Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

"House elves generally have longer lifespans than wizards. Hooch was old enough when Smith died, but she is still alive today." Dumbledore said solemnly, lowering his voice to ensure that no third person could hear him. Sherlock also knew the importance of keeping secrets. He dispersed his control area at this time and checked whether there were any peepers around. "I have seen her memory, and it is obvious that it has been modified." "Riddle was invited by Smith to her home, where she showed him her two most precious treasures and asked him to keep it secret for her and not tell Borgin Burke, because she never thought of selling these two things." "One of these two treasures is the Hufflepuff gold cup that you have found and destroyed." "And the other is the locket passed down by Slytherin." Hearing this, Sherlock couldn't help but frown. "I remember that Riddle himself is the heir of the Slytherin family?"

"Yes, the locket was sold to the Smith family by the former Slytherin heir, which gave him a reason to take it back."

"After that, he poisoned Smith to death, snatched the two relics of the founder, and modified Hooch's memory, blaming the house elf for the incident, making her believe that it was her own mistake that killed her master."

Dumbledore whispered to Sherlock all the information he got from Hooch's memory.

Sherlock's frown did not relax at all.

"The diary, Hufflepuff's gold cup, Slytherin's locket, and Ravenclaw's diadem are the four Horcruxes we know about now. The diary and the gold cup have been destroyed. What is certain is that there is still a Horcrux hidden in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts. As for whether this Horcrux is one of the Horcruxes we know about, it is not clear yet."

Even if they find out what Voldemort's Horcrux is, it will not help the current situation at all, because they don't know where the Horcrux will be hidden.

But Dumbledore is obviously much more cheerful than Sherlock.

"The more information we know, the easier it will be for us to get closer to the key. I am investigating Riddle's past bit by bit, and I believe there will be new discoveries soon."

In terms of understanding Voldemort, I believe that no one in the entire magic world can surpass him, and even Riddle himself may not know himself better than Dumbledore.

Sherlock can't help Dumbledore for the time being, so he can only wait for news passively.

Taking this opportunity, he also asked about Mrs. Matthew. What kind of grudge did she have with Dumbledore that she refused to help at the beginning.

"Ah, speaking of this, we have to mention Horace (Slughorn)." Dumbledore seemed to have a strong desire to talk about these past events, he said with a smile. Gu Xi "Matthew liked Horace. When Horace was the dean of Slytherin, she came to Hogwarts and found me to propose to work in the school. But Horace had no idea of ​​getting married at that time, and he was always trying to reject Matthew's love, so he asked me not to agree to her job application." "Plus, there were no suitable vacancies in Hogwarts at that time, so I finally rejected Matthew's application." "She is indeed a witch with a small mind. She thought I was the one who destroyed their relationship, plus some other misunderstandings, and she has been holding a grudge against me since then." "But Matthew has always been an upright person, but sometimes it would be better if she didn't have to be so stingy." Sherlock certainly couldn't chat with Dumbledore all the time at the dinner. So many people came to this awarding ceremony today just for him alone. Even if he didn't like such superficial communication, he still had to smile and greet these bigwigs in the magic world.

Among them, there were naturally wizards from pure-blood families, such as Ollivander, who had been focusing on making wands for more than a thousand years. He was also a pure-blood family with a long history and had never shown any behavior that favored Voldemort.

However, few people from pure-blood families came, for example, Sherlock did not see anyone from the Malfoy family.

On the night of the last event of the Triwizard Tournament, the Aurors did not catch Lucius Malfoy. Whether he was among the Death Eaters at that time was also a mystery, because the Death Eaters who had been caught so far did not give him up.

Lucius became silent after Scrimgeour took office. He had a good relationship with Fudge in the past, and his actions of waving gold Galleons and making friends with the top leaders of the Ministry of Magic were now stopped.

He seemed to be staying at home, not paying any attention to anything happening in the outside world.

The banquet ended at around ten o'clock in the evening.

The front page of the Daily Prophet tomorrow will definitely be about the content of this award ceremony. This is probably the last time the Ministry of Magic will promote Sherlock's reputation in the wizarding world.

After all, no matter how sincere he was in talking to Scrimgeour yesterday, as long as he is unwilling to accept the position in the Ministry, the Ministry of Magic will naturally not focus all the public opinion on him.

During the rest of the summer vacation, the Ministry of Magic's various actions and performances are indeed like this.

After the investiture ceremony, Sherlock stayed with Hilke at home, taking care of her eyes until she completely returned to normal.

On the day Silk took off the black ribbon covering his eyes, the two of them made a special trip to 12 Grimmauld Place to hold a small ceremony with the Weasley family and the members of the Order of the Phoenix who stayed there. Had a celebration party.

Harry lived very safely here, protected by the Loyalty Charm, and the Death Eaters had no way to trouble him.

In the following month or so, they rarely saw Dumbledore. He was always busy with certain things that only Sherlock knew about. Other members of the Order of the Phoenix were also always watching. The whereabouts of the wizards who were involved with Voldemort were wanted to find out where Voldemort was hiding.

But Voldemort did not show up during this period, and there were no problems in Azkaban, which Dumbledore and Sherlock were more worried about.

Except for the recent frequent actions of the Aurors, arresting and interrogating some pure-blood wizards with previous criminal records, the magical world seems to be no different from usual.

Under such a situation, time flies by very quickly, and at the end of August, it’s time for the first day of school at Hogwarts.