HP in the name of Slytherin

"Do you know Apep fairly well?" Dumbledore asked a new question.

Catherine followed his question and said: "The snake god Apep is in charge of chaos, and Herbo is his descendant."

The two were careful, closely observing each other's expressions while talking.

Dumbledore said: "As the 'master' of Apep's descendants, you are its breeder, protector, and untouchable power under the gods. Therefore, you are qualified to touch it."

"But I'm certainly not a god." Otherwise she wouldn't feel threatened.

"Yes, but in comparison, you are still sheltered," Dumbledore gestured to himself with his palms, indicating to Catherine to compare herself and then look at him, "Are you obviously favored?"

Dumbledore was on the verge of death just now, but she only had a dull heartache and difficulty breathing. If he really wanted to explode, Dumbledore must be in danger first.

Catherine thoughtfully said, "So there are some things that others can't do, but I can do."

No one can reveal what she forgot, whether they also forgot or remembered everything from the past.

She could only think of it herself or find it out.

Dumbledore nodded, "This is also the reason why wizards all over the world know that you have successfully traveled through time and space, but they are indifferent: most of them are blocked, as if under a banishing spell, and they cannot think of these things. Once they think of it, they will immediately feel the danger. If you try to explore, or forcefully explore, it will be like what I just did, or even more serious."

After what he said, and in connection with everything that happened just now, Catherine deeply understood what it meant to be "untouchable under the gods."

In comparison, she was really favored.

"I understand." Catherine was grateful that Dumbledore told her this. If he hadn't told her, it might have taken her a long time to realize it - after all, she had only been "warned" for the first time in so many years.

Dumbledore's initiative to propose such a strange and powerful power must mean that it can be used in the future.

"Thank you," she said sincerely, returning the favor. "Would you like to take a break?"

Dumbledore passed by just now, his expression was not very good, and he obviously suffered some internal injuries.

"It's okay," Dumbledore waved his hand, "Just don't talk about that topic. We can talk about it after you find out."

"Okay." Catherine took the hint.

"I thought he was you at the time," Dumbledore said quickly in English, his tone returning to normal, "leaving Slytherin's problem to the descendants of Slytherin is the best way to solve it, but... Something unexpected happened and the issue was once again put on hold.”

"The wizard who calls himself Voldemort?"

"Yes, he also studied in Slytherin...I can't tell you the rest." Dumbledore winked at Catherine with meaning.

This of course made his face turn green for a moment.

Catherine had to admire the old principal's boldness. Was he really just jumping around the edge of the rules repeatedly?

Afraid that Dumbledore might do something bad because of this, Catherine quickly said: "I understand."

She went back to check the Slytherin students in 1937. Voldemort must have been in contact with her at that time - she thought so, and did not feel any danger at all.

She continued to think: If it doesn't work, how about finding a way to travel through time and space?

No problem...

She did get it.

She even understood that the "warning" just now was the bottom line given to her by the rules.

Losing the feeling of "father loves her", she gained the greatest freedom in this world, and could even continue to think about how to travel through time and space again like a god.

Seeing that she really understood, Dumbledore took a breath and stopped teasing about the mysterious rules.

"We have all made some mistakes. I have to admit that I have never given him trust... and I still can't," Dumbledore confessed, but it may involve some rules, so he did not go into details. "His existence makes the external conflicts even more Intensify, and then penetrate into the school, and you also know that Hogwarts does not exist independently now."

When the four founders founded Hogwarts thousands of years ago, the four of them jointly owned Hogwarts.

Due to some events in the next thousand years, Hogwarts now nominally belongs to the Ministry of Magic and is supervised by the Ministry of Magic and the twelve school directors. This is what Catherine found out.

Dumbledore made the situation clear to her: "Actually, there are mainly twelve school directors, because one of them is not fixed and belongs exclusively to the current Minister of Magic. After excluding her, the remaining seats can be roughly divided into two categories, among which One category represents several common wizards in the wizarding world, led by Malfoy, Shafik and Ollivander."

Malfoy upholds pure-blood supremacy and is the spokesperson of pure-blood wizards at Hogwarts.

Shafiq firmly believes in the supremacy of wisdom and magic, and elite wizards of any bloodline are basically related to them.

Ollivander believes that magic is a gift from God and should be celebrated for anyone to have it... Therefore, there are many people who support the Ollivander family, but the good and the bad are mixed, and their stance is often unstable.

"The other type," Dumbledore looked at Catherine meaningfully, "They are born out of the four founders. Some are direct descendants, and some are affiliated families. They are bound by ancient magic. Before you 'appear', they can hold No matter where you stand, after you 'appear', your orders are the direction they must follow."

Catherine frowned and asked Dumbledore: "This 'appearance'...can't be said, right?"

If it was just a literal meaning, she obviously already existed here.

Dumbledore could be fooled, and Catherine could confirm it based on his "casual" subtle expressions.

He chose to "deliberately" test with a silent nod... As expected, he paused and said vaguely with a stiff face: "You still have a long way to go, Miss Catherine."

Catherine said helplessly: "Don't continue to test it."

Although because of Dumbledore's contribution, she knew that her "inadvertent" observation was okay, and others' "deliberate" disclosure would be dangerous.

Dumbledore chuckled, "Slytherin's tradition can only be changed by Slytherin. The closer anyone else, anyone not recognized by them, will only become more defensive, stimulating the suspicion in their character. "

In terms of "stubbornness", the other houses combined can't compare to one Slytherin.

"In comparison, it seems that you quite trust me?" He had gone beyond the limits of the rules several times to reveal information to her.

"Oh, compared to that kid?" Dumbledore took off his glasses and slowly wiped them with a handkerchief.

His hands were shaking slightly from being punished repeatedly by the rules, but he needed to clear his thoughts this way.

Even though he had thought about this issue repeatedly in the past.

"Tom... oh, Tom is Voldemort's original name. Maybe he also has other possibilities... It's just that in my case, when I chose to use harsh methods to reprimand him at the beginning... maybe it would be difficult for us to go back. "

"I am not a harsh person...but in front of him, I lost some calmness and tolerance...It is still difficult for us to trust each other."

"Perhaps part of my kindness and trust in you now comes from him...from my regret for losing that possibility?"

Catherine didn't know the specific situation of Voldemort, but in her perception, Dumbledore was indeed calm and tolerant towards her.

"Actually, I am also very dangerous," Catherine said meaningfully, "I think you all know... I may be more dangerous than him now."

Dumbledore laughed instead: "This is also the difference between you. You are both good at hiding yourself, but you will choose to give me some trust when I am honest, and he... we have missed the opportunity to build trust."

Also causing trouble in school, Tom was cold and cruel. Dumbledore still doubted Myrtle's death. Tom at that time made him feel strange, familiar and scary. Catherine will be more calm and restrained, she has some scruples, and she still has positive feelings about things...

Dumbledore probably knew what price Catherine paid to travel through time, which actually reassured him.

"There are no what-ifs in the mortal world." He looked at Catherine with very complicated eyes, which seemed to contain some sadness, but his voice was as gentle as the sunshine outside the window. "At this moment when mutual trust still exists, I think I You should try to cherish it as much as possible.”