"I don't know if this is the first case after the murder of the Riddle family, but you two must have seen that this time, he didn't do it for revenge, but for profit," said Dumbledore. "He wanted the two treasures that the poor old lady showed him. Just like how he robbed the other children in the orphanage, just like how he stole his uncle's ring, this time he stole Hepzba's cup and locket."
Murder for profit, this showed that Lord Voldemort's motives were very rational, and he would not be easily swayed by emotions.
Of course, it was very doubtful how much of this rationality he had left in him today.
His growing strength and constantly splitting soul had left him with little patience to plan sophisticated murders.
Now, anyone who hindered him or simply made him unhappy would be killed by Lord Voldemort.
"I hope you can understand the significance of these things to him. He did not choose the items to make soul tools randomly. Each of his soul tools is extremely special to him. These things are more or less related to the Hogwarts. He can't resist an item that is steeped in the history of the Hogwarts. You must remember this." Dumbledore said, looking at the clock next to him. "It's getting late. Our lesson on Lord Voldemort tonight is over. Next, we can talk about the Golden Cup and the Homestead of the House-Elves."
Elwyn noticed that Dumbledore was looking at him with a smile. He sorted out his thoughts and said, "I once saw Hufflepuff use the Golden Cup. It was her favorite thing. Of course, it may have been made into a soul tool by Lord Voldemort now. Professor, are you sure there is information about the Homestead of the House-Elves on it? "
"I think so. As long as we trace the history of the Golden Cup, we will know that it is not a product of a wizard. It was made by the House-Elves. It was originally used to help the House-Elves transport magic food." Dumbledore said, "The first House-Elf to work at the Hogwarts gave it to Helga? Hufflepuff, and the House-Elf we are looking for is Plenty, who is also the maker of the Golden Cup … "
This was the history of the Hufflepuff Golden Cup, a magic utensil made by the House-Elves.
It sounded a bit like Gryffindor's sword, which was made by the Sprite, but there were many kinds of weapons made by the Sprite. This was the first time Elwyn heard that the House-Elves could make anything. There was no doubt that the Golden Cup was related to Hufflepuff and her House-Elf friend. But what did this have to do with the House-Elves?
"There aren't many magic tools made by house-raised elves. If you've come into contact with other items, you'll know that house-raised elves have a habit of leaving a unique mark on the magic tools they make." Dumbledore paused for a moment and continued, "I think you saw the pattern at the bottom of the golden cup?"
"Yes, but I don't understand it!" Elwyn said uncertainly. "It looks like some kind of writing."
When the Lord Voldemort turned the cup upside down, he noticed the strange pattern at the bottom of the cup.
"It is indeed a language, the language of the ancient elves. It is a kind of magic text that has already died out. Now, very few people know it, but it is not impossible to decipher it. Lemour knows this script. " Dumbledore smiled and said, "From him, I was fortunate enough to learn that the imprint left behind by the house-elf would contain information, mainly the name of the house-elf who made this tool and the place where it was made. If I'm not mistaken, that place is the place we are looking for. "
In other words, the strange pattern at the bottom of Hufflepuff's Golden Cup would contain information about where it was made. This Golden Cup was made by the House-Elf, so the place where it was made must be his hometown. This was also the place where he brought the key to Hufflepuff's treasure, the home of the House-Elf!
This was a very direct and effective clue, much more reliable than using the method of elimination or pure guessing.
"Then professor, where is this Golden Cup now?" Harry could not help but ask.
"I don't know, but the Lord Voldemort will undoubtedly hide it in a place he thinks is safe." Dumbledore said, "This place is traceable, and it's much easier than finding the home of the house-elf. Just like I've always told you, he won't choose the soul vessel for no reason, and he won't randomly choose a place to hide the soul vessel …"
Yes, yes, that Golden Cup is currently in Gringotts' most heavily guarded treasury.
Although he had mentioned it before, Elwyn had no choice but to repeat it. This was a rather troublesome place. He had previously barged into Egypt's Gringotts, but that time he was accompanied by a fairy. Moreover, Egypt's Gringotts and England's Gringotts headquarters' defensive measures could not be compared.
With Elwyn's current strength, it was not impossible to barge in like what Quirrell and the Lord Voldemort did in the past, but the degree of danger was equally high. Moreover, Quirrell only went to the ordinary treasury. Elwyn wanted to go to the Lestrange family's treasury, which was located in Gringotts' most heavily guarded area.
The difficulty of the two places could not be compared!
To barge into Gringotts, Elwyn needed to prepare, prepare.
Perhaps he could tell this to Dumbledore and risk being exposed.
Anyway, his luck in finding Soul Tools had always been good, the principal was probably already used to it. But even if it was Dumbledore, he could not force the fairy to hand over the treasury's contents. Therefore, the final outcome was still to barge in. But if Dumbledore brought him to Gringotts …..
Elwyn glanced at Dumbledore, deciding to dispel this thought as soon as possible.
… … … … …..
Dumbledore's lesson stuffed many things into Elwyn and Harry's brains. Elwyn was still better off, he could more or less remember Lord Voldemort's past. Now he needed to consider how to obtain the Golden Cup from Gringotts. Compared to him, Harry needed to ponder and digest more things, and didn't sleep well for the entire night.
The next day, they told these things to Hermione, Elaine and Ron as usual.
After a round of discussion, they confirmed their goal. What they needed to do was to obtain Slughorn's memories according to Dumbledore's homework. But this matter wasn't Elwyn's priority, it was better to let Harry do it. Those memories no longer held much meaning for Elwyn, and Slughorn had always been vigilant against him.
He was already vigilant enough, if Elwyn made too many movements, it would instead bring about a negative outcome.
Dumbledore also said so. Therefore, Harry would take the lead, and Elwyn would assist from the side.
Harry's first probe was during the first Potions class after Dumbledore's lesson.
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