[hp] Pure White Age

The matter was also pushed to the Muggles.Change the name of the dementor to the fog, and change the battle in the west to the tornado or something. 】Harry threw himself hard on the bed, and Ron lay down beside him. [Did you see that, Ron?How many people in the class believed her words! 】

[Where did Dumbledore go? 】

【I have no idea.He left after the opening ceremony and borrowed my invisibility cloak.But even if he was here, he couldn't take Umbridge's orders for anything, she was in the Ministry of Magic after all. 】

[But he said he would give you extra lessons? 】

[Yes, that's right.So he should be back soon. 】

Harry's words didn't come true.Three days later they waited for a letter from Dumbledore, saying that Harry had to go to Snape to practice Occlumency on Thursday, and to follow Snape's subsequent arrangements.To Ron's surprise, he was also asked to go with Harry.No matter how confused the trio was, there was a knock on Snape's office door on Thursday night.

☆、Chapter93 Boggart mental training?

[Potter, Weasley. 】Snape glanced at the two of them with his gloomy eyes, then turned back abruptly and walked into his office.Harry and Ron looked at each other, and they both saw the words "resigned to fate" in each other's eyes.

Following Snape into the office they had known since first year, Ron opened his mouth.Under the influence of magic, it completely changed its appearance, and it looked a bit like Dumbledore's private office.The office positions of other professors and the windows on the walls have disappeared, making this place an airtight and spacious space.There are three crystal ball columns in the center of the smooth ground, making the whole office brighter than daytime.What surprised Ron and Harry the most was that the translucent smoke around the crystal ball column separated the office into two equal parts. Although people could pass through the smoke without hindrance, they couldn't see clearly from one side to the other. side of the situation.What is this design for?Ron looked around at the side where they were standing: a table, two chairs, and a basin filled with liquid were placed in the space, which looked very mysterious.Ron figured it might be the Pensieve Harry had told him about, but he assumed it was Dumbledore's.

[Mr. Weasley, you should stand on the other side.I'm going to instruct Potter first. 】

Ron raised his head as if waking up from a dream, and Harry's expression was equally surprised: 【We don't have class together? 】

Snape didn't bother to answer them, so Ron hesitated to walk through the "wall of smoke". Snape started talking to Harry, but the wall seemed to absorb all sound.Ron was even more confused when he entered the other side of the office and saw the only object on display here.

[Your attention should be on me, Potter.I'm assuming you know what you're here for, and I hope you're a little smarter than you were in Potions. 】

Harry turned to face Snape, who was probably the only professor at Hogwarts who hated him, and his distaste for him continued unabated.Of course, Dumbledore had told him what the training was about - Occlumency, given that Voldemort's influence on his mind had reached a level that could not be ignored.Throughout the summer vacation, he often had nightmares, dreaming of the deep, winding corridor, as if he was looking for something.Even in his most lucid moments, he could not fully control his emotions because a strange cloud of desires lurks within him, clamoring to destroy everything and control everything.Not long after the escape from Azkaban, he even experienced a perverted sexual desire in his dream, rational but crazy, mixed with the desire for power and the will to conquer.That was the real reason he was mad at Ron, but he didn't dare tell him the truth for forgiveness, he feared it would drive him further and further away from everyone.

[Occlumency is a magical art that resists external spiritual infiltration. It can seal the brain to resist magical intrusion and influence. The opposite magic is Legilimency.The Dark Lord is extremely good at Legilimency, he can almost always see that people are lying to him, only someone who is good at Occlumency can seal away feelings and memories that contradict lies, and lie in front of him without being detected. 】

Dumbledore asked Snape to teach me because he managed to lie to the Dark Lord without being caught?Harry dared not look into Snape's eyes while he was talking, but as soon as Snape turned away, he stared at the toe of his shoe and began to think wildly.In the bottom of his heart, he didn't trust Snape completely, and wasn't sure whether to tell him about the new changes in his body these days.So he decided to test how much Snape learned from Dumbledore.

[Dumbledore told me that Legilimency requires eye contact.But under the protection of the school, I don't need to face "him", so why should I learn Occlumency? 】

[The routine doesn't apply to you, Potter.The spell that failed to kill you seems to have established some kind of bond between you and the Dark Lord.There are indications that you can perceive the thoughts and emotions of the Dark Lord in your sleep.And the Dark Lord himself seems to be aware of this, the dream you had during the summer vacation—]

【You mean my dream of becoming a snake?That corridor——]

[Don't interrupt me, Potter! 】

Snape stared at him fiercely, and Harry wanted to stare at Snape too, but he managed to suppress his anger.While he really wanted to know the truth, he worried that if he had pissed off Snape too soon, Ron's training would be very difficult.So he remedied in a low voice: 【Sorry... sir. 】

【In that dream, you entered the snake's brain because the Dark Lord was possessing the snake's body at that time.You dream about him frequently, and he feels you frequently, which will make him aware of the weird connection between you.Then he must have thought that if you can perceive his thoughts and feelings, he can also...]

[He can also perceive my thoughts and feelings!Maybe he can still manipulate me! 】

[Yes!That's it! 】Snape slapped the table hard and roared, as if he couldn't stand Harry's rudeness anymore,【That's why you have to learn Occlumency!Let me repeat, don't interrupt while I'm talking! 】

Harry shut his mouth knowingly.Snape stared at him for another moment, then stuck the tip of his wand through his hair, pulled out a strand of silver - exactly as Dumbledore had done - and dropped it into the Pensieve.

[Now let's start practicing.I want to get inside your brain. 】He said softly, 【What you have to do is to get rid of all distracting thoughts and resist my intrusion... Repentance! 】

Harry was knocked down on the chair behind him by a strong sense of discomfort.Snape's shot was so fast that he didn't have time to resist.Just like when Dumbledore took him into the Pensieve, the real world disappeared before his eyes, but this time all that appeared were fragments of his memory, those he didn't want to recall.Dudley was on a new bike, and he couldn't even have the one that was out... In first year he and Hermione went to Hagrid's cabin to see Barcobeak, and Ron went somewhere (now he knew he to Malfoy)...he mistook Sirius for the murder of his parents and almost shot him in the Response Room...Cho Chang cried and said he couldn't forget Cedric...Ron and Malfoy in Christmas Eve kisses... Dementors... Cedric lying in a pool of blood like he's dead...

No!A voice in Harry's head roared.You can't watch this!This is my privacy!Get out of here!

[You're doing poorly, Potter—] Snape somehow grabbed the armrest of his chair with his hands, [You wasted too much time yelling, I told you to use your brains to resist me, no Wands and noise! 】

[But you should let me prepare in advance! 】Now Harry can't care about Snape's mood and what he will do to Ron later, 【This is just the first training! 】

[Your etiquette, Potter!Did you think the Dark Lord would ask your permission before taking the incantation? 】

【If it is Voldemort in front of me, I don't need to be polite to him! 】

[Don't say that name! 】

Snape's eyes were more ferocious than Harry had ever seen before, and he stared back, panting. 【I just know how to say this name, and Dumbledore also said this name, but you are just a coward, come on, come and read my soul and see if you agree with me. 】He was rambling about in anger, but didn't say it, Snape would find out later anyway.

【Fate really makes fun of people. 】

After a stalemate for a while, the anger on Snape's face disappeared, and turned into a sneer: [The Dark Lord chose you, such a guy who can't hide and control his emotions at all.You are like a blank sheet of paper in front of him, he can easily control you, because you are too weak, allowing yourself to be imprisoned by emotions...]

【I am not weak! ] Harry clenched his palms.He knew he could be too impulsive at times, but being a glorious Gryffindor, he never realized it was a sign of weakness.Joy, sorrow, pain... Don't people live for these things?Why hide, why not indulge?Although he sometimes suffers from it, it is this addiction that fuels the fighting spirit in him.Maybe there are people in the world who are completely different from him, who can keep their true emotions out of real life, but how can such a person fight?If you don't have what you love, how do you fight against what you hate?

[Also, you said... "he" chose me, what does that mean? 】

Harry unexpectedly saw panic in Snape's eyes. [We still need to train a few more times. 】He said.

……

When Snape emerged from the smoke, Ron was already leaning against the wardrobe and falling asleep.He has only recently started his night watch and tends to get sleepy in the afternoons and evenings. 【professor. ] He stood up tremblingly.

Snape nodded.Although Snape hated Harry more, Ron was no better than Harry in Potions.Moreover, Snape knew about his past relationship with Draco, and even helped Draco give him gifts, which made Ron feel very awkward.Fortunately Snape spoke first. 【See what's behind you? 】

[I saw it.Professor Lupine can use it in class. ] Ron replied, 【There's a Boggart inside. ] He was talking when Snape handed him a roll of parchment.Ron almost thought it was a potion test question, but there was no text on it, just some simple or complex pictures, some seemed to be drawn by hand, and some seemed to be cut directly from a magazine.

Snape still didn't explain.He waved his wand, and a jet-black cloud of smoke came out of the wardrobe, twitching rapidly. [I heard that you are very afraid of spiders. 】He said in a sarcastic tone,【Let's see if you have improved in the past year. 】

Facing the Boggart again after a year, Ron felt a bit dazed.Once he was very sure what he was most afraid of, but now his heart has no answer.He stared at the cloud of smoke and tried to outline something, and then it returned to its original state, and so on, until it became a huge clock, and the clock dial was covered with countless hands, where the numbers should have been displayed Many faces appeared: Harry's, Hermione's, the family's, Cedric's... and Draco's.The pointer rotated viciously, and the tick-tick sound was connected together, forming an unspeakable noise, fluctuating in the space with excellent echo effect.Ron knew what he had to do - imagine the clock in front of him as something funny and say the spell - but he couldn't.The clock face was pressing towards him even more fiercely, the faces on it looked so hollow, they rolled their eyes mechanically, and opened their bloody mouths: 【Choose me!Destroy the rest! 】

All danger disappeared suddenly, Snape stood in front of him, and the clock face instantly transformed into a glowing white ball.Snape immediately waved his wand and locked the Boggart into the closet.Ron hadn't recovered from his boggart yet, and he couldn't figure out why Snape's boggart looked so much like Lupin's - Snape wasn't a werewolf.Unless his boggart is not the moon, but a crystal ball about to cast a prophecy, then why?

[You did as well as Potter. 】Snape turned his head and said grimly.Ron shrank his neck uneasily: [I don't quite understand, professor, why...]

[You don't need to learn Occlumency. 】Snape interrupted him, 【Your brain is not connected to the Dark Lord, it is another person who is connected to you.Malfoy gave you the other half of the necklace, didn't he? 】

Ron's eyes widened. [Uh...that's right. ] He carefully observed the expression on Snape's face, 【Is this related to my training? 】

[At the beginning, I helped Malfoy seal his memory in the necklace, and then created new memories for him, you also know this. 】Snape said with a cold face,【But I didn't know at the time that he shared the other half of the necklace with you, which made the sealing of memory flawed.In short, later he retrieved part of his memory by himself, he already remembered that you are—] He paused, 【And you, because you participated in the memory sealing ceremony of the owner of the necklace without knowing it, and also with you The necklace creates a spiritual connection.Let me put it simply, lest your barren brain short-circuit - although you don't have direct control over the necklace, you can be of some help if you're both present at the same time. 】

There seemed to be a crucial message hidden in Snape's words. [Wait - let me think about it -] Ron frowned, [I did feel mental fluctuations during the time you trained him, and I also had hallucinations, feeling that I saw a room and was suffering Pain—is that the memory sealing ceremony? 】

Snape nodded. 【So you lied to him? ] Ron suddenly realized, 【You lied to him that it was Occlumency training, and you were actually stealing his memories all along!No wonder for a long time I felt that he——]

Snape didn't answer, he didn't even show any extra expressions, as if there were some truths that they didn't deserve to know.

This contempt aroused Ron's anger. [I don't want to participate in your training, and neither should Harry, who knows what you will do to us? 】【This is Dumbledore's order. 】【This is Dumbledore's order, yes, but who knows what you will do? ...Snape? 】

[Pay attention to your etiquette, Weasley! 】Snape said coldly,【This is Hogwarts, you should call me "Professor" or "Sir".Your friend's stupidity has exhausted me physically and mentally, and I don't want to get angry again, but that doesn't mean I lose my right to deduct points. 】He waved his wand threateningly,【Maybe you think I broke you up, so you are so angry——】

[I didn't think so! ] Ron immediately retorted, [I'm just—well, it's a little unfair, but it's been a long time,] he waved his hand violently, as if to drive those memories away, [We would have done it without it. Separately... Gryffindors don't hang out with would-be Death Eaters, that's the way it is. 】

Snape's cloudy eyes twinkled.At the end, he sneered: 【You still didn't understand what I said. 】

【what? 】

【I said, Dumbledore hopes you can help him. 】

Ron looked up in a daze.Snape's expression didn't change, as if he was explaining something he should have known.Something exploded in his head... Dumbledore wishing he could help Draco?What does it mean?

But Snape didn't explain further, but turned to another topic. [It seems that you think you will fight side by side with Potter, but you don't know how different your paths are from his. ] He stretched out his slender fingers to rub his chin, and took another step closer to him, 【Then let me tell you, since Malfoy put the necklace around your neck, you are destined to be with the "Death Eaters". 】

[From today onwards, you have to train your mental will, which is very similar to Occlumency.It's just that Occlumency is for people to close their thoughts and emotions, but what you have to do is to use thoughts and emotions to change the illusion. ] He rested the tip of his wand on the roll of parchment, 【When you can transform your Boggart into anything in it, the training will be over.It's important not to tell Potter what you're doing - he doesn't need to know. 】

☆、Chapter94 The first door - Slughorn (1)

Draco walked to the room where the Mirror of Erised was, and on the way, he met Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff. [The night watch is over, you should hurry back to the dormitory. ] The girl frowned to remind him. [If Professor Snape finds me, I don't need to report to you. ] He quickly left the corridor.The status of the prefect brings him some convenience, but it is really troublesome to meet other people on the road.

He had hardly lit a candle when Dumbledore arrived.He was dressed differently than usual, and looked like he was going on a long trip, and maybe Draco would be the last person he saw before he left.Draco hadn't asked Dumbledore where he was going - that was the tacit agreement between them now, even though Commencement had just ended and the Ministry of Magic was angling for control of Hogwarts.

【Have you met Umbridge yet? 】Dumbledore took off his heavy coat with his back turned to him, and leaned a magic suitcase against the corner.

[Yes, she saw a lot of Slytherins. 】Draco stared at his back, 【She intends to set up an investigative team in Slytherin. In the past two days, she has taken classes in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, which made her very angry. 】He calmly stated all the facts, including how Umbridge punished a group of sharp-tongued Ravenclaws in class, and how his hat was stolen by the Gryffindor twins at the end of class (even though she didn't know it. ).Dumbledore finally turned around, and Draco felt he was about to say something he didn't want to hear.

【Join the investigation member group, if you can establish a good relationship with Umbridge, it will be good for us. 】

Draco opened his mouth. 【She's not the kind of person who can really build a good relationship. 】He hesitated,【We are just stupid children in front of her, she needs followers, but will not disclose any useful information to them. 】

【Oh, of course I know.She used to be Fudge's confidant, but after Fudge stepped down, instead of being demoted, she became a senior investigator of Hogwarts.I also know that deep down she wants to use against the non-magical community, even anti-Muggle people will be very shocked. 】Dumbledore seemed to recall some details, and the smile on the corner of his mouth faded away, 【Draco, do you know what the key to surviving under Voldemort is? 】

Draco subconsciously glanced at the Mirror of Erised, that majestic mirror that he had entered countless times to peek into the Dark Lord's heart, and it was looking at him with a holy mirror. 【He desires absolute loyalty and the obedience that loyalty brings. ] He replied, 【But deep down he doesn't trust anyone. 】Otherwise, there would not be so many doors in the corridor of memory, which shows how many minds of those who have given trust to the Dark Lord are imprisoned by this necklace.

[A person who doesn't believe in anyone, from another perspective, he believes in the fragility of human nature more than anyone else. ] Dumbledore said so. 【You have to convince him that he has captured your deepest desire, which will make him trust you more than anyone else.Have you ever wondered what kind of person you were in Voldemort's mind? 】

[I'm still trustworthy. 】Draco fell into thought, 【He hasn't taken the necklace yet, which means he believes I won't betray him.Maybe it's because I've proven my abilities with space-time rifts, maybe it's because my aunt praised me in front of him, maybe it's because my family is very close to him-but it's not absolute.Suspicion needs only a tiny spark, I can feel it - my aunt promised to teach me Occlumency, but she never mentioned it again, I think that's what the Dark Lord meant. 】

[That's why the most trusted people around him always do stupid things.There used to be some really intelligent people around him, but they were all driven mad by his necklace. ] Dumbledore shrugged, [Anyway, if he needs a capable "transparent person", then you can do as he wishes.Like I said just now, let him think he has caught your deepest desire.Follow Umbridge, watch her, learn from her, and see how a real, power-hungry blood fanatic behaves.I've been feeling a lot lately that I'm pushing you so hard with the necklace thing that it's making you lose what it's like to be a Death Eater. 】

Draco finally understood Dumbledore's intentions, he lowered his shoulders: [Okay, I will join the investigation team. 】Praise the pink cat decoration in Umbridge's office, and then he will get a badge of honor, the right to swagger at Hogwarts to exclude mixed-race students-although Draco is not willing to admit it, but in fact the family for many years Education made him very good at this sort of thing.Dumbledore was right. Getting along with the necklace during this time changed him. When he met Ron on the train, he could even unbutton his cufflinks calmly, and carefully avoided the necklace during the night watch. The boy's route.

Dumbledore was still watching him, as if he was in no hurry to go anywhere tonight.Draco turned his head to avoid his sight: [Are we going to try to unlock the door today? 】

[Yes. ] Dumbledore motioned him to put the necklace in the mirror, and he picked up the suitcase in the corner, and they walked into the corridor again. [When I saw the locks on the five doors for the first time, I realized that this spell cannot be easily unlocked.So in order to avoid the irreparable consequences of casting the wrong spell, I didn't try it rashly.I can see that these locks are made by goblins. You know, the goblin group has a unique way of communication, which can help me find the descendants of goblins who made these locks. Maybe it can give us the answer we want.But of course I can't just bring a goblin into the necklace, so every time I come here I observe carefully until I grasp all the details. 】

Dumbledore showed a smile: [I think now you understand why I have to observe it so carefully.It is not easy to extract information from goblins, who believe that all items made by them belong to them, and wizards only temporarily own these things.If you don't have what they want, they don't bother to talk to you, but if you describe it too carefully—as if you really have such a thing, they will angrily ask you to return the creation of their ancestors... Merlin, Am I being too verbose? 】

Draco shook his head dumbfounded.Well, he has been learning to get used to the Gryffindor temperament that this old fox shows from time to time, after all, the other party uses Lemon Sherbet as the password to open the door.

Dumbledore produced a vial of blood from the suitcase. [The goblin told me that these locks were blood-cursed when they were made, and only the "correct" blood could open them. ] He explained, putting the bottle of blood close to the keyhole of the first door, with a rare and serious expression, as if he was making a gamble that cost a lot.

Draco was still very confused, what was the "correct" blood?Before he could ask a question, the blood in the bottle was sucked into the keyhole, and the golden pattern on the surface of the door lock was gradually replaced by flowing bright red.The two took a step back, watching the heavy door move forward.

[Whose blood is this? 】

[Slughorn. ] Dumbledore stared at the bottle in his hand, 【I took Harry to find him before school started, and persuaded him to come to Hogwarts and cooperate with Snape to teach Potions.It was also at that time that I got his blood. 】

Draco didn't understand why Dumbledore always went too far, [Why can you guess whose blood should be used from the door lock? 】

[Of course I can't deduce from the door lock, I just know Voldemort better than any of you. ] Dumbledore replied, 【There is nothing special about the door locks, they are just cast with blood-related spells-only the blood of the person related to the memory behind the door can open it, and I just guessed that behind this door is What. ] He didn't intend to continue, because the door was fully opened, and Dumbledore winked at Draco, beckoning him to go in with him.

This time they landed in the Hogwarts library.Dumbledore took out another shiny silver fabric from the suitcase: [Since people in the memory space can see outsiders, and my identity will attract attention, I borrowed this from Harry. something. ] He waved his wand at Draco before putting the cloak on him.Draco felt his hair turn brown and his nose bigger. He lowered his head uncomfortably and walked towards Slughorn's office side by side with the invisible Dumbledore.

【come to me. ] Dumbledore said softly when they were approaching the office door.Draco got into the invisibility cloak, the bell rang, students poured out of every classroom, and the hallway became a sea of ​​noise.They stood at Slughorn's door and waited until a boy Draco had never seen approached.The boy was a Slytherin like himself, and handsome.He had obviously just finished Potions class, and with the textbook still in his arms, he carefully avoided the rowdy crowd in the corridor.

[That's Tom Riddle? 】

Dumbledore's eyes told Draco the answer.The dark-haired boy passed them unawares and knocked on the office door. [Please come in! 】 The person inside the door shouted. 【It's now. ] Dumbledore reminded, and they walked in right behind Riddle.

[Tom, you are here! 】

In front of them was a middle-aged man with thick grass-blond hair, sitting in a comfortable armchair, sipping wine.He was still surrounded by these teenage boys, and their eyes were all on Riddle - Draco was familiar with this look, and although Riddle was not the oldest of these boys, he had no doubts is their leader.

The handsome, dark-haired boy approached the group with a smile, walking like a true nobleman, making it difficult for Draco to connect the image in front of him with the later Voldemort.The boys made room for Riddle to be the closest to Slughorn, and they continued their casual chatter.Anyone with a discerning eye can see Slughorn's preference for Riddle, which is not surprising at all, because Riddle shows exactly what the professors would like--tactful and well-measured, not to mention that the appearance and temperament have been He added a lot of impression points.Draco somewhat understood why Riddle was able to attract believers during school, and why his aunt was obsessed with him.

The boys left after a far more elaborate dinner in Slughorn's office than in the Great Hall.But Riddle was still sitting in his seat, and Draco knew that this was the memory Dumbledore needed.

【Sir, I want to ask you something. 】Riddle turned his back to them, and seemed to be stroking the black gemstone ring on his hand.Draco couldn't see the expression on his face, he could only see a soft smile on Slughorn's face: [Ask, Tom,] he said cheerfully, [Your questions are always instructive. 】

【Sir, do you know...horcruxes? 】

☆、Chapter95 The first door - Slughorn (2)

Horcruxes were just the beginning, both for Riddle and Dumbledore.

【You said you suspected that Riddle would make Horcruxes a long time ago. 】Draco frowned, 【When exactly? 】

【When you were in the first grade, when I saw Riddle store his memories in the diary. ] replied Dumbledore, repacking the Invisibility Cloak and vial of blood back into the suitcase and looking eager to set off. [Everyone has desires, and Voldemort's deepest desire is eternal life.After graduation, he can work in the Ministry of Magic on the recommendation of professors such as Slughorn, but he hopes to study how to make the soul immortal.Slughorn, who went into hiding after Voldemort gained power, is very good at modifying memories, but he can't hide it from me.I figured he felt guilty for telling Riddle something. 】

[But you have never found any news about Horcruxes in these years? 】

Dumbledore nodded. [At first I went the wrong way.I thought that Voldemort must have hidden the finished Horcrux somewhere, so I visited many places one after another, such as the old house of Gaunt and the forest of Anibania. 】He paused, 【I realized later that the most dangerous place is the safest place.Voldemort hid the Horcrux at Hogwarts - right next to me, so that no one could destroy it. 】

【... Hiding by your side? 】

Dumbledore's blue eyes were looking at him, suggesting that he was following his train of thought.In this room with flickering candles, in front of the Mirror of Erised, Draco had a feeling that this war was completely a contest between two black and white wizards, while others, including himself, were only passively involved. 【You mean he used the Horcrux...】 He hesitated.

[Hidden in the necklace, yes. ] Dumbledore replied. [To be precise, it is hidden in the memory space. 】

Draco stared subconsciously at the mirror, feeling his scalp tingle.Tonight was the first time he had heard of "Horcruxes."Recently his aunt began to teach him the death-killing spell, but she never told him that hurting the life of others would split the soul, and if you use the utensils and spells together, you can store the split soul on the utensils.

[You should understand why he did this, right? 】

[I seem to understand. 】He nodded, 【The memory space is alive, he stored the Horcrux in it, and over time, the Horcrux became a part of the memory space.Once people outside the space try to take it away or destroy it, the whole space will fall into chaos, trapping outsiders in it...] He remembered the first time he entered the memory space, if it wasn’t for that memory was modified Yes, if he hadn't smashed the crystal ball at the critical moment, he might have disappeared from the real world by now.

[So what exactly can we do to destroy the Horcrux? ] Draco gripped the corner of the table tightly.They have too many problems to overcome.Dumbledore could guess that the memory inside the first door was about Horcruxes, but he had no way of knowing which four people's memories the Dark Lord kept the Horcruxes in - he meant that if he was the Dark Lord, You can choose the memories of four people at will, can't you?Even if they managed to get into space, who knew where the Horcruxes were hidden and how to destroy them safely?

[As I said, just choose the "correct" blood. ] Dumbledore said softly, he didn't seem to expect Draco to understand what he meant, and he didn't give any extra explanations. [You have to know that Voldemort also has things he didn't expect. 】After saying this, he stood up: 【I will be away for a while, and when I return to Hogwarts again, it will be the time for us to search for Horcruxes. 】

[I will do what I should do. 】

【I trust you.By the way, remember not to enter that space frequently. ] Dumbledore blinked at him, 【It will disturb your mind - the real world is far better than the virtual world, you will understand in a short time. 】

Draco didn't blow out the candle until Dumbledore disappeared behind the door for a long time.The red-haired boy in the Mirror of Erised smiled warmly at him. [Damn,] He covered his face with his hands, but felt the heat on his cheeks more deeply, 【How did he know that I went to you? 】

The boy in the mirror didn't speak, he was wearing the fuchsia sweater with the letters of his name embroidered on it,