Chapter 1384: Intricate Speculation

Evan knew that Harry's grudge against Dumbledore was a grudge between the two of them.

He didn't interject into the conversation, but looked at Phoenix Fawkes with interest, allowing Harry and Dumbledore to communicate.

Harry's resentment towards Dumbledore had caused him to be emotionally unstable, and these resentments had reached their peak last summer.

When Evan and Hermione returned from their trip to Egypt, they expected Harry to welcome the two of them as he had done in previous years, and happily left the Dursleys early to visit Evan or Ron's house to share their summer experiences and discuss their vacation homework.

But no, what they saw was an irascible Harry.

He spent the entire summer alone in the Dursleys, unable to communicate with the outside world and not knowing the slightest news about Voldemort, fueled by the Dementor attacks and his trial at the Ministry of Magic.

So, the first thing he did after arriving at 12 Grimmauld Place was to have a hard fight with Aven, Ron, and Hermione to vent his anger, although Harry later apologized for the incident, but until the battle between the Order of the Phoenix and Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic, his emotions did not stabilize, and he became more and more accustomed to acting alone, even now, Harry has retained some of the habits he developed at that time, and they have changed a lot from before.

Aven, who had been involved in the conversation at school, knew that Harry had not forgiven Dumbledore before that, but was resentful.

Although he had never spoken to anyone, many signs could still be seen.

Dumbledore himself probably noticed it, and he later blamed it on the influence of Voldemort's soul on Harry.

So, the measure he took was to stay away from Harry as much as possible and not meet him.

Doing so delayed the outbreak of the problem, but it did not solve the problem at all, but on the contrary, it greatly increased the severity of the problem, making the contact between Harry and Voldemort easier and more frequent, and for a while, they could easily enter each other's souls.

At first, Voldemort didn't notice the connection between him and Harry, mainly because Harry had entered his soul and received so much important information that he even knew that he was going to use the magic left by the ancient wizard to repair the statue of the evil god!

After that brief encounter in Norway, Voldemort finally confirmed the connection between him and Harry.

He was weakened by the restoration of the statue of the god and the situation was unfavorable to him, but during the battle with Dumbledore, Voldemort easily controlled Harry and distracted Dumbledore, giving him a chance to escape with the statue.

Although Dumbledore later said that Voldemort did not understand the true meaning of the connection between him and Harry.

But there is no doubt that the incident gave him an opportunity.

For most of the rest of the semester, Voldemort tried to control Harry, trying to influence him through a soul connection.

He thought that Harry could get information about Dumbledore or the Order of the Phoenix, and mentioned doing a lot of things, such as going to the Ministry of Magic to get the prophecy orb, so that he could avoid the risk of being exposed and show up to do it himself.

If all goes well, he can also control Harry to kill Dumbledore.

Aware of this, Dumbledore became more and more worried about Harry's condition.

He was afraid that Harry would be harmed under Voldemort's control, but there was no good way, and in the end, he had to stick to his previous plan, try to stay away from Harry and not provoke Voldemort, and let Harry learn Occlumency from Snape.

These measures later proved to have little effect.

On the night when Voldemort decided to act after determining that Dumbledore was not in England, he gave Harry a false vision and lured Harry to the Ministry of Magic to get the prophecy orb, which was important but it was inconvenient for him to show up in person.

That night, even if Lucius Malfoy wasn't there, Harry would have ended up going to the Ministry of Magic.

If he doesn't get it right, he will gather the members to go with him, and then the ambush of the Order of the Phoenix will turn into a rescue operation.

Fighting Death Eaters and being distracted to protect other young wizards is likely to cause some accidents......

Although the outcome of the matter is not bad, the process is risky and dangerous.

The most fortunate thing, and the thing that made Dumbledore really relieved, was that the battle at the Ministry of Magic finally made Voldemort realize how dangerous it was for him to enter Harry's soul to control Harry, and the benefits he received were far less harmful than the protective magic left by Lily in Harry's blood.

Just like what happened to Harry in his first year, he just touched Zilo, who wanted to be possessed by Voldemort, and Zilo's body immediately began to crumble.

In addition to the fact that Zilo was really ready to hurt Harry at that time and activate the magic in Harry's blood, Evan felt that Voldemort used Zilo's body to drink the blood of a unicorn for a whole semester, which also played a considerable role at that time.

Everyone knows that the blood of a unicorn is extremely sacred, and the soul of this creature is also noble and pure.

If a filthy soul drinks its blood, it will suffer an unimaginably cursed fate.

Voldemort could escape these punishments with his evil magic or simply transfer the curse to Zillo, allowing him to accept the punishment for himself and inherit the unicorn's curse. Perhaps, this is the main reason why Zilo's body finally collapsed.

Returning to Harry, even after that open and honest conversation, Harry still had a grudge against Dumbledore.

It was obvious that although Dumbledore had promised to tell Harry everything, apart from that prophecy, he hadn't let Harry join the Order of the Phoenix or tell Harry anything for so long after that.

While that prophecy solved some mysteries, it made Harry feel more stressed.

In particular, Dumbledore said that two babies were born in July of that year, and that they both met the prophecy conditions, one was him and the other was Neville, and if Voldemort hadn't chosen him at that time, maybe everything would have been different now.

"I said I was going to tell you everything I knew, and I did!" Dumbledore said calmly, staring at Harry, "I know that what I told you wasn't enough to answer all the questions, which is why I let you here." Harry, from now on, we're going to leave our solid factual foundations and walk together through the dim and vague swamp of memories into the intricate speculation. At this point, I need your help and Aven's, and you need to remind me, for I may make the sad mistake of being like Humphrey Belche, who believed that cheese could be used as a crucible......"