Chapter 671

When they returned to the Headmaster's office, Harry couldn't wait to ask Dumbledore, "Professor, what happened to Merope?"

After Ogden escaped, Dumbledore came out with them. Harry didn't see what was going on behind him.

"She's fine. Dumbledore sat back in his high-backed chair, "Ogden apparition shifted to the Ministry, returning fifteen minutes later with reinforcements. Morfin and his father resisted, but both were subdued and escorted out of the cabin, where they were later convicted by the Wizengamot. Morfin already had a history of attacking Muggles and was sentenced to three years in Azkaban. In addition to injuring Ogden, Marvolo also harmed several other officials of the Ministry of Magic and was sentenced to six months in prison. "

Harry glanced at Solim, who was staring at the portraits of the headmasters on the wall, and then asked cautiously, "Melop...... Isn't it just ......?"

Under Dumbledore's encouraging eyes, Harry said, "Is she Voldemort's mother?"

"That's true. Dumbledore said, "You saw a lot of things today, Voldemort's grandfather, his uncle, his mother, the Horcruxes he made later—two or two, and of course, if you were careful, you would know that you just met his father." "

Harry immediately thought of the group of people who had just passed by on horseback, and although Harry didn't see what the people outside looked like, he could hear the word "Tom" clearly.

"Did they really get married?" Harry asked in disbelief, he couldn't imagine that these two unrelated people could fall in love.

"I think you've probably forgotten," said Dumbledore, "that Merope is a witch. I think that when she was subjected to her father's repressive reign of terror, her magical powers didn't seem to be fully realized. Once both Marvolo and Morfin have been imprisoned in Azkaban, and once she is alone for the first time and can do as she pleases, I believe she will be able to use her talents to the fullest and plot an escape from the misery of her eighteen years.

"Can you imagine what Merope would do to get Tom. What about Riddle forgetting his Muggle couple and falling in love with her?"

"The Imperius Curse—" The infamous spell was the first thing that came to Harry's mind.

"Professor Slughorn is going to be sad, Harry. Solim didn't know when he had put the Sorting Hat on top of the bookcase on his head, and he was speaking to Harry:

"Have you forgotten the potions you saw in the first potions class?"

"That's right, aphrodisiac!"

"Yes, I personally also leaned towards Merope for using Riddle using it. Dumbledore glanced at Solim, who was obscured by the brim of his hat, and made no indication of his actions.

The potion of aphrodisiac does not produce love, its effect is to make the person who takes the drug a strong desire to possess a specific goal, and the kind of obsession it shows is actually an illusion. Gilves gave Solim a lot of good things, including the analysis of the nature and appearance characteristics of various potions, which are the level of cognition of the Potions master, which is far more reliable than the various potions books in the world.

"Ah, Riddle, of course I remember him. The Sorting Hat's voice rang in Solim's head, "Gifted, scheming, a good Slytherin seedling, just on the wrong track. "

"He's not just going down the wrong path. Thinking, he knew the hat could hear.

"But his talent is really high, and the talent of countless students I have met is really unmatched, at least not the current students. The Sorting Hat was the same as what Solim had heard, "Back in the days when the Big Four were still around, only the core descendants of pure-blood families could reach the level. "

"You mean magical creatures?" asked Solim.

"Naturally, it is. The Sorting Hat affirmed Solim's claim.

"These wizards are no longer prepared for the abilities that the wizards of the past acquired from magical creatures. The Sorting Hat rightly said, "Look at you and your sister's Parseltongue, this is the outward manifestation of the bloodline of magical creatures. Salazar had also given a speech to this purpose at the Council of Elders, before the Ministry of Magic existed. It's just that when he came back, Godric had a big fight with him......"

It's probably been a long time since anyone has spoken to the Sorting Hat like this, and the thoughtful hat is talking like a chatter.

"Harry, I think I'll be here tonight. Dumbledore said.

Dumbledore and Harry over there had apparently already talked about the Gaunts, and the Headmaster had started to chase people away.

"Hey, you can come here more in the future. I'm bored to death from staying on top of the bookcase all day. The Sorting Hat also sensed the fact that Solim and the others were about to leave, and hurriedly said to Solim, "I can tell you some old stories - such as who won the fight between Salazar and Godric......"

Harry was standing in the doorway waiting for Solim to go back with him.

"You go first, Harry. Dumbledore knew at a glance that Solim had something to say.

After Harry left, Solim took the seat where Harry had just been sitting.

"Looks like you had a good chat with the Sorting Hat?" Dumbledore pulled into a non-nutritious cutscene.

"Not bad, isn't it? Solim turned his head to look at the Sorting Hat that he had placed on top of the bookcase, "Maybe I'll borrow it from you later." "

"And what are you going to tell me?" Dumbledore pretended not to have heard, how could the Sorting Hat be lent out, it was the property of Hogwarts, and if something went wrong with the Sorting Hat, what would happen to the future Sorting Ceremony?

"Horcruxes—" Solim stopped talking to Dumbledore and asked straight to the point, "When will you deal with those things?"

"Actually, it was safest to dispose of the Horcruxes that he had already obtained before he was resurrected. "Now that he has a new body, it's likely that breaking the Horcrux will cause some reaction from him - because none of us know if the sense between him and the Horcrux is still as weak as it was when he lost his body," Solim said. "

"Ah, for those Horcruxes that I have already obtained, I have my own arrangements. Dumbledore was obviously reluctant to say more, "You and Harry, I have one thing I need you to do. "

"Slughorn?"

Dumbledore had long been accustomed to Solim's acumen.

Nodding, Dumbledore said, "Tom was also a member of that club back then, and I think Tom may have said something to him, but Horace was sensitive to anything about Voldemort, and it was clear that something had irritated him. "

"But you can't force him, headmaster, so as not to provoke him further, so I hope we can help you do this. Solim picked up Dumbledore's words.

"That's it. "

"I think Harry might be better suited for this. Solim felt that he and Slughorn were not related, so why bother.

"But he needs guidance. "

Indeed, Harry's kid isn't too reliable to do things.

After making sure Solim was gone, Dumbledore said to the empty Headmaster's room:

"Do you think he'll agree with me?"

"Professor, why do you knowingly ask?"

A translucent figure suddenly appeared in front of Fawkes's shelf. _

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