Chapter 37: Goblet of Fire (middle)

　　 When Harry and the warriors left the room, Aristophane pulled Dumbledore and said that he had something to tell him.
　　 The two came to the principal's room. Dumbledore took off his glasses and rubbed the rims of his eyes, and motioned to Aristophanes to sit down and say.
　　 "Professor, do you know Horcrux?"
　　 Dumbledore's expression immediately became serious: "Where did you know this word?"
"African Vagado," Aristophane lied, "Voldemort's notebook had such a great power before, which is beyond the reach of ordinary magic items. I was curious, so I checked it out. However, It’s hard to find useful information. Until in Vagado, I accidentally found out the principles and methods of making Horcrux in an ancient black magic book, and at the same time I understood why he was defeated by Harry."
　　 "Oh? Tell me about your speculation." Dumbledore became interested.
Aristophane said that Voldemort had split his soul more than once and made more than four Horcruxes. Dumbledore was noncommittal; but when he said that Harry also had a fragment of Voldemort's soul, Dumbledore directly Stood up in surprise.
　　 "No wonder, no wonder, all this makes sense." Dumbledore began to pace around the room, "Tell me about your plan! I think you must be fully prepared according to your character."
　　 When Aristophanes said his plan, Dumbledore went from surprised to calm, and then nodded: "This is indeed the best way at present, but are you sure that Peter will do what you say?"
"He has nowhere to go now, and..." Aristophant paused. "We need to collect information first. For example, how many Horcruxes Voldemort did, but what is certain is that his soul is unstable. Degree, this number is greater than four."
　　 Dumbledore took another breath, then turned around and took out a book from the shelf, "The Secret of Cutting Edge Black Magic", opened it, and quickly turned to a certain page.
When he saw the sentence "The material destructive power of the Horcrux that can be destroyed must be very powerful, so powerful that the Horcrux can no longer be repaired by magic", he handed the book to Aristophane for him to read, and then said "I think the venom of the basilisk is very effective. Since it destroys Tom's diary, it can certainly destroy other Horcruxes. But we still can't be sure what Tom has attached his soul to."
　　 "It depends on your thinking, professor." Aristophane shrugged, "but I think it must be something of great significance to him."
"According to Tom's temperament..." Dumbledore retracted the book. "He likes to collect souvenirs. He likes items with powerful magic and historical significance. His pride, his sense of superiority, and his contribution to the history of magic. The determination to achieve an astonishing status makes me think that he will carefully select his Horcrux and prefer items worthy of this honor..."
　　 "Such as the relics of the four founders?"
"You're very keen," Dumbledore nodded appreciatively. "Let’s assume for the time being that he got the relics of the four founders, and bring his diary. He has six souls. According to my understanding, he He will definitely choose a particularly meaningful number. I think he will split again at least once. After all, the number 7 is magical, isn't it? It's just that we can't find evidence."
　　 "The soldiers are here to cover the water and the earth, principal," Aristophan stood up, "we can destroy one thing, we can destroy the second. It will be good for everyone to eliminate this threat as soon as possible."
　　 Dumbledore gave him a deep look, then nodded without speaking.
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　　 Time flies, and the first project is quickly over. Harry still chose to fly away the big lizard, and successfully got the golden egg.
　　 Christmas is here again, in order to celebrate the Triwizard Tournament, Hogwarts deliberately changed the Christmas dinner into a Christmas ball. Aristophanes’ students all dressed up to attend, and Hermione chose to accept Neville’s invitation instead of Krum’s, which surprised everyone. After all, Krum was an international superstar. How could anyone be willing to refuse his invitation?
　　 Harry invited Daphne to be his dancing partner. Of course Cedric invited Qiu Zhang. Fleur actually invited Aristophanes at first, but he naturally refused.
　　The reason is that I was busy writing books and sorting out the teaching plan, so I didn't have time to participate. Secretly, they are preparing some alchemy reagents using basilisk venom and other destructive substances as raw materials, intending to use them to destroy the Horcrux.
　　 On Christmas night, after the ball, Aristophane came to the empty hall, and Dumbledore appeared soon.
　　 "Are you all ready?"
　　 "No problem, headmaster, let's go, go early and solve it early."
　　 Then the two walked outside the gate and disappeared with a "poof".
No one knows what happened this night, but the next day, the "Prophet Daily" reported that two magical wizards broke into Gringotts. All the goblins on duty passed out and lost their memories. exception. And Dumbledore's principal's room has three more broken collections: the split emerald ring, the broken Slytherin locket, and the twisted Ravenclaw crown.
　　 "Huh, it's still a few short." Dumbledore wiped the sweat from his head and said weakly to Aristophanes~EbookFREE.me~ Fortunately, you went with me, otherwise I would be more painful. "
"It is understandable that an old man wants to see his family again and begs for forgiveness." Aristophane cleared the empty reagent bottles on the table, while Sirius Black also looked at Dumbledore with concern, "Just like me That said, this kind of potion has great side effects. It can dispel curses and various black magic effects, but it will also completely damage the growth potential of a wizard. You can appreciate it, the principal."
Dumbledore felt that the upper limit of magic power in his body was indeed lowered by one-fifth, but he smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I don’t have much potential at my age. Even if I don’t use potion magic, it will be in the coming years Slowly fading. It is worth it to destroy the three Horcruxes just by paying this price. Then we just need to wait quietly for Peter's actions."
　　 "Will Harry be in danger?" Sirius asked from the side.
　　 Aristophane turned his head and glanced at Dumbledore. He shook his head slightly and said, "No, you have to trust Dumbledore and Harry himself."
　　 "...Okay, but I hope you call me when you act."
　　 "Sirius, go and inform the members of the Order of the Phoenix to get ready. This will be our last battle." Dumbledore said suddenly.
　　 Sirius was stunned, then nodded, and instantly turned into a big dog and ran out.
　　 Christmas is over, and the second game is about to begin, but this time Harry used the formula in "Calculation Alchemy I" to prepare the underwater breathing potion using saccharomyces and fish oil as raw materials.
　　 Then he rescued Gabriel and Daphne in full view. Although they timed out, they still got high scores and drew with Cedric.