Chapter Seventy-Two: The Inescapable Prophecy
On the fourth floor of the castle, Munn soon met Dumbledore standing in the corridor on the right, and he just stood at the window, quietly waiting.
"Why did you come here on the fourth floor, I don't want to die for no reason." Mu En smiled.
Dumbledore turned, "I'd like to ask you for a favor." ”
"Say it." Munn nodded, there are indeed a lot of good things in the forbidden book area of Hogwarts, he knows the value of this knowledge, as long as Dumbledore doesn't make any excessive requests, he has no reason to refuse.
"Is it related to Quirrell and today's trolls?" Mu En asked.
"That's right." Dumbledore nodded, and turned to walk deeper into the hallway.
Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then said, "Voldemort, no, Riddle isn't dead. ”
His eyes flickered, "My friend is talking about Riddle, right?" ”
"Yes." Munn nodded, and walked inside with Dumbledore.
It seems that Grindelwald's letter was indeed sent to Dumbledore.
The good news was that Dumbledore did read his letters.
The bad news was that Dumbledore wasn't going to reply.
The thoughts raced through Munn's head before he slowly focused his thoughts on Dumbledore's last sentence.
"So Quirrell is a fan of Voldemort?"
Dumbledore looked unexpected, as if he didn't expect Munn to be too surprised.
"I've always thought he's not dead, and at his level, there are many ways to circumvent the Curse. But it wasn't until this year that I was sure of the fact that he was alive. ”
"Does it have anything to do with Quirrell?"
"Yes and no. At least Quirrell had nothing to do with Voldemort. And now he has a very high probability of becoming a Death Eater. Dumbledore said that they had reached the depths of the corridor on the fourth floor, stopping in front of a large door.
"At least I'm not going to let a Death Eater teach at the school, so it's safe to assume that Quirrell's change has something to do with what happened to him in Albania last year. Maybe Voldemort was hiding there. ”
Mu En looked at the door, he could smell the beast breath inside from the cracks in the wooden door, and even faintly heard the snoring inside.
"Trolls don't seem to be like that, who would have thought there were more terrifying creatures here." Mu En sighed.
"You deliberately said that at the opening banquet, are you really not afraid that some children will be curious and find you, which will only add to the trouble?
Our Weasley brothers, for example, I think they must have been here one night. ”
"Perhaps... They couldn't even open the door. Dumbledore said, and then slowly pushed the door open, and the sound of chains clashing, and a large three-headed dog straightened up and watched them warily.
"This is Lou Wei, one of Hagrid's friends, and I asked him to help me guard the Philosopher's Stone." Dumbledore finished his introduction and said, "I heard that you are quite accomplished in music. ”
"I'm just listening." Mu En looked at him embarrassedly: "So you want some music?" ”
"It couldn't be better." Dumbledore nodded.
Muen raised his hand, and the little wand appeared, flicking in the air like a conductor.
The crisp sound of the piano appeared in the air for no reason, slowly fluttering.
However, this music is not so beautiful, on the contrary, it is very eerie, and even makes people feel uncomfortable for no reason.
But Lu Wei obviously didn't care so much, and his eyes began to droop. Slowly, the menacing grunt of the tip of its nose vanished, and finally it staggered a few times, and fell to the floor, falling into a deep sleep.
Dumbledore shook his body, the song was really not friendly, it made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Music, there's always a unique magic, what's this piece called?"
"Halloween Theme, the soundtrack of a horror movie, I think it fits well for Halloween, doesn't it." Mu En smiled, stopped waving his wand, and asked instead:
"So you're just suspicious of Quirrell, haven't you ever thought of him?"
"Of course I did, but unfortunately I was resisted." Dumbledore no longer concealed this time, but simply admitted: "You know, there are not many people who can resist my deception, and Quirrell is definitely not one of them." ”
Dumbledore took Muen over the trapdoor and jumped down, several devil nets quickly climbed up, but as soon as they came into contact with him, they were cut off by Muen one after another.
"Pomona's handwriting?"
Dumbledore nodded.
Mu En followed, with a suspicious expression: "I don't believe she doesn't have a better choice, biting kale is better than this, but it's really not good that two underage mandrakes are more tricky." ”
Dumbledore just smiled and didn't answer directly, but walked through room after room with Munn. Until you step over the flames and walk into an empty room in the deepest part of the room.
"Although Riddle is not dead, I can conclude that he is definitely not in that good shape. So in order to lure him out, I made a bold decision. ”
As he spoke, a golden stone the size of a walnut appeared in his hand.
"This is the Philosopher's Stone?" Mu En wondered.
Dumbledore nodded: "It's Vault 713, what I asked Hagrid to fetch it." I believe he definitely had a great attraction to Voldemort. ”
"That's right." Mu En nodded approvingly, and then changed his words, his face was not good:
"So, you're using these pediatric gadgets to get in the way of Riddle?! A devil's net, a group of winged keys, is actually equipped with a broomstick. And a game of chess, a troll, a logic game...
Dumbledore, are you kidding me?
Don't you think it's more of a game-stopper? ”
As he spoke, Mu En looked at Dumbledore: "For whom is this game?" Harry? ”
Dumbledore hesitated, then nodded.
He brought Mu En here to show his sincerity by telling all of this.
Otherwise, when the matter is finally over, the only trust between him and Mu En may be gone, and it may even push this powerful wizard who suddenly appeared to the opposite side.
"Why?" Mu En suddenly asked, "Is he important?" Do you really think of him as the savior who killed Voldemort? ”
"Because of prophecy." Dumbledore said, "It was prophesied that the one who killed Voldemort would be a child born at the end of July, Harry. ”
"Prophecy? You're here too?! Mu En looked at him in surprise: "If that's the case, I might have to change my opinion of you." ”
"You don't understand." Dumbledore shook his head solemnly, and rarely retorted to Muen: "Muen, I recognize your strength, but you haven't noticed the despair of this world. ”
"Despair..."Mu En was stunned for a moment.
This is not the first time he has heard this word. Grindelwald also said it. He no longer prophesied, because the more he predicted the future, the deeper the despair he felt.
"The world... Despair?! Munn looked at Dumbledore, trying to extract more information from his eyes.
"Yes, the despair of the world." His old eyes flashed with a sense of see-through meaninglessness.
"Trust me, no one can ignore the prophecy, and you may think it's stupid. But why do Gellert and Riddle believe so much? ”