Chapter 90 Silently

After the entire scene disappeared, Dumbledore took hold of Rove's arm, pulled it gently, and the two returned to the principal's office.

Dumbledore sat down again behind the table, and the old man said in a hoarse voice: "Rolf, do you understand?"

"The Silent One." Luofu said softly.

"That's right!" Dumbledore looked at the young man with admiration, somewhat surprised by his erudition.

There has not been an Obscurial in the magical world for many years, and he still knows this word.

"My sister Ariana is indeed the Obscurus." Dumbledore nodded:

"After she was attacked by those boys, fear was like a seed that took root in her heart. She began to reject magic and was unwilling to use magic anymore.

But the more this happens, the more frequent magic riots become. "

"Furthermore," the old man said in a serious tone, "Every time Ariana's magic riots occur, people around her will be injured... My mother, brother, and myself have all been injured."

"Ariana is a kind child. When she woke up, the memory was still lingering in her mind, and it became even more painful for her to realize that she had hurt us."

"Because of the Statute of Secrecy, we have to restrict her freedom." Dumbledore sighed softly:

"Otherwise, given her condition, once discovered by the Ministry of Magic, she will definitely be imprisoned in St. Mungo's Hospital for life."

"These all deepened Ariana's uneasiness, and the seeds of fear began to take root in her, eroding her life..."

Dumbledore's always shining eyes were dull.

"I have always said that love is a powerful force for wizards, and it is not illusory...Similarly, the power of fear is also extremely powerful."

"It will hide in the heart of the wizard, swallowing life, twisting the soul, and finally giving birth to another life form in the wizard's body... Obscurus!"

Dumbledore whispered: "That is a powerful force that is extremely unstable and difficult to control!"

"So, that person is making Obscurus?" Luofu's eyebrows curled.

"That's my guess, but my guesses are generally not far off." Dumbledore raised the bottle on the table, shook the black mist inside and said:

"Torture Mrs. Filch and Pince, use an ancient magic to channel fear and collect.

Apart from making the Obscurus, I can't think of any other purpose for that person. "

"Who do you think could have done it?" Rove asked. He really didn't know who the diary might be on now.

But Dumbledore is different. His eyes are all over Hogwarts. Those ancient portraits are all his little birds. If there is any disturbance, he will immediately report it... maybe he knows?

"Rolf, making blind guesses without complete evidence is a fatal mistake and can easily lead to miscarriage of justice."

Dumbledore's eyes stayed on the young man and said, "But one thing is that the attacker will definitely not end here.

Rolf raised his eyebrows.

"Oscurus is usually conceived in the body of a wizard. This is an extremely long process." Dumbledore said calmly:

"If that person wants to create Obscurus himself, he needs to collect a lot of fear...it will definitely continue to attack."

After getting the answer he wanted, Rove quickly stood up and left the principal's office, leaving Dumbledore alone.

The old man leaned back on the chair, took a sip of tea, and then continued to pound the pensieve with the tip of his stick.

I saw memories passing by like running water, and the pictures slowly changed, and finally settled on a simple funeral.

The young Dumbledore stood in front of the tomb, looking at the tombstone with the names of his mother and Ariana.

Aberforth, who had buried his sister, rushed over. He punched Dumbledore on the bridge of the nose and shouted:

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault that Ariana was killed!

"

There were many wizards attending the funeral, and they all looked confused and frightened.

Dumbledore's nose was broken, but he did not fight back. He just sat in front of the tombstone and looked at the small words on the tombstone with empty eyes:

Where the treasure is, there is the heart.

In an instant, Dumbledore, who had just grown up, felt empty in his heart.

I couldn't help myself, and burst into tears.

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After leaving the headmaster's office, Rove returned to the Hufflepuff common room alone.

He was the only one in the entire lounge. He sat on the sofa and meditated alone for a long time.

Tom is gathering the power of fear and preparing to make the Obscurus... This thing is indeed beyond the boy's expectation.

But it’s also understandable. The secret room was burned down and the basilisk was gone. What do you think little Tom should do? He can't just sit around, he has to do something new.

I just didn't expect this trick to be so big.

The Obscurus is of course a very powerful force. Since Tom is secretly making it... then Rolf is not polite and will definitely snatch it away from him!

The next morning, Rolf first went to Snape's office and gave him basilisk venom in exchange for twenty points.

In order to save materials, Luofu also deliberately blended more than half of the bottle of water. Anyway, it was just snake venom... Doesn't diluted venom count as venom?

Snape may make a profit, but Rolf will never lose!

When going to the auditorium for breakfast, Rolf also met Shirley, who had returned to Hogwarts from Professor McGonagall's house.

"Why are you alone?" Rolf walked towards the Ravenclaw table and asked curiously: "Where is Hermione?"

"She just went back to the Gryffindor common room." The ponytail girl ate the cakes and said a little embarrassedly: "I caused you trouble yesterday."

"You were just drunk and pulled my sleeve. What kind of trouble is that?" Rolf said with a smile.

Hearing the boy helping her recall the embarrassing scene yesterday, Shirley blushed a little, and her hands holding the cakes were a little stiff.

Of course, compared with Hermione crying and jumping, Shirley's drunkenness was just a small matter and was not worth mentioning at all.

Rolf was just waiting to see Hermione and laugh at her.

"You can't find her." Shirley laughed:

"Professor McGonagall helped her recall last night. She said that she would hide in the dormitory during the Christmas holiday and would not come out."

"..."

Shirley saw the boy wearing a scarf and dressed like he was going on a long journey, and asked softly: "Rolf, are you going out later?"

"Yes, I'm going to Borgin and Burke's in Knockturn Alley." Rolf raised the box in his hand.

"Continue to investigate the portraits of house elves left by Hufflepuff."

Shirley and Hermione searched old newspapers and confirmed that all the items in Smith's old house were packaged and sold to Borgin and Burke's. He had to go and take a look.

Shirley stared at the boy's smiling face, she blinked and said, "I have nothing to do, I'll go with you?"

Rolf thought about it, it's not going to the Forbidden Forest, it's not that dangerous, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

"Then let's go now." Shirley stood up happily and said excitedly, "How should we get to Knockturn Alley?"

"Take... the Knight Bus!"

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