From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Okay, let's stop here for today's class. By the way, Harry, please stay here for a while."

The routine classes for warriors had been completed, and just as the three of them were about to stand up and leave, Harry suddenly heard Dumbledore's words.

'Strange...my recent performance shouldn't be considered bad, right? ’

Harry was a little uneasy - he didn't know what was going on, and Dumbledore needed to leave him alone to talk. It stands to reason that he is not a slow learner, right?

The special courses for the warriors have been going on for more than half a year, and Dumbledore has tailor-made five spells of various colors for them - although they are all variations of common spells, they are extremely convenient to use.

He didn't know why he was suddenly left here - he didn't go out at night during this period, he didn't deduct many points from the academy, and he worked hard in the Quidditch game. There shouldn't be anything that would cause the principal to be concerned about him?

'etc! ’

Harry suddenly thought of something - Hagrid had introduced a new friend to them who was not very popular some time ago. Could it be his fault?

But didn't Dumbledore know?

Harry wasn't sure, he thought Dumbledore should know, but didn't Hagrid raise a dragon in his first year?

That's not right - the professor said that Hogwarts has various protective measures to prevent outsiders from invading. They went to the astronomy tower to send the dragon away. It seemed that the plan was extremely perfect, but now I suddenly think about it, Hogwarts How could Ci have such a big safety risk?

‘So the principal knows and is planning to settle a score with Hagrid? ’

'But that's not right - Hagrid even raised Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, and didn't see Dumbledore say anything? ’

Various thoughts emerged in Harry's mind, but he could do nothing but pretend to be calm now - Hagrid's expression was very worried before, and he could not betray Hagrid rashly because of his speculation.

"How have you been, Harry?"

Dumbledore's smile was kind, but it put a lot of pressure on Harry.

"It's very fulfilling, principal. Well, I mean, the study pressure in fifth grade is still a bit high."

"It's a little bit, but I think you can handle it." Dumbledore looked at Harry, making Harry feel scared inside. "I heard from Professor Moody. He said that you can now pass the pride." Luo’s intern interview.”

‘Isn’t it about Hagrid? Very good. ’

Harry breathed a sigh of relief, but tried to suppress the expression on his face - barely succeeding.

"Yeah, that's great."

He tried to look happy, but couldn't think of a better reply to Dumbledore's words.

"So, do you know something about Horcruxes now?"

Before Harry could regret his poor response, Dumbledore suddenly brought up a new topic.

"Horcrux?"

Harry's eyes widened - he had never heard of such a thing.

Professor William's side contains a vague theory and practical skills of self-defense, plus various trainings, while Professor Moody's side has another kind of strictness and harshness, coupled with various attack techniques. These contents have been The lessons that were so tiring that he wanted to vomit blood were deeply engraved in Harry's mind, but he had never heard the words related to Horcruxes.

"No?"

Dumbledore had a look of surprise on his face - he didn't expect that neither of his professors had imparted relevant knowledge to this student.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but complain to Slughorn - look, look, self-defense professors don't teach students Horcruxes in their majors, so you, a Potions professor, have nothing to teach about Horcruxes!

It’s okay to teach him, but now he still keeps the secret tightly, as if he is carrying it into a coffin!

It took him more than half a year, but he still only obtained a little bit of corrected memory from Slughorn. As for the memory he really needed, he was still at a loss.

The only good news was that he had just speculated about Slughorn before, but now it has been completely confirmed.

"Yes, no, Professor."

Since it was not about Hagrid, Harry must have told everything - to be honest, Dumbledore's sudden question was really scary. He originally thought that Qiu's question about Miss Granger was scary enough. But today I realized that it is more difficult to lie when facing Dumbledore.

"No…"

Dumbledore hesitated - it was still too early to train as an Auror, he still had time...

"That's good, don't talk about it with your friends or any friends, don't look up the meaning of this word, let alone ask any professor about it."

Although he didn't know why Dumbledore suddenly became so serious, Harry nodded solemnly.

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"How did you come up with the idea of ​​using Harry?"

In the principal's office, William was suddenly called over and looked confused - Dumbledore was actually telling him about the Horcrux investigation and the fact that nothing could be done about it. At the same time, he also said that he had a sudden impulse to ask Harry to complete it. .

"He would, if Harry asked him."

Dumbledore said it nonsense, but William knew very well that he was referring to Professor Slughorn.

"But I have to remind you that the most favored student in the entire school right now is Neville—Professor Slughorn is indeed very good at discovering students' talents that others cannot match."

William said, and looked a little strange - because Neville was not questioned after his outstanding performance.

Yes, no, even Slytherin, after a short period of being unacceptable, some people even felt that Neville should indeed be so good - the reason is very simple, the Longbottom family is one of the twenty-eight holy families...

This is amazing, but the school atmosphere is like this, and the family education they receive is also like this. William does not have the ability to forcefully change the minds of those students. He can only hope that the Ministry of Magic will continue to be strong and suppress the momentum of pure blood. , they can accept it once they get used to it.

As for now - if he has that ability, he might as well find a way to go to the United States to persuade the Dark Lord. At least the task is simple and there are few people to persuade...

"Yeah, Neville's pretty good."

Dumbledore nodded, "But you don't know, Harry can definitely do it... Others can't, but Harry can do it."

Although William didn't know where Dumbledore had such confidence, he had no way to refute it. He could only change the subject slightly, "So are you sure that the memory related to the Horcrux is with Professor Slughorn?"

"Yes, I definitely confirm it."

"That's strange - why doesn't he want to say it?"

William raised his head and thought about this question, "Are you afraid? Is he afraid of the Dark Lord? But I don't think he knows the news about the Dark Lord's resurrection. Even the Americans are not aware of this problem, let alone Slughorn." Professor En.”

"Then, are you afraid of losing your reputation?"

"That's right. He taught the Dark Lord and provided him with information related to Horcruxes. Some of his students at that time must remember it. If this kind of thing spreads... But this is not the reason why he gave you a false memory."

"Could it mean that the Horcrux issue has always been like a thorn in his heart...making him feel that the Dark Lord has never died?"

"But that's not right either..."

William finally spread his hands helplessly - how can you guess this, there is no clue at all!

"It's better to lie!"

An idea popped into his head and never left him.

"cheat?"

Dumbledore shook his head, "He is a very smart and cautious person. You can't fool him."

"It's okay, it's just the smart people who lied." And you have to hurry up and make a time difference. The time for the Dark Lord to reappear is getting shorter and shorter, and we must get this done before then, otherwise God knows whether Professor Slughorn will destroy the memory in private. "

This is very likely to happen. If the situation worsens, who knows if Professor Slughorn will destroy his memory to stay safe, which would be great fun.

"Liar to smart people?"

"Or maybe scare him..."

William organized his thoughts and slowly talked about his plan.

"Look, how many Horcruxes have we confirmed to have destroyed and collected?"

"Five."

"Then find a way to tell him that we learned from one of Umbridge's men that Voldemort has four Horcruxes! They correspond to the four major colleges!"

"Hufflepuff's cup, Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's diadem, and Gryffindor's... Well, you have to provide one for this..."

"Of course, we know that there are more than four Horcruxes. We know that, according to your inference, Slughorn also knows."

"I remember that the Ministry of Magic didn't report too many Death Eaters' raids on the prison. Let's make a fuss about that." William thought for a while, "There is also the fire case in the Gryffindor lounge. I'm also looking over there. Pushed."

"The general story is this-"

William made up imperfect lies, "The Dark Lord disappeared, but his Death Eaters never gave up, trying to resurrect him using the methods the Dark Lord left for them."

"But because the Dark Lord is too protective of his own life-saving means, the living Death Eaters really can't find the key props for resurrection...that is, the Horcruxes. Professor Slughorn knows it anyway."

"The leader of this organization trying to resurrect the Dark Lord is Umbridge. She has been working on this and took the opportunity to peek at the supreme status of the Ministry of Magic. However, during the search process, Umbridge was unfortunately betrayed by Rita. Into Azkaban.”

"Yes, that's it. It was the Horcrux that gave Umbridge the confidence and philosophy to persevere, and it was also the weapon she used to maintain the confidence of her subordinates."

Although the real situation may not be like this - but it is impossible for Umbridge to stand up and refute, she did not even stay as a ghost.

Because this thing was so logical, even Dumbledore's eyes became strange - Professor William wouldn't have guessed it, right?

"The Azkaban rescue operation exposed their flaws, and also allowed you to finally catch a high-status hidden Death Eater, obtain relevant information from the other side, and find the Horcrux."

"So, you can proudly tell Professor Slughorn that his information is not that useful anymore. We have obtained the information and the Horcruxes. The next priority is to hunt down the remaining Death Eaters at large. "

"Of course, we will continue to protect those who may have knowledge in the future to prevent them from being chased by Death Eaters. After all, they discovered that someone fell into our hands and revealed valuable information about Horcruxes. "

William stopped making up his story and spread his hands.

To remain protective, according to Professor Slughorn's character, it would be strange to tell Dumbledore the truth in no hurry - no matter how he looked at it, he was not the character to wait for the Dark Lord to be hunted down by the fleeing Death Eaters.

"Excellent, Slughorn will never look at me so proud that I have solved everything and despise his protection."

"But," Dumbledore looked at William, "Slughorn has not been hunted down for so many years. Why are the Death Eaters chasing him?"

"There are too many possibilities, because they didn't know about it before they rescued the prisoners in Azkaban, because they discovered the list of the first generation Death Eaters we got, because they got their initial gathering from those people. material?"

"You want to threaten him? Slughorn doesn't give in easily."

"No, no, I decided to care more about him - bothering Professor Moody to follow Professor Slughorn on Easter, claiming that it was to prevent Death Eaters from jumping over the wall."

"We can even perfect the protection for Professor Slughorn's house. As long as he feels it is necessary, as long as he leaves Hogwarts, we will give him the best protection that will not disturb his life, and tell him with confidence We have the ability to kill all intruders."

"Besides, you have to go on a business trip because you discovered the whereabouts of the remaining Death Eaters or something. Anyway, you can be anywhere, just not at Hogwarts."

"Also, if possible, laugh at the Death Eaters again. They prepared everything, rituals, herbs, and necessary materials, but they found the Horcruxes and couldn't do anything."

William said seriously, and then laughed together with Dumbledore.

This kind of protection—it scares everyone!

You go to the hospital to check for a cold, and a hundred or so doctors come to see you. It’s not like a student doing an internship. Then they tell you that it’s just a minor cold and it’s not a big problem. Would you believe it?

Especially since he really has something in his heart - he knows the Dark Lord's Horcrux better than anyone else.

No matter how many Horcruxes the Dark Lord had, according to the number found by William and the others, there were more than four - the Death Eaters planned to use it to resurrect, and there were even signs of it, but all the Horcruxes were taken away, and there was no one left outside.

You can't dwell on this stuff - the more you think about it, the more scared you become...

"Do you think he'll be fooled?"

"If you don't want to be fooled, then Harry will be fooled. He can do it as you said."

William spread his hands. If Harry couldn't do it, he would have to resort to tricks. He knew all about the mess. If the other party insisted on protecting the Dark Lord, he could only say sorry - be polite before fighting. All food and accommodation would be at Hogwarts. Professor, I don’t believe it, I can keep failing!