A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 579: Potions and sugar

In the principal's office, the conversation continued.

Dumbledore paused, and said to Snape: "Voldemort restrained his temper, he still needs you now. I knew this from the moment I discovered that Umbridge's mind was messed up How do you say that? Anyone who asks for help must be respectful. Obviously, Voldemort is no exception."

"I'm not interested in hearing you share some corny proverb."

"Oh, Severus, these exquisite phrases are thought-provoking and worth relishing. You know, I've been trying to make you fall in love with life again," said Dumbledore kindly.

Snape shook his head violently, as if it had been stained with something dirty.

"Since Voldemort wants you to take the opportunity to heal me and poison me, he will definitely wait for a while, I think, maybe the duel time will be decided according to my physical condition?" Dumbledore said Thoughtfully: "That way I can influence his judgment. Just a few interviews at the right time, a few pale pictures. Well, I figured it out.. The Wizengamot, The Witch Trials I need to speak to Ms. Burns."

"Severus, your role is too special, so special that even if Voldemort has doubts about you, as long as you are still valuable, he will not act rashly. Besides Umbridge, there is another loophole , that’s Harry. Fortunately, he’s practiced well in Occlumency, and Voldemort seems to have taken the initiative to cut off the connection, but there’s no guarantee, so don’t take it lightly.” He finally warned.

"Speaking of Potter," Snape said suddenly, "Dumbledore, you lied to me. Harry Potter is one of them, one of Horcruxes."

A moment of silence.

"When did you know?"

"Is that true?" Snape growled, standing up and staring at Dumbledore across the table, "I spied for you, invented lies for you, and risked mortal danger for you All this is said to be to ensure the safety of Lily's son. Now you tell me that his end was doomed from the very beginning? Like a pig waiting to be slaughtered"

"How touching, Severus," said Dumbledore, "are you really beginning to like that boy?"

"Like him?" Snape exclaimed, "Call God to protect you!"

The silver doe popped out of the tip of his staff. It landed on the floor, jumped across the office, and flew out the window. Dumbledore watched it go away, watched its silver light disappear, then turned to Snape, his eyes filled with tears.

"It's been like this for so long?" he asked softly.

"It's always been that way," said Snape.

Dumbledore sighed, closed his eyes, only Snape's panting was left in the room, and he murmured and repeated: "You lied to me, Dumbledore." After a while, Dumbledore Opening his eyes, his gaze had regained its composure, gazing at Snape from above the half-moon lenses.

"I don't want to excuse myself, Severus. But I did prepare for the worst. In the event of a last resort, the boy had to die once, so I groomed him, honed him, watched him, like A craftsman carefully carves his own work.”

"Did last time?" Snape looked up, "Dumbledore, speak clearly."

"On the night Voldemort tried to kill Harry, the Killing Curse rebounded on himself, and a fragment of his soul was blown away, attached to the only living soul in the collapsed house, Harry Potter"

"A part of the Dark Lord lived in that baby? A Horcrux?" Snape asked eagerly, "So Parseltongue, connected to the Dark Lord's mind, is all because of the soul fragments?"

Dumbledore nodded slightly, "To be precise, Harry is not a complete Horcrux."

Snape was a little unclear, so his understanding of Horcruxes was still very superficial, and he only knew the most basic information, and some content was even deduced by himself based on multiple pieces of information. He didn't know how to make Horcruxes, let alone many taboos, so he could easily connect Harry with Horcruxes and uncover the truth by accident.

Now, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"The steps to make a real horcrux are extremely cumbersome, and the difficulty is beyond imagination. Maybe this is why Voldemort is still unable to connect Harry and the horcrux. In terms of integrity, Harry is not even comparable to that snake. But And he did function as a Horcrux: as long as that fragment remains in Harry, Voldemort will never truly die."

"Then, is it possible to separate the fragments?" Snape racked his brains. "It just stuck on by accident, didn't it? Like a piece of dirt on the wall, just find some way to remove the stain." He held his breath and looked at the old man in front of him, "Did you find it?"

Dumbledore shook his head slowly.

Snape's body swayed a bit, and he propped his hands on the table, staring blankly at Dumbledore.

"Any issue involving the soul must be extremely cautious," Dumbledore said softly: "We cannot learn wisdom from the books of our predecessors, we must rely entirely on ourselves. And Harry's situation is even more dangerous: Voldemort The fragments of their souls have not undergone any processing, and are directly glued to Harry's soul. After so many years, the connection between them may be far beyond your imagination. And this connection will also change with Harry's age. Getting stronger and stronger, like a parasitic life.”

"You should have heard about Harry's exaggerated rate of progress this school year?" he asked.

Snape looked at Dumbledore expressionlessly, and Dumbledore also looked back at Snape.

"I thought it was the result of his hard training."

"I don't deny that there is a reason for this~IndoMTL.com~but apart from the gap in knowledge and experience, Harry is not much weaker than you now. This is by no means normal, Severus."

"Is there no other way?"

"Felix and I are both trying to find a solution. In the books about Horcruxes, he found a line of thought: repentance can reunite divided souls. Felix's experience in the field of memory magic The achievement is amazing," Dumbledore said: "He wanted to capture Voldemort and soak it in a jar full of confession, for a day, two days, or even a year, two years."

Snape was struck by the audacity of Felix's idea.

"But I don't have much hope for this method, the conditions are too harsh: you must first catch a living Voldemort compared with other steps, this step is even easier. You have to let Voldemort really do it for you Confession for things I've done, frankly, I don't think he has the slightest bit of remorse in his heart, I wouldn't be surprised if he suddenly showed me the Patronus Other than that, even if Voldemort was forced to repent, pull out the soul shards yeah What is the impact on profit?"

"No one knows."

Snape froze in place.

After a while, he asked with difficulty: "You only talked about Felix's efforts, what about you? What did you do?"

"Oh, I can't reveal it to you yet." Dumbledore said apologetically, "That method may be more illusory and inconceivable than asking Voldemort to confess sincerely. And I can't verify it for the time being. Add trouble."

He stuffed the black gemstone ring into the drawer and fiddled with the delicate silverware on the table. The conversation seemed to have come to an end. Snape stood up and walked towards the door. "Oh, by the way, Severus?" Snape turned his head to meet the blue eyes beneath the half-moon lenses.

"Add more sugar to the potion, please?"