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Snape resisted the burning pain in his left arm, stepped down and pulled Harry up: "Harry Potter, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, Professor, I just feel a sudden pain in the scar on my forehead." Harry looked at Snape, expecting to hear his sarcastic words again, such as "Our savior is showing off his scar and being different again." "some type of.But this time, Snape just frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Follow me." He pulled him up, ignoring the curious eyes of the students around him, and just casually ordered: "get out of class is over!" After that, he He rolled his black robe and left the classroom.

Pulling Harry, who was full of doubts, Snape came to Dumbledore's office door, knocked on the door impatiently, and immediately pushed the door open after getting Dumbledore's permission.Dumbledore still smiled as usual: "Sev, it's rare to see you come with Harry. Sit down, do you need something? How about iced lemon juice?"

Snape pursed his lips and shook his head solemnly: "Dumbledore, I'm afraid I don't have time to chat this time. Just now, Potter told me that the scar on his head was painful."

Hearing Snape's words, an unpredictable light flashed behind Dumbledore's half-moon glasses: "Harry, can you tell me in detail how you felt at that time?"

"Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore." Harry nodded, "At that time, I felt a sharp pain from the scar on my head, and then there was a complex feeling in my heart, like ecstasy and full of hatred, but it seemed It wasn't the feeling that I was really feeling at the time, it came very suddenly."

After listening to Harry's words, Dumbledore looked at Snape thoughtfully, and Snape held his left arm behind Harry out of sight, and turned towards Dumbledore. Lido nodded slightly.

Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then said in his usual brisk tone: "Harry, thank you for your answer. It seems that you need to go to the medical wing first and ask Madam Pomfrey for some sleeping potions. It's because you've been a little tired recently, and your nerves are too tense. Go, kid, and go to bed early tonight."

"But, Headmaster—" Harry sensed that the atmosphere between Dumbledore and Snape was a little weird, and he wanted to ask more questions, but Dumbledore stopped him with a raised hand.He rarely said seriously: "Harry, don't ask any more questions, go to sleep first. Your professor and I still have something to talk about. If you have any questions, can we talk about it later?"

"Uh, okay then." Hearing Dumbledore's obvious stop, Harry could only nod and left the principal's office.

After the door closed, Dumbledore stared at the direction Harry had left for a moment, then looked at Snape who was sitting quietly aside: "Severus, is Voldemort back?"

"I'm afraid so." Snape replied in his usual silky voice, "The scar on Potter's head, and, the Dark Mark on my hand." Saying this, he stretched his left arm On the sleeve, near the wrist, the skull mark with a poisonous snake has turned scorched black, and it is very clear.

"It's not a good sign to have a materialized soul piece, plus a newly revived main soul, Severus." Dumbledore stared at Snape sharply, "Also, Harry Too young, 13, we need to buy time for him."

Snape's face suddenly turned pale, and a strange light flickered in his cold black eyes: "I see, Dumbledore, so, is it the main soul or the soul piece?"

"The main soul." Dumbledore replied after a little thought, "I will try to contact him for that soul piece in the near future and meet him. Judging from his recent behavior, I don't think he is as good as the main soul. Crazy, maybe there is still room for negotiation.”

"Okay, then I'm fine." Snape immediately turned to leave.

"Severus, be careful." Dumbledore stopped him suddenly, with a hint of worry in his voice.

The leaving figure of Snape paused, turned his back to Dumbledore, and made a self-deprecating expression: "I know, Dumbledore, that's my original sin." He didn't stay any longer, and turned around The doorknob, opened the door and walked out.

The headmaster's room suddenly became quiet again, Fox on the gilded perch let out a cry, flew to Dumbledore's shoulder, and rubbed Dumbledore with its golden-red head.And Dumbledore gently stroked its soft feathers: "Fox, Trelawney's two prophecies, and this chaotic situation, Harry is only 13 years old, can he bear this heavy burden?"

At this time, Harry was returning to the Gryffindor common room full of doubts.Ron and Hermione, who were confused by Harry and Snape's behavior in class, waited there early, and when they saw Harry appearing, they immediately surrounded them: "Harry, what's going on? Where did Snape take you?"

Harry opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Ginny stepped forward to stop him: "It's the same, go back to our dormitory." She said, and she pulled them into her and Hermione's dormitory.After casting the non-disturbing eavesdropping spell, she nodded to Harry for him to continue.

"The situation is a bit strange, and I don't know what's going on." After receiving Ginny's hint, Harry replied with some hesitation, "Snape took me to find Principal Dumbledore, and Dumbledore The principal said that I was just a little nervous recently, and suggested that I rest early today, obviously something happened, but he didn't want to tell me."

"What could it be? Harry, the last few times your scar pain was related to You-Know-Who, could it be that something is going to happen to him this time?" Hermione crossed her arms and speculated with a frown .Then, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Professor Trelawney's prophecy last time. If it is true, could it be that the mysterious man really came back?"

After hearing Hermione's words from the side, Ron couldn't help but groaned in fear: "Oh, Merlin!" He had already heard from Ron and Hermione about Harry's situation in class today, and was surprised by Snape Ginny couldn't help but secretly express her admiration for Hermione's reasoning ability.Harry suddenly turned his head to look at Hermione: "It is really possible that he is back? Then why didn't Principal Dumbledore tell me?" There was a hint of anger in his voice, mixed with unwillingness to be deceived.

Ginny patted him on the shoulder: "Harry, this is just Hermione's conjecture, which has not been confirmed. Moreover, even if it is true, Principal Dumbledore must have his reasons for not telling you. We might as well be patient Wait for the news and see what happens next?"

Harry's body was still trembling slightly, obviously still not calming down his anger: "But, that's Voldemort, the Voldemort who killed my parents. I haven't had any since the last time I saw it in the Chamber of Secrets. Any news about him, now that there is finally some news, and Principal Dumbledore still keeps it from me, can I just wait like this?"

"Harry, you really can only wait." Ginny suddenly raised her voice slightly, and said with a rare sternness, "It would be right for you if Headmaster Dumbledore told you the current situation of Voldemort, or even his location. The most irresponsible approach. You are only in the third grade, what are you going to do? Can you go to a duel with him and avenge your parents? Now you can't do it, and if you go, you will just die, sacrificing yourself for nothing , so you can only follow the arrangement of Headmaster Dumbledore."

"However, I at least hope to know some news, instead of being kept in the dark like I am now." Harry raked his hair and said a little irritably.

"I'm sure Principal Dumbledore will tell you when it's time to tell you. And what you can do now is to do as he said, drink a bottle of sleeping potion, and go to bed early." Ginny squatted down and relaxed said the voice.She thought she understood why Dumbledore didn't tell Harry everything, because he was too young and the situation was too complicated.Currently, Harry still thought that Voldemort was the one he had seen in the Chamber of Secrets. If he knew that there were already two of them, and he himself was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he obviously couldn't bear this fact.

Under Ginny's comforting gaze, Harry finally nodded and stood up: "Okay, then I'll go back first. However, I still have to ask Principal Dumbledore in a few days. I hope at least I I can know the current situation." With that, he pulled Ron out of Ginny and Hermione's bedroom.

After they left, Hermione asked with some concern: "Ginny, do you think that if Voldemort really returns officially, will Harry be in danger? And you, will you be in danger too? Last time in the Chamber of Secrets , he wanted to kill you and Harry, but you escaped by chance, this time, will he find ways to get rid of you and Harry first?"

"I don't know, Hermione." Ginny turned her back to Hermione, pretending to be arranging her books so that she wouldn't see the expression on her face, "But I believe that Principal Dumbledore will do his best to protect us, We won't let Voldemort have a chance to hurt us."

She believed that besides the members of the Order of the Phoenix and Tom himself, only she knew the current situation best.After the return of the main soul, all the Death Eaters will be summoned immediately to announce his return in a high-profile manner.And when he discovers the existence of Tom, the first thing he must do is to try his best to find out where Tom is, destroy this ghost who dares to pretend to be him, and declare to everyone that he is unique and supreme.Moreover, Dumbledore would definitely take this opportunity to gather his members of the Order of the Phoenix and try his best to arrange some plans to deal with Voldemort.Therefore, she believed that neither the main soul nor Tom had time to trouble her and Harry, and they would be safe for the time being.

At the same time, remembering what she overheard at the meeting of the Order of the Phoenix, the news that Tom has gathered some Death Eaters forces, she even thought gloatingly that now the main soul must be among the followers who came to be summoned , Those Death Eaters who knew about Tom's return were furious at the wonderful look on their faces.

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Today is July 2010, 7, Harry Potter's 31th birthday, so let us first wish him a happy birthday together!