He stood to one side, watching Douglas finish packing up, and was just about to say goodbye.
Douglas suddenly said:
"Professor, you said earlier that Voldemort's father came from this village, didn't you?"
Dumbledore nodded and said:
"Yes. That rather dilapidated house on the hillside beside us as we came here. I saw what it looked like fifty years ago in old Ogden's memories. It was once the largest, grandest building for miles around.
Ever since Morfin Gaunt-the last male member of the Gaunt family and Tom's uncle-murdered the family, it has gradually fallen into disrepair.
Why? Do you think Tom might be hiding there?"
Douglas shook his head. Although he remembered that Voldemort really did come here in the original story, it probably wasn't at this point.
"Professor, I remember an ancient Rebirth Potion that can help a wizard who has lost his physical form rebuild his body. One of its ingredients is his father's bone.
What I wanted to ask was, was his father buried here in the end, too?"
Douglas wasn't making this up. Although he couldn't remember which potion Voldemort had used to return to life in the original story, he remembered its main ingredients: bone of the father, flesh of the servant, blood of the enemy.
Using those as keywords, he had bought quite a few magical books through the system over the summer holidays that someone at his level would not normally have access to.
He had searched through a great deal of ancient magic before finally finding this Rebirth Potion. It was a very simple potion for regenerating the body, and its ultimate effect was merely to restore the original body and strength.
Besides that, he had also seen several other potions capable of regenerating the body, all of which worked better than