Chapter 436: Fatal Temptation

Rejuvenate and live forever.

How many people pursue temptation, like a person who is dying of thirst, sees a bottomless abyss.

Do you desperately plunge into the water and struggle, or continue to rely on the breath that lasts?

Such a choice fell to the god of the wizarding world, Albus Dumbledore.

John chuckled and took a half-step back and bowed as he held the chalice.

"Great wizard Dumbledore, please enjoy your wine of eternal life."

Just one bite, one small bite.

Dumbledore would be able to regain his youth, to when he was at his strongest.

Go back to the period when you were at your most energetic.

All worries will disappear, and there is no fear that there will be no second Dumbledore in the wizarding world.

The atmosphere froze at this moment, as if someone had pressed the shutter to freeze the scene.

Dumbledore stared at the liquid that represented immortality.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly chuckled and looked at John calmly.

"It's a tempting delicacy, but I still like mead more."

He resisted the temptation.

Once again, Dumbledore is still the god of the wizarding world.

He will not fall because of immortality, he sticks to the bottom line and bears the test from the second king.

John's hand holding the Holy Grail slowly loosened, and the golden Holy Grail gradually dissolved into nothingness under Dumbledore's gaze.

John lost his smile and looked at Dumbledore quietly.

"You're a respectable man, but you're also a fool, Dumbledore."

If this opportunity were given to Voldemort, would he be able to turn it down?

"You missed the opportunity to make yourself a god, and you chose to be a human being."

John wasn't lying, whether Dumbledore was afraid of being poisoned or because Dumbledore really had the heart of a saint.

He missed the opportunity to become a god.

Dumbledore, who was sitting on the altar, was ripped off and now began to live in human way, not as a demigod and half-human.

"I know your purpose, and you know my ambitions." John snapped his fingers, and the crystal gold-rimmed cup containing the stars reappeared in his hand.

Handing the glass to Dumbledore, John chuckled, "To the death of your future encounter, Dumbledore." ”

Dumbledore took it with a smile and blinked, "Thank you for the toast." ”

He drank the wine from his glass, and the golden stars turned into warm magic and entered his body.

While fighting Voldemort, Dumbledore also suffered some damage.

After some recuperation, the effect of this glass of wine is comparable to a week's recuperation.

Dumbledore sighed, "Very comfortable wine." ”

"Pure is fine," John laughed as he took a sip of the liquor, "sometimes you don't need so many precious things, you just need to be pure." ”

"I think I could put that in my notes," Dumbledore smiled, "and the old man who was a neighbor left first." ”

He walked slowly to the next door, opened the door and closed it slowly.

John stood in the doorway for a moment, then turned to close the door to the Stellar Society.

"You've always been so hard to grasp, Dumbledore."

His eyes were dark, and the others didn't know the danger of the confrontation just now.

They test each other's purposes and their ambitions.

Is it an enemy or a friend?

Or ......

Take advantage of each other.

...

The gathering of the Stars Society is over.

Daphne carried her sister back, and Malfoy and Neville got into a fight.

As a result, Malfoy's hair became a chicken nest, and he still failed to avenge his full body examination.

John was left alone at the Stars, his finger rubbing his ring.

"Want to be the Custodian of the Holy Grail?"

He guessed that the reason why Dumbledore stayed in school, in addition to cultivating and protecting Harry, the bigger reason should be because John hid the Holy Grail.

That unstable factor greatly affected the balance of the wizarding world that Dumbledore wanted.

What he wanted was not for some immortal to dominate the wizarding world, nor for wizards to fight each other.

Dumbledore had his own set of criteria.

Extreme ideas do not pass Dumbledore's review.

John hid the Holy Grail at Hogwarts in an attempt to lure Voldemort over.

There is a big risk that this could lead to the complete fall of Hogwarts.

So Dumbledore will be here to watch.

He had to make sure that Voldemort didn't get the Holy Grail, even with the most clumsy personal protection.

From the moment John tested Dumbledore with the Holy Grail, he knew that the other party's obsession with peace, even Dumbledore himself, would not be allowed to be broken.

"You don't give me a reason to hate you with all my heart." John looked up at the dome in the starlight.

His feelings for Dumbledore were complicated, admiration when he was young, ideals when he grew up, resentment after things happened, and calculated calculations.

He could roar at Dumbledore, he could calculate and pull people down from the altar.

He could make Dumbledore lose all his honor, but he couldn't really make a move on Dumbledore.

Magic is spiritual, like ethereal love.

Hate is also an important factor in building magic.

Dumbledore didn't hurt John, and John couldn't defeat Dumbledore without actually doing anything to John.

It's not a shit, it's a run of magic.

Just like Harry's mother, even someone as strong as Voldemort could not break the protective curse of her love.

It's an idealistic thing.

That's why it's called magic.

John's anger towards Dumbledore was more because of his inaction, and if he couldn't turn this anger into hatred, he couldn't really fight the other party.

"The plan of the fool, though stupid, is helpless." He thumped the table with some chagrin.

The first king of the wizarding world, Dumbledore can be especially difficult when he doesn't talk to you about the big picture.

"Looks like he's been plotting since the Ministry of Magic incident."

Thinking that Slughorn had Sirius as a professor, it was probably Dumbledore who was behind it.

He installed the Order of the Phoenix at Hogwarts while staying at the school to continue training Harry.

Let Harry grow up as soon as possible.

Fortunately, John still took the initiative.

As long as the Holy Grail is under his control, all issues will be in his hands.

"We've got to get ready for war," he muttered to himself, "and I wonder what's going on with Narcissa?" ”

Let Narcissa return to Voldemort's side, and whether Voldemort believes it or not, he will use this opportunity to get more information.

The point is not whether Voldemort believes Narcissa or not, but that Voldemort needs the information from Narcissa and what to do with Narcissa's hand.

Like if it weren't for Narcissa, Bellatrix would never have been able to find Malfoy and defeat and take the badge.

"I've given you all the keys to unlock, what is your choice in the face of the temptation of immortality, Tom?"

Voldemort was faced with the same choice as Dumbledore.

Wrong.

He didn't have a choice.

He feared death, and the Holy Grail was a fatal temptation for him.

At the same time, he did not have time.

Perhaps he could hide and wait for Dumbledore's death.

But he couldn't wait for John's growth.

In the battle of the Ministry of Magic, John's strength and growth speed were enough to scare him.

In a few more years, John would have the power to kill Voldemort head-on.

John wasn't Dumbledore, he didn't have the kind of good-natured way that sat on the altar.

Johnny's Silver Hand and the Ministry of Magic will dig up even if Voldemort hides deeply.

He should have been afraid of John.

Either fight to the death, or be killed by John later.

Voldemort would have chosen the former, John was sure.

Looking back at the nine doors, he needed to give Voldemort a chance, and then took the soul.

Death can't fool Voldemort anymore, so he has to make a different excuse.

"When the time comes, I need to find a reason to disappear."

The rumors had spread, and Narcissa had reported on her movements, so he didn't believe Voldemort was unmoved.

The game of the three kings is still surging undercurrent, but everyone is trying their best.

...

John has always been a man of promise, for example, if he says that he will not attend class, he will not attend class, and if he says that he will arrive on time for class.

He also shows his face in Transfiguration and Charms classes, and sometimes in Herbal Medicine classes.

The most common place to see John is in the Conservation of Magical Beasts class.

Hagrid waited nervously and expectantly for John in the second week.

Arriving at class time, John showed up on time.

This made Hagrid's hanging heart fall.

"Awesome John, let's go see Glopp." As soon as Hagrid started class, he was going to lead John to Glopp.

John was speechless; "Hagrid, don't you have to go to class?"

Hagrid said with a strange expression: "Your knowledge reserve can graduate directly." ”

"All right," John said helplessly, "but you have to put it another way, it's called expanding your knowledge." ”

Correct Hagrid, Hagrid feels very reasonable.

The two of them went to see Glopp, and John kept his promise and prepared something for Glopp.

A rubber-like frisbee and a full set of educational toys.

It was all made by John, who installed a blackboard inside the cave so that Glop could learn to read.

...

Some people died, but not completely......