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Chapter 375 Four Horcruxes
"House-elves generally live longer than wizards. Hotch was old enough the year Smith died, but she's still alive."

Dumbledore said solemnly, lowering his voice to ensure that no third person could hear him.

And Sherlock also naturally knew the importance of keeping secrets. At this time, he spread out his control area and checked whether there were any peepers around.

"I've already read her memory, and it's obviously been modified."

"Riddle was invited by Smith to her house, where she showed him two of her most precious treasures, and begged him to keep them secret from Borgin Bock, because it never occurred to her to These two things are sold."

"One of these two treasures is the Hufflepuff's Gold Cup that you have found and destroyed."

"And the other, the locket passed down from Slytherin."

Hearing this, Sherlock couldn't help frowning.

"I remember that Riddle himself is the heir of the Slytherin family?"

"That's right, the locket was sold to the Smith family by the former heir of Slytherin, and this gave him a reason to take it back."

"Afterwards, he poisoned Smith to death, snatched away the two founder's relics, and modified Hao Qi's memory, blaming the house elf for this incident, making her always think it was his own. One mistake killed her master."

Dumbledore whispered to Sherlock all the information he had learned from Hutch's memory.

Sherlock's frown did not relax at all.

"The diary, Hufflepuff's golden cup, Slytherin's locket, and Ravenclaw's diadem, these are the four Horcruxes we know now. Both the diary and the golden chalice have been destroyed, and it can be determined The most important thing is that there is still a Horcrux hidden in the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts, as to whether this Horcrux is one of the Horcruxes we know, this is still unclear."

Even if the investigation finds out what Voldemort's Horcrux is, it will not help the current situation at all for the time being, because they don't know where the Horcrux will be hidden.

But Dumbledore is obviously much more cheerful than Sherlock.

"The more information we know, the easier it is for us to get close to the key. I'm investigating Riddle's past bit by bit, and I believe there will be new discoveries soon."

In terms of understanding of Voldemort, I believe that no one in the entire wizarding world can surpass him, and even Riddle himself may not necessarily understand himself better than Dumbledore.

Sherlock can't help Dumbledore for the time being, so he can only passively wait for the news.

Taking this opportunity, he also asked about Mrs. Matthew, what kind of enmity did she have with Dumbledore, so she refused to help at the beginning.

"Ah, Horace (Slughorn) has to be mentioned in this matter."

Dumbledore seemed eager to talk about the past, he smiled.

"Matthew likes Horace. When Horace was the head of Slytherin, she came to Hogwarts specially and asked me to propose to work in the school. But Horace didn't have any family at that time. I have been trying to find a way to reject Matthew's love, so please ask me not to agree to her job application."

"In addition, there were no suitable vacancies at Hogwarts at that time, so I politely rejected Matthew's application in the end."

"She is indeed a witch with a modest heart. She thinks that I am destroying their relationship. In addition to some other misunderstandings, she has hated me ever since."

"But Matthew has always been an upright person, it's just that sometimes it's better if she doesn't have to be so stingy."

Of course, Sherlock couldn't chat with Dumbledore all the time at the dinner party. So many people came to this award ceremony today for him alone.

No matter how much he doesn't like such superficial communication, he still has to show a smile and say hello to these big figures in the magic world.

Naturally, there are also wizards from pure-blood families, such as Ollivander, who has been focusing on making wands for more than 1000 years. He is also a pure-blood family with a long history, and has never shown a tendency to favor Voldemort.

However, there were very few people from pure-blood families. For example, Sherlock did not see any members of the Malfoy family.

Lucius Malfoy was not captured by the Aurors on the night of the final event of the Triwizard Tournament, whether he was among the Death Eaters or not is a mystery as he has so far been captured None of the Death Eaters in the city gave him a confession.

Lucius has been quiet since Scrimgeour came to power. In the past, he had a good relationship with Fudge, swayed Galleons, and made friends with the high-level Ministry of Magic. Now he has also stopped.

He seemed to be nestled at home, indifferent to everything that happened outside.

The banquet ended at ten o'clock in the evening.

Tomorrow's Daily Prophet's front page will definitely be the content of this award ceremony, and this is probably the last time the Ministry of Magic will promote Sherlock's reputation in the magical world.

After all, no matter how sincerely he talked with Scrimgeour yesterday, as long as he is unwilling to accept a position in the Ministry, the Ministry of Magic will naturally not focus all the hot spots of public opinion on him.

This was indeed the case for the various actions of the Ministry of Magic during the rest of the summer vacation.

After the award ceremony, Sherlock stayed at home with Silk, taking care of her eyes until they completely returned to normal.

On the day Silke took off the black ribbon from his eyes, the two of them also made a special trip to 12 Grimmauld Place to hold a small meeting with the Weasleys and the members of the Order of the Phoenix who stayed there. Had a celebratory party.

Harry lived very safely here, protected by the Fidelity Charm, and the Death Eaters couldn't come to trouble him.

And in the following month or so, they rarely saw Dumbledore's figure. He was always busy with certain things that only Sherlock knew the inside story, and other members of the Order of the Phoenix were always watching. The whereabouts of wizards who were involved with Voldemort wanted to find out where Voldemort was hiding through them.

But Voldemort didn't show up during this time, and Azkaban, which Dumbledore and Sherlock were more worried about, didn't have any problems.

Except for the recent frequent actions of the Aurors, arresting and interrogating some pure-blood wizards with previous criminal records, there seems to be no difference in the wizarding world as usual.

In such a situation, time passed quickly, and at the end of August, it was also the day when Hogwarts started school.

(End of this chapter)