Chapter 290

When Harry and the others were sitting in the corner of the Gryffindor common room that night, Solim and Dumbledore were standing in the hallway on the eighth floor.

Without saying a word, Dumbledore watched as Solim walked back and forth three times in front of a wall, and then a door appeared on the wall.

Dumbledore's expression was not the slightest bit surprised, of course he knew it as the headmaster of the Bing House. Most of the time, though, it was used by Dumbledore as an emergency toilet.

Solim opened the door and leaned over to invite Dumbledore to advance.

"The Room of Requirement—" Dumbledore entered, scanning the inside of the messy room, which was almost like a garbage dump, where everything could be seen, broken statues, portraits of no people, rusty weapons, some broken cutlery...... Especially at the doorway, there is even an umbrella stand made of trolls' feet.

Solim took the lead, Dumbledore followed, neither of them walked in a hurry, neither of them spoke. After traversing a jungle of worn-out wooden crates, tattered armor, and piles of cluttered tables, Solim and Dumbledore finally stood in front of an ordinary, curved cabinet.

It was a stone bust of an ugly old man with a hair cover and a rusty tiara, and that prosaic tiara was the Ravenclaw tiara. Solim had already found it, but he hadn't touched it because he didn't think it was too late.

The room was very quiet, there was not even a hint of wind here, only a lonely golden snitch buzzing not far away. Dumbledore had already noticed something wrong with the crown on the stone statue's head, and although there was nothing unusual about this ordinary-looking crown from the outside, it was extremely unusual to a wizard like Dumbledore.

A well-hidden, but very deep malice emanated from that ordinary crown. Dumbledore could tell that no matter what kind of dark magic was applied to this crown, it should not have been activated by now. This is clearly an extremely dangerous black magic item.

At this time, Dumbledore did not think about the Horcruxes.

"Headmaster, I think this is what interests you the most. "Perhaps 'one of the things of the greatest interest,' I thought Barrow and Lady Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena, might be able to tell you something." "

Dumbledore listened to Solim's words and keenly grasped something.

"You mean...... Horcruxes?is this the Ravenclaw crown?" Dumbledore looked at the ordinary-looking crown on the statue in surprise.

Dumbledore also didn't see the Ravenclaw crown with his own eyes, it disappeared back in the days of the Big Four, and no one has seen it since—except Riddle.

What Dumbledore didn't expect was that Voldemort actually found the crown that had been missing for centuries and made it into a Horcrux.

With the Gaunt's ring, diary, and crown in front of him, Dumbledore saw Voldemort's third Horcrux. It creeps him out, and who knows how many of these things his former student made. Although he knew that the human soul could not be divided indefinitely, Dumbledore was still worried about the future situation, and if he could not find all the Horcruxes, then everything he was doing now would be in vain.

"How did you find it?" Dumbledore asked nonchalantly, "Sometimes I use this place in the bathroom when I'm in a hurry, but I've never found the crown. "

"I'm just like you, Headmaster, but I'm using this place as a garbage dump to discard some of the garbage, such as spoiled potion materials, failed potions, or unsatisfactory potions, after all, I can't dispose of that garbage in any other classroom, even though there are no professors there. "

"The Room of Requirement is really a very magical place. Solim continued, "It can read your mind and become what you need it to be." If it weren't for the fact that the eighth floor was too far away, maybe I would have chosen this place to make potions. "

Dumbledore listened to Solim's words as he stared at the crown.

"Now that it's done, then—I'll leave first. Solim owed a little to Dumbledore.

"I think you've already discovered this. Dumbledore suddenly turned to look at Solim, "Can you explain?"

"There's nothing you can't say. Compensation only. Instead of looking at Dumbledore, Solim picked up a copy of The Unknown Potions Recipe from the table next to him, and Solim saw the title of the book for a moment, and now was obviously not the right time, so he decided to turn it over later.

"I'm at Hogwarts—not inside the castle, but it's within the boundaries of Hogwarts. I've done something to cause you some trouble, Headmaster, and maybe those troubles aren't a big deal for you, Headmaster, but I'm grateful, I wouldn't have had such a chance if it weren't for Hogwarts. "

Solim was subtle, but Dumbledore could understand Solim's hints. After all, there are few things within the confines of Hogwarts that can really hide from Dumbledore, the headmaster.

Of course, Dumbledore knew that the deaths of Durmstrang's two warriors were related to Solim, and if it was an ordinary student, Dumbledore would definitely interfere, after all, no matter where it was, the act of murdering underage was an extremely dangerous signal. However, for Dumbledore, who knew about Solim's past, he knew that Solim had no choice, because if he didn't kill those two people, it would be him who died.

And from a certain point of view, Solim and Dumbledore are still on the same side, and the ring and diary that Solim once gave Dumbledore are things that Dumbledore attaches great importance to, and it also makes Dumbledore value Solim as a student even more. Fighting Voldemort and ending Voldemort's life of sin was Dumbledore's most important thing, and Solim was able to help him in these ways, even if Dumbledore didn't see Solim as "his own man", he would see him as someone to work with. So some things that don't involve the big picture, Dumbledore can turn a blind eye.

But today, Solim brought Dumbledore to the Room of Requirement to see the crown, and Dumbledore had to think about whether to let this student actually join the Order of the Phoenix.