Chapter 31

It has to be said that the room planning in the Headmaster's room at Hogwarts is a bit messy - but it seems that most wizarding rooms are like this. Wizards are different from Muggles in that they only need to wave their wands to find something, instead of rummaging around like Muggles. Solim felt like he had discovered the root cause of the wizards' rooms being messy.

After walking through the spiral staircase with Snape through the gleaming oak door, Solim got a glimpse of the Headmaster's Office

A spacious, bright circular room filled with all sorts of funny little sounds. On the table with slender legs sat a number of strange silverware, spinning and belching small puffs of smoke. The walls were covered with portraits of the old headmasters—but now they were pretending to sleep with their eyes closed, and occasionally sneaking a glance at Solim, whom Solim had already noticed.

There is also a huge table in the room with claw-shaped legs. At the top of the high bookshelf by the wall sat the school's sorting hat - it looked much cleaner now. Beside it, there was a Gryffindor sword in a glass case, and a black cabinet opposite the glass case, which Solim knew contained the meditation basin. Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes perched on a tall gilded perch behind his desk.

Solim was turning his head back and forth, looking around for the furnishings and belongings in the headmaster's office. Dumbledore, on the other hand, sat behind his desk, looking at Solim through his glasses. As soon as Snape entered, he consciously stood against the wall, trying to make himself one with the wall.

After a cursory observation, Solim finally turned his gaze to Dumbledore's body—not the eyes, so he wouldn't be stupid enough to look into the eyes of a master of dementorship. It's no different from stripping yourself naked on the street.

Dumbledore saw that Solim finally focused his gaze on himself, and interjected and said, "I think you must be very puzzled why I asked your dean to bring you to me at such a late hour. "

Solim shook his head: "To be honest, Headmaster, I really don't have any doubts, I know you're going to look for me sooner or later, I thought you'd be looking for me after that Halloween incident, but I didn't. "

Solim originally thought that after the troll event was over, Dumbledore would find a time to see him, maybe Dumbledore was too busy, maybe Dumbledore thought it was not time, or Dumbledore thought that he needed to observe Solim more, in short, the meeting between the two of them dragged on until now.

"Oh, then, you might as well guess why I'm looking for you. Dumbledore asked with interest.

In Solim's peripheral vision, Dumbledore's spectacle lenses reflected the light, making it impossible to see his current gaze.

"Filch, Halloween, Potter, or the Philosopher's Stone?" Solim shrugged, "Or are they both?" or are they interested in me as a person

"You'd better not be interested in me. Solim complained in his heart: "Although I don't have much interest in these little girls in the school who haven't grown up yet, my orientation is still normal. "

"Do you know the Philosopher's Stone, can you tell me how you know that?" Dumbledore's expression made it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Hey, I know there's a Philosopher's Stone in the school, so I can hide it from you?

"Headmaster, let's stop beating around the bush and just say it. It's not too early, so let's finish early, and Professor Snape and I might as well go back to rest. "Solim doesn't want to go around with someone like Dumbledore, who has to die a lot of brain cells.

"Young man, I am really impatient, and it is indeed ill-conceived to call you to speak to such a bad old man as me so late.

"Headmaster, I have no ill will towards Potter, and I don't have any thoughts about the Philosopher's Stone, and as for Filch, I think our dean has told you about Halloween, and you must not have paid attention to it. Solim paused, then said, "Then you just want to take a look, headmaster, to see if I will have any impact on your plans, and then you can do something about it, right?"

Dumbledore lowered his head slightly, looked directly over his glasses, and looked at Solim firmly.

"It seems that Scoller's life does make people mature. Dumbledore said something mindless.

But Solim could hear what Dumbledore was trying to say. Compared to Sculler's students, most of the students at Hogwarts are like fools, squandering their precious time and wasting their talents, and few students are strict with themselves and can improve themselves by eagerly learning knowledge.

There is nothing to blame for this, after all, the goals and positioning of the two schools are different. Hogwarts teaches students how to control their magic and how to become a wizard. And Sgouler is much more cruel, teaching you how to fight, teaching you how to kill. They are fundamentally different. If Hogwarts also adopts Sculler's teaching method, I believe that Hogwarts will be a different scene now.

"But Solim, can you tell me what you think of the Philosopher's Stone?"

Here came, and the temptation began. Solim knew that Dumbledore wouldn't be fooled by himself just like that, and that great wizards like Dumbledore, they didn't need to be aware of whether a person was lying, and Solim really didn't have much of a mind about the Philosopher's Stone, so just tell the truth.

"I don't have any idea about the Philosopher's Stone, I'm not Harry Potter, I'm not any ordinary wizard, I know more things than they do, I know what I can touch and what I can't. So there's no need for you to test me with the Philosopher's Stone, Headmaster. "Although Solim is an illegitimate child, he is blessed by Torrond, and the things he can touch are not much different from those of the family lineage.

"Besides, the magic stone you made shouldn't be complete, right? it should be the kind that won't work after one or two uses. Solim said.

"Oh, you know that?" Dumbledore's face was still expressionless.

"I said, I'm not an ordinary wizard, I know more things, it's normal, right? Besides, every Philosopher's Stone has to go through the Presbyterian Council, and if Mr. Lemay really gives you a complete Philosopher's Stone, I don't think you will take it. Right. "

Dumbledore didn't speak.

"The principal came to me today to make sure that I would not have a bad impact on your plans, and I can give you an accurate answer right now: no. "

With that, Solim stepped forward and pulled something out of his body and placed it on Dumbledore's desk.

"Riddle isn't dead, ordinary wizards don't know about this, but you must know about it, Headmaster, and you have some guesses about it, right? Solim pointed to something on his desk and said, "I got this thing with my grandfather this Christmas holiday, and of course, the curse on it has been lifted by my grandfather, but a great wizard like you should still be able to see a trace, right?"

Dumbledore's eyes sharpened, and he didn't touch it directly, but carefully and carefully studied it.

"My grandfather had already studied it, and he didn't destroy the Horcrux, so the ring's function as a Horcrux remained. It's not that we can't destroy this Horcrux, but we can't guarantee that the rest of the ring's functions will be intact after destroying it. "

"Yes, I've seen this ring. Dumbledore saw the Peverell emblem on the ring, and he knew it was the one that his student, Tom Riddle, had once wore. He could also feel that there had been a Instant Death Curse on this ring, a Instant Death Curse that he could not escape even after being cursed.

Dumbledore looked up and asked, "Where did you find it?" as he said unconsciously using the Dementor Mind on Solim.

Solim felt it, turned his head in dissatisfaction and said, "Headmaster, I've shown my sincerity, I'll turn around and leave if you do this again!"

Dumbledore still couldn't tell anything from his expression, but the surprise in his eyes flashed. Although Dumbledore also admitted that Solim was indeed excellent, but that was also compared to his peers, he should be unaware of his own Dementor Concept, and it seemed that the student in front of him had a lot of good things in him.

Solim has an alchemy item on his body that can warn the wearer when he is being read by someone else's defence. This was something that Solim had asked Elrond to do. But this object was merely a warning, not a deterrent to others.

"I apologize to you, Solim, you know, people get old, and many habits are hard to change. Dumbledore apologized to Solim.

"Professor, are you like that?" Solim turned his head to look at Snape by the wall, who was leaning against the wall as soon as he entered, trying to make himself appear non-existent.

Snape ignored Solim.

"Do you know what this is, Solim?" Dumbledore asked Solim a knowingly question.

"Horcruxes, that's how Riddle escaped death. My grandfather and I found it at the old Gaunt house in Little Hangleton. "

"That's right, Horcruxes," Dumbledore glanced at Solim, "although I've long guessed that Tom made Horcruxes, but I've never been able to find evidence to prove it. Dumbledore stood up, "For that, I want to thank you, Solim, for helping me confirm my suspicions. "

Then why don't you hurry up and come up with something good to reward me? Can you give me some dry goods?

"Few people know that Tom is related to the Gaunt family, but it is clear that he has no secrets in your eyes. Tom used to be the most gifted student I ever taught, and he did a lot of things that no adult wizard could do when he was a student, but alas, he wasted his talent somewhere else, he went the wrong way, and I always wondered if he would have taken a completely different path if I had guided him more in the first place

Dumbledore has always felt very guilty about Voldemort, and he always thinks that he, as a teacher, did not guide well and did not play the role that a teacher should have, which led to the birth of Voldemort.

But is that really the case?