Two men suddenly emerged from the void, only a few meters apart. They stood motionless for a second, pointing their wands at each other's chests. Then, recognizing each other, they tucked their wands under their cloaks and walked briskly in the same direction.

"Albus, you're overdoing this, what's the danger here!" said one of the fat men, snorting, "it's not friendly etiquette to point their wands at each other. ”

"Be careful, Horace. Another tall man said, "By the way, how does it feel to be Headmaster of Hogwarts?"

"It was a nightmare. Slughorn sighed, "I thought that the Headmaster of Hogwarts would just be able to pay the salaries of the teachers, but I really didn't expect to have to take care of so many trivial chores, it would be really difficult for you to do it for so many years." It took me a whole afternoon yesterday just to sign the admission letters to the new students, and they should have let Minerva take over as headmaster instead of making me, a retired old guy who was rehired back, be the headmaster. ”

"I think it's because they think you're worth it. ”

"Oh, come on, those idiots, if you want to please me, you might as well send me some more expensive wine and preserves, I love them. ”

"You'll be able to enjoy it in a moment, Horace. ”

"That's why I've worked so hard to come here. ”

The two walked to a huge lake, and although it was already night, the mirror-like surface of the lake emitted a faint fluorescence, reflecting the magnificent white castle in the middle of the lake.

"Jack should have sent someone to pick us up. Slughorn shrugged, "I don't really want to swim over. ”

"He already knew we were coming. Dumbledore said.

A small black dot flew from the castle at a great speed, and as the distance approached, the small black dot grew larger and larger, and by the time the two of them could see the small black dot, it had turned into a fifteen-foot-long eagle-headed sphinx.

Jack Silver sat on top of the monster and shook his hand at the two of them. "You're a little earlier than scheduled. ”

"It's because I want to eat a little more preserves, Jack, and you can't be too stingy. "It's been a long time since I've tasted Silver's special preserves." ”

"Too much sweets are bad for your health, sir. "Balzac doesn't like it very much when people sit on his back, so can he bother the two gentlemen?"

Silver conjured up a huge basket of flowers, big enough for three or four adults.

Slughorn's face was ugly, "But I don't want to sit in the basket, Albus. Surely you are too. ”

Slughorn turned around, but he didn't see Dumbledore's figure.

"What are you rubbing, Horace, do you want to swim over?" Dumbledore had already made it to the big basket.

"Okay, okay. Slughorn muttered, "For the sake of the preserves, I'll have to eat double preserves this time." ”

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"On the whole, the plan went well, and everyone except a few who could trust them felt that Albus Dumbledore had died at the hands of the Dark Lord. Slughorn feasted on the special preserves he had been dreaming of. "As for Harry Potter, of course, he kept it in the dark. ”

"I did die once, Horace. Dumbledore said, "My body lies in that marble coffin." ”

"It is not easy to convince another Adversary that Mr. Dumbledore is with his master's soul. He was rather cautious on the surface, and he quietly developed his power. Even though there weren't many wizards who could go head-to-head with him, he still wouldn't stand in the foreground. It is really quite difficult to fool such a shrewd and powerful dark wizard. ”

"He was too cautious, if he had done it back then. We don't have any chances. Dumbledore said, "When I was at the Ministry of Magic, I could already feel that someone was holding me back, but there was nothing I could do about him. He's hiding too deeply. ”

"It is quite normal for the Dark Lord who has obtained the Book of Darkness to be able to kill Mr. Dumbledore with the help of a demon dog with the ability to break spells. It is believed that Scrimgeour had been informed of this by Professor Guò Snape. So lately his activities have become a little clearer. "He's going to be in the front desk on his own in a short time, and this time he's not going to run into much resistance." ”

But he was still cautious, and for now he had Lucius Malfoy as the puppet Minister of Magic. "He even made me the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and didn't take advantage of the opportunity to stuff his own people at Hogwarts." ”

"Because there is a precedent for Umbridge. "But we've managed to do something, at least one less Adversary." ”

"If it weren't for the fact that he had a dark wound and didn't know how to urge the Book of Darkness, we wouldn't have been able to defeat him so easily and seal his soul into Harry's body. Dumbledore shook his head, "And Harry isn't strong enough to carry the burden." ”

"I don't think so, Harry now has two copies of the Adversary's soul, and as long as he can digest those abilities, he will be the main force in the fight against the darkness. Silver said, "Why else would we go to great lengths to fulfill him?"

"Because destroying these two souls can't help the demon split soul at all, he only needs to spend a little time to recuperate, but if it's just a seal, so that he can't find these two soul fragments, he can't make up for himself, and he will never reach the peak. Dumbledore said.

"But before that, he was enough to kill us more than a dozen times. Silver rubbed his head, "More and more wizards and dark creatures are joining his 'Eater Serpent', we should have Harry in battle, he is an indispensable force." ”

"But it's a risk, and if something goes wrong, there's no room for recovery. Dumbledore said.

"The question is, is there any safe way to do it now?" Silver, tillling a slip in his hand, "the Silver family's business has been sniped, and if I hadn't chosen to withdraw from the English market in time, I would have been in danger of breaking the chain of funds." That guy has become a climate, and he is far more skilled at killing people with soft knives than we do. If it drags on any longer, it will only be us who loses. It's time to make a choice, gentlemen. Even if we help the seedlings, we have to speed up the progress of Harry Potter, and we can't afford to delay. ”

Silver spread his hands at the two of them, "I'm not sure I'm going to hide in South America, but what about the other wizards in England? they don't have a choice, we have to at least give them a choice." (To be continued......)