The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 539 Gaunt's Old House
Ada, who doesn't know how to divide the golden point, didn't stay on the hillside. Even if she could "find the dragon and divide the gold to see the winding mountain", the old house of Gunter is not a big fight, but the house of the descendants of Slytherin.Let's call it a house.

In the year when Voldemort's diary became a demon, Ada consulted the genealogy and information of many wizard families in order to find the secret room. She found the names of Marvolo Gunter and Morfin Gunter.

This summer, in order to fight Voldemort, Ada began to search for news related to Horcruxes.Through Thickness's relationship, Ada obtained some internal documents and files of the Ministry of Magic, including the file of Muggle Frank being murdered a year ago.

Frank Bryce was the gardener of the Riddle House, who was murdered by Lord Voldemort at the Riddle House in 1994.

Fifty years back, the owner of the Riddle House, the Riddle family, also died in this house, and the murderer was Morfin Gaunt, a descendant of Slytherin.

It is precisely because of the high degree of overlap of the information found that Ada appears in Little Hangleton, eating and sleeping.Ada wants to find out the connection between Voldemort and Gunter, and maybe get clues about the Horcrux from it
The archives of the Ministry of Magic recorded the former location of Gaunt's old house, and officials of the Ministry of Magic visited twice.It's just that 50 years have passed, and the path leading to Gaunt's old house has long been lost, and Ada has nowhere to go.

In desperation, I had to climb the mountain and look from a distance.Because the village of Little Hangleton is located between two steep hills, you can have a panoramic view of the village and everything nearby by climbing to the top of the hill.

But even so, Ada found nothing. She couldn't find any strange buildings or suspicious magical atmosphere in the valley.

Ada on the hill was helpless, but her stomach growled untimely, and she realized that it was already noon.Ada decided to eat before trying her luck in the valley below.

Because the downhill road was too steep, Ada started trotting involuntarily.Her tent was set up on a relatively gentle hillside, far away from the once magnificent Riddle Mansion.

From the outside, the tents are no different from those used by Muggles, but inside they are quite different.The bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom are all available, just like a portable one-bedroom.

After eating a simple lunch, washing away the stinky sweat, and enduring the hottest time of the day, Ada set off again.

This time Ada brought her own gold-rimmed glasses, and she pinned the possibility of finding Gaunt's old house on this strange pair of glasses that had been grayed out for many years.

Ada, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, went around and circled a large circle in the valley. Guided by the glasses, she came to a pile of tall and dense bushes.

Ada also passed by this place when she was looking for it for the first time, but she didn't pay attention to it at the time.

Ada was a little suspicious, but she still chose to believe in the system.Ada raised her wand and slashed like a machete. The bushes fell and scattered on both sides as she moved.

There were still bushes in front of my eyes, and Ada seemed to be wasting her efforts in vain.But Ada had a faint feeling in her heart. She turned into a bald head and cut all the way this afternoon.

As more and more bushes fell, a narrow dirt road appeared underfoot, winding, potholed, and strewn with rocks.The deeper it went, the darker the clear sky became, and the old trees above blocked the sunlight.

After walking a few more steps, Ada stopped suddenly. She found that her vision had gone wrong. There was a thick black fog in front of her eyes that could not be dispelled.

A strong uneasiness surged in Ada's heart, and her intuition was telling her that she could not move forward. One step ahead was an abyss, an abyss beyond redemption.She tried to stabilize her mind, and she knew that this uneasiness was because she was getting closer to Gaunt's old house.

There must be a bigger secret hidden in this hidden house, otherwise why would it be protected by black magic that affects people's minds?
The downcast descendants of Slytherin don't have such a big card.If they can deploy such black magic, and it can still exist decades after their death, the Gunter family will not be down.

Gradually, not only was there something wrong with vision and mentality, Ada could no longer tell the direction and lost the concept of time in this black fog.If it weren't for the right hand holding the wand, Ida would not even be able to tell the left from the right.

Ada knew very well in her heart that she had to get out as soon as possible. If she continued to be trapped in the black mist, she might lose herself and sink forever.

The thick black mist engulfed Ada in the dark wind, further invading her, her mind, body, soul... Ada knew that there was no longer any delay. She cut the palm of her left hand with great difficulty, and the hot and bright red blood flowed out and merged into the black in the fog.

Using blood as a sacrifice, the black mist became lighter than before.

Taking this opportunity, the sluggish magic power in Ada's body began to function efficiently again, and circles of silver and holy ripples spread outward, attacking the surrounding black mist.

The black mist and the silver light kept colliding without making any sound. Instead, the two completely different magics merged with each other and became one.Silver melts into black, black contains silver, the black mist is getting weaker and weaker, but the silver light waves continue one after another.

Until the thick black mist dissipated, all Ada's senses returned to normal. What she saw was not a bottomless cliff, but a small dark forest.

The wand slid across the palm of his hand again, and after a faint light, the wound healed.Ada helped her slipped gold-rimmed glasses, and walked towards the dark woods.

Walking through the woods, Ada saw through the glasses the remnants of buildings half hidden in the trees.The old house belonging to the Gaunt family has collapsed, leaving only ruins.

Ada didn't rush forward, but stood still and stacked buffs for herself.She has learned a lot from a pit, and just now she was too careless to fall into the black mist, and now she doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

After a while, Ada's body lit up with a slight white light, and she stopped.

Ada, bathed in the "Holy Light", walked slowly towards the collapsed house.The homestead of the wooden house is very small, showing a sense of desolation. It can be seen that the house is divided into three parts, the slightly larger one in the middle should be the living room, and the bedrooms on both sides.

Ada observed carefully, and she felt the magical aura left around the hut. This ominous atmosphere made no grass grow around the hut, and the big tree behind the house withered early.

Ada was a little unwilling, she was one step late, maybe more than one step.

The magic circle protecting the wooden house has been destroyed, and the secrets hidden here have also been taken away.Who will it be?Did Dumbledore find it, or did Voldemort return?

Around the cabin, Ada turned around again, hoping to find some remnants.But Ada still couldn't find anything, and the people who came before her took everything away, leaving only a dilapidated old house to the people who came after her.

Ada didn't stay any longer, the broken wood and rotten boards in front of her were useless, and she couldn't trace back what happened here.Instead of lamenting that you are one step too late, it is better to speed up and catch up.

Turning around, Ada walked in the direction she came from, Little Hangleton Village, and never came again.

Passing through the black mist again, Ada appeared on the thorny path.As soon as she came out, Ada waved her wand without hesitation, and a strong wind picked up, swirling and blowing the bushes opposite her.

Wherever the strong wind passed, all the bushes were uprooted and crushed by the sharp blade hidden in the wind.

When the strong wind subsided, a man in black and black robe appeared in the open space. His face was sallow and his black hair was greasy.

"An unexpected meeting." Ada said, "Recently, I always meet strange people in strange places, Professor Snape."

"Dumbledore asked me to come," said Snape. "He's made a little arrangement here so he'll know when someone comes."

It seems that Dumbledore also took away the secret hidden in Gaunt's old house. It is better to be taken away by a bad old man than to be taken away by Voldemort in advance.Ada asked, "What did Professor Dumbledore get?"

"A ring, a ring that has been passed down in the Gaunt family for a long time." Snape said, "As for the things in the ring that no longer exist, Dumbledore destroyed him."

Ada nodded, and she asked again: "The professor was ordered to come here, isn't it just to tell me about this?"

(End of this chapter)