What Lord Voldemort could do easily, Elwyn could never do.
Think about it, a fifteen-year-old boy killed his father and grandparents with his own hands and framed his uncle. How much hatred would it take …
Even if Elwyn was given great power, he could not become the third generation The Dark Lord. He might be a Dark Wizard, but he would not be more evil than Lord Voldemort.
The first generation Dark Lord, Grindelwald, was no better than Lord Voldemort. Elwyn did not know much about him, but his black magic research could make Durmstrong, a school that allowed students to learn black magic, unable to tolerate it and expelled him. One could only imagine how evil he was.
It was not easy to become evil. Perhaps this was the reason why Dumbledore was not worried about Elwyn …
"Yes!" Dumbledore said, sighing softly. "There is no memory to prove this, but I think we can be quite sure. That night, Lord Voldemort knocked out his uncle, took the ancient ring and his wand, crossed the valley to the big house across, killed the Muggle who abandoned his wizard mother, killed his Muggle grandparents, wiped out the disappointing Riddle family, and took revenge on his biological father who never wanted him. Then he returned to Gaunt's house, cast a complicated magic, implanted false memories into his uncle's brain, and put the wand next to its unconscious master. "
"Morfen never thought he did it?"
"No, he confessed, and bragged about it everywhere, proud of it. He wanted to do it for a long time, but he did not have the courage."
"But this real memory?"
"He kept it, but it required a lot of highly skilled mind manipulation to draw it out. Morfen had confessed, so who would dig into his mind? But I visited him in the last few weeks of his life, when I was trying to understand Lord Voldemort's past. When I finally managed to extract the memory, I tried to fight for Mo Fen to be released from Azkaban. But before the Ministry of Magic made a decision, Mo Fen passed away on the former territory of her family. "
"But …" Elwyn wanted to say something, but in the end, he shook his head. Mo Fen's death was indeed unjust, but this was what he needed. He thought that he had killed the man who tarnished his family's honor. "What about the ring? Is this the last time it appears?"
"No, I believe he carried the ring with him for some time and no one else saw it." Dumbledore said, "But I didn't get that memory. It's in the hands of an old friend of mine. I think you and Harry might be able to get it. He always likes to make friends with famous and talented people."
Elwyn did not say anything. It was that old friend again. It had to be Horace Slughorn.
He used to be Dumbledore's colleague, the former dean of Slytherin Academy, and he had personally taught Lord Voldemort.
As Dumbledore said, he had a very important memory. It was about Lord Voldemort's past in the academy, how he rose step by step, how to make a soul tool, and some extremely crucial details. It seemed that Dumbledore had already planned to find him!
With Elwyn's intervention, Dumbledore took out these memories that were supposed to be taken out next semester.
Their main purpose was to find Slytherin's ring, and secondly, to help Elwyn gain a deeper understanding of Lord Voldemort.
Thinking of this, Elwyn raised his head and asked, "Professor, where is the ring now?"
"Without direct information, we also need to decline. This is the main reason why I let you see these two memories." Dumbledore said seriously, "Since he once made Slytherin's locket into a soul tool, we have reason to believe that he also made the ring into a soul tool. He seems to have a special liking for the things left behind by the four founders of Hogwarts. Based on my understanding of him, when he murdered his father and grandparents, he must have taken the opportunity to split his soul. "
"Mm!" Elwyn nodded. This was not surprising at all. Lord Voldemort did have this kind of hobby.
Although there were no specific requirements for making a soul tool, Lord Voldemort's pride and dignity made him try his best to find items with special historical significance to make a soul tool. He had always been very interested in the things left behind by the four founders of Hogwarts.
Other than Gryffindor's items, the things left behind by the other three founders were all found.
"After making the ring into a soul tool, he must have hidden it away," Dumbledore continued. "Based on my understanding of him, he would not have given it to anyone else for safekeeping. That diary is a special case. There are not many Death Eaters who can receive this kind of honor. Although he has many loyal friends and followers, he has never trusted them. I say this because I do not have a better word to describe it. Well, there is no doubt that he has no feelings for them."
"Professor, do you think he hid the ring in the old house of the Gunter family?" Elwyn asked directly.
He did not remember this piece very clearly. He only remembered that the memory had caused a lot of trouble for Dumbledore in the original work.
Dumbledore was injured by the curse that Lord Voldemort left on the ring. With the help of Snape, he barely managed to seal the power of the curse in his hand. He did not have long to live, which directly led to his death. Of course, that was also what he wanted to happen.
Elwyn was not worried that Dumbledore would not be able to find the ring. If he could find it once, he would definitely be able to find it again.
But now that the situation had changed so much, he did not want Dumbledore to die again.
"There is no doubt that that place has a special meaning to him. This is why we need to collect and understand these memories. But please believe me, Elwyn, speculating where he hid the soul tool is only one of the main reasons. You will slowly discover more uses, "said Dumbledore, not answering Elwyn's question directly. "In fact, the main experience of Lord Voldemort's life can be simply divided into five parts. The first part is his childhood in the orphanage before he came to the Hogwarts. The second part is the time when he went to school in the Hogwarts, which is also the time when he found the ring. The third part is after he left the Hogwarts until he reappeared a few years later. He transformed from Riddle to Lord Voldemort. The fourth part is before he rose to power and escaped. The last part is the current Lord Voldemort."
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