How to break into a ring

London is covered by thick snow, and this year is particularly cold. There are very few pedestrians on the streets, and the sign of the Leaky Cauldron with its dirty signboard has been covered almost invisible by the snow.

Two middle-aged men wrapped in scarves and thick hats stomped their feet and pushed open the door of the Leaky Cauldron.

The bustling place in the past was empty, and the occasional people who were eating were full of panic.

"Hey, there's no food today!" bar owner Tom said loudly.

"Sorry...we're waiting here for a companion," said the two strangers.

Tom took a closer look at them and grinned: "Poison Potion, right? I bet it looks like two Muggles, listen, the Ministry of Magic has been taken over by Death Eaters, and it's not safe here. If I were You, wait somewhere else!"

The two wizards seemed a little embarrassed, and one of them couldn't help asking: "Is the situation very bad? I mean, didn't anyone escape?"

"So what if you escape, unless you escape from this country..." Tom grumbled.

The two wizards came to the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron in embarrassment, looked at each other, picked up their wands and opened the way to Diagon Alley.

Broken confetti flew in front of me, and many window displays were empty, gloomy and without any light.

"Harry..."

"Shh, call me Nali."

"Okay, Nelly, hell, that's a weird name." The middle-aged wizard with a scar on his face covered his scarf and whispered, "Are you sure you can meet Professor Dumbledore here?"

When he received a letter from Phoenix a day ago, Ron was almost so frightened that he thought that the suicide note had finally arrived.

"Yes, I think he's looking for something, something to do with Voldemort."

"so?"

"Where do you think the safest place to hide things in the wizarding world? It can't be at Hogwarts, it must be Gringotts. Even Voldemort."

Good guess, sadly outdated.

"Merlin, don't tell me that you are going to rob Gringotts!"

"We don't need to go... whisper, someone is coming."

The two wizards quickly hid in the shadow of the corner, and a man came out from the common fireplace. He didn't wear a cloak, hat or scarf, or even wore very thin clothes in such a cold weather, but he didn't seem to feel it at all. Walked around in a circle and walked slowly.

Even in such a panic, passers-by in a hurry couldn't help but look back at that person.

The appearance is too outstanding, and it is the kind of delicate and harmless, except for three light red marks on the side of the face.The first thought that comes to mind is magical creatures, or magical creatures that are used to seduce or paralyze their prey with their appearance. Fortunately, the former will not be affected by being far away, while the latter is extremely dangerous.It is said that thousands of years ago there was a sea monster in Greece. The upper body was an extremely beautiful woman, and the lower body was a collection of six kinds of beasts. It sank under the sea, like a girl crying on a rock, whoever dares to approach it...

There are a few empty tables in front of the Florin's Soda Shop, but the Soda Shop is half collapsed.

Fay found a seat and sat down, looking at Honeydukes who was closing the door without blinking.

It didn't take long before there was a crackling sound in the air, and a wizard apparated.

Long auburn hair, thick hat like Harry and Ron, and gray robes.His clear blue eyes looked sharply towards the corner of the wall, and then he walked over without saying anything.As the distance approached, he could see his young and handsome face more clearly. He didn't smile, and his outline was particularly cold and stern.

"Ha...Nally, is that so?"

"I don't know, except the eyes are similar, but if you use Polyjuice Potion, the eyes can't be the same."

Fay didn't pay attention to the two "strange wizards" hiding in the distance. In his opinion, the wizarding world is full of people who are panicking and hiding.Even Umbridge in Hogwarts was completely silent. She locked herself in her room for three days and did not come out, probably thinking in panic about what to do next.

——Everyone knows that Hogwarts must be the next target after the fall of the Ministry of Magic.

The only one who didn't care about this at all was Fay.

He recognized Dumbledore without any hindrance. He had seen this look in the resurrection stone ring.

This was not an agreed encounter, nor was it a coincidence.

After hearing the fall of the Ministry of Magic, Faye carefully pondered what Dumbledore might be doing, and then, according to the reminder of the dead German wand maker, he immediately thought that the Elder Wand was in Dumbledore's hand, and Dumbledore was "dead" "Yes, the "corpse" was snatched away by the saints.In the eyes of others, Dumbledore and the escaped Grindelwald are enemies, and the former caused the latter to be imprisoned for 50 years.

So regardless of whether Dumbledore died after falling on the Astronomy Tower, he is dead now.

Grindelwald just for revenge?Voldemort was convinced when the answer appeared in the Elder Wand, one of the Three Hallows of Death.

In Voldemort's eyes, Grindelwald was far more dangerous than Dumbledore.

The Death Eaters immediately gave up massacres of hemp-seeded wizards, and changed suppression to forced conquest. First, they had to control the Ministry of Magic, and then disguised themselves with a relatively benign mask.There must be more strength and more preparations to deal with Grindelwald who filled Europe with white fear half a century ago.

At the same time, the Dark Lord who sliced ​​himself into several pieces is extremely confident. In his view, Grindelwald is just a loser, but he needs to be treated with caution, not invincible.

So what can Dumbledore do now?Destroy the Horcruxes of course.

The resurrection stone ring is gone, the diary is gone, the gold cup...don't know where, the crown is uncertain, the snake has been with Voldemort, and Dumbledore may have found nothing in the cave by the sea.

Regardless, Fay's origins remain a mystery to appear on the ring.

The conversation was inevitable, except that Dumbledore couldn't be at Hogwarts right now, and the castle itself had life, felt along with the ghosts and stonework.Fay didn't know any other places. After Hogsmeade's repeated toss, the wizards living there gave Fay a sideways look, so he finally chose Diagon Alley.

It's still opposite Honeydukes, presumably this is a place Dumbledore is very familiar with and would apparate directly to.

——After all, the White Wizard had lived for so long and was the head of the Order of the Phoenix. Fay was not surprised that he knew immediately that he had appeared in the Diagon Alley public fireplace.

When Dumbledore approached, the surrounding voices suddenly disappeared, and Faye guessed that this was a spell to prevent the conversation from being overheard.

"It's customary to say good afternoon. It's a bad day, but—I want to ask, did you remind him?"

This sentence has no beginning or end, but Dumbledore just frowned slightly and nodded: "It seems that you may be older than I thought."

Not to mention that Harry and Ron couldn't hear this kind of conversation, even if they heard it, they didn't know what they were talking about.

"Why did you remind him?"

"He's dangerous."

"So?" Fay was so angry that he laughed. He had long felt strange that Sauron had believed in Lucian's curse for so many years. Know his divine nature.One judges himself by the position of a competent subordinate, and the other has long looked at the other party with different eyes. This gap has led to great suspicion and distrust.

Neither of them believed that the other "loved" them.

Even the thinking is the same - how can the devil have love, the devil doesn't need this, the greater benefit, the choice that is more beneficial to things is the key.So Sauron fled without hesitation, so Melkor seriously suspected how Lucian came to Angband through the island fortress.

To break free from this endless cycle, humans with limited lives can do it, but gods can't do it, because they have unlimited time and don't need to be anxious. From another perspective, they are also very stubborn.

"Your history may be even more incredible than I thought." Dumbledore repeated. As someone who has experienced another endless cycle of feelings, he and Grindelwald were reluctant to let go when their lives were coming to an end. Respective persistence.In fact, without Arianna, they would have gone on different paths eventually, but at that time, the once hot relationship would be wiped out by other things, and it would not be so regrettable, nor would it be so unforgettable.

"Related to the Three Deathly Hallows?"

Fay froze for a few seconds before realizing that Dumbledore was asking about death.

"No." The legendary god of death who gave random things to passers-by was indeed ridiculous.

"You're not interested in the Deathly Hallows."

"Do you think?"

A most powerful wand, a ring that can see the dead, and an invisibility cloak, what's the appeal?If Fay had a pair of flying boots, he would still be a little bit excited, after all, the mount of the Lord of Darkness is too unreliable.

"Sometimes, you give me the illusion that you know many things... many of them are secrets, buried deep in memory, and these secrets are related to Harry and Voldemort, but you don't know some details, and Green DeVoe's business."

Fay glanced at Dumbledore in surprise, and suddenly had the urge to throw the White Wizard into Arda and let him deal with Gandalf and Elrond.

"...Yes, for example, who is Ariana, and what is your past." Fay did not forget the things he heard in Nurmengard, and his memory of the wizarding world is only the part of Harry Potter that he is most familiar with. , there is no doubt that who made him the protagonist, but the story turned inexplicable in the end, I don’t know if I can’t remember it clearly, or the movie was not shot in detail. In short, the savior won and wiped out all Voldemort’s Horcruxes , nothing else.

Dumbledore's expression didn't change when he heard Ariana's name, but his eyes were slightly deviated, as if he was thinking: "An interesting thing, you know this very well, but your companion doesn't know it."

"companion?"

"Other people who don't know their origin." Dumbledore replied, he knew what Fay was alerted to, "I only talked to the man who called himself Gothol, and obviously he didn't know. The latest news from the Order of the Phoenix, A giant covered in flames attacked the Death Eaters, and in an unthinkable move, he took seven trolls away."

"..."

"Also... when the Ministry of Magic fell, someone actually saw the dementor next to Lucius Malfoy. I guess it was the guy who appeared in the castle. Their behavior can clearly prove that Know nothing about Britain, or even the difference between wizards and Muggles."

"..."

These bastards who smeared the face of the master of darkness!

Fay stood up, stared at the White Wizard, and said in a dangerous tone: "What do you need to prove to me?"

"Things have changed. I guess you know the future." Dumbledore said without hesitation, "I believe these have changed now."

"why?"

"If you didn't appear on the Horcrux made of the Deathly Hallows, I must have worn the ring. As long as you think about it in this direction, you can easily guess what happened next. As an old man who has not lived long , the maximum and most valuable thing that can be used is one's own death..."

Fay's eyes were shocked, and before he had time to say anything, he saw two strange-looking wizards rushing out of the corner of the wall, rushing over in panic and madness, he couldn't hear what they were shouting from inside, he could only see them Terrified eyes and expression.

Behind them is Hermione, she is covered in snowflakes, obviously just arrived, still clutching her wand, she didn't use Polyjuice Potion, she just anxiously slowed down her speech, trying to let Dumbledore see what she was doing. say what.

—Leave Professor Angband, he is dangerous.

The spell was broken, and Harry and Ron rushed forward one by one. When Dumbledore saw Hermione, the spell he was about to say stopped, and he guessed who the two were.

"Go! Professor!!" Harry yelled vaguely, "Disappar!"

Being stared at by three people like a monster, Fay felt something was wrong.

It can be said that he has been so unlucky that he has a premonition of the unlucky things that are about to happen.

He didn't know those two strange wizards, but Hermione and Fay couldn't be mistaken.He was sure he wasn't having a good time with the Gryffindor trio, at least normal, what could make Hermione look at him like Voldemort?