Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger
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Just like that, almost effortlessly, the old mansion of the Gaunt family appeared in front of Dumbledore and Moon.
Professor Dumbledore stood at the back, looking at Moon quietly without saying a word, waiting for his next move.
"Well..." Moon walked a few steps around in an arc, then pondered for a while, then turned to look at Professor Dumbledore, and slowly shook his head, "No, I'm sure Voldemort is still there. There is some extremely powerful protection left here, but I can't remove it quietly and smoothly, and I can't even find where the means is hidden."
"This is beyond my expectation, Moon." After hearing this, Professor Dumbledore walked towards Moon with a smile. "If it were an Auror from the Ministry of Magic who came here, he would never be able to do as well as you." Even better. It’s just that you haven’t had much exposure to Voldemort’s methods, so it’s normal that you can’t figure out his design.”
As he spoke, the old man raised his wand and gently picked it in front of him.
A thread that did not originally exist was forced to be exposed.
Chapter 6 The supreme temptation
"Ha, this is it."
After finding the thread, Professor Dumbledore seemed extremely happy. He used his wand to pull the silver thread and dragged it little by little to Moon's eyes.
"Look, with this thing here, if anyone breaks into this place rashly, after removing the protective magic on the surface, it is very likely that they will take it lightly - and then fall into a trap."
"Once anyone touches this silver thread, it will immediately cause a chain reaction. Although I don't know what Voldemort has prepared for the 'invaders', there is no doubt that it cannot be a sudden Just the rag doll that pops out.”
As he spoke, the old man lifted the silk thread high and softly recited a spell.The next moment, in Munn's surprised eyes, the silver thread was dyed gray in an instant.
"Okay, we can go in." Professor Dumbledore chuckled and took the lead in walking in through the 'door' he deliberately selected.Judging from his understatement, it was obvious that this silver thread, which may have been considered fatal to others, was nothing more than a child's play that could be easily solved.
Moon looked at the silver thread that had been frozen in the air by the professor, and followed the professor with emotion.
"As we knew before, Voldemort was not born of pure blood. Although the Gaunt family is a well-known old pure-blood family - it has even been a little bit screwed up due to a large number of intermarriages within the family, but Voldemort's mother also It was Morfin Gaunt's sister, Merope Riddle. Of course, at that time, she was still called Merope Gaunt. In short, Merop was obsessed with a Muggle, and she was obsessed with her father and brother because of After being arrested for attacking a Ministry of Magic official, he did a series of... stupid things."
"Poor Merope, she has been enduring abuse, humiliation, and even beatings from her father and brother. After these two were arrested, she finally regained her freedom and suddenly had countless outrageous thoughts, such as Said that she would use a love potion to confuse the handsome Muggle she had a crush on, Old Tom Riddle, and give birth to a child with him."
The two people, an old man and a young man, gradually walked to the door of the wooden house. Almost as a matter of course, Moon saw a large mark on the door poked by the tip of a knife.
"Morfin likes to nail a dead snake here, arranged in an S shape, like the emblem of Slytherin House - yes, the Gaunt family is the descendant of Salazar Slytherin. And such a dead snake, combined with Morfin's reckless and irritable behavior and the parselmouth that opened and closed his mouth, successfully made him and his family a famous 'monster'." Professor Dumbledore was useless. Instead, he gently paused his wand, letting the lock on the wooden door open on its own, and slowly and steadily opened it backwards.
Obviously, this can try to avoid the outcome of a house collapsing due to their improper physical operations.
After the wooden door was opened, a cold feeling escaped almost instantly, accompanied by a disgusting smell, which smelled like rotten wood, nests of insects and rot. The feeling of moldy food and objects mixed together.
"Ah, it smells so strong." Professor Dumbledore raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly, and immediately conjured two pieces of white silk cloth that were completely wetted by water in the air, one was placed in front of his face, and the other was Passed it to Moon.
Enduring the slight turbulence in his stomach, Moon covered his mouth and nose and walked into the hut step by step.
The furnishings inside are even worse than outside, with damp and moldy walls, numerous holes gnawed by insects and rats, and exaggeratedly wide spider webs in the corners... not to mention the thick dust everywhere.All the furniture was scattered randomly around the room, and many of them even had arms and legs missing, looking as if they had been smashed.
Moreover, in some places, through the slightly sparse dust, Moon could even clearly see the scattered blood stains hidden underneath.
"Voldemort actually didn't even say to protect this place..." Through the silk cloth, Moon said angrily: "Would he really hide the Horcrux here? Could it be that this place is actually just a bait?"
To be honest, Moon very doubted that with Tom Riddle's character, he would really be willing to put the Horcrux here - after all, this place was so crude and shabby that even he thought it was a bit exaggerated.
"I'm not sure either, so we have to look for it." Professor Dumbledore shrugged helplessly, obviously not expecting that the old Gaunt house would turn out like this.
Now, even he was not sure whether there was really a Horcrux hidden here.
In fact, the current situation of the Gunter House is not completely incomprehensible. After seeing his biological uncle, he completely wiped out all expectations for his own blood and family. From then on, Voldemort has probably been interested in following the old house. I don’t have any hope in anything related to it, and I even have a bad feeling.Therefore, even if Voldemort chose to blow up this place, Dumbledore would not find it strange.
However, if this is also the real place where Horcruxes are hidden, would Voldemort, who regards immortality as his life, really treat his Horcruxes like this?
Of course, as the saying goes, they have come, and they can't just give up the search just because of this little suspicion.
With the help of the wand, the next moment, Professor Dumbledore and Moon began to search the hut inch by inch.
"Hmm... do you know what the Horcrux hidden here will look like? Or do we have to collect all suspicious items?" Munn used his wand to brush away a piece of dust, and then looked at what was revealed on the floor. Bloodstained, he sighed helplessly.
"According to my guess, it should be a ring - the black sapphire ring of the Gaunt family. However, although this is very likely, we'd better check all the suspicious things." Deng As Professor Bullydo spoke, he tapped the wall with his wand to confirm that there was no hidden mechanism.
"Ring..." After getting the answer he wanted, Moon decisively gave up several locations to be searched. At the same time, while searching, he used his peripheral vision to pay attention to Professor Dumbledore's movements.
Since what he is looking for today is indeed Marvolo Gaunt's ring, then he must pay more attention to Professor Dumbledore.
Because the stone embedded in the ring is the legendary Resurrection Stone - a stone that has a fatal attraction for Professor Dumbledore.
If there is anything in this world that is the heaviest and most painful memory in Albus Dumbledore's heart, then there is no doubt that this incident must be that of Ariana Dumbledore. die.
That was Professor Dumbledore's sister, who died from a curse caused by Professor Dumbledore, the first Dark Lord Grindelwald, and Aberforth Dumbledore in a conflict many years ago.
So far, no one has been able to confirm who actually cast the curse.
Even after so many years, I am afraid that Professor Dumbledore still wants to see Ariana again, even if it is just to have a simple and simple chat and listen to Ariana's voice.
That was the eternal pain in his heart.
The world outside the house remained as quiet as ever, but inside the house, after two people rummaged for nearly 10 minutes, Professor Dumbledore finally suddenly let out a cry of joy, "Ha, Moon, come here quickly. I guess I gained something."
After hearing this, Munn immediately put down his exploration of the broken box in front of him, and quickly came to the old man's side - then, under his gaze, the old man pointed the wand at the floor, and with a slight wave, the floor was It was pried open and fell to the side.
A small, delicate box without any trace of dust revealed itself in a hidden compartment under the floor.
"Ah, that's what I hope..." Professor Dumbledore waved his hand to signal Moon to step back. He himself took half a step back, and then waved his wand again towards the dark box.
"Click-"
Surprisingly, there was no sudden explosion of black magic power, nor was there any terrible curse. The lid of the black box popped open very obediently, revealing the ring lying quietly inside.
Moon didn't have time to think about it. At this moment, he suddenly felt an extremely obvious mood swing from Professor Dumbledore - even worse than a few months ago, when the old man saw him destroying the diary with his own hands in the Forbidden Forest. It’s even more obvious now.
Therefore, he immediately turned to look at the old man, and at the same time, he was ready to rush forward and stop the old man at any time.
Sure enough, Professor Dumbledore's eyes were completely immersed in the small black stone on the ring holder. Infatuation, sadness, pain, longing...all the extremely complex emotions were intertwined and conveyed in his eyes. Given the resurrection stone.
In other words, Horcruxes.
As if responding to Professor Dumbledore's call, a massive amount of malice immediately emerged from the ring - it was invisible and intangible magic power. Only in the eyes of Munn, a natural Legilimency, But it is so conspicuous that it can no longer be conspicuous.
"Hmm..." Professor Dumbledore's eyes twitched twice. He didn't seem to notice anything strange, but he instinctively felt something was wrong. "The Resurrection Stone..."
Moon clearly saw the old man taking half a step back.
Then, in the next second, he took two more steps forward, went straight to the front of the small box, and reached out his hand to the ring in the box regardless of it.
Chapter 7 Deathly Hallows
Just when Professor Dumbledore reached out to Marvolo Gaunt's ring in the box, Moon suddenly noticed a malicious intrusion - and its source came from Horcruxes.
Just as Moon thought, unlike the Resurrection Stone, which had a fatal attraction for Professor Dumbledore, the malice released by Voldemort's Horcrux was not directed at a specific target, but was directed at the surroundings indiscriminately. freed.
Suddenly, in Moon's eyes, the small ring contained in the box suddenly made him feel extremely possessive.Even though he knew what it was, the feeling welling up in his heart still made him want to be like Professor Dumbledore, step forward to pick up the ring and put it on his hand.
Fortunately, Moon not only knew everything about Horcruxes, but as a person who had truly been resurrected from the dead, that small black stone was not even remotely attractive to him.Not to mention that he knew early on that the so-called resurrection stone could not bring people back to life at all. It was even difficult to determine whether the summoned spirits belonged to the dead.
Therefore, he suppressed the desire that emerged in his heart, and he forcefully took back the steps that were about to sell out unconsciously.
At the same time, seeing Professor Dumbledore's hand stretched out some distance away, Moon, who was stunned, also took two steps forward in time and said loudly: "Professor?!"
A burst of clarity suddenly emerged in the old man's chaotic thoughts. He paused and took two steps back unconsciously. Then he stared at the ring and frowned, "This thing...it seems like it's really a person who brought you here." Wise decision, Moon. This ring...well..."
Professor Dumbledore rubbed his fingers unnaturally, and forcefully controlled himself to take his eyes away from the ring, then tapped his fingers and closed the box again. "It is very attractive to me..."
After the lid of the box was closed again, the evil spirit of the Horcrux disappeared. Moon breathed a sigh of relief. If the old man still couldn't resist the temptation after he reminded him aloud, he might have to use some physical means. Come and stop the old man.
Fortunately, it turned out that the old man's deep depression was more due to the sudden appearance of the resurrection stone embedded in the ring.
"Is that ring still some unknown treasure?" Moon glanced at the small black box and whispered: "I have never seen anything that can make you so lost."
Professor Dumbledore was silent for a moment, and then suddenly waved, letting the black box fly towards Moon.It wasn't until Moon caught the box that he said: "Put it away. I think this ring must be placed with you first. Remember, don't open it at will. Voldemort placed several The closer you are to a complicated spell, the easier it is to be bewitched by it. And..."
"If I had really put on this ring just now, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to stand here and chat like we are now."
Moon obeyed and put the box into the buckle bag on his waist. When the wooden box completely disappeared from sight, Moon noticed that Professor Dumbledore's eyes were a little more relaxed.
Of course, there is also some reluctance.
"Let's go, our goal has been achieved." This reluctance was fully reflected in the old man's words. When he spoke again, there was a sense of loss in his words, "As for the baby... I think we still have a side." It’s a good idea to talk while walking.”
Moon knew very well that the old man probably needed some time to calm down, so Moon did not ask further questions, but left the professor with a quiet time.
Just like when they came in, they walked out of the hut again, leaving behind the overgrown weeds and shrubs, as well as the range of silver lines that had turned into gray-white.Professor Dumbledore gently tapped the silver wire with his wand to restore the silver wire as a trap to its original state - he even recast the spells that had been lifted by Moon one by one.
After all this was done, the smile as before finally returned to the face of this more than [-]-year-old man.
"You just asked me if that was some unknown treasure. I didn't answer you right away because that thing... means a lot to me." When he said this, the old man's face looked a bit sad. He was not in a hurry to apparate away with Munn. Instead, he led him to the old tree that was full of knife holes and was already dying, and sat down on the ground.
"But you see, Moon, there are two sides to everything."
As Professor Dumbledore spoke, he picked up a stone from the ground. No matter how he cast the spell, the stone was suddenly flattened and widened, turning into a small, shiny mirror.
"Just like Tom Riddle's diary, it is undoubtedly a treasure. For example, you can glean a lot of what you need from it, and you will not have any inappropriate thoughts about it, including dependence on it. But if you can't control yourself, then the diary is a complete trap that will eventually lead you to your end."
"And that ring, to be precise, the stone on the ring, is such a treasure. I mean, it is actually a trap. And you just saw it, when facing this trap , my performance was very poor, even worse than when I was facing the diary."
The old man looked at the mirror in his hand, which reflected his half-moon-shaped lenses and azure blue eyes.
Somehow, perhaps because he was fascinated by the sight, the old man took off his glasses unconsciously.
This time, only his eyes were left in the mirror.
"Moon, have you heard of the Deathly Hallows?"
Moon nodded slightly. "While chatting, Uncle Golov would occasionally mention these little legends among wizards, including the metaphor of the Deathly Hallows in the story of the three brothers. Moreover, Uncle Golov also said , then the three items in the story are likely to be real.”
"Goloff is absolutely right, Moon. The Three Holy Artifacts really exist, and two of them are in your and my hands now." Professor Dumbledore took out his wand and slowly turned the wand on. The wand was handed to Moon.
"The Elder Wand, the Wand of Destiny, is said to have the most powerful magic power and can help its owner defeat all powerful enemies - this is an elder wand, 15 inches long, and the core is the Thestral's tail feathers."
"The Resurrection Stone can bring the person you miss back to life. Although it is not a real resurrection, it can still allow you to see the person you miss so hard. And that Resurrection Stone is in your bag right now. , yes, Moon, it’s the black stone on the ring.”
Moon looked at the wand twice - and in the end he didn't see anything strange about it. To be honest, even just from the physical touch in his hand, he felt that his silver basswood wand was more comfortable.
Of course, this is more likely because he has held the wand for several years and has become accustomed to its feel.
The young man smiled inexplicably and handed the Elder Wand back to Professor Dumbledore.
But Professor Dumbledore did not take back the wand, but turned around and looked at Moon quietly.
"There is one last piece, Moon, Ignotus Peverell's invisibility cloak. At this moment, that invisibility cloak is in Harry's hand."
Moon shrugged. "It doesn't sound very suitable for Harry. He has never been very idle - but I hope he won't cause any trouble with that invisibility cloak. Besides, I've actually seen that one before." An invisibility cloak."
The old man looked pleased, took the Elder Wand back into his hand, and gently rubbed the wand twice. "Don't you want to conquer death like in the legend? Or do you not believe this is true?"
"Both." Moon said frankly, "But it's not that I don't believe in the magic power of these Deathly Hallows, I just don't believe that bringing them together can conquer death - or in other words, I don't think there is anything that can conquer death." Death. Including the so-called immortality, in fact, it is not 'conquering' death, it is just an escape. "
"I think what you said makes sense, Moon." Professor Dumbledore laughed. "Indeed, if you are unwilling to face death, how can it be considered a conquest?"
"But, as you said, their magic power is real. After getting the Elder Wand, I did find that it is more powerful than any wand I have ever seen; as for Harry's invisibility cloak, I have been studying it for a while, and it seems ordinary, like all other invisibility cloaks, but surprisingly, its magic does not fade over time."
"Therefore, I have always been eager to get the Resurrection Stone, because I thought that since the magic power of the Elder Wand and the Invisibility Cloak is like legend, then maybe the Resurrection Stone is also the same."
As he spoke, Professor Dumbledore gently let go of his other hand and let the small mirror fall naturally, turning back into the stone it was before.
"There are always shortcomings in life, and I am no exception, Moon. Therefore, that piece of resurrection stone has a huge attraction for me. If it weren't for you, that ring should have been worn on my hand by now."
Moon was silent for a moment. He didn't want to ask further questions. Such sad things were more suitable to sit by the warm fireplace, leaning against the soft sofa, holding a wine glass and talking about it bit by bit.
Fortunately, the old man's words stopped here. Maybe he was not ready yet, and maybe he also needed a fireplace.
"I thought you had only lived for a hundred years or so and had conquered everything, so you wanted to challenge the God of Death." Moon stood up, brushed the dust off his butt, and joked: "We should go Come on, Professor, summer mosquitoes don’t care if you are a wizard or not when they bite you - I’ve already been bitten by two big bites.”
Chapter 8 Meeting Slughorn for the first time
Mosquitoes may not care if you're a wizard, but they'll probably choose the blood of an old man over the blood of a young man - at least that's the case for the mosquitoes in Little Hangleton.
One of the most striking evidences is that when Moon was bitten twice, Professor Dumbledore had not even been visited by mosquitoes.
After hearing what Moon said, the old man stood up happily and said with a smile: "Indeed, but I want to ask you first, Moon, are you able to accept spending the night in a Muggle house?"
Moon nodded inexplicably and put his hand on Professor Dumbledore's arm.So, before he could figure out what the professor's words meant, the feeling of apparating suddenly hit him again.
"Huh -" Moon gasped and looked to his side - but in the blink of an eye, they had arrived on a busy street, surrounded by pedestrians and cars, and the traffic lights and street signs at the intersection were clear. It was clearly proven to Moon that the street they were on now belonged to the capital of the United Kingdom, London.
"Professor, what are we doing here?"
Professor Dumbledore straightened out the beautiful robes on his body, and while politely and appropriately smiling at the admiring and admiring young eyes around him, he said softly to Moon: "Go and meet Slug." Horn, after learning that I would take you out during the summer vacation, he strongly urged me to take you to meet him. To me, he obviously wanted to get close to you before school started. Let’s have a relationship. However, you can just follow your own ideas on how to face him.”
Moon understood immediately. What the old man meant was that he didn't need to give Slughorn too much face. If he really didn't like this person, it didn't matter if he acted aloof.
But in fact, he still wanted to meet the professor.After all, whether Uncle Golov or Uncle Edgar, including mother Ann, their potions professor back then was Mr. Slughorn.
And, surprisingly, except for the fact that his uncle said that Slughorn was too greedy for fame and fortune, and was a little timid or self-interested.In other respects, the three elders all spoke very well of him.
Under the guidance of Professor Dumbledore, the two walked along the street for a while, and soon turned into an alley.Then, he saw Professor Dumbledore waving to the fire ladder above, and the ladder slipped down silently.
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