Chapter 283
Blue and White Fire
Chapter 283 Blue and White Fire
Dumbledore did not deliberately pull the boat prepared by Voldemort out of the Black Lake, nor did he place the locket on the stone platform in the center of the lake.
He simply bent over casually and placed Slytherin's locket carelessly on the ground.
If Vader remembered correctly, that was exactly where Regulus, who had turned into an Inferi, was lying last time.
"This is Salazar Slytherin's relic." Dumbledore said with regret: "If possible, I would actually like to keep it."
"What a pity..." Sirius said in a grim voice, "It has been tainted by the filthy soul of the descendants of Salazar Slytherin."
The place where Regulus was buried seemed to bring back many bad memories for him. Sirius looked unfriendly and did not show much respect even in front of Dumbledore.
“Who can predict what will happen a thousand years from now?”
Lupin said gently: "At least when the four founders established Hogwarts, they must have had great and pure ideals. We also studied here and gained a lot here."
His calmness was like warm water, calming the resentment and anger in Sirius' heart.
"Let us stand back for a moment," said Dumbledore. "This is not going to be a very pretty sight."
The few of them retreated to the edge of the cave and saw Dumbledore pointing his wand at the locket on the ground, making a hissing sound.
"Open?" said Harry in surprise.
"Parseltongue?" The two adult wizards were even more shocked.
"I think Dumbledore already mastered the pronunciation of this sentence when Harry opened the Chamber of Secrets last time," Wade explained.
As he spoke, the locket on the ground opened, and an ethereal figure rose from the box, gradually forming the figure of a girl.
"Why are you doing this to me? Why are you trying to kill me? Did I do something wrong?"
Wade and others noticed that Dumbledore's originally calm back suddenly became haggard, and his hand holding the wand was shaking.
Sirius and the others looked at Dumbledore in surprise, then at the girl, not understanding what was going on.
The girl cried in a sobbing voice, her red eyes looked strange and evil, and her face was filled with twisted hatred.
"You know... you did it... you know what you did... you're the same as that man, aren't you, Albus? You and Greg..."
"Split into pieces!"
Without thinking, Vader cast a spell, and the girl's figure was immediately dispersed, but then immediately gathered together again.
This time, she transformed into a blond boy and said in a bewitching voice: "I see your heart, Dumbledore... You really understand what is..."
Before he could finish his words, Dumbledore suddenly swung his wand!
A very ancient spell echoed in the cave, and with a "puff" sound, a blue-white flame suddenly rose up, and in an instant the figure was swept in.
Wade and the others only heard a very short scream - so short that it seemed like an illusion, and the figure disappeared like a popped soap bubble.
As if it had never existed at all.
After a few seconds, the flames finally died down, and Slytherin's locket had completely changed.
The colorful silk lining and the gems on it were burned cleanly, leaving only a ball of golden-red molten iron on the ground, which then slowly turned into a black color.
A strange atmosphere made the young people afraid to speak.
After a moment, Kreacher seemed to finally react and fell to the ground and burst into tears. The shrill cry echoed in the empty cave, making it seem even more terrifying.
Sirius finally came back to his senses. He didn't bother to find out what happened to the figure just now. He just lowered his head to look at the portrait in his arms.
He only saw a piece of clothing.
Regulus walked out of his portrait and went to an unknown place.
——Even if he is a portrait, he may need a quiet place... Sirius thought so, and suddenly felt a little empty in his heart.
Dumbledore came back, looking no different than before.
"Professor..." Harry asked with courage, "Who was that just now..."
"It's just Tom's way of confusing people," Dumbledore said calmly. "I have to say, he is really good at stirring up trouble."
Somehow, the originally slow-witted Harry suddenly realized that he shouldn't ask any more questions.
"The locket has been destroyed. I'm sure Regulus in the other world would feel some comfort if he knew this."
Dumbledore finally smiled gently and said, "Take the children back first - there may still be some Inferi that have not been cleared out of this place."
"Yes, Professor."
Sirius and Lupin responded obediently, as if they were students still studying.
"Let's go!"
Sirius took Harry in his arms and led him out of the cave.
They had to leave the cave first before they could Apparate back home.
"Vader, let's go too," Lupin said, extending his hand.
"You go first." Wade said, "I still have something to say to Professor Dumbledore."
Lupin glanced at him, and seeing that Dumbledore had no intention of objecting, he nodded and said, "Okay."
He picked up Kreacher, who was still crying on the ground, and left the cave as well.
Dumbledore took off his glasses, rubbed his brow, and made some guesses about why Wade stayed.
"Ved, do you want to ask about the spell just now? I understand your eagerness to learn, but this is still too dangerous for you... Although it is not considered black magic, it is much more dangerous than the Fiery Curse..."
He might be in a bad mood and was subconsciously being a little talkative.
"Professor." Wade interrupted him and said softly, "That thing... I have another one in my hand."
"what?"
Dumbledore didn't react for a moment.
Wade didn't explain immediately. He looked at the other person, knowing that the principal would understand soon.
Sure enough, after a while, Dumbledore knew what Wade was talking about. He slowly opened his eyes, and his deep blue eyes showed an extremely complicated expression for a moment.
It's not just shock, nor surprise...
Countless indistinguishable emotions seemed to tear off their disguises in an instant and emerge, reflecting the green light in the cave. They were so complicated that Wade even felt a chill.
He subconsciously wanted to step back, but as his feet moved slightly, Wade controlled himself not to retreat.
He held his breath and looked directly at the other person.
After a few breaths, Dumbledore finally whispered, "Do you have... any other Horcruxes?"
"It's incredible, isn't it?" Wade said with a casual smile, "But I do."
(End of this chapter)