Hogwarts: Where are the Pokémon?

Chapter 113 The Riddle Mansion
Snape left after a couple of trash talks, as if he'd be suffocating for a second longer with Sirius and Lupine.But even if they were to suffocate, it would be Sirius and Lupine who suffocated. After all, everyone knows who doesn't wash their hair.

"How dare he say I'm stupid?" Sirius' nose twisted in anger.

"Don't worry, he can't say good things with his mouth." Xia Lin smiled and comforted Sirius.Anyway, he wasn't the one being scolded, Xia Lin was naturally not annoyed at all.

As for Snape's lowly sowing dissension, it was even more boring, Xia Lin was not going to do things according to what he said.

"Okay, let's stop here today, I have other things to do." Xia Lin didn't plan to stay for long, he still had to go to Gaunt's old house.

"Okay, but next time you must come to my house as a guest, even though it's not a good place." Sirius said with a lot of meaning.

"See you next semester, Mr. Gold." Lupine smiled. "If you don't mind, can you keep in touch with me during this period? If I start to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts next semester , and maybe know a little more about your Pokémon."

"Of course I don't mind."

Xia Lin said immediately.

He already needs to promote Pokémon, but the current progress is still a bit slow.Pokémon is currently only famous in Hogwarts, and very few people know this term in other parts of Europe.

In the Muggle world, the first generation of games has not yet been completed, and the comics have caused a little waves in Neon, but it is not too high.

So what Xia Lin hopes to see most now is the integration of Pokémon and other disciplines.

Potions, Herbalism, Defense Against the Dark Arts...even science!

Only in this way, those people in this world will realize the importance of Pokémon, and gradually become inseparable from Pokémon.

Gaunt's old house is located in Great Hangleton, which is even worse than Knockturn Alley. It is only about four or five miles away from Little Hangleton not far away.Before going to Gaunt's old house, Xia Lin also planned to take a look at the Riddle House.

In the town of Little Hangleton there is a pub called The Hanged Man.I have to say that the names of British pubs are really weirder than one.

Xia Lin changed out of his wizard robe, and walked here slowly like a Muggle.

But even so, Xia Lin still attracted the attention of many local people, probably because it had been a long time since such a well-dressed person appeared in such a small place.

In the past, the most prominent family in Little Hangleton was the Riddle family.

However, a strange thing happened here 50 years ago. At that time, the Riddle Mansion was still well-managed and magnificent. Until one morning, when the maid stepped into the Riddle Mansion, she suddenly found that the three masters of the Riddle Mansion had already died. Exhausted and died.

This incident caused quite a stir at the time, but no one felt sorry for them. Anyway, the Riddles were not very popular in the town.

After so many years, the strange death of the Riddle family can only be regarded as a story that has been repeated, embellished and recounted in the mouths of those elderly people.

Xia Lin was somewhat interested in those other adapted stories, but he didn't communicate with those Muggles.Instead, he walked straight towards the Riddle Mansion.

Even after half a century, the Riddle House is still very prominent in Little Hangleton.It had been the grandest house for miles around, but now it was dank and desolate.

Few people in the town want to go near it, because they agree that the old house looks "scary".

Sitting alone on the mountainside, the dark and dilapidated wall is covered with creepers, and it looks like it has been swallowed by this green plant.

All the windows of the house were sealed, and it was almost impossible to see the inside from the outside. Even though it was daytime, the inside looked dark.No wonder everyone in the town regards this place as a haunted house.

But in fact, since the Riddle family all died strangely, Riddle has also changed several owners, so strictly speaking, this dilapidated house no longer belongs to Riddle.

Unless its latest owner was actually Voldemort.

Xia Lin walked to the gate of the mansion. The iron gate here was already rusted, and through the iron gate, one could see the spacious courtyard.

Although the mansion was dilapidated, the vegetation in the courtyard was neatly arranged, and the branches and leaves of the flower garden were equally neat.However, there are also some traces of man-made vandalism.Like the wheel marks of a bicycle on the grass, and the glass smashed by stones.

In fact, the Riddle House would be the first place Voldemort arrived before his resurrection without accident.Because his father's bones were buried in the churchyard not far away.

Voldemort hid here before relying on Pettigrew to resurrect him.

Therefore, among all the Horcruxes, the ring inlaid with the resurrection stone is actually the closest one to Voldemort, only four or five miles away.Taking that ring now might draw Voldemort's attention to the Horcruxes he had hidden.

But it doesn't really matter much, because by that time, Voldemort's Horcruxes may have been completely destroyed.

Xia Lin suspended his palm in front of the iron door, and without seeing him chanting a spell or taking out his wand, the chain of the iron door opened easily with a "click."

However, the sound seemed to have caught the attention of the people living in the mansion.

In the courtyard, there was also a sound from a dilapidated log cabin.Then, a very scruffy old man limping on crutches rushed out angrily.

"go out!"

Frank Bryce yelled angrily, thinking that those naughty children in the town ran up again.

He had been the gardener in the Riddle family almost half a century ago.After the death of the Riddle family, he was once considered the murderer, but because the police could not find out the cause of death, he was released.But almost everyone in the town thinks he is the murderer, and this view has also been extended to the little devils in the town.

So that every now and then those guys would come up to make trouble for him.

But he just roared and fell silent.

This person in front of him doesn't look like those rude wild children, but a noble gentleman.It looked a little too young, though, and had a face he didn't recognize.

It brought back some not so good memories for him.

Fifty years ago, just the night before the Riddle family was murdered, he saw a boy in his late teens with a very pale face and the same black hair as the gentleman in front of him.

However, this association only existed for a few seconds and then disappeared. The two people gave him completely different feelings. 50 years ago that child looked like a ghost.

"Who are you? How did you get in?"

He couldn't help asking.

It was only when Xia Lin saw him that he remembered that there was actually a Muggle living in the Riddle House.After all, this character's presence in the movie is not high at all.In the novel, I spent some pen and ink writing about him.

A conscientious gardener, who worked here for most of his life, was the unlucky guy who was brutally killed by Voldemort in the end.

Although it was only an insignificant role, Xia Lin could change his fate.For Xia Lin, this is a piece of cake, effortless.

"Hi sir." Xia Lin greeted him politely and took out her wand at the same time.

He intends to revise the memory of this poor fellow and let him live a new life in another place, even if his life is not so good, at least he will not die.

In fact, Xia Lin could even cast spells silently and without a stick if he just cast a forgetful spell.But modifying the memory is a little more refined.

"Who the hell are you? The owner here doesn't live here. If you're looking for someone, you've come to the wrong place." Frank frowned.

If it had been someone else, he would have driven him away long ago.

However, Xia Lin dressed decently and formally, and he didn't look like an ordinary person. He didn't want to cause some troubles.

"I'm not here to find anyone, I'm just here for a visit. But this has nothing to do with you." Xia Lin waved his wand lightly, and Frank's eyes began to blur.

At this moment, he was like a puppet, losing his soul.

"Wait here."

Xia Lin asked him to stand by here, and then walked towards the mansion by himself.

Compared to the spaciousness, where the courtyard can be exposed to sunlight, the interior of the mansion is like a dark cave, making one wonder if the people living here are a family of vampires.

There is nothing worth seeing in the Riddle Mansion, the only thing that can be seen is the power of time.

After strolling around, Xia Lin planned to leave here and go directly to the old house.

Gaunt's old house is much shabby compared to the Riddle House.A dilapidated wooden shed with a dead S-shaped snake nailed to the gate (of course, there is nothing left now), moss on the walls, many tiles on the roof are missing, and the rafters inside are exposed here and there .Nettles grew thickly all around the house, reaching up to the windows, which were very small and thick with old grime.

Before opening the door, Xia Lin noticed the traces of magic here.

It was naturally impossible for Voldemort to leave a Horcrux here undefended.He gave the diary to Malfoy for safekeeping, the gold cup was placed in the "safest" Gringotts, the Slytherin pendant was placed by him himself, and even the crown was placed in a secret room by him.

Even if someone knows the secret of the Room of Requirement, he may not be able to find the room where things are hidden. Even if he enters that room by chance, it is impossible to find his Horcrux among countless items.

Therefore, it is not so easy to get the resurrection stone pendant.

The trick Voldemort used to protect the pendant was a curse!

Curse is an inescapable part of black magic. It can be said that curse alone already accounts for a large part of black magic.And Voldemort just happened to be proficient at this.

The curse he left even Dumbledore didn't notice it.

But this also has something to do with Dumbledore being fascinated by the resurrection stone.

Naturally, it was impossible for Xia Lin to be injured by the curse, but it was not an easy task to break the curse.

He has iridescent spells in his left hand and destroys wands in his right hand for emergencies.

"substitute!"

"Fast deformation."

He conjured up a small doll at first, and then under his magic power, the green monster doll immediately became bigger, and even its shape was closer to that of a human.

The facial features and colors of the doll kept changing until it finally became exactly like Xia Lin.

An identical self, this is the real double!
"Next." Xia Lin threw the wand of destruction directly to the stand-in, intending to let the stand-in face the danger.And he himself held the iridescent magic wand with resilience, and then directly used the flame that the flame bird could heal himself to give himself a fire escape body.

Xia Lin's Fire Escape Bodyguard is different from Grindelwald's, he is a real bodyguard!

The orange flames wrapped his body, isolating the damage from the outside world.

This cautious gesture made his transformed double roll his eyes.

Damn, are you too afraid of death?

Xia Lin didn't know what the stand-in was thinking, if he knew Gaodi, he would have to say something.As a stand-in messenger, what's wrong with protecting his main body?
Especially when facing unreasonable things like curses, you have to be more careful.

If it is a duel, then he is worthy of no one.

A double has no human rights and can only walk in with a wand of destruction.

The two stood one behind the other without any communication. After opening the door, there was a darker corridor.

The stand-in walking in front followed the traces of the magic. The darkness was not a problem in their eyes at all, not to mention that Xia Lin, who had already turned into a burning man, lit up the surroundings when he entered the room.

They walked back and forth a few times, and it didn't take long to find the ring.

It was placed on a table so magnanimously, the spell that could be seen at once by the naked eye was probably the Muggle Repelling Curse, as for the curse, it was hidden very deeply.

"Be careful."

Xia Lin reminded, he and his double stood on both sides of the ring respectively, and looked at it.

This ring looks rather ugly, with a prismatic black stone inlaid on it.The stone bears the Peverell coat of arms, which is actually the emblem of the Deathly Hallows.

"This is the resurrection stone that can bring people back to life?"

Xia Lin couldn't feel the magic power from the stone.

But thinking about it, if it is so easy to perceive, it is impossible for Voldemort not to notice the specialness of this stone.

You know, it is the ring that is made into a Horcrux, not the decorations on the ring.

After looking at the ring, Xia Lin began to check the curse left on the ring.

He and the stand-in cast spells at the same time. The iridescent wand has a certain restraint effect on black magic, which comes from the spiritual power of the Phoenix King, while the wand of destruction is closer to black magic.This also makes it easier to find traces of black magic.

With the help of the two magic wands, soon, the curse appeared in front of Xia Lin.

"It really is an evil curse."

Voldemort put a vicious curse on the ring, no matter who it is, as long as they touch the ring, it will take effect immediately, and they will die instantly!
Xia Lin estimated that with his magic power, he might be able to delay the time a little bit, but it wouldn't be too long.

After all, this is the curse that Dumbledore also needs to rely on potions to survive for a short time.

"The painted skin feature has no effect on this kind of attack." Xia Lin said to himself.

"Let's try to break the curse first."

Xia Lin's black magic attainments, especially the natural cause of cursing, are not as good as Voldemort's.He used to pay attention to duels and proficient offensive spells, not this kind of sneak attack.

So whether he can undo the curse, he is not particularly confident.

Cursing this thing is similar to the song of perishing, even the painted skin can't stop it.And it is persistent, even if it is temporarily blocked, it will continue to reduce your HP like being poisoned, and eventually you will die.

Fortunately, he has a substitute.

(End of this chapter)