A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 578: Night talk

Dumbledore handed the dazed Umbridge to the Auror of Hogsmeade village. Voldemort had roughly excavated her recent memory, and her mind is not very clear at the moment, and she may even have sequelae.

Then he took some time to reassure the panic-stricken villagers of Hogsmeade village, "Except for the strong wind and sand in the past two days, there will be no other impact." After that, he came to the Pig's Head Bar.

Aberforth sat at the door of the bar, looking tired and bruised.

"You shouldn't have run out, your injuries are too serious——"

"Let me lie among the corpses on the ground?" Aberforth roared angrily, "Why don't you try it?"

Dumbledore was slightly silent, "Okay, then I will take you to St. Mungo's, you need to be treated."

"It's not a big problem, that **** wanted to see me beg for mercy, but I didn't," Aberforth said gruffly, spitting **** spit on the ground, "you came faster than me As fast as you can imagine.”

But Dumbledore insisted on taking him to the hospital. In St. Mungo's, Dumbledore took the time to chat with the portrait of Dai Lisi De Wente. Dai Lisi Deventer was the headmaster of Hogwarts and also served as the therapist of St. Mungo. She is a well-known wizard and has portraits in many wizarding institutions.

"The Ministry of Magic is very busy, those dark wizards completely disregarded the secrecy law, and directly blasted a big hole through the welcome entrance—" the old witch with long curly silver hair said incessantly.

"The red phone booth?" Dumbledore interrupted her.

"Yeah, many Muggles have seen it," Dai Lisi said angrily, "The Ministry of Magic will be busy with this matter for a long time. I don't want to delay the trial of the Wizengamot. A lot of dark wizards have been caught here," she added.

Smiling, Dumbledore said, "Probably not so soon, the trial of the last war lasted a long time. But our new minister is not bad, she will handle it well... How is the situation in the school, Minerva sent the patron saint to tell me something, I want to know the latest progress..."

"Oh, they are really getting more and more capable, those little guys!" Dai Lisi talked very enthusiastically, and said enthusiastically: "It really opened my eyes. They don't seem to want to wait for the support of the Ministry of Magic in peace, but Solving problems on their own - they even put together a reinforcements to go out of the school and help the nearby Hogsmeade village deal with the Inferi and Dementors around them. Exciting!"

"Minerva agrees?" Dumbledore asked in surprise.

"The objection is invalid, the students are very enthusiastic..."

Ten minutes ago——

Felix, Harry, Sirius and others returned to school, Ron and Neville trotted over.

"How's the situation?" Ron looked at the people who came back. "We found Avery on the road. He fell badly enough. We didn't dare to move him. We left him where he was, and waited." Professionals. What about Umbridge?"

"She ran away." Harry said briefly, Ron stared, and Harry added: "But her plot failed, and Professor Hemp appeared at the 'critical moment'-" He glanced secretly Glancing at him, Felix smiled at him, not rejecting the argument.

This made Harry very depressed. He hinted so clearly, the professor still didn't respond, well, he planned to analyze it with Ron and Hermione in private.

"Okay, I got a small role, I know." Ron smacked his lips, and then he said with some excitement: "Neville just made an idea, and I think it's not bad. Want to hear it?" He looked at Harry, then at the others.

Everyone looked at Neville, and Neville said shyly, "There are quite a few Inferi and Dementors outside, and some of them may have gone to the next-door Hogsmeade village. There are many wizarding families living nearby. Not everyone can deal with dementors..."

"You want to support Hogsmeade?" Harry said in surprise, Felix also looked over, the idea is very interesting. Harry praised without hesitation: "Neville, your idea is very good, we can really help."

Neville shook his head, "I just made a suggestion, Ron, Luna and the others helped to perfect the plan, especially Luna, she solved the problem of not having enough brooms—"

"Is she coming too?" Harry asked, looking in the direction of Hagrid's hut, and easily spotted Grapp - he was too big, walking around the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with the help of Gropp positioned, and Harry faintly saw a few small dots around him. He tried his best to catch the yellow-haired person, and he found it. Luna was stroking the black winged horse-shaped creature——

"Thestrals?" He was both surprised and enlightened.

"Our broom has been robbed, and we have to use our brains to find a replacement." Fred said with a smile, Moody's magic eyes looked over, and he shrank his neck nervously. "Just kidding, Professor Moody, don't take it seriously!"

"I have to remind you," Felix interjected, "Your ideas are very good, but they must first be approved by the school...Professor McGonagall is the one who decides." The professor ran over quickly, with half of his hair loose, looking menacing.

"Uh..." Harry was taken aback, and looked at Felix tentatively, "Will you speak for us, Professor?"

Felix blinked, "I really want to be on your side, but... I have to maintain the relationship between my colleagues, so I can only convince her by you." Harry stared at Felix dumbfounded .

Finally, Professor McGonagall was persuaded, but she strongly urged several professors to accompany her. Led by Sirius, Flitwick, Sprout, Tonks, the Longbottoms, and Emmeline Vance, more than thirty students rode brooms and Thestrals into the sky.

The students rushing out of the castle looked at these people as if they were heroes, and applauded enthusiastically.

Harry circled the sky on his own Firebolt, watching excitedly as students and professors set off from the brightly lit Hogwarts campus and soared into the sky. When he turned around, he saw Draco Malfoy in the crowd - he stayed in the school, his eyes fixed on the sky. Harry saw unwillingness and jealousy in Malfoy's eyes, but unexpectedly he didn't hate this look, because he suddenly realized that Malfoy wanted to be a member of the broomstick support Hogsmeade.

Unwillingness and jealousy can also be called envy.

The remaining people perform their duties.

Moody took care of the captured dark wizards, Mrs. Pomfrey treated the little wizards who were scratched by necromancers or tripped over stones, Kingsley returned to the Ministry of Magic, and Felix and Professor McGonagall stayed The school, appeasement - ordering the students back to the safety of the castle, to be precise - they were over excited tonight and seemed to want to party all night outside.

"We can move the kitchen outside until those people come back from Hogsmeade."

"Do you think they'll bring back some Honeydukes candy by the way?"

This kind of idea was quickly suppressed by the dark forces on the campus headed by Professor McGonagall. Although the sky above Hogwarts was as bright as day, the outside of the castle was not safe. Maybe there was a ghost hidden in a corner Or Dementors.

They have to go through it carefully.

Later, Dumbledore returned to school. He checked with Moody, McGonagall, Felix, and Snape one by one, and the night gradually deepened. Snape was in his office, feeling the heat and pain in his arm, and stood up expressionlessly.

…

"So you came to see me empty-handed, Severus?"

"Master, I have done everything I can. Even if I expose myself, it won't be better." Snape lowered his head and said, "Please allow me to explain. I dare not hide anything." A ray of moonlight It sprinkled on him through the broken window, making his face very pale against the background.

Voldemort sat in the dark, with no light around him, and the snake stick in his hand made a "hissing" sound. He had seen fragments of what Snape had done from Umbridge's memory, but he was still filled with anger.

Snape waited for a while, and seeing that Voldemort did not stop him, he said:

"You asked me to play by ear, and I did: I provided Umbridge with the password of the headmaster's office at a critical moment, and then lured Potter away who rushed over. Afterwards, the army of ghouls broke in. Although Dumbledore was not there, McGonagall immediately exercised the right of the vice-principal: summon the other three deans and all the professors. It would be too suspicious if I didn't show up. You know, I didn't gain much trust in the Order of the Phoenix. There are too many people staring at me in school.

Sirius Black and I are enemies, and I don't have much friendship with Minerva McGonagall. Harry Potter and his friends are even more hostile to me. Potter still has the original version. The Marauder's Map, even if you told me how to hide myself, I couldn't easily do so, and that would arouse even greater suspicions.

I have a teacher-student relationship with Felix Hemp, but the last time I took the liberty to inquire about the information on the crown, it may have consumed some of my trust. As for Dumbledore, he never puts secrets in one basket, just like He secretly arranged for members of the Order of the Phoenix to enter the school this time... He must have noticed something, but I didn't know anything.

I even feigned a mistake to stop Potter when he tried to catch Umbridge, but Felix Heap suddenly appeared and derailed the plan.

When Dumbledore came back, he took the locket and the crown away, and I didn't have any chance to intervene. "

Snape told the story, and he suddenly frowned at this point, "There is something very strange, I don't know if I have been exposed: I once hinted to Umbridge that I was a spy identity, but she was caught by Dumbledore. In case she confessed anything—"

"Don't worry, I've messed with her mind." Voldemort's high, clear voice came from the darkness.

"Felix Heap is a master of memory..." Snape reminded.

Voldemort sneered a few times.

"If they investigate, they will find that Umbridge will identify a large number of spies, and you are just one of them. You didn't tell Avery your identity, did you?"

"No. I've been cautious," said Snape.

"That's not safe." Voldemort stood up and paced the empty room. "He's in St. Mungo's now?" Snape nodded. "Avery is seriously injured, seems to have hit his head. I haven't woken up yet."

"Then don't wake up," said Voldemort murderously. The "hissing" sound of the snake stick became louder, as if there were hundreds of snakes hiding in the room.

"Master? You still want me to go back to school?" Snape asked in a low voice, showing a hint of dissatisfaction just right.

"You don't want to, Severus?" Voldemort asked softly. He came, bathed in the moonlight, his bare pale skin seemed to glow. On that serpentine face, a pair of red eyes stared at Snape.

"No--of course--not--" Snape stammered, "I thought--I could--can come back--to join the Death Eaters this time."

Voldemort watched him for a moment in silence.

"Are you tired of years of undercover work?" He said unhurriedly, twirling the snakewood stick with his fingertips, "I need you to do one last thing for me, Severus. After this is done, you can return to the big family of Death Eaters."

Snape looked up excitedly, then lowered his head again, "Thank you, Master. I am willing to serve you, just like I did ten years ago."

"Very well. Dumbledore and I agreed to a duel ~IndoMTL.com~ There must be a death...but I didn't finalize the specific time, do you know why?"

"I don't know, Master," said Snape.

"How's the wound on Dumbledore's hand?" Voldemort suddenly changed the subject.

"He suppressed the injury to his left hand, and needs to take potions every once in a while. I have never seen such a powerful magic, stronger than any curse, and most people would have died long ago—"

"I have confidence in my magic," said Voldemort, and Snape shut up.

After a long time, Voldemort said: "Weaken Dumbledore as much as possible, Severus, but don't kill him, I want to see him fall in front of me. Your talent in potions is endless." People can do it, I believe you can do it unconsciously."

"But Dumbledore may detect..."

"It will be too late then, Severus, you have already retired, and I will return all the glory that belongs to you. So be bold, Severus, I am waiting for your good news .”

…

"Voldemort is ready to give up on you."

said Dumbledore in a low voice, and Snape stared at him. It was already early morning, but Dumbledore showed no signs of falling asleep. He was fully dressed, sitting at his desk, playing with a black gemstone ring in his hand.

"He is not sure whether Umbridge will leak the secret, those words are just to comfort you, I guess he has arranged other tasks for you? And it is time-sensitive?"

"He asked me to poison you," Snape said coldly, "the sooner the better."

Dumbledore smiled.

"Ah, so that's it. I've been worried that he will take your anger out on you. This may be the biggest risk tonight. When Voldemort left, he was very irritable. He hasn't been in a good mood recently..."