Chapter 421 Night Visit to the Gaunt House

"Are you free tonight?"

Mike stopped pouring wine when he heard Dumbledore's words.

This time, he did not continue to drink regardless of the consequences like last time, but decisively put down the bottle in his hand, frowned and looked at Dumbledore and asked:

"What do you want?"

"Regarding Horcruxes, I seem to have found some clues." Dumbledore picked up the red wine that Mike put down and poured himself a glass and said, "And in view of your considerable experience in eliminating Horcruxes, I plan to invite you to go with me tonight."

"Let me guess, you didn't find Chris, did you?"

Dumbledore took a sip of red wine, did not speak, but shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Mike's mouth corners could not help but rise, because he had already guessed that the Horcrux that Dumbledore said he found should be the Gaunt ring made of the Resurrection Stone!

However, in the original book, Dumbledore went there alone, why did he invite himself this time?

Is it really as he said, just because he has rich experience in removing souls?

Mike was lost in thought for a moment.

However, Dumbledore obviously did not intend to give Mike too much time to think. He drank the red wine in the glass in two or three gulps, and then looked at Mike's slightly tangled expression and said:

"It seems that you don't want to go. Forget it, this matter is indeed too dangerous for you."

After that, Dumbledore turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Mike's voice made Dumbledore, who had already turned around, smile. He stopped and turned to look at Mike again.

"Huh!" Mike exhaled heavily and said with some bad taste, "I think I still have more say in the matter of destroying the Horcrux, so I'd better go with you, otherwise you might be seriously injured!"

Dumbledore didn't care too much about Mike's somewhat bad taste. He laughed for a while, made a toast to Mike, and turned away.

It was not until Dumbledore walked a long way that his voice rang in Mike's ears.

"Tonight at 8 o'clock, we will meet at the entrance of the manor after the wedding."

Mike raised his eyebrows and continued to think about the purpose of Dumbledore's invitation to him. At the same time, his right hand instinctively reached for the glass of red wine he had drunk.

However, he grabbed nothing. It was only at this time that he realized that his wine had been taken away by Dumbledore!

...

Lupin and Tonks' wedding went smoothly except that the etiquette was a little "simple". After the host announced that the two had officially become husband and wife, the whole wedding officially began.

The tables and chairs originally placed in the garden were all removed by the staff and replaced with the same pure white dining table, on which were placed all kinds of pre-prepared wine and food.

These were all arranged by Mike. In addition to these, there were two house elves on the lawn not far away who were constantly making barbecues. On their side were a large number of musical instruments. At this time, the magic applied to these instruments had been completely triggered. They were seen floating slowly in the air one by one and playing by themselves.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became cheerful. Ron, who had not eaten anything since getting up in the morning, could no longer hold back. He screamed and rushed towards the table full of food.

Seeing Ron's embarrassed appearance with a chicken leg in one hand and a steak in the other, the two Weasley brothers closed their eyes in pain. Mike felt that if they could, they would definitely want to dye their hair black, because then they could pretend not to know Ron.

As Ron's best friend, Harry obviously wanted to join this "battle", but unfortunately, Black beside him was holding his shoulders tightly, which made his plan to fight side by side with Ron aborted.

At the same time, as the protagonists of today, Lupin and Tonks also walked down from the platform and entered this feast.

Black, who was restraining Harry to prevent him from being rude just now, returned to his nature after seeing Lupin and began to grab Lupin to drink crazily.

Perhaps because he was afraid that he could not get Lupin drunk by himself, he even dragged the two brothers George and Fred!

Seeing them drinking so much, Mr. Weasley was also envious, but Mrs. Weasley's occasional glances from him made him give up the idea.

There was no way, George and Fred's hospitality in France had completely conquered Mrs. Weasley, and now the two brothers and Mr. Weasley were not treated the same at home!

On the other side, Tonks was not idle either.

At this time, she was talking to Hermione and Mrs. Weasley aside. Because the distance was too far, no one could hear the content of their conversation.

But from Hermione's blushing face and her glances at Mike from time to time in the distance, it should be a pink topic.

The banquet lasted from the afternoon to the night, and after a whole afternoon of fighting, Black's goal was achieved - Lupin was drunk like a dead dog, and he couldn't be woken up even if he was called!

But Black and the three Weasley brothers were not feeling well either, and they were not much better than Lupin at the moment.

The drunk Lupin and the Weasley brothers were helped into the room by Mrs. Weasley and Tonks to rest as soon as the banquet ended.

As for Black, it was unknown whether it was revenge for him forcing the Weasley brothers and Lupin to drink. Mrs. Weasley and Tonks instinctively ignored him, which led to him lying alone on the lawn after the banquet.

Mike understood this deeply, because Black had ruined Tonks and Lupin's wedding night!

But he didn't lie there for long. Harry, who was full of food, soon discovered the miserable state of his godfather, so he used magic to send him into the villa with his swollen belly.

So far, the wedding of Lupin and Tonks was successfully concluded, and Mike and Dumbledore met quietly at the gate of the manor.

"Good evening, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Mike, wearing a pure black combat uniform, greeted Dumbledore in front of him.

"Oh, good evening."

Dumbledore looked at Mike's combat uniform with a strange look in his eyes. You know, the weather tonight is as good as during the day. The bright white crescent moon hangs high in the sky, casting bright moonlight down.

With its help, tonight is brighter than usual.

Originally, in such an environment, pure black clothes would not only fail to conceal one's whereabouts, but would be more obvious.

But the combat uniform on Mike is not like this. It seems to have a strange magic that distorts the light around it, making Mike look hazy.

Noticing Dumbledore's eyes, Mike pulled his clothes and joked:

"Do you want it? I still have some left, I can give you one."

"Really?" Dumbledore's eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled and said, "Thank you very much, my size is..."

Looking at Dumbledore who started to report his size excitedly, Mike's expression was a little dull.

God knows, he was really joking just now!

In his opinion, combat uniforms should be just dispensable toys for wizards of Dumbledore's level, and they don't play any role at all!

I didn't expect Dumbledore to be so playful!

"Ahem! OK, I got it." Mike coughed to cover up his embarrassment, and then changed the subject, "Um, it's getting late, shouldn't we set off now?"

"Oh! Look at my memory! Let's go now."

Dumbledore said as if he had suddenly realized something, and then stretched out his hand to Mike.

Looking at Dumbledore's wrinkled hands, Mike hesitated for a moment and finally reached out to grab them.

"Are you ready?" Dumbledore said with a smile, "Apparition!"

As Dumbledore recited the spell, a twisted black hole quietly appeared, sucking Mike and Dumbledore in!

At the same time, a similar black hole appeared on a small hill thousands of miles away. With a crackling sound, two figures suddenly appeared on the open space!

It must be said that Dumbledore has a very high level of attainments in Apparition and Apparition. After landing, Mike did not feel any discomfort at all.

However, this did not make Mike relax his vigilance. On the contrary, Mike took out the blackthorn wand as soon as he got down to earth and began to observe the surrounding environment.

With the help of the moonlight, Mike could clearly see that he was on a small hill at this time. Mike instinctively felt that something was wrong.

You know, it is July now, when everything grows.

Usually, a small hill like this should have been covered by various trees.

But now, let alone trees, there is not even a blade of grass on this hill. The whole hill is dead silent, which makes people feel strongly uneasy.

Mike clenched the wand in his hand again and slowly raised his head.

When he raised his head, a deserted and dilapidated villa appeared in front of him.

Mike's pupils shrank suddenly, and he almost instinctively muttered to himself:

"The old Gaunt house!"

As soon as these words came out, Dumbledore, who was originally looking at Mike with a smile, immediately became serious. He frowned deeply and asked:

"You know this place?"

"Of course!" Mike, who knew that he had let the cat out of the bag, was not at all panicked, and explained, "The place where Voldemort was resurrected was nearby, and I also investigated here afterwards. Look, it's that cemetery!"

Following the direction Mike pointed, Dumbledore saw the cemetery full of scorched earth, and the expression on his face finally looked better.

Seeing this, Mike quickly changed the subject and said,

"You brought me here because you think Voldemort has hidden a Horcrux in this house?"

"Yes."

"But..." Mike pretended to be puzzled and said, "Why? What does this have to do with Voldemort?"

Dumbledore was silent. He looked at Mike and said slowly after a long time:

"This is a long story. I will tell you slowly after this matter is over. And now, our first task is to get rid of the Horcrux inside."

"Okay."

Mike nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Dumbledore said no more and led Mike to the Gaunt Old House.

The Gaunt Old House is a rather dilapidated villa, or rather, the name of a shed is more suitable for it, because it is really too broken at this time.

Its walls are full of moss, and many tiles on the roof have fallen off, revealing the rotten rafters inside. There

are also dense nettles growing around the house. These tall nettles have grown all the way to the windows, covering those small windows that are covered with thick old dirt.

This is completely different from other places on the hillside. You should know that except for the scope of the Gaunt old house, the rest of the hillside is all barren!

Mike not only felt some doubts.

However, these doubts soon disappeared when he stood in the Gaunt old house, because he suddenly found that the entire Gaunt old house in front of him was wrapped in a special magic barrier, and this barrier also contained strong magic, but this magic gave people an indescribable ominous feeling, which made Mike feel a little uncomfortable.

"Did you find it too?" Dumbledore said with a smile, "This is a powerful black magic barrier. It can constantly absorb all the vitality around it and convert it into magic to maintain itself and other magic prohibitions. I guessed that there was a Horcrux hidden here because I sensed the existence of this barrier. Otherwise, this powerful barrier would have no meaning to exist."

Listening to Dumbledore's explanation, Mike's eyes suddenly lit up.

He was very interested in this barrier spell. As long as one was set up in the Masonic Secret Realm, all the facilities in the Freemasonry could be fully automated!

As for whether this barrier belongs to black magic?

Mike didn't care at all!

Dumbledore on the side obviously guessed what Mike was thinking. He shook his eyebrows and added:

"But I have never seen such a spell anywhere else, so if my guess is correct, this should be a self-created spell. There should be only a handful of people in the world who can cast this spell."

Hearing this, Mike's expression suddenly became cold, and he walked towards the gate of the Gaunt old house without saying a word.

It was not until he got close that Mike suddenly discovered that there was a dried-up dead snake nailed to the door of the old Gaunt house, and it was emitting an ominous magical fluctuation. Mike

instinctively stopped. Although he didn't know the specific effect of this spell, there was no doubt that it should be a warning spell used to resist foreign enemies.

Dumbledore smiled and walked past Mike, stretched out his hand and pushed the door.

As he moved, Mike clearly saw that the ominous magic wrapped around the wooden door was like being crushed by an invisible force, and it instantly turned into flying ash and disappeared!

"Creaky! ~"

The old wooden door opened, and Dumbledore made a gesture of invitation to Mike.