Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 895 Trust and Doubt

In the middle of the night, there was a blizzard blowing outside, but the window of the principal's office was still lit. Dumbledore, wearing snow-white pajamas and a dressing gown inlaid with gold on a purple background, was sitting on the high-backed chair behind the desk, flipping through the latest issue by candlelight The Defense Guide.

   "It's really surprising. I didn't expect my ineffective great-grandson to start a magazine, and the reputation seems to be pretty good." Phineas's lazy voice came from the portrait.

   "Sirius is much more mature than before, and knows how to take care of his friends." Dumbledore said gently.

   "It's not that I look down on him. With that guy's character, he still can't do it to this extent. He probably has someone to help him." Phineas narrowed his eyes and asked Dumbledore, "What do you think Anderson wants to do?"

   "Don't know."

  Dumbledore's gaze stayed on the page where Karkaroff was mentioned as a Death Eater for a long time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"You seem to trust him." Phineas continued without waiting for Dumbledore to answer, "To be honest, I always thought his character should be in Slytherin. He is not as simple as you think. I always I think Anderson is planning something."

   "I never ignored him."

  Dumbledore continued to flip through the magazine in his hand, and casually chatted with Phineas, "It's too hasty to define a person by division. People are always complicated, and everyone will have their own thoughts."

   "Sowing discord between Phineas, you are just worried about the Galleon payment last time. Don't forget, the other party saved your great-great-grandson." A big fat wizard with a red nose growled loudly.

"What I'm saying is the truth. That guy is greedy, greedy for money, and very sinister. My poor great-great-grandson is just a tool he can use, but he doesn't realize it at all." Phineas Trying to figure out what Albert Anderson wants to do before Sirius falls into the pit someday.

  Phineas knew a lot of people, and guys like Albert Anderson were definitely among the toughest and most dangerous.

  Since Sirius Black met Anderson, the wealth in the Black family vault has been lost at an alarming rate.

   This made it difficult for Phineas not to suspect that Albert wanted to seize the property of the Black family.

   "With all due respect, Mr. Anderson is not greedy. He is even more generous than most wizards." Dumbledore raised his head and corrected, "Phineas, you probably don't know that Mr. Anderson is actually richer than the Black family."

   "It's impossible." Phineas immediately denied the matter.

   "Nothing is impossible, it's just that you don't know it." Dumbledore closed the "Defense Guide" and said gently. "In Mr. Anderson's heart, there is a balance that is used to weigh everything, and everything he does has his own considerations."

"It's like he borrowed the magazine in your hand, easily revealed the secret of the name Karkaroff, made him look like a lost dog, and used it to revenge Karkaroff and gave him 1 point?" Finia said. Stan couldn't help but sneered, "That guy looks more like a Slytherin student than a Slytherin student."

   This is what Phineas is most worried about. That Mr. Anderson is even more insidious and cunning than expected.

   "We are already dead, Phineas." The big fat wizard with a red nose reminded, "And you are actually worried about the living?"

   Before Dumbledore could answer, there was a knock on the door of the principal's office.

  The portraits also stopped communicating and began to pretend to be asleep.

   "Come in," said Dumbledore.

  The wooden door of the headmaster's office was pushed open, Snape walked in, and said straight to the point: "Karkaroff has left!"

"I know about this." Dumbledore had expected that Karkaroff was now boycotted by the entire British magic community. Not many people knew about this, but it was covered by the "Defense Guide" After the publication of ", coupled with the Dark Mark that appeared at the Quidditch World Cup, Karkaroff has indeed not had a good time recently, and has often been bombarded by shouting letters.

Snape moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but seemed to be hesitating, and after some struggles, he finally spoke: "Karkaroff's mark has started to turn black. In recent months, it has become It's becoming more and more obvious."

As he spoke, Snape opened his sleeves and showed Dumbledore the Dark Mark on his arm. Originally, when Voldemort lost his power, the Dark Mark looked like a scar, but after Voldemort gradually regained his strength, , the Dark Mark began to recover.

   "The Dark Lord is alive and gathering strength."

Snape looked at the shadow on Dumbledore's face and continued, "Karkaroff knew this very well, so he was very nervous and worried that he would be punished. You know that after the fall of the Dark Lord, he gave a lot of help to the Ministry of Magic. Well, the Dark Lord obviously won't let the betrayer go easily, so he took advantage of this incident to escape and was going to find a place to hide."

   "Really?" Dumbledore said softly, "You also really want to find a place to hide with him?"

   "I'm not that kind of coward." Snape laughed at himself: "Besides, I don't think Karkaroff can escape. With the character of the Dark Lord, he will never let a betrayer go easily."

   "You are much braver than Igor Karkaroff." Dumbledore comforted: "Don't worry, the situation is not as bad as you think, it is still in our expectation."

   "Expected?" Snape was skeptical, "You knew he would return?"

   "Know it a long time ago? No, no one knows." Dumbledore said calmly, "But I know that Voldemort is not dead yet, and it will be a matter of time before he returns. Many things indicate this."

   "You just watched it happen." Snape stared at Dumbledore in disbelief.

"Some things, even if you know about them, you can't stop them. There is a saying: It's better to think about how to solve this matter after it happens than to try your best to stop it." Dumbledore crossed his hands, Looking up at Snape, he said, "And, the biggest problem is that we don't know exactly how he did it."

   "Even you don't know?"

   "I'm just an ordinary person, Severus." Dumbledore said helplessly. "By the way, I hope you can help me pay attention to Moody."

   "I thought you trusted him." Snape could not hide his sarcasm in his tone, he hated Moody.

   "Yes, trust him, but someone reminded me that I should be wary of him." Dumbledore didn't care about Snape's astonished expression.

   "You actually believed it." Snape felt unbelievable, he knew very well the friendship between Dumbledore and Mad-Eye Moody, "Did you find something wrong?"

   "Not so far, but I think it's always right to be cautious." Dumbledore said with lowered eyes, "I hope you can help me prepare Veritaserum, the most powerful Veritaserum."

   "He searched my office," Snape said sullenly, "in your name."

   "I suspect that someone has sneaked into Hogwarts." Dumbledore whispered, "I asked Moody to check all the professor's offices."

"He searched everyone, but he was really an exception?" Snape felt that he followed Dumbledore's train of thought, but he was actually more curious, who reminded Dumbledore that Mad-Eye Moody had a problem, and Dumbledore actually had doubts about his old friend.

   "No, it's not for this reason, anyway help me pay attention to him."

  (end of this chapter)