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Why Voldemort had gone to Albania was a question that even book fans in Vaughn's previous life had found difficult to understand.
But in Vaughn's view, the truth was simple.
It lay hidden in something Helena Ravenclaw had said later—there was a lonely place!
Voldemort, who had grown up in an orphanage, had been accompanied by loneliness all his life. He had no family and no friends. Perhaps because Helena Ravenclaw had once mentioned a "lonely place," he had instinctively hidden there after his death.
The exact reason was unimportant. What mattered was the event that had led to it.
Voldemort had known about Albania because Helena Ravenclaw had told him, and there, he had found the Ravenclaw diadem she had hidden.
Vaughn had always wanted to find that Horcrux, which had been thrown into the Room of Requirement, but the room contained far too much junk, and he had returned empty-handed time and again.
Since the end of last year, when he had begun focusing on developing the Wolfsbane Potion, Vaughn had completely given up searching for it.
After all, Dumbledore had to be more anxious than he was!
Even Snape did not know that Dumbledore had been tracking Quirrell's whereabouts in order to find the Horcrux!
Vaughn said calmly, "Now that the trail has led to Albania, you have a destination. I think you can try investigating whether Tom ever went there, when he went, and then use the time period to determine why he went."
Dumbledore pondered this, then nodded. "That makes some sense, but it was far too long ago. Investigating it will likely be difficult."
Vaughn spread his hands. "There's nothing you can do about that. If you can't find the Horcruxes, you'll never be able to destroy Tom... Think