Matthew spent some time searching before he found the place Slytherin had mentioned.
"Looks like Slytherin's descendant has already been here."
It was a hidden vault, and Matthew found a mark at the entrance.
But it was not Slytherin's mark.
The mark looked somewhat familiar: a snake coiled around a skull.
"A Death Eater mark?"
Matthew examined it carefully and saw words written above the skull—Tom Marvolo Riddle.
On closer inspection, this mark differed somewhat from the current Death Eater mark.
Although the Death Eater mark was also primarily made up of a snake and a skull, the snake on it extended outward rather than coiling around the skull like this.
"This was Voldemort's former name... Did Voldemort find this place when he was young?" Matthew stroked his chin, recalling what Dumbledore had told him about Voldemort's past.
"Voldemort disappeared for a while after graduation. When he reappeared and met Dumbledore again, he had already become that noseless freak..."
"Then it's very likely that he found this vault during that time after graduation."
"After coming into contact with the knowledge Slytherin left behind, Voldemort began using Dark Magic to alter his body..."
Slytherin had left the location of this vault within the snakewood wand.
Besides that, Slytherin had also left some cryptic information for his descendants.
If a clever person emerged among Slytherin's descendants and solved the cryptic clues Slytherin had left behind, they could also find the vault's location.
Voldemort could be considered a descendant of Slytherin, and he had been clever enough in his youth to fully meet the conditions for finding the vault.
Matthew continued forward and entered the vault.
Although Voldemort had gotten there first, Slytherin had said that the materials inside could not be taken away.
Matthew soon understood what Slytherin meant by materials that