In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Chapter 520 518. The disappearing gem

Of course, Jon doesn't need to worry about Draco's affairs, Dumbledore will naturally have his arrangements.

The dispute between Snape and Lily is also a matter between the two of them. Even if Jon wants to take advantage of it, he can't disturb it too much.

So during the following period, he was free.

In fact, it can't be said that he is free, because he still has some personal things to do.

According to the memory of Lucius taking him there once in the original world, Jon found the address where Adrian once lived in England.

The world was turned upside down after the night Voldemort killed Harry's parents, and Adrien had already been seriously ill before that, so the fact that he was no longer alive should not have changed anything.

The purpose of Jon's trip was to see if Adrian in this world had developed gems and rings like he did in the original world.

If this did not change, it meant that the ring was still in Slughorn's hand, and the positions of the other gems had not changed.

But when he first arrived at Hogwarts Castle, Jon went to the restricted book section of the library once, but he did not find the notes left by Adrian and the gem that was identified as the breaking curse in the original place.

Jon wanted to find out what went wrong, and this room might be able to give him the answer.

When he found this place, it was not covered by the magic of the Ministry of Magic and had an Auror seal as before.

The Lucius Malfoy of this world has never been the director of the Auror Office, nor does he have such great power to do such a thing. Therefore, when Adrian stayed in the UK, he was not wanted.

It was precisely because of this that Jon judged that there might be more valuable things left in this room.

The door was locked, but not protected by magic. Jon just used a simple unlocking spell to enter the room.

Although the furniture in the house is covered with a thick layer of dust, and it can be seen that no one has taken care of it for at least ten years, the furnishing and placement of the furniture are enough to tell that before its owner left. , the house has been well taken care of.

Jon didn't mess with anything else. He went straight to the place where he had obtained the gem. He tried to use the ring as a key as usual, trying to see if he could make any new discoveries, but in the end it was empty.

Just like the missing notebook in Hogwarts Castle, the gems here are also missing!

There was not much disappointment and frustration in Jon's heart, but he fell into thinking.

He still vaguely remembered the time when that note was written. It was when Adrien served as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts Castle, and lost a bet with Slughorn, so he shared the note with Slughorn. The gem was left in the restricted section of the library.

And this point in time is obviously before Voldemort traveled through time and changed history.

What happened in the current room happened after Voldemort traveled through time, so it is normal for there to be deviations here, but why did there also be problems with the note in the forbidden book area?

There were only two possibilities he could think of.

Either after Voldemort had traveled through time and Adrian was seriously ill but still alive, he had some behavioral deviation from his original world self and took the gems from Hogwarts Castle again. Gone, placed somewhere else or used for other purposes.

Or someone who was affected by Voldemort's disappearance appeared and took away the notebook and gems in the library.

If it is the second possibility, then the person who took away the notes and gems can only be the person who owns the ring. It is definitely self-evident who this person is.

Horace Slughorn, Jon's teacher and the one who passed the ring on to him.

And if it is the first possibility, then the person who knows the inside story must be Slughorn!

After thinking about this, Jon did not hesitate and left the house and returned to Hogwarts. He found Dumbledore. If anyone knows where Slughorn is hiding now, then It's just him.

In today's world, the opinion that Voldemort is completely dead is the mainstream, but Slughorn, who personally informed Voldemort of the magical existence of Horcruxes, must know better than anyone else that before the Horcruxes were discovered and destroyed, Voldemort was alive regardless There is no way he could die.

Without more information, he would not have guessed that Voldemort traveled through time to another parallel world, so he is hiding in an unknown place so far, fearing that his once most proud student will He, the only insider of the Horcrux, was killed and silenced.

Dumbledore naturally did not refuse Jon's request and gave him a letter saying that he could help Jon explain his identity.

So the next day, Jon took this letter and found the small Muggle village where Slughorn was hiding - Baddeley Barberton Village based on Dumbledore's prompts.

Slughorn was obviously hiding and not wanting to see anyone. Even if Jon had entered the room, he was still hiding from people just like when Dumbledore led Harry to find him in the original book. But the place was clean and tidy. It's like the owner of the house is away from home temporarily.

Jon was not fooled by this illusion at all. He directly inserted his wand into the armchair next to him, and the next moment the chair let out a scream.

"Ouch!"

Slughorn's magic could no longer be maintained, and he returned to his human form while looking at Jon with an unkind expression.

"Do you know what a sin it is to break into a house privately, little one! I can do it"

However, before he could say the cruel words, he lowered his eyes slightly and saw the elder wand in Jon's hand.

Having been the Head of Slytherin at Hogwarts for decades, he could certainly recognize what this wand was. Involuntarily, his pupils suddenly bulged, and his voice began to change.

"Dumbledore asked you to come?"

Jon took out the letter Dumbledore had given him.

"Good morning, teacher, maybe you should take a look at this and it would be better for us to communicate again."

Slughorn took the letter, and just when he opened the envelope, a cloud of green powder floated out, and then they flew aside as if they were guided by some kind of guidance. In the summer, I don’t know how long the fireplace has been extinguished.

Then a green flame ignited in the fireplace, and Dumbledore's head appeared in it.