Chapter 292: Deng's Invitation (Part II)
Supposing that another teenage wizard had destroyed a wisp of Voldemort's remnant with the power of fire, Snape would have sneered and asked:
"Do you possibly have the courage to draw your wand in the presence of that man?"
"I'm sorry!"
"I don't have any!"
But since these words came from Louis's mouth, Snape was undoubtedly willing to believe him.
After all.
Louis has a very impressive record ahead of him.
As early as when the Dark Lord Grindelwald secretly infiltrated Hogwarts, Louis relied on his identity as an obscure person to stubbornly delay Grindelwald's progress, so that he noticed the support from the Professor's Heavenly Regiment, and had no choice but to give up the original plan.
However.
In any case, Louis was able to use fire to eliminate the hidden dangers in Harry's body, which surprised Snape and Dumbledore.
Especially Snape.
At this time, looking at Louie's smug expression, his expression was extremely exciting, as if he had eaten Xiang.
Rather, it was Dumbledore.
Instructing Snape to teach Louis how to use the fire was part of his plan to eliminate the hidden dangers in Harry's body.
Whether it was sooner or later that the hidden danger in Harry's body was eliminated, he felt that it didn't matter, but for now he was paying more attention to whether there was an element of lie in what Louis had just said.
The easiest and most direct way to detect whether someone is lying or not is to use the Regent to take the mind.
However, Dumbledore, who had previously failed to use Regency on Louie, as a Grandmaster of Regency Reading, could only rely on his polygraph intuition to determine whether Louis was lying.
Outcome....
He apparently failed to discern the lies that Louis had concocted.
Who made Louie himself a polygraph master and had a lot of experience in lying?
Then, Dumbledore was eager to ask Louis for the details of Voldemort's remnant soul, but there were some things that could never be discussed in front of Snape again, so he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled:
"Mr. Rogers, it seems that the Sorting Hat made the right decision in the first place, and you are indeed a very courageous Gryffindor."
Louis: "...."
Scold!
Did you deliberately mention this because you wanted me to settle old scores with you?
Still hovering about being assigned to Gryffindor, Louis glanced at Dumbledore without a trace, and did not want to continue with his topic, so he asked instead:
"Headmaster, you're the wisest man in the world, so do you know how Harry's problem was solved by me?"
"You're doing a great job."
Dumbledore smiled and praised, "If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to do as perfectly as you, but.... Mr. Rogers, I would prefer that when you are in trouble in the future, you can ask me or Severus for help as soon as possible, rather than doing it alone, you know? ”
"Got it, Headmaster."
Louis first nodded vigorously, then slowly frowned, and asked, "Also... Headmaster, was that mysterious man really solved by me? ”
"Oh?"
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows slightly and asked rhetorically, "Kid, what do you want to say?" ”
"I'm trying to say that I have an inexplicable premonition."
Louis hesitated for a moment and said, "Ever since I disposed of the mysterious man in Harry's body with a strong fire, I have always felt that there seems to be a lot of mysterious people in the world. ”
"Later, uh...."
"I secretly went to the ** section of the library to check some information, and found that the mysterious man may not have been destroyed by me and by Harry, because he is very likely to use very evil black magic and obtain the eternal life that countless people dream of!"
"Eternal life..."
Muttering the word in his mouth, Snape didn't pay any attention to Louie's sneaking to the library** area, and muttered, "Mr. Rogers, based on your investigation, what do you think is the evil black magic used by the mysterious man?" ”
"Horcruxes!"
Louis said in a firm tone: "I think the mysterious people have obtained a way to split souls, like the legendary dark wizard Helbo, who made many Horcruxes for storing souls!" ”
"When Harry's parents were killed, he had a special connection with the mysterious world, presumably the mysterious man accidentally made Harry into a special Horcrux!"
Listening to Louis's analysis, Snape's face was getting worse and worse, and Dumbledore's eyes flashed with embarrassment.
This was obviously a secret that Dumbledore was reluctant to reveal to Snape, who knew that Louis was actually an upright boy, and he trusted Snape, who taught him private lessons every day, and casually talked about Horcruxes.
Lucky.
For the time being, Snape didn't mean to get to the bottom of it, and didn't directly embarrass Dumbledore.
But what about when the two return to Hogwarts?
Dumbledore could instantly imagine how troublesome it would be for him to provide Snape with a plausible explanation.
Immediately, the two of them were silent for a few seconds at the same time, and Dumbledore gave Snape a look that he had something to say, and then turned to Louis:
"Horcruxes... Mr. Rogers, what you analyzed surprised me a bit. ”
"I'm more curious about what you have a hunch, can you tell me about it?"
"Of course, Headmaster."
Louis said calmly: "For example, now, I can vaguely feel the existence of the mysterious person, and the breath of vagueness seems to..."
"It seems to be in the direction of Diagon Alley!"
Diagon Alley?
Gringotts!
Obviously, according to the reminder given by Louis at this time, Dumbledore and Snape glanced at each other, and they both saw through the meaning in each other's eyes, and they all believed that one of Voldemort's Horcruxes must be hidden in Gringotts in Diagon Alley.
Therefore.
In the subsequent eye contact, Snape's meaning was obvious, that is, before Voldemort's power returned, the two of them went to Gringotts to collect Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Dumbledore also had the idea of collecting Voldemort's Horcruxes.
It's just that, thinking that he still has something to talk about with Louis, Dumbledore didn't rush to take Snape to Diagon Alley, but went straight to Louis and invited:
"Mr. Rogers, I think you should know what the resurrection of the mysterious man means to the wizarding world as a whole."
"Now, you are the only one among us who can premonition the existence of the mysterious person, so.... Can I take the liberty of inviting you to join me on a trip to Diagon Alley? ”
Guiding Dumbledore and Snape to Gringotts was originally a plan quietly made by Louis, so of course he was willing to follow the two to Gringotts to see how the two solved the problem left by Delphi "Bu Bird".
But he nodded directly in agreement, on the one hand, he was not reserved enough, and on the other hand, Louis was afraid that Dumbledore would think too much.
Therefore, before giving Dumbledore an affirmative answer, Louis cautiously asked:
"That.... Headmaster, before I accompany you to Diagon Alley, can I go back and ask Mom and Dad what they mean? ”
"You know."
"It probably takes a lot of time for us to go to Diagon Alley, and I don't want my mom and dad to worry about me."