Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Broken Incident Caused by a Firebow Arrow (Part I)
In the Headmaster's office of Hogwarts, Headmaster Dumbledore, who had a white beard, looked at the meditation basin in front of him, looking at a memory.
Severus Snape, who was always dressed in a black robe, also stood beside him. Rarely, his robe was obviously freshly changed, and his hair was slightly wet. Apparently he had just taken a shower, and he still smelled of shampoo faintly on his body.
Dumbledore read the memory, looked up, and looked at Snape with a strange expression. Suddenly, he smiled: "I said, Severus, why did you take a shower today." It turned out ......"
Snape had a rare hint of emotion, a faint hint of embarrassment on his face, but it was also fleeting. In an instant, it returned to its previous calm appearance.
Dumbledore apparently knew that Snape didn't like the subject and didn't continue to joke with him. Instead, he got up and leaned back in his wide chair, squinted his eyes and asked, "Severus, what do you think?" ”
"It's weird!" Snape did not hesitate to Dumbledore's inquiry: "Although I don't want to admit it, she does have some truth in her analysis. A lot of things, both for us and the Ministry of Magic, are obviously taken for granted. But trying to exonerate Blake on this point is obviously unrealistic. After all, it's all just speculation. The strangest thing to me, though, is that she seems to have a lot of information. There are things that can be obtained from the dossier. But there are some things that I don't even know. Like the Blake and motorcycle thing. ”
"yes, Hagrid didn't mention it in the transcript after that," Dumbledore said, grabbing a cup of tea and gesturing to Snape. The latter shook his head firmly in refusal, looking at the five torn sugar packets on the side of the teacup, with a look of disgust. Dumbledore didn't force it, and took a sip of his own: "This matter is supposed to be only known to me, Hagrid, and Professor McGonagall. ”
Snape didn't talk, and Dumbledore didn't mean to continue, but switched: "What do you think about Miss Lestranzi's strength?" ”
"It's a bit outrageous!" Snape frowned slightly, his tone a little confused: "It's hard to imagine that a fourteen-year-old child could have such magic as hers. I guess even that person can't do it, right? Professor, you're watching that person grow. ”
"yes, neither can Lord Voldemort." Dumbledore nodded, and there was some melancholy in his tone: "Although Tom's talent is very amazing, he is still too immature at the same age as Miss Lestrange. He really caught my attention even slightly after the age of sixteen. But even when he was sixteen years old, he probably wouldn't be able to catch up with Miss Lestranze at the moment. ”
"It's not just magic," Snape continued, "Lestranzie's mastery of magic is also exaggerated!" And I also noticed that her level of occlusion was very high. I suspect I won't be able to pry her brain open unless it's aided by very high-grade potions. Perhaps, she may not even be able to resist the elixir. ”
"yes, I noticed it too." Dumbledore nodded, "As early as the first year, she had already begun to study Occlumency, and it had some results. This is something I've never seen before! And the speed of her progress is also unheard of. I think that at the current rate, her comprehensive strength may be able to reach or even surpass yours at the age of twenty. And twenty years old is not even an age when wizarding magic really begins to grow rapidly. ”
"Twenty years old, I think you might be underestimating her." There was a hint of mockery in Snape's tone, but he didn't know whether to mock Dumbledore or the other. I saw him pull out a newspaper from his bosom, the latest Daily Prophet: "Last week, Fenrir Greyback was arrested, but for some special reason. The matter has just been reported. With that, he handed the newspaper to Dumbledore.
"Fenrir Greyback, is that werewolf who maliciously infects others?" Dumbledore sighed and took the newspaper: "Poor Remus, it's because of this guy that he's suffered so many years. ”
Snape disagreed, and continued, "The people who captured Fenrir Greyback were three wizards from the United States, also werewolves. It's just a werewolf hired by the Magical Congress of the United States to hunt down werewolves. They captured Fenrir Greyback in Hogsmeade. ”
"How dare you come to Hogsmeade," a chill flashed in Dumbledore's eyes behind his meniscus glasses. Snape was slightly frightened. But the cold light passed away, and Dumbledore continued, "What's so special about this? ”
"I consulted with the relevant personnel, after all, Fenrir Greyback ran to the vicinity of Hogwarts, which is more or less a matter." Snape frowned slightly and replied, "But the clerk replied that in fact, before those American werewolves made their move, Fenrir Greyback was attacking two girls, both of whom were students of our school. However, according to them, Fenrir Greyback has actually been suppressed all along. And which two students I think you must know who they are, right? ”
"I guess one must be Miss Lestrantzi." Dumbledore smiled as he looked at the report and replied, "The other one, I'm not sure." Is it Miss Chang or Miss Parkinson's, or Miss Granger? Miss Lestranzi has quite a few little sisters. ”
"It's Granger." Snape didn't go around in circles with Dumbledore, and said directly: "Fenrir Greyback is also a very dangerous one among werewolves. Both the magical ability and the combat power after the transformation are very remarkable. Even if I had to deal with him, it would take a lot of work. But Lestranzi, on the other hand, was able to suppress him all the time. And, last year, she also killed the basilisk ......"
Snape said that he didn't go on, because he saw that Dumbledore was already lost in thought. After a long time, Dumbledore shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's useless to think too much. From the previous situation, this child does not look like Tom. She's still very sunny. "Heyuan book
"Maybe." Snape was noncommittal: "If nothing happens, I'll go." ”
Dumbledore nodded, and when Snape walked to the door, he suddenly spoke, "Actually, I've always wanted to ask, what were you thinking when you saw Daphany's face?" ”
Snape froze, but didn't look back.
"Well, actually, I don't want to ask about that. It's true, as I get older, my curiosity is even heavier. Dumbledore was a little embarrassed and embarrassed.
"I'm glad that this time, she doesn't seem to particularly like Potter." Snape was speechless for a moment, then popped out the words, then pushed the door open and left. Leaving Dumbledore blank.
Little did Daphany know that Snape had gone to find Dumbledore after leaving. I didn't know that the two had such a chat. Of course, even if she knew, she didn't care about it.
Back in her room, Daphany began to sort out the potions she had bought today. She had self-taught all of her Potions classes up to fifth grade. Now the research is all high-level, and there are even many forbidden potions.
The Dementor phalanges and unicorn horns that she had brought back before, she had already studied briefly. Not to mention, there are quite a few people in the history of the wizarding world who have played with these things. But without exception, they are all dark wizards.
According to the classics, the horns of unicorns are just that, and the finger bones of dementors are really rare. Dementors are originally spirit bodies, and only the kind of senior Dementors who have absorbed a large number of souls can form a limited entity in their bodies. And even this kind of dementor, after being killed, most of the entities in the body will dissipate, and there is only a small probability that this kind of phalanges and similar things will stay.
This thing can be equipped with a lot of soul-related potions, each of which is of the highest level. Daphine studied it for a long time, and was sure that she would not be able to do it for at least two years.
In addition, Daphne pondered it carefully, and finally felt that it was a pity that such a rare thing could be made into a disposable potion. So after researching for a long time, Daphany found a good thing. However, it is also still being studied, and it is not something that can be started in a while.
In the darkness of Dafanie's research, she heard a clatter from the window.
Daphany didn't react for a moment, until the voice rang tirelessly, and Daphany didn't react. I got up and came to the window, and sure enough, I saw a black owl knocking on the glass.
Because Daphine had her own room, she rarely had letters or mails in the morning. Owls are sent to the dormitory, and this time is no exception. Although it is not known who sent the letter. Daphany still plucked the letter from the owl's feet. Take a dried lizard from the small box next to the bed and feed it to the owl.
The owl took the lizard in its mouth and cooed. Satisfied, he rubbed his head against Dafanie's hand, then flapped his wings and flew away.
Daphine took the letter opener, picked open the seal, and removed the letter paper from the inside of the envelope. glanced at it, and raised his eyebrows slightly. The content of the letter was quite simple, it was delivered from the broomstick shop in Diagon Alley. In a word, someone gave Harry Potter a fire bolt.
Daphany had told the clerk there to send her a message if someone bought Harry Potter a broom. At that time, Daphany said that the reason was that it was a Quidditch match and that she had to be prepared. Naturally, the clerk would not disobey a super customer like Daphany because of this little thing. So a few days ago, someone ordered a fire crossbow arrow, and the clerk obediently sent the news.
"Blake has some skills!" Daphany looked at the belief in her hand and was interested: "When you can't show up in public, you can still use property?" Well, come to think of it, Gringotts doesn't seem to be very compatible with the Ministry of Magic. ”
Daphine shook the envelope, and a blue flame flickered, and in a moment the letter and envelope were burned to ashes. Dafanie shook down the window, and the dust dissipated into the air, leaving no trace.
"The firebolts are in place, almost, it's time to catch Black." Daphany touched her chin: "Well, think about it, how to play this thing to have the least impact......"