Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

He remembered that the class was where Slytherin taught him about the necessity of caution in magic.

It was also in that class that Slytherin told him the theory of 'doubt everything' and made it clear to Ryan that he could even doubt himself.

"The teacher mentioned the third lesson in the diary...but then didn't explicitly mention anything else."

Ryan's brows furrowed even more tightly at this moment.

He had realized: "This message is not right... Mr. Slytherin seems to be deliberately guarding against certain people. That's why he never mentioned me in his words, nor did he clearly mention the contents of the diary. He is misleading those people."

And there is no doubt about it.

Besides Ryan, there were indeed 'others' who had apparently seen the message.

"Voldemort!"

"Slytherin teacher, he already knew about Voldemort's existence!?"

Ryan had this incredible guess.

A wizard who died a thousand years ago could actually know clearly that a thousand years later a legendary wizard who was hostile to his disciple would peek at his message?

Even for the Big Four, this is almost impossible.

But soon, Ryan realized that it was not impossible.

because...

"Voldemort, he is a descendant of Slytherin's teacher!"

Chapter 198 The next battle belongs to us!

That's right.

At this moment, many things were entangled and gathered in Ryan's mind.

After Slytherin left school, he somehow left behind blood descendants - Ryan wasn't even sure who he had children with.

But one thing is certain.

That is, Slytherin didn't seem to care too much about his own bloodline descendants - on the contrary, he even seemed to be on guard against them.

Ryan had noticed this in the old Gaunt house - Slytherin didn't even think his descendants were qualified to inherit the name of Slytherin.

And besides that...

"The locket was originally in the hands of the Gaunt family. It was sold with the decline of the Gaunt family and came into the hands of Hepzibah Smith."

"This part is definitely not in Mr. Slytherin's plan, so according to the teacher's original plan, the locket should be kept in the hands of the Gaunt family."

"Of course, the actual outcome was similar - the locket eventually fell into the hands of a descendant of the Gaunt family, Voldemort."

Then comes the problem.

Slytherin knew for sure that the locket was connected to the Chamber of Secrets - the gem had to be inside the locket to work.

Then why didn't he put the locket in the secret room, but instead gave it to his descendants?

Besides, why was he so vague in the message in the locket?

The answer speaks for itself.

"He didn't trust his own descendants. He suspected them... He might even have anticipated the emergence of evil and ambitious individuals among them, and even anticipated the possibility of an attack on the secret chamber."

"So instead of leaving the most crucial information in the locket, he left a riddle."

But Ryan had no idea why Slytherin was so sure.

"It's as if the Slytherin teacher knew that his descendants would be bad... So, who are the descendants of the Gaunt family?"

Ryan couldn't help but think once again of the big gossip and doubt that had been in his mind for a long time.

But obviously.

No matter how mysterious the origins of the Gaunt family were, he didn't have the ability to investigate them now.

Therefore, he quickly put his gossip and doubts back in his heart.

What he was thinking about at this moment were the riddles left by Slytherin.

[Lesson 3 of Notetaking: The True Chamber of Secrets Exists in Nothingness]

Ryan couldn't understand this sentence at the moment - the secret room existed in nothingness, did this mean that the secret room did not exist?

As for the 'third lesson of the notes', Ryan has determined that this term should refer to the notes he recorded when he was practicing magic with Slytherin. The third lesson is [doubt everything].

Ryan couldn't connect the two at this point.

The second sentence is even more interesting.

Throw yourself into the reckless flames, the inverted hourglass and the combined blood will open its door.

"Reckless flames? Inverted hourglass? Converging blood?"

Ryan couldn't understand any of these three.

All I can say is that Slytherin's level of riddles is quite high.

But thinking about this, Ryan naturally noticed the eager expressions of Harry and Sirius beside him.

The two of them were obviously full of questions at this moment and wanted to ask Ryan for clarification.

"Oh, nothing much - the message in this locket, from Slytherin... well, Dumbledore told me about it. He wanted me to look into it."

Ryan lied without hesitation, using Dumbledore as a shield.

After hearing this, Sirius also showed a look of understanding.

It was obvious - in his opinion, if it was Dumbledore's request, then no matter how strange it was, it didn't seem so strange.

Harry looked at Ryan hesitantly.

Being familiar with Ryan, he knew very well that the relationship between Ryan and Dumbledore was actually quite subtle - the old wizard did not treat Ryan as a mere junior.

So he was very suspicious whether the situation just now was instructed by Dumbledore.

But obviously, that doesn't matter at this moment.

"Okay, so next... let's destroy it."

Because at this moment, Ryan has spoken again.

He looked at the piece of Voldemort's soul in the locket and spoke softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan gently drew out his wand.

"Blade of Ambition!"

Without hesitation, he unleashed the Blade of Ambition.

That's right.

Of course, the Fiery Curse and powerful dark magic can destroy Horcruxes, and the spells that Gryffindor taught to his disciples, which are specifically designed to fight evil, can also have this effect.

Then, the golden sword in Ryan's hand, which was burning with magic like fire, slashed down.

Harry and Sirius saw together that the locket was split into two by Ryan's sword!

"Ahhhh!"

From within the locket, a sharp scream of pain was heard.

Voldemort's soul was burned in the golden magic, and disappeared along with the locket.

At this moment, Harry could almost empathize with Voldemort's pain.

This made him feel happy - he even felt that he was beginning to like this wailing sound.

But just a moment later, Harry woke up.

He looked at his hands in disbelief - how could he have suddenly had such an idea just now?

He looked at Sirius and Ryan guiltily.

But it was obvious that Sirius and Ryan were not paying much attention to Harry at the moment.

They just looked at Kreacher the moment the Horcrux was destroyed.

At this moment, the old elf was almost crying.

"Master Regulus... Kreacher has finally completed your order..."

He knelt on the ground, his skinny fingers tightly grasping the edge of the crystal coffin, tears rolling down his wrinkled cheeks, "Kreacher is a bad elf... but Kreacher did not betray your trust..."

He was obviously in pain, but even so he did not bang his head against the crystal coffin like the other elves - perhaps it was because he did not want Regulus to be disturbed after his death.

Sirius stood aside, watching the scene with a complicated expression.

He had never imagined that the stubborn house-elf who was poisoned by the pure-blood theory in his eyes actually had such a heavy mission.

This suddenly reminded him of what Dumbledore had said to him in the past when he and James were always taking reckless adventures.

"Courage against evil is virtue, Sirius."

This was what Dumbledore told him when he concluded that a certain wizard was a dark wizard and very likely a supporter of Voldemort.

"But sometimes, people are complicated—all intelligent creatures are."

"They may have a dark side, but they may also have a painful, struggling side that you can't perceive."

"Sometimes, you need to look at them with a more neutral and calm eye... Treat everyone with gentleness and patience. This may help some lost souls find their way back to the light."

At the time, Sirius couldn't comprehend the words.

He felt that evil was evil, and to throw oneself into darkness was to throw oneself into darkness.

He thought all dark wizards should be arrested.

But now... he seemed to understand a little.

For example, Kreacher at this moment, or Regulus.

They all plunged into darkness, but there was still a warm part in their hearts.

They can still be brought back.

so...