Chapter 751: Memory and the Future
It took more than ten minutes for everyone to read Snape's memories together. From his acquaintance with Harry Potter's mother as a child, to his encounter with Harry's father on the train. The two of them quarrel over Snape's friends who love the dark arts, Harry Potter's father's bullying of Snape, and Snape scolds Harry Potter's mother at the words he regrets for the rest of his life.
After that, the whole situation took a turn for the worse: Lily married Jaime and joined the Order of the Phoenix to fight Voldemort's gang, while Snape joined Voldemort's command as a Death Eater. In an accident, the secret he overheard became the culprit for killing Harry's mother.
After that, there is the story of Snape's fall in the darkness and redemption, until the end of last semester, when he infiltrated Voldemort's side again on Dumbledore's orders. During his last meeting with Dumbledore before leaving Hogwarts, he said that he would take the opportunity to kill the snake that was Voldemort's Horcrux, and asked Dumbledore to take the gryffindor dagger that Ryan had lent Dumbledore earlier.
At the end of the memory, after he entered the Quidditch pitch. Snape found himself in the best chance of assassination, so he killed Nagini with the Gryffindor dagger he had hidden on him at the cost of his own life when his wand was taken away by Voldemort.
And the last scene of the memory is when Snape faces a thunderous Voldemort and uses his last strength to pronounce Lily's name, after which everything sinks into darkness.
Sure enough, as Professor Dumbledore had said, Snape embraced death on his own initiative. He felt that what he should have done at this time had been done, and he didn't need to persist with guilt in the world.
By this time, everyone had risen from the meditation basin, and everyone's faces looked a little heavy. As the only woman among them. Hermione stood up straight and clasped her hands to her chest, muttering something in her mouth.
Ryan leaned over her, only to hear her read in Latin: "I have fought the good fight, I have run the way I have run, I have kept the faith, and the crown of righteousness henceforth endures for meβ"
"So...... So Professor Snape did cause my parents to die, but he also saved me with his life. Harry gave a very confused expression, and then looked at Professor Dumbledore with a wistful gaze.
"Harry. Blue eyes stared at green eyes through half-moon lenses, "Snape did make many irreparable mistakes when he was young, for various reasons. But you can also see that after discovering his mistakes, he spent all the rest of his life trying to make up for his mistakes. So, I hope you don't focus all your hatred on him. β
"I didn't hate him that much, at least he didn't really hurt me personally. And I also understand that it was Voldemort who caused all this, and the bloodline discrimination that has permeated the wizarding world for a long time. Harry said slowly but firmly. "I think over the years, he has done so much and even given his life for me. I must let everyone know that there is such a man who is rebelling against Voldemort in the dark. β
"As for the indirect killing of my parents," Harry paused for a moment, then pursed his lips vigorously. "I think Professor Snape should see my parents by now, and let them settle their grievances. β
After Harry's words, the office became silent. Dumbledore patted Harry on the shoulder approvingly and said nothing, but Ryan could see that Dumbledore's eyes were full of relief, and he should be glad that Harry hadn't fallen into some kind of revenge.
Harry, I'll help you too. Ryan smiled and said, "You can go downstairs to Mr. Lovegood in a moment, I just saw him downstairs celebrating with Luna." He should be happy to help you write an article about Professor Snape and send it to tomorrow morning's paper. β
"And the radio. Hermione added, "Lee Jordan is downstairs too, and I just saw him with the Weasley twins." He should also be willing to publicize the people who have given their time, energy, resources, and even lives in this war. β
"Thank you, thank you!" Harry happily hugged everyone in the room, and after a final hug with Dumbledore, Dumbledore said to Harry, "Alright, I think now you should go to the square and celebrate with the young people." β
"And what about you?" asked Harry, tilting his head slightly from Dumbledore's side, looking at Ryan and Hermione. "Aren't you guys going downstairs together to celebrate now, especially Ryan, you. Everyone wants to see the hero who defeated Voldemort now. β
"We still have some things to talk to Headmaster Dumbledore, mainly about what to expect after this war is over. So we might have to wait a little bit and go down. Ryan said to Harry, "You go down and celebrate." β
After seeing Harry leave, Dumbledore turned to the table and conjured two chairs in front of him for Ryan to sit down. Then he put his elbows on the table and said with a smile: "I do have a lot of things I want to communicate with you, the most important of which is that we all know that after Voldemort's death, the war will soon be completely over, so what are your plans for the next few days?"
"Of course, to join the reconstruction work first, there are so many things that have been destroyed in this war, too many people have been hurt. I think that since we have this ability, of course, we must mobilize all the resources at our disposal to recover the British wizarding community in the shortest possible time. Ryan said,
"For example, when we wait a little while and go downstairs, we will go to Xiong Duosu and the Weasley brothers to discuss the transformation of businesses after the war and the issue of providing loans to those in need. I can't believe that Gringotts used to only offer rental safes and pawns, plus a little bit of currency exchange with the Muggle world. Other than that, there is not even the simplest deposit and loan. β
Speaking of this, Ryan shook his head, he had never paid attention to this before, and it was not until he became a shareholder of the United Wizarding Bank of Britain that he realized that Gringotts was a Renaissance bank as a whole, and it was a financial mess. This is why business has become so good after the opening of the United Wizarding Bank of Britannia, as they have filled a gap in the wizarding world in the United Kingdom.
"That's a good thing you did. Dumbledore nodded approvingly. "Especially the low-interest loan that you proposed, and several people I know think that the low-interest loan in the bank has helped them get out of the situation and get back on track. β
"It would be great if you could help others. Ryan and the two of them nodded happily at the same time, it sounded great to help others while achieving their goals, which made them feel that their life value was realized.
"But the post-war rebuilding will soon be over, so what are you going to do when things are back to normal?" Dumbledore asked, finicking his glasses. "Join the Ministry of Magic, open a shop, become a professor at a school, do magical research, or do something else?"
"We're going to open a school, a school for the whole of Europe. After making eye contact with Hermione, Ryan began to draw a blueprint in Dumbledore's mind very seriously. "This is the idea that came to us after the last trip to the Celestial Empire, and we hope to build a school similar to the Celestial Empire Fangshi Academy, so that those who are interested in pursuing further education after graduating from the school will provide a place to go. β
"That's right. Hermione nodded. "According to our survey, except for some members of pure-blood families, there is basically no avenue for further study after graduation. And we know from the Great Malfoy and Mrs. Greengrass that some half-blood or poor pure-blood Death Eaters chose this path simply because they could learn from Voldemort. β
"I see, I must say that you are pursuing a grand goal, and I wish you all the best. After listening to Ryan's words, Dumbledore stroked his beard in relief, "By the way, are your teachers and locations ready?"
"Of course it's ready. Ryan smiled, he had already done a lot of preparation for this, and he didn't just start doing it now. "Professor Lupin has agreed to my invitation, and Ollivander has agreed to come and pass on some of his knowledge to everyone when he has time. β
"As for the location of the school. Ryan looked up at the floating fortress. "We're going to open that floating fortress as a school, and such a school like this should be able to attract people who want to acquire knowledge. And we will also find those technologies that are useful to society from the results of future research and put them into application to promote the development of the wizarding world. β
"It would be great if that was the case. Dumbledore watched as Ryan arrived. "The wizarding world in Britain as a whole has been stagnant for too long, and I hope you will bring some new changes to this stagnant world, as you all hoped. β
After coming out of Dumbledore's office that day, Ryan and the others went straight downstairs to celebrate. From here, they also received news from far and wide: the people who had been cast the Imperius Curse were gradually returning to normal, and most of the Death Eaters were captured, except for a few who fled in the face of the situation, but they were also being hunted.
At the same time, the Minister for Magic, Amelia Bones, announced the establishment of a post-war reconciliation and liquidation committee, under the direct responsibility of her and Professor Dumbledore, to comprehensively address the legacy of the war.
In short, the old history has been completely turned over, and a new and bright future is coming.