Chapter 347 The Unsung Hero
Because he had just become a father, Ted did not want Sirius to be too stressed. There is no talk about his brother yet.
But the Horcrux matter should come sooner rather than later.
This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen to others, Ted cannot believe it.
So, he used his own golem butler, Little Barty.
During this period of time, little Barty was transforming and adapting to himself, while also closely monitoring and investigating those Death Eaters who had escaped punishment through various means.
Actually, there are quite a few such people.
In the original novel, there are many Death Eaters like Malfoy who are at large.
In the original book, Voldemort had just been resurrected and used the Dark Mark to summon Death Eaters. Twenty or thirty people came!
These people are wizards from pure-blood families, and they are much smarter than those die-hard Voldemort fans.
Many of them did not reveal their true identities in the first place, did not act so arrogantly, and did not participate in any major cases that were too shocking.
It’s just a lot of fun, just like going to work. So after the fall of Voldemort, the cutting was done easily.
After all, they are all the pillars of the pure-blood family, so they can’t all be thrown into prison, right? Half of the British wizarding world collapsed.
Besides, it’s just a wrong political investment and alignment. Even if Voldemort loses, won’t you, Dumbledore, need the help of a pure-blood family to support the entire wizarding world?
Just turn a blind eye and forget it.
However, in the eyes of Barty Jr., these people are all potential enemies.
Because whenever Voldemort comes back, these people will gather around him again. This kind of thing is even involuntary.
With the Dark Mark, it will be impossible to disobey Voldemort.
Do you think Voldemort got a tattoo just to look cool? It is a powerful means of control and a powerful means of punishment.
Although Voldemort has not yet appeared, he will definitely return to England.
If he has made some moves now, then these potential Death Eaters must have made some small moves.
Although little Barty was young when he joined the Death Eaters, his strength and IQ were superior, and he was still very popular with Voldemort.
In fact, Voldemort has more trust in brainwashed young wizards like him.
So, Barty Jr. knew these former colleagues very well. We are now collecting their information, living habits, etc. If necessary, we can catch them all in a short time.
Little Barty was not a soft-hearted person originally, not to mention that now that he no longer has human flesh and blood and emotions, he is even more indifferent.
Little Barty: Join the glorious evolution~
Now, his little master assigned him a task. He immediately put down everything else at hand, took those magic props and alchemy potions, and was armed to the teeth. Taking advantage of the night, he appeared in the old house of the Gaunt family. near the house.
Ted, on the other hand, takes advantage of the contractual relationship with Barty Jr. to observe everything around him through his eyes.
However, in that dilapidated old house, Barty tried his best and failed to find the ring Ted wanted.
But it was not without gain. He found a hidden compartment under the floor. There was a small box here. It used to contain a small thing, but it is no longer there.
"The traces are very new, my master. At most half a year!" said Little Barty.
"Yeah, I know." Ted said.
Taking a deep breath, Ted gathered his thoughts.
The most likely possibility is that the Resurrection Stone ring of the Gaunt family was taken away by Voldemort.
He should have been in England a few months ago, and may not even have left yet.
Moreover, he started collecting Horcruxes. This doesn't seem like his habit.
You should know that in order to ensure that he could be resurrected, he finally separated seven or eight Horcruxes.
Eggs cannot be put in one basket, so Voldemort never puts these things together.
So, why did he take the ring away now?
Sure enough, Voldemort's early resurrection brought huge changes.
“Go and have a look around, go to the old Riddle house.”
There is the old Liddell House nearby, which is the mansion of Voldemort's father's family.
I don’t know what stimulated the Gaunt family back then. They suddenly isolated themselves and no longer had contact with other wizards. Then the **** marriage started...
So much so that by Voldemort's mother's generation, people had begun to become deformed and mentally unstable.
In this way, her father and brother still controlled her, not allowing her to leave, and wanted her to marry her brother.
But Mother Voldemort fell in love with her neighbor not far away, the tall, handsome and wealthy Master Riddle.
Although he is self-isolated, he is a wizard after all, and he belongs to a family with ancient heritage.
Voldemort’s mother taught herself how to brew a love potion and gave it to Master Riddle to drink when he had the chance.
Then they both eloped.
About a year later, Voldemort's mother became pregnant. She began to no longer want to obtain love through this kind of drug control. She felt that after being together for such a long time, she must already have feelings. Besides, I have a child!
Feeling somewhat confident!
As a result, Master Riddle, who had stopped taking the medicine, suddenly woke up. When he thought about it again - oh my god, what a nightmare!
A scary woman who was ugly, even deformed, mentally disturbed and incoherent gave herself a bottle of some kind of medicine, making herself fall in love with her obsessively as if she was controlled by the devil, and eloped with her!
Riddle ran away that day and ran home.
And the desperate mother Voldemort has nowhere to go, she will definitely not be able to go home. Moreover, the mental shock suffered was too great, and she died after giving birth to Voldemort.
Voldemort discovered the mystery of his life experience before or just after graduation.
To be honest, this is simply a shame!
He became the kind of mixed race he despised the most, and he was born under those circumstances.
It is estimated that his mentality collapsed at that time.
He killed his father's family, and then went to the nearby Gaunt house to kill his grandfather and uncle. He used the family ring to make a Horcrux and hid it here at the time.
…
The two places are not too far apart, less than one kilometer each, and we soon arrived at the Riddle mansion.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, Ted frowned.
Through little Barty's eyes, he saw the heavily rusted door lock of the door open.
The Riddle family was wiped out decades ago. After living in several families with no good results, it was abandoned. Now it's called a haunted house.
Ordinarily, there should be an old caretaker living in a hut not far away.
In this case, the lock on the door should not be opened.
Little Barty ducked into the dilapidated manor of the Riddle family, and his figure had disappeared into the darkness.
He moved forward invisibly, and soon discovered vague traces on the ground. Someone had walked here a few months ago.
Finally I found a relatively obvious footprint. Fortunately, the temperature has been low and there has been no rain in recent months, otherwise it would have been washed away.
Through the analysis of the footprints, Little Barty determined that the owner of the footprints was an old man about 1.75 meters tall, weighing about 160 pounds, and a bit bow-legged...
Ted had a rough idea of who it was, but he didn't say anything.
Little Barty carefully inserted himself into the door. The door was ajar, and there was still a gap.
A few minutes later, little Barty found a door outside the living room.
“Someone has cast a powerful spell here, it feels like the work of the Dark Lord.”
Little Barty also found a broken old flashlight near the wall. It seems that the old man who was doing the watch has met with misfortune.
“Look around to see if there are any strange signs.” Ted ordered.
Perhaps he was rather proud, so Voldemort did not deliberately erase his traces. You can still see the footprints.
But Ted didn't find the traces he wanted to see.
First of all, there is only one person.
It is not like in the original book that Voldemort has Pettigrew or other servants.
Secondly, there are no traces of snakes crawling.
If there is a big python, it will definitely leave crawling marks on the ground covered with thick dust.
In the original book, Pettigrew escaped from school and ran all the way to Albania, where he found Voldemort who possessed small animals.
Then he used the cursed blood of the unicorn, Nagini's venom, etc. to make a potion, and restored a body like a deformed baby, half resurrected.
But, because Barty Jr. took Ryan to take him away from Albania in advance and helped him to be completely resurrected, he didn't meet Nagini? ! What about the last Horcrux?
“No need to look for it, go back.” Ted cut off the contact.
The Resurrection Stone Ring was taken away by Voldemort in advance.
What about the locket?
This matter cannot be rushed.
There is no point in being anxious at first.
If Voldemort has taken away the fake locket, there is nothing he can do.
Secondly, even if he recovers a few Horcruxes, I, Lao Deng, and maybe even Grindelwald will have a three-on-one advantage~
Besides, the cave is only known to be near the sea, but I don’t know where it is specifically. Still need to look for it.
Even if I am in a hurry, I won’t be able to go for a while.
The next day Ted contacted Lupine and told him some simple information and asked him to help find a cave.
The only clue is that Voldemort, who was still in the orphanage, once abused a child here and even pushed him into the sea and almost drowned. This is how we discovered the cave on the cliff.
So, the location of the orphanage was crucial.
Lupine is worthy of being a detective in London, and he is very skilled.
It only took one day to find the cliff cave.
Lupine: "I found the original orphanage, but it was bombed during World War II and was destroyed..."
"However, even if it was destroyed long ago due to the war, the cave must not be far from here. Just find the nearest coastline and search."
Lupine is really reassuring when he does things.
Now, Ted and Lupine were standing on the edge of a rock with a huge rock pillar.
As far as the eye can see, there are only black rocks and no caves. This place is hidden by magic. If the magic is not broken, even if you go up and touch it, it will still be a stone.
Lu Ping tightened his jacket to resist the sea breeze, and said in a deep voice: "I feel an unusual fluctuation of magic power here..."
His eyes were a little gloomy: "I found out that a few decades ago, there was a village of ordinary people nearby. But overnight, everyone disappeared. Later, the village was abandoned."
He probably guessed what happened to those villagers who disappeared.
In fact, if a powerful dark wizard does evil, it will be an irresistible disaster for ordinary people.
Ted hesitated whether to tell Lupine the specific situation.
Sirius had just given birth to a son and had just tasted the happiness of being a father, so he clumsily took care of his son.
But Lupine was also newlyweds not long ago!
Moreover, in the original book, during the seventh-grade battle, both their husband and wife died, leaving behind a newborn child.
Do you want to tell him yourself?
But even if we don’t say it now, how long can we keep this kind of thing a secret?
Voldemort is already on the move, even Grindelwald is a professor at Hogwarts, and... this world is being eroded by other worlds at any time, and strange things come here every day. World.
…happiness is a bit too rare.
“Ted, what happened?” Lupine asked.
Ted said nothing.
"You have always behaved very maturely, not even like a child. I know you have your own plans, but even if you don't treat us as elders, you should treat us as friends. No matter what, don't bear it alone."
"Okay." Ted smiled, "I hope you won't regret it after listening to it."
“That’s what happened, it’s related to the Dark Lord…”
Ted spoke eloquently, starting from the beginning, and talked for ten minutes.
Lu Ping scratched his head with a confused expression, "To be honest, I do regret it a bit. I regret not asking you earlier and letting you bear this pressure alone..."
Ted rolled his eyes at him, "What are you thinking? I won't bear this kind of thing alone. Dumbledore is taller, let him bear it."
“If it weren’t for the fact that his hair has started to fall out because he has been dealing with so many troubles in other schools recently, I wouldn’t care about this kind of thing.”
Lupine had long known about the multiple faces on the back of Quirrell's head in the first year, so he wasn't really surprised by Voldemort's resurrection.
After hearing about the Horcrux and its functions, I understood why Voldemort could be resurrected.
"Although I can understand that you are considerate of Sirius as he has just become a father. But after all, this is his younger brother, and I think he has the right to know. Otherwise...he is too pitiful."
“Okay. I’ll contact him.”
About half an hour later, Sirius, his house elf Kreacher and Dumbledore all arrived.
This kind of thing naturally cannot be left to Dumbledore, lest he become suspicious. Besides, with Lao Deng here, he can still be a thug.
There was no need for Lao Deng to take action. To deal with this old-fashioned hidden magic, Ted transformed the magic into an alchemical circle and destroyed the magic effect. A huge cave was revealed.
"Follow me!" Dumbledore pulled out his wand and took the lead.
Ted took a special look at the weird-looking Elder Wand with tree knots.
Don't tell me, the wands nowadays are all straight and have no distinctive features.
…
This cave goes deep into the cliff and it opened up after walking for a while.
However, there is no road in front of us, but a very large pool.
A broken boat was leaning against the shore.
“Shall we paddle across?” Sirius said urgently. He hadn't stopped crying ever since he heard what Ted said about his younger brother. By now my eyes were swollen.
He felt a pain in his chest, a heartbreaking pain.
His only brother, he always thought he was stubborn and later disappeared.
I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect it to be like this. He fell in this cold cave...
The old house elf Kreacher on one side had already burst into tears and knelt on the shore, unable to stand up.
At the beginning, the little master could have let him drink the poison, but he chose to sacrifice himself.
(End of this chapter)