Chapter 971 The Hidden Grid in the Frame

After Luna said that she was helpless, Ivan gave up the idea of ​​asking for clues from Dumbledore, and now he can only go to the principal's office to take a look.

However, Ivan was not in a hurry to act immediately. He finally found a way to use the Resurrection Stone. Of course, he had to take this opportunity to conduct a good experiment, and the guinea pigs were the Death Eaters who had died under his hands. .

After some tests, Ivan discovered that the vast majority of the dead were unable to resist the call of the Resurrection Stone, and fell into endless darkness at the end of their lives, with their memories stuck at the moment before death.

The only exception is probably Dumbledore.

Whether it was the information obtained from Harry or the other party's behavior when summoned, it was enough to prove that the principal could maintain his sanity in the world of the dead.

Is it because of the difference in magic level?

Ivan thought for a while and then tried to ask Luna to call Nico Flamel. The result was unexpectedly smooth. However, after the conversation, Ivan unexpectedly discovered that this famous alchemist master also had the same concerns after death as others. Little is known about things.

In view of this, Ivan had no choice but to do the next best thing and asked about how to repair the memory-erasing device.

Fortunately, except for this encounter, the overall experimental results made Ivan very satisfied. The power of the Resurrection Stone is worthy of the name of a sacred weapon, and it can indeed summon the soul of the deceased from the world of death.

This means that with the Resurrection Stone, he has the power to break the gap between life and death. As long as he wants to, he can use black magic rituals to resurrect any dead person...

But Ivan did not become swollen.

Since the makers of the Three Sacred Artifacts specifically imposed restrictive magic on the Resurrection Stone, it must have a deep meaning, perhaps because misuse of the Resurrection Stone will lead to some serious consequences.

Thinking this, Ivan turned his head, looked at the little witch beside him, and said. "Okay, Luna, take the Resurrection Stone back."

The latter nodded and immediately canceled the supply of magic power to the Resurrection Stone, and the dark space around him suddenly collapsed.

The gentle night wind blew by, and the blue-purple flower sea appeared in front of the two of them again.

"Thank you, Luna." Ivan took the resurrection stone from the little witch and said gratefully. Without the other party's help, he really didn't know how long it would take to learn the information about the Horcrux.

"No need to thank me, we are friends, right? And you have already given me the best gift in return!" Luna shook her head softly, looking at the petals swept into the sky by the night wind, and then watching them collapse. Into wisps of blue-purple magical fluorescence.

When all the petals disappeared, Luna opened the glass bottle containing the memory, and the strands of white mist returned to her mind under the guidance of the wand.

Everything that had been forgotten before was remembered, and the scenes he had spent with his mother resurfaced in his mind. The memory finally settled on the afternoon when his mother died unexpectedly when he was nine years old, and tears could not help but fall from the corners of his eyes.

"It won't be long before you see her again, I promise you!" Ivan said solemnly.

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After bidding farewell to Luna, Ivan used Apparition alone to return to Hogwarts Castle and went straight to the principal's room on the top floor.

Pushing open the door, Ivan looked around. He hadn't been here for nearly half a year, and everything here still seemed a bit strange.

The olive branch that originally held the phoenix was almost withered, and a large number of unprocessed documents were piled haphazardly beside the desk. Only the portraits on the background wall behind him remained as usual.

After Ivan walked into the principal's office, all the eyes in the portrait looked over and looked at him curiously.

Ivan's eyes also turned to one of the portraits. In the frame, Dumbledore was leisurely eating tea and talking to several principals about interesting things about the students.

"Professor Dumbledore, is there something you have forgotten to tell me?" Ivan stepped forward angrily and directly interrupted the principals' conversation.

"What a rude boy...didn't you see that we were talking about something important?" A Ravenclaw headmistress glared at Ivan angrily.

"Really? I never knew that discussing student gossip would be so important..." Ivan rolled his eyes and complained.

He had always thought that the portraits in the principal's office maintained their identities and would not leave the room easily, so they were nowhere to be seen in the castle on weekdays.

Now it seems that this is not the case. On the contrary, they are all very sullen, hiding somewhere every day to spy on the gossips of the students...

The principals were very dissatisfied with Ivan's remarks. They clearly cared about the growth of the students, so how could they call it gossip?

"So it's about time..." Dumbledore was not surprised by Ivan's arrival. After talking with the principals for a few words, he got up and fiddled with the bookshelf in the portrait.

The next second, one side of the main and secondary picture frames popped out automatically.

Ivan got closer again and discovered that there was a hidden compartment under Dumbledore's portrait.

In order to find the missing Elder Wand, he had searched through the entire principal's office, so naturally he also thought about touching the portraits of the principal.

It was only that a powerful fixing spell was cast on the wall behind, which would prevent these precious portraits from being damaged, so he gave up the idea. Unexpectedly, a thief like Dumbledore would actually hide things in this place. .

Sure enough, sometimes you shouldn't be merciful...

Ivan thought to himself, took off the frame and put it aside.

The interior space of the secret compartment is not large, and there are dozens of transparent glass bottles placed inside. There are a few wisps of white mist floating in each bottle. It seems that they should be memory threads.

So the answer Dumbledore asked him to find should be in these memories...

Ivan took out these glass bottles and turned to look at a certain portrait with a somewhat unkind expression. Such an important matter was not mentioned a word when he came to the principal's office a few months ago.

Dumbledore in the portrait shrugged, and said calmly that he was just following orders. The real owner Ivan was looking for was dead, and he was just a portrait...

Ivan, who had nowhere to vent his anger, gave up and turned his attention to the glass bottles containing memory threads. The human bone wand in his hand vibrated slightly, and the nearest glass bottle opened automatically. Threads of white mist floated out.

Ivan waved his wand again and shouted.

"The scene reappears!"