Chapter 19: The Gaunt Shack & The Resurrection Stone

Malfoy bypassed the unconscious Frank and walked into Riddle Home slowly. Although it was a little run down because of the lack of care, under Frank's efforts, it was still presentable.

Draco went straight to the largest room. He guessed it would be the living room. He wanted to find some clues about Voldemort, but too long had passed since then and therefore couldn't find any trace of him and magic at all. He moved the four-cornered wooden table and stool at random, hoping to gain something, but it turned out pointless.

He then wandered around the back of the house and went to the door that was almost completely covered by the poison ivy."Alohomora." With a creak, the door made a heavy sound and slowly opened.It was dark, like a cave. There were still some kitchen utensils clustered around, but too long had passed, covering all clues. There was nothing special about it since it had no clues.

Finally, he came to the corridor, the large window's on both sides of the front door allowed some light through, so he slowly made his way up the stone stairs that were covered with a thick layer of dust.When he reached the top, he turned to the right and walked straight to the end of the corridor, where there was a slight gap in the door.{It seems that there's no clue here, but it's to be expected.} Draco comforted himself.{But maybe I'll find something in the future} Then he stepped into the room and seemed to chant a few spells.Soon, he returned to the door of the big house."Old man, sleep, you deserve it for your hard work over the years." Malfoy looked at Frank, placed a Muggle-Repelling Charm on the house, and then quickly left.{Oh, Maria is still waiting for me.} Frank woke up, he seemed to have suddenly remembered his first love. The flame of love burned brightly, he stumbled his way out. Leaving the Riddle Home behind while running towards his destination.{Innocent old man, you should stay away from this place for your own good.} Looking at Frank's back, Malfoy sighed.

The Riddle Home was big. With his memory of the mansion, Dracoy came to a weedy cemetery where he could see the dark outline of a small church behind a tall yew on the right. On the left was a hill, and on the hillside, there was an old house, which was naturally where Malfoy had just gone.

A gloomy atmosphere surrounded the cemetery, from time to time there were a few creepy crows, but a horrible silence remained most of the time.

Draco came to a tall marble tombstone. Tom Marvolo Riddle. The wind screamed, and he couldn't help but feel cold. It was clear that the gloomy atmosphere did not affect Draco, but he still felt uncomfortable.He opened his pocket and placed a few bones on the ground."Reducto!" Draco lifted his wand, breaking the bones.

He also pointed somewhere else. The tombstone. It slowly moved. He removed the mixture of the original dirt and ashes under the grave, leaving one-third of it, he then placed the newly created bones into it."Reparo!" The tombstone slowly closed. "Done." Malfoy couldn't help but clap his hands while revealing a smile.

Draco then walked to the Gaunt Shack.He couldn't see anything else around him. He could only see the tall hedges on both sides. Then, he turned right toward the path and headed for a gap in the fence.The path was long and narrow as well as dirty, the hedgerows on both sides became taller and denser as he walked further. The dirty path was broken and mottled in some places while other places had holes.

The trees overhead cast a dark shadow. Gradually, a half-hidden house in the tangled trees appeared in front of Draco's eyes. The trees blocked all the light and blocked the valley below. The walls were covered with moss, and many of the tiles on the roof were gone. The house was covered with dense nettles. The windows were very small and had gathered up a lot of dirt and dust.As for the door, it was falling apart.

The entire house exuded a decaying smell as well as powerful dark magic. In the face of the first Horcrux, Draco did not dare to be careless about it and cast lots of spells that strengthened willpower.{Why are the spells I create always auxiliary.} Thinking of this Draco felt helpless, but he was still cautious.

This Horcrux was, after all, the one responsible for Dumbledore's death.Draco gently pushed open the door, and Marvolo Gaunt's Ring lay quietly on the ground, seemingly easy to pick up with no difficulty.

"Come on me, put me on master." Draco seemed to feel the ring talking to him, in a confusing tone. "Don't you have a deceased relative? Or a friend?" The curse magic and Resurrection Stone set by the Dark Lord seemed to have some wonderful reaction. "As long as you wear me, you can see them."

"Come on, wear me, I am one of the three Hallows.""Take me, you will omnipotent! You'll control all things soul!"Whether it was Slytherin's locket or Riddle's diary each had a fascinating power, this Horcrux is no exception, it evokes the deepest desire.Malfoy felt dizzy, the voice made him unconsciously drop his guard, it made him want to put it on.

Just as he bent down to touch the ring, his body suddenly trembled fiercely, he curled up on the ground, apparently, subconsciously he had begun to fight back. Large sweat drops the size of the beans rolled down from his head.The magical sound in his ear was constantly echoing: "Come on, wear me, you'll rule the World."

"But I don't want to rule the world!" He struggled desperately with the ring.Within his mind, he raged desperately against the temptation.He didn't know how long it had been, because of the pain he was feeling, a second felt like a century.

Suddenly, Draco stopped shaking, victory and defeat had been decided. His clear eyes exposed the results of the battle."It's really terrifying. I don't think anyone who isn't prepared would succumb to the temptation. It's no wonder that Dumbledore fell prey to it." Malfoy touched his back felt a cold sweat. Willpower, as well as spells, was what helped him get through this.

{But people can't indulge in illusory happiness forever.} Draco seemed to have made up his mind.He cautiously got closer. Slowly, a black flame appeared and approached the ring.

{I originally wanted to bring it back to study it. Obviously, it won't work.} Draco thought. {With Dumbledore's obsession with his sister, I guess I won't be able to explain it. An Accio curse and it would be over.}{So let's solve it here.}

Malfoy tried to control the black flame to fly towards the ring. He had to be careful. He didn't want to be burned to death like one of his followers."Crackle Crackle." When the black flame touched the ring, Malfoy felt the ring start to vibrate violently, and a bloody, black and sticky thing seemed to emanate from it, it looked like it was in very weak but constant pain. Screams arose from it, it slowly became louder.

"Bang." It seems that flame had become too strong as it rose two metres high while burning everything around it.

{This isn't good.} He started to run.It must be said that Malfoy's reaction was still very fast since he escaped from the house before the fire spread.

Draco's gasps were loud, it was as if he had just experienced a big battle.Looking at the wooden house that was swallowed by the flames, some of the flames even catching onto the old trees, Draco felt awkward.