some magical Hogwarts

Chapter 1071 The place of death
Harry is missing.

Silently, as if the world evaporated.

Earlier, when Mad-Eye Moody arrived at Number 4 Privet Drive with members of the Order of the Phoenix, he was not found.

Moody thought Harry had used the Portkey and gone to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters.

But after contacting, it was discovered that Harry hadn't arrived there either.

Moody searched every corner of the house again.

Fearing that Harry would drown or be dismembered, they even spared the toilet and refrigerator, but still without him.

Given Moody's magical eyes, he could see through the Invisibility Cloak, even Harry's.

It is also impossible for him to hide in the room wearing an invisibility cloak.

Therefore, it can basically be concluded that Harry is indeed not in the room... missing.

As we all know, as a wizard, he has some reasoning skills and is very good at it.

The case of Harry's disappearance wasn't that tricky. With a little IQ, one could find out what went wrong.

First of all, Harry will not leave the house on his own initiative.

He was here to pick him up, and Dumbledore repeatedly told him not to leave the range of the protection spell.

What's more, there are members of the Order of the Phoenix protecting the community, such as Mrs. Figg next door.

She kept staring and didn't see Harry go out.

Harry himself cannot apparate, he is still underage, uses magic, and will be monitored by the Ministry of Magic.

And these important departments are now dominated by wizards of the Order of the Phoenix.

Harry neither walked out of the house nor Apparated from within the room.

And Lily's protection spell, which has not disappeared, can ensure that Death Eaters cannot invade.

Then, Harry could only use the Portkey to go to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix after Mad-Eye was late, as agreed.

His luggage was not in the room, and this was also confirmed from the side.

But there is no Harry in Black's old house, there is only one possibility:
The Portkey was tampered with.

The Portkey was made by Dumbledore, and it was handed over to Dedalus before it was sent out.

Therefore, the problem can only lie with Dedalus or Heska who was traveling with him.

Relying on the brain to conduct meticulous reasoning, the suspect was quickly locked.

And after checking, it was indeed Heska who had a problem. He was hit by... the Imperius Curse.

It is not without reason that the Imperius Curse is listed as one of the three unforgivable curses.

That's right, in terms of fatality rate, it is indeed not as good as Avada eating big melons;
In the fight for the throne of "King of Torment", it is far inferior to the Cruciatus Curse.

But it can manipulate the soul.

Avada focuses on killing, the Cruciatus Curse masters torture, and the Imperius Curse is good at controlling.

For a wizard who is proficient in the Imperius Curse, he can completely control a person, and it is difficult for the controlled person to dispel the magic by his own power.

Most importantly, it is difficult for the outside world to detect.

The Confusion Curse can also control the wizard to a certain extent, but it cannot achieve the silky effect of the Imperius Curse.

Now that the modus operandi is determined, the whole thing becomes clear:

After Heska was controlled, she once took away the Portkey and observed it for a while.

Based on the principle of trusting his companions, Dedalus didn't care too much.

On the way here, Mad-Eye felt that someone was following him, so he made a detour, so he was late.

This fits Moody's character very well, he is such a cautious wizard.

It's just this kind of "cautiousness", being a little late, forced Harry to use the stolen Portkey.

So the question is, who is the wizard who captured him?
William was thinking about this question on the way to Privet Drive.

He guessed Death Eaters.

It is not the first time that the Death Eaters of the Order of the Phoenix have used the Imperius Curse.

Like Sturgis Podmore.

During the summer vacation two years ago, he was controlled by Lucius with the Imperius Curse, and then sneaked into the Department of Mysteries.

After arriving in the living room, Dumbledore looked at William and said solemnly:

"It wasn't Voldemort, it was Tom."

The headmaster spoke concisely, but what he said was extremely contradictory.

After all, in a sense, even with the name changed, Tom is still Voldemort.

But in the past four years, the two have not been the same thing, because "Tom" refers more to the 16-year-old Tom.

Ordinary people must not understand it, but William happens to be the one who can understand it.

"Tom isn't dead? That's impossible!" William denied.

While in Ilvermorny, America, he had repeatedly examined Tom's body.

After Tom's death, he still guarded the body for a while.

If Tom still has Horcruxes, he will never be able to hide all the time, but will soon appear as a wandering spirit.

William can be sure that Tom absolutely disarmed the Horcrux community, which was in a state of "killable" at that time.

"Tom must have been resurrected in some way." Dumbledore sighed.

"I read Heska's memory, Tom first controlled him, and then lived in his house for a while."

Tom didn't erase this memory, it seems that he deliberately let them know.

William raised his eyebrows.

"At Heska's house, Tom left a letter for you."

Dumbledore took out the letter, and after William took it, he read it carefully.

The content of the letter is simple:
First of all, I would like to thank William for pretending to be "Targaryen", deceiving him and allowing him to grow.

That tone of resentment made William sound like a complete scumbag.

Is he a scumbag?
Impossible!

Then, Tom said that he had disarmed the Horcrux community, so that William could rest assured to kill Voldemort.

In the end, he expressed in a mocking tone that he would use Harry to find Death.

After using it, he will help kill Harry, clear this piece of soul, and let William kill... Voldemort without worry.

A letter, except for the yin and yang content, most of the content is urging William to kill Lao Fu as soon as possible.

(Voldemort: wdnmd!)
This is really closer than "best friends and relatives".

"Tom is going to find Death?" William was a little surprised by the news.

"He probably intends to use the piece of soul on Harry's forehead to act as one of the 'three brothers'." Dumbledore speculated.

"He probably made another Horcrux, so that made the three of them.

The three come from one soul, they are as close as brothers, and they meet the conditions for finding the god of death. "

And this kind of shit? !

William was stunned. Now even going to the god of death, can the bug be stuck?

"Has Tom found the entrance to the Land of the Dead?"

William saw Grindelwald and went to find Death.

He didn't get enough of the three brothers, he just went on the road alone.

This shows that there is more than one way to find the god of death, and even the entrance is not fixed.

"Tom obviously went looking for it in the way in the story of the three brothers." Dumbledore replied:

"Then there is only one entrance, in the city of seven hills."

"The city of seven hills... Rome?!"

It was not the first time William had heard the word.

The last time I saw it, I was looking for Gunter's entry in the "Glory of History-(Pure-Blood Family)".

When it introduced Barbling's father, Corvinus Gaunt, he mentioned that he disappeared in the city of seven hills.

In history, the most famous "seven hills" is - Rome.

"It's not Rome, William." Dumbledore said softly, "I've been investigating for a long time, and it actually refers to Constantinople.

The entrance to Death's Road is there. "

William suddenly realized... No wonder Dumbledore and Grindelwald made a trip to seek the Holy Spirit back then, and the end point was Constantinople.

And the city with the title of "City of Seven Hills" is indeed not the only city in Rome.

Like Constantinople, or even Lisbon on the Atlantic coast.

"Now that we know the purpose, shall we stop it and save Harry?" William asked.

Harry must be in hand.

He was the most important link in killing Voldemort.

And Tom took Harry away, who knows when he will come back.

If he died and Harry stayed in the underworld and couldn't come back, then Voldemort didn't have to kill him!
"Although I know the entrance is in Constantinople, I don't know the exact location." Dumbledore shook his head.

"And at Tom's speed, he must have caught Harry, returned to Constantinople immediately, and opened the gate.

We're going now, we probably won't be able to catch up. "

"So what?" William asked.

"Compared to Constantinople, I have a better way to enter the land of death." Dumbledore said softly.

"William, do you still remember the four golden coffins?"

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(End of this chapter)