Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 103 Dumbledore's Plan

"Dumbledore, do you know what you're talking about?"

Snape repeated the words over and over, staring at Dumbledore, unable to believe what he had just heard?

——Let two first-year little wizards face the most evil dark wizard ever?

"Has the old bee lost his mind at last?"

Dumbledore looked at Snape's suspicious eyes, smiled, and continued, "Even Snape, you think this is too outrageous. It seems that Voldemort really won't think that I have such a plan...?"

"What kind of plan, let two little first-year wizards die? Dumbledore, what do you think... I firmly disagree..."

Snape took two steps closer to Dumbledore, his sharp gaze seemed to pierce the brain of the old man in front of him.

"Snape, I have already said that since that night, there has been a close connection between Harry and Voldemort that you and I don't know about. And this connection will one day lead to Harry facing Voldemort alone, facing a Voldemort who has come back and is even stronger than 11 years ago... At that time, neither you nor I are likely to provide him with any useful help..."

"Since we are unlikely to destroy Voldemort now...then why not let Harry try to face Voldemort now, this extremely weak mysterious man can't break the protective spell that Lily left on his body..."

Snape understood what Dumbledore meant between the lines.

"Are you using them as bait? Are you crazy? Isn't a Philosopher's Stone enough for bait?"

"It's not a bait, but an inevitability... Severus, you have to understand that Harry and Voldemort are destined opponents in the prophecy, and it is impossible for him to escape from this fate. On the other hand, on Halloween night, and Quirrell's strange behavior now, it means that Voldemort has already noticed the talented little wizard McGuffin Albert....Snape, don't say that you didn't notice Quirrell's unique attitude towards this little wizard."

"These two little wizards have been involved in the vortex of the battle with Voldemort. While we can still try our best to keep them safe, we should prepare them for a bad situation-it is possible that when Voldemort makes a comeback, the future situation is likely to be several times worse than the situation 11 years ago...After all, I am getting old every day...but Voldemort..."

Dumbledore organized his words, trying to persuade Snape to accept his ideas.

——After all, he is the only one who has this idea and the ability to understand what they will face in the future?Besides himself, among the professors at Hogwarts School, Snape was the most suitable candidate to protect these two little guys. In case of his absence or accidents, Snape must be made aware of the situation and protect the two little guys in time.

"Dumbledore, you..." Snape looked at this old man who was hailed as the greatest wizard in modern Britain in surprise.

Now Snape realized that Dumbledore in front of him, although his long silver beard was still shining in the moonlight, his pupils were still shining with sparks of powerful magic power. Compared with his memory, Dumbledore was much older than ten years ago, and his tone was full of exhaustion.

Yes, Dumbledore could be old too.

Snape only realized now that Dumbledore was already getting old. If it was true as he said, when the Dark Lord returned, would he still be able to protect this school, these students, and Harry?
"Really, is it the only way to do this? ... But this is too dangerous, Harry and the others are just little first-year wizards!"

Snape's voice became weaker, and he looked down at his toes - his feet scraped and scratched the ground.

"The young eagle will eventually learn to fly... Harry and MacGuffin will face their own sky one day."

"For these two little wizards, Voldemort will not let them go after all. Now under our surveillance and protection, they are facing the weakest Voldemort ever."

"Professor Snape, such opportunities are rare..." Dumbledore said.

Snape opened his mouth, then shut it again.

...he had nothing to say.

Regarding the idea of ​​the Dark Lord's comeback, he agrees with Dumbledore.

Snape had heard such a rumor among those dark wizards more than ten years ago that the Dark Lord used an unusually evil black magic to ensure his immortality, so he could be defeated but could not be killed.

Even if people are lucky enough to hit the Dark Lord with a magic spell, it is useless, because the Dark Lord himself has no human-like weakness, and he cannot be killed in a normal way.

——If you want to slay a dragon, you must find a way to kill the dragon, otherwise it will be a waste of energy.

But...he still felt that doing this...it was wrong for two little wizards to face the Dark Lord, this was not what they should face at their age.

This should be what these adult wizards, these Hogwarts professors should do.

But at the same time, he felt that Dumbledore had revealed the reality mercilessly and coldly. They couldn't even kill him now—an extremely weak Dark Lord, and he couldn't figure out what kind of spell the Dark Lord had cast so that he couldn't die.

"Dumbledore, sometimes I think you're even scarier than the Dark Lord... What's going on in your head?"

Snape still didn't know what to say in the end - he accepted Dumbledore's statement, but he firmly disagreed with his approach.

"Oh!" Dumbledore chuckled lightly, "You think too highly of me. When you live long enough and experience various things, you can feel that the world has its own laws. Like magic, people's thoughts and wills are finally responded to in this world. But I just saw the possibility... I saw the greater interests, and saw the thoughts and wills of people living in the world..."

"The greater good?"

Snape didn't believe in this seemingly great but empty language description.

Even after getting along for so many years, he still couldn't understand what kind of person the old bee in front of him was.

Although Dumbledore let him accept the idea of ​​using the two little wizards as bait, he still didn't agree, and he wanted to ask more, this whole body seemed to reveal light from every inch of his skin... Is the great Hogwarts headmaster really what he looks like?
Dumbledore, what did he see in the mirror, money, power, fame, or...

"Dumbledore, you once said that a person who is really happy and content will not see anything other than himself in this magic mirror... and I don't think there is such a person in the world!"

"...Whether you are a Muggle or a wizard, as a 'human', there will always be ruthless and endless desires. When you have nothing to eat, you will be satisfied if you have bread, but if you have bread, you will hope for perfect love. Once you have love, you will desire power. Then you turn to fame and hope that you will not grow old... People will never be satisfied. Maybe only those who have no desires and no emotions can see nothing on it..."

"Dumbledore, do you really have what you desire... Can you really see anything from the Mirror of Erised in front of you? Isn't it you who you said can't see anything?" Snape said pointedly.

"I... Snape, you guessed wrong, I saw myself holding a pair of thick wool socks in the mirror..." Dumbledore said with a smile, as if he didn't hear Snape's overt and secret speculations.

Snape stared at Dumbledore, the old bee, with the look that you are lying to a fool, and saw a 'peaceful' smile on his face.

"When you get old, you have to wear a pair of thick socks to keep you warm... On the other hand, there are never enough socks. People always think that the headmaster of Hogwarts school should be a thick book for Christmas. Christmas comes and goes, and I haven't received a pair of socks for so many years. If possible, Severus! Christmas is not too long, and you can still send me a pair of socks... to fulfill an old man's Christmas wish for so many years..."

Snape really didn't want to hear the old guy's nonsense here, and if he didn't want to say it, he didn't say it. Did he treat him like a fool or a first-year wizard?
—Who would believe that?

He took one last look in the mirror

——My young self and Lily were happily chatting and saying...

Snape turned around and left, no longer thinking about it, he knew that Lily would never come back, and he almost killed her by his own hands.

Dumbledore watched as Snape's black robe fluttered, made a sound as it rubbed against the air, and left the classroom.

He turned to look at the Mirror of Erised,
(shown in the mirror):

A very young man with Dumbledore-like eyebrows was sitting in the mirror;

Holding hands tightly with him is a younger, quiet and shy girl, holding a wand in the other hand, she looks like the younger sister of the youth;
Juxtaposed on the other side is a blond man of similar age. From the shape of his face, he has a bit of Germanic blood in Germany. This guy looks very proud with his face up, and there is almost no one in his eyes;

And behind them were two elderly middle-aged men and women, looking at the youngest girl lovingly and lovingly;
They also tightly held a boy slightly older than the girl with an angry face. The boy raised his fist and shook it as if he was going to punch the young man.

(This is the Dumbledore family and Grindelwald. In the mirror, Dumbledore's sister, Anliana, has no magic out of control and can use magic to become a wizard)
Dumbledore walked back and forth a few times, looking at the scene in the Mirror of Erised from time to time, with unresolved sadness and regret in his eyes.

He then sighed deeply, left the magic mirror, and left the abandoned classroom.

With a wave of the wand, the entire door disappeared.

The armor standing in front of the door seemed to have come to life. After taking two steps to guard the original door, the hammer and ax in his hand were put down again, motionless.

Soon the corridor returned to its former desertedness and loneliness, as if no one had ever been there.

……

"You two should have woken me up, it's so embarrassing!"

Ron's noisy voice woke up McGuffin from the bed.

He was complaining that his two good friends left him for a night tour in the middle of the school alone, they found such an interesting mirror, and they didn't wake him up to look at it.

However, McGuffin noticed that this guy was more envious of not wandering around the school wearing an invisibility cloak last night, rather than wanting to see the Mirror of Erised.

While having breakfast in the dining room, Harry happily discussed with Ron that they wanted to visit again tonight and get to know each other's families by the way.

"And I want to see your family?" Harry said.

"You can see them anytime, otherwise...you can come to our house this summer!" Ron invited Harry.

As they talked, the two discussed, what kind of magic does the magic mirror have, which can show people's family members.

McGuffin reminded Harry that the two had actually never seen each other's family last night.

And in the lie (Mirror of Erised scene) that he made up, the family scene that his family and Harry said they saw was not the same thing at all.

"Harry, there is an unknown spell cast on that mirror, and we shouldn't go there without knowing it."

"I think that magic mirror is deliberately showing what people want...it's tempting people to look at it, maybe this mirror has a certain danger...seriously, Harry, don't you think you look weird?"

McGuffin secretly reminded Harry.

But Harry, who wanted to see his parents again, couldn't listen to it. He was a little unhappy about it, so he snorted twice without answering.

He didn't have any appetite, so he was about to leave the restaurant without taking a few bites.

It seems that Harry is not going to invite McGuffin to have a Hogwarts Night Adventure tonight.

Ron looked at Harry who was walking away, and then at McGuffin who looked a little hesitant.

McGuffin asked him to stay with Harry as soon as possible, he didn't care, there was still a big paper to be finished, and there was no time for 'adventure' tonight.

Ron expressed his gratitude, and when he ate and took away from the table, he whispered to McGuffin, "You're right, MacGuffin, Harry does look weird...I'll make sure nothing happens to him tonight."

As McGuffin said, he has too many things to do, not just Quirrell's 16-inch ancient magic treatise that deliberately embarrassed him, but more importantly, the blood curse on himself...

Under Quirrell's disturbance last night, he didn't find any useful information at all, and very lucky, this guy and the Dark Lord didn't notice the existence of himself and Harry.

——What the hell was Quirrell doing in the Restricted Section?And how did he disappear?
Originally, McGuffin wanted Harry to remember the news, and let him inadvertently reveal it to Dumbledore if possible, but judging from his current appearance, his brain has been completely occupied by the appearance of his parents shown in the Mirror of Erised, and this matter cannot be accommodated in his mind.

Leaving aside what exactly is Quirrell doing there?

Now McGuffin can't go wandering in the restricted area at night at all. Imagine that in the restricted area at night, when Quirrell met him looking for the blood spell, he felt cold and didn't dare to think about it.

He originally thought that being locked up in the Forbidden Forest was because he wanted to fight for Quirrell to find a unicorn in the Forbidden Forest.

Quirrell wanted to try to understand why he was able to see Voldemort, and what Dumbledore said about the war magic that night.

Unexpectedly, Quirrell was really teaching himself magic, and he was very attentive.

McGuffin has always believed in one truth - there is no free lunch in the world.

He always felt that his situation was getting more and more dangerous now. He didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Quirrell or Voldemort's gourd behind him. These two guys were not good professors who were helpful and educated.

In addition to searching for information, McGuffin decided not to miss any opportunity to practice the spell, and improve his strength with every bit of time.

He tried his best to complete the tasks on the system to obtain talent points.

Even the task of [Need for Flying Broomstick] that seems impossible at all.

——Do I have to attach a few Muggle rocket boosters to the broomstick to reach the [-] hour speed required by this sand sculpture task?

(End of this chapter)