Afterwards

Dumbledore clasped his hands on the desk.

He didn't appear surprised when he heard Sherlock's words but was thinking as if hesitating.

Sherlock didn't bother him, he knew there were many secrets in the old man's mind.

Every time he was seriously thinking, it meant that what he said next would involve an extremely secretive matter.

A moment later, Dumbledore's eyes returned to Sherlock, meeting his eyes.

"I didn't expect this, just going through this, you'll find so much, Sherlock."

he said seriously.

"Regarding Riddle, this matter could be said to be something he has pursued all his life. If I tell you, then you will have no turning back. He will do everything possible to kill anyone who knows it."

Sherlock naturally knew that the real Tom Riddle, Voldemort, was not dead.

The reason he asked about his diary was very simple.

The diary contains part of Voldemort's soul, and Sherlock needs this fragmented soul for soul stitching.

When he woke up in the school hospital, he discovered that the split of his soul seemed to be stitched to a degree. The dotted line formed by the horcrux in the diary only sewed about one-fifth to one-sixth of the wound.

But it was just such a slight repair of his soul that Sherlock could clearly realize that the strength of all the spells he used had increased significantly.

The most important thing was that in the common room, he finally seemed to regain some of the original's power, and the feeling that he could kill the basilisk with a single thought seemed to remain.

He seems to have learned a kind of magic without practicing.

A kind of magic that doesn't need the flick of a wand or the chant of a spell, just a thought, and he could directly interfere with the world and cast magic.

It was just that the strength of his magic was far from the invincible state he had when his soul was stitched together.

But it still felt great.

In the process of stitching his soul, Sherlock also found that his soul did not seem to be torn but shattered.

What he stitched together was not the original's soul, but his and Sherlock's soul!

One of them was the soul of Charles who had transmigrated and had a dominant consciousness.

The other is the soul of Sherlock who had died in an experiment gone wrong.

Originally, when Charles transmigrated, the soul of Sherlock was already dead and was gradually disappearing.

But the magic of transmigration was equivalent to forcibly merging his soul with Sherlocks soul meaning it wasn't properly merged!

The magic of the Harry Potter world, the existence inherited in the blood of the ancestors, the power from the soul of the wizard.

The more powerful the soul, the more powerful the spells you can use.

So Sherlock was actually thinking about Voldemort's soul.

He felt that there must be more than one such thing as a diary, and the things necessary for his soul to be stitched together, it seems that only Voldemort had it.

This also made Sherlock, who originally planned to be a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts for a year rethink. if he was lucky enough to survive without permanently losing his arms or legs, he would resign and change his plans.

It was safe outside, but that would mean little contact with anything related to Voldemort.

Staying in Hogwarts all the time, with Dumbledore and Harry Potter, the two leading activists against Voldemort, he could also follow behind them with a path already laid out in front of him.

So, facing Dumbledore's words, Sherlock had nothing to object, he waved his hand and said.

"Professor, do you think he would let me go when I have destroyed a remnant of his soul?"

Dumbledore was also dumbfounded.

Sherlock was right, no matter whether he knew about the Horcrux in the future, he had destroyed one now, and if Voldemort knew about it, he would definitely not let him go.

Informed threats seem less important.

"What Riddle wanted most in his life was immortality," Dumbledore said softly.

"That feels low," Sherlock said with a shrug.

Dumbledore laughed.

"Compared to other great ideals, Tom's quest for immortality is a little less appreciative. But he finally has a goal to fight for."

"When he was at Hogwarts, he was given a method of immortality - a Horcrux."

Sherlock was stunned for a moment and repeated it in his mouth.

"Horcrux..."

He was obviously familiar with this term. He had seen it in the forbidden area of ​​the library, and the book "Secrets of the Darkest Art" described such a extremely evil magic.

"Yes, Horcrux." Dumbledore continued, "This is a method that can split the wizard's soul and store it in different objects. As long as their Horcrux isn't destroyed, the witch or wizard who created the horcrux will never truly die.

"Voldemort created multiple of them."

Sherlock asked with a wink.

"Can you make many Horcruxes?"

"Theoretically infinite splits are possible."

"How many Horcruxes did Voldemort make for himself?"

Dumbledore shook his head.

"This is also what I want to know. If you want to kill Voldemort, you must not only defeat him but also destroy all his Horcruxes. After this was confirmed, I have been searching for the Horcruxes. At present, I haven't found anything yet. The diary you destroyed is the only Horcrux known now."

He turned to look at the portraits of past Headmasters on the wall, white light reflecting off his crescent-moon spectacles, Dumbledore said softly.

"But we still have time for Sherlock. By studying Tom's past, we will always find out what he has made into Horcruxes and how many Horcruxes he has made."

After chatting with Dumbledore, Sherlock left Dumbledore's office.

Next, the headmaster will receive many guests, Neville's grandmother, Harry, Ron, and Lucius Malfoy.

He didn't blame Neville. Riddle's rhetoric had deceived many adult wizards. It was very brave for a child like Neville to struggle out of his control.

Harry also learned about the diary in Dumbledore's office, which Lucius deliberately planted to throw into Hogwarts.

Dobby, his house-elf, knowing all this, tried to prevent Harry from returning to Hogwarts.

When Lucius left, Harry also set up small trap, so that Lucius inadvertently gave Dobby a sock, which was equivalent to returning the freedom of the house elf and freeing Dobby from the Malfoys.

There was a gala dinner at Hogwarts tonight, and the students were so happy, as were the professors.

Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall frequently came to toast Sherlock, and even Snape, who had always had a cold face, toasted to Sherlock by tipping his cup to him and asking him about the spells that he used to kill the basilisk.

Dumbledore did not reveal who the Heir of Slytherin was, nor did he say that Neville was under control and opened the secret room to release the basilisk.

But the Chamber of Secrets was opened, and the monster inside was a basilisk, and it was finally killed by Sherlock, Harry, Ron, and Neville. He did not hide it from the outside world.

Even a reporter from the Daily Prophet even took a photo of Sherlock for the headlines the next day.

Sherlock didn't want to take credit for defeating the basilisk, and the three of them were helping him in solving the mystery of the chamber and in the common room.

The basilisk's body was also bought by Snape at his own expense, along with the snakeskin found in the Chamber of Secrets

He gave five thousand Galleons, which was split 7-1-1-1 Sherlock getting 3500 Galleons and Harry and the rest getting 500.

After Ron got the money, he consciously handed over most of the money to the family and then used the remaining money to get himself a new wand and new clothes.

Harry didn't take the money alone, or with his wealth, more than a thousand Galleons was not a lot of money for him, and he shared the money with the awakened Hermione. Splitting it in half.

Had it not been for the information left by Hermione, he would not have been able to find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets in the end.

Not only did Neville not get punished this time, but he also got an unexpected fortune that kept him entertained all day long.

His grandmother was very proud of Neville after hearing that he had received Gryffindor's approval and that he had drawn Gryffindor's sword from the Sorting Hat.

And the reason why he could get five thousand Galleons was the result of Sherlock and Snape's deal.

Basilisks, especially in the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets, the value of this basilisk that has lived for thousands of years is actually immeasurable.

That old stingy Snape actually only offered a thousand Galleons at the beginning.

He insisted that the snakeskin of the basilisk was smashed by Sherlock, most of the internal organs were damaged to varying degrees, and the medicinal value was not very high.

If Harry and the others were embarrassed to speak because of Snape's majesty and his status as a professor, maybe the price would be set like this but Sherlock wouldn't dare suffer from such a loss, he and Snape quarrelled for a long time, and the old bat was exhausted, and finally raised the price to 5,000 Galleons.

Even if it was five thousand Galleons, Sherlock felt that he was missing.

If it is really sold outside, the value of the Millennium Basilisk is estimated to be even higher.

But in the end, he sold it for 5,000 Galleons, and it is was bad to make a small fortune.

This time, his biggest gain came from Voldemort's gift, his horcrux.

Hagrid was also released by the Ministry of Magic after the Chamber of Secrets was over.

He had not been happy for a long time when he returned to Hogwarts when he received some very unfortunate news from the centaurs.

On the night he was captured, a fire broke out in the deepest part of the Forbidden Forest. His spider friend Aragog and its clan, all the eight-eyed giant spiders, were all destroyed by the fire!

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