Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

"Headmaster," Gray wanted to interrupt his thoughts, "This may not have been lost by Morfin at that time. It may have been lost here after Voldemort made it into a Horcrux. If this ring is really a Horcrux, Voldemort will It is impossible to leave it here without any precautions. It must have some magic spell, and maybe you will be attacked by black magic or even die after wearing it, so we have to be more careful."

"You're right..." After listening to Gray's words, Dumbledore was silent for a few seconds before speaking slowly. His light blue eyes turned to Gray, "You really reminded me, Gray. To be cautious, we cannot touch it at will. Once it is attacked by black magic, it will be very troublesome. I will take it back and isolate it."

Gray finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that I reminded him in time, he should calm down and won't make that mistake after realizing the existence of the curse on the ring.

"I feel like you're getting a little more relaxed, Gray."

"Ah, yes. After all, we have found this ring. It is very likely to be a Horcrux. We will know after you go back to carefully identify and break the black magic on the ring and determine whether it is really a Horcrux. Is this trip in vain?"

"It's true that this trip was not in vain." Dumbledore said casually. He looked at the ring twice more, then tapped it with his wand. Several beams of golden light wrapped around the ring, and then he took the ring to himself. In the robe.

Gray did not respond, but relied on the light emitted by the wand to symbolically continue to search for things around the room.

"It looks like there's nothing left in this house," Gray said.

He wanted to end it quickly, after all, he had already got the ring.

After a search, they walked out of the old house. When Gray came out of the broken wooden door, he saw the bones on the door again and felt nauseated.

"Well done, Gray, I think this ring is probably a Horcrux." Dumbledore said, "Thanks to you for reminding me just now."

"It's nothing, Principal."

"Besides, there is something else that caught my attention in Morfin's memory."

One more thing?Gray quickly recalled the contents of the two memories in his mind, wondering if there were any other clues.

"When Morfin was talking to Riddle, he mentioned a Slytherin pendant. The Slytherin pendant also appeared in Bob Ogden's memory, but it was lost when Riddle found Morfin. , Morfin said that his sister Merope, Riddle's mother, took the pendant away when she left." Dumbledore said, "But I guess that Riddle should also have noticed the pendant in Morfin's mouth. , especially saying it's 'Slytherin's pendant'."

Dumbledore's guess was really accurate.

"Because he wants to emphasize that he is the heir of Slytherin, right?" Gray said.

"Part of the reason is true," Dumbledore said. "That diary is the best embodiment. Riddle undoubtedly hopes that someone will read that diary, hoping that a piece of his soul will be possessed by someone else in order to bring Slytherin back." The monster is unleashed again."

Dumbledore said as he walked.

"But according to my observation, there is another reason. That was when I went to the orphanage and met Riddle for the first time. The young Riddle was already using magic to deal with others, using magic to intimidate, punish and control others. He hadn't come to Hogwarts at that time. He loved to collect trophies, and the boxes in his room were full of collected stolen goods. He had this hobby of collecting things like a magpie."

He paused.

"Riddle liked items that were magically powerful and had historical significance. His pride, his sense of superiority, and his determination to occupy an amazing place in the history of magic all made me think that Voldemort would carefully select his Horcruxes, Preference is given to items worthy of the honor.”

"Then Slytherin's pendant is of great significance to Voldemort, the unnamed Slytherin heir. So after he learned about Slytherin's pendant from Morfin, he probably went to look for it, and Make it... into a new Horcrux?" Gray said.

"Yes, it is very possible. This means that he split more than two. The number of Horcruxes may be four, or even more."

Gray noticed that the number he mentioned changed from two to four. Has he already concluded that Harry is also a Horcrux?

"Our next goal is to find the Slytherin pendant, right?"

"Oh, yes, that's right, Gray. But there seems to be no clue at the moment. We don't know how Merope handled the pendant, and we can't speculate." Dumbledore said, "Now, I am more inclined to Yu went to find out about Riddle's Horcrux-related matters when he was in school. I think I have to meet an old friend. He was once a professor at Hogwarts like you. Maybe you don't know him yet. If I am an old man If your memory is still accurate, he would have retired by the time you were in school."

Gray didn't even have to think twice. This was Horace Slughorn.

"Besides, after walking around Azkaban, I did one more thing," Dumbledore said unhurriedly. "Riddle blamed Morfin for the murder. Although Morfin has attacked Muggles, but no matter who he is, he should not be imprisoned in Azkaban for a murder he did not commit, so I copied this memory of Morfin Handed to Connelly, Morfin will be released after their trial verification is completed."

Even though Dumbledore and Morfin were strangers to each other and had met for the first time in Azkaban, after learning that Morfin was wrongly accused, he wanted to rescue this prisoner, even if he had a violent temper and bad character. Dumbledore remained impartial.

"You are kind... principal," Gray said, "and selfless."

"Really? Thank you for your compliment." Dumbledore smiled softly, "I prefer to give others another chance. People will make mistakes. They will regret after making mistakes, and opportunities that arise after regrets are very likely. It’s his salvation.”

"That makes sense." Gray responded. After hearing Dumbledore's words, the first thing he thought of was Snape.

"But I don't quite agree with the term 'selfless'," Dumbledore added. "Maybe in your opinion, it is selfless for me to give others a chance, but I am more selfish than you think. Gray, I have been criticized for being selfish. Mistakes were made and no one could give me a chance.”

"The opportunity you give others for redemption now should be regarded as your own redemption, right?" Gray said.

A smile appeared on Dumbledore's face again, but this time it looked more like a wry smile to Gray.

"Your insights are very unique, Gray." He looked into the distance, "But I don't think so myself. In fact, I don't want to redeem myself by redeeming others. In fact, for a moment, I selfishly and purely I want to give myself a chance to redeem the mistakes I have made without having to pay any price, and I want to tell her, him, and them my inner regret and love in person..."

His hand inadvertently touched his robe where the ring was.

No matter how great the wisdom is, sometimes it cannot untie the knot of emotions.

"The past is irreversible. If you keep fantasizing about undoing the past, you will get lost..." Gray said.

However, who hasn’t regretted a few things?

A gust of wind lifted a corner of his robe, making the leaves of the big tree rustle.

"Perhaps we can change our perspective, principal. The word 'regret' is not used to allow us to immerse ourselves in the past. Well... it will instead make us more stable in taking the next step step by step without regrets." That kind of thing.”

Gray suddenly felt that it was strange to say such things to Dumbledore, and a string of chicken soup for the soul suddenly blurted out from his mouth, but after he had said it all, he could only look at Dumbledore awkwardly.

Dumbledore said nothing, just smiled and shook his head slightly.

After a while, Dumbledore suddenly said.

"I wonder how strong a person's will can be."

"what?"

"When I went to Azkaban to find Morfin, I happened to meet Sirius Black. You should know this person. After all, you said that you often browse some cases of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

Sirius Black…

"Well...I do know the name."

"Most of the prisoners in Azkaban are sitting in the dark talking to themselves, without normal consciousness. He is an exception. It seems that he is not crazy and is very calm. I am thinking that maybe something is wrong, enough Supporting his will from the dementors."

Gray said nothing. Dumbledore would know what exactly happened soon.