Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Chapter 14: The Mirror of Desire

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Christmas dinner.

The long table was filled with a variety of delicious dishes.

For example, the delicious, plump roast turkey piled up like a mountain; the fragrant roast meat and mashed potatoes...

A mouth-watering Christmas sausage; peas, butter, and marmalade...

Anriel really enjoyed the mint liqueur served with dessert...

Ok……

Is there anything like this at a Christmas party?

No way... was it prepared by the old man specifically for him?

When Anriel returned to the bedroom, he lazily fell on the big bed and stretched, not wanting to leave his bed.

Unfortunately, he still has to go out tonight.

In the morning, Dumbledore had returned the Invisibility Cloak, one of the three Deathly Hallows, to its little owner, and Mr. Harry Potter would wear it tonight to violate a bunch of school rules...

Anriel sat up from the bed, walked to the door and picked up an oil lamp.

After casually tapping it with the magic wand, the dark purple flame instantly illuminated most of the dim room.

After wrapping up his robe, Anriel left the Ravenclaw Tower and walked downstairs.

He now has an inexplicable bad feeling...

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Albus Dumbledore was not only a great wizard, but also a very shrewd wizard who was very good at using all the power available to him.

Even in his old age he always seemed to look "not quite normal" - in the words of some people.

But Anriel knew very well that he was still the shrewd and capable Albus Dumbledore.

Dumbledore, after some minor investigation, went through intense ideological struggle and mental torture, regarding the sudden appearance of Anriel.

Anriel has now become a completely trustworthy, indispensable and important member of Dumbledore. In other words, he is "Dumbledore's man through and through."

Moreover, this old man would never let go of such a good assistant, his right-hand man——

In terms of magical power, it seems that someone as powerful as he can take on the entire Auror Department single-handedly is rare in this day and age.

Plus one of the two most reliable relationships in the world, blood ties and interests.

Anriel had no doubt that some of Dumbledore's future plans would be completely changed because of him.

For example, searching for Horcruxes...

However, now he is just replacing an old man with "sore back and legs" to patrol, there is nothing much to say.

As for working for Dumbledore, Anriel's memory, spirit, consciousness, and even his soul that did not belong to this world had no resistance. It seemed that this was what he should do...

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Anriel continued to wander in the corridor with a lamp in hand, and the sound of a cat's meow came from the fork in the road at the other end.

"Mrs. Norris, you know I'm different from other students."

Anriel tilted his head and muttered.

"It's almost time..."

"Ahhhhh!!"

Sharp and piercing howls were heard in the corridor. The sound came from the library. Apparently, a strange book in the restricted area was opened.

Anriel told them that Flamel was not a modern person, which meant that they would have to look for things that were even older, and that kind of thing was usually in the restricted section, right?

Filch's footsteps quickly approached the library, and Anriel walked downstairs with a lantern.

"Mr. Filch, what happened?"

Filchi looked at Anriel strangely——

He is not yet accustomed to this "professor" who is in the name of a student.

This was unheard of in his by no means short career.

"There's a student who's not sleeping in the middle of the night... in the restricted books section! I must catch this little thief!"

Anriel shrugged, ignored Filch, whose eyes were shining with anger, and went downstairs with the lamp.

With a whoosh, Anriel turned off the oil lamp and disappeared into the corridor.

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The lightly closed door was silently pushed open, and Anriel quietly looked at the mirror in the room that was flashing with psychedelic light.

And standing quietly in front of it, Harry Potter.

……

Harry slowly walked towards the mirror and gently placed his hand on it, revealing the most extreme tenderness that an eleven-year-old child could express.

After all, those were his parents whom he had not seen for eleven years, and his ruthlessly destroyed and broken family.

Anriel couldn't help but lose his mind——

He is thinking...

If he stood in front of that mirror at this moment, what would he see...

After an unknown amount of time, little Harry seemed to realize that he had been here too long, and hurriedly put on his invisibility cloak and left.

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"Ah, sir, don't hide, Mr. Potter has left."

Anriel showed a helpless expression, and Professor Dumbledore seemed to want him to leave as well.

A moment of silence.

"Ah, I thought you wouldn't notice me. Is there anything showing through my robe?"

An old voice came from the air not far away, and a shoulder suddenly appeared, followed by a long gray beard that fell to the waist. Albus Dumbledore appeared in the room and shook his invisibility cloak -

Perhaps it was just an ordinary windbreaker and the spell had made him invisible.

"I guess this classroom hasn't been cleaned for a long time, right?"

Dumbledore followed Anriel's gaze towards the door:

"Oh, I guess you're right."

Three grey footprints came in from the door, but only one went out.

Anriel walked towards the Mirror of Erised and examined its surface carefully.

"I wonder what I'll see in there."

Dumbledore adjusted the half-moon-shaped glasses on his crooked nose and said slowly:

"It seems that Mr. Potter has already experienced its wonders, and it seems that you want to know what you will see-"

"Why not give it a try?"

Dumbledore, as always, had insight into Anriel's thoughts.

"I will."

After saying this, Anriel stood in front of the Mirror of Erised.

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When Anriel's entire body appeared in the mirror, the entire mirror was like a pool with a stone thrown into it, sparkling and rippling - the image was not clear.

Indistinctly, there seemed to be two people standing next to Anriel.

Just like Harry Potter seeing his parents in the mirror, the identities of these two people seem to be obvious.

Just as Anriel saw those wise blue eyes clearly, the outline of another person also became clear in an instant.

This is……

Both with kind smiles on their faces, young Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.

It seems that Anriel's dream is the same as Harry's, to see their relatives whom they have never met...

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"Ah……"

Anriel sneered and pulled out his wand violently. The end of the wand even made a sonic boom, which scared Dumbledore behind him.

"Click——"

There was a crisp sound.

There seemed to be cracks on the surface of the mirror, but that was just the projection it displayed to the outside world. The magic mirror itself was not damaged at all.

It is a very complex magical object that contains powerful and mysterious powers and will not be damaged so easily.

The three figures in the mirror disappeared, and the cracks slowly disappeared.

The white mist covered the mirror again.

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Anriel stared at the hazy white mist, as if trying to see through it.

Slowly, the fog dissipated...

The scene in the mirror was completely different from a few minutes ago——

It was not the shabby classroom it was supposed to reflect, which was one of the characteristics of the Mirror of Erised.

A small mountain village appeared on the mirror:

A wisp of green smoke was slowly rising from the chimney of the house in the valley...

A woman whose face could not be seen clearly walked out of the house with several children to greet a man who looked like the owner of the house.

The woman walked forward and gave the man a hug.

The man raised his hand and touched each child's head. From Anriel's perspective, he could only see the man's back but not the expression on his face.

Thick fog gushed out from the mirror world, engulfing the small valley.

The screen disappeared.

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