"I read about it in a book."
Hermione whispered as she took her wand and explored carefully, "The Gaunt family is the oldest and most prestigious family in the wizarding world, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight pureblood families."
"To maintain the purity of their bloodline, the Gaunt family tends to practice inbreeding as a method of preserving the traits of their ancestors - namely, the ability to speak in a Parseltongue."
"But according to Muggle research, inbreeding increases the risk of genetic diseases and all sorts of problems in newborns ..."
By the end of the sentence, Hermione had a complicated look on her face as well.
An Ancient, prestigious family was ruined by inbreeding ... It's a bit sad, to say the least.
"Honours that don't match our own abilities will crush us."
Andy said lightly, "And this matter is also telling us the importance of knowledge and insight. If they understood the dangers of inbreeding, perhaps this family would not be extinct!"
After a pause, Andy added, "But it's Muggle research, and the Gaunt's may not believe it."
Hermione concluded, "Arrogance brings ruin."
Through the bushes, an old mansion appeared in front of Andy and Hermione's eyes.
The walls were covered in moss and the roof had scattered tiles. The mansion was also dilapidated, with signs of breakage everywhere. Thick nettles were growing around the house, tall nettles reaching up to the windows.
The windows were very small and thick with old dirt.
A dead snake in the shape of an S was nailed to the front door of the mansion, a symbol of Slytherin.
Andy touched the S-shaped dead snake with his wand.
"Even though they have fallen to such a state, they still hold on to the honour of their bloodline and refuse to give it up ..."
Actually, Andy could understand this kind of thinking a bit.
Those who loved their homeland would be proud of their country.
The Gaunt family didn't have such a big sentiment, but they loved their family so much that they were proud of their bloodline - a pride that wouldn't change because of wealth or poverty.
One could only say that everyone had their own obsessions.
"Be careful, there are traces of dark magic on this."
Andy reminded, while directly releasing the Fiendfyre on it.
After the Fiendfyre burned the dead snake, Andy cancelled the magic and checked the other locations of the door again.
"Okay!"
Andy pushed the door open and went in first.
Hermione gripped her wand tightly and followed Andy carefully, always alert for any danger that might come from behind.
The mansion was small, with barely a few rooms.
One large room doubled as the kitchen and living room, and the two smaller rooms were bedrooms used for living.
Andy took out a few mice from his pocket and placed them on the floor, letting them move freely.
"You just prepared a bunch of mice?" Hermione looked surprised.
Andy explained, "Many wizard families will cast curse magic on the precious items in their homes, and once someone takes them away, the curse will be triggered."
"Although there are no more precious items here ..."
Andy looked around and said helplessly, "But this is a crazy family."
"Don't touch anything, look around first."
Hermione nodded, "You be careful too."
The mansion wasn't large, and Andy and Hermione explored it quickly.
"Andy-"
Hermione lowered her voice, her tone full of surprise, whimpering, "Come over and look!"
Andy hurriedly walked over.
"This!" Hermione said.
In a drawer in the bedroom, there was a small box.
At this moment, the box was opened, and inside lay a ring made of gold, with a black gemstone embedded in the ring.
Andy's expression changed, and he quickly asked, "Hermione, you didn't touch anything, right?"
"No!"
Hermione shook her head and explained, "I used magic to open them."
Andy smiled a little in relief.
"It's so unusual, isn't it?" Hermione asked.
Andy nodded.
It was indeed unusual because it had all gone so smoothly.
There was no protection magic outside the mansion, just the most basic Muggle-Repelling Charm.
As for the mansion itself ... there was no more magic to protect it other than the protection magic at the front door.
It had all gone so smoothly, so smoothly, that it was a little less realistic.
"That gem ..."
Hermione asked with some uncertainty, "Could it be the Resurrection Stone?"
Hermione thought that the ring should be a blindfold used to confuse the eye, and the real Resurrection Stone should be hidden in a more hidden place.
Andy didn't answer immediately.
After thinking about it, Andy suddenly asked, "Hermione, in this world, there shouldn't be many people who know Voldemort's identity, right?"
"Hm?" Hermione froze, not knowing why Andy would ask this question.
After thinking about it, Hermione said, "I remember you said that Voldemort had become disfigured when he publicly used the name "Voldemort" for his activities."
"Exactly!"
Andy said, "In this world, there are only a few people who know Voldemort's true identity."
Thanks to the [Thinking] attribute of up to five points, Andy's brain was much more flexible than before. Plus, Andy still had the information from his previous life, so the way Andy thought about things was different from other people.
In the original Harry Potter, Dumbledore died in the end - this was information that only Andy alone knew.
So here's the question!
How did Dumbledore die?
Andy had previously surmised that it would have been Voldemort who had assassinated him!
But seeing this ring, especially the process of getting this ring, which was too smooth ... Andy suddenly had a new idea.
Does Dumbledore need the Resurrection Stone?
Andy did not know!
"Don't touch the ring," Andy said.
No matter what, it never hurts to be careful.
Andy waved his wand and used the Summoning Charm to summon mice, then had it lay on the ring.
"It doesn't look like there's anything wrong with it," Hermione said.
The mice weren't dead or even hurt.
"... Wait a moment! I'll try again." Andy didn't dare to be careless.
After thinking about it, since he had already decided to learn Divination next school year, it would be the same if [Potential Points] were added early or late.
Thinking like this, Andy opened the system panel.
[Potential Points: 4]
In the past few days of the holiday, Andy got a new potential point.
Since the level of [Divination] was [0], Andy used only one [Potential Point] to raise the [Divination] talent to level one.
Then he used two more [Potential Points] to increase [Divination] to level two.
Level two of [Divination] ...
Although he didn't know if it was useful, Andy decided to give it a try.
Looking at the ring, Andy was silent for a while.
Andy did not know Divination, but Andy knew one thing, learning Divination required talent - without talent one just could not learn.
It was different from before.
This time, the ring gave Andy a chilling feeling.
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