It was a rock wall deep in the forest, covered with lush vegetation.
From any angle, this is a very hidden and unremarkable place.
There are few people around, if there is no guidance, no one will come here at all. Considering the height and abstraction of the murals left by the house-elves, even if they are discovered, they will not take it to their hearts, but regard them as Random graffiti, and I don't know how Xenophilius Lovegood found this in the first place.
In order to prove the existence of the horned snoring beast, what has he experienced!
The four cleaned up the plants on the rock wall, revealing the rock paintings below, which are many in number, far more than the information provided by Mr. Lovegood.
undefinedWith white paint on the rock wall, there are many portraits of house-elves engaged in various activities, and there are many strange animals, including an unknown creature that Mr. It looks more like a mutant horned camel, and the style of the portrait is very similar to the style of the Hufflepuff golden cup pattern.
"Is there a clue to the location of the house-elves' homes?" Sirius asked.
"It's possible!" said Hermione, looking carefully at the mural in front of her, trying to find something.
"To be honest, I really don't see the meaning of these portraits." Sirius frowned and said, "There are some ancient legends in the mountains nearby. I heard about them when I went to James' house during the summer vacation. Before, someone had seen a garden full of rare and exotic grasses in the nearby forest. Many people said that the Good Luck Spring was in that garden. Have you heard the story of the Good Luck Spring? This story It's very famous, one of the most widely circulated bedtime fairy tales in the wizarding world, and I used to listen to my mother with Regulus when I was a kid."
"You mean the Fountain of Fortune? It's not the story of the Fountain of Fortune I've read, right?"
"What are you talking about, Hermione, there is only one story about the Fountain of Fortune, and every version is similar. A delightful garden is protected and enveloped by magic, and there is a Fountain of Fortune, just wash in it. After taking a bath, you can get permanent good luck. Three witches with their own misfortune set off to find the fountain of good fortune. After all kinds of disasters, they all harvested their own good fortune. We all understand that happiness is achieved by one's own efforts..."
"I know the story, Sirius, I mean, there is the story of the Fountain of Good Luck in Dumbledore's "Tales of Bedouin the Poet" left to me." Hermione said excitedly, "You say, he Did you find something, that's why it left us clues."
"Maybe it's just a coincidence!" Sirius said disapprovingly.
"I have compared the materials, and the "Stories of Bedouin the Poet" left by Dumbledore is not a complete version, his book only has five stories, which is only a small part of the complete version of "Stories of Bedouin the Poet". Why did he choose these five stories? He must have a purpose in doing so. Since "The Legend of the Three Brothers" is real and corresponds to the Three Hallows of Death, then "The Fountain of Good Luck" may also be real, corresponding to It's the garden you're talking about," Hermione said quickly, "and that garden might be the home of the house-elves."
"Sounds a lot like Dumbledore," Harry muttered.
"I'm not as optimistic as you are, Hermione. The Fountain of Fortune is one of the oldest legends in the wizarding world. It is widely circulated, and almost all wizards have heard of it. Dumbledore may simply like that story. Even if that The garden is really home to the house-elves, so how does the story of the Fountain of Good Fortune help us?" Sirius continued, "We don't know how to find that place at all? For thousands of years, we don't know how many wizards have come here. Passed here, looking for the garden and the fountain of good luck, but found nothing. In fact, as the oldest gathering place of wizards in the world, there are not many legends like this in Godric's Hollow. Every one The ancient families of pure-blood wizards have secrets that no one knows, and they are all sealed in this valley."
"But I have a feeling, it's here." Hermione said with certainty, she quickly walked forward to a petroglyph, and took out Hufflepuff's gold cup from her pocket. In order to facilitate the search for clues, the gold cup has been kept there. Keep it in her hands, "Look at it, is this mural very similar to the pattern on the golden cup?"
"Indeed..." Harry and Sirius stepped forward and carefully compared and observed, "It's exactly the same, both in the style of house-elf."
"But what does this mean?"
"Hmm..." Hermione pondered, looking quickly at the paintings behind, "This seems to be some kind of ritual, and the golden cup is the key prop. This golden cup used to be the sacred artifact of house elves, which can make food It's kept fresh, and it's used for some kind of sacrificial activity. You see, this thing might be a gold cup, and these are house-elves."
She pointed to the petroglyph, right next to the one where Mr. Lovegood had determined that the Crooked Snorer existed.
"Then what's this in front of them, a horned snorer and the house-elves it eats?" Harry asked suspiciously.
In the portrait, many house-elves are crawling on the ground, and a golden cup is placed on the stone pier in front of it. The golden cup contains something, which seems to be sacrificed to a horned snoring beast. Elf.
After that, the picture becomes very abstract, and it is impossible to understand what the sculptor is trying to express. After a few more pictures, the ancient rune of "Home Elf Home" appears on the painting, which is a tree covered with lush plants. The place, looks a lot like the secret garden that Sirius said.
One thing in the middle looks a lot like a tree, but it doesn't look like much... These paintings are so abstract that it's hard for anyone to guess what the ancient house-elves were trying to express.
"Are we going to put food in gold cups for the Crooked Snore? Or some of us to the Crooked Snore," Harry said uncertainly, the frescoes adding to the confusion in his head. "And then it will take the rest to the elf's home?"
"It's really ridiculous, let the monster swallow itself, and besides, any reasonable person knows that the horned snoring beast does not exist." Sirius said, "It is a completely imagined magical animal, and also Only Xenophilius Lovegood would believe this, and I don't think he's normal here." He tapped his head with his finger.
"It may not be a horned snoring beast, but it does sacrifice food to something." Hermione's eyes still stayed on the mural, "We have read some existing materials and house elves before they were enslaved, they once Worshiping some kind of natural deity, and I think that might be the deity they worship."
"But what does this have to do with the fountain of good luck just mentioned? And where are we going to sacrifice food? Wouldn't it be to put the golden cup here, it looks stupid..."
"Dobby has something to say, and Dobby senses something unusual," Dobby said suddenly, and the other three looked at him in surprise.
"what have you found?"
"A force, Miss Granger, Dobby doesn't know, there doesn't seem to be something right here..." Dobby said, coming to a mural that looked like many plants. He felt it for a while, then reached out and touched the rock wall.
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Capítulo 1738: v2 Chapter 1738: The last Horcrux
Death is the last enemy!
The world of the dead, the Resurrection Stone, the fifteen-year-old Riddle, the Horcrux magic of Voldemort on Ron, a lot of information emerged in Harry's mind one by one, and he felt as if he understood something.
Open the Snitch at the last moment and use the Resurrection Stone inside. That is to say, the enemy he has to face at the last moment is death. Dumbledore thinks that Harry will die at the hands of Voldemort. More precisely, he must die!
Harry blinked, startled by the thought that popped into his head.
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a possibility. If he is also a Horcrux of Voldemort, then he must die, because only in this way can Voldemort be destroyed... And there is a high possibility that he is a Horcrux, ha Leigh has been speculating lately.
undefinedYou know, Voldemort's soul is very unstable. As long as killing people, it is possible to split the soul, because by accident, Voldemort split the Horcrux magic attached to Ron. So on that night sixteen years ago, right here, when he killed Harry's parents, did he also cause the split of the soul, and let a piece of soul attach to Harry? !
He was defeated by Lily's protection curse at the time, and he couldn't control his soul split under excitement, making Harry a Horcrux, so Harry could enter Voldemort's mind.
Compared with the Horcrux magic on Ron, Voldemort's soul fragment was integrated into Harry's soul, and he was a Horcrux himself.
To destroy Voldemort, you need to destroy all the Horcruxes. After the diary, Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's crown, Gaunt family's ring, Hufflepuff's gold cup, Evil God statue, and Ron's Horcrux magic were all resolved, the rest It was Harry who had to die to destroy Voldemort.
This is what Dumbledore wants to guide him to know, and it is also the task that Dumbledore left him. At this moment, Harry suddenly wants to ask Riddle about this. Fifteen-year-old Riddle, he must be knew.
Or, Ai Wen also knows! It is not Ai Wen who should go to the world of the dead, but him!
Seeing that Harry seemed to be listening, Sirius continued, "Apologize to Hermione for what happened just now and the hurtful remarks, Harry, we can't continue to hurt anyone who loves us, especially here. planting time."
There was a mess in Harry's head, all the thought that had just popped up.
He only heard Hermione whisper "I'm fine", and Sirius went on to talk about Bathilda Bagshot, "I think Hermione is right, it's time to visit Bagshot and Not a good idea, besides the danger, I doubt how many wizards will stay at home, Death Eaters and dark wizards are catching people everywhere these days, and everyone is freaked out, either getting caught or hiding."
"The message on the board confirms that the dark wizards have been here." Hermione added.
"It's not just Godric's Hollow, but other places are similar. Voldemort is crazy. If the information about the evil **** left by Ai Wen is true, I can't even think about what he is going to do! Before Voldemort does something crazier , we have to stop him, this is our task. Let's go to find the home of the house elf, don't make any extras, the enemy may appear at any time, be vigilant. By the way, where is the ruins of the house elf home? "
"In the mountains to the east of the valley, when Mr. Lovegood was tracking the horned snoring beast, he found a lot of murals and graffiti left by ancient house-elves on a rock wall, among which there were paintings about house-elves. The records of the homeland." Hermione said, "I saw the photo, it is a rare ancient rune, only circulated among goblins and elves, Mr. Lovegood read a lot of materials to decipher it."
Dobby shook his head and said, "Dobby doesn't know anything about ancient rune, miss, Dobby has never heard of it, and neither does the other house-elves."
"That was nearly a thousand years ago, and it's normal that you don't know." Hermione continued, "Ever since it was conquered by humans, the inheritance of elves has been broken, and they have completely become a subordinate race of wizards. As for fairies, they also He was enslaved by wizards for hundreds of years, and although he gained an independent status through continuous rebellion, there are not many fairies who can remember the traditions and writings left by his ancestors."
In fact, not only fairies and elves, but also many non-human intelligent creatures and magical animals have been killed by wizards for thousands of years. Long, Cyclops, etc. These ancient magical creatures are now all extinct and become history.
Their magic, their writing, and their civilization, annihilated. The current wizards can only see the names of these creatures in books, and imagine their appearances out of thin air.
Some people say that this is a kind of progress, but if you think about it from another angle, isn't it a pity?
Human wizards have explored every corner of the magical world, conquered all magical creatures, and domesticated countless magical animals. They seem powerful and invincible, but in fact, the world has lost its diversity and a lot less wonderful.
"On the hills to the east!" said Sirius, "I don't remember much there, except that somewhere on the top of the valley east of the valley there is a statue and a building in memory of Godric Gryffindor himself, that building It looks like a monastery, and when the moon is full, the moonlight shines right above the statue, and James and I visited it. Come on, if the house-elves' home is there, I probably know how to get there."
He said, walking in one direction, and Harry and Hermione followed.
Soon, they left the main road and walked on a rough road, and walked in silence for a while. Harry was still thinking about the idea that had just popped up in his head, and his thoughts were complicated.
Hermione didn't speak either, she thought of Ai Wen again. If it is true that as Sirius said just now, Ivan met Dumbledore in the world of the dead, what would they say?
The last enemy to destroy is death! The only way to defeat death is to accept it, and Dumbledore may choose to go on and defeat this last enemy.
What about Ai Wen, will he choose to go down or come back? Only people with real courage will go on without any scruples. Hermione does not doubt Ai Wen's courage, but she hopes that he can come back, even for her...
In the night sky, the stars twinkled brightly, and a shooting star suddenly passed by.
...........
Voldemort doesn't seem to have thought about whether Harry will come to Godric's Hollow, or has thought about it, but he thinks that the time has come, and he can't arrange for someone to stay here all the time. All in all, Sirius, Ha Leigh, Hermione, and Dobby were four, and they didn't encounter a single Death Eater or dark wizard along the way.
Based on the clues left by Mr. Lovegood, they quickly found the destination of the trip.