Chapter 380: Harry Discovers the Truth

The next day.

Hogwarts Headmaster's Office.

At this time, John's body had already been moved here.

Hagrid went to the Forbidden Forest to look for a unicorn and hasn't returned yet.

Professor Snape and Professor Slughorn were jointly brewing an extremely complex body-restoring potion.

Everyone else went off to attend to their own affairs.

Only Harry stayed by John's side, his hand on John's shoulder, not sleeping all night.

Because a stinging sensation would occasionally come from his forehead, a sign that John's sister's soul remained active.

Obviously, John's sister's soul could sense the outside situation, knowing everyone was doing everything to save her brother.

So she only occasionally moved her soul, making sure theirs wouldn't dissipate together.

At that moment, the office door was gently pushed open.

Harry looked up and saw Hermione, her face somewhat pale but clearly having regained much of her spirit.

"Hermione? You're awake."

Seeing the visitor, Harry exclaimed in delight.

Hermione stumbled over, seeing the charred corpse lying beside Harry, and her eyes instantly reddened.

"Mm... I heard everything from Ginny..."

"John, John, is there still hope for him?"

Her voice trembled as she asked.

"He will, definitely." Harry nodded firmly, "Everyone is trying; John will surely come back."

Hermione walked to John's side and gently took his blackened hand, her fingertips trembling slightly.

She dared not imagine what pain John had endured to turn someone once so lively into this.

Just yesterday he was eating at home with her and discussing future plans with his parents.

In the blink of an eye, that spirited youth lay here.

Even if Harry weren't guarding here, she wouldn't dare recognize this charred body as the John who had smiled at her yesterday.

From yesterday until now, she had been unconscious, just waking up.

Her mind even short-circuited briefly, thinking she was still dreaming, feeling hazy.

Until Ginny, eyes red, told her everything, that John could still be saved, did her heart start beating again.

At this moment, seeing John's miserable state again, she couldn't help but tear up, her whole body trembling.

Harry didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only gently pat her shoulder.

No one knew how long had passed.

Creak——

The office door was pushed open again, and Dumbledore walked in.

His face bore a clear look of joy.

"Hermione, you've come."

Seeing Hermione appear, Dumbledore wasn't very surprised,

but Hermione, seeing Dumbledore, immediately anxiously asked him, "Professor Dumbledore, how is John now? Do I need to do anything?"

"Don't rush, child." Dumbledore gently pressed her shoulder, "The situation is better than expected."

"Even without unicorn blood, I can help John rebuild his body."

"Really?" Hermione and Harry almost spoke at once, hope lighting their eyes.

Dumbledore nodded, taking from his pocket a red crystal stone flashing with five-colored light.

Seeing the stone, Harry recognized it at once.

This was the magic stone he had protected in his first year.

"The magic stone?" Harry exclaimed in surprise, "Wasn't it destroyed after first year?"

The magic stone is the masterpiece of the greatest alchemist in the world, Nicolas Flamel.

It is the ultimate creation combining alchemy, magic, and the secrets of life.

It not only turns stone to gold, but can also brew the elixir of immortality.

As for that Nicolas, he is a living fossil who has lived for several hundred years.

But shouldn't we have said the magic stone was destroyed last time?

Regarding this, Dumbledore also chuckled and shook his head.

"... Actually, I went to see Nicolas yesterday."

"I originally wanted to ask him if he had any alchemical method for rebuilding a body, but he pulled out this thing, said it works, and that he still has several more......"

Hearing this, Harry and Hermione were stunned, goddamn there are still several......

But after exchanging a glance, they couldn't help but laugh.

With the magic stone, helping John rebuild his body became much simpler.

But they still planned to wait for Hagrid, to see if they could add unicorn blood as well.

That would be double insurance.

Combining these two, when John awakens again he will surely gain unparalleled powerful strength.

With the good news, Harry and Hermione finally relaxed.

Hermione wiped her tears, sat beside John's body, and gently took his hand.

Perhaps knowing John's soul could hear, she whispered something.

He seems to still be greeting John's sister.

Unfortunately, she is temporarily unable to get any response.

Harry stood to the side, watching Hermione whisper softly, and a complex emotion welled up in his heart.

He had never seen Hermione so soft before.

The girl who always had books and rules on her lips now resembled a small beast curled up in its nest, pouring all her tenderness onto the sleeping person.

As for the culprit behind all this, Harry clenched his fists.

Immediately, as if having made up his mind, Harry spoke to Dumbledore again.

"Professor, I have something I want to ask."

"What is it?" Dumbledore asked back.

"It's about, my scar...."

Hearing Harry's words, Dumbledore froze, looked at Harry's inquisitive and serious gaze, and immediately realized what Harry had guessed.

Meanwhile, Hermione beside him also looked over.

Earlier, John had shared information about Harry with her, so she also knew Harry's situation and guessed what he wanted to ask.

John's sister's soul inside him would be stimulated by the Horcrux.

And while anyone touching John couldn't connect with his sister's soul, only he himself could.

Plus, he had the trait of being able to connect with Voldemort's soul.

And Dumbledore had long been vague about the seventh Horcrux.

Harry finally connected all of this together.

"The connection between me and Voldemort... probably isn't as simple as you said before, Professor...?"

As for this question, Dumbledore didn't stay silent for long, and soon nodded.

He had originally planned to wait until after John's funeral was over to tell Harry everything, so Harry could learn the truth as soon as possible and make a decision.

However, upon hearing the news that John could still be saved, he temporarily set this aside.

Now that Harry had taken the initiative to ask, he no longer avoided it.

"Harry, since you've already guessed it, I'll just speak plainly."

"That's right, you are the one we've been looking for——"

"Voldemort's seventh Horcrux."