward.

With its help, tonight is brighter than usual.

Originally, in such an environment, pure black clothes would not have the effect of concealing one's whereabouts, but would be more obvious.

But this is not the case with the combat uniform on Mike. It seems to have a strange magic power that distorts the surrounding light, making Mike look hazy.

Noticing Dumbledore's eyes, Mike pulled his clothes and joked:
"Do you want it? I still have some alive, I can give you one."

"Really?" Dumbledore's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Thank you so much, my size is..."

Seeing Dumbledore excitedly reporting his size, Mike's expression was a little dull.

Conscience, he was really joking just now!

In his opinion, such things as combat uniforms should be just dispensable toys for wizards of Dumbledore's level, and they will have no effect at all!
I didn't expect Dumbledore to be so playful!
"Ahem! Okay, I see." Mike hid his embarrassment with a cough, and then changed the subject, "Um, it's getting late, should we go?"

"Oh! Look at my memory! Then let's go now."

Dumbledore said suddenly, and then stretched out his hand to Mike.

Looking at Dumbledore's big wrinkled hands, Mike hesitated for a moment and finally reached out to grab them.

"Ready?" said Dumbledore with a smile, "Apparate!"

As Dumbledore uttered the spell, a distorted black hole quietly appeared, sucking Mike and Dumbledore in!
At the same time, the same black hole appeared on a hillside thousands of miles away, and with a crackling sound, two figures suddenly appeared in the open space!
It has to be said that Dumbledore has quite advanced attainments in Apparition and Apparition, and Mike didn't feel any discomfort at all after landing.

It's just that this didn't make Mike relax his vigilance. On the contrary, Mike took out the blackthorn wand and began to observe the surrounding environment as soon as he got down on the ground.

With the help of the moonlight, Mike could clearly see that he was on a hillside at this time, and Mike instinctively felt something was wrong.

You must know that it is July, and it is the time when everything grows.

Normally, a small hillside like this should have been covered by various trees long ago.

But now on this small hillside, let alone trees, there is not even a single piece of grass. The entire hillside is completely dead, which makes people feel a strong sense of uneasiness.

Mike squeezed the wand in his hand again, and slowly raised his head.

And when he looked up, a barren and dilapidated villa appeared in front of him.

Mike's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said to himself almost instinctively:
"Old Gaunt House!"

As soon as this remark came out, Dumbledore, who was still smiling at Mike, immediately became serious. He frowned deeply and asked:

"You know this place?"

"Of course!" Knowing that he had slipped his tongue, Mike explained without panic, "The place where Voldemort was resurrected was near here, and I also investigated it afterwards. Look, it's the cemetery!"

Following the direction Mike pointed, Dumbledore saw the cemetery full of scorched earth, and the expression on his face finally looked better.

Seeing this, Mike quickly changed the subject and said:
"You brought me here on the assumption that Voldemort hid a Horcrux in this house?"

"Yes."

"But..." Mike pretended to be puzzled and said, "Why? Does this have anything to do with Voldemort?"

Dumbledore was silent, he looked at Mike, and said slowly after a long time:

"That's a long story. I'll tell you slowly after this matter is over. But now, our first task is to get rid of the Horcrux inside."

"Ok."

Mike nodded in agreement, Dumbledore stopped talking when he saw this, and led Mike to Gaunt's old house.

Gaunt's old house is a rather dilapidated villa, or the name of the shed is more suitable for it, because it is too dilapidated at this time.

Its walls were covered with moss, and many of the roof tiles had fallen off, revealing the ragged rafters within.

There were also thick nettles growing all around the house, these tall nettles growing up to the windows and covering the small windows, which were thick with old grime.

This is completely different from other places on the hillside. You must know that except for the scope of Gunter's old house, the rest of the entire hillside is completely barren!
Mike not only felt some doubts.

It's just that his doubts disappeared soon after he stood in Gaunt's old house, because he suddenly found that the entire Gaunt's old house in front of him was wrapped in a special magic barrier, and this There is also a strong magic power in the enchantment, but this magic power gives people an indescribable ominousness, which makes Mike feel a little uncomfortable.

"Have you discovered it too?" Dumbledore said with a smile, "This is a powerful black magic barrier, it can continuously absorb all the vitality around it, and convert it into magic power to maintain the operation of itself and other magic spells. I only guessed that there is a Horcrux hidden here because I sensed the existence of this enchantment, otherwise this powerful enchantment would have no meaning for its existence."

Listening to Dumbledore's explanation, Mike's eyes lit up.

He is very interested in this enchantment spell. As long as one is installed in the secret place of the Freemasonry, the various facilities in the Freemasonry can be fully automated!

As for this enchantment belonging to black magic?
Mike just doesn't care!

Dumbledore on the side obviously guessed what Mike was thinking, he shook his eyebrows, and added:

"However, I have never seen such a spell in other places, so if my guess is correct, this should be a self-created spell, and there should be only a handful of people in this world who can cast this spell."

Hearing this, Mike's expression suddenly became indifferent, and he walked towards the gate of Gaunt's old house without saying a word.

It wasn't until Mike came to the front that Mike suddenly discovered that there was still a dead snake nailed to the gate of Gaunt's old house, and there was an ominous wave of magic power exuding from it.

Mike stopped walking instinctively. Although he didn't know the specific function of this spell, there was no doubt that it should be a warning spell used to resist foreign enemies.

Dumbledore passed Mike with a smile, reached out and pushed towards the door.

And following his movements, Mike could clearly see the ominous magic power entwined on the wooden door, as if crushed by an invisible force, it instantly turned into fly ash and disappeared!
"Crunch!~"

The old wooden door opened, and Dumbledore made a gesture of invitation to Mike.

(End of this chapter)