In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Chapter 312 310. Lies

"The Dark Lord proposed to hold the Triwizard Tournament?"

Jon asked with wide eyes.

No wonder Jon was shocked. He happened to have just read the first four parts of the original novel for the second time before traveling through time, which ended with the Goblet of Fire and the end of the Triwizard Tournament.

The Triwizard Tournament was held in the last year of peace in the magical world.

But now that the whole of Europe is in chaos after Voldemort occupied France, Jon has never thought that the Triwizard Tournament can be held as it was in the original book, not to mention that history has changed tremendously.

But the reality was far from what he thought. Not only was the Triwizard Tournament held as scheduled, Voldemort himself took the initiative.

Dumbledore told Jon how the Witchcraft Front attacked the French Ministry of Magic. After listening to this, Jon fell into deep thought.

"He shouldn't have recovered so quickly." Jon said doubtfully. "At that time, he spent so much energy and abandoned everything he had in England to go to sea. From the current point of view, the most fundamental problem is to solve the problem of his soul. After I left Starr Tower and tore up the contract, I should have had a great impact on him, and it is unreasonable for him to recover so quickly."

"But what's even more unreasonable is that he actually wants to hold the Triwizard Tournament?"

Jon frowned.

"According to what you said, Professor, the situation at that time, if his strength has been restored to its most complete state, then the advantage should be on him and the chance of victory should be on him. But in the name of preserving the French Ministry of Magic, he planned to use other means besides the war. ways to solve problems”

"I don't think he would give up on saving the face he lost when you defeated him in public just to keep the French Ministry of Magic."

Dumbledore said with a chuckle as he crossed his hands and placed them on his stomach.

"This question is actually not difficult to guess at all, Jon. When a person gives up the seemingly best option for him and chooses another option, it means that he knows very well which one will bring the most consequences to him. The benefits are greater.”

"Now that he has chosen to use the Triwizard Tournament to solve the problem, it means that he believes that holding this competition can bring him greater benefits, including the problems that are now reflected in the newspaper he directed."

"He wants to stabilize the situation and pave the way for the Triwizard Tournament to be held next. What we have to think about is what huge benefits the Triwizard Tournament will bring to him."

His expression was serious, and he was obviously discussing this issue seriously with Jon.

Because wizards have been in a perceptual state of casting spells for a long time, they are extremely lacking in rational logical thinking ability, but Dumbledore is obviously different from normal wizards. He can reach the peak of sensibility, but he also does not lack rationality.

"We can think backwards about his most urgent needs and see what exactly this game can bring him such great benefits."

"The first is the damage you caused to his soul after you broke the contract."

"His recovery of strength is very strange. Let's assume for the moment that his recovery state is temporary, special, and cannot be maintained for a long time. Then his most urgent need now is to use a method to fully recover. .”

"Second, the contract has a unique role. Once it is torn, it cannot be repaired again. But he also left another back-up to ensure that the contract can be replaced if problems arise."

"Assuming that the reason why he doesn't want to fight with me in the French Ministry of Magic is that his subsequent contract to stabilize his soul is not as stable as the first one, but it can also guarantee the maintenance of power, then the problem he has to face now is, That’s how to reverse the defeat in France.”

"Third, the prerequisites are the same as the first one. The contract was damaged. He used a special method to temporarily restore his condition. However, he has also determined that after this period of time passes, his strength will never be able to return to its peak. .”

"Then what he has to do now is to deal with me. As long as I bring my level to the same level as his, or kill me directly, that can still satisfy his needs."

These three scenarios deduced by Dumbledore basically include all possibilities.

It is said that there are three types, but in fact the core of each one lies in the current state of Voldemort's personal strength.

But if the Triwizard Tournament is held, what changes will it bring to Voldemort?

Jon looked up thoughtfully and said.

"Is there a fourth possibility? The recovery of strength he showed in front of Professor You is actually an illusion. Proposing to hold the Triwizard Tournament is just a way to delay time. He is still looking for something. Is there any other way to restore one’s strength?”

Dumbledore nodded slightly.

"I don't rule out the possibility, but first of all, if he can really hide it from me, it means that the moment he hides it from me, he is already at the peak of surpassing me, unless he uses a method that I don't know about. .”

After hearing what he said, Jon suddenly remembered what his purpose was in coming to Dumbledore.

He just finished reading the Daily Prophet and forgot about the business.

Jon hurriedly took out the portrait of Slytherin and unfolded it in front of Dumbledore.

"Professor, I almost forgot. I followed Principal Bagshot's words and went to the last point of the North Pole, where I entered an underground labyrinth, and then found this magical portrait of Mr. Slytherin. From him, I learned about the original What the Dark Lord did after he found him."

After introducing Dumbledore, Jon lowered his head and apologized to the Slytherin in the portrait.

"Sorry, sir, I forgot about you just now."

On the wall behind Dumbledore, there were portraits of the previous principals of Hogwarts. The principals, who were all asleep, saw the portrait that Jon took out and couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

Although Slytherin had a bad temper, he didn't pay much attention to Jon's little problem.

After he spread the book on the table, he looked at Dumbledore. Dumbledore also looked at him with surprised eyes, and greeted the old man in the portrait with some strange emotions.

"Hello, Mr. Salazar Slytherin."

Slytherin nodded slightly at him as a response.

"I heard two different versions of you from two different students, but now I should be able to make my own judgment about who I should believe."

There was a gloomy expression on his old, monkey-like face.

"Tom Riddle cheated on me!"

Dumbledore and Jon looked at each other. He had obviously just learned that Voldemort's last stop at sea was to go to the North Pole to see the portraits left by his ancestors.

Slytherin looked at Dumbledore and the portraits of previous principals on the wall behind him, and he said with a hoarse and angry voice.

"I know you want to know from me what he got after finding me."

There was darkness and reminiscence in his eyes.

"The maze in the North Pole was a secret room under the ice that I created for my magic research after I left Hogwarts. The ice and snow that had not melted for millions of years contained many magical creatures that were different from what we have now. At that time, I went there looking for something."

"The portraits were also left there at that time. I used some small tricks. When I was alive, the portraits left were just ordinary portraits. But after my death, the good potion will be sprinkled on time. On the ordinary portrait, let it become me now, so as to monitor the research I left in the Arctic and control Haas, a basilisk."

"Riddle came to that maze fourteen years ago and found me. He said he found it through clues handed down from the Slytherin family. Now the wizarding world is in darkness, and he needs my help."

"He told me a story, a story about how wizards were suffering from Muggle oppression and purebloods were hiding from XZ. In the story, Albus Dumbledore was a traitor wizard who defected to Muggles. He is the principal of Hogwarts. He has implemented a policy in the castle in which Muggles are the absolute core and wizards are oppressed. He has also united with the Muggle king to enslave all wizards. Wizards in the entire world are at a disadvantage. A more miserable state a thousand years ago.”

"Except for wizards born in Muggle families, all other children from wizard families will be domesticated into slaves to serve Muggles. Wizards who take refuge in Muggles will treat these wizards' newborns from the time they are born. After making a contract, just like a house elf, you can only serve Muggles forever, and even become a war tool for Muggles."

Dumbledore and Jon were listening carefully, and the previous principals in the portraits were also frowning and whispering.

"He said that the Slytherin family had assumed the name of the Gaunt family and had been hiding like mice with several other ancient pure-blood families without being cursed with being enslaved by Muggles. His mother was killed by a despicable He was deceived by Muggles and fell into a trap, which not only brought disaster to his family, but also gave birth to him as a mixed-blood. After he was born, his Muggle father abandoned his wife and son, leaving his My mother died in depression."

"When he grew up, he learned the true original purpose of Hogwarts. In order to save the wizarding world and prevent wizards from completely becoming slaves of Muggles, he established a second Hogwarts and opened it every year. We are fighting for the care of newborn wizard babies who have not been discovered by Muggles, while educating the next generation of wizards, while wandering and resisting Dumbledore's pursuit."

After listening to Slytherin's story, the previous headmasters were in an uproar.

"Shameless! Really shameless!" The face of the kind female principal Dai Lisi was full of indignation and anger.

Sirius's ancestor Phineas kept shaking his head: "You can actually make up a story like this, even I am not so shameless."

Dumbledore's predecessor Armando also sighed: "He can perform. At that time, he deceived everyone in the school. I have always felt that he will definitely make the most outstanding contribution to the wizarding world in the future. .”

The principals in the portraits scolded, lamented, and regretted this, while Dumbledore's expression was helpless and he shook his head.

"There is no person in the world who is a better liar than him. The things he told you have indeed come true now, but it is not the wizards with blood who are oppressed, but the hemps without blood. He saw You hadn't taken over Hogwarts Castle at that time, nor did you rule the entire UK like you do now, but he could think of building Hogwarts as a slave farm, and he probably had already made plans for the future at that time. "

Jon already knew how Slytherin was deceived when he was in the maze. What he really wanted to know was what Voldemort finally asked Slytherin to do for him.

"So sir, what did he want you to give him when he told you this?"

Slytherin did not hide anything this time, and continued with an ugly expression.

"He told me at the time that in order to avoid the Muggle pursuit led by Dumbledore and continue to protect the seeds of the next generation of wizards, he had no choice but to use a magic that could make him immortal."

Jon and Dumbledore looked at each other when they heard this, and they immediately thought of what this magic was.

"He split his soul many times and made them into Horcruxes. He told me that he knew it was evil black magic, but he had no choice. After successfully making Horcruxes, he used this method He survived many crises, but later he felt the harm caused by the Horcrux to his soul."

"He became more and more irritable and emotional, almost losing his original reason. At this time, he realized that something was wrong with his situation. If he continued to rely on Horcruxes like this, he would become The other person is completely controlled by black magic."

"So he thought of taking back all the remaining souls that were split into Horcruxes to make him whole again. But after the soul was split, it was not that simple to get it back again. He is He stuffed the remaining soul in the Horcrux back into his own body, but there was no way to connect the soul into a whole."

"In the old house of the Slytherin family, he saw through some fragments that I had done a lot of research on the soul a thousand years ago, and then he found me under the ice in the North Pole and wanted to let me Help him provide a way to perfectly repair his soul."

Jon looked at the Slytherin in the portrait.

"Did you tell him the method?"

"Yes, I believed him, and based on the situation he described, I helped him determine a plan to make the divided soul whole again!"

Jon was stunned. Only now did he suddenly become sure of one thing.

The soul separation contract that Voldemort induced Sir Stoker to sign for him on Starr Tower and the complementary soul that he found in Slytherin to split the Horcrux were not aimed at the same soul problem. !

There are more at the end. Let’s take a look at it tomorrow morning. It will be considered as a make-up for the first day of leave. Only after you have made up for the leave and then write more will it be considered as an additional update.