A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

Harry woke up not long after sleeping in the makeshift tent. There was a lot of noise outside. He found his glasses next to the pillow, put them on, and sat up from the bed. The tent was empty, and only Professor Hepp was sitting at the door, but he looked a little absent-minded.

"You're awake, Harry," Felix said.

"Professor? How long have I slept?" Harry asked dazedly.

"About an hour or so."

"What about the rest?"

"They all have things to do, and today is like a lifetime for some people..." Felix said, still looking out. He had the Book of Rune on his knee, but he didn't read it, "Don't worry, Ron and the others have been sent back to school."

Harry was slightly relieved to hear this, and then another question came to his mind: "Where's Headmaster Dumbledore? He, me, Bellatrix—"

"Oh, I know what you're going to say, that's what Dumbledore left for."

"He went looking for Horcruxes?" Harry asked hopefully.

"Yes, he thought of some clues and hurried to confirm." Felix glanced at Harry, Harry couldn't hide the joy on his face, he couldn't help pouring a basin of cold water: "Don't be too much. Optimistically, the odds of Dumbledore getting something are slim."

"Why do you say that?" Harry asked, holding his breath.

He knew one thing, and it should be said that he, Ron and Hermione speculated in private, combining the words of Sirius and Neville.

Sirius had told him that the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix had been secretly sending people to monitor Death Eaters whose names had been revealed but had no real evidence, while Neville had inadvertently mentioned that the Longbottoms had followed the Malfoys and found Traces of Bellatrix.

"They thwarted the mysterious man's conspiracy and almost caught her!"

Bellatrix, Harry muttered the name silently.

He knew the woman, and had even seen her on various occasions - wanted notices, in the newspapers, in Headmaster Dumbledore's Pensieve towards the end of the school year, and the old man in Black's house. photo above.

Harry had a hard time making the connection between the young woman in the picture and the insane look in the Pensieve when she was being tried.

"Even if Voldemort handed the Horcrux to Bellatrix for safekeeping, after today, he can't rest assured to give it to others, and he will definitely take it back. This is also one of Dumbledore's purposes, to scare the snake."

"The Headmaster put the ring on to reveal that he knew about Horcruxes?" Harry asked, but he knew all the Horcruxes by now. "Can't we quietly collect Horcruxes and destroy them one by one?" he said unwillingly.

"It's hard to get to this point," Felix said. "You can look at it from the perspective of both Dumbledore and Voldemort, and it makes it easier to understand. For Dumbledore, he has two The most important request, first, he wanted to suppress Voldemort, so that Voldemort would not dare to launch a full-scale war, and control the war to a low intensity; in fact, there had been conflicts before, but only conflicts, compared with war, dead people are not worth Just a mention."

"Second, he wants to confirm the last Horcrux as soon as possible. Yes, our expectations are not high, and it has been successfully completed now, thanks to you." Felix tilted his head in Harry's direction and said: "But then Dumbledore didn't consider your accident at that time."

Maybe, too, Felix thought.

Dumbledore's thoughts should be extremely contradictory. Both he and Felix knew the easiest way to destroy the piece of Voldemort's soul in Harry's body, but neither of them mentioned it, but they each found a way.

But with Dumbledore's wisdom, it is impossible not to consider the worst-case scenario. He has been cultivating Harry intentionally or unintentionally, including letting him stay to watch the game today may be the embodiment of this contradictory idea.

"Both of these demands have been challenged." Harry lowered his head and pondered, "Voldemort has obtained the Serpentwood Staff, and his strength is stronger. Even if it does not appear today, there will be other conspiracies. And the Horcrux... Horcrux The investigation is deadlocked?"

"Before? Yeah," Felix said.

"Will Voldemort just throw the last Horcrux somewhere," Harry said eagerly, thinking of the loophole in his plan, "in case he is thrown into the sea, buried in the earth..."

"No," Felix said briefly.

"why--"

"Because of you." Felix took a deep look at Harry. "In the past, Voldemort didn't know about the connection between you, but you don't think he didn't notice anything after he attached to you?"

Harry's expression was a little dazed.

"Does he know? Knows that I can read his mind?"

Certainly, Felix thought. It's just that it's not clear how much Voldemort knows. Voldemort may even know Harry's Horcrux identity, the probability is between two. But he must find the connection between him and Harry.

There are some things that can't be hidden as long as they are carefully pursued, such as Harry's scars and Parseltongue, which are not secrets in the school.

And as the only, no, only two people who are still alive after being hit by the Death Curse, no one can tell what kind of connection there will be between them, not to mention the protective magic cast by Harry's mother. The situation is more complicated.

Voldemort can't necessarily think of Horcruxes, because he never passively split his soul.

But it is extremely unwise to keep the Horcrux out of your sight when you don't know how close this connection is. In case Harry can track the Horcrux, this possibility is very small, but for Voldemort to come It is said to be endless troubles.

For Voldemort, who has only one Horcrux left, is in a state of panic, and has just experienced a major setback... does he dare to bet?

So it's no exaggeration to say that Harry is Voldemort's nemesis.

There was silence in the tent.

I don't know how long it took, Dumbledore's figure appeared in the tent, Harry and Felix raised their heads at the same time, Dumbledore was in the dust, Harry found that the wrinkles on his face had come back, and I don't know if it was an illusion, more than There were a few more before.

Dumbledore shook his head silently, and Harry's heart sank.

"Harry, I'll take you back to school," said Dumbledore.

"And what about Professor Hepp?" Harry asked, standing up.

"He has his own business to do." Dumbledore said briefly, Harry didn't know. So, does 'this matter' mean sitting in a chair and staring at the tent door? But he didn't ask, Dumbledore took Harry's shoulders, and Harry struggled and murmured.

"I'm sorry...I caused you trouble."

"None of your business," said Dumbledore quietly.

"But I didn't listen to you and Voldemort noticed me," Harry said reproachfully. "I should have thought you could handle it...but I couldn't help it."

He only knew that Voldemort discovered the connection between them because of his impulse. It is estimated that it will be difficult to mine information from Voldemort's brain in the future. Voldemort will definitely guard against him and use Occlumency...

To Harry's surprise, Dumbledore smiled for the first time since he appeared, and so did Professor Hepp at the door.

"Harry," said Dumbledore patiently, "of course I want you to be mature, but I don't want you to grow up at the cost of losing those shining points, kindness, bravery, integrity...that's a lot Something a man can never have in his life. You have a clear conscience, Harry, you don't know how much I envy you."

He sighed softly and stroked the black gemstone ring on his hand.

For a long time, neither of them spoke, until Fox flew in from outside, circled low in the tent twice, and landed on Dumbledore's shoulders. With a burst of fire, they disappeared into the tent.

Felix is ​​ecstatic, kind, upright, brave, and has a clear conscience... How many of them does he account for?