The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 455 About the Horcrux
Horcrux is a very unfamiliar word to Ada, even if Dumbledore wrote it, Ada would not recognize this word.

Ada's research on black magic is not particularly thorough.Although she has learned a lot of knowledge about black magic in "The Process of Modern Dark Magic" and the restricted section of the library, there is nothing related to Horcruxes in this knowledge.

In other words, Dumbledore touched Ada's blind spot of knowledge.

A horcrux is an object that houses part of a person's soul.The soul performs a split, and deposits a part of the split in the object.In this way, even if the body is destroyed, people will not die, because there is still a piece of your soul that is not damaged in this world.

This is why Voldemort survived the rebound of the Killing Curse, because his Horcrux was well preserved and he still has soul fragments in the world.So he just lost his physical body and strength, and became an existence that was not even as good as a wandering soul.

Regarding the black magic of the Horcrux, its inventor is unknown, and the time when it first appeared is far longer than the Hogwarts Big Four.

Its inventor may have been the dastardly Helbo, as the ancient Greek dark wizard was the first to successfully create a Horcrux.

Helbo the Despicable, one of the earliest Dark wizards known to the history of magic, was also the most influential.He invented many evil curses, which made him notorious.

Haierbo was an early Parseltongue, and he was also the first dark wizard to discover that a basilisk could be hatched by hatching eggs with toads.

Because of the long history, no one knows the cause of Hai Erbo's death, nor how his Horcrux was destroyed.

"Horcrux..." Ada muttered the word in her mouth, and she once again felt the mystery and unfathomableness of magic.She said, "Professor, is that why you said you couldn't stop him?"

Dumbledore nodded and said: "Yes, because of the existence of the Horcrux, I can only defeat him, but cannot kill him. Even if I succeed in destroying his physical body, he will 'resurrect' again and again. "

"To completely destroy Voldemort, we must first destroy his Horcruxes. Otherwise, what awaits us will be his comebacks again and again," Ada said, "It's like a nightmare from which we cannot wake up."

Dumbledore paced slowly, as if using the Astronomy Tower as the headmaster's office.He said: "Yeah, I only learned about Horcruxes in the past few years, and realized that Voldemort's power is beyond my imagination."

Except for Dumbledore, there is no one in this world who is an opponent of Voldemort, and only Ada can fight him a few times now.As for Harry, he can only be hanged and beaten in the face of Voldemort now, and he is far from the savior!
Only Dumbledore can fight Voldemort and have the strength to defeat Voldemort.

But Dumbledore is more than 100 years old, and he will grow old day by day. One day he will no longer have the strength to defeat Voldemort, so what will happen then?

Voldemort just needs to get his own reputation right, be an old wretch, fight to the end, and make a living. At that time, people can only pin their hopes on Harry.Voldemort should be more cruel and let Harry die as well, anyway, he is immortal because of the Horcrux.

But Voldemort did not choose to do this, his pride did not allow him to have the last laugh in this way.

Furthermore, the future is always full of infinite variables. Even the first-generation Dark Lord who is good at prophecy is uncertain, let alone the second-generation Dark Lord who is not good at this.
"Ada, do you remember what Voldemort said the night of the 'resurrection'?" Dumbledore asked.

"I, have gone farther than anyone else on the road to immortality." Ada tried to imitate Voldemort's tone that night, "conquered death. Now I have been put to the test, and it seems that at least one or two of my experiments have worked... …because I didn't die, even though the spell was deadly."

Dumbledore sighed: "The memory of young people is always enviable!"

Ada tapped the wall stack rhythmically. After learning about the existence of Horcruxes, and then thinking about Voldemort's words, Ada instantly got goosebumps all over her body.

Conquering death, even the three Peverell brothers in the story failed to do it.Although Voldemort exaggerated himself somewhat, he did avoid death.

He should have been killed by his own spell that night in 1981.

"Professor, since when did you become aware of the existence of Horcruxes?" Ada asked, "Benedict Foley?"

During his freshman year as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Foley broke into the common rooms of the four houses and turned the entire castle upside down, but found nothing.

"Foley reminded me that there was something that could bring Voldemort back." Dumbledore explained softly, "It's a pity that he didn't tell me what he was looking for, because he I don't even know."

"So after him, you invited Professor Cecil. You hope to learn more about black magic from Professor Cecil, so as to find out this thing." Ada said as the principal.

Glover Cecil, a learned dark wizard.A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who hurt Ida but taught her a lot.

"Well, we thought of some possibilities at the time, and the Horcrux was one of them." Dumbledore said, "But there is no evidence to support our hypothesis. Voldemort may use any of these methods."

This happened when Ida was in the first and second grades, and then Quirrell peeped at the Sorcerer's Stone and the basilisk in the secret room.

"Diary, Tom Riddle's diary!" Ada suddenly realized.

She always felt that the diary was very strange. Not only did she have her own thoughts and memories, but she could also get rid of the diary by absorbing the vitality of others, and even have a brand new body.

That's the case, no wonder Ada can't find any magical records similar to the "diary", because it is a Horcrux!Horcruxes made by Voldemort when he was a student!
"It wasn't until I saw that diary that I was sure that Voldemort used the method of Horcruxes to ensure his eternal life." Dumbledore's expression was heavy, without the slightest joy, "That diary also made me realize that Voldemort must never It is impossible to have only this Horcrux."

The diary from 50 years ago came from Lucius Malfoy, he probably didn't know the function of the diary, otherwise he wouldn't have put the diary into Ginny's cauldron.

Malfoy didn't know about such an important Horcrux. Could it be that Voldemort didn't trust him enough?Or is this Horcrux not the only one, a little less important?
Ada felt like it was both.The diary is just one of the Horcruxes. Voldemort gave the diary to Malfoy for safekeeping, but because he didn't trust him, he didn't tell him the truth.

Malfoy, who didn't know the truth, was afraid of being liquidated for hiding items from Voldemort's student days many years after Voldemort's downfall, so he planted this precious Horcrux on Mr. Weasley's head.

"Where should we go to find Voldemort's Horcruxes?" Ada asked, "He must have hidden them in a very hidden place, and maybe there will be a powerful magic circle to protect them. Maybe it will be handed over to you like a diary." One of his men kept it. We don't even know what a Horcrux looks like!"

Ada was a little emotional, destroying the horcruxes was tantamount to weakening Voldemort, but the question is where are these horcruxes?What do they look like?
"I have been trying to find the Horcrux, but in the end I found nothing." Dumbledore said, "So I changed my mind. I hope to infer the possibility of the Horcrux by collecting old things about him and his footprints." The hiding place and number."

Ada looked at Dumbledore. She didn't know why the headmaster told herself such a confidential matter.Is it out of trust in oneself, or is it hoped that they can find the Horcrux together?
"Professor, are you telling me this because you want me to find the Horcrux?"

"Of course, only you are the most suitable candidate." Dumbledore said, but his pun, Ada didn't catch it immediately.

"But not now. You only have one year left in Hogwarts, and you only have one year left in your student days. This year, you don't think about anything, don't do anything, cherish this year Best time ever."

(End of this chapter)