Dumbledore took the Diary from Tris without looking particularly surprised. He merely asked casually, "When did you get this?"
"Well, I've had it for a while." Tris's gaze wandered a little.
Dumbledore smiled and did not pursue the subject. Instead, he said, "I see the traces of dark magic on it have dissipated. You removed the magic?"
"More or less? I erased the soul fragment inside it, and then it seemed to turn into an ordinary diary," Tris said.
"Horcrux magic is an integrated system. Destroy any part of it, and the entire enchantment disappears," Dumbledore said casually. "Still, a faint trace remains. It should indeed have been a Horcrux. How did you do it?"
"Well, I used the same method as when I helped break the Greengrass family's curse," Tris said. "I have a few special ways of dealing with curses and similar forms of dark magic."
Dumbledore nodded. "I won't ask exactly what those methods are, then. In that case, why don't you deal with these as well?" Tris pointed at the cabinet beside them.
Only then did Tris notice that the special metal boxes containing Horcruxes, which Dumbledore had shown him before, were now sitting openly in the cabinet.
There had to be something special about those boxes, though. Until now, Tris had not sensed any trace of evil dark magic at all.
"No problem." Tris nodded. Burning soul fragments with Samadhi True Fire was much easier than breaking curses. When breaking a curse, he had to take care to avoid harming the victim's soul as much as possible.
Burning Horcruxes was different. He could just go at it.
Samadhi True Fire did not harm physical matter, so once the magic was destroyed, the objects themselves could remain intact.
"Now?" Tris asked.
Dumbledore hesitated, then shook his