Chapter 263: hehehe~ (Edited)

As the house elf went to alert Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore, who had already decided to protect the cat, grabbed Fish and confronted him with his statement, lest the little cat accidentally slip his mouth.

All the headmasters on the wall looked scornful, and Fawkes perched on his perch, burying his head under the wing, out of sight.

"Albus, you wanted to see me?"

After a while, Professor McGonagall with a mane on her head opened the door and walked in.

Seeing Fish, she immediately frowned.

"Fish? What trouble are you in again?"

"Fish isn't in trouble nya!"

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The kitten grumbled in protest, "Fish is the one Grandpa Albus called Grandpa Albus a...!"

"Ahem," seeing that Fish's first words were about to go wrong, Dumbledore was quick to take over the conversation, explaining to Professor McGonagall, "Here's the thing, Minerva, I already know how Voldemort controlled Ginny into opening the Chamber of Secrets earlier, and since that involved the Chamber of Secrets and the basilisk, Fish was also called."

If Dumbledore was to be blamed for finding the diary, Fish's reason for going to the Headmaster's office would have to be changed, which was the excuse the two had just agreed on.

"Oh? What is it?"

Minerva approached Dumbledore's desk in a few steps, rubbing Fish's cat head apologetically.

"A Horcrux, it was Voldemort's soul in the Horcrux that controlled Ginny to open the Chamber of Secrets, that's why we have been unable to find the so-called 'intruder'," Dumbledore replied solemnly, "I was not wrong in my earlier suspicions."

"Grandfather Albus, Minerva is already here, can you tell Fish what a Horcrux is now nya? Fish you haven't understood anything you've said so far!"

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Fish tugged impatiently at Dumbledore's sleeve.

Dumbledore turned his attention to Professor McGonagall.

Naturally, Professor McGonagall understood what he said, and frowned at Fish, hesitant to expose him to such malign knowledge.

But, like Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall knew that, with Fish's curiosity, if she didn't tell him, there was no telling what kind of trouble the little boy might get into....

So Professor McGonagall, after thinking for a while, finally sighed helplessly, and took the initiative to explain to Fish: Horcruxes are items created by dark wizards to store soul fragments to make themselves immortal. It's a very evil form of dark magic. "

Professor McGonagall crouched down in front of Fish and said with a very serious expression, "For every Horcrux, one person must be killed, so Fish you must never, ever learn anything about Horcruxes!"

"Fish knows, Fish will do as he is told."

Seeing Professor McGonagall's solemn admonishment, Fish nodded his head quickly.

Gently patting Fish's head, Professor McGonagall flashed a smile on her serious face, she trusted Fish in this regard, the little kitten was mischievous, but always had a good heart.

"So, Albus, where is Voldemort's Horcrux? did you get rid of it?" asked Professor McGonagall as she stood up and walked over to Dumbledore.

"I just found his Horcrux, I haven't had time to destroy it yet," replied Dumbledore, shaking his head, "Horcruxes aren't that easy to destroy, and.... I want to ask Tom's Horcrux something."

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, based on Voldemort's personality and how he had changed in character and appearance, as well as the soul fragment in Harry's scar, Dumbledore was sure that Voldemort had made more than one Horcrux, so he wanted to see if he could get information from the Horcrux in the diary.

Although the diary was probably the first Horcrux, and there was no way of knowing what the next Horcruxes would be, his thinking is consistent with Voldemort's as he grew up.

And given the diary's ability to actively communicate with people, Voldemort intended to use it as a "weapon" from the beginning, obviously not seeming to care much about the diary's safety.

So Dumbledore guessed that Voldemort had a clear plan to make multiple Horcruxes before making the first one, otherwise he would not have made his first one a direct communicator.

So even if the soul of the diary didn't know the location of the next Horcruxes, he would have had some idea of what he would choose, and would have been able to get some clues out of him.

The diary was already in the jar, and with himself watching, even if he couldn't get anything out, the Horcruxes couldn't make any noise, so Dumbledore thought it might be worth a try.

"Ask the Horcruxes?" Professor McGonagall frowned again and asked in a skeptical tone, "Is it possible that Voldemort's Horcrux is telling you the truth?"

"If it were any other Horcrux, then most likely not..."

A smirk appeared on Dumbledore's face before pulling a small black notebook from his pocket and waving it before Professor McGonagall's eyes.

"But when Voldemort made this Horcrux, it gave him the ability to communicate directly, his soul fragment communicated with Ginny through this notebook, and then he controlled it to open the Chamber of Secrets, and we can use the notebook in turn, to get some secrets out of it."

"This diary is Voldemort's Horcrux?"

Professor McGonagall stared at the black diary in Dumbledore's hand with a stern face.

"Yes, I have confirmed that this is Voldemort's Horcrux, and, it would be the first Horcrux he ever made," Dumbledore sighed as he stroked his beard, "Tom was only sixteen at the time...he should be the best student Hogwarts has ever seen.... It's a shame that such a talented student got sidetracked."

"You mean... Voldemort has more than one Horcrux? Have you found any other Horcruxes besides this diary?" Professor McGonagall asked incredulously.

"No, I only found this diary, more than one Horcrux is just my speculation, but that speculation...is highly probable."

Dumbledore sighed again, he would rather be wrong if he could, but alas, the odds were too low.

"Is that so? Albus, you only found this diary..." Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes and asked casually, "So, where did you find it?"

"It was... in the pile of pipes outside the Chamber of Secrets."

Dumbledore sensed that Professor McGonagall's attitude seemed a little out of place, but unconsciously answered as he had agreed earlier with Fish.

Then he saw a sudden sneer spread across Professor McGonagall's face.

"But, if I remember correctly...," Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes and said slowly, "I saw this diary in the magic bag you gave Fish over Christmas break..."

The smile on Dumbledore's face froze, and he immediately turned his head to look at the cat that fooled the kindly grandfather.

⊙ω⊙

The kitten blinked, and when he heard Professor McGonagall mention it, he remembered....

When Professor McGonagall had confiscated the bottles with the Multijuice Potion from him, she had checked his magic bag, and this diary had been there.

"... hehehe~"

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Fish rubbed the back of his neck, stuck his tongue out at Dumbledore, and then avoided his gaze guiltily very deftly.

Dumbledore: "..."

"Ahem... I can actually explain..."

That little bastard Fish was hopeless, Dumbledore cleared his throat and tried to make one last effort.

But after meeting Professor McGonagall's icy stare, he opened his mouth and finally turned all his words into a long sigh.

"I'm sorry, Minerva, I was wrong."