Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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"Professor, when Riddle came to Hogwarts on September [-]st, did he buy all the things?" Ivan interjected and asked, "I mean, he also bought other things that are not listed A magic item on the school list?"

The Galleon Dumbledore gave him was far from enough, and many things could only be bought second-hand.

Just like when Ron was in school, second-hand robes, second-hand magic books, second-hand wands, second-hand cauldrons, and second-hand pet mice.

It seems that except for the people who are not second-hand, the rest of the things are basically...

Ivan wondered if Riddle was like this at the time.

"On the surface, he is no different from other students sponsored by the school. This in itself is easy to get sympathy from others. Riddle never refuses this kind of disguise that is beneficial to him. But in fact, he did get a lot of The magic items that are helpful to him are far more valuable than the Gallon I gave him." Dumbledore stared at Ivan and said, "Riddle is very smart, he knows how to get money just like you Conducting magical research. The exact method is unknown, but this is what I want to tell you. He would rather do everything by himself than cooperate or receive help. The same is true of Voldemort as an adult. You will hear many Death Eaters Claiming that they had his trust, and claiming that they were the only ones who could approach him or even understand him. They were all fooled, Voldemort never had a friend, and I don't think he ever needed one."

"Finally, I hope you haven't overlooked this by being sleepy. Young Tom Riddle loved to collect loot. You see that box of loot he keeps in his room. It's all from the kids he bullied. They were souvenirs of some particularly odious tricks of magic, and he had a magpie-like penchant for collecting things."

"The crown of Ravenclaw, the locket of Slytherin, the ring of the Gaunt family, the statue of the evil god..." Ivan said.

"Yes, Voldemort's hobby of collecting souvenirs is very important to help us understand and defeat him, and I hope you will remember this." Dumbledore said, "Well, it is very late, you two months You should go back to sleep!"

The two stood up, and Harry seemed to have something to say, but Dumbledore just looked at them with a smile.

He waved his hand, and they left just like that. Harry and Ivan talked a lot while walking to the common room.

They saw a lot tonight, but these were just the tip of a huge iceberg.

The more you know, the less you realize you know.

Not to mention Harry, even Ivan has a lot of doubts, he needs to think about it...

Chapter 1378 Party and foodies

At breakfast the next day, Ivan told Hermione and Elaine what happened last night.

Hermione analyzed along Ivan's train of thought, but Elaine's focus was not here.

She said that when she was a child, she also met such companions who liked to bully others, and the usual method was to beat up such guys severely, and they would be honest!

What kind of cruel, secretive and domineering nature doesn't work well.

Hit if you don't obey, and hit until you obey. This kind of education method is indeed very direct, and it may be effective.

Riddle should be thankful that he was in a Muggle orphanage instead of a vampire castle, otherwise he wouldn't have had the chance to grow up.

Because with what he did in the orphanage, he might have been beaten to death long ago!

When Harry and Ron came over, by the look on Ron's face, it was clear that Harry had told him everything.

"It's unbelievable!" He couldn't wait to express his opinion as soon as he sat down, "I mean, how terrifying is this, the mysterious man in his youth and his unknown experiences, ordinary people don't have the opportunity to see these."

"Yes, this is a very precious memory."

"But I still don't understand, why did Dumbledore let you two see this?" Ron continued to ask, pulling a plate of sausages in front of him, "It's interesting, but what's the use? ?”

"I don't know, Dumbledore said these are very important." Harry said, "Maybe it can help me survive..."

He couldn't help thinking about the prophecy again, in which he and Voldemort would end up with only one left.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

Harry wished he could somehow take the initiative, rather than waiting for Voldemort to choose.

"I think this is very attractive!" Hermione analyzed seriously, "Dumbledore must have thought it through for you two to see this. It is absolutely meaningful to try to understand Voldemort as much as possible, otherwise how would you find him? What about the weakness?"

"You can only defeat Voldemort if you understand him." Ivan said, "By the way, what happened to Slughorn last night?"

Last night, while Ivan and Harry went to Dumbledore's class, Hermione and Elaine went to Professor Slughorn's evening party. After hearing that Slughorn had prepared special dragon blood, Elaine has no resistance.

Sure enough, the guy said with a look of aftertaste, "The food is delicious, it's very high-grade dragon's blood, I heard..."

No one is interested in the taste of dragon's blood except her.

"What about other aspects?" Ivan asked, interrupting Elaine's memory of the taste of high-level dragon blood.

"Well, other aspects?!" Elaine stopped, tilted her head and looked at Ivan, and seemed to think about it for a long time before saying, "I have no impression, except for the delicious food, I have all the rest Didn't remember."

If Professor Slughorn heard this answer, he didn't know how he would feel.

What a failed party, he invited Elaine over, not for her to open up her appetite and eat extravagantly.

But for such a foodie, one shouldn't have any extra expectations.

"It's actually quite fun." Hermione took up the topic in a timely manner, "As Elaine said, the food prepared by Slughorn is exquisite, there are many things I have never eaten before, and the taste is good. He went on and on about how famous his former students were, and was obviously trying to curry favor with McLaggen, who knew a lot of big names, but other than that it was a little unpleasant. By the way, he also introduced us to Gwenog Jones."

"Gwenog Jones?" Ron raised his head sharply, his mouth was full of sausages, bread and eggs, he swallowed these hard, his eyes widened, "Is that Gwenog Jones?" ?The captain of the Holyhead Harpies?"

"Yeah!" said Hermione. "Personally, I think she's a bit self-confessed, but she's not a bad person and has a bit of a reputation."

"My God, Hermione, she's not just famous, she's very famous!" Ron retorted immediately.

We all know the Holyhead Harpies are a very old Welsh team.

This team is unique among all the Quidditch teams in the world, because it has always played only female wizards.

Although the players are all women, the Holyhead Harpies have an amazing record in history.

It has created countless classics and left a deep impression on the audience.

For example, in the 1953 Quidditch final match against the Heidelberghounds, the game lasted seven days and was played very hard. In the end, the Holyhead Harpies Seeker Glennie Gris An amazing move caught the Snitch to end the game and won the championship that year.

The most memorable scene is not that the Harpies won the championship, but at the end of the game, Rudolph, the captain of the Heidelberghounds, jumped off his broom in a smart way and proposed to his opponent Gwendo Morgan in front of everyone.

It is said that the scenes on the scene were once very romantic and touching, and countless audiences witnessed this.

But instead of accepting the proposal, Morgan hit Rudolph with her broom, giving him a concussion...

The dramatic ending also made this incident a classic, and it has been mentioned until now.

After that, the Holyhead Harpies sank for a few years.

The side have been rejuvenated since Gwenog Jones captained them and this year they are considered favorites to win the title alongside the Kenmare Kestrels, Wimbourne Hornets and Tahitel Tornados. One of four teams to win the championship, Gwenog Jones is also considered a star player.

Even though the wizarding world is in such a mess now, it hasn't stopped wizards' enthusiasm for Quidditch.

Such a character appeared at Hogwarts, no wonder Ron was so excited.

"You should ask her for an autograph," he said aloud.

Hermione ignored him, but said to Ivan and Harry, "Next, Slughorn will hold a Christmas ball, and he specifically asked me to see which night the two of you are free, so that he can Definitely schedule the party on a night when you can come. I think you two should come once instead of continuing to shirk, and it's not as bad as you think."

"Remember, I promised him to take the two of you there." Elaine interjected, looking at Ivan expectantly.

"Well, I have time anytime." Ivan said, deciding to go to Slughorn's party.

The operation was arranged for the Christmas holiday, and the things that should be prepared have also been prepared. He has no urgent matters recently...

In that case, it would be a good idea to check out Slughorn's party.

Moreover, Hermione and Elaine both took the initiative to invite, and Ivan naturally had no reason to refuse, although they both looked like they were bought by Slughorn.

Chapter 1379 Quarrel

After Ivan, Harry also agreed!

He is still somewhat reluctant, and this kind of social activity is a great burden for him.

Ron, on the other hand, became furious immediately after Hermione and Elaine's invitation.

He was still bitter that Slughorn hadn't invited him to the party, and every time the incident was brought up he was unhappy.

This has been the case a few times before, and almost every invitation can make him sullen for days.

"Needless to say, this evening is dedicated to Slughorn's favourites?!" he said.

"Yes, it's specially held for the Slug Club." Hermione seemed to find it quite interesting, and added, "But I didn't invent the name, everyone..."

"The Slug Club?!" Ron interrupted Hermione, and went on self-consciously, "It's ugly, but it's true, a party for slugs, that's why his club is called the Slug Club. "

"Come on, Ron!" said Harry, poking him.

There was something wrong with the atmosphere. Based on Ivan's understanding of Hermione, Ron's endless words definitely angered her.

At this moment, she was glaring angrily at Ron on the other side of the table.

"You're jealous because Slughorn didn't invite you!" said Hermione sharply, "but it's not our fault."

"Me, jealous?! No, do you think I would like to attend the slug's party?!" Ron said loudly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "I'm not interested, not at all. Anyway, best wishes You have fun at the party, maybe Slughorn can make you the slug king and queen."

He stood up abruptly, and everyone around him looked at him in surprise.

"Okay, you two!" Ivan said, indicating that this matter is over, "Sit down, Ron!"

He knew very well how sensitive Ron was on this kind of matter, and Hermione's words just now were too sharp.

But it can't blame her, it's the truth.

Besides, Ron's previous remarks really made people sound uncomfortable.

What kind of party is dedicated to entertaining slugs? Everyone knows that Slughorn's club is called the Slug Club because the word in his name means the same as slugs, not all members of the club are slugs.

And the slug king and queen thing, the metaphor is so hurtful!

It wasn't their fault that Ron wasn't invited to the party...

"You guys eat, I'm going to find Lavender." Ron said with a flushed face, without going to see Ivan and Hermione.

"We're allowed to take guests!" said Hermione, blushing too. "I was about to invite you, and since you think the party is so boring, I won't bother!"

Hearing her words, Ron's body, who was about to leave, visibly stiffened.

But he didn't look back in the end, and walked away!

"Let him calm down by himself for a while, and he'll be fine," said Harry, looking at Ron's back helplessly.

Ron had refused to be with them since this incident.

Harry tried to persuade him to apologize to Hermione, but to little effect.

As for Hermione, she seemed calm on the surface, as if nothing had happened, but in fact, when only she and Ivan were left, this guy cried uncontrollably, crying in a mess, and said to Ivan a lot.

Well, Hermione has always been like that.

Strongness and everything are just appearances, but the heart is actually as sensitive as other girls.

She just doesn't show it easily, that's Hermione.

It looks calm on the surface, but the heart is actually chaotic and turbulent.

After some meeting, the surface is messy, but in the heart it is determined.

Just like in the first grade, because of Harry and Ron's ridicule and targeting, Hermione ran to the girls' bathroom and cried secretly for a long time on Halloween, and didn't even attend the party. Until Harry and Ron finally rescued her, the three Talented people become good friends.

It wasn't a big deal, and Hermione and Ron had quarreled countless times over the years.

In the end, they will reconcile as before. The two people's personalities are like this. In fact, neither of them has any good intentions.

But there were no trolls this time, and it seemed Ron was going to carry on without apologizing.

In fact, he's been in a bad mood lately.

After this incident, he hardly interacted with Ivan, Hermione, and Elaine.

Not long after that, he had another big fight with Ginny, which was known to the whole academy.

The cause of the incident lies with Katie Bell. Although Professor McGonagall said that she would recover before the first Quidditch match, Katie's parents insisted that she go to St. Mungo's Magical Injury Hospital for examination. Will not be discharged anytime soon.

This means that the promising Gryffindor Quidditch team that Harry has been carefully training since September is missing a Chaser. Refusing to replace Katie.

He wanted Katie to come back, had expectations for it.

But seeing that the first match against Slytherin was approaching, he finally had to admit that Katie would not be able to come back to play in time.

For this reason, Harry personally invited several people to join the team temporarily, such as Ivan's roommate Vicky Frobisher, etc., but his invitations were all rejected, and finally he had to choose Dean Thomas. He did well in selection.

In order to invite Dean, Harry also made a difficult choice.

Because Harry’s other roommate and Dean’s best friend, Seamus, is also very interested in Quidditch. His Quidditch level is similar to that of Dean. dissatisfied.

Harry knew it would be like this. The reason why he didn't want Dean to participate in the competition was because he knew Seamus would be unhappy, but he had to put the interests of the team first. Seamus hurry up.

Seamus wasn't alone in his displeasure with Harry's choice of Dean to replace Katie.

There was a lot of discussion in the common room about Harry's selection of two roommates to join the team. Let alone Dean, who was not recognized by everyone, Ron, as the team's goalkeeper, has long been questioned about his performance and level.

Many people said that Ron was able to enter the team mainly because of Harry's special care.

Cormac McLaggen, in particular, talked about it everywhere. The main reason why he lost the election was because he was deliberately targeted by Elaine and Ginny, and the performance of the broomstick was not as good as that of the Asterisker and the Firebolt. It's not that his level is bad.