Chapter 56 56 Professor Dumbledore?

Chapter 56 56. Professor Dumbledore?

"This outcome was meant to be, Jon, but you certainly opened my eyes today."

Slughorn stared at Jon, who had been wrapped into a rice dumpling, and at the same time flicked the wand in his hand and pointed it at the car window behind him.

There was a sound of glass breaking, which was inconspicuous in the violent storm, and the cold and humid air flowed into the storage room from outside the carriage.

"I will wait by my student's side until the day when this carriage really reaches its end. Looking at the kindness of having taught here for two years, I will persuade him to leave you a way out."

After saying the last sentence, Slughorn's fat body rushed out of the car window and completely disappeared into the dark rainy night.

The storage room became quiet. The vines created by the transformation spell did not disappear because the caster left. Jon was still tied to the ground and could not move at all.

Beech did not leave with Slughorn. It was standing on top of Jon's head, looking around. It actually didn't know what was going on, just because the fat walrus gave it a reward, and it reciprocated sex. helped a little bit.

Jon's face didn't show much frustration at this time. He was looking at the window where Slughorn escaped with a thoughtful expression on his face. He didn't know what he was thinking.

Two or three minutes of quiet contemplation passed before Jon tentatively called out to the empty room.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

His voice seemed very abrupt in the room where he was the only one. Beech, who stood above him, looked around warily, as if trying to find who the person Jon wanted to talk to was.

And just two or three seconds after Jon's voice fell, an old man with crescent-shaped eyes, long gray hair and a beard appeared in the corner!

Dumbledore stood by the wall with a smile, looking into Jon's dazed eyes.

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Jon swore that he really just wanted to give it a try. In the end, Slughorn's method of getting his wand back was so suspicious that he could only guess an absolutely bold idea by spreading his thoughts infinitely. possible.

Just the thought of this possibility made him feel ridiculous. When he opened his mouth to call Dumbledore, it made him feel that he was subconsciously making excuses for his failure.

But when Dumbledore really appeared in front of him, Jon was really stunned.

His eyes were fixed on Dumbledore without blinking, and Dumbledore's blue eyes were also looking at him gently.

"The last levitating spell is beautiful, Jon. I have never seen a student use such a basic spell in such a special way. If it hadn't been for me, Horace would have been embarrassed tonight."

The old and peaceful voice expressed his praise for Jon so unabashedly, as if he should have been a reasonable bystander, and the battle just now was just a normal discussion between a student and a teacher!

Jon's breathing became rapid, and Dumbledore appeared here. If he couldn't figure out who was leading this betrayal, then he would have lived in vain for more than twenty years in his previous life.

"professor."

Before he even finished speaking, Dumbledore pulled out his wand, tapped lightly on the vines that entangled Jon, and interrupted.

"I know you have a lot to ask me, but this may not be the right place for a long conversation. Kingsley and the others should have just brought the injured Lily into the carriage. Filius and Minerva are still in the heavy rain. Looking for Horace's 'body'. If you don't mind, you can come to my office with me and we can have a good chat."

He said as he pulled Jon up from the ground after being unbound, then walked in front and took him out of the storage room.

Beech was still lying on top of Jon's head bored at this time. It didn't have any treasures to steal now, and it didn't want to go to Hagrid. Jon's hair became a temporary nest for it.

Of course Jon didn't care about Beech's behavior. His mind seemed to be very clear, and he could figure everything out after seeing Dumbledore, but he seemed to be in a mess, and he felt like he couldn't figure anything out.

He followed Dumbledore into his office.

It was still the same as when he first came here, with the golden branches standing beside the desk, the large but worn wooden cabinet in the lower half used to store wands, the portraits of previous principals covering half of the wall, and the diamond above the portrait. The real Hogwarts emblem.

After sitting on the office chair, Dumbledore picked up a piece of parchment from the desktop of his desk. The words on it were obviously copied from a book, and there was no way to identify anyone from the handwriting.

"When I first received this letter, I was still wondering who had such keen observation and deep reserve of magical knowledge. At first I thought it was one of Minerva and Filius, but if If it was really them, this letter wouldn't have appeared. They should come to me directly and explain it to me face to face."

Jon noticed carefully that Dumbledore did not mention Lily's name.

"What I never imagined was that the person who delivered this letter to me was actually a freshman who had only been at Hogwarts for less than a year, and was a student that Horace himself had just accepted."

Dumbledore looked at Jon and turned to look at the letter in his hand, and clicked his tongue in surprise.

Jon took a deep breath. He had now calmed down and calmed down enough to ask at the right time.

"So, Professor, you knew from the beginning that he wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone? Or, from the beginning, you planned with him to let him steal the Philosopher's Stone and give it to the Dark Lord?"

Dumbledore crossed his fingers and placed them in front of him. He calmly answered Jon's question.

"The owner of the Philosopher's Stone - Nick Flamel is a close friend of mine. We once discovered the twelve uses of dragon's blood together, and thus developed a deep friendship. During the initial period of exile , it was he who used the magic stone to turn gold into money to support me, so that I could support the daily teaching and life of this school. But three years ago, he saw the dark rule of the Dark Lord over Britain, And after reaching a certain secret agreement with the French magical government, he no longer wanted to stay in this filthy magical world, so he gave me his most precious inheritance, the Magic Stone, and then he and his wife made peace with each other. Accept your own death."

"Before he died, he went to the British Ministry of Magic on the pretext that the Philosopher's Stone was stolen, and met with the powerful Dark Lord. He ridiculed his governance and ambitions, and laughed at his self-righteous pure-blood pride. , and vented all his dissatisfaction with what he had turned the world into. The Dark Lord had indeed changed a lot from before. He was not at all annoyed by Nick's ridicule, but accepted his criticism calmly. He also sent people to escort him home safely. But from that day on, he began to send his men to search for the whereabouts of the Magic Stone."

"He actually knows very well that there is only one place where the Magic Stone can go, and that is in my hands. In this case, of course I can find a suitable reason and way to deliver the stone he wants to his hands. ”

Jon stared into Dumbledore's eyes. It was clear that Dumbledore's tone was unusually calm when he said this, but it made his heart beat faster inexplicably.

"That teacher..."

"He is the most suitable candidate. He has been the head of Slytherin for nearly fifty years. Almost all the pure-blood wizards who now occupy important positions in the Ministry of Magic are his students. People who think they know him well also know that he is timid. He is afraid of death, and the Slughorn family is also one of the most prominent pure-blood families in the wizarding world. His identity, blood and character will not leave anyone in any doubt, even if he has taught in this carriage for a year. , it will only make people think that he was actually tricked into it by me."

"Going back with the Philosopher's Stone, he will be welcomed by all Death Eaters and pure-blood families, and then become the core mainstay of the Dark Lord, providing us with all the intelligence and information that can be provided without anyone knowing. ”