A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 450: Voldemort’s strength

Dumbledore's blue eyes blinked behind the glasses.

"Very interesting question. Felix, I'm rarely asked so bluntly."

"I mean... Voldemort, who did nothing wrong with Hogwarts during the war, seemed to be... well... very afraid of someone in the school... and in the eyes of the world, it was clear that these two people never There is a record of confrontation." Felix said carefully.

"Perhaps that is the truth," said Dumbledore, smiling.

"It may only be part of the truth." Felix said immediately, "Some people only see the result or a few points in the process, but they can't get a glimpse of the whole picture."

Dumbledore frowned slightly, and opened his mouth slightly, as if he was picking the right words.

Felix knew he had to do something, say something... Otherwise, when the old man made a decision, he could only wait for the result. So he cleared his throat and said, "Albus, we all know that Voldemort and Crouch Jr. are hiding out, and the Ministry of Magic has sent a horde of Aurors and Strikers to no avail... I'm afraid we'll have to consider the possibility of his successful resurrection." nature, and I need to know his strength."

After a moment of silence, Dumbledore seemed convinced

"I can assure you, Felix, that even though I never saw him die in front of me, I have indeed crushed and destroyed his body more than once, leaving him with wounds that ordinary people cannot heal. "

Dumbledore quietly revealed a long-buried secret.

"Ordinary people can't be cured?" Felix asked keenly.

"I remember I mentioned to you... that I interviewed him?" said Dumbledore softly, leaning his head back and staring at the ceiling.

"...That's right." Felix said slowly, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

"This is what he looked like"

Dumbledore swung his wand violently, and a somewhat illusory figure gradually became clear. His face seemed to have been burned, his facial features were blurred, and there were almost no arcs of ups and downs. The skin on his face was twisted strangely like solidified white wax. The whites of the eyes seemed to be permanently filled with blood, and the black pupils shone with an indifferent light.

Felix looked carefully at Voldemort in Dumbledore's memory. He was no stranger to this image. He had seen it once when he found the locket, but it was obvious that Voldemort looked even worse than last time. Like a human.

'This seems to indicate that Voldemort completed the production of the locket Horcrux long before the interview. ’ the thought flashed through Felix’s mind. Reminiscent of what Dumbledore said just now, he tentatively asked: "Is it the effect of black magic? Or the effect of the Horcrux?"

Dumbledore glanced at him approvingly, and waved his hand to dispel the phantom in the air.

"Both possibilities exist, and my personal preference is the former... Of course, we can't rule out the impact of the lack of souls caused by multiple Horcruxes on the body. After all, no one has ever done this like him in history."

"So Voldemort's body is different from normal people? He combined Salazar Slytherin's blood magic and his own black magic, so that the fatal wounds in the eyes of ordinary people are not effective on him?" Felix combined Dumbledore's words, analyzed.

He couldn't help frowning, how can he fight this?

He suddenly thought of a possibility. Felix looked at Dumbledore suddenly, couldn't hide his surprise, and said in a voiceless voice: "Magic creature?" Has Voldemort reached the realm of Ms. Ravenclaw?

At the same time, he recalled the last time Dumbledore heard the word 'magic creature' when he was a child

"Felix, I can't give you much useful insights. When I was young, I did think that I was omnipotent for a short period of time... a magical creature? This statement is too modest, and I was too arrogant at the time."

It was also the same time, Dumbledore demonstrated to him the "trick" of flying the spell with his fingers...

Dumbledore straightened up from the back of the chair, put his hands on the desk, and shook his head slowly and firmly: "I don't think it is because of this, at least I have never had this ability. Even... There are no similar records for the founders, but Salazar Slytherin, as far as I know, was once suspected of possessing a magic that can absorb life force and heal himself.”

"Diary?" Felix said alertly. Two years ago, the Diary Horcrux confused Ginny Weasley and absorbed part of her vitality. Fortunately, there were not many of them, and it was discovered in time, and was cured by Madam Pomfrey's superb medical skills.

"Probably so." Dumbledore nodded lightly: "Although magic that makes people lose their vitality is rare, it is not uncommon, but it transfers vitality from one person (Ginny) to another piece of soul. I've never heard of it."

"Is it the influence of the Horcrux?" Felix guessed another possibility, "Maybe the Horcrux has the characteristic of absorbing life force." But he realized something was wrong, he had seen the Horcrux in Black's old house The chapter is an antique book called "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic", and the understanding of Horcruxes is not lacking.

Dumbledore also denied this speculation.

"A Horcrux is to strip a piece of soul and keep it in a certain corner of the world, so as to make the maker indestructible. In short, it is immortal." Dumbledore said, "For this purpose, The stripped soul should be in a deep sleep state, or at least extremely inactive unless there is a deadly threat around the Horcrux, and then it will be safe to fight back."

Felix nodded slightly, agreeing with Dumbledore. No normal person should hope that the soul fragments in their Horcruxes are active and have independent consciousness. What if they cause trouble and are discovered and destroyed?

What's more, only a small piece of soul is enough to cut the soul, and it's hard to do much with this little soul.

"...but the diary should be special?" he mused.

"That's right." Dumbledore nodded and said, "When Ginny Weasley wrote in the diary for the first time, she got a response and fell into the trap carefully woven by Voldemort... I almost It can be concluded that Voldemort did not regard it as a life-saving Horcrux, but a key to open the secret room, so he gave his diary many privileges, such as his memory until the age of 16, enough activity... Naturally Also includes the knowledge he inherited from the Lytherin ancestors in the Chamber of Secrets."

"But it's all speculation." Felix said with a frown, feeling agitated in his heart, but Dumbledore's tone sounded conclusive. How could he be so sure?

He roughly sorted out the information. Dumbledore fought secretly with Voldemort many times during the war, and he was severely injured more than once, but Voldemort soon jumped up again. It is estimated that Dumbledore is also investigating the reason behind it. Dumbledore thinks it is black magic and blood magic The reason is that it is recorded that Salazar Slytherin has the magic of absorbing life force to heal wounds, and Ginny has been absorbed life force... But there is another possibility, Felix couldn't help thinking, why not?

So, he asked, "Why can't he be resurrected with a Horcrux?"

Dumbledore looked over and said calmly, "Why do you think so?"

"It's just a guess," Felix shrugged, "Maybe he did use black magic to transform his body, but there must be a limit, right? For example, he just delayed the pace of death and found a A loyal servant, hold a resurrection ceremony for him...well, he will use the confusion spell or the forgetting spell to erase the trouble afterward? Or just abandon it..."

Dumbledore bowed his head in silence.

"What you said is true, Felix," he said. "But no matter what, the information we have at hand is quite limited." He looked at the table legs thoughtfully, and said in an inaudible voice: "Maybe I can be more positive."

"What?" Felix didn't catch him.

"Thank you for reminding me, Felix." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I almost overlooked this. My intuition tells me that this information is very useful."

Felix knew that this meant the end of the conversation, maybe he should go to Professor Marchban, maybe it would be good to tease Clemie's grandfather... But he was a little bit reconciled, he hadn't asked about Voldemort's What about strength?

He stood up from the sofa and said, "The last question, Albus, I can understand that your strength is far greater than that of Voldemort?"

There was another moment of silence

"I'm old," Dumbledore said earnestly, "Even twenty years ago, I could barely gain the upper hand. If he resurrects again, the outcome is hard to predict."

"Barely gain the upper hand?" Felix asked puzzledly. Dumbledore said before that he "beat and destroyed Voldemort's body more than once~IndoMTL.com~This is more than once, it is worth pondering.

"I used a special method." Dumbledore blinked his blue eyes happily, "to make Voldemort mistakenly think that I had hidden my strength before, and the purpose was to set up traps... But the truth is, the gap between our strengths at that time Not too big."

"Special method..." Felix repeated slowly.

"A little trick to temporarily restore me to my prime." Dumbledore said with a smile in a coaxing tone.

…

It was completely dark when we came out of the principal's office. Felix felt that his mind was a little messy, and he urgently needed to sort out the information he had gained today. He hurried back to the office and stayed behind closed doors. As for Professor Marchban, we'll have to wait until tomorrow, since Dumbledore mentioned that she will be staying for a while.

On the other side, Dumbledore was still sitting on the chair in the circular office. After a while, he opened the drawer on the left, where there was a locket and a wand.

Phoenix Fawkes on the perch landed on Dumbledore's shoulder, whistling softly.