Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"And I should do what I should do." Zoe looked at the broken glass dreamily, repaired it with a spell, and then left the bathroom.

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"Interesting, I didn't expect you to come to such a conclusion." Max smiled, "What happened?"

"Longbottom was attacked." Zoe whispered. "Augusta Longbottom, Daisy and Neville's grandmother, and another family member died for it."

"Of course people will die in war, and everyone may die," Max said. "Death treats us equally."

"This is all you want to say?" Zoe looked at her coldly.

"Don't get me wrong, I won't stop you." Max shrugged. "You can do it well. You are the master. No matter what the future is, you just need to walk with your feet."

"I didn't want to consult your opinion either." Zoe satirized her and was silent for a while. "I want you to be honest, because your answer will determine the way I do this."

"You have got everything, including the answers you want, memory will not lie."

"But I need this peace of mind, cold memories can't bring this." Zoe stared at Max's eyes seriously, "I want your promise. Everything you say is the truth."

"You want my promise?" Max laughed. "It's not necessary, Zoe, it's not necessary at all. You just want to reassure yourself, but you are afraid of making mistakes, which means irreversible. Except for me, there has never been People have explored this secret. Tom doesn’t use it or disdain it. I don’t actually need it. But from an academic point of view, it is very valuable. It may even reveal the original intention of the creator, not for terror, but for More far-reaching purpose."

"So you did analyze and finish it?" Zoe took a deep breath.

"You know everything about it from your memory." Max said, "I taught you how to use it."

"How can I believe you! You may be lying, just trying to trick me into making mistakes."

"You know I'm good at lying, but now I want my promise? Don't you think it's too contradictory?" But Zoe just looked at her quietly.

"Well, I swear that everything is true, are you satisfied?" Max sighed, "Since you still have doubts, why not try it yourself? If you are not satisfied with the things here, find something in the forbidden forest. Isn't it all right?"

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Zoe knocked on the door and pushed it away after getting a response.Snape was scribbling something on the parchment. If he finds that the inference is wrong, the writing on the parchment will disappear and new inferences will appear in the blank space.

"Good evening, Professor Snape." Zoe finished his greeting and stood aside and waited for Snape to end the paragraph.

Before long, the things on Snape's desk rolled up and flew to the pile of paper on the other side."What can I do, Siegel." He got up from his chair. "I don't have much time. I have to go to Dumbledore's office."

"Do you know what happened at Longbottom?" Zoe asked.

"I know." Snape said in a low tone, and it made him feel uncomfortable to talk about the subject. "A sad experience, but the tough old lady hasn't fallen yet."

"There will be more and more similar incidents in the future, won't they? If Voldemort gains greater power, those who are unwilling to succumb to him will be persecuted." Zoe discovered that it hadn't been a few days. , I can actually talk about Dumbledore in plain terms, "And Dumbledore has no way to stop this."

"What do you want to say?" Snape looked at her impatiently. "We'll take care of these things. You can't help."

"I can." Zoe said affirmatively. "I think you know something that happened to me. This is my bargaining chip."

"I'm going to see Voldemort," she said. "I hope you can take me there or tell me where to find him."

Chapter 58 Decision (Part 2)

"Impossible." Snape didn't go to see her, and started rumbling for medicinal materials. He was quick and ready to go around the girl, but was stopped by Zoe several times, no matter which direction he went. , Zoe would move in front of him.

"Get out of the way, Siegel." He said angrily. "I don't know what irritation you are getting, but the tutor's duty does not include pushing the student to death, even if the student wants to die."

"I know you are from Dumbledore!" Zoe interrupted him loudly, Snape's facial muscles trembled and his lips tightened.

"I'm the faculty member he hired." After a while, he spoke.

"You are not just teaching here, you are doing things for Dumbledore!" Zoe shouted. "He must have sent you back to those people, didn't you? You are his spy, he trusts you! "

"I think he doesn't trust me as much as you think, and I don't need to let you know about the transaction between him."

"You know the secret in me... No, I think it will be enough to show his trust in you from the time he makes you my mentor. Dumbledore swears that he will not put me in danger." Zoe said, "I know what happened to Regulus and Karkaroff. You stayed at Hogwarts, but Voldemort didn't try to kill you as a betrayer. This shows that you still pledge allegiance to him, at least on the surface. Yes. You stay here to be Voldemort's spy."

"Although I don't want to offend you, I don't think Dumbledore will be deceived by a spy's lie, so your contact with him will not only be at the principal and professor level, let alone you know so much insider. He has enough reasons to believe that you will not betray him, that your loyalty, maybe some kind of agreement between you and him? Just like my mother and his kind."

"Siegel, I'm good at concealing. This is my greatest value." Snape squinted, his tone revealed a dangerous feeling, "You have been trying to invade my brain since just now, although you do It must be concealed enough, but I have been watching you for a few years? You have got nothing, and if you guess wrong, I just have to deal with a corpse.

"But I'm still standing here. Does it mean that everything I just said is correct?" Zoe curled his lips. "You are loyal to Dumbledore and are lurking in Voldemort's camp as a double agent. You can do it, and so can I, and in my capacity, it won’t arouse Voldemort’s suspicion."

"You think that taking refuge in the Dark Lord is like submitting an application to Hogsmeade. He only needs to see the signature on your bill and let you in? You underestimate the cold-blooded and cruelty of the Dark Lord. Lucius works for him. Years, what's the result now? He shot Draco, which made him more painful than simply torturing Lucius himself."

"As long as he thinks you are suspicious, even years of friendship are not worth it, he will not show mercy to you, he will kill you without hesitation."

"There is no zero-risk plan in this world, but compared with risk, the benefits are more attractive." Zoe said seriously, "Voldemort needs capable people. He keeps expanding the ranks of Death Eaters and collecting more. Subordinates, but the number alone is far from enough. He needs more powerful wizards to spread death and fear, and to rule others with absolute violence."

"He will doubt, it is of course, as long as he has the most basic brain. But he is arrogant, he will think he can control everything, including me." Zoe looked at Snape, "In his opinion, Emotion is the weakness of human beings, so he used Draco to avenge Mr. Lucius and make him and Mrs. Narcissa suffer in order to establish absolute authority."

"You're crazy, Siegel." Snape said softly as if he could read Zoe's emotions.

"I know exactly what I'm doing, Professor." Zoe did not back down. "As long as I can join the Death Eaters team, I can leak some information to the rebels and victims in advance. As for those who can't make it, Tibetans Among those guys, I can also reach the target and protect them the fastest."

"I can do these things, too," Snape said. "You don't need to step into this mud. You will never wash away the stains."

"Your burden is heavy enough, Professor. You know very well that without the help of others, you alone cannot save everyone." Zoe chuckled lightly. "You said I would get stains that cannot be washed off, but From birth to now, I have never really washed them off one day, it has been there all the time, and it doesn’t matter if it is more. At this moment I will thank it for it, it can make me more inconspicuous among "companions."

"The past are fake! Fake!" Snape approached suddenly, pressing on Zoe's shoulder, ignoring the girl's painful expression, gritted his teeth in a gloomy manner, "But as long as you join, they will It will become real! Everything you are holding now will also leave you... No, it should be said that you gave them up arrogantly!" Zoe has never seen him such a gaffe, an angry flame Burning in the pupils.

"But I won't ignore it anymore." Zoe held back a sore shoulder and looked at Snape calmly and bluntly. "Someone has to do it, and I am the most suitable. I have been thinking these days. , I was scared, Dumbledore fell, and even his life was about to come to an end... That kind of panic that collapsed, I felt it was all over, I angered Harry, even resented him, why the man drinking the potion Not him but Dumbledore?"

"Then what happened to the Longbottom family, even if it wasn't my debt, I still feel owed. Only a few people know now, but Dumbledore can’t never be there. His physical condition is irreparable, but the enemy is not. Will be merciful, and there will be more victims... Am I going to see more and more irreparable happening?"

"You can't continue to think of me as a child, Professor." Zoe said, "I really appreciate your kindness, but I have no choice. After so many things, even without Dumbledore, we will continue to Go down and do what you should do, he will also want us to do this."

She put her hand on Snape's arm and stuffed something into his hand, breaking free when the opponent slackened.

"If you can give me an answer as soon as possible, that would be great." She smiled at Snape. "In order to make your resolution faster, I will let you know my hole cards. The same goes for Dumbledore. , I hope you will tell him in person. Everything written on it is true. Although that person has caused me so much trouble, I will still thank her."

After the door was closed, Snape opened the slap-sized note with only a few words on it. His impatient expression was gradually replaced and his eyes opened wide. When he finished reading the last word, he couldn't help turning The note was crumpled up.

"It's impossible..." He took a few deep breaths, pacing back and forth holding the note. If the above news is true, countless lives will be changed.

Closing his eyes to calm himself down, Snape threw the crumpled piece of paper on the ground, and soon the edges of the parchment became curly and black, and finally the whole paper was wrapped in flames and turned into ashes.

Snape retracted his wand and strode out of the office.And there was no trace of charred on the floor.

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"Zoe, what are you planning for Christmas?" Luna looked at Zoe eagerly on the eve of the holiday. "I want to invite you and Hermione to my house for Christmas."

"Sorry, Luna, I can't agree to your invitation." Zoe said helplessly, putting down the letter paper in his hand. "This year is very busy. There are so many things that can't get away... Have you invited Hermione? How to say?"

"Oh, she also refused. I also want you to take a tour of the new invention at home. I sent a letter back home to tell my dad that I was chosen as a commentator. He was very happy and suddenly had a new idea." Lu Na said regretfully.Zoe is noncommittal. Mr. Lovegood's taste is much weirder than his daughter. Zoe doesn't think Hermione will appreciate those so-called inventions.

"If you don't want to see Professor McGonagall's frowning brows every time, you should refine your way of speaking and add a touch of gunpowder." Zoe teased her, referring to the commentary on the subsequent Quidditch games. After trying a few more people, Luna miraculously got this position.