The Mightiest Wizard of Hogwarts

Chapter 221 The Discovery in the Cave 309
In fact, it’s not surprising that Sirius would have such thoughts. When he entered the prison, his father had already passed away, and his mother’s health was also very poor.

And after he entered the prison, he also got the news of his mother's death, but he didn't think about finding a way to take care of Feeney, and now he was rescued by Feeney. If he didn't make up for Feeney, he would always feel uncomfortable.

So he pays close attention to everything about Feeney and wants to know more about it.

These years of experience made him understand a lot of truths, and now there are only two purposes for living, to accompany and protect Harry and Finny when they grow up.

Looking at the photo album in his hand, Harry fell into deep thought. From the moment he saw Finny on the Hogwarts Express, he could feel Finny's friendliness towards him, but he didn't understand that this was Why.

Because of Snape's incident before, he believed in Ron's judgment from the bottom of his heart, and had some doubts about Feeney, and even did not talk to Feeney for a while because of this, but now, seeing these photos and the records recorded next to the photos Harry was a little confused about the things about his parents. Maybe Finny is really trustworthy, and not all Slytherins are dark wizards.

In the days that followed, Harry began to try to understand Finny from Sirius, but found that Sirius didn't know his younger brother. and power have changed a lot.

Realized returning to Finny, because no clues about Hufflepuff and her treasures were found in the cave, so Puff took the house elves to turn the whole cave upside down, and turned the inside The ice and rocks formed over the years have all been cleaned up.

Perhaps it was because the ice in this cave had been formed over many years and it was not easy to clean it up. The house elves spent a whole night clearing most of it out.

Fortunately, it's still during the Christmas holidays, and Finny won't be noticed by others if he doesn't show up all day, um, except for the twins,

George and Fred will probably go to the Room of Requirement to find Finny, and then find out that Finny is not in Hogwarts,

However, fortunately, these two people are very familiar with Finny, and they also know that Finny will leave Hogwarts from time to time to deal with some matters of the Black family or himself, and he will not be surprised.

When the sun was high and it was close to noon, Puff ran to Finny to report the specific situation of the cave.

"Master, we found some strange things in the cave,"

Hearing this, Finny, who almost fell asleep again because of boredom, suddenly regained his energy, looked at Puff and asked,
"What did you find? Forget it, just take me to have a look."

After speaking, he got up and followed Puff into the cave again,
Because of the construction of the house elves and Finny's previous orders, the cave at this time is completely different from before.

It's no longer dark and dank, with icicles everywhere.

In the cave at this time, a torch would be inserted at intervals on the stone walls on both sides, illuminating the entire cave brilliantly day and night without a single shadow.

The icicles on the top of the cave, the ice on the ground, and the ice under the stone walls on both sides were also cleaned up by the house elves. They even cast magic in the cave, making the cave itself as warm as midsummer in the cold winter hot,
Puff didn't delay, and took Finny directly to the deepest part of the cave, in front of the flat stone wall,

"Master, the anomaly we found is here."

Saying that, Puff pointed to the corners on both sides of the stone wall that were originally covered by ice,
Feeney looked wide-eyed, only to realize that the accumulated ice in these two places was not accumulated like that, but because there were things under the two corners, so after the ice was covered, it would It feels more ice than other places.

Between the two corners are two stone platforms, the platform is in the shape of a dining table, of course, it is only a corner of the dining table, not the whole dining table,
There are some stone-carved tableware, fruits, pastries, and food on it, which are lifelike and vivid.It's as if the platforms on both sides are real dining tables, which makes people look appetizing.

"It seems that this place is really related to Hufflepuff, but there is no clue about Hufflepuff's treasure."

Finny sighed, a little overwhelmed.Or rather confused.

The treasures of the four founders, the treasures of Ravenclaw follow the known clues and follow the trend, and they will be found after a bold guess.

The treasure of Gryffindor was discovered by the twins by chance, and it only took some time and brains to decipher the clues during the period, and it was generally smooth.

Slytherin's treasure is almost certain to be in his Chamber of Secrets, and it can only be found when Harry opens the Chamber of Secrets next year, or Finny himself activates the talent for Old Tongue in his blood.

Only Hufflepuff's inheritance, which was made by Finny, did not make any progress.

After looking for clues for two years, I finally found that there were no clues. I planned to try my luck to explore the kitchen, but found that the clues provided there were equivalent to none.

Let the puffs search the Forbidden Forest for a whole day, and then find a little clue. I'm not sure if it's correct, so I can only try it with the idea that I won't suffer a loss. Let's see,

In the end, there was nothing. Disappointment made Finny very impatient, so he simply flipped the table and let the house elf clean up the cave like a carpet.

However, this harvest is like a clue found in the kitchen. It seems to have given nothing, but it seems that nothing has been said.

The stair sculptures on both sides of the cave's stone wall can only prove that it is indeed related to Hufflepuff, but there is no clue about the inheritance of the treasure, which is very sad.
Could it be that the clues are broken again here, so I have to give up searching and go back to Hogwarts to wait for the start of school in a few days?
Watching Harry and Quirrell intrigue like watching a play?Or get involved and reap the benefits?But what good?Magic stone?Feeney didn't lack that thing, and he didn't need it, and the Council of Elders had a better elixir of life. As long as he could become a legendary wizard, he didn't need to ask, and the Council of Elders would offer it to him.

So, let's find Hufflepuff's inheritance, which can at least kill some of Finny's brain cells,
After all, the Black family doesn't need him to manage it anymore. With Sirius around, as long as they follow his previous plan step by step, there will be no problems.
On the vampire's side, Lisa is there. As long as it is not a particularly important base or the base camp is discovered, she will not come to notify Finny, and she can handle it by herself.

Taking a deep breath, Finny still wants to find Hufflepuff's inheritance,
He came to the stone sculpture on the left and looked carefully, trying to find any clues, even if there was only a little bit.

It's a pity that this sculpture is really just a sculpture, there is no magic, no mechanism, and no other features, just the items on the table, plates, bowls, forks, knives, cups, food, nothing else.

This made Finny very disappointed. He could only be depressed, unwilling to give up, and came to the sculpture on the right with a shred of expectation.

As a result, it was exactly the same as the one on the left, and there were no clues.

and many more!

Feeney suddenly discovered that one thing he had overlooked was that the tableware and food arrangement on the left table and the right table were different, which made him ignore the number of tableware.

He hurried to the left and carefully counted the tableware on it again, three sets of plates, one set of bowls, three sets of knives and forks, and three cups.

On the right are three sets of plates, one set of bowls, three sets of knives and forks, and two cups.

Compared with the left side, the right side has one less goblet, and at least one goblet,

Like the tableware, although the food is placed differently, the quantity is indeed the same, so it can be determined that the problem is the missing goblet.

After comparing them one by one, Feeney found that what was missing was a large, ornately decorated short-stemmed cup with a large body, and food such as soup was placed in it, not so much a tableware for storing food. Finny felt more like a trophy.

And this discovery made Feeney think of an item in the legend, or rather, it is not a legend. It is an unsolved mystery for other people whether this thing exists, but, as it happens, Feeney knows where it is ,
This thing is Hufflepuff's gold cup, and only this thing is related to Hufflepuff, and there are legends about each one, and Finny clearly knows the item it is in.

Hufflepuff's Gold Cup, once the first Hogwarts vessel to assist house-elves in magical food transport, existed in Hufflepuff House until Hufflepuff's death.

It has two finely processed pure gold handles, and the cup is carved with symbolic and exquisite carvings. According to legend, it has magical and special magic.

After Hufflepuff died, it is said that it lost its trace and disappeared without a trace.

However, Feeney is very clear that it actually exists and can be studied.

Hufflepuff gave it to his daughter before he died, and her daughter passed it on in her family until, Hepzibah Smith thought it could be studied and clearly determined. In the hands of Chippa's descendants,
This Smith had a close personal relationship with the mysterious man, and told the mysterious man about the existence of the gold cup, and showed him this family heirloom of his own family.

After that, Smith's descendants never saw the Jinbei again, and the Jinbei was completely lost.

Feeney knew that this was actually because the mysterious man used a house elf named Hao Qi to kill Hepzibah Smith, and made the golden cup into one of his horcruxes.
In the end, like the diary, it was handed over to his trusted Death Eater, Finney's cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.

Today, the Cup resides in the Gringotts vault of the British branch of Lestrange.

Although it is not sure what the gold cup means to the inheritance with Hufflepuff, and it is not clear what changes will be brought about by finding the gold cup,
However, Feeney and his plan to get the gold cup are like a drowning man grabbing the last straw. At this time, Feeney only has this one remaining, which is related to the inheritance of Hufflepuff. clue up,

Whether it is correct or not, he has to get it in his hand and try it before he can be reconciled.

However, this thing is not so easy to get.

You know, it's in Lestrange's underground vault at Gringotts,

Gringotts has set up special vaults for the oldest families in the wizarding world. Of course, such vaults only exist in certain cities.

Obviously, Gringotts in England exists, and Lestrange is a very old family,

The treasuries of the 28 pure-blood families in the wizarding world are all at the bottom of Gringotts, and a small number of families that once owned shares in Gringotts even have a treasury at a lower position.

Lest Lynch doesn't have a stake in Gringotts, so their family's coffers are at the bottom of normal Gringotts, where they keep Fire Dragon.

Of course, the Black family's vault is also here, but Feeney knows that there is a hidden space below this floor, where there is also a Black family's vault, and the things in it, even if Even he didn't know what it was, he only knew that it was used to save the family when the family was on the verge of extinction,

If you want to reach Lestrange's vault, you first need to pass through the anti-thief waterfall under Gringotts, which will wash away all spells and all magical disguises, and let anyone with ulterior motives show their feet.

It is only necessary to reach the bottom and pass through the protection of the fire dragon raised in Gringotts.

And because the fire dragon lived underground all year round, his eyes lost their function and he became blind, but this not only did not reduce its threat, but made it more brutal. Reflexively, the thought of the pain backed away, letting the goblin and client of Gringotts pass.

After that, there is the last hurdle, that is, the vaults of different families at the bottom need different elves to open, even the owner of the vaults can't, only the palms of these specific elves are placed on the doors of the vaults, and the vaults can be opened. The door will disappear to allow the owner to enter.

Before these goblins die, they will replace the person in charge of the corresponding vaults to ensure that the vaults can be opened and closed normally, and to ensure that no one other than the goblins from Gringotts will know how to open these vaults and the corresponding person in charge. .

For goblins, the ownership of all goblin artifacts including gold gallons belongs to goblins, and wizards only have the right to use them. In other words, those golden Galleons are lent to wizards by goblins.
(End of this chapter)