Chapter 19 Dumbledore Is Led Astray by Ginny

"So, you met Dumbledore?"

In the memory space, Cyrus's face was not very good. He didn't know about this until the next night. Ginny fell asleep immediately after returning to the dormitory last night.

"Well! Headmaster Dumbledore mentioned you. Although he didn't say the name, I know it was you." Ginny said excitedly, but then Cyrus' words were like pouring a bucket of cold water on her.

"Maybe I have been exposed." Cyrus exhaled heavily and tried to calm his emotions. He didn't expect that after waiting for so long, he would get such a result in the end.

After all, he and Riddle are not the same person, and their attitudes towards Ginny are also different. A little coincidence is enough to make the results of things very different.

But--

'Maybe there is still hope. 'He thought.

If Dumbledore thinks that everything is under his control, he will not be so eager to act.

Just like Quirrell last year, it is naturally appropriate to use it as a tool for his savior to practice.

'There is still room for operation! ’

Cyrus forced himself to calm down. In fact, he was not sure what Dumbledore was planning, but it had been almost twenty hours since Ginny met him last night, and he was still safe and sound in Ginny's hands, which meant that things had not reached a desperate situation.

"Exposed? But I have never told anyone about Mr. Riddle?" Ginny was startled and almost couldn't hold the pen steady, and said anxiously.

"It's not your fault, but magic is always hard to guard against. Dumbledore is a master of Legilimency. When he looks into your eyes, he can roughly know your thoughts." After Cyrus calmed down, he was in the mood to comfort Ginny.

"Generally speaking, wizards always say that Legilimency is not mind reading, but for an unguarded brain, it is actually more terrifying than mind reading."

"Then, what should I do?" Ginny was about to cry.

She didn't want to cause Mr. Riddle to "die" because of her, and she didn't want to lose such a friend who could confide in her.

"Don't worry, if someone really asks you to hand me over, just hide me. I will modify your memory and hide with the real memory, so that no one can find me." Cyrus comforted.

This is the last resort.

Once it comes to this point, he doesn't know when he will wait for another person to open the diary next time. And if the diary is not destroyed, will Voldemort die?

Cyrus and Ginny were worried here, while Dumbledore sat in the office, trying to think about the little details of his meeting with Ginny Weasley last night. Although it is a bit despicable to say it, he did perform Legilimency on a first-year wizard.

He really wanted to know why the other party appeared in that place so coincidentally.

But the information he got surprised him.

He put his memory into the Pensieve to confuse it, and the scene of last night immediately emerged.

He saw that he was aggressive and shamelessly used powerful magic to forcefully enter Ginny's brain and read her thoughts at that moment.

For this reason, he also deliberately asked a question to guide the other party to think - "Before you leave, I want to confirm, Miss Weasley, do you have anything else to say to me?"

Ginny Weasley was obviously hiding.

And at this moment, her voice kept echoing in his mind: "Draco Malfoy is the heir of Slytherin!"

Draco Malfoy?

Even he thought it was a bit absurd.

If Salazar Slytherin really found Draco Malfoy as his heir, he would be really blind.

It's not that Dumbledore looked down on Draco Malfoy, in fact, on the contrary, he thought Draco was indeed a promising talent. But the Malfoy family is not so qualified as a Slytherin, let alone the heir of Slytherin.

Ambition and honor?

Yes, but not much.

And - he doesn't have a Parseltongue!

This is a very important point. At least Dumbledore believes that if Slytherin really left behind a secret chamber, perhaps only Parseltongue can open the door of the secret chamber.

But in other words, he can't confirm whether there is a secret chamber. Dumbledore knows very well that the murderer of the murder fifty years ago was not Hagrid. At that time, he did not suspect that it was Tom Riddle who did it, but the truth of many things has become more and more obvious after the erosion of time.

The murderer fifty years ago was most likely Tom. But Dumbledore is not sure what method the other party used.

Was it a deliberate obliteration for the purpose of making Horcruxes? Or is it really like the rumor that the Slytherin secret chamber was opened to eliminate those so-called "people who are not worthy of learning magic"?

"Draco Malfoy, it's not impossible. Arthur seemed to be raiding Malfoy's house during the summer vacation. Maybe Lucius asked him to bring some things from the Voldemort period to the school." Dumbledore guessed.

In fact, he had already guessed it almost exactly. It was just that because of the words in Ginny's mind, his current guess was a little off. And Draco, who should have followed the team back to the dungeon, appeared on the third floor at that time, which was more coincidental than Harry and the others appearing there.

As for why Ginny Weasley appeared in the classroom where Hagrid hid the Acromanthus, perhaps someone told her the location of "this is not the Chamber of Secrets".

Fifty years ago, maybe it was his grandfather or grandmother.

"What is the old thing from Voldemort's time? The key to the Chamber of Secrets? Or -"

He broke away from his memory and said happily to Fawkes, who was on the verge of rebirth.

"Hurry up and prepare for rebirth, old friend, I may need your help."

If the old thing is the same as he guessed, then the thing that he had not achieved for decades has finally made progress. Of course, with Tom Riddle's madness, maybe he made several such things, but no matter what, it would be great if he could destroy one now.

Fawkes lowered his head and plucked out one of his tail feathers, ignoring Dumbledore's words.

"It seems I have to find time to visit my old friend, Horace Slughorn. I haven't seen him for a long time since he retired." Dumbledore paced in front of the window, watching the moonlight pour down.

"But let's wait a little longer. If it's really Draco, I believe Lucius Malfoy will take action."

Ah - I'm so tired from work

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