The contents of the letter ended there. It was hard to believe what Dumbledore was. The letter did not say anything, but it was obvious that Bashida Basart might have told Dumbledore's past to Lily, and this was what Rita Skeeter was prepared to reveal. There was no need for the second half of the letter. The contents of the letter were already enough to touch one's nerves. No wonder Harry was so disappointed. This was his mother's letter. It mentioned the interesting things that happened when Harry was one year old, Lily and Jaime's peaceful life when they were hiding from Lord Voldemort, and the traitor Little Dwarf Peter.
All of this, while hiding some important information, also affected Harry's sensitive nerves.
He desperately wanted to know these things, but no one told him, whether it was Dumbledore or Sirius.
These past events that were the most important to Harry were too common, so common that it was easy to ignore.
"Harry …" Elwyn said, as if he had a lot to say, but did not know where to start.
"I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find the missing letter. I also couldn't find the photo," Harry said, his voice still hoarse.
"Maybe it was taken by Sirius."
"Maybe. I don't know what happened, but the room above is very messy. Someone went through it before me. I can't be sure if it was Sirius, but he has no reason to do so. Maybe it was Snape. He might have come back to look for news of the Order of the Phoenix."
Harry still did not know that the Mondungues Fletch was stealing things from this house. Although Elwyn had warned the Mondungues when the buyer raised the elf corpse, he doubted that the warning would have much effect. For a thief, the temptation of the Blake family's old house was too great.
Sirius did not care about this at all. The only house-elf in the house was not there, and the house was filled with silverware and priceless antiques.
In order to steal, the Mondungues could even pretend to be Yin Corpses, so the possibility of them leaving this place was close to zero.
It was no wonder that Klitscher was not in a good state this morning. He kept muttering about Sirius's squandering in a low voice. He was obviously very agitated.
There was no need to tell Harry about this. He was already in a bad enough mood. There was no need to be angry about this.
"Harry, if you want to know the second half of the content, you can ask Sirius," Elwyn said, giving an acceptable suggestion.
"I'll ask him. I'll talk to Sirius in depth, but before that, I want to see Bashida Basart." Harry said, "She was mentioned in the letter. Yesterday, Ron's aunt Muriel also mentioned her at the wedding. She also knows Dumbledore's family. It would be interesting to talk to her, wouldn't it?"
"In a way, yes," Elwyn said. He knew what Harry was thinking. "Are you still planning to go to Godric's Hollow?"
Previously, when they were discussing plans during the summer vacation, Harry had said that he wanted to go to the place where he was born and where his parents rested. It was the famous gathering place for wizards, "Godric's Hollow". However, this idea had been rejected in the subsequent discussion. There was no point in going to Godric's Hollow now.
Whether it was to find the treasure key of the four founders of Hogwarts or Lord Voldemort's Soul Vessel, none of them had anything to do with that place.
On the contrary, Lord Voldemort might have guessed that Harry was going there. The Death Eaters would be lying in wait for them there. It would be extremely unwise to go to Godric's Hollow now. In fact, Elwyn suspected that even if they went there, it would be a big problem to see Bashida Basart.
"I want to know the truth, Elwyn!" Harry said, not daring to look at Elwyn. However, his voice grew louder and louder. "Bashida Basart knows a lot. It's necessary to meet her. I want to know for myself. I want to know everything. I don't want to do what you always want me to do: choose what to believe. "
Indeed, it was more reliable to know for himself than to listen to Elwyn, Sirius, Muriel's aunt or Rita Skeeter.
Even if he could not find any information, it would be a great comfort for Harry to see his parents' graves.
In the end, it would be Harry himself who would face death. Even if Elwyn knew a lot, he would not be able to replace him. He would not even be able to provide much help.
"I'm not suspecting you and Sirius, Elwyn. But do you think I can remain indifferent after knowing these things?" Harry continued, still not looking at Elwyn. "I know you and Hermione have always been against me going to Godric's Hollow. It might be dangerous, but it's very important to me."
"Alright, we can go there after we find the key to Hufflepuff's treasure." Elwyn finally said, "I'll convince Hermione. I'll also tell you everything I know about Dumbledore. You can judge the truth for yourself. First, you can take a look at this article. "
"What's this?" Harry was surprised and took the newspaper that Elwyn handed over.
"The latest issue of the Daily Prophet. It has the new Ministry of Magic's latest policy. They seem to be planning to interrogate the wizard who was born as a Muggle. But that's not the point. The point is the third page, an excerpt from Rita Skeeter's new book, about Dumbledore's family history." Elwyn said, "Before you came, I was reading this article. It mentioned Dumbledore's parents, sister, and Bashida Bashat. If you want to investigate the past, I think you can start from here."
As he spoke, he pointed out the article to Harry. After Dumbledore's father was arrested, Dumbledore's family moved from the Fertile Plains to Godric's Valley. There, no one knew about Dumbledore's past. They could completely ignore the people around them and the bad influence that Percy Val brought. They could start over there.
In Rita Skeeter's words, like the Fertile Plains, Godric's Valley also had many wizard families. However, Dumbledore's mother, Kandra, did not know any of them. So, there were not always people who were curious about her husband's crimes like in the original village.
She rejected the friendly offers from the new neighbors many times and soon isolated her family from the outside world.
"I brought a batch of homemade pot cakes to welcome her, but she closed the door in my face," Bashida Bashat said. "During the first year they moved here, I only saw the two boys. If I hadn't seen Kandra leading Arianna into the backyard when I was picking the Wailing Fruit in the moonlight one winter, I would not have known that she had a daughter. Her mother walked her around the lawn, holding on to him tightly. Then, she led her back into the house. I had no idea what was going on. "
It seemed that Kandra thought that moving to Godric's Valley was a good opportunity to hide Arianna. She might have been planning this for many years.
The timing was important. Arianna was only seven when she disappeared, and many experts believed that seven was the age at which one's magical abilities should be revealed.
No one alive remembered that Arianna had shown any magical abilities. From this, it could be seen that Kandra decided to hide the existence of her daughter and was ashamed to admit that she had given birth to a squib. Of course, it was much easier to imprison Arianna after leaving her friends and neighbors who knew her.
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