Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"Go on, Potter." Snape urged coldly.

"Be gentle with young people... Severus, it's not easy for Harry." Dumbledore said hoarsely, Zoe clenched his fists, wanted to get closer but was afraid of affecting Dumbledore. Lido's state.

"The basin is full of green liquid, a kind of potion. If we want to get what we want, we have to drink it... Professor and Professor Dumbledore took out the cup and scooped up the liquid in the basin... …" Harry tugged his hair painfully, "When he doesn’t want to drink anymore, I’ll feed him... he keeps begging me..."

There was a loud bang. It was the sound of Harry being hit on the bookshelf. He was punched in the face, his glasses fell to the ground, and he was kicked aside after being kicked by the attacker.Zoe's mind was empty, and only felt that the flame in her body exploded, and her sanity disappeared in a moment. When she recovered, she had already grabbed the boy by the collar and forced him to a corner. strength.

"You feed him...you feed him?!" she yelled furiously, her eyes red as if she was about to tear Harry apart, "Can you use your barren brain to think about it, what if it's a trap? Do? He might be poisoned! Do you think you are still taking potions class? You won’t have any dung stones on your body this time. You put the noose on Dumbledore’s neck with your own hands! Dare you hurt He, I will let you taste too—"

Harry's face flushed, he must struggle, Zoe pinched his neck and has been applying force since just now, he felt like he was suffocating."All petrified." With a flash of light, Zoe fell straight down, keeping only his eyes still moving.

"Siegel, if you let me spend extra time, I will blast you out." Snape put down his wand angrily. "Now, keep calm, okay?" When he solved the spell, Zoe Get up from the ground silently.

"I ordered him..." Dumbledore explained intermittently, "I can't let Harry drink it... He is much more important than me, because he executed the order, so we won't return without success... "

"What else do you know about the potion, other than the color?" Snape asked.

This question was answered by Dumbledore: "It’s not lethal, Severus... Voldemort uses it to protect his most important things. If someone tries to steal it, he must drink the potion, but that means If you are unconscious, Voldemort can safely torture his captives; if you are a plural thief, you must choose one of them..."

"Regulus." Zoe blurted out.Snape's face changed drastically, staring at her warily."Why do you know this name?"

"Regulus Black, the traitor among the Death Eaters." Zoe remembered the scene she had seen in Max's memory, the man who went to death calmly, "He stole Voldemort's locket. That Horcrux!"

Dumbledore cut off the conversation before Snape could speak: "The person we all know told you?" He nodded hesitantly when he saw Zoe, "So the problem between you is solved? I hope you didn't. So disappointed in me..."

"Absolutely not!" Zoe said quickly.Dumbledore smiled at her and sighed."So, the thing we got back is a fake." He tremblingly took out the locket from his pocket, held it in his hand and looked at it, and finally he flipped the switch of the locket with his finger and took it out of it. A sheet of parchment paper was folded.

Harry's face turned pale. Doesn't it mean that they paid such a heavy price but didn't get what they needed?Dumbledore read the parchment silently."Fortunately, we also got a name, a hero's name. I still remember Regulus. Compared with his brother, he was not so eye-catching, but very polite and very loyal to his friends."

"If this RAB is him, we have not lost the target." Dumbledore said.

"I'll go over with Blake and let him see you. You can't afford to toss with your body now." Snape's tone was dissatisfied, but he didn't say much, "I will try to find a way, but don't hold What hope. The things I told you during the summer vacation were not to scare you."

Dumbledore nodded. "Thank you, Severus... I'm glad to have you by my side." Snape snorted coldly.

"Don't be angry with Harry, Zoe... it's not his fault." As if seeing through Zoe's mind, Dumbledore motioned her to step forward and patted her shoulder laboriously, "Even without me, you still Will keep going, right?"

"I don't want to answer this question, I can find a better way to solve this problem!" Zoe took a deep breath to cover his sadness, but Dumbledore kept looking at her with calm and forgiving eyes.

"...Yes, I will keep going." After a long time, she replied.

Chapter 55 Night Attack

They left Dumbledore's office, and when they closed the door, Zoe heard a sweet hum from Fox standing on the perch.They bid farewell to Harry on the third floor. The boy's confusion hadn't completely subsided. When Zoe snorted at him while saying goodbye, Harry almost tripped on his foot.

"It was a totally subconscious reaction!" She insisted on following Snape, "I know I shouldn't anger him, but I need time to adapt." Snape stopped when the two reached the top of the stairs.

"I don't care about the personal grievances between you and Potter, Siegel. But you should go back to class."

"For Merlin's sake! Professor, you can't keep getting rid of me, I can help! Running errands are also fine, but I want to know about Dumbledore. You didn't give it all out when Potter was there. Zoe stopped in front of Snape and said seriously, "Even in the worst case...I want to know, I don't want to regret it until the end."

"...A year, even if you use all the means, at most two years." After looking at her for a long time, Snape said, "A few months ago, some powerful and vicious dark magic attacked him. If it wasn't for his own magical protection, he would have died elsewhere. I couldn't find a way to relieve it, so I had to confine it in Dumbledore's right hand first."

"But because of that damn potion, the situation has deteriorated. If we still want to save Dumbledore's life, we must act early."

"You said Dumbledore is no longer a wizard." Zoe frowned. "What does that mean?"

"Literally. He has lost his magic power. Except for experience, he is no different from Muggles. Perhaps even more vulnerable than ordinary Muggles. At least Muggle's mind is always sober. He can carry Potter. Apparition is the final limit. It can be said that he has lost even the qualification to use magic, even if it is a fluorescent flash."

"Is there no chance of recovery? Not even a bit?" Zoe still took a trace of luck.

While they were speaking, they had already returned to the ground down the stairs, Zoe closed her mouth, she didn't want Slughorn to know that she was here, so she had to try her best to hide herself in Snape's shadow, without surprises. Slughorn was probably observing the condition of the potion on the other side. Zoe did not see him when he passed the door of the potions classroom.

Snape opened the door of the office, and Zoe locked the door when he came in.Snape walked to his cabinet with all kinds of cherished materials and figured out which medicines he needed.

"Professor?" Zoe asked anxiously again without getting an answer.

"It should be fortunate that only we-not the Dark Lord-knew that Dumbledore had lost his power." Snape took a few jars with all kinds of strange things in them. He did not answer the previous question, but His attitude has given Zoe the answer, "If the Dark Lord knew that the only person in the world who could scare him was just an ordinary old man, the outside would become more chaotic, and even Hogwarts would not be spared."

Zoe didn't speak, she knew Snape hadn't finished speaking.If everyone knew that Dumbledore fell, not only would the Death Eaters become more and more rampant, but it would also be a major blow to the morale of those who were resisting.Although Harry was recently packaged by newspapers as the savior of fate, everyone knew that Dumbledore was the real banner.

It is precisely because this flag is still flying in the eyes of most people that Voldemort and his minions will always remain vigilant out of fear; it is also because of the existence of Dumbledore that even if the flames of war have been ignited, most parents still Choosing to let the children return to Hogwarts to study, in addition to value the protection of the castle itself, is also because of Dumbledore.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Snape's voice reminded her of her imagination. "Look at this crucible." She noticed that Snape had prepared two crucibles and different kinds of materials. .

"If you are hungry, go find something to eat first. Then you will stay here until the lights are off and make the medicine with me to make the best medicine." Snape looked at her." If you want Dumbledore to live for a few days, just concentrate."

"I know!"

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In the middle of the night, a sneaky figure appeared in the garden of Longbottom House, wrapped in a black cloak, as if to be completely hidden in the shadows.Soon, several other people dressed in the same manner as him also moved to their destination with a puff of apparition.The clouds are flowing slowly, and the leaking moonlight illuminates the silhouettes of the uninvited guests. If you look closely, you will find that they are all familiar faces, often appearing in the wanted notices posted by the Ministry of Magic on the walls of the streets. Even without these wanted warrants, the families injured by them in the last war would never forget the cruelty of these people.

"The target is Augusta Longbottom of the Longbottom family, but our purpose is to intimidate them to assist our cause. Don’t use the Avada Sutra first, unless life is in danger or the Imperius spell fails to work. Role... Greyback, especially you, don't tear that poor old lady to pieces." As the leader of this operation, Barty Crouch Jr. scanned the remaining three companions.

Fenrir Greyback chuckled, hissing harshly as if squeezing out of his throat.He is a man with slender limbs. He has strong muscles on his limbs, gray hair, and a heavy beard. His exposed arms have lush body hair, and his fingernails are long, like a creature. Paws.

"I can't guarantee, Barty." He deliberately lengthened his voice. "I haven't bitten in a long time. The moonlight is pretty good today."

"If you want to be punished by your master, you can try it once. I won't care about you." Barty said coldly, ignoring Greyback's offended anger, and turned to look at the other. Two people.

"It's just a widowed old woman who wants to dispatch four people?" Bellatrix checked her wand nonchalantly. "Although I don't mind whether the person killed is an old man or a child, don't you think it's too fuss?"

"Considering the tradition of this family, I think it is necessary to be cautious." Little Barty said, "Longbottom has always been hungry for honor and is willing to give his life for it. Remember the last war? The couple broke through. After encircling and suppressing them several times, they have strong strength and tough character. It is far more difficult to control such people than to kill them."

Bellatrix frowned, and whenever she mentioned the Longbottoms, she would think of Max, which made her feel bad.

"You are too careful, Barty. After the three idiots were in prison, we had to share their tasks and didn't have much time to hang out outside." Antonin Dolohov looked at Berat, intentionally or unintentionally. Ricks, among the three Death Eaters in prison, one of them is her husband Rodolphs.

"As long as you don't make things wrong, you can solve it quickly." Little Batty said, "We want Augusta Longbottom to be'easy' to listen to our suggestions, so first make sure to disarm her so that the conversation won't go on. ."

Greyback licked his dry lips excitedly: "Listen to you, what kind of level is "disarmed"? I like those who dare to resist. It will make me more happy. I really can't take her Tear it apart? Today I don’t want to bite, I just want to kill."

"You can't kill her, she's still useful." Little Batty rested her chin, "but as long as she is alive, I don't think the master will mind Mrs. Longbottom having fewer arms or legs." Upon hearing this, Greyback revealed Bloodthirsty smile.

"Be careful not to let her run away." A group of people walked through the garden quietly, little Batty always paying attention to the possible protective charms around, "Don't underestimate the enemy." But the other three didn't seem to care.

Little Batty lifted a few small protection curses and warning curses. The lights in the house had not yet been extinguished, and light came out through the windows. The curtains were tightly closed. No figures were seen moving, but everything was calm. They came to the gate without revealing it.

The four raised their wands to the gate, as if they were violently hit by an invisible siege hammer. The surface of the door was twisted and deformed, and a pit was sunken inward. The gate was obviously cast a protection curse to avoid the fate of being crushed.But the spell finally failed to withstand the attack after attack. After the loud noise, the pieces of wood rolled on the carpet in the house.

The dirty leather boots kicked away the wooden block beside the foot, leaving messy mud footprints on the carpet.Looking quickly across the empty hall, the four of them looked at each other for a moment, and then moved on to different rooms.

Chapter 56 In the Bathroom

"If you add a little rosemary to the potion..." Zoe's spoon kept drawing circles on the edge of the plate, his eyes erratic, "Will it destroy the hellebore powder..."

"Are you preparing homework for the potions class?" Luna had already finished her breakfast while Zoe was dangling, and she looked at her curiously with a cup with a drink left. "It's from Professor Snape. operation?"