Chapter 282: This Foreign Language Must Be Learned
Snape's image at Hogwarts is quite similar to Zhang Liao in Soochow, who can stop children crying at night.
Just say "Professor Snape is here" to a group of students who are chatting with each other, and the feeling is no less than the effect of freezing at absolute zero.
All in all, no critter at Hogwarts dared to make a mistake in front of Snape, except for Catherine's fawn, who was Snape's nemesis.
Ron, who was in a good mood, lost his interest in playing cards all of a sudden, he sighed sadly and glanced at Harry, "Are you sure you don't finish his paper?" I think it's better to finish your homework before playing......"
"You're right." Harry nodded his head, agreeing with Ron's point of view any longer.
It wasn't clear if Hermione was a crow's beak or not, but not long after she mentioned Snape, Snape was floating over like a bat.
"Mr. Mountbatten......" Snape glanced blankly at the trio, who held their breath and didn't dare to breathe, just staring intently at the table in front of them. Snape, of course, would not let go of such a good opportunity to speak venomously, he tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "It seems that you enjoy hanging out with Gryffindors, but I would like to remind you that you must not forget that you are a Slytherin ......"
"Of course, Professor, of course I'm Slytherin." Louis put down his napkin and looked at Snape, "Is there anything going on so early, my dear professor?" β
"You seem to have forgotten what you said last night, but I think I can help you remember." Snape said this, glaring at Louis, "But if I find out that you just cheated on me to get by, I will definitely make you regret it." β
"Of course not," Louis remembered what was going on, and he said with a smile, "Why don't we go to the headmaster's office now?" There are a lot of people in the auditorium, so it's not suitable to talk about this. β
Snape glanced at him, then turned and walked out.
Louis made a quiet gesture to the trio, getting up and following Snape's footsteps.
In the Headmaster's room, Dumbledore was lying in his rocking chair humming a little tune when he heard the door open and glanced lazily at the side.
"Oh, Severus, Louis, what wind brought you here?" He asked with a smile.
Louis was tempted to say something demonic, but saying bad things about Snape to his face could easily make the other party go berserk, so he gave up on the idea that it was not very safe.
"Mr. Mountbatten told me yesterday that he knew the clue to the Resurrection Stone." Snape said in a calm tone, his falcon-like gaze fixed on Louis, "I think Mr. Mountbatten, who has always been much more reliable than the Gryffindor trolls, must be telling the truth, right?" β
"It's hard to say." Louis shrugged, leaving a very remark.
Snape choked and tried to deduct points for his house, but suddenly remembered that it was Slytherin's; I want to physically punish him, and I think that this kid is the best brother of the most beloved senior sister, and this time it's really not a beating or a scolding.
He took a deep breath and made up his mind to have less contact with this kid in the future, and with him always by his side, he would have to live for at least ten years less......
"Alright, Louis, don't sell it." Dumbledore immediately cut to the chase, and he had always been concerned about the clues of the resurrection stone: "Tell me, what is the clue you have?" β
"Remember the Horcrux I told you about earlier?" Louis said with a smile: "Among them, his own diary has been domesticated, the Ravenclaw crown has also been purified by me, and the remaining five Horcruxes remain...... One of them was the Resurrection Stone, and thanks to the domesticated Mr. Cube, he had been thinking about it all of a sudden recently. β
Of course, he made it up, but in fact the cube had been sitting in Christasa's personal space bag for more than a year.
"When Voldemort was sixteen, oh, maybe we might call him Tom Riddle, who came to Gaunt's mansion and knocked his uncle Morfin Gaunt unconscious, and killed Tom Riddle and the couple with Morfin's wand, and blamed Morfin." Louis began to tell Dumbledore and Snape about the Resurrection Stone's past: "The main thing is that he stole the ancestral treasure that Marvolo Gaunt had passed down to Morfin, a black stone ring engraved with the 'Peverell coat of arms'......"
The "Peverell Crest" was actually the symbol of the Deathly Hallowsβsomething the Headmaster must have known, since he possessed one of the Deathly Hallows. Louis smiled and continued, "We all know about the rest of the story, he made this ring inlaid with the resurrection stone into a Horcrux, hid it in the old mansion of Gaunt in Little Hangdon, and used many powerful dark magic curses to protect it. β
"I know you two are quite eager for this thing, but what I'm going to say is ......" At this point, Louis's expression became serious: "Even a powerful wizard like Dumbledore should not be taken lightly, the dark magic curse cannot be taken too seriously, I don't want to see the world's most powerful white wizard being killed by a few unknown dark magic traps, this is not a funny joke." β
"Unless it's a book, and the author wants me dead, I can't think of any reason why I should wear this ring without testing the dark arts." Dumbledore shook his beard and said very seriously, "It took me a lifetime to learn how to be careful. β
"Yes, women and children can be careless, but men can't." Louis said solemnly.
"You're right." Professor Dumbledore held out his finger and nodded at Louis, "So when are we going to dispose of this ring?" β
"Now?" Louis is a doer, and he just walks away: "Anyway, there is nothing to do now......"
"So, how do we break the spell on that ring?" Professor Snape asked with a non-smirk, "If you don't have any solution, don't you want one of the three of us to trigger the dark arts?" I think Mr. Mountbatten would be a good candidate. β
"You're vicious, Professor." Louis pouted: "But I have a good suggestion for this kind of dark magic. β
He walked over to the edge of the Sorting Hat, and as soon as the Sorting Hat had said hello, he quickly lifted it and reached for the silver Gryffindor sword.
"Oh, you're really rude like that, Louis." The old hat complained that if he had a hand, he would have to give Louis two fights.
Louis ignored him, but instead held his sword and said to the two, "Headmaster, Professor, this Gryffindor sword has a spell-breaking effect attached to it, and theoretically, no dark magic prop can withstand its cracking. β
In the original book, it is theorized that the Sword of Gryffindor can only destroy Horcruxes after absorbing the venom of the basilisk, but Louis, who has the eye of discernment, can clearly see that even if he does not absorb venom, the Sword of Gryffindor has the property of breaking spells.
Come to think of it, a man with a sword in one hand and a wand in the other, it's strange that the sword can't break the law.
Before Dumbledore could speak, Snape disagreed, and he immediately said: "This is a bad idea, I suggest that it be used as a backup plan, the Resurrection Stone is a precious magic item, and I suggest that a more reasonable method should be used to dispel the magic on it." β
Louis looked at Snape with a blank look on his face, thinking that he should not think that what you said would be so high-sounding that it would cover your desire to take a look at Lily.
"Severus has a point, Louis." Of course, Dumbledore also thought that it was best to keep it, and he had a flash of inspiration, and one thing came to mind: "I remember that Miss Catherine wore a Ravenclaw crown on her head, since you can dispel the curse in Ravenclaw's crown, then...... Presumably, this resurrection stone is no problem. β
"You're right, Headmaster." Louis shrugged: "I can indeed purify this ring, it was just a backup plan, I didn't expect you two to actually want to use this ring......"
"Of course I will have this need, Louis," Dumbledore seemed to feel that the memories were a little bitter, so he took a piece of lemon snow treasure and put it in his mouth, and after smacking it twice, he said, "I am over a hundred years old, and I have nothing else to ask for in this world, and the obsession in my heart must have been told to you by Emma a long time ago...... It's not a shame, even if I owe you a favor. β
"Okay professor, then I don't want to go to class, okay?" Luis put forward his conditions.
"Of course, as an assistant professor, you have the privilege of not having to attend classes." Dumbledore smiled and blinked.
"Then I'll never take Potions class in the future." Louis glanced at Snape.
Snape tugged at the corners of his mouth, "That's definitely a good thing for me, thank you for sparing your poor professor, Mr. Mountbatten." β
Louis suddenly felt as if he had miscalculated, and without Potions class, he and Snape had fewer chances of hurting each other......
It seems that it is time to get Lupin back and form a new group of marauders, otherwise Snape would have been too arrogant.
The three of them said they would go, and they came to Little Hangton using the convenient Floo Net.
Dumbledore seemed to know the location of Gaunt's old mansion very well, and found the destination of his trip without much difficulty.
The walls were covered with mottled marks, and many of the tiles on the roof had fallen off, revealing the rafters inside, here or there. The house was covered in a thick layer of snow, and there was an occasional noise from nowhere, and the snow on the roof fell and hit the ground.
Further on, closer to the old mansion, Louis found that the windows were very small, covered with a thick layer of old dirt, and a dead snake had been nailed to the rusty door, adding a bit of terror to the long-abandoned old mansion.
"It's a little cold." Louis subconsciously wrapped his clothes tightly, not because the weather was cold, but mainly because the environment was a little weird.
People who are afraid of ghosts are always insensitive to this kind of atmosphere, Louis is one, and Catherine is actually the same.
"I've already suggested that you wear a little more before you go." Dumbledore waved his hand, and a warm flame appeared beside Louis, dispelling the bone-eating chill.
"How are we going to get in?" Snape reached out and touched the dead snake on the door, and glanced back at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stepped forward, looked at the snake and said, "Leave it to me, I know what to do." β
So he hissed at the dead snake, and in a moment the door was opened.
"I didn't think you'd be a snake." Louis said with some surprise.
"I actually know dragon language and fishman language, but I haven't used it for many years, and it's a little rusty." Dumbledore stroked his beard, looking a little proud, "As the saying goes, it is very useful to learn a few more foreign languages. β
The corners of Louis's eyes jumped, good fellow, you really learned a foreign language, and foreign languages are also foreign languages, so there's nothing wrong with it.
"I see what you mean, Headmaster Dumbledore." Louis replied solemnly: "You have to learn this foreign language, it's good to learn a foreign language." β
"Alright, stop your flattery, I'm going to throw ......up," Snape said coldly, "Shall we stay here and discuss the importance of learning a foreign language, or shall we take a look inside this old Gaunt mansion and look for the legendary Resurrection Stone?" β
After Snape's "urging", the trio entered the old Gaunt mansion. Neither Snape nor Louis were at ease because they were afraid that Dumbledore would put the ring on by his detriment, even if he protested against it.
Louis, who stepped into Gaunt's old mansion, felt as if he had entered a haunted house in his previous life, I don't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that someone was staring at him behind him, or the kind with special ill intentions, the white hair on the back of his neck stood up because of the chill in his heart, he looked back reluctantly, only to find that the person staring at him sadly was Professor Snape.
"People are scared to death, Professor." Louis sighed, "You're going to scare me to death and see if my mom can kill you?" β
Hearing Emma, Snape snorted and turned his head to continue searching for the contents of the house.
Gaunt's old house is easy to find, but this ring is really hard to find, until noon, they can't find where the ring is.
"I said, shall we have some food?" Louis asked tentatively: "It's so cold, if you don't eat something in this house, you will freeze to death......"
"When you say that, I'm a little hungry too." Dumbledore certainly wouldn't refuse Louis's offer, and he was actually a little hungry as well.
Elderly people are like this, and after a while of activity, they feel empty in their stomachs, and they can't stand it.
"......" Snape glanced at the two of them who were fiddling with food in disgust, and did not speak, but continued to wander around aimlessly.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Louis pressed the tachyon against the small hot pot.
"I'm not hungry." Snape said with a blank face.