Chapter 456 454 The Secret of Severus and Riddle

Chapter 456 454. Severus and Riddle’s Secret

In the barren mountains in the northernmost part of Norway, even in June, the temperature here is basically always below ten degrees. The only living creatures that can be seen above the woods are the crested grebes gliding in the sky. eagle.

Jon once followed Grindelwald to the dilapidated monastery of Ramor Hans. Grindelwald, wearing a black trench coat, was watching Eric get the potion from Snape.

"Have you verified it?"

Eric's eyes sparkled with excitement when he heard Grindelwald's question.

"Yes, sir, I have verified some of the experimental products. The 'dry wood' in their bodies was indeed ignited. Severus Snape is undoubtedly a researcher in potions. A genius, I am now a little curious about what potions he has been refining for Voldemort."

Grindelwald said coldly.

"We don't have to deal with the situation in the UK. We need the conflict there to help us attract other people's attention. All I care about now is this bottle of medicine. The 'dry wood' can be ignited, but I want to know what it is." It can continue to burn as long as life is maintained, or it is still a consumable. If it is the latter, then even if this bottle of medicine can help us, it will be limited. "

Emil lowered his head and said.

"I am still observing this. The research samples are now in the Arctic. There is no sign of subsidence yet."

"Then continue to watch and wait for a year. If there is no weakening after one year, we can conduct more severe experiments. That means we have taken a big step towards success. The only thing left is The final touch.”

Grindelwald said and threw the bottle of potion to Hans who remained silent.

"Based on this finished product, see if there is anything that can be improved in the prescription itself, and then increase the scope of the experiment and strive to increase the finished product rate as quickly as possible."

Hans took the potion in his hand steadily. He looked much thinner than when Jon saw him before, but his cloudy eyes were surprisingly bright. Looking at the potion in his hand, he seemed to be Looks like a rare treasure.

"Also, sir." Eric continued, "The American wizard named Matthew Graves followed me to England, but he probably doesn't know that I have left from there."

Hearing Eric say this name, a sneer appeared on Grindelwald's lips.

"Don't worry about him. Don't worry about the entire MACUSA. They are just a bunch of latecomers who don't know how to adapt. If they really like jumping up and down, then help them remember what they have experienced."

After saying this, he stood up from the chair and raised the wand in his hand.

"There will definitely be more intense turmoil in the UK in the future. Dumbledore will not give up such a good opportunity, especially after he gets what he wants to get, he will take advantage of this period to bring us Everything needed is ready.”

At this time, Hans finally removed his obsessed gaze from the bottle of potion. He looked at Grindelwald and asked hesitantly.

"Master, there are some things I don't know whether I should ask, what if Dumbledore"

"Then don't ask."

Grindelwald interrupted him, and the next moment, he disappeared into the monastery.

Jon and Lily returned to France that same day.

Snape's death meant that their mission was completely over.

After returning to Lyon, Lily left the matter of finding Dumbledore to Jon, and by now she certainly knew something.

Snape's ability to escape from France must have something to do with Dumbledore.

But she didn't ask about the hidden deal between Jon and Snape. She had never been interested in how to do it.

When Jon returned to the Hogwarts temporary school in Lyon, he naturally saw the gallows that had not yet been dismantled.

It seems that it will not be demolished in the future, but will definitely be used as a symbol.

Even if Dumbledore returns to England with the students of Hogwarts in the future, the French Ministry of Magic will retain the gallows where the first public trial in the wizarding world was carried out as one of the symbols of this war. Later generations pay tribute.

Of course Jon would only feel regretful about this. He actually wanted to participate in what he considered to be a very meaningful public trial, but Snape's incident happened in the middle and he had to let him leave during this period. U.K.

However, this public trial of students within Hogwarts will certainly not be the last one. It is just a foreplay for the subsequent large-scale public trial of the entire French wizarding world. Jon will naturally have the opportunity to see one later. A trial that attracts more attention.

After arriving in Dumbledore's office, Jon sat down directly opposite Dumbledore, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of black tea and drank it in one gulp.

The portraits of the past principals on the wall looked like they were familiar with him, and they greeted him warmly one by one.

When Fawkes, who had been perching on the golden branch, saw Jon, he also spread his wings and glided to his shoulders, nuzzling his face affectionately with his sharp beak.

This headmaster's office is obviously richer than before, such as the worn-out hat placed alone on a wooden shelf, and a black gem ring kept in a cabinet. Also placed with the ring is an elderberry, which belongs to Dumbledore, but he has never used it much.

Dumbledore still has a gentle smile, watching Jon sit down so skillfully as if he is back in his office.

"You are always so reassuring, Jon."

Jon just shrugged his shoulders for his praise.

"Is this also the reason why you let me keep spinning like a top? Professor, this trip is not an outing. No one I met is easy to deal with."

"Because you always want to do too much. In fact, you just did what I said from the beginning and didn't care about anything. The ending is the same."

Jon did not comment on this. He took out the bottle of golden gravel that Snape gave him before he went to find Lily to die, and put it in front of Dumbledore.

"Perhaps what you said is indeed right. This is what Snape asked me to give you. He got it from his former master. It's not the one who is going crazy in England now. It looks more like the one I drove away from the castle before."

Dumbledore did not reach out to take the bottle of gravel immediately. He just said softly.

"In fact, Severus had chosen his own ending from the beginning. I told you before that when he came to me to save Lily more than ten years ago and said that he also used Harry Potter's life in exchange and begged Voldemort for this, I looked down on him. It is a compassionate heart that a person should have to have pity for the new life. I thought he was a person without love at that time. Even for Lily, he just wanted to satisfy his own selfish desires and wanted to get her domineeringly. But it was on that day that I asked him what he was willing to pay for Lily, and when he answered me everything, I really understood what kind of person he was."

Dumbledore looked at Jon and said with emotion.

"He is selfish and not a good person, but it cannot be denied that few people can love to the extent that he does, right?"

"You know he will die?"

Dumbledore did not answer this question directly, he just looked at Jon and asked back.

"Do you think that after being abandoned by Voldemort on the night of the end of the Triwizard Tournament, he can still live?"

The answer is of course obvious.

With the crimes Snape had committed, even if he participated in the public trial, the final outcome would only be hanging on the gallows.

"Of course he knew this himself." Dumbledore said, "So he made a last deal with me, a deal that we can trust each other and believe that we can complete even without constraints."

Jon turned his eyes to the bottle of golden gravel.

"So, he wants Professor Potter's safety, and what he paid is to get this bottle for you?"

Seeing that Jon was very curious about the bottle of gravel, Dumbledore put his fingers together on the desk and posed as if he was ready to have a serious chat with Jon.

"Actually, are you curious about one thing, Jon? When you were in your first year, I talked to you about the two things that Tom Riddle wanted most: supreme power and true immortality. With his strength as a basis, power is of course easy to obtain, but for immortality, he chose to use the Horcrux method, but later he obviously discovered the disadvantages of this approach, so he began to reclaim his split souls. We have always suspected that the rational Voldemort might have been created in this process."

"But in this way, a problem is highlighted. Since he gave up the method of using Horcruxes to obtain immortality and chose to maintain his sanity in order to better operate his power, what does he rely on now to freeze his own time?"

This question obviously made Jon stunned for a moment.

If Dumbledore hadn't asked this, he really hadn't thought about this question carefully.

Voldemort is undoubtedly afraid of death, otherwise he wouldn't have made seven Horcruxes in a row in the original book, as if he wanted to add absolute guarantee for his continued survival.

Choosing immortality was not something he decided on a whim when he was crazy, but something he was determined to accomplish when he was rational and young.

Now that he has taken back the soul in the Horcrux, the immortality that the Horcrux brought him naturally no longer exists.

So how can he stay young now?

Jon has seen Voldemort many times with his own eyes. He can be sure that Voldemort's appearance is obviously frozen in his youth, but he is now 70 years old. In the magic world, it is not difficult for wizards to live for more than 200 years without any means, but their appearance will not change.

He definitely did not use the Philosopher's Stone, because the stone only fell into his hands three years ago, and his method of freezing age is obviously not a recent one.

Does this mean that Voldemort actually has another way to maintain his immortality while getting the Horcrux back?

Jon now turned his attention to the bottle of golden gravel again.

"I have always wondered whether it was possible that after Riddle recovered all the Horcruxes, he made himself into a Horcrux, so there were two of him fighting for the same body at the same time. situation."

Dumbledore said calmly.

"But this speculation was denied by Severus after he was brought back. He told me clearly that the way Riddle still maintains his immortality is very obscure, just like the Horcruxes in the past, he He did not reveal it to anyone, but there were some things that outsiders needed to help him complete. Severus Snape, who he had high hopes for and who was also the person who would bring him the prophecy about the savior, became Someone he trusts.”

"It's just that we all know that Riddle's trust is never absolute. The only person he can truly trust is himself, not even another person. So the trust he maintains in Severus is only limited. As far as he was willing to reveal, Severus told me that not long after he killed the Potters and disappeared for a month, and then came back to occupy the British Ministry of Magic, there was a time when Riddle came and went frequently. Department of Mysteries.”

"Department of Mysteries?" Jon repeated the department.

"Yes, there are many magics in this world that were not created by wizards, and the Department of Mysteries is a place that specializes in studying certain mysterious and powerful magics that are not controlled by wizards."

Dumbledore picked up the bottle of golden grit.

"Severus said that no one knew what Riddle was studying inside during that time, and he drove away all the Silent people working in the Department of Mysteries, leaving only himself. Then two weeks later, he Only then did someone call Severus over, and then they took out this kind of gravel that seemed to be extracted from an hourglass, and asked Severus to use this gravel as the core to create a method to catalyze its effect. The potion comes."

"Riddle's limited trust is reflected in this. He didn't tell Severus what the gravel in the bottle did. He just said that he needed a bottle of catalyst. This is not a simple thing, especially when there is no way. Although he knew the specific effects of the required catalytic substance, Severus still used his talent and finally met Riddle's request. "

"This is why he has always been so valued. These golden gravels and the catalyst he developed have always been a secret kept between Severus and Riddle. And this secret, even now, is being controlled He doesn’t know about Voldemort in Britain either.”

I have seen everyone’s opinions. Actually, I originally just wanted him to go through the motions at the end. It is indeed right to end it like this. Sometimes when writing now, it is not me who is promoting the plot, but the story. The people inside are pushing me away