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Chapter 405 Regret and Hate

"You may not have heard of the name Peverell's Crest, but you must have heard of another story related to it—Death and the Three Brothers."

This fairy tale can be said to be as famous as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the wizarding world, of course Sherlock knows about it.

The content of the story is very simple, that is, the god of death wants to take the lives of the three brothers, and in order to achieve the goal, he pretends to give them rewards to meet the different requirements of the three brothers.

The eldest asked for an elder wand that was more powerful than all wands in the world, the second took a stone that could bring the dead back to life, and the third cunningly asked for an invisibility cloak that could escape the supervision of death.

In the end, both the eldest and the second child were taken away by the god of death, and only the third child lived his life safely, and finally met the god of death as the winner after dying of old age, like meeting an old friend.

This story is included in "The Tales of Beedle the Poet", which is a very classic fairy tale book in the magic world.

Dumbledore told the story, and of course Sherlock knew it very well.

And just by asking questions, Sherlock was able to vaguely guess what Dumbledore wanted to say.

"Professor, don't you want to say that this story is not a legend, but a real existence?"

Dumbledore showed a solemn expression on his face, without the slightest gentle smile when he was joking in the past.

"No one is sure whether the god of death exists or not, but the three brothers and the three items they once held in their hands are indeed real."

He held out the wand that he always held in his right hand, not hiding anything from Sherlock.

"In the story, the most powerful wand in the world is the one in my hand."

The straight wand with a ring of protrusions at every distance is indeed very strange, but if Dumbledore hadn't said it himself, who would think about it to the legendary wand.

"You should also know about Harry's invisibility cloak. A normal invisibility cloak is either cast with a high-level disillusionment spell or the fur of an invisible beast. After using it, the magic on it will slowly disappear until it completely becomes an ordinary cloak."

"But the one left to him by Harry's father has been handed down for thousands of years. The only explanation is that that invisibility cloak is the one in the hands of the third child who finally managed to defeat Death."

"And the black gemstone on this ring perfectly matches the characteristics of the resurrection stone held by the second child in the legend."

Dumbledore's voice was calm, but the suppressed emotions in his calm words were not at all less than the uproar that was stirring in Sherlock's heart at this moment.

Listening to Dumbledore's narration, Sherlock remembered the title of the movie that he skipped casually but left a deep impression on when he saw the movie commentary.

Because this book was made into two movies, and the last one is called "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"!
Sherlock stared at the Gaunt ring with the resurrection stone inlaid in Dumbledore's hands, and the elder wand of elderberry, still feeling a little unbelievable in his heart.

These three things can be called holy artifacts, and two of them are placed in front of him so plainly?
But as a person outside the previous story, even if Sherlock was shocked, it was just a little unbelievable and the treasures were collected so easily, such a simple thing.

In front of this fabled item, he still retains complete sanity.

It was this kind of rationality that told him that a normal Dumbledore would never be so easily affected by something like the Resurrection Stone, even if it was one of the Three Hallows of Death.

If he had really been greedy for the power of the Three Hallows, then he would have taken the third child's invisibility cloak, which was the most useful in the story, instead of giving it back to Harry.

Sherlock didn't hide such doubts. He believed in Dumbledore's character, just as Dumbledore also fully believed in him and told the whole story about the Elder Wand in his hands.

"I can't understand the professor. Even if this thing is the legendary resurrection stone, but for us, it is a Voldemort Horcrux that will be destroyed. Why are you so excited after seeing it?"

When he said this, Sherlock's voice paused slightly, and he already had a guess in his mind.

"Or, Professor, who do you want to resurrect?"

Dumbledore was silent.

Not only was he silent in language, but his expression and eyes were like a silent person, who had nothing to say to Sherlock's question.

Sherlock didn't urge the old man anything, he waited quietly, only the lonely crows in the distance in the middle of the winter night could be heard in his ears.

After half a sound, Dumbledore let out a long sigh, and he sat on the dusty floor without any image.

"Although it is very late now, but Sherlock, would you like to listen to the story of a sinful old man here?"

At this moment, he doesn't look like the headmaster of Hogwarts, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, the president of the International Federation of Magic, and the greatest white wizard of the [-]th century. A weak old man who has regretted countless times and has no way to make up for it.

Sherlock also sat directly on the dusty ground without any scruples. He knew very well that what Dumbledore needed now was not something from him to comfort him, but a listener.

"When I was young, I also had a lofty ideal. At that time, I didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune. I met the most important person in my life."

"I don't know if I've ever heard of the adage 'For The Greater Good', which became the ultimate goal of all the actions of a gang of thugs in the early twentieth century, and this sentence was actually first put forward The person I am is myself."

Sherlock unconsciously remembered what Dumbledore called the first person in history to be called the Dark Lord when he recognized the imprint on the Resurrection Stone as the emblem of the Saints.

"Gellert"

Only those who are the most familiar and close to each other will call each other by their first names.

After Sherlock came to the magic world, of course he knew about the history of Dumbledore, and he knew that he could have the status he has today, all thanks to his defeat of the black man who had cholera that wiped out the entire magic world decades ago. devil.

The name of the first Dark Lord was Gellert Grindelwald.

"That's right, the person I once defeated and put in prison, known as the first Dark Lord, was my closest partner, friend and lover when I was young."

When he talked about his relationship with Grindelwald, he didn't shy away from it at all, and his calm tone seemed to be telling a past that had nothing to do with him.

Sherlock didn't show the slightest shock and weird expression on his face either.

Through the details of what Dumbledore called his name before, he had already guessed part of the inside story. Although the relationship between the lovers surprised him a little in the end, it made sense.

"We met in Godric's Hollow. At that time, we were like the wind and the leaves. Everyone thought that the biggest regret in their lives was not meeting each other at this age."

"We talked about magic there, discussed the situation in the wizarding world, discussed the ever-changing development of Muggle society, and denounced the ignorance and old-fashionedness of the Ministry of Magic of various countries. We have the same soul, heart, and like-mindedness, until an accident happened."

"The family I belong to is an ancient magic family. I have a younger brother and a younger sister besides me, but my youngest sister, Ariana, was killed when she was six years old because she had no intention of performing magic in front of three ordinary boys. When it came to the abuse, the magic got into her head and drove her crazy."

"My father, Percival, used magic to attack those boys in order to avenge Ariana, and was finally arrested and tried by the Ministry of Magic and imprisoned. Because of this incident, our family moved to Godric's Hollow and severed our old friendship. But not long after that day, my mother died in Arianna's magic riot, and the three of us, brother and sister, became orphans."

"Because of my mother's death, my younger brother Aberforth still had to continue his studies at school. I was forced to give up my original plan to travel around the world after graduating from Hogwarts, and stayed in the valley to take care of him. My sister who has gone crazy. But at that time, it was also the period when Gellert and I were in love. Compared with me, Ariana also liked her second brother Aberforth a little more, so I didn’t put She took good care of it."

"Aberforth was about to return to Hogwarts at that time. During the two months he was at home, he knew very well that my focus was not on Ariana. He accused me in front of Getler, but Gellert got into a fight because of his accusatory remarks."

"One of them is my younger brother and the other is my lover. I don't know who to help, but I just know that no matter how I shout through words, they will not listen to my advice, so I made an extremely stupid thing at that time. Chosen. And participated in their fight, trying to stop their violence with violence."

"In the end, a tragedy happened. Ariana, who was already frail and sick, was hit by a spell cast by someone and died in front of us."

Dumbledore could clearly hear the sadness and remorse that had never appeared in his words before.

"Gellert fled Godric's Hollow overnight. I know he didn't want to escape from the Ministry of Magic. He just wanted to escape from me. And at Ariana's funeral, Aberforth interrupted me with his fist Nose, I didn’t get angry, but I hated why he didn’t hit me harder.”

"I know very well that it doesn't matter whose wand the spell that hit Ariana was shot from. All the causes of this matter are all on me. Ariana's death can only be caused by me. One person is responsible, but I can't be responsible at all."

"I can only bear this sin and live for nearly 100 years day and night."

The sad old man looked up, and he looked at Sherlock.

"After living for so long, I have done many wrong things. Sherlock, Gellert, who is known as the first Dark Lord, was my former lover. Many of his organizational theories came from when he was young. What I brought up, it can be said that he is the one who has been practicing our agreement, and I am just a shameful betrayer."

"Tom, who is crueler and crazier than him, was a student I brought into Hogwarts with my own hands, and let him come into contact with magic. I saw his misbehavior from the very beginning, but I failed to treat him. Even better corrections have not brought this child who has gone astray since he was a child back on the right track."

"I was called the greatest white wizard of the twentieth century, but in the twentieth century, two generations of the darkest periods in the wizarding world were indirectly caused by me, so I always felt that this title was not What a compliment, it's a statement of my guilt, a record of my faults."

"But the thing I regret most is Ariana's death. Because she was the first life I killed, an innocent, suffering relative!"

Dumbledore's voice trembled unconsciously when he said this.

"When I was young, I read countless ancient books, but even the works written by the great wizards did not have any trace of resurrection magic. Only in that fairy tale, the resurrection stone was mentioned. .”

"I spent countless hours understanding and searching for this legendary thing, but I didn't get any return. I was completely discouraged, thinking that this thing is really just a illusory legend."

"It wasn't until I defeated Gellert that day and got the right to use the Elder Wand from him that I realized that this legend is true. Since the Elder Wand exists in the world, the Resurrection Stone must not It would be a false rumor."

"Since then, I have searched for traces of the Deathly Hallows everywhere, but I still haven't found a little bit. I fell into disappointment again. It has been so long, and even my brother who has always hated me Aberforth also forgave me later, and even I let it go completely for a while.”

"But fate likes to play tricks on people so much. Just tonight, when I have completely put aside the matter of resurrecting Arianna, thinking that I will sleep underground with this remorse and regret in the near future, we actually Found it while looking for Voldemort's Horcrux."

Dumbledore's eyes were shining as he looked at Sherlock, clutching the ring tightly in his hand.

"The Resurrection Stone, in the story of the God of Death and the three brothers, has the power to summon people back from the God of Death!"

(End of this chapter)