"What?" Kyle looked at him puzzled, not quite understanding what this meant.

"It's the golden cup. I told Dumbledore it was yours." Harry explained in a low voice, "But at first I really didn't know it was the Hufflepuff cup. I thought it was just an ordinary golden cup."

"So." Kyle looked at him. "You're right. It's in my hand. There's nothing to apologize for."

"It was me who made you lose that important golden cup." Harry said self-reproachfully, "I've seen the memory about the golden cup. It's a great magical item, left behind by the four great masters of Hogwarts. Even Voldemort is fascinated by it.

"If I hadn't said that unnecessary thing, Professor Dumbledore wouldn't have taken it away, and you would have been able to keep it until graduation."

"Oh, this." Kyle shook his head and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, even if you don't tell me, I will find a chance to tell Dumbledore.

"And didn't you hear it just now? He won't keep it forever. He will give it back to me soon."

After hearing what Kyle said, Harry finally felt a little better. In fact, when he heard that Dumbledore wanted to keep the golden cup, he began to feel guilty and didn't pay attention to what was said afterwards.

"To be honest, I really hope Professor Dumbledore won't return the cup to me." Kyle touched Fawkes' golden and red feathers and muttered softly.

Harry then noticed that Kyle had actually carried the headmaster's phoenix out. Miraculously, it seemed to be very obedient and had no intention of resisting at all.

Is the Phoenix so gentle?

Subconsciously, Harry reached out and wanted to touch Fawkes...or rather, he had wanted to do so for a long time.

As expected, Harry was pecked the next second.

"Ouch!" He cried out in pain and pulled his hand back even faster.

The phoenix is ​​not an owl, and it can heal itself by rubbing its hands after being pecked. However, when Harry lowered his head, he saw a large swelling quickly forming on his hand, as if it had been burned by a red-hot iron, and it was burning with pain at the slightest movement.

"It looks like it doesn't like me," Harry said, grinning.

"No, Fox is just a little shy," Kyle said. "If a stranger touches your hair without saying hello, you will punch him, too. That's normal."

"Is that so?" Harry blinked, and it suddenly made sense to him.

Phoenixes are not ordinary magical animals. They are very smart and are not much worse than wizards. It seems not surprising that they pay attention to politeness.

However, looking at the freshly baked big bag in his hand, Harry no longer had the desire to touch the Phoenix. He just looked at Kyle with envy.

It hurt so much that he didn't want to be hit a second time.

The two continued walking forward, with Harry deliberately falling behind and looking up at Kyle from time to time.

He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of frustration. Such an important thing as the Horcrux was found so easily by Kyle, as if he had picked up a stone from the ground.

Dumbledore only asked him to inquire about a piece of Slughorn's memory, which was many times simpler than looking for the Horcrux, but he still had no clue.

He didn't even know where to start.

Harry had tried Ron's approach before, asking directly after a Potions class.

But in the end, Slughorn only said... "You two should have discussed it!"

Then he slammed the door and walked out angrily.

Slughorn didn't speak to him for several days after that, and Harry kept trying to find an excuse to mend things between them.

This is also the reason why he wanted to find Slughorn as soon as he learned that Ron was drugged.

Anyway, this is a good reason.

Then the following happened.

Although this incident eased the relationship between the two a lot, Harry still didn't know what to do.

Finally, when they came near the portrait of the Fat Lady, Harry couldn't help asking, "Kyle, where did you buy the mead you gave Professor Slughorn in the hospital wing? The Three Broomsticks?"

"Well... of course not." Kyle looked at Harry, "I remember you were under seventeen, so just drink some butterbeer."

"No, not me." Harry shook his head quickly. "I saw that Professor Slughorn liked it, so I wanted to buy a bottle. Maybe it will help me with what I'm going to do next."

"You can't buy it, the mead is made from the Hufflepuff gold cup." Kyle thought for a moment, "Well, if you're in a hurry, you can go back to Professor Dumbledore and ask him to pour you a bottle.

"If you are not in a hurry, you can wait a few more days."

"No hurry, I'm not in a hurry!" Harry said quickly, not wanting to go back to Dumbledore.

"Oh well."

As always, the two of them separated at the aisle in front of the Fat Lady's portrait.

However, Kyle did not return to the common room immediately, because he could not walk back and forth in the castle with a phoenix in his arms, even though it was night.

So Kyle had to find an empty room and put Fox in a box to keep Norbert and the others company.

the next day.

The atmosphere in school always becomes unusually dull after the weekend. Unlike the bustling auditorium yesterday, most people seemed unusually dull and yawned repeatedly during dinner today.

"You mean, Kyle found a Horcrux, and it's the famous Hufflepuff gold cup?" Hermione asked in a low voice at a corner of the Gryffindor table.

"Famous? You know the gold cup too?" Harry stuffed a piece of fried egg into his mouth.

He always thought that only he who had seen the memory knew these things. For example, when he was in the dormitory yesterday, Ron just thought it was a trophy made of gold.

"Of course I know, that's the symbol of Hufflepuff." Hermione said casually, "And there are four of them... the Sword of Gryffindor, the Ravenclaw Diadem, the Hufflepuff Cup, and the Slytherin Locket, representing the four founders of the house respectively.

"These are clearly written in Hogwarts: A History. I'm sure many people know them."

"You're wrong." Ron took a big sip of pumpkin juice. "You're the only one who will finish reading that five-inch thick book. Most other people will only look for the parts that interest them."

"Thank you for reminding me that I'm actually interested in so many things." Hermione said unhappily.

Looking at the two people who were about to quarrel, Harry acted very calm. Before, he might have tried to change the subject, but now... to be honest, he had gotten used to it.

Anyway, they would have to argue again next time after they had persuaded each other, so as long as they didn't cast spells against each other on the spot, Harry would pretend not to see it.

He lowered his head, thinking carefully about what Hermione had just said.

"You just said, what is the symbol of Ravenclaw?"

"Ah? Oh, it's a crown." Hermione came back to her senses and said, "It can give wisdom to the wearer, which is something everyone desires."

"Increase wisdom?" Ron raised his head suddenly, with a sparkling light in his eyes.

"I'm sure there are a lot of people who want it..."

"That should be it." Hermione continued to eat her breakfast and said indifferently: "But I think this should be a legend. Only books can bring people wisdom, not crowns."

"But that is the crown of Ravenclaw, currently recognized as the most intelligent wizard."

"Ravenclaw is the wise one, not her crown," Hermione said calmly, "If you want to pin your hopes on something like that, you might as well read a few more books."

"But doesn't the book also say that the crown can give people wisdom?" Ron retorted.

Hermione opened her mouth and stopped talking.

Because Ron was right, it was indeed written in the book.

While the two were talking, Harry kept his head down and said nothing.

"Harry..." Ron pushed him, "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about something I overlooked before." Harry raised his head and lowered his voice, "Yesterday in the headmaster's office, Kyle said this... He said that the golden cup, like the crown, was Voldemort's Horcrux, and he found it and gave it to Mr. Nicolas Flamel."

"Nicolas Flamel!" Ron couldn't help but raise his voice, "Is it the Nicolas Flamel who has the Philosopher's Stone?"

"That should be correct, but that's not the point." Harry said seriously, "The point is the previous sentence, "Same as the crown." This means..."

"Ravenclaw's Diadem was also made into a Horcrux by Voldemort!" Hermione blurted out. "That's right." Harry nodded, "And it was also found by Kell, even before the Golden Cup."

Harry didn't know what to say. He originally thought it was amazing that Kyle could find a Horcrux, but now he knew that Kyle didn't just find one Horcrux, but two!

"In that case..." Ron asked, "Has the Ravenclaw helmet been taken by Kyle?"

"It's a crown, not a helmet!" Hermione corrected.

"If it wasn't taken away by Headmaster Dumbledore like the Cup was, I suppose it was," said Harry.

Neither Kell nor Dumbledore said much on this topic, so he didn't know the details and could only guess.

At this time, Ron seemed to have thought of something and asked tentatively: "Do you think that Kyle's intelligence is related to the head... um, the crown?"

"Absolutely impossible!" Hermione said firmly, "Even if the so-called crown can really increase the wisdom of the user, have you ever seen Kyle wearing it?"

"Well, no." Ron thought for a moment and shook his head.

The same goes for Harry next to him.

They certainly hadn't seen it.

And as one of the most popular students in the school, Kyle would definitely be noticed if he suddenly wore a crown, but so far, they haven't heard any talk about it.

"And the most important point." Hermione continued: "Kyle has been the top student in the grade since he entered school, and his performance is very stable. It's not like your performance in Potions class, which suddenly got better one day."

"What does this have to do with us?" Ron muttered quietly, pretending not to understand what Hermione meant.

Because of that notebook, he stole the show in Slughorn's Potions class and almost always got excellent grades, a feeling he had never experienced before.

It’s a pity that there is only one notebook. It would be better if the same could be done for other courses.

Ron thought for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Do you think Kyle would be willing to lend us the crown?"

"I know what you are thinking..." Hermione looked at him seriously, "but I advise you to give up this idea. You can't expect to increase your wisdom with a crown."

Ron didn't say anything, but from his evasive eyes, it was obvious that he didn't agree with Hermione.

"Hermione is right." Harry nodded.

Seeing both of them say that, Ron turned his head away and whispered, "I don't want to wear the crown, I'm just curious. That's something left by Ravenclaw, aren't you curious?"

"I..." Hermione wanted to say that she was not curious, but she couldn't say it. She could only nod helplessly, "Okay, actually, I want to see it too."

"But Kyle certainly wouldn't lend the Ravenclaw Diadem to anyone else." Harry looked at Ron and said, "Would you lend it to me if it were you?"

"No." Ron blurted out, "Except for you two, of course."

"Thank you so much," Hermione said perfunctorily.

"You're welcome."

"I have an idea." At this time, Harry suddenly looked at Hermione and said, "You just said that each founder of the academy left behind a magical item, right?"

"Yeah." Hermione nodded.

"In that case," said Harry, "could the remaining sword and locket have also been made into Horcruxes by Voldemort..."

Hearing the name, Ron shuddered at first, then began to think about what Harry said.

"You're right." Hermione also reacted and looked up and said, "Since the golden cup and the crown have been made into Horcruxes, there is no reason for Voldemort to give up the other two."

"Let's go and look for it," said Harry solemnly. "Let's find the sword and the locket. Kyle can find two by himself, and there are three of us."

"You're right." Ron became visibly excited, but soon he became a little discouraged.

"How are we going to find it... There's no way the sword of Gryffindor is in the dormitory, and the locket, are we going to be able to get into the Slytherin common room?"

"There's always a way," Harry said. "And we'll never know until we find out."

As if he had suddenly shouldered some sacred mission, he felt that he had endless energy.

"I'm going to the library. It should be recorded in 'Hogwarts: A History'!" Hermione stood up suddenly, without even eating breakfast, and walked straight out of the hall.

"I'll help too." Harry followed closely.

Ron thought about it and followed.

…

When Kyle came to have breakfast, he happened to meet them at the door. Because he ran too fast, he was almost hit. Fortunately, Kanna next to him pulled him in time.

"Feel sorry……"

Kyle only heard Harry say this before the three of them ran away.

"You scared me." Kyle turned his head and took a look. "What happened to them?"

"I don't know, maybe he forgot to bring something." Kanna said from the side.

“Have all three of them forgotten?” Kyle was a little confused, but he didn’t think much about it. He just felt that they were still... well, quite energetic.

…

"By the way, where were we just now?" Kyle asked.

"Horcruxes," said Connor.

"This is back to you." She handed Kyle an exquisite locket. "So, this is why the mysterious man was resurrected?"

"Yes." Kyle said, "He divided his soul into several parts. If you want to kill him, you must solve these problems first."

"I remember you asked Slughorn about the Horcrux before. Do you think he taught the You-Know-Who?"

"It's very possible," said Kyle, "Professor Dumbledore showed me a memory where he asked Slughorn how to make a Horcrux.

"But that memory has been altered. Clearly, Slughorn is guilty."

"This is incredible. I didn't expect there is such magic." Kanna looked at the locket in Kyle's hand, "The soul fragment on it..."

"It's been solved." Kyle said, "Niki used an ancient potion. It's quite convenient, but it takes a little time."

"What ancient potion is it?"

"I don't know either," Kyle said. "I didn't ask at the time. I just gave him the things and left."

"The book Nico gave me also contains some records about ancient potions, but I may not be able to make them yet." Connor said, "But I can try, maybe I can help you. If that doesn't work, I can also ask Professor Snape for help."

"No need." Kyle shook his head. "The Horcruxes have been mostly destroyed. There's no need to bother with the remaining ones."

"All destroyed?" Connor asked in confusion, "The crown, the golden cup, the locket... Logically, shouldn't there be a sword? The sword of Gryffindor."

"That." Kyle said with a smile, "That thing has not been lost. It has always been in the school, so Voldemort has no chance to make it into a Horcrux."

"The sword is in school?"

"Yes, and it's in the principal's office, under the supervision of the principal." Kyle said, "If you are interested, I can get it for you, but I have to say that it's nothing special, it's just a weapon made by a goblin.

"In addition to being beautiful and sharp, its greatest feature is that it can absorb all abilities that can strengthen itself. It sounds powerful, but for most people, a wand is definitely more convenient."

"It's just a fairy's weapon?" Connor looked a little disappointed. "I thought it was a wand in the shape of a sword."

"Haha." Kyle laughed.

If that were the case, no, he would be willing to exchange everything for the ability to get his wand stuck into the sword, including the cup and the locket.

…

(End of this chapter)