The years of welding at Hogwarts

The office suddenly became quiet, with only the gurgling sound of the boiling potion tumbling in the crucible as the sound remained.

After a long silence, Snape swallowed the saliva accumulated in his mouth with a gurgle, his tone filled with disbelief.

"Harry, he's one of the Horcruxes?"

"More than ten years ago, your beloved Lily sacrificed her life to cast the ancient magic of love on her two children, and rebounded Voldemort's killing curse."

"While the Killing Curse destroyed Voldemort's body, it also tore off a piece of his soul."

Noah spread his hands. "We all know that in order to make a Horcrux, one must murder a life. Obviously, suicide is also a form of murder."

After telling a joke that wasn't really a joke, Noah continued speaking.

"Without any external force guiding it, Voldemort's soul fragment automatically attached itself to the closest living being, Harry."

"Because it happened unintentionally, even Voldemort was not aware of the existence of Harry's Horcrux."

Snape reacted at this time, "You mean, when we want to end this, the boy must die?"

Noah raised an eyebrow, "And Voldemort must do it himself."

"Lily's protective magic exists in Harry's blood. Originally, with the power of this magic, it can only be preserved until the day Harry comes of age."

"And now, Voldemort has taken Harry's blood and used it to reshape his own body, which is equivalent to extending Lily's protective magic indefinitely."

Speaking of this, Noah felt a headache.

"We can't kill either of them alone."

Before Noah could continue speaking, Snape figured out the key point. "Unless we can kill them both at the same time, we can only let them end each other's lives."

Noah nodded, indicating his approval of Snape's statement.

"Moreover, Voldemort now seems to be aware of the trauma that the splitting of his soul has caused him, so he is consciously trying to retrieve his Horcruxes."

After gathering his chaotic thoughts, Snape seemed to be in a very heavy mood.

He frowned slightly and looked into Noah's eyes, "Do you know where the remaining Horcruxes are?"

"We have obtained the Ravenclaw diadem, the Hufflepuff cup is in the Lestrange family vault, and the Slytherin locket is in the Black family's old house."

"As for Voldemort's pet snake, it should still be wandering in the forests of Albania. Of course, it is also possible that Voldemort has found it and brought it with him."

Every time Noah revealed the whereabouts of a Horcrux, Snape's heart sank.

The Gringotts vault is not so easy to sneak into or break into.

The Black family's old house, as a pure-blood family with a thousand-year heritage and one of the twenty-eight sacred families, is guarded as strictly as Gringotts.

Not only is there an absolutely safe protective magic like the Fidelius Charm, but there are also a large number of ancient and mysterious secret magics of the Black family for protection.

It is an unrealistic idea to break into the Black house from the outside.

The only way is to let Sirius Black, the head of the Black family, take the initiative to lead them in.

In addition to this method, there is another way, which is to kill Sirius first and let Bellatrix, who also comes from the Black family, be the heir and inherit everything from the Black family.

Once Sirius died, they would kill Bellatrix, so that Draco's mother Narcissa could inherit Bellatrix's estate.

Narcissa is also from the Black family.

Bellatrix is ​​Narcissa's older sister and is one step ahead of Narcissa in the line of succession.

But the above said

Of these three people, except Narcissa, the other two are now imprisoned in Azkaban.

It is also unrealistic to want to break into Azkaban prison.

But at least it's easier than breaking into Blake's house.

As for the forests of Albania...

According to a survey conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1995, the forest area in Albania is 104.6 million hectares.

One hectare is equal to the area of ​​a square with a side length of 100 meters.

Trying to find a snake in such a vast area is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Not to mention they didn't even know what the snake looked like.

In fact, Snape didn't need to worry too much.

Putting Nagini aside, after all, as a living Horcrux as special as Harry, Voldemort should not rashly take back his soul fragments from Nagini -

Just like what happened to Harry, after a long time, Voldemort's soul fragments might become entangled with Nagini's original soul and become inseparable.

If they are forced to separate, it is very likely that the other party will die.

Although Voldemort did not understand what it meant to...

Love.

But judging from his behavior, he should have a very deep affection for the snake, so they don't have to worry about Voldemort taking back the soul fragments in Nagini for the time being.

As for the remaining two Horcruxes.

Voldemort didn't know that the Slytherin locket he had hidden so secretly had been secretly replaced by a Death Eater he believed to be a loyal subordinate.

As for the gold cup hidden in Gringotts, just as Snape was temporarily unable to break into Gringotts, Voldemort, who was still in a weak state, was also unable to break into the Lestrange family vault.

Unless he wanted to announce his return to the entire wizarding world in a very high-profile manner, and then induce Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic to join forces to beat him up like a rat.

It's just that Snape was still in shock about Harry being a special living Horcrux and didn't take this into consideration.

"Old Si! Let's go rob Gringotts!"

Noah's sudden words interrupted Snape's thoughts.

He looked at Snape with sparkling eyes, "I have an action plan worth a million gold galleons! All I need is a few like-minded partners!"

Snape's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

So you're waiting here.

"roll."

Chapter 162 The Nature of Magic

Snap, snap, snap, snap!

Late at night, a burst of enthusiastic clapping sounds was heard in the abandoned classroom that should have been empty.

The extra desks and chairs in this classroom have been cleared out by the house-elves.

The empty classroom was filled with only a few lonely cushions, arranged in a roughly circular shape, leaving a large open space in the middle.

The few cushions available were already occupied.

Except for Farley, who had long wanted to learn Noah's "self-created secret techniques", the other new members were a little confused when they received the invitation letters.

However, when they heard that Kamar-Taj was a place for students to share and exchange magical knowledge, that only elite students were invited, and that its founder was Noah, they immediately agreed without hesitation.

Although Noah was only a freshman, the scene in which he beheaded a thousand-year-old snake with a flying slash on the Quidditch field was still deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Hogwarts student who had witnessed it, and it was indelible.

It would be a lie to say that there was any student who was not curious about the magic that Noah possessed.

Standing in the middle of the classroom, Noah's eyes slowly swept across the faces of several new members who were invited.

Snape ultimately rejected his action plan worth a million Galleons. With nothing else to do for the time being, he could only focus on the establishment of the Kamar-Taj branch in Hogwarts.

He opened his arms to signal everyone to stop applauding.

"My brothers, my sisters, my friends..."

"The gift of your applause is not for me, no, it is for yourselves."

“You are here today because of a desire in your heart and a belief.”

As soon as he said this, Noah felt that there was something wrong with his speech, but after thinking carefully about what he said, he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"The old way of education at Hogwarts is no longer suitable for us. You are here today because you are eager to receive some new and different knowledge."

"This is also my goal in establishing Kamar-Taj."

"Magic blooms only in a few rare souls, and only in those who have a higher level of pursuit for life..."

"Cough cough!"

Just as Noah's speech was about to reach its climax, a cough suddenly came from the classroom door.

An old man with a white beard, whom Noah really didn't want to see, was standing at the door of the classroom.

"Professor Dumbledore, why are you here?"

Cedric, who was sitting opposite the door, stood up a little nervously. Although Dumbledore approved the formation of their small group, the time they chose for the gathering was already past the curfew.

In other words, every single student in this room was caught by the principal for night outings.

His eyes slowly swept across the faces of every student in the room. Seeing the expressions on their faces, Dumbledore raised his hand helplessly and rubbed his temple.

He was very familiar with this kind of look.

With great difficulty, Dumbledore put on a fake smile and said, "I won't deduct any points from you. I'm just a little curious."

"Knowledge is always the most valuable resource in this world, but Mr. Shaflin is willing to selflessly share with you the knowledge that he could have monopolized alone."

"This is a great selfless act. Perhaps I should give Slytherin House 50 points for Mr. Shaflin's actions."

At this point, the old man who always likes to breathe heavily when speaking suddenly changed the subject.

"But considering your night parade, I won't give Slytherin this score."

Noah looked at Dumbledore with a dark expression.

If he was able to defeat him, he would at least show Dumbledore his superb knife skills using the Eight-Point Light Wheel as the director of the Hogwarts Butchery.

The old wizard nodded slightly to Noah, who was surrounded by the crowd, and said, "Do you mind if I sit in here and listen for a while?"

Seeing Dumbledore also come to participate in the Kamar-Taj meeting, those students who were not very interested in this organization before suddenly became very interested.

Perhaps the only person in this classroom who didn't want to see Dumbledore was Noah.

But faced with the current situation, it was impossible for Noah to bring it up directly.

He could only raise his hand slightly, use the summoning spell to summon a new cushion for Dumbledore, and then replied hypocritically, "Of course I don't mind."

Watching the old man sitting down on the cushion, like a quiet student waiting for him to continue speaking, Noah's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Dumbledore's version of events was that he was curious about Noah's behavior...

But how could Noah not understand the real reason behind it?

It was Professor McGonagall who finally argued for Noah in front of Dumbledore and obtained the approval for the establishment of Kamar-Taj with some difficulty.

But in reality, Dumbledore didn't want to see it happen at all.

Even though Noah has always stood on the side of Hogwarts to help them fight Voldemort, and the original intention of establishing this organization was just to share magical knowledge.

The fact that Dumbledore, who should have gone to bed at this time on normal days, appeared here so abnormally tonight was the best proof of this.

As the great-grandson of Grindelwald, didn't he just quote a few lines from the speech given by the old man in his family at Père Lachaise Cemetery?

The old fellow Dumbledore rushed in in a hurry as if his tail had been stepped on, and used this clumsy way to supervise the content of his subsequent lecture.

He was just worried that Noah would become like his great-grandfather, or some noseless monster he had watched grow up.

Before he even graduated from school, he began planning and establishing a force similar to the "Witch Party" led by Grindelwald, or the "Death Eaters" under Voldemort, and eventually became a major threat to the wizarding world.

Noah's behavior was even worse than the previous two.

after all……

His actions were a little too early.

Don't forget that Noah is only a freshman who has been enrolled for less than a year.

"Before we start this knowledge exchange, I would like to ask everyone a question. What exactly is magic?"

This gathering at Kamar-Taj was more of a unilateral teaching from Noah to other members than an exchange of knowledge. There was nothing wrong with calling it a special lesson.

The question raised by Noah successfully caused everyone present to think deeply, including Dumbledore, the slightly special "student".

What exactly is magic?

Even though they are all wizards, learning magic every day and always talking about magic, they have never thought about what the specific definition of magic is?

Noah's voice echoed in the empty classroom. The slight echo in the air made his voice sound a bit mysterious, like an old charlatan.