Chapter 233 Ravenclaw’s Diadem

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On the suspended stone stairs, Raven exhaled and withdrew the ancient magic wand that was raised high.

"Is it over? One of Tom's Horcruxes was destroyed?"

Dumbledore, standing next to the threshold, asked,

He actually didn't care much about these escaped Death Eaters. So what if the Death Eaters escaped? Aren’t most of them outside all the time?

Although those are some "disloyal" guys,

But "disloyal" does not mean that they are not strong. On the contrary, these guys who have always been outside are the essence of the Death Eaters.

Dumbledore's focus from beginning to end is only one, Voldemort himself.

"Yes, but unfortunately, Hufflepuff's golden cup was also damaged."

Raven said,

"But it's not considered damaged. This thing was already abandoned.

You know, Hufflepuff's golden cup is a magical prop used by Lady Helga to aid her food magic.

As a kitchen utensil, if it is used to hold dirty things, it can no longer be used for cooking. "

Raven said indifferently, with a very disgusted expression on his face, and walked back to the principal's office, returned to the sofa where he had just sat, and sat down again.

Dumbledore also came back and closed the door.

Dumbledore only felt a little pity that the founder's relics were destroyed, but didn't have much emotion.

For one thing, that cup is not a great magic item.

Second, Hufflepuff's golden cup is not the property of the school, but has been passed down in an orderly manner and is collected by Hepzibah Smith, a descendant of Helga Hufflepuff.

Since learning that Voldemort's real name was Tom Marvolo Riddle, much of his past history has been unearthed by the Ministry of Magic.

Among them was the death of Lady Hepzibah Smith,

The Aurors once believed that the death of Mrs. Hepzibah Smith was due to the betrayal of the house elf Hooch.

When investigating Tom Riddle's past, the Aurors were surprised to find that he had had close contact with the old woman, and that he had sufficient reasons and motives to murder the old woman.

Not just for Hufflepuff's cup, but also for Slytherin's locket.

The Slytherin locket inherited from the Gaunt family, the descendants of Slytherin, was once pawned by Merope Gaunt, the mother of Voldemort and Tom Riddle, to the Borgin Bock store at a low price.

As the most outstanding Hogwarts graduate of that generation, young Tom Riddle gave up invitations from all parties and chose to work as a shop assistant in Bojin Bock, most likely in order to find the hanger that was pawned by his mother. locket,

It is said that Mr. Borkin was frightened when the Head of the Auror Office, Rufus Scrimgeour, went to Borkin's store to investigate the past.

"The one that parasitized Quirrell the year before last, last year's diary, the Hufflepuff gold cup that you destroyed, and if my guess is correct, there is also Slytherin's locket. How many Horcruxes did Tom make? ah."

(The first-year Voldemort regarded it as a soul fragment, because in order to find the Philosopher's Stone to complete his resurrection, the soul must be present, and then this part of the soul escaped. With the help of Peter Pettigrew, Nagini was remade into a soul. weapon, so these two are regarded as one Horcrux.)

Dumbledore sighed, but fortunately a lot of them had been destroyed. By calculation, three Horcruxes had been destroyed.

"I have some guesses, maybe Ravenclaw's diadem is one of them, I just don't know where Tom hid it."

After learning that Voldemort might have produced multiple Horcruxes, Dumbledore once used the Pensieve to extract all the past memories of Tom and sort them out again.

As a result, he really discovered some clues.

He recalled that for a time, Voldemort had been close to the house ghosts of Ravenclaw,

The Ravenclaw Academy ghost, Ms. Gray, is the daughter of founder Rowena Ravenclaw, named Helena Ravenclaw.

Although Ms. Gray has always been autistic and does not easily tell her story to outsiders,

But the portrait of the principal on this wall is not a decoration.

The headmaster who was born in Ravenclaw House has always had a good relationship with Ms. Gray. From them, Dumbledore learned some things about the ghost of Ravenclaw House.

For example, before she died, she stole Ravenclaw's diadem.

During the time when Voldemort had a close relationship with Lady Grey, Myrtle was already dead, and combined with the fact that Tom had stolen the relics of Hufflepuff and Slytherin,

Dumbledore had reason to suspect that the young Tom Riddle had a close relationship with Lady Gray just to obtain the secret of Ravenclaw's diadem.

Perhaps these three relics of the founder have become Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Hearing Dumbledore mention the Ravenclaw diadem, Raven always felt as if she had forgotten something.

Dumbledore probably thought Raven was confused about

'Why he thinks Ravenclaw's diadem is a Horcrux',

Then he had to explain to him the relationship between Ms. Gray and Voldemort and Tom's killing of the Hufflepuff descendants.

Raven's eyes widened,

He made a fist with his right hand and hit the flat palm of his left hand like a hammer, making a snapping sound.

"Yes! How could I forget this?"

Dumbledore frowned and looked at Raven with doubt under his half-moon glasses.

"I just remembered a commission,"

Raven explained,

"I have a friend whose daughter ran away from home for a long time, so she once entrusted me to help her find her daughter."

Raven tried to speak as simply and clearly as possible.

Even though Raven didn't say the friend's name, Dumbledore could guess something about what he and Raven had just talked about.

"La...uh...I mean your friend, does that lady have a good relationship with you?"

Dumbledore asked carefully,

Raven said indifferently, "It's not bad. She gave me some help in the early stage. So I am also happy to help her."

The 'early stage' that Raven was referring to was when he had just entered the afterlife.

Later, he smuggled himself into various countries of the dead and traveled around, and then returned to the world of the dead in England to start his own research.

At this time, he had less contact with Rowena Ravenclaw.

Generally speaking, he is a relatively trustworthy friend. Of course, he is much better than that green-haired monkey.