Chapter 753 Dumbledore's Choice

"Apparition is so hard..."

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It was another Saturday, and Firth lay limply on Hermione, humming and complaining.

Maomao had practiced a lot in the Apparition class just now, which made him completely unmotivated now... Whether it was adapting to Apparition or mastering wandless spellcasting, it required a lot of practice, but so far, Firth had not made much progress.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him fiercely. She had only successfully Apparated once so far, and the location of the teleportation was wrong. Even so, she was one of the best students besides Firth. Most people could only spin around stupidly in the same place, or split into two bodies like Susan Bones.

But Hermione's little progress was nothing compared to Firth, who flashed in the crowd as soon as the Apparition class started, so Maomao's words were no different from mockery to the never-give-up Miss Know-it-all.

But... who is Firth!

So she rubbed the cat's temple and comforted him softly: "Your performance is already very good. Professor Texel praised you highly, and your reaction is not as strong as at the beginning, right?"

"Hehehe~"

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The very easy-to-please Fish immediately became happy, and then he adjusted his posture, put his backhand around Hermione's waist, buried his head in her arms and rubbed it hard.

"By the way, Professor Texel will start a special training course on Apparition in Hogsmeade tomorrow. Do you plan to attend?" Hermione asked in a low voice while rubbing Fish's cat ears with a red cheek, "You should have a lot of time to practice there."

"Hmm..."

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Fish frowned and looked very entangled.

It is of course good to have a lot of time to practice, but the cat does not want his play time to be occupied.

Moreover, he has practiced for a long time today (about half an hour), and he has not recovered until now!

However, the cat's entanglement did not last too long, because Dumbledore suddenly appeared.

"I'm sorry to bother you," he walked up to the two of them and said with a smile, "But can I have a few words with Fish alone?"

"Of course, no problem, professor." Hermione shyly pushed Fish away from her arms and said with a red face.

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And the cat stared at this bad grandfather who disturbed her very unhappily.

Usually, he was nowhere to be found when I wanted to find him, but he suddenly jumped out at this time. It's so annoying!

Although he disliked Dumbledore in his heart, Fish still stood up honestly and followed him to the principal's office.

No matter what Dumbledore wanted to find him for, Fish needed to treat him... He had not returned to school before, and his life breath was very weak at this time, even more serious than Fish expected.

"Albus, are you injured again?"

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Sensing that there was no one else nearby, Fish immediately asked with a serious face, and at the same time raised his hand and slapped Dumbledore with a rejuvenation spell.

"Thank you... I just got a little hurt," Dumbledore said with a smile, then waved his hand indifferently, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal."

"It's not a big deal, meow!"

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Mao Mao angrily warned: "If you keep getting hurt like this, what if you can't wait for Fish to heal you?!"

"I know, I know."

Dumbledore happily reached out his hand to touch Fish's head, but was slapped away by Mao Mao. He reluctantly withdrew his hand and promised Fish: "After I find and destroy the last Horcrux hidden by Voldemort, I will stop running around and stay in school waiting for you to heal me. Is that okay?"

"Who knows when you can find that Horcrux!"

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Fish was not so easy to fool, he went to the core of the problem.

"That's why I came to you today..." While Dumbledore was talking, he also pushed open the oak door of the principal's office and led Fish in.

"So, you found the Horcrux?"

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Fish waved to Fawkes and the portraits, then chased after Dumbledore and asked.

"Although we can't be completely sure that what's hidden there is Voldemort's Horcrux..." Dumbledore said as he took out sweets from the drawer and shared them with Fish, "But the probability is very high."

"What do you mean?" Fish looked at him in confusion, "Did you find it?"

"I found it, but I can't take out the things hidden inside by myself." Dumbledore stared at Fish and said slowly, "So I plan to take you there tomorrow...but!"

Without waiting for Fish to get excited, he emphasized his tone and said, "There is one condition for me to take you there: you must obey any of my orders immediately without question. I mean you must even obey orders like 'run', 'hide' or 'go back'."

"Don't think about perfunctorily dealing with me now, and then act on your own when you get there," Dumbledore was so stern to Fish for the first time. "If we fail to obtain the Horcrux because of your mischief, Professor McGonagall and I will be disappointed in you."

Fish felt Dumbledore's seriousness, and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He frowned and looked at Dumbledore. After a long time, he replied sullenly: "Fish knows... I will be obedient."

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"Even if I need you to do something to hurt me?" Dumbledore continued to ask.

"What meow?!"

"Where has Voldemort set up a very interesting protective magic? Visitors need to drink a potion that makes people lose their resistance to find what he hides." Dumbledore explained lightly: "This is why I need you to go with me. You must pour the remaining potion into my mouth when I can't move, and then get the Horcrux hidden inside. In addition, if you are here, you can also treat me in time."

Fish fell silent again.

If it is a normal situation, Dumbledore will be injured, suffer a little, or even let the cat punch him twice, and Fish will not hesitate. Anyway, this bad grandfather is usually very tough, and his vitality is stronger than that of ordinary students.

But the current situation is that Dumbledore is now injured and is about to die, and this time he is facing Voldemort's trap, and Fish is not sure that he can cure him.

"Can't you wait for Fish to cure you before going meow?"

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The cat proposed a plan again.

But Dumbledore still shook his head and said, "Because I can't be sure whether Voldemort will take back his Horcrux, so we must hurry up."

Although he was not attacked by Voldemort when he entered the cave before, the members of the Order of the Phoenix and Lucius Malfoy who were responsible for monitoring Voldemort's movements did not report any recent actions of Voldemort himself, only the Death Eaters were busy with something.

It seems that Voldemort really let Greyback or another Death Eater know the existence of the Horcrux and asked him to come to confirm or take it away directly.

But the same thing, no matter whether Voldemort asked Greyback to take the Horcrux, Dumbledore must confirm it before making corresponding adjustments.

Of course, he would not be stupid enough to make no preparations at all when he knew it might be a trap. Bringing the combat-capable Fish was one of his preparations.

In this way, even if he lost his ability to move because of the potion in the stone basin, Dumbledore believed that Fish could bring him back safely.

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Some readers asked why the cow was not taken in to drink water…

First, the boat to the center of the lake was barely able to carry both Dumbledore and Harry, so it was unrealistic to bring the cow in. Using a spell like the Levitation Charm to bring it in probably wouldn’t work, as Dumbledore would have to take the boat obediently.

Second, even when Voldemort hid the locket himself, Kreacher had to drink the potion, so animals either didn’t meet the standards or couldn’t hold on until they finished drinking. The same goes for creatures transformed by Transfiguration.

Finally, maybe Rowling didn’t think that much at all, and we, the fan writers, can only help patch it up.

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