Harry shook his head vigorously to dispel the illusion in front of him.He didn't want to get entangled in such a heavy topic, and instead asked: "Then... what about that prophecy? What about the prophecy that Professor Trelawney made in front of you?"

"Ah...the prophecy..." Dumbledore's expression became dazed, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "That joke-like prophecy..."

Harry repeated the adjective Dumbledore had used: "... 'like a joke'?"

"If you've been to the Department of Mysteries, you can see that there's a room dedicated to prophecy, and it's lined with tall shelves filled with little dusty glass globes—they're all prophecies."

Harry didn't quite understand: "So..."

"Harry, there are thousands of prophecies in the wizarding world. No one expects them to be fulfilled. Prophecies that can really be fulfilled are always like a blind cat meeting a dead mouse. Only when it is realized, will the prophecy be taken seriously." Deng "A true wise man never pays attention to so-called prophecy," said Bullido.

His words miraculously coincided with those of the Dark Lord at the time, when the Dark Lord said in a contemptuous manner, "Of course, I didn't care about this prophecy at the time. You know, there were so many people who cursed me at the time, Including some prophets with prophetic blood, if those so-called prophecies come true, I would have died tens of thousands of times.”

This prophecy, which almost completely changed the trajectory of Harry's fate, was simultaneously mocked and ignored by the most cutting-edge leaders on both black and white sides, and Harry's mood became subtle.

"If you look through history, you will find," Dumbledore continued, "the so-called prophecies are often only realized when people deliberately avoid them. Moreover, it seems that the more deliberately avoiding, the more deliberately it will be fulfilled." The oracle of the Delphi Temple said that the son of King Laios would kill his father and marry his mother in the future, so the terrified king threw the newborn baby to the barren hills of Catalyon, intending to let him live in an environment where he could not survive alone. However, many accidents caused this child Oedipus to be adopted by the king of Corinth in the neighboring country. In the end, he killed his father and married his mother without knowing it, fulfilling this prophecy.”

"And the oracle received by Croesus, 'A great empire shall be destroyed'; the Ages of Nostradamus, and so on and so on. Vague, meaningless, most of the The prophecies are all vacant and slowly submerged in time, and only a few successful prophecies have been widely praised, as if the prophecy was so accurate." Dumbledore smiled mockingly, "Thus, although I witnessed Sybill Terry Laurie made this prophecy, but to be honest, I didn't take it seriously at first."

"I did my best to inform James and Lily Potter's family, Frank and Alice Longbottom's family, as predicted by the prophecy, in case Voldemort took this matter seriously and really troubled them. But I didn't Take care, James and Frank both refused me to be their house's secret keeper, and I didn't insist."

"After all," Dumbledore smiled self-deprecatingly, "this prophecy sounds... quite unreliable. Let me be honest, at that time, Voldemort had already stood at the pinnacle of England, and the situation at that time was a mess. On the contrary, for him, total victory is within easy reach; and the people mentioned in the prophecy are still two unborn children. Is it necessary to wait until Voldemort has ruled the world for a long time before being defeated by the people in the prophecy?"

Harry also laughed at himself: "It sounds like...it's quite unreliable..."

"Sybill Trelawney claims to be the great-great-granddaughter of the famous fortune-teller Cassandra Trelawney, but as far as I know, she has never made any fulfilled prophecies before. And she When I made this prophecy, it was the time when I was interviewing her to see if she was suitable as a professor of divination at Hogwarts. I even wondered if she had come up with a set of tricks to force me to apply for her in Hogwarts. Gwartz, to give her some protection."

Dumbledore pulled his beard awkwardly: "It sounds even more unreliable, doesn't it?"

Harry pulled an awkward grin.

"No one thought it would actually come true. I was almost shocked to receive the news of your parents' death and Voldemort's death. Very shocked. You can't imagine how I felt at the time..."

Dumbledore stretched out his left hand and made random gestures in the air: "That's the kind. You have worked so hard to make various preparations, contact people who can be contacted, gather all the forces that can be united, and wait for the relationship with the relevant people. The bottom boss is in a decisive battle. Suddenly, the bottom boss died by himself, because of a reason that you thought was completely unreliable..."

He pulled his beard again, sighed, and continued: "This incident forced me to re-examine this prophecy. I have to consider your situation, protect you, guide you, train you, and train you."

"And, at that time, I discovered that Voldemort is not dead, he will return sooner or later, and there will be a new duel sooner or later..."

"Five years ago," continued Dumbledore, as if he hadn't paused in his story, "you came to Hogwarts, not as happy and strong as I'd hoped, but reasonably healthy and vigorous. You're not a spoiled little prince, but a normal kid I can imagine in that environment. Until then, everything was normal."

"Then, I think, you'll remember the events of your first year at Hogwarts as vividly as I do. You find yourself face-to-face with Voldemort, and you fight it out, and you do it quite well, This was much quicker than I expected you to be. You came out of life and death again. Not only that, but you delayed his magic recovery. You fought a real manly fight. I... I So proud of you, this feeling cannot be described in words."

"You are just a first-year kid, but you defeated Voldemort again. The prophecy was inadvertently verified again, forcing me to start to have a correct attitude towards it."

"I don't understand what you're talking about," said Harry stiffly.Although he really understood what Dumbledore was implying, but...

"Then we enter your second year at Hogwarts. Once again you face challenges not even an adult wizard has faced: a thousand-year-old basilisk, a piece of Voldemort's soul. I dream I didn't expect you to escape again."

"At that time, you were bloodstained and exhausted, but you were very happy and excited." Dumbledore looked at him through the lens with blue eyes, as if looking at the young and happy little Harry at that time, "And this prophecy, again It has been verified once and for all. Maybe you are indeed Voldemort's nemesis, maybe you are destined to defeat him..."

Harry stiffened even more.

"We're entering your third year.I watched you from afar as you fought off the dementors, as you discovered Sirius, learned what he was like, and rescued him.Time and time again you thwarted Voldemort's schemes..."

"Enough," Harry interrupted Dumbledore stiffly, his heart sinking, sinking, into the abyss, "you said it all, 'A true wise man never cares what ''There are thousands of prophecies in the wizarding world and no one expects them to come true', I... I don't think this prophecy is valid..."

After all, if the prophecy holds true, then between him and the Dark Lord... between him and the Dark Lord...

Harry didn't dare to think about it any further.

"Of course, of course," Dumbledore nodded in response to Harry's words, "You're right, all the fulfilled prophecies are blind cats meeting dead mice, I never count on it, and I don't want to count on it. This kind of heavy stuff should not be carried by a minor child, but by an adult."

"What's more, there are many imperfections in the plan to cultivate you." Dumbledore closed his eyes weakly, "I always knew that there was an obvious loophole that might lead to the collapse of the entire plan. This loophole Almost made me give up the whole plan... no, it made me give up completely..."

"What... a flaw?"

"Do you remember, in your first year, lying in the hospital and asking me why Voldemort tried to kill you when you were a baby?"

Harry nodded.

"Should I tell you everything at that time?" Dumbledore raised his head slightly and looked at the ceiling, "Tell you, your responsibilities, your destiny, and the things you should bear, enable you to work harder , Train yourself more actively to face the future?"

"But, as you know, I didn't tell. I said to myself, 11, too young to know that. I never intended to tell you the whole thing when you were 11, because That's unacceptable for a kid your age."

"I should have been aware of the danger signs. I should have asked myself why I didn't feel too uncomfortable when you asked me a question that I knew was going to give you a terrible answer one day. How disturbed? I should have realized, why can't I tell you everything? The excuse I gave myself was that you were too young, really too small... However, this kind of thinking is Too optimistic."

"In the second grade, you defeated the diary and proved yourself once again. You are already better than the average adult wizard. You are brave, strong, and dare to face the deepest horror. However, in my opinion, it is very difficult to accept such a thing , 12 isn't much better than 11. I still let you go. Even though I felt a little guilty at the time, thinking maybe I should have told you earlier, the guilt subsided quickly. You're still too young Now, you know, I couldn't bring myself to spoil the winning vibe that night..."

"When you were 13, I ran out of excuses. You may be young, but you've proven yourself to be extraordinary, you've found the truth from the fog, you've rescued your godfather from the Ministry of Magic. My heart began to feel uneasy, but I still didn't tell you anything, even though you are indeed mentally prepared to accept all the truth."

"Have you seen it now, Harry? Have you seen the hole in this brilliant plan of mine now? I've fallen into a trap I've foreseen, but I've said to myself, I can avoid it, I Must be avoided."

Harry shook his head blankly.

"I worry too much about you," said Dumbledore bluntly. "I care more for your happiness and pleasure than for you to know the truth; for your peace of mind than for my plans; for your peace of mind than for my plans. I care more about your life than the sacrifice you have to make if you fail."

His blue eyes stared at Harry half sadly, like the all-encompassing sky: "I never thought that I would hold a person in the palm of my hand like this."

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