Chapter 216: Horcrux

Kreacher saw that Dumbledore came for this locket, and finally pursed his lips without answering.

He turned and ran to hide somewhere he didn't know.

Seeing this, Dumbledore didn't chase.

Instead, he took John to the kitchen first and found a place to sit down.

"Let's wait for Sirius to come back."

It was also at this time that Professor Lupin had the opportunity to ask what exactly happened.

"Dumbledore, what is the situation now?"

John also looked at Dumbledore curiously.

Originally he wanted to ask about his soul, how did he get brought back to the Order of the Phoenix all of a sudden, which also made him a little confused.

"Hmm, how should I put it... our Mr. Merrick has discovered a very important thing for us."

"Something important enough to defeat Voldemort."

"—Voldemort's Horcrux."

As he spoke, Dumbledore placed the locket gently on the wooden table.

Horcrux?

Hearing this vocabulary, as knowledgeable as Professor Lupin, he also frowned and thought.

John had never heard of this thing at all.

"John, the first thing you need to know is."

"A Horcrux is a prop made using very, very evil black magic."

"And the conditions for making it are extremely cruel."

Before formally explaining, Dumbledore still gave John a very serious warning first.

To prevent John from having any wrong cognition and reverie about Horcruxes.

"And the function of a Horcrux is only one."

"That is to store the soul fragment of the Horcrux owner, to ensure that the Horcrux owner still has a soul existing in the world after the physical body perishes, waiting for resurrection."

"In other words, as long as the Horcrux is not destroyed, the owner of the Horcrux can never be killed."

"And this locket is exactly Voldemort's Horcrux."

Hearing these words, John was also shocked.

There is still this kind of cheating prop?

No wonder Dumbledore couldn't do anything about Voldemort even though he was so strong.

"Then we just destroy this, right?" John said.

"No, according to the information I inferred, Voldemort should have prepared more than one Horcrux..."

?

This cheating prop can still be stacked?

"So you mean to say, we have to find out how many Horcruxes Voldemort has first, and then find all these Horcruxes and destroy them?"

Although he didn't understand the principle of Horcruxes yet, John already understood the general meaning completely.

"Yes." Dumbledore said lightly.

"......" John was speechless.

Just the question of checking a few Horcruxes is enough to block people, not to mention searching the world for the Horcruxes he hid......

John, who is always big-hearted, was also feeling tricky about Voldemort for the first time.

Seeming to see that John's confidence was hit, Dumbledore spoke to appease him again.

"Don't be afraid, John."

"Any magic has traces to follow, especially black magic."

"No matter how many Horcruxes Voldemort prepared, we can find them—as long as we know him well enough."

Hearing the Headmaster's words, John also reacted.

That's right, we have Dumbledore.

This kind of little trick, in front of Dumbledore, must be easily cracked.

So he asked Dumbledore expectantly.

"Then Headmaster, how far have we checked now?"

Dumbledore was seen stroking his long white beard, and then spoke slowly with a confident appearance.

"Haven't checked anything yet."

After a short silence.

"...... Huh?"

You haven't checked anything, what are you pretending to be confident for!!

"Cough—don't worry John, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Seeing John's furious appearance, Dumbledore cleared his throat awkwardly and raised his hand to appease again.

"Actually, we have already discovered two Horcruxes now."

"Oh! That's good news, then counting this one of mine, that's three!"

Hearing Dumbledore's words, John then recovered his morale and smiled.

"No, counting this one of yours, two."

John: "......"

"And there is another one, a Voldemort diary found by Harry three years ago."

John: "......"

"Talking for half a day, you haven't found a single one?"

"Cough cough... soon soon, I have been checking recently..."

Lupin on the side had been silent, listening to the two of them talking back and forth, feeling funny and gratified.

He knew how busy Dumbledore had been recently; before, he could still be idle to tell them some cold jokes and occasionally pick some candies to eat.

But ever since the Order of the Phoenix was rebuilt, he had been swift and decisive and serious every time he came.

Chatting and bickering with John this time was a rare chance for Dumbledore to restore some of his past spirit.

Perhaps it was because Dumbledore had indeed put too much pressure on himself.

And the Horcrux John suddenly brought back this time gave him a breakthrough, while also reducing some of the pressure on his shoulders.

Having listened to so much on the side just now, he also understood the status quo, so he spoke slowly.

"Dumbledore, then this time the Death Eaters showed such a strong desire to break into the Ministry of Magic, could it be that one of Voldemort's Horcruxes was also hidden inside, and now they want to take it out?"

Professor Lupin's words also made John feel identified, and he nodded in agreement, but Dumbledore still shook his head.

"First of all, Voldemort wouldn't hide a Horcrux in the Ministry of Magic; that's not a place suitable for hiding things."

"Items that can exist in the Ministry of Magic, besides personal items of staff, are only the property of the Ministry of Magic."

"The Death Eaters were clearly aiming for the Department of Mysteries; clearly, what they want to find is not someone's personal item, but an object stored inside the Ministry of Magic."

"And objects that would be stored in the Department of Mysteries by the Ministry of Magic would all undergo strict screening and testing; even if it's a Horcrux, it can't escape."

"Unless he built the Horcrux into the wall of the Department of Mysteries..."

"But even if he really did that, he didn't need to go to the trouble of taking the Horcrux back; after all, continuing to put it inside is even safer."

"So the Death Eaters wanting to break into the Department of Mysteries is for other things."

Dumbledore simply analyzed the logic of hiding Horcruxes for the two of them.

"Then where would the Horcrux be hidden..."

Clearly, after hearing about this bug prop, John's attention was all attracted by this Horcrux.

No way.

This is like playing a game and meeting a mechanism monster BOSS.

And now the mechanism has been clarified; only by lifting the mechanism can you truly defeat the BOSS.

His strategic focus was naturally all on how to crack the mechanism.

"Don't worry too much John, as long as we explore a little bit along Voldemort's footsteps back then, we can always find the answer."

"Voldemort wouldn't hide a Horcrux in a place he couldn't easily reach himself, let alone throw it into the deep sea where he couldn't find it himself."

"Because even the world's strongest magic has power that can't be stopped, and that is the wear and tear of time."

"Horcruxes are the same."

"If he really wanted to achieve immortality, he would find a place for the Horcrux that is sufficiently hidden and has extremely strong security measures."

"Only then can it be convenient for him to maintain it every hundred years or so."

"And with his arrogant nature, he wouldn't just pick a stone on the side of the road as a Horcrux."

"To become his Horcrux, it must be an object with special value or significance." ===== CHAPTER 217 =====