"I think I already know who that person is…" Dumbledore said with a long sigh.
Kaisen understood, a physical version of Muffliato, like a Creeper's head suddenly appearing in his hand and slapping it onto Lockhart's head.
"Tom Riddle… You know him…" Dumbledore said helplessly.
"No? Can he still not die?"
Dumbledore shook his head: "In short, we now know that Tom is currently possessing a book, and this book should be his work from his sixth or seventh year. It might contain a piece of his memory from that time, or a personality, just like… a portrait."
"No."
"Hmm?" Dumbledore looked at Kaisen.
"It's not a personality or memory, but a soul," Kaisen said seriously.
"How so?"
Dumbledore asked.
Kaisen didn't know how to explain for a moment, so he simply took off the monocle from his eye socket, turned it around, and placed it in front of Dumbledore.
"Human… magic… What does MC mean?" Dumbledore looked through the monocle, seeing Kaisen's essence, and asked with some confusion.
"Don't mind those details."
Kaisen put the monocle back on: "What I mean is, when Lord Voldemort possessed Lockhart, one of Lockhart's entries was 'soul'."
"Soul…" Dumbledore murmured, and after a long while, he sat down in his chair.
He didn't know whether to be happy or sad…
"A… hopeless person," he said distractedly.
"What?" Kaisen asked.
"Tom is a hopeless person… So he already… at that time…"
"Please be clearer," Kaisen sat down and poured Dumbledore a cup of black tea.
"He killed someone… If what was on Lockhart was truly a soul, then he had already killed someone at that time, killed an innocent person…"
"Using such a cruel method, he split his soul and created Horcruxes. This is the secret to his immortality, and also the secret to his gradual madness," Dumbledore said with a grim face.
"Horcrux?"
Dumbledore nodded: "By killing innocent people, he splits his own soul, allowing soul fragments to attach to objects, and then protecting these objects with ritual magic. This way, when his physical body is killed, because one of his soul fragments cannot go to the world of the dead, his entire being will be half-dead, becoming a wandering ghost between worlds…"
"He relied on killing to split his soul. Who did he kill back then?" Kaisen asked.
"At that time… Myrtle, it could only be her. She is now a ghost of Hogwarts, in a disused restroom on the second floor of the Castle."
Kaisen sat in his seat and took a sip of tea: "You're right, that guy really is hopeless…"
The crystal ball on the desk flashed red light. After pressing it, the distant office door opened.
Snape walked in, looking at the surprisingly large office with some surprise. The next moment, he directly used a flying charm and quickly arrived at the desk, pulling a chair for himself to sit down. While drinking tea, he even had the presence of mind to look at Lockhart, whose head was covered by a Creeper's head and who was dizzy.
And the four little ones began their long… exercise.
"Next time I should bring my broom," Harry whispered.
"I think… that makes sense."
"What's the matter? You accidentally made Lockhart stupid and want me to save him?" Snape asked, looking at Kaisen from his chair.
Kaisen stroked his chin, not saying much, while Dumbledore beside him looked a bit awkward.
He had called Snape to give Lockhart some Veritaserum, which he would then combine with his Legilimency for a dual physical and soul search.
But now he had already confirmed who that person was, in short… Snape's visit here was useless.
"...…Don't tell me I came here for nothing," Snape said, looking at the silent Dumbledore.
"Of course not, just now, we have… let's go to the Headmaster's office to talk."
Just like that, the four little ones finally approached the desk, panting, and then Dumbledore took Kaisen and Snape and Apparated away.
"...Are they playing with us? Making fun of us?"
"It was definitely Snape's idea."
"Although… but… agreed!"
On the other side…
"Lord Voldemort's secret to immortality has been found… a very evil Alchemy creation… a Horcrux," Dumbledore said from his chair.
"I see, as long as we find that Horcrux…" Snape nodded.
"I don't think Tom would only have one Horcrux; one Horcrux wouldn't be enough to make him look like that, neither human nor ghost," Dumbledore shook his head.
"..."
"..."
Kaisen and Snape exchanged glances, then simultaneously directed expressions of speechlessness at Dumbledore, clearly dissatisfied with his Riddle-like behavior.
"Bridget Wenlock discovered a magical number," Dumbledore explained.
"Seven? He made seven Horcruxes?" Snape asked.
"I'm afraid so," Dumbledore nodded.
"...…How many do we know of now?"
"One of them, his notebook."
"Where is it?"
Kaisen shook his head: "Lockhart found that notebook, and was then possessed by Lord Voldemort. Until he was discovered by me and suppressed in my office, Lord Voldemort's soul should have suddenly left Lockhart's body. I searched all over Lockhart and the office, but the notebook is gone."
"A Horcrux, a soul fragment, with little magic besides bewitching people, how did it disappear?" Snape frowned.
"That idiot Lockhart followed Lord Voldemort's instructions and poured his magic into the notebook," Kaisen explained.
"...He really is a complete idiot," Snape sneered.
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