Chapter 784 Rumors

This summer, the magic world is destined to be unrest.

Everyone has not yet recovered from the imprisonment of former Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, and there are rumors that the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, will die soon.

At first, everyone thought this was just some people talking nonsense. After all, not long ago, Dumbledore went to the International Federation of Wizards to receive a medal with a bright face.

But as time passed and Dumbledore had not appeared in front of everyone, even students, for a long time, this "rumor" seemed to gradually become true.

Some people even recalled that in the early days of school, Dumbledore's right index finger was horribly burnt and black.

People inside Hogwarts suddenly became panicked.

"Harry, is Dumbledore really dying?" Ron quietly pulled Harry aside and asked worriedly.

He suddenly remembered that Harry had become mature, steady, diligent and studious after he and Dumbledore went to retrieve the Horcrux, and that Dumbledore also began to become reclusive after that.

Facing his friend's inquiry, Harry's expression suddenly became a little tangled.

He didn't want to deceive Ron, but Dumbledore told him that the matter must be kept secret...

However, just when Harry was hesitant, his embarrassed expression immediately misunderstood Ron.

"No wonder..."

Dumbledore had been injured while searching for Horcruxes before, and Fish couldn't cure the injury, so it was very reasonable to do it again.

After the two injuries were superimposed, Dumbledore knew that he was not going to die soon, so he made some kind of explanation to Fish and Harry, which was why Harry had changed so much...

Ron connected the events before and after and immediately came to such a conclusion.

When Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room with Ron, who was in a daze, he immediately noticed that something was not right about the atmosphere here. Everyone had expressions of sadness and disbelief on their faces.

Just when Ron asked Harry about Dumbledore's situation, the others found Fish, who had always been well-informed. Before he was surrounded by everyone, he dropped the sentence "Fish doesn't know anything about me", and then He took Hermione and ran away.

Maomao's performance also caused everyone to misunderstand. After seeing Harry with a strange expression and Ron in a daze, they immediately thought of the changes in Harry during this period.

"Harry...is that true?" Ginny asked with a trembling voice.

Everyone else also looked over.

Facing everyone's gaze, Harry's expression became tangled again. In the end, he simply said nothing, lowered his head so as not to look at everyone, and ran back to the dormitory dejectedly.

Now, the Gryffindor students believed the news even more, and everyone fell into sadness for a while.

At the same time, other professors at Hogwarts also found Professor McGonagall.

"Minerva, is that true?! Dumbledore is about to die?" Hagrid asked gruffly, his voice full of panic, as he hurried from outside the castle.

Like other professors, Hagrid, who didn't quite believe it at first, went to the principal's office first, but found that he couldn't get in with the previous password, so he hurried to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall turned her head and replied dully: "It's up to Severus to tell you about this..."

Like Harry, she really didn't want to lie to her colleagues, so she could only leave this task to Snape.

The others immediately turned their attention to Snape.

"Yes, Dumbledore only has less than a month left." Snape replied expressionlessly: "Originally, with my potion and Fish's spell, there was still some hope of healing his previous injuries. , but then he aggravated his injuries in order to deal with the Dark Lord, and even Fish and I were unable to do anything. "

"B-but... wasn't Albus fine not long ago?" Professor Flitwick retorted stammeringly.

"That was to confuse the Dark Lord." Snape's cold words shattered everyone's hopes. "The previous attack by Umbridge and the werewolf was actually to confirm Dumbledore's situation. Obviously, it can no longer be concealed. Living."

"Take me to see Albus," Professor Slughorn stepped forward and said, "Maybe I can help."

"Yes, I can also try to treat Albus." Madam Pomfrey also agreed.

In fact, when they heard that even Feishu had no solution, they actually didn't have much hope, that is, they only wanted to try with the last bit of luck in their hearts.

Snape's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he continued to say expressionlessly: "Okay, but it's just the two of you. Too many people will disturb him."

Although others were also worried about Dumbledore's situation, they still obeyed Snape's arrangements honestly.

"I'll be waiting here!" Hagrid said angrily, looking at Professor Slughorn and Madam Pomfrey imploringly, "You can bring back good news, right?"

The two smiled bitterly, followed Snape and left Professor McGonagall's office without answering Hagrid's question.

Everyone else also stayed, wanting to know Dumbledore's condition as soon as possible.

Professor Trelawney, after playing with the carrot cards in her hand, said with confidence: "I just gave Dumbledore a divination, and the prophecy shows that he will be safe and sound!"

It's just that no one paid attention to her words, or... After listening to Professor Trelawney's divination, everyone's heart became even colder.

On the contrary, Professor McGonagall glanced at her in surprise, a little confused as to whether she was comforting others or whether she was just a blind cat that hit a dead mouse.

As for the fact that Professor Trelawney really divined the truth, Professor McGonagall had never considered it.

"Let's have something to drink. Is black tea okay?"

Professor McGonagall shook her head and put the matter aside, then took out a teapot and several cups and placed them in front of the depressed professors.

…

In the principal's office, Dumbledore and Fish were sitting across from each other, eating a pile of cockroaches crawling in a box on the table, while Hermione was nibbling on a chocolate frog and showing her disgust towards the two. expression.

"Well."

Dumbledore threw a pile of cockroaches into his mouth, biting it loudly, and looked at the door.

"somebody is coming."

He quickly stood up, put away the pile of cockroaches on the table, then took out a small bottle of dark red liquid from the drawer, held his nose and drank it.

As Dumbledore drank the potion, his skin quickly turned yellow, his lips lost color, and he looked sickly.

Then, with a vigorous movement that was completely inconsistent with his appearance, he quickly ran into the bedroom next door, got into bed and started pretending to be dead.

And Fish also came to the bedside, lowered his head, drooped his ears, pretending to be sad and lost.

(._.)

Hermione, who was not good at acting, went around to the inside and lowered her head as well, using Fish's body and her own hair to block the expression on her face.

After the three of them posed pretentiously, Snape also walked in with Professor Slughorn and Madam Pomfrey.

"Albus!" Madam Pomfrey exclaimed immediately when she saw the scene in the bedroom.

She covered her mouth, staggered back a few steps in disbelief, and almost fell, thanks to Professor Slughorn on the side who reached out to support her.

After Professor Slughorn softly comforted Mrs. Pomfrey, he walked over to Dumbledore with a sad face, and examined his body with the attitude of a dead horse being treated as a living horse doctor. situation.

However, as the examination gradually deepened, Professor Slughorn's expression gradually became weird...

"It seems that my potion can't be hidden from Professor Slughorn..." Snape smacked his lips with regret, and then said to Dumbledore on the bed: "Stop acting, it has been discovered. ”

Madam Pomfrey, who was still wiping tears at the side: "Eh?"

Dumbledore opened his eyes, and sat up from the bed with a sneer under the surprised gazes of Professor Slughorn and Madam Pomfrey.

Fish's ears immediately stood up, and he took out a handful of cockroaches from his pocket and handed them to Professor Slughorn and Madam Pomfrey.

(ΦωΦ)つ

"Horace, Poppy, come and have something to eat, don't be angry, meow." The cat said decisively while passing the food: "Fish didn't want to lie to you, it was all Albus's idea. Meow!"

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