Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 583: Horcruxes No Longer Important

Harry felt like he had opened Pandora's box.

This made him extremely embarrassed.

He felt that he might as well be actually being targeted by Dumbledore instead of discussing the due date of the child with Dumbledore.

And what to name the child.

Harry noticed this as well.

That was that Dumbledore himself wasn't as sharp as usual.

The joy of being a father made Dumbledore almost ignore everything.

Lost that x-ray insight.

This is why Dumbledore didn't notice Harry's embarrassment now.

He kept talking endlessly about the topic of children.

However, Dumbledore did not seem to mention Grindelwald's name at all afterwards.

From this it can be seen that the rekindled love between Dumbledore and Grindelwald in "The Quibbler" is just a rumor.

They may have caught fire, but then quickly went out for unknown reasons.

Harry wondered if Grindelwald hadn't had Dumbledore's child.

Dumbledore probably wouldn't even mention Grindelwald's name.

Just as Dumbledore was about to talk about who would be the child's godfather after he was born.

Harry quickly said, "Dumbledore, what is the content of tonight's class?"

"Courses?" Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then his eyes regained clarity.
Subconsciously, I looked at the portraits of the principals on the wall.

Then he looked away.

But Harry also discovered that a fat wizard with a red nose was obviously taking a nap.

Because compared to when Harry came in just now, he was wearing a hearing aid on his ear that came from nowhere.

“I think I should get to the point.

You must be wondering, how could I tell you about my child and mention the abnormal relationship between me and that person?

Please forgive me, this is an obvious mistake made by a new and elderly father." Dumbledore rubbed his eyes.

“This is—this is my fault.

I was the first to bring it up at an inappropriate time." Harry replied quickly.

“But obviously, this is a conversation I’m leading.

I'm not bragging, but it comes very easy to me to steer a conversation.

It's just that I don't want to use it." Dumbledore paused, "Okay.

Time is so over.

Let’s not argue about who is right or wrong.

Just think of it as half and half.”

Harry nodded.

Dumbledore stood up and said, "I suppose you and your friends are aware of the Horcruxes.

After all, you even know that only Professor Riddle can truly kill Voldemort.

And I also noticed the questions you asked in the Ancient Magical Runes class.

You should have noticed that there are probably seven Horcruxes."

"Draco guessed that Voldemort was probably defeated by me, who was born not long ago, before he could create the expected seven.

This—?" Harry asked.

“He’s a really sharp kid.

Even Tom - that's Professor Riddle, as I call him now - thought it was possible.

A lot happened this summer.

The discovery of Caradoc's body also confirmed this point.

Voldemort killed Caradoc, who also had Gaunt blood, and transformed Slytherin's most valued locket into a Horcrux.

We all knew it, of course. It had been destroyed at the Black House the summer after your freshman year.

Then there is the diary. Your friend's father, Lucius Malfoy, gave it to me. It has now become your Professor Riddle. Tom, as I now call him. It has become the weapon that killed Voldemort.

And the Hufflepuff cup. Thanks to your reminder, Harry, this Horcrux was also destroyed by Tom. The Hufflepuff cup was also returned to the kitchen.

We can see that Voldemort has a strong obsession with turning the treasures of the Big Four into Horcruxes.

The only two treasures that remain today that we know of are still intact: the Sword of Gryffindor and the Diadem of Ravenclaw."

"Wait," Harry interrupted Dumbledore's 'teaching' hastily, "Ravenclaw's Diadem has been made into a Horcrux.

Helene - Well, Lady Grey told me.

The diadem I hold in my hand was remade for her by Ravenclaw himself.

The whereabouts of the original one she had revealed to the young Voldemort.

Presumably, it has already become a Horcrux."

"Is that so?" Dumbledore said calmly, "Horcruxes are not important in defeating Voldemort.

I only mention them because they are important to you or Tom." Dumbledore suddenly turned his eyes and looked behind him, "Harry, you are Voldemort's last Horcrux.

I am sure of this.

I have also determined that Voldemort himself did not know this secret.

Otherwise, wouldn't he have expressed hostility towards you many times in the first grade and even wanted to kill you.

Instead, he will show another face of himself when he was still young. He will choose to ignore you on the pretext of avoiding me. He will focus all his attention on the Philosopher's Stone." The moment he heard Dumbledore's confession.

Harry became nervous. He tried his best to control his new instinctive ability - lying, to cover up his possible flaws. He tried his best to act as if he heard it for the first time, "So, what do you mean?

You let Professor Riddle be independent just for me?

Who else knows?

"You have guessed it." Dumbledore took off his glasses and wiped them with the corner of his robes.

Then he put it on again and said, "Sirius, Severus Tom, in short, everyone in the Order of the Phoenix knows.

But there is a secret that only I, Tom, know.

Today there will be one more you.

That is, you, Tom and Voldemort, as living Horcruxes, are each other's Horcruxes, remaining immortal.

Voldemort.

Tom can kill by relying on his identity as the main soul.

But you are different, you are Tom's Horcrux.

After my death, in the long years ahead, you will serve as a protective lock to prevent Tom from deteriorating.

But you have to note that the three Horcruxes that Voldemort may have left behind are also yours and Tom's Horcruxes.

If Tom really turned bad.

He might kill you without a second thought.

So what you have to do is find all the Horcruxes left behind after Voldemort dies.

If I am still alive then, I will accompany you.

And destroy all Horcruxes except yours in front of Tom.

This way, even if Tom turns bad, he won't want to kill you.

As long as you are alive, sooner or later there will be a day when order will be restored.

But maybe I'm just overthinking it.

Tom can now truly be considered a good wizard worthy of praise.

Even if he has been corrupted by the passage of time.

You must have been very powerful by then.

Tom, considering your strength, will not dare to do anything beyond your authority."

Harry was silent for a long time, then looked up and said, "What about me? Will I not degenerate?"

Dumbledore chuckled, "No, you are the only one who won't."

(End of this chapter)