Draco Passed the Test, Linley Distributed Pocket Anchors

"Yes, Bloody Baron," Helena said calmly. She lifted her cloak, revealing a black wound on her snowy-white chest. "After he came to his senses, he was consumed by regret. He took the weapon he had used to take my life and killed himself. After all these centuries, he still wears those shackles in penance... He deserves it."

Draco did not care about the tangled history between Helena and Bloody Baron. He continued, "Then... what about the diadem? Ravenclaw's Diadem?"

Helena thought for a moment before saying, "Back then, I heard Baron stumbling through the forest toward me, so I hid it away. It remained there afterward. I hid it inside a hollow tree."

A hollow tree...

Draco's heart sank. Clearly, the hollow tree Helena spoke of was merely where Ravenclaw's Diadem had been hidden before Voldemort obtained it and turned it into a Horcrux.

Now, Ravenclaw's Diadem, which had already been made into a Horcrux, should have been hidden somewhere within Hogwarts Castle, just as Linley's intelligence had stated—in a place people could not normally reach.

Yet before earning Helena Ravenclaw's trust, Draco had searched every place in Hogwarts Castle that he could access.

He had even used the Disillusionment Charm, Polyjuice Potion, and other methods to sneak into the Gryffindor Common Room, Hufflepuff Common Room, and Ravenclaw Common Room to search, though Voldemort was unlikely to have hidden the Horcrux there.

It could be said that aside from the girls' dormitories, Draco had searched nearly every corner of Hogwarts Castle.

But he had found no clues related to the Horcrux.

Draco firmly believed the intelligence Linley had given him. After this search, he also understood that Linley had not been exaggerating when he said the place was inaccessible in daily life.

At the very least, no matter how hard