Chapter 738 The Real Gryffindor

"Seven..."

After listening to what Hermione and Fish had said, Dumbledore didn't know whether he sighed with emotion or relief.

Hermione asked excitedly: "Professor, besides Slytherin's locket and the big snake called Nagini, what is another Horcrux?"

The four Horcruxes, Riddle's diary, Hufflepuff's golden cup, Ravenclaw's diadem, and the Gaunt family's ring, have been destroyed. The locket has not yet been found. The serpent has remained with Voldemort. But other than that, there seemed to be no more clues related to Horcruxes in the memories related to Voldemort.

"Is it Gryffindor's sword?" Hermione exclaimed.

After knowing the carriers of several other Horcruxes, Miss Know-It-All would naturally go to the library to look up relevant information, and then she also learned about the existence of the Sword of Gryffindor.

Dumbledore shook his head and said: "Gryffindor's sword is fine. It has been kept by me. Voldemort has no chance to touch it. In addition, there should be six Horcruxes instead of seven."

He concealed Harry's most important Horcrux and explained: "The seventh part of his soul, no matter how broken, is still in his resurrected body. It is this part of him that has existed in ghostly form during his many years of exile. , without it, he has no self. This seventh part of the soul will be the last thing anyone who wants to kill Voldemort must attack - the piece inside him."

"Currently? Should?" Hermione was not relieved, but was keenly aware of the uncertainty in Dumbledore's words.

"Yes..." Dumbledore sighed again and said, "Do you think Voldemort would replenish the number of Horcruxes to six when he knew that the diary and the golden cup had been destroyed?"

"B-But... can't we only make six Horcruxes?" Hermione asked, her eyes widening in horror.

"It's not that he can only make six, but Voldemort wants to maintain the most magical number of 'seven'..." Dumbledore continued to sigh: "Of course, splitting souls many times is not a problem for Voldemort. It’s a simple thing, so he may not create new Horcruxes now, but we have to guard against this possibility.”

"So after all is said and done, we still can't determine the number of Horcruxes, meow? Why don't we just follow Fish's method, capture Voldemort, and then give him Veritaserum? Meow!"

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Maomao crossed his arms and nodded his head seriously.

"This is indeed a way," Dumbledore chuckled: "The premise is that we can catch him."

"As long as he dares to appear in front of Fei Xu, he will never be able to escape, meow!"

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Maomao raised his head confidently.

When Voldemort was resurrected, he did not expect that the other party would be so decisive in escaping, so he did not put a wild mark on him. When he saw Voldemort next time, he would definitely mark him as soon as possible.

In this way, no matter how Voldemort escapes, he will be able to sense him.

However, there is still a problem that needs to be solved...

"So, when will Meow teach Fisch to apparate? Only by learning how to apparate can Fisch catch up with Voldemort who is escaping!"

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In Maomao's words, the so-called Dark Lord seemed to be nothing more than that. The originally heavy atmosphere suddenly became lighter.

"Don't worry, when the holidays are over, the Ministry of Magic will arrange for people to come to Hogwarts to teach you Apparition." Dumbledore reassured with a smile.

Although he didn't know the specific name and effect of the Wild Mark spell, by following Fish before, Dumbledore also roughly knew that the cat had a spell that could sense a specific target.

"Well, no matter what, this memory has made us make great progress. Why don't we have something to celebrate." Dumbledore no longer dwelled on the problem of Horcruxes, but conjured up a teapot and Three teacups, said to Fish and Hermione.

"Of course, forget about the wine. I don't want to be like Horace and be scolded by Minerva until I can't hold my head up." He winked at the two of them with a smile, "I know everything about last night. How did you do it?" good."

However, Fish, who had just eaten and drank, was not interested in having a drink or anything. He supported the table, leaned his whole body towards Dumbledore, and asked with shining eyes: "Albus, what did you just say?" Can you show Fish the sword of Gryffindor?"

Fish had seen several beautiful swords in Muggle TV series, but in a school that taught magic and was full of wizards, if he wanted to see cold weapons for close combat, he basically had to choose from Look for those armor statues.

So when Maomao heard that there was actually a sword used by the founder of the academy, he immediately became interested.

Dumbledore smiled mysteriously, picked up the Sorting Hat and handed it to Fish.

"Wait a minute, Dumbledore!" the Sorting Hat yelled, "What are you going to do? Whether Fish can take out the sword or not is beyond my control!"

"What do you mean? Did you hide the sword?"

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Cat asked, grabbing the Sorting Hat and pulling it to both sides.

"I didn't hide it!" the Sorting Hat defended loudly: "Gryffindor just magically connected me with his sword. If he is a real Gryffindor, he can pull out the sword from me. ! But this is beyond my control!”

"Is it Meow?"

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Fish cast a suspicious look at Dumbledore.

"Of course." Dumbledore nodded with a smile.

"Then prove it to Fish!" Maomao handed the Sorting Hat over.

However, Dumbledore did not take it, "In fact, I am not a typical Gryffindor, so I can't pull it out through the Sorting Hat."

While he said this, he still kept a smile on his face, as if he was very open-minded about not being a "real Gryffindor".

Of course, judging from Dumbledore's usual performance, this could also be his lie.

But Fish was not interested in whether Dumbledore was a Gryffindor...

"Didn't you say that you have always kept the sword, meow!"

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Fish stared at the bad old man angrily.

He actually wanted to lie to him again!

"I didn't lie to you," Dumbledore was not embarrassed by being caught lying. He shrugged and explained, "I really can't draw out the sword of Gryffindor through the Sorting Hat, but... I know where the sword is hidden."

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"... Then can't you just give it to Phish?!"

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The cat stared at Dumbledore's hands dangerously, and made a creaking sound of grinding teeth.

"Ahem..." Dumbledore, who was worried that he would be bitten again, quickly hid his hands behind his back and smiled flatteringly, "I just want to try if you can draw out the sword."

Pish tilted his head and thought for a while, then reached into the Sorting Hat and fumbled around...

The result was naturally nothing.

The cat who failed to draw out the sword didn't feel disappointed. After all... he didn't think that a college with a big cat that couldn't even climb a tree as its logo was anything great.

Dumbledore, who saw this scene, was slightly relieved, but also a little depressed...

The reason why he lied that he couldn't draw the sword was because he was worried that the cat would be unhappy if he couldn't draw the sword. As a result, it turned out that he thought too much.

Fish didn't care about Gryffindor. He just wanted to see what the sword looked like out of curiosity.

Naturally, the cat, who had already aroused curiosity, would not give up so easily.

He held the Sorting Hat in front of him, shaking it and threatening fiercely: "Hurry! Hand over the sword! Otherwise, Fish will not only wipe the oil stains on you, but also use his claws to hook out all your threads, meow!"

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Sorting Hat: "..."

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I was very curious about this in the original book. Why didn't Voldemort increase his Horcruxes after his resurrection? Because of Harry Potter, his soul was actually divided into eight pieces, so I don't agree with this reason that it can only be divided into seven pieces. It's just that Voldemort believes that the number seven has magic, so he chose to make only six Horcruxes.

In addition, according to the description of the original book, the Horcrux Nagini was most likely made after attacking the baby Harry. It is not certain whether it was made when he was still half-dead or after his resurrection.

As for Nagini being a witch before, it feels more like a setting added later for magical animals.

But no matter what, the upper limit of the Horcrux is definitely more than six, so we can only assume that Voldemort's soul has almost reached the limit and can't support him to continue to split.

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As for whether Dumbledore can draw the sword of Gryffindor, I personally tend to think that he can, otherwise it is impossible to explain Fawkes's behavior of throwing the Sorting Hat to Harry in the Chamber of Secrets. He obviously knew or had seen someone draw the sword from it.

But I personally think that Dumbledore was able to draw the sword after he broke up with Grindelwald and gradually clarified his own path. Before that, Dumbledore was unlikely to draw the sword.