Chapter 479 Dumbledore’s Speculation

"Professor William, Professor Lupin, can you take Harry to the school hospital first?"

Dumbledore carefully freed Harry from the humanoid substance and said in a more relaxed tone, "Let Madam Pomfrey take care of him, and then you can come to my office again."

"Okay, Professor."

William stepped forward and waved his wand, using it to conjure a large number of bandages, and then used them to weave a simple stretcher to catch Harry, while Lupine began to use his wand to extinguish the surrounding flames desperately. Make way for their direction of travel.

As Lupine opened the way ahead, William briefly inspected Harry's injuries.

He was very, very seriously injured. Except for his head, which was protected by the enhanced Bubble Charm, his body was covered in large burns - but this was not the most serious part. His face was as pale as paper. There was no blood at all, the whole person was in a continuous coma, and the whole person was completely out of the state that a normal wizard should have, looking like a squeezed lemon, looking wrinkled.

If Dumbledore hadn't asked for potions, William would have been feeding him life-saving potions at this moment - but he was extremely unfamiliar with this state and didn't dare to use potions indiscriminately.

Since the headmaster just asked him to send the person to Madam Pomfrey, he didn't do anything else. He directly used magic to stabilize the stretcher in the most stable state, and trotted with Lupine all the way to the hospital.

Madam Pomfrey had already been awakened by the strange noise in the castle. She looked at Harry in surprise, but she didn't say anything extra. She just told William and the others that Harry's life had been maintained, and now she needed to concentrate. I went to treatment, so those not involved can leave.

William, who finally breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the hospital, could no longer suppress his curiosity, "Professor Lupin, why are you and Karkaroff together? When did the principal come?"

"Well, Karkaroff -" Lupine glanced nervously at the closed door of the school hospital, his eyes full of worry. "That's a good question. I don't know why he was arrested by Professor Moody. He rushed people to my place while he was rushing to put out the fire..."

The co-author was caught by Moody - that's not surprising. Moody's main target this semester is Karkaroff, but his wand was accidentally attacked by William...

He said that Karkaroff had already said he was going to run away, so why did he suddenly return to Hogwarts? He thought Karkaroff had other plans and deceived him.

"As for Dumbledore," Lupine circled irritably, "he suddenly appeared, taking Snape with him, and then he asked me to let Karkaroff go. At that time, Professor Flitwick also arrived. , he stayed outside to guard the students while a few of us came in to deal with the fire."

Lupine cursed harshly as he spoke, "We actually have enough manpower. That guy Snape has to enter the Gryffindor common room..."

Lupine was not usually so irritable, but now - William could understand, Harry was still lying inside. Although Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey both felt fine, Lupine obviously could not feel so at ease all of a sudden. .

"Stay stable, keep your head, and breathe. It will be no problem to save you." William spread his hands, "I have collected several precious raw materials for resurrection potions during this period. As you know, I really can't use a potion anymore." You can go down and squeeze his body, it’s guaranteed to be as useful as the original one, but the cost is a little higher.”

Taking advantage of the time before the release of Professor Snape's new work, he, who was the instigator of sharp price fluctuations, purchased several potions at high prices to prepare for emergencies. This is why he looked at his head and was still not worried. important reason.

"That Snape..." A smile finally appeared on Lupine's face - although he is not outstanding in potions, he still has some understanding of potions such as resurrection, which are mostly black magic rituals. .

"That's true, at least the head is well wrapped by the Bubble Curse..."

He finally calmed down. He had seen the herbal medicine that William bought before. It was just like what William said - it was just a magic potion used to stimulate regeneration from the head down. If it didn't involve resurrection, it wouldn't even be considered black magic. At most, it's just knowledge in a gray area, so it's not a big problem.

Although he still had some doubts about Madam Pomfrey's ability to treat Harry's injuries, he was very sure that Harry would not be treated worse. With the assurance, he became optimistic about the treatment.

"Speaking of which, that's the mysterious man..." Lupine was finally able to turn his attention to other places, "If Snape and Karkaroff hadn't personally identified him, I would never have believed that he had actually become a lump. An existence that resembles a humanoid..."

"Yes, and he found Harry without even bringing his wand, and tried to burn him to death with fierce fire - but he was clearly burned..."

William was stuck, because the Dark Lord was not human in that way.

"In short, we don't know how he broke through the school's protection, where the college's protection appeared, or why he broke through so many protections but only struggled with Harry without a wand, or even cast a spell without a wand. Li Huo..."

William sighed, "This is very strange. It's almost like after passing through the layers of guards in Gringotts to reach the treasure house at the bottom, facing the mountains of treasures inside, but not even willing to pick up the treasures. Use the same…”

"Your metaphor..."

Lupine was amused by William, "How can you describe it like this? Who would think about the wealth of Gringotts..."

His joke stopped short as he instantly understood the origin of the metaphor.

"All right--"

The opening of the door interrupted Lupine's speech. Madam Pomfrey came out with a tired look on her face. "The condition has stabilized. You can go and see him, but you need to keep quiet the whole time - he can't do it for the time being." When you wake up, you need to sleep long enough to accumulate strength and use the magic potion to repair your body..."

Lupine resisted the urge to rush in, and after listening to Madam Pomfrey's speech, he and William walked into the hospital one after another.

Harry had already changed into a hospital gown, and his original clothes had been put into the trash can. They were burnt and smelled of cooked food, which made people feel sick.

Lupine looked at Harry - his face was slightly red at the moment, but he was still terribly pale, and his hair had been shaved off, just like Sirius looked like some time ago...

"Eh, Madam Pomfrey, Harry's hair - he's not..."

"It is necessary for surgery. There is an injury on his forehead, which is covered by his hair. The same is true on his body. Although it has been burned in many places, it can still be seen that there are several injuries that are almost close to the bones..."

"How long does it take for him to wake up?"

"At least a week of coma is unavoidable...Okay, your visiting time is up, leave now!"

Madam Pomfrey started to chase people away without any reason - in the school hospital, she sometimes even chased Dumbledore away, which was very normal.

The two of them had no reason to stay. Dumbledore still had something to talk about, and both of them were at their most curious at the moment. They simply walked straight to Dumbledore's office without any delay.

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Today's principal's office even felt crowded. The four deans were there, as was Moody, and a group of people gathered around. Dumbledore didn't speak, and no one spoke.

After William and the others arrived, Dumbledore finally stopped looking at the table in the middle and looked at them.

"Is Harry okay?"

"Madam Pomfrey said she will need to be comatose for more than a week, but her injuries are stable."

"That's good," Dumbledore nodded, "Please sit down, Professor William, and find a chair. Maybe we should talk about something serious."

As William and Lupine sat down, he finally saw what the deans were looking at.

It was a non-humanoid existence that was almost charred. Judging from the traces, a powerful spell hit him and killed him.

If William guessed correctly, this char-like thing was the existence that Harry was holding tightly not long ago.

"It, or he, died?"

William looked at the person on the table and looked at Moody - he was not judging his life or death, but wanted to know how he died.

"Karkaroff moved his hand," Moody said with a strange look on his face, "Albus planned to take him away alive, and then Karkaroff took out his wand and pointed it at himself, claiming that either Dumbledore Take Voldemort away and he commits suicide on the spot, and the friendship between the two schools completely collapses, or let him kill Voldemort himself."

? ? ?

Is there still this operation?

There was a surprised expression on William's face - should he be called Karkaroff?

Anyway, let him think that he would not have thought of such a coquettish operation, threatening Dumbledore with his own life - if I can't beat him, I can't beat him. You, Dumbledore, can't stop me from committing suicide.

He could even imagine Karkaroff's crazy face as he bet his life. Obviously, he won the bet.

Voldemort's loyal Death Eater would not hesitate to die with him - also, just as he was preparing to escape like a lunatic earlier, when Voldemort appeared in front of him, if he didn't kill him, I'm afraid he would regret it for the rest of his life...

"So we can only be blackmailed by him..."

The expression on Snape's face was also very strange, but judging from Karkaroff's performance, William suspected that Snape's strange expression did not come from the death of the Dark Lord, but rather from a touch of violence. My regret…

"Professor Moody was half right. The Betrayer Alliance... will fight each other ruthlessly..."

"Okay, don't talk about Karkaroff..."

Dumbledore sighed and shook his head, "It can't happen that a principal from the Triwizard Tournament died in Hogwarts as a guest, or in front of a group of professors..."

So is Karkaroff really good at playing? If he died, the people of Durmstrang would never be able to accept it. Their principal committed suicide in anger under the watch of the principal and professors of Hogwarts? You, Hogwarts, are trying to trick us into thinking we are three-year-olds?

However, judging from the relatively peaceful attitude of the professors present, Karkaroff's move was at most a head-stealing move - William felt that all the professors present had plans to kill Voldemort, and even Dumbledore might be no exception. .

"Now, what we can confirm is that the same scene as three years ago occurred here..."

When Dumbledore really spoke, William was stunned for a moment - the same as three years ago?

Fortunately, Dumbledore began to explain to him.

"At that time, before you came, Professor William, the school's self-defense course—of course it wasn't called that at that time, was in charge of Professor Quirrell."

"Unfortunately, Professor Quirrell reached an agreement with the then Voldemort," Dumbledore glanced at William, "the one lying on the table."

"He brought Voldemort back to life, and Voldemort personally taught him black magic and other things, and maybe other things..."

"They were eyeing the Philosopher's Stone. I discovered the plan and asked Hagrid to take the Philosopher's Stone back to Hogwarts, and the professors present personally arranged mechanisms to protect it. But as for Quirrell, he successfully broke through all the way to Hogwarts. Finally, until Harry himself went to stop him."

Dumbledore briefly recounted the situation to William, "It was the same at that time. Harry tried hard to use his magical power to stop Quirrell, so that he finally died in the school - he was also the first The professor who died on the job..."

'No wonder…'

William suddenly realized that it was because someone was dead that he couldn't find the professor for the time being, so he went to that ghost place in Azkaban to look for someone... The previous professor and Hu Moupi played together and killed themselves.

"And this time, too. However, Professor Quirrell will no longer stop him from harming him...so, he is left here."

"Okay, that's about it. Everyone can disperse. In order to prevent unnecessary panic - please don't reveal to the students that Voldemort did it himself this time. This disaster was a result of being sent to prison. The trap previously laid by the Death Eater was sent to the school in the form of a gift on Easter. The school will inspect the gifts on a large scale and quickly cooperate with the Ministry of Magic to search for the rest of the Death Eater's arrangements. .”

"Professor William, please stay for a moment... Your efforts tonight have prevented the worst case scenario from happening. I think we need some special, um, commendations..."

William still had many doubts in his mind, but he could only put them aside for the time being.

When all the professors left, Dumbledore's expression immediately became nervous, "Professor William - you are the first to arrive at the scene. Do you trust my judgment?"

"I do not believe."

"I don't believe it either," Dumbledore said decisively. "Now I can say for sure that he is not dead. I even speculate that he is even healthier than before!"

"But I can't figure it out - why he would activate this significant backhand to remind me, and I even thought it was the last threatening backhand he deployed when he had the ability..."

Dumbledore looked at the remains of Voldemort on the table, "I don't know, it was even more difficult than the others, but it was cracked just like that..."

As he spoke, he took out a book and handed it to William, "I originally planned to give it to you after our first operation - Professor William, you always have a keenness and boldness that other wizards do not have..."

"Maybe you can guess it...I can't figure it out..."