[HP] Similar but different

Dumbledore's eyes followed the black gleam until it disappeared under Voldemort's robe again. "It seems so," he said, eyebrows flattened.

"Should I let them out?" Voldemort asked softly, his face still hidden in the shadow of the hood. "You don't seem surprised after all."

"No." Dumbledore denied simply. "Actually, I must say I'm absolutely amazed. You've done what no one else has done...again, Tom."

Voldemort snorted back. "You don't need to force yourself to admit it, Dumbledore." He lowered slightly, and the black robe fluttered up, "but it doesn't matter, after all, it's not a compliment."

Dumbledore watched him. "Aren't you going to come down, Tom? This is your place after all."

"The aggressive method, huh?" Voldemort sneered, his thin lips curled into a sharp arc, "Are you going to say that I didn't land because I was afraid of those things? That won't work."

Dumbledore nodded. "In this respect, I trust you." He looked around again—those pale arms still maintained their original posture, as if waiting for the next order—"I want so many ghouls to listen to you , fear is obviously the first element that must be discarded.”

"Don't make it sound like you know it all!" Voldemort hissed, seemingly annoyed.

"I really dare not boast that I am better than you in the dark arts." Dumbledore replied calmly, "But, the army of Inferi..." He paused, "Did you use the Deathly Hallows for such a use? Tom?"

This was obviously ironic, but Voldemort was not only not provoked, but returned to the original tone. "I don't have any other choice, do I?" He whispered softly, "Of course I prefer the one in your hand. But since I only have the Soul Resurrection Stone, I should make the best use of it."

Dumbledore looked at the knotted wand. "Really?" There was a little doubt in his tone, "I thought you didn't pay attention to it at all except at the beginning."

There was a moment's silence, and then Voldemort laughed. "Really, Dumbledore?" He laughed so hard that he bent over, "You mean to say you don't know why, Dumbledore?"

Dumbledore pursed his lips. "That's right," he replied, without seeming to hear the laughter at all. "I'm not surprised that you want an invincible wand; and I'm certainly curious as to why you haven't done so yet."

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the swamp returned to dead silence in an instant, only the water surface was beating faintly, as if there were more unknown dangers lurking underneath.

"Because I don't really want you to join them just yet," Voldemort straightened up, his tone as relaxed as if he was talking about the weather, "after all, although you are annoying, you can be useful at certain times."

Dumbledore actually smiled at this threat of implying to kill first and then make an Inferi. "So I have to thank you?" he said, not really expecting an answer. "I guess you've got something to say, maybe including the defense I'm going to be making for Harry shortly?"

Voldemort tilted his head slightly.His chin was completely exposed to the suspended white light, and its lines were cold and hard. "You knew already."

Dumbledore did not reply to this sentence. "Honestly, I don't feel worthy of Peter. He betrayed his friends to save his life. He hasn't done you any harm since he joined you, but still..."

"Do you think I'm punishing him in advance for his possible future betrayal?" Voldemort seemed a little amused, "But you're mistaken—" His tone sank, and the ruthlessness contained in it was unbreakable, "Only fools talk about betrayal, Dumbledore."

Dumbledore froze for a moment, but only for a short while. "You used to hide yourself a little bit," he said, "now you don't even have a disguise?"

"Pretend what?" Voldemort sneered. "Pretend that I didn't bounce back from Avada Kedavra, or pretend that the ghostly 13 years never existed?"

"Oh—" Dumbledore nodded knowingly, "Your anger is still not extinguished. This is a good explanation for why you abandoned the title of Death Eater."

"You think so? I abandoned the Death Eaters?" Voldemort asked back, with no emotion in his tone.

Dumbledore waved his hand. "Perhaps you have managed to fool your men into thinking that the Ghost Riders are a sign of a high-ranking Death Eater; but in fact, they don't know that the Death Eaters exist in name only, just as they don't know that the Ghost Riders are just A group of puppets that are completely manipulated by you."

Voldemort tightened his jaw. "I am very interested in the process by which you came to this conclusion."

"Oh, Tom," sighed Dumbledore, "the truth couldn't be more obvious, and I can't believe none of the Death Eaters found out - need I start from the beginning?"

Voldemort said nothing, but his hood dropped even lower.

"When you first came to Hogwarts to apply for the teaching position of Defense Against the Dark Arts, you said that Rozier and those people were your friends. But I said no, you have no friends, they are just your servants." Dumbledore Lido said slowly, "Until now, I still think my judgment at that time was correct.

"Later, the Death Eaters rose to prominence, and those vicious incidents went from the underground to the surface. Until your death—or physical destruction, to be precise—they disappeared together. Some went to jail; but Many more claim that they were bewitched by you, threatened by you, and that they were irresistible... so they got away with it.

"You see, if you want to exert influence on a wider range, you need to absorb more people to support you. You use their magical power, use their family wealth, use their relatives and friends... In short, use Anything that works for you. You're good at that, and don't give a damn about the consequences they might have to deal with.

"However, at the same time, they are also using you. Some people do have some malice lurking in their hearts, but they usually don't dare to show it; however, under the name you gave them, they indulge themselves and start Do whatever they want. Even after failure, they can still blame you for all the crimes, claiming that they are still innocent, and not taking any responsibility with peace of mind.

"So, the relationship between you and the Death Eaters is neither the friend you claimed, nor a complete master-servant; in essence, you use each other and take what you need, the difference is just the amount. This can also explain why you Few Death Eaters are looking for you after being bounced off of the Death Curse."

After the words fell, Voldemort was silent for a while. "Excellent speech." He said, not being punctured into anger, and clapped his hands falsely, "But do you realize that if mutual use is true, then it doesn't matter'I abandon Death Eater disciple'."

Dumbledore shook his head slightly. "As I said earlier, the difference is the amount. As much as I hate to admit it, you are stronger than them all. It makes you firmly dominant in this relationship-typical example, Peter. He deserves it , I'd love to see him brought to justice; but he was thrown out by you, which means you can do the same to other Death Eaters."

"Oh?" Voldemort's tone rose, as if raising his eyebrows. "Are you really worried about the future of other Death Eaters now? This is something new."

Dumbledore shook his head again. "I just want to point out that once this fragile connection is broken, they will face greater risks than you. In fact, I suspect that the most thing you want to do is to use Peter to make an example to others."

Voldemort nodded, casually. "Okay, I abandoned the Death Eaters, the Death Eaters exist in name only, and they have to worry about me sending them to Azkaban..." He seemed to be laughing, "What does the puppet say?"

"I have to notice that so far, among your knights, except for one Death Eater who should have died in Azkaban long ago, the other ten have all escaped from prison." Dumbledore said, "You taught They do magic, help them change their appearance, allow them to live with new identities... It is not in your usual style to spend so much time, unless you think it will be more rewarding to do so—” He lowered his tone, “They have no other choice, can only offer absolute loyalty to you. That's why you said 'only fools talk about betrayal'."

Either be loyal, or be abandoned...the latter may mean death.

This time, Voldemort was silent for a longer period of time. "So in your lexicon, loyalty equals puppet?" he asked unemotionally.

Dumbledore gazed at the face that had receded into the shadows. "Under normal circumstances, of course not." He said softly, slightly sad, "but if one person allows another to do something to his own soul, I'm afraid he won't be able to resist afterwards." When he said this, he His eyes fell on Voldemort's left cuff again.

Voldemort sensed it.He shook his wrist, exposing his entire pale and slender hand.Against the backdrop of the gold setting, the black diamond-shaped stones are particularly inconspicuous. "Can you still know this?" he asked, and answered himself: "It is impossible, you are just guessing."

Dumbledore didn't seem to hear, he kept staring at the gem. "It doesn't really bring people back to life, does it?"

"To be honest, I don't know. After all, I'm not like you. I don't have anyone who wants to be resurrected." Voldemort's answer was blatantly malicious. "Besides, the people you want to resurrect don't necessarily want to see you."

Dumbledore said nothing.His expression has never been as hard as it is now, as hard as a rock.

Voldemort, who had not moved all this time, took two steps forward, as if there were invisible stairs in the air. "A kind reminder, Dumbledore—" he whispered, suddenly becoming almost tender, "before you tell others about today's events, think about what you have done. Although the facts are no longer So sweet, but I promise, if it comes out of my mouth, it will only be more vicious."

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his left hand violently, and those pale arms retracted into the water one after another, making more noise than when they appeared. "If you find this advice useful, I hope that in return, I will never see you here again."

Voldemort flew away after leaving this sentence, and the surroundings suddenly returned to silence, only the large mottled mud prints on the ground showed what happened just now.Dumbledore stood alone under the white light, his eyes closed as if overwhelmed.

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