Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

() "What on earth did Dumbledore..."

In the Gryffindor common room, the students who had just been rushed back by the professors all gathered in groups, lowered their voices and whispered.

"Who knows? That's Principal Dumbledore! He died without warning..."

"Don't do that, McLean is right. We are all Hogwarts students! Dumbledore must have died to protect us. Thanks to him, we can still speak here!"

Harry and the other three were also sitting in the corner of the lounge. They silently listened to the noise around them and looked at each other. The weight of their hearts made it hard for them to speak.

Maca's soothing speech definitely had some effect, at least under the magic he showed, everyone had some confidence in their hearts.

But in any case, Dumbledore's death was a fact before his eyes, and no one could accept it all at once.

"Hermione, you got the news before us, what do you want to say?" Harry couldn't stand the dignified atmosphere and broke the silence between the three.

Hermione's eyes were still red, she shook her head with her lips pursed, and sniffed.

"Dumbledore's...situation was discovered by Snape first," Hermione said softly, "I know this better than you."

"...Snape." Harry heard the words, with a habit of suspicion.

"Harry, I know what you are thinking, don't do that." Hermione looked at him with flushed eyes. "Maca said it earlier, and Snape is fine."

"Yeah, Harry." Ron also patted his buddy on the shoulder and nodded. "Although I don't like Snape either-potions lesson is enough! But he never gives us Aside from a good face, it seems that I haven't done anything bad, has it?"

"Yeah." Harry reluctantly followed and nodded.

Speaking of Snape, although he was not friendly to Gryffindors... No, he was very harsh on students outside Slytherin College.But the one he targeted most was undoubtedly Harry.

After all this, Harry's impression of Snape was naturally not getting better.

The three men bowed their heads and remained silent for a while. Hermione, who cheered up a little bit, suppressed the sadness in her heart and put her energy on thinking.

Ever since talking with Maca in the Old Black House, she has been insisting on thinking positively when things happen, and she has become more diligent in learning magic.

Now that this happened, Hermione turned her mind almost habitually after she calmed down.

After a while, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Harry and Ron.

"By the way, I just recalled it, and it seems to have discovered something--" Hermione seriously said, "I saw Snape and Professor McGonagall in the hall at the time. Professor McGonagall looked very shaken. So I followed..."

"You know, the place where Dumbledore lay is on the lawn under the Astronomy Tower, not far from the entrance hall... At that time, I panicked as soon as I saw it, and I couldn't take care of the others..."

"But thinking about it now, it really doesn't feel right--"

"What's wrong?" Harry and Ron asked hurriedly.

"It's Snape's look," Hermione recalled. "He looks too calm, it's absolutely abnormal!"

"Hasn't Snape always been that way?" Ron curled his lips. "In my opinion, even if Hogwarts Castle collapses in front of him, his face won't turn pale."

"His face is white enough." Harry murmured. "And, don't you doubt him?"

"No," Hermione waved her hand. "I don't doubt him. If he really was from Voldemort, he would certainly not be so peaceful...The way Snape was at the time made me think he didn't care about Dumbledore at all. Is it dead?"

"The conversation between him and Professor McGonagall was the same, except that he pointed to the lawn and said,'right here,' and then he returned to the castle without hurries like a walk."

"No matter which side he is on, as long as he is still interested in Dumbledore's death, he won't be perfunctory with that routine attitude!"

"Listening to you, it seems that this is indeed the case..." Harry thought thoughtfully, "No matter how you say it, he won't just leave like that. I remember when everyone was there later, He did not show up either."

Hermione heard the words and immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes! So, there must be something strange in it, maybe—"

"what!"

Just halfway through Hermione's words, Ron suddenly murmured and interrupted her.

"What's the matter, I was taken aback!" Hermione gave him an angry look.

"No, I just remembered something," Ron smiled apologetically, and then went on, "I was on the lawn before, didn't I go back to the castle after Maca finished talking? I seemed to have caught him at the time. Who are you talking to at the gate..."

"Later Professor McGonagall started urging us to come back, so I forgot. Now think about it... the one standing on the doorstep seems to be Snape!"

"Really?" Harry said strangely, "Speaking of which, I didn't even notice when Maca left—"

"At that time you all looked up at the sky!" Ron explained.

"So, you mean... Snape waited for Maca on the steps of the gate?" Hermione lowered her head and pondered before hesitating. "You said... Would Dumbledore be? suspended animation?"

"Fake death?" Harry wondered, "Why?"

"Maybe Dumbledore wanted to use the news of his death to lure to the ground—" Halfway through, Hermione shook her head again. "No, that's not right."

Harry and Ron had just understood, but when Hermione had denied this conjecture, they couldn't help but feel big.

"No? Why is this?" the two asked simultaneously.

"You think!" Hermione frowned. "If Voldemort hears about Dumbledore's death, will he believe it? Even if he believes it, it must be believed after a lot of investigation. Because Mar He has suffered from those messy tricks several times. How can he believe that Dumbledore will die so easily?"

"So? Is Dumbledore a real death or a fake death?" Ron was almost stunned.

"I don't know." Hermione said frankly. "It is absolutely unwise to jump to conclusions without evidence-Maca has said this before."

"But..." Having said that, she thought about it again, and then continued, "If Dumbledore is indeed dead this time, it may be a blessing or a curse; but if Dumbledore is not actually dead Then... something bad will happen next!"

"Why do you say that?"

Seeing Hermione look cautious, Harry and Ron couldn't help becoming nervous.

"Because Dumbledore is very likely..." Hermione said solemnly, "I want to use his own death in exchange for'time'!"

"In other words, does he want to hold Voldemort's actions first...?" Harry blinked a little dry eyes. "Speaking of which, the prediction that Professor Trelawney made before in class..."

"Prophecy?" Ron stood up suddenly, "Wait, I'll get that notebook—"

"No," Hermione waved her hand suddenly, "I still remember the content of the prediction, so I don't need to take it specially."

"Have you memorized it?" Ron hesitated and sat down again.

"Just a few words," Hermione sighed. "You copied down that note, don't you tell me you have forgotten it?"

"So the prophecy said,'The sin is recovering'..." Harry recalled, "It sounds very ominous! This is far more terrifying than the pattern I saw in the tea slag!"

"It's really ominous, but when you mention the prophecy, I am more concerned about the other sentence—" Hermione frowned. "Remember? I mean,'When the old light retreats from the stage, the enemy will "A comeback" sentence."

"The'old light' must refer to Dumbledore... So, does'old enemy' mean Voldemort?" Ron Dang even guessed, "Isn't Voldemort actually suspicious of Dumbledore's death? Want to attack directly?"

"If it's Voldemort, it's not'guilt is resurrecting'," Hermione shook her head, thinking carefully, "Is the'old enemy'..."

She thought for a while, and suddenly showed a look of uncertainty.

"Does Dumbledore's'old enemy' mean...Gellert Greenward?"

"Who?"

Although the name sounds familiar, at this time, Harry was full of Voldemort, and there was no room for others.

"Greenward! The first generation of Dark Lord!" Hermione stared at Harry, "You should read more! Although "The History of Magic" only records things before the 19th century, we live in the 19th century. After!"

Harry was scolded by Hermione and couldn't help scratching his head.

He has indeed worked very hard recently, but his energy has been spent on self-study of spells, defense against the dark arts, flying techniques, and so on. He can't even mention the boring history of the magic world. Interested.

In fact, even the textbook "History of Magic", he hardly turned over.

"Yeah! It's time to read more, buddy!"

Ron patted Harry on the arm again, and Harry's eyes rolled in exchange for him-Ron himself was not interested in the history of magic, and Harry naturally knew it better.

"In short, when talking about Dumbledore's old enemy, it really should be the Gellert Greenward who was once known as'one of the most dangerous dark wizards in ancient and modern times'..."

"If it hadn't been for Dumbledore to think of a way to force him to engage in a life-and-death duel with himself, maybe the entire European magic world would have been completely lost in the dark!