Chapter 539 Gaunt’s Old House

Ada, who didn't know how to divide the gold to fix the acupoint, did not stay on the hillside. Even if she could "hunt for the dragon and divide the gold to see the mountain", Gunter's old house was not a big fight, but a house of Slytherin descendants. Let’s call it a house.

In the year when Voldemort's diary became a demon, Ada looked up the genealogy and information of many wizarding families in order to find the Chamber of Secrets. She found the names of Marvolo Gaunt and Morfin Gaunt.

This summer, in order to fight against Voldemort, Ada began to search for information related to Horcruxes. Through Thicknesse's relationship, Ada obtained some internal documents and files from the Ministry of Magic, including the file on the murder of Muggle Frank a year ago.

Frank Bryce was the gardener of the Riddle family. In 1994, he was killed by Voldemort at the Riddle House.

Pushing forward fifty years, the Riddle family, the owners of Riddle House, also died in this house. The murderer was Morfin Gaunt, a descendant of Slytherin.

It was precisely because of the high degree of overlap in the information found that Ada appeared in Little Hangleton, eating and sleeping rough. Ada wants to find out the connection between Voldemort and Gaunt, and perhaps get clues about Horcruxes from it.

The files of the Ministry of Magic record the former location of Gaunt's old house, and officials from the Ministry of Magic visited it twice. It’s just that fifty years have passed, and the path leading to Gunter’s old house can no longer be found, and Ada has no way to find it.

In desperation, I had no choice but to climb the mountain and look far away. Because Little Hangleton Village is located between two steep hillsides, you can have a panoramic view of the small village and everything nearby when you climb to the top of the mountain.

But even so, Ada still found nothing. She could not find any strange buildings or suspicious magical atmosphere in the valley.

Ada was helpless on the top of the mountain, but her stomach growled at an inappropriate time, and she realized that it was already noon. Ada decided to eat first and then try her luck in the valley below.

Because the downhill road was too steep, Ada couldn't help but break into a trot. Her tent was pitched on a relatively gentle hillside, far away from the once majestic Riddle House.

From the outside, the tent is no different from the one used by Muggles, but it is unique inside. Bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom are all available, just like a portable one-bedroom-one-living room.

After eating a simple lunch, washing away the smelly sweat, and enduring the most scorching sun of the day, Ada set off again.

This time Ada put on her own gold-rimmed glasses. She pinned the possibility of finding Gunter's old house on this pair of strange glasses that had been dusted for many years.

Ada, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, walked around in a large circle in the valley. The glasses guided her to a group of tall and dense shrubs.

Ada also passed by this place during her first search, but she didn't pay much attention at the time.

Ada was a little suspicious in her heart, but she still chose to believe what the system produced. Ada raised her wand and slashed like a machete. The bushes fell one after another with her movements and scattered on both sides.

What appeared before her eyes were still bushes, and Ada seemed to have wasted her efforts. But Ada had a vague feeling in her heart, and this afternoon she transformed into a bald strongman and slashed all the way.

As more and more fallen bushes fell, a narrow dirt road appeared underfoot, winding, potholed, and full of rocks. The deeper we go, the darker the clear sky becomes, and the ancient trees overhead block the sunlight.

After walking a few more steps, Ada suddenly stopped. She found that there was something wrong with her vision. There was a thick black fog in front of her eyes.

There was a strong uneasiness in Ada's heart, and her intuition told her that she could not go forward. One step ahead was an abyss, an abyss of no return. She tried to stabilize her mind. She knew that this uneasiness was because she was getting closer to Gunter's old house.

This hidden house must hide a greater secret, otherwise why would there be protection from black magic that affects people's minds?

The down-and-out descendant of Slytherin does not have such a big reputation. If they could arrange such dark magic and it would still exist decades after their death, the Gunter family would not be in despair.

Gradually, not only did her vision and mentality go wrong, but Ada could no longer distinguish her direction and lost the concept of time in this dark fog. If it weren't for the wand held in her right hand, Ada wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between left and right.

Ada knew very well that she had to escape as soon as possible. If she continued to be trapped in the black fog, she was afraid that she would lose herself and sink forever.

Thick black mist surrounded Ada with a sinister wind, further invading her mind, body, soul... Ada knew that she could not delay any longer. She struggled to cut the palm of her left hand, 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 was a little lighter than before.

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

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

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

The wand passed across the palm again, and after a faint light, the wound healed. Ada adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and stepped towards the dark woods.

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

Ada did not rush forward, but stood there and buffed herself. A lesson learned. She was too careless just now and fell into the black mist. Now she didn't want to make the same mistake again.

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

Bathed in the "holy light", Ada slowly walked towards the collapsed house. The wooden house is small and austere. It can be seen that the house is divided into three parts. The larger one in the middle should be the living room, and the two sides are the bedrooms.

Ada observed carefully, and she felt the residual magical aura around the hut. This ominous aura caused no grass to grow around the hut, and the big tree behind the house also died early.

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

The magic circle protecting this wooden house has been destroyed, and the secrets hidden here have been taken away. Who could it be? Did Dumbledore find this place, or has Voldemort returned?

Ada walked around the cabin again, hoping to find something left. But Ada still found nothing. The people who came before her took away everything here, leaving only a dilapidated old house to the latecomers.

Ada did not stay any longer. The broken wood and rotten boards in front of her had no use value, and she could not trace back what had happened here. Instead of lamenting that you are late, it is better to speed up and catch up.

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

Passing through the black mist again, Ada appeared on a path full of thorns. As soon as she came out, Ada waved her wand without hesitation, and the strong wind suddenly rose, swirling and blowing the bushes opposite her.

Wherever the strong wind passed, all the bushes were uprooted and chopped into pieces by the sharp blades hidden in the wind.

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

"Unexpected meeting." Ada said, "I always meet strange people in strange places recently, Professor Snape."

"Dumbledore asked me to come," Snape said. "He made some small arrangements here. He will know when someone comes."

It seems that the secrets hidden in Gunter's old house were also taken away by Dumbledore. It is better to be taken away by the bad old man than to be moved 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 contents of the ring, it no longer exists. Dumbledore destroyed him."

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