HP: Hogwarts, but pro-generation

In the end, Christian reluctantly accepted the thanks from his elders, but he still rejected Lawrence's proposal to stay for dinner with him with an irrefutable reason.

He said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hopps. My brother is not feeling well, and I think I have to go back. If you have the chance, you are welcome to visit Greengrass Manor. Of course, if Felix - ah, that's my brother - gets better, I will consider bringing him over to visit. You don't have to thank me like this, I'm Xia's friend, and this is what I will definitely do."

"Slytherin-like goodness."

"Slytherin disguise."

James and Sirius muttered in the background.

Not long after Christian left, Dumbledore and the Priests came over. The adults present were of course excited and happy that the children were back, but they needed to consider more - who brought them back, what was the purpose, and why they were taken away.

"One last question, I think we should know the answer." Oswin said with a frown.

The room where Xia and Betty rested was not a good place for conversation, not to mention that several boys had been trying to eavesdrop on their conversation. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott realized that what Oswin was going to say was not a simple answer. They had no intention of participating in the conversation and took the initiative to ask to stay and take care of the girls. So Dumbledore and the others came to the library in the manor under the leadership of Oswin, and the boys were sent to the living room to write letters by Anna, saying, "I think Lily and the others also need to know this news, right? They are also worried about Xia."

"Letters should be written in the library!" Ender tried to protest.

"No room for negotiation, baby." Anna said softly, but Ander inexplicably sensed a hint of foreboding. He clearly felt that if he continued to argue, his mother would not hesitate to take tough measures.

Ender pouted and took James and Sirius to the living room. They planned to write letters to Lily, Remus and Severus respectively.

"Seriously, the last person was on our list too?" Sirius asked reluctantly.

Ender said seriously, "No matter how many conflicts or prejudices there are between him and us, the fact that he is Xia's friend will not change. And he is also very worried about Xia. For this reason, he will definitely be on my friend list. Unless it is a matter of principle, I will not change it."

"I knew it." James had already started writing the letter. "I'll write to Lily, Remus and Snape. You guys can decide what to write. But I bet on Nat that Sirius will definitely choose Remus."

"Bad bet," Sirius commented.

Dumbledore in the reception room listened to what Oswin said. The old man showed a solemn expression on his face. He said slowly: "Tom values ​​the power of immortality."

"I should have thought of it earlier." Dumbledore's eyes were full of apology. "Ah, there is one thing I should have told you earlier. This semester, Xia gave me something. It turns out that there were clues a long time ago, but... I'm sorry, I think I should have told you about this earlier."

"what is that?"

"Ravenclaw's diadem is full of the breath of dark magic." Dumbledore said, "It is a Horcrux."

"Horcrux?" Lawrence and Anna asked in confusion.

"Horcruxes!" Oswin and Fiona obviously knew this, and they were very surprised.

The two looked at each other, and Oswin said, "But...oh, I know, Merlin..."

"Dad!" Anna cried out unconsciously, "What on earth is it?"

"Horcruxes are evil black magic items." Oswin looked at Anna and explained, "You need to split your soul to make one. It can achieve immortality in another sense."

Anna covered her mouth, and Lawrence was also shocked. The soul is important and irreplaceable to anyone, but some people actually split their souls for eternal life?

"This is ridiculous," Anna murmured, "but why would he do this?"

"We can never know exactly what an evil person is thinking, but my guess is that he wants to achieve immortality through eternal life. He has always longed for power, and I think he must think that as long as he has eternal life, he can become more powerful." Dumbledore said.

"There is one thing I need to say," Fiona looked at Dumbledore, "Albus, you don't need to say you're sorry."

"That's what I wanted to say. None of us knew something like this would happen." Oswin confirmed Fiona's words, "We only had guesses about Xia's ability before, and it hasn't been long since we confirmed it. According to the original plan, we intended to keep this matter to ourselves, but we didn't expect someone would find out."

"The books at home mentioned that Priest had special abilities, but they didn't specify them. We guessed that this must be very tempting. We really started to doubt it when the children caught a cold and drank the potion mixed with Xia's blood. There has never been any record of what would happen after drinking a wizard's blood, but it is certain that the potency of the potion would not be improved, otherwise there would not be all kinds of improved potions."

"But we didn't explore this at the time because it sounded too... too unbelievable. Blood, magical abilities, and the like... It was this knowledge that made us let down our guard. We should have been more cautious, otherwise Xia wouldn't have had her magic drained away."

"Oh my God, when we knew this, we had only one thought, which was to keep it secret. We are sure that we can keep a secret that has not been discovered for thousands of years hidden again. We must admit that we were wrong, terribly wrong, a stupid mistake! This is the stupidest decision!"

At the end, except for Dumbledore, they all became emotional, with red eyes and flushed faces, and they could hardly hide their guilt and regret... They really blamed themselves very much, all of which was caused by their negligence, underestimation of the enemy, and arrogance, allowing a child under the age of fourteen to bear everything...

"When her magic power was taken away, we actually guessed that they didn't seem to know what Xia's real ability was. Maybe it was because they found that Xia's magic power didn't have the effect they believed that they chose to kidnap her."

"Like you said, Oswin, none of us could have guessed that something like this would happen." After Dumbledore learned everything, he could feel their emotions because he felt the same way as they did. He had wondered more than once during this period of time if he had told Xia's parents about the Horcrux, would the current situation still be happening?

"Thank you, Albus. I know it's useless to say this now, but... well, we have to admit our mistakes. Although this will not change what happened to Xia, we will be more careful and vigilant. We have to admit that we are incompetent elders."

Fiona and Anna couldn't help crying, and Oswin and Lawrence were not much better, but they knew that wallowing in sadness was not the right thing to do now.

Lawrence sighed, suppressing the bitterness in his heart. He said, "We currently know nothing about the person who rescued Xia and the others. The children only said that it was a witch who looked very similar to Xia. But what is certain is that we have no memory of this person. She is not the person we know now."

"And," Lawrence took a deep breath. He felt that what he was going to say next was ridiculous, but he still wanted to say, "Did Voldemort really get what he wanted?"