Harry asked in a hoarse voice: "...Then, do you think, he... Is it possible for him to make some concessions for me..."

They all knew who he was referring to.

"I don't know," said Dumbledore matter-of-factly, "it probably depends on what kind of concession it is, and what kind of man he is, and how deep the bond between you is."

Harry's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Don't panic, let's analyze slowly," Dumbledore said reassuringly, "Harry, what kind of concession do you want?"

"I...I don't know," Harry said confusedly, "I just know that there are some bottom lines that cannot be given up...starting wars, killing people at will, dragging the world into chaos for their own selfishness. I...I just can't accept it. "

They were relatively silent for a while, and Dumbledore said with a wry smile: "It sounds a bit difficult."

"Let me be honest, these concessions sound much bigger than the problems between me and Gellert." Dumbledore frowned slightly, his gray beard drooping weakly, "at least I was at that time, Not to accuse Gellert of his dream of domination..."

After Dumbledore's words fell, the scene fell into a desperate silence again.Harry pursed his lips, and unconsciously picked at the edge of the high-back chair, so hard that he had already picked out his fingerprints.

Dumbledore sighed and changed the subject after he paused for a while on Harry's finger that was digging hard at the wood of the chair: "Then, to change the question, what kind of person do you think he is?"

Harry said slowly: "Selfish, indifferent, strong desire for control, strong desire for power, eternal desire for immortality and power..."

The more he talked, the more desperate he felt.

Dumbledore patted himself on the forehead, and simply jumped to the next question: "Okay, okay, let's jump to the third question: How deep is the relationship between you? So deep that he is willing to do it for you Make some concessions?"

"I don't know..." Tears welled up in Harry's green eyes, "I thought... I thought there was going to be a deep relationship between us, but... but those might be... just because I'm his Horcruxes, so he..."

Tears were falling, and Harry could say no more.

Dumbledore turned sideways and stroked the back of Harry's hand.

"Don't be too pessimistic, hope will always exist," he said, "Harry, it just depends on whether you look for it with your heart, and if you are lucky to find it."

Harry wiped a tear roughly.

"We are always easily confused by appearances, some confusion is positive, and some confusion is negative," Dumbledore said, staring at Harry, as if staring at the confused boyhood self, "Don't lie to yourself, in Voldemort's name Among the things you do, which ones are out of cherishing a Horcrux, and which ones are out of cherishing you?"

Harry looked back in a little bewilderment, his foggy eyes made him look confused and pitiful.

Dumbledore smiled and said, "Did you know, Harry? I was actually the guide who led Voldemort into the wizarding world, just like Hagrid led you into the wizarding world."

"Really?" The topic really aroused Harry's interest, and he looked at the old man on the bed, "I guess, that must be a great meeting? Between the children in the orphanage, and the person who took him out of the orphanage , always have some good feelings, just like I have for Hagrid?"

"Eh..." Dumbledore smiled awkwardly, "It's not..."

He sighed: "I'm not perfect, Harry, just like I was fanatically invested in Gellert's ideas when I was young, I actually have very big flaws in unknown places. I must Admittedly, from the very beginning, I was wary of Tom, who later became Voldemort. The genius, egoism, and the dark atmosphere so thick that I couldn't ignore it, I really saw Guy from him. Lett's shadow..."

"I had a very reckless demonstration, I burned his 'memorabilia' cabinet, gave him an indiscriminate criticism... every time I recall those scenes, I regret it, I may be able to do I need to be more thoughtful, when I was young I was too..."

His words paused, and he smiled ashamedly at the wide-eyed Harry before continuing: "If I really have a secret guilt for him from the bottom of my heart, it's not just because of The recklessness when we first met was also because I didn't pay more attention to him when I was young. I felt those things in his character from the beginning, those things that were so similar to Gellert, but because I For this...scar, I...I just guarded him closely and stayed away from him, without any guidance."

"Education and guidance have a very important effect on a person. Love is the magic weapon that saves and changes everything, not fighting, reprimanding and guarding." Dumbledore said with a wry smile, "I watched him grow from At first he was squeezed out by the whole academy, and in the end he was surrounded by the whole academy. I could have guided him, but I didn't do anything..."

"Harry, I've been thinking, what if I had guided him reasonably when I was young? Would everything be different?" Dumbledore sighed, raised his eyes to look at Harry, "Then, you Appeared. I was surprised to see that he did have some changes, real changes. Don't you feel it?"

"...maybe, a little?" Harry said uncertainly, the heaviness in his heart seemed to ease a little, "like, like, a lot more restrained than what he knew he was doing 15 years ago?"

"It's more than a lot of restraint." Dumbledore smiled kindly at Harry. "Since his resurrection, no vicious murders have been reported anywhere. Doesn't that explain something?"

"Love is the closeness of two hearts. It allows to be deceived, but it is impossible to be deceived." Dumbledore looked at Harry, "As I just said, don't lie to yourself, in Voldemort for you Among the things you did, which ones were out of cherishing a Horcrux, and which ones were out of cherishing you?"

"Well..." Harry's expression brightened slightly, "If...if you just want to keep me by his side in peace, then those sweet-talking traps are enough, and he won't waste his time Take time out of the middle of the day to teach me a lesson and teach me how to think..."

"And these things that intend to broaden my horizons make it easier for me to get out of his control. If it's just to protect a Horcrux, why doesn't he just teach me some protective spells? Study the protective spells, let I learned to protect myself, isn't that enough?"

Harry suppressed his excitement: "Also, I know how indifferent he is to life, he never respects life. However, he didn't force me to learn Avada Kedavra later, nor Never do anything in front of me, and even avoid me when doing some things."

The more he talked, the more excited Harry looked: "Also, those historical scars that he took the initiative to uncover, he took the initiative to take me to visit the graves of my parents, and all those considerations that are more than the most appropriate lover. Zhou Quan... How could he do this if it was just out of cherishing an artifact?"

Confidence seemed to rise from his heart little by little. In these days, there had never been a moment when Harry felt that he was in better shape than he was now.

Dumbledore looked at him with a smile: "It sounds very sweet. Harry, do you still think that the relationship between you is not deep? Do you still think that it is impossible for him to make some concessions for you?"

Harry smiled genuinely for the first time in days.

Dumbledore looked at him kindly: "Harry, you have shown me another possibility, a better possibility. Ah, the power of love, the power I have always believed in and emphasized, is often stronger than physical strength. Its destruction has a stronger effect, and it changes more and more extensive things."

"I have to admit that sometimes I go astray," said Dumbledore. "Wouldn't it be faster and more effective to have a strong force and complete annihilation? Sometimes, frankly, I think the answer is YES." , I will forget the things I keep telling myself. I was deluded by those things... No, I am still deluded by those things."

He said in a heavy tone, "My performance when I was young and vigorous proved that power is my weakness and my temptation. Until now it still exudes temptation to me, once touched, once opened Pandora's box , even I'm not sure what I'll do..."

Harry said weakly: "But you have been staying at Hogwarts..."

"Ah, that's because I'm afraid," said Dumbledore, laughing, frankly, "I'm afraid I'll come into contact with things that are so tempting to me, and I'm afraid I'm going to make the same mistakes I made when I was young. You see , I almost made that mistake again at this point in dealing with a reborn Voldemort."

Harry asked confusedly, "What error do you mean...?"

"I'm afraid of the 'Muggle threat theory'," Dumbledore said directly, "how much this theory is like the wizard supremacy theory I talked about with Gellert when I was young, but it is more aggressive and more powerful than the wizard supremacy theory." It is easy for people to accept. Fighting for the survival of wizards, and fighting for the status of wizards, one is defensive and the other is offensive. Although the essence is similar, defensive defense of the homeland is more important than offensive. It is more contagious and easier to arouse people's fighting spirit."

"Its popularity will inevitably bring about fierce conflicts between Muggles and wizards; and Voldemort's own deceptive power will greatly spread the possibility and intensity of such conflicts."

Harry still didn't quite understand how the Muggle threat theory had anything to do with making mistakes: "So?"

"So," Dumbledore smiled wryly, "in order to curb the Muggle threat theory, the first solution I thought of was to kill Voldemort."

Harry fell silent.

"What I'm thinking of is not to influence, guide, or refute this theory, but to eliminate the culprit and prevent the spread of the theory. I sacrifice my self-consciousness to find his Horcrux..." His eyes fell on him. On the unconscious right hand, he smiled wryly and shook his head, "Hey, maybe this is retribution..."

Without waiting for Harry to respond, Dumbledore focused his gaze on Harry again: "Harry, can I count on you? I can count on you to curb the Muggle threat theory, guide Voldemort, and lead the wizarding world Do you want to go another way?"

Harry bit his lip.

"The Muggle threat theory has greatly intensified the conflict between the wizarding world and the Muggle world. Voldemort has even started a war against the Muggle world," said Dumbledore. Selfishness has dragged the world into chaos, these are the bottom lines you cannot accept...Harry, can I count on you?"

"I'm not asking you to be hostile to Voldemort." Seeing Harry's expression, the old man added, "Harry, if you feel it, you can find that your influence on him is really great. You may Guide him? Is it possible for you to make him make some concessions for you?"

"You know, if...if he keeps doing this," the old man said, sincerely, and matter-of-factly, "Harry, there's nothing between him and you. Just like me and Gellert."

"But..." Harry said taking a deep breath, feeling uneasy, "for him, no matter how deep his feelings are, it is impossible to force him to give up his ambition. I... I have no confidence."

"Well, let's change our way of thinking," Dumbledore said after pondering for a while, "what if he doesn't give up his ambition? Is there such a way that neither violates your bottom line nor hurts his ambition?" Woolen cloth?"

The crackling and flickering of the fireplace flame in the room was very noticeable in the silence.

They thought about each other for a while in silence.Then the silence was broken by Harry.

"There will be," said Harry, slightly dazed, but firm. "I will find a way."

"I...I don't want to give up my bottom line, but I want to be with him."

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