10 pm.

The sky was completely dark, and at this time Dumbledore and Sherlock moved through Fox's phantom and arrived at a village that had already been shrouded in the night.

"This is where Riddle's grandfather, Gunter's old house is located. Of course, his father's house is also nearby. The houses on both sides are not very far apart, just on the other side of the valley, but now there is no one on both sides."

Dumbledore took Sherlock to a dilapidated house in the biting cold wind. They did not go in as soon as possible. Dumbledore was still telling him about his past when he found this place.

"I followed the clues to find Riddle's mother, the Gunter family where Merop Gunter is located, but Riddle's grandfather, Mavoro Gunter, had long passed away. Fortunately, he had a son living in the world, Mophin Gunter, Riddle's uncle. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a whole Muggle family with magic."

"Fortunately, he did not escape with others when the Death Eater escaped from prison some time ago. He was seriously ill. Even if the Dementor ignored him at all, he had no way to escape. Just when he was dying, I found him on the island where the Dementor had already left, and fortunately got precious memories of the first and only meeting with his nephew."

"Because time is limited, I didn't let you read that memory again when I was in the office, but it's easy to repeat the contents."

"When he was still in school at Hogwarts, Riddle began to investigate his life experience during the summer vacation. The orphanage had received his mother. Merlop said two names on his deathbed, one was his father's Tom Riddle, the same name as his mother gave him, and the other was his grandfather's name, Marvolo."

"He had searched the old Tom Riddle in the prize room, in the old school records, and even in the history of magic, but found nothing, and finally he was forced to admit that his father had never been to Hogwarts. It was at that time that he abandoned the name and changed it to Voldemort, and began to investigate the family history of his mother who had been despised by him - he once thought that since that woman succumbed to death, the shameful weakness of human beings, he could not have been a wizard."

"The only clue for him was the name 'Mavoro'. He learned from the orphanage manager that it was his grandfather's name. After a arduous search of old books and wizard families, he finally discovered a remaining Slytherin family. At the age of sixteen, he left the orphanage he had to go back every year to find his Gunter family relatives."

Sherlock whispered as a haunted house in front of him.

"He was here at that time?"

"Yes, of course he found this place and met his uncle Mofen."

"Ridel looks very similar to his father, both are as handsome as they are, so Mofen recognizes him at first sight. Because Old Tom abandoned Ridel's mother and returned to the town, both Mavorro and Mofen know that Melop was abandoned."

"But they have always looked down on the only female member of their family. They know that this matter will only curse at most, and they have no idea of ​​venting anger or avenging their daughter or sister."

"It was from him that Riddle learned everything that happened, and then Mofen's memory was interrupted here. After he woke up, Riddle's father's family and the Riddle's family were all dead. Someone used a life-seeking spell on them, and the one who used these spells was Mofen's own magic wand."

"Mofen confessed to his own guilt and showed off his sarcasm, but the last heirloom left by his father to him was lost. It was a black ring, which was originally worn on his hand, but after waking up, the ring disappeared."

"The magic world was in chaos for another person at that time. The case about Mofen was not carefully tried at all. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for Azkaban. Not long after I got this memory from him, he died on that island and was finally buried there."

After clarifying all the causes and consequences, the truth of the case can be easily judged.

Sherlock analyzed.

"Voldemort fainted his uncle, took his wand, walked through the valley to the mansion opposite, killed the Muggle who abandoned his wizard mother, killed his Muggle grandparents, wiped away the incompetent Riddle family, and revenged his biological father who never wanted him. Then he returned to the Gunter house, cast the little complicated magic, implanted false memories into his uncle's mind, and placed the wand next to its coma master, and took the ancient ring and left."

His analysis was recognized by Dumbledore, but there was still a small problem Sherlock didn't understand.

"Mofen never thought it was him?"

"No. I said he confessed and showed off everywhere."

"But he has always kept this real memory?"

"Yes, but it takes a lot of high-skilled divine thoughts to draw it out. Mofen has already confessed his guilt, who will dig out his thoughts? But I went to prison in the last few days of his life. I finally extracted this memory. After seeing this, I tried to rescue Mofen from that island, but before the Ministry of Magic made a decision, Mofen passed away."

Sherlock did not feel much about this. After all, Mofen was arrested, it cannot be said that he was completely wronged. Since Voldemort added false memories of his murder to his mind, he did not feel any regretful. Maybe he would have had the idea of ​​killing the Riddles before Voldemort found him.

However, Sherlock still complained about another thing.

"It can be seen from this that the Ministry of Magic's supervision of Hogwarts students' inability to cast spells outside of school during the summer vacation is superficial. Those parents are wizards, or students living next to the wizard's house have no way to supervise them, they can only rely on their own consciousness."

"This is indeed part of the loophole in the magic law," Dumbledore said, "but we don't have the energy to pay attention to these things yet. Sherlock, you should have guessed what the last Horcrux we are looking for today."

Sherlock stared at the dilapidated house in front of him.

"Is it the ring that Mofen lost?"

"Yes, and you've seen this ring before, can you still remember it?" Dumbledore said.

Sherlock thought a little, and then thought of what Dumbledore said, "I saw the ring somewhere."

"You mean the black ring Riddle was wearing in Professor Slughorn's memory?"

Dumbledore pulled out his wand, and with a light wave, the door that blocked them opened.

"That's right, when I saw the memory you brought back, I was already suspicious. Although I haven't seen the real thing yet, I have basically confirmed that the Horcrux hidden here is the ring."

They walked into the dusty room, with cobwebs everywhere on the ceiling, and it seemed that no one had come to clean it for a long time.

"Can you feel it? Sherlock." Dumbledore asked looking at Sherlock.

Sherlock is much more sensitive than anyone else in the perception of Horcrux.

After entering the door, the mark on his left arm really felt a strong burning sensation.

He naturally knew this feeling very familiar. Dumbledore was right to find the place. The only unknown Horcrux they had before was hidden in this room.

Sherlock dispersed the control magic. After using Voldemort's residual soul in the Slytherin locket to make a line, the scope of control magic was doubled, and it could completely cover this small house.

But Sherlock didn't find any shadows about the black ring in the room.

He frowned. There were only two possibilities for this situation. Either Dumbledore was wrong. There was indeed a Horcrux here, but that Horcrux was not the ring they had seen before.

Either Voldemort used some method to hide the ring. This hidden method is very special and can even block Sherlock's perception.

He repeated the results of his detection with Dumbledore, both of whom were more inclined toward the second explanation.

Because that ring undoubtedly conforms to Voldemort's Horcrux material selection, the family ring of the Gunter family, and the proof of Riddle's wizard bloodline.

Sherlock's magic control did not find any problem, but Dumbledore, based on his experience, found something wrong next to the bookcase.

It looks empty from the outside and the ground is covered with dust, which is no different from other places.

But as Dumbledore held up the old wand in his hand and tapped the wall next to him gently, a string of sparks suddenly splashed out from the open space.

The two of them looked at each other, and it was obvious that some magic was used here.

Dumbledore's ability is undoubtedly much stronger than Sherlock in exploring curse resolution in this way, which does not mean that Sherlock's strength is much weaker than Dumbledore.

But after all, Old Deng has lived for a long time, and he has gained more knowledge of all kinds of strange magic, and knows what method should be used more effectively when encountering special situations.

Not long after, Dumbledore's face showed a clear expression. He held the wand and muttered something. Finally, with a light wave, a hidden wooden cabinet appeared in front of them.

The cabinet was as dilapidated as this house, with only two simple drawers on it. Dumbledore pulled all the drawers away and threw away the other miscellaneous things. The extremely conspicuous black gem ring caught their eyes.

Dumbledore stared at the ring and narrowed his eyes. Sherlock's breathing accelerated slightly. They all knew very well. Finding this ring means they had already known the storage location of all Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Seeing Dumbledore reaching out his hand without hesitation, Sherlock subconsciously reminded him.

"professor."

Dumbledore understood that he was worried about the curse on the ring, so he shook his head and said.

"It's okay, I can tell that there won't be any problem with the person who picked up the ring, but it's not necessarily true if you wear it."

As he said that, he had already taken the Gunter ring from the drawer. Seeing that nothing happened, Sherlock couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"If someone who doesn't know the depth of this ring might even bring this ring and gets Voldemort's spell, but since we all know that it is a Horcrux, how could we bring it with us?"

Sherlock said relaxedly, he was really relaxed now.

Although the Horcruxes have not been collected all of them, the remaining two items are in Hogwarts Castle, and the other is always with Voldemort.

As long as you know the specific location, you only need to wait for the opportunity and there will always be opportunities.

And just as Sherlock finished speaking, he realized something was wrong with Dumbledore.

After getting the Gunter ring, Dumbledore seemed to have discovered something, his blue eyes staring at the mark in the center of the black gem embedded on the ring.

Sherlock had never seen Dumbledore showing his expression and gaze like today.

His hands holding the ring were trembling, and his eyes staring at the ring were full of excitement, mixed with sadness and sadness, which seemed very complicated.

"Professor, what's wrong with you?"

Sherlock frowned tightly. He thought Dumbledore had not noticed the spell that Voldemort set on the ring, just like the poison in the stone basin in the cave before.

As long as you get the ring, you will be unable to control your desire to put it on!

Dumbledore seemed very excited now, but he seemed to have used great willpower to take the next action, but instead reached his hand holding the ring in front of Sherlock.

"Can you recognize this sign?"

Dumbledore's voice was completely gone from the gentleness and calmness of the past, and the slightly trembling tone was something Sherlock had never heard of.

Sherlock saw the pattern he mentioned, which was located in the center of the black gem.

A regular triangle has a circle, and there is a straight vertical line between the triangle and the circle.

Sherlock naturally felt familiar with this sign. He thought about it for a moment and thought about where he had seen it before.

"Is this the badge of the saints of Grindelwald at the beginning of the twentieth century?"

Dumbledore's eyes never moved away from the ring, he took a deep breath before speaking.

"Yes, Gettler did use this logo as a badge for his organization, but before that, it had existed in the world, and it had its own name - the Peverier seal."

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