Hogwarts: I'm really not the third Dark Lord

The night was dark.

In the principal's office, Dumbledore was wearing striped pajamas with star patterns, sitting at the table with his eyes closed and meditating.

After experiencing a grand opening dinner, even the always energetic old principal felt a little tired.

However, he did not choose to have a glass of warm milk as before, and then lie on the soft bed and wait for sleep. Instead, he sat on the chair, as if waiting for something.

In the quiet room, there would occasionally be a soft buzzing sound. They were some strange-shaped silverware placed on a table with spindle-shaped legs. They were spinning and emitting wisps of light smoke.

After a while, the door was roughly pushed open, and the portraits of past principals hanging on the wall were awakened and made complaints.

The visitor ignored them and strode to Dumbledore's desk, his black cloak flying high behind him, bringing with him a cold smell.

Severus Snape shouted: "I'm busy, Dumbledore! I hope you know what time it is -"

"Of course, Severus." Dumbledore opened his eyes and said gently, "Then I will make a long story short. I hope you can help me pay attention to a child-"

"Harry Potter?" Snape said sarcastically, "You've said it many times! I don't see anything worth caring about in that boy - he looks like he is the exact same mold as his father - "

"Don't be biased, Severus," said Dumbledore. "In my opinion, Harry is more like his mother than James."

"..."

Snape was silent, his face twisted violently in pain. It took a while before his breathing calmed down: "Okay. Maybe you are right. If that's all you have to say, then I should go. It’s—”

Dumbledore's blue eyes stared deeply at the man in front of him through semi-circular lenses, and sighed: "It's not Harry, this time I want you to pay attention to another boy, who is also a freshman this year. , his name is Jerry Yoder."

"Jerry Yoder?" Snape quickly searched for the boy from his memory. He still remembered that the Sorting Hat stayed on the boy's head for 10 minutes, and finally sorted him into Slytherin.

He was a handsome and calm young man, and Snape had a good impression of him.

"Yes, yes," he said hesitantly, "but you have to give me a reason."

"I just got some interesting information from the Sorting Hat -" Dumbledore looked at the shabby hat in front of him.

"What is it?" Snape asked.

"I can't tell you yet," Dumbledore said. "I would rather you use your own eyes to confirm what kind of person this child is..."

As he spoke, Dumbledore recalled the first time he met the boy, as well as his amazing physique.

"Whenever something bad happens, will everyone suspect him?"

After that, Dumbledore wrote to a friend who was well versed in all kinds of curses and dark magic to ask about it.

From that friend's reply, it was revealed that the so-called "not like good people" temperament does exist. For example, some people are born ugly and cruel, and even if they are kind at heart, they will avoid people around them.But as the contact time increases and the understanding gradually deepens, this initial stereotype can be corrected quickly.

As for a boy who is handsome and kind-hearted, you may even have a good impression of him when you first meet him, but as you get to know him better, you can't help but think wildly. It may only be the power of magic.

For example, some curses of African tribal shamans and the anti-win technique spread in the East.

According to legend, these ancient spells can deprive a person of his "luck" and turn him into an existence that is hated by humans and ghosts.

He would not know the specific situation until he met the boy himself.

Dumbledore didn't want to trouble his friend if he could help it.

But thinking about what the Sorting Hat had just told him, and the horrific scene that flashed through the boy's mind, Dumbledore felt vaguely uneasy - was it really a plot of a novel, as he said?

Looking back now, the boy's original statement was quite suspicious.

First of all, according to Dumbledore's investigation, the boy was an ordinary orphan. He even found his parents - they were ordinary Muggles and had no connection with the wizarding world.

I can't think of any powerful wizard who would be bored enough to curse a baby. If he really had a deep hatred, wouldn't it be better to just kill his parents?

Taking a step back, there really is such a boring guy. The boy's scapegoating constitution - or the curse is really so powerful. Why does Mrs. Lisa, who has lived with him for more than ten years, and the person named Irene Dai? Anna's little girl was not affected?

Could it be, of course, just a possibility—

The boy is a guy with a deep scheming comparable to Voldemort. From the first time I met him and heard those words, I stepped into the trap set by the boy——

There was no special constitution. Lady Lisa and Irene were both accomplices instructed by the boy, and they convinced themselves of this constitution.

After that, whenever something strange happened around the boy that pointed directly at him, I would think of his words and subconsciously excuse him.

This conjecture was so sensational that it was full of loopholes, but once it was generated, it always lingered in his mind.

Dumbledore was not willing to think the worst of people - he had already suffered enough from Voldemort.

He even felt that he thought so because of the boy's tendency to take the blame.

But whether it was the vision in the wand shop or the warning brought to him by the Sorting Hat, they all cast a heavy shadow on his heart, which at least showed that the boy was not as simple as he seemed.

Is he a deep-minded careerist?Or a victim haunted by a mysterious curse?

Dumbledore decided it was time to take some necessary action.

……

"Have you confirmed what kind of person he is..." Snape repeated, but there was a turmoil in his heart.

Even when Voldemort first entered the school, Dumbledore didn't take him so seriously, right?He also specifically asked himself, the dean, to pay more attention.

This is comparable to the treatment of a savior.

However, this also made Snape have a strong interest in the boy. It happened that the selection of hidden prefects was still going on in the common room. After leaving Dumbledore's office, Snape immediately rushed back to the Slytherin common room without stopping. lounge.

After secretly observing for a while, he found that the boy had no intention of running for hidden prefect. Even the girl next to him tried to force him to participate, but she was firmly rejected.

"He's an unambitious guy."

Snape secretly judged in his mind that he had a powerful magical talent that Dumbledore was interested in?

Thinking of this, Snape couldn't help but stand up.

"I think this year's selection of hidden prefects should be done in a different way."