The Alchemist of Harry Potter - Chapter 1255
Watching Harry’s leaving back, Dumbledore took his eyes back and looked sideways at the grandfather clock by the wall. He walked to the fireplace, grabbed a handful of floo powder from the box and sprinkled it into the burning fire. After the flames rose, he said, “Severus, I have something to tell you.”
After a while, Snape emerged from the rising green flames.
“What’s up?”
Snape had actually guessed what Dumbledore was looking for himself.
“Miss Bell, you did a good job.” Dumbledore gave Snape a deep look and said straight to the point: “But I don’t want something like this to happen again. I’m lucky this time, but we can’t expect every Once so lucky, I hope you can take control of the situation and provide Mr. Malfoy with help and guidance to stop him from trying this dangerous thing.”
“I will. Draco’s kid won’t give up easily until he has experienced failure. This time I will completely persuade him to follow my actions.” Snape was also quite helpless.
To be honest, Katie Bell didn’t die, which also relieved him, otherwise he didn’t know what would have happened in the end.
If Katie Bell really died in the assassination plan, he didn’t think Dumbledore would easily forgive Malfoy and forgive a murderer.
He knew Dumbledore.
“Very well, I hope everything goes according to plan, you know this is important to everyone,” Dumbledore whispered, “One more thing, I have to remind you, if something like this happens again , the Ministry of Magic will definitely intervene, and all suspicious students may need to be screened for Veritaserum, I think you are well aware of Scrimgeour’s behavior.”
“You think the Ministry of Magic will step in.” Snape was surprised.
“The Malfoys have offended a lot of people,” Dumbledore reminded meaningfully.
“I know what to do.” Snape grabbed a handful of floo powder and sprinkled it into the fireplace, before disappearing into the rising green flames.
“Hopefully it doesn’t happen,” Dumbledore murmured, knowing that after Harry began to doubt Malfoy, it wasn’t difficult to verify something. Whether it was Albert’s divination or the use of Veritaserum, it was impossible for Draco Malfoy to hide his crimes.
In particular, Lucius Malfoy also tried to kill Albert at his wedding. Such hatred cannot be easily resolved.
Perhaps, Albert could not implicate Lucius’s family after completing his revenge, but after the last bounty incident, Dumbledore would not be naive enough to think that Albert had given up, he believed that Albert would never Would mind destroying the Malfoys and kicking them into hell with one kick.
Albert can do this kind of thing, and it’s never easy to forgive others.
Just look at the Lestrange family. The Lestrange brothers were killed by accident not long ago.
As for Bellatrix, the end is not expected to be much better.
Snape returned to the office with a heavy heart, and from what Dumbledore said, he realized one thing.
If Draco continued to jump around, it was very likely that even Dumbledore wouldn’t be able to keep him.
Yes, Dumbledore graciously forgave those who wanted to kill him, but others did not. From the sentence “Malfoys offended a lot of people”, he had already guessed who it might be.
Albert Anderson.
The Malfoys have offended the most ruthless people in recent years.
Thinking of the Lestrange brothers who were killed by the Aurors, and Bellatrix’s recent embarrassment, it was hard for Snape to imagine what would happen if Draco was targeted.
He knew he had to stop Draco from continuing to die.
Snape asked a Slytherin ghost to find Draco Malfoy and ask him to come to the office immediately.
The face of Draco Malfoy, who had just been notified by the ghost, suddenly fell, and he went to Snape’s office with a gloomy face.
Seeing that Dean Slytherin’s office was in front of him, Malfoy clenched his fists and knocked on the door stiffly.
“Come in and sit.” Snape motioned for Malfoy to sit on the armchair next to his desk after he entered the room.
“What’s your business with me, Professor?” Malfoy asked knowingly.
“You failed, and you almost killed Katie Bell.” Snape reminded blankly: “You should be glad Katie Bell didn’t die, otherwise you will be in bad luck.”
“I didn’t do it. I didn’t go to Hogsmeade at the time. Professor McGonagall helped me testify.” Malfoy twitched his lips and defended softly.
He knew that he had to leave himself alone, and staying at Hogwarts, under the watchful eyes of a certain professor, was undoubtedly the best way.
“Don’t take other people for fools.” Snape looked at Malfoy coldly. “You really think Dumbledore doesn’t know about it. He’s already suspicious of you and asked me to watch you.”
“Isn’t that nice?” Malfoy gave a quirky expression. “You can keep him in the dark.”
“Don’t think people are so stupid,” said Snape angrily. “If Katie Bell died of that damn opal necklace, do you really think you’d still be standing here talking to me?”
“What do you mean?” Malfoy asked, taking the expression off his face.
“Dumbledore is already suspicious of you, even if you can prove that you didn’t do anything useful? He’s sure someone has control of Rose Merta,” Snape said deadpan. “All he needs is a little Veritaserum. , you can tell everything, and then you won’t even have a chance to enter Azkaban Prison, and you will be directly executed like other Death Eaters.”
“You can give him a fake Veritaserum, or give me some Veritaserum antidote,” Malfoy said without hesitation.
“Did Bellatrix infect you with her stupidity and arrogance?” Snape looked at Malfoy nonchalantly, as he considered how to resolve the matter, “I can tell you directly, if there is. On that day, I dare say that Dumbledore will keep an eye on you and easily tell if a Veritaserum is real or not, and I don’t think you can take a Veritaserum under the noses of Dumbledore or a bunch of Aurors. antidote.”
“It’s time to stop your stupid plans,” Snape warned.
“If I don’t follow your plan, are you going to expose me?” Malfoy sneered.
“No, even if I don’t expose you, you will. When Dumbledore suspects you, everything you do is suspicious, and…” Snape paused for a moment, then continued: “I think he Probably wanted to watch you and figure out what the Dark Lord was trying to do, so you’re standing here talking to me now!”
“You think I’d better do nothing now?” Malfoy said coldly.
“That’s right, it’s better to get Dumbledore right at once, than to stupidly remind him that someone is trying to assassinate him,” Snape warned indifferently, “I promised your mother to protect you, and I made it unbreakable. If you break my oath, I will die, but the Dark Lord’s plan to kill Dumbledore will also fail because of this, do you think he will forgive your mother Narcissa for waiting so long?”
“No, he won’t, he’ll just turn his anger on the entire Malfoy family.” Snape said calmly, “Of course, the Dark Lord won’t let you go, so you’re definitely dead. , as for your family, maybe the Malfoys will disappear completely.”
Malfoy just felt cold, because Snape’s words clearly didn’t sound like a lie, and he never underestimated the possibility of the Dark Lord killing his entire family.
“What are you going to do?” Malfoy asked, clenching his fists, his lips trembling slightly, “Tell me about your full plan!”
Malfoy finally planned to listen to Snape’s so-called plan. After all, Snape signed a contract with his mother, and he didn’t have to worry about the other party’s tricking him.
And, if they find out that Rosmerta is under the Imperius Curse, his next poisoning plan may be ruined.
“Using the Vanishing Cabinet, there is a Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts School, which can be connected to another Vanishing Cabinet.” Snape was very satisfied that his threat had succeeded in deterring Draco, at least he didn’t have to take extraordinary measures.
“The Vanishing Cabinet, what is that?”
“It helps you get out of the school unobstructed,” Snape explained. “But it’s broken, and I need you to fix it.”
“Why not use the Floo network?”
“The school’s floo network is closed again, and others can’t use it unless the Ministry of Magic arranges a one-time floo network connection, which is obviously difficult to do.” Snape shook his head, “so if you want to For people to appear silently in the school, the use of vanishing cabinets is undoubtedly the best choice.”
“But I won’t fix that thing, and what if it can’t be repaired?” Malfoy was silent for a moment, then shook his head. “I think they should choose another way to invade Hogwarts.”
“Invading Hogwarts quietly through secret passages may not be reliable. It is very likely that they were discovered by other professors after the invasion of Hogwarts, and they may miss the best time.” Snape is not optimistic about going. The secret passage, it takes too long, and it is easy to be found out that something is wrong.
Once it is not secretive enough, the plan is basically a failure.
“Can you fix the Vanishing Cabinet?” Malfoy asked suddenly, “If you can’t fix it…”
“I don’t know, but I think there’s a good chance it’ll be fixed,” Snape interrupted.
“If that’s the case, why didn’t you fix it?” Malfoy asked in confusion.
“If I fix it and do nothing, do you really think the Dark Lord will approve of you?” Snape sneered, “You need enough merit to save your whole family, and the reason is very simple. Kim Bock’s Black Magic Shop saw a similar vanishing cabinet and successfully completed the mission with it.”