After the dinner, the students of each college followed the prefects back to their dormitories.

Roark said goodbye to Harry and the others, and followed the Ravenclaw army to the tower.

The teachers also dispersed and returned to their own break rooms.

Only Snape quietly made a detour and moved like a large bat towards the headmaster's office on the eighth floor of the castle.

……

8th floor of the castle, rector's office.

The spiral staircase moved slowly, and Snape, dressed in black robes, pushed open the door to the headmaster's office and entered.

He had anger on his face, "You never told me that Harry spent the last month at the Leaky Cauldron. ”

"You told me that Lily's spell was protecting him, and he had to live at his uncle's house......"

"You also know very well that the man is not dead, if anything does happen......" Snape chattered at Dumbledore.

"Severus!"

Dumbledore sighed, "Forgive me for my age. ”

"One kid was right, an old man like me would be nice to know when it rains to come home."

Severus Snape's expression calmed down when he heard Dumbledore's words.

"Dumbledore, you should know what I want to hear." Snape's words dried with resentment and anger.

He didn't come here to listen to the greatest white wizard who was old and old.

Snape was well aware that Dumbledore wasn't going to do something for no reason.

There's a reason Harry was able to live at the Leaky Cauldron.

And the best news Snape wanted to hear was - like the man was completely dead, so Harry was free.

Dumbledore was also helpless, he didn't know where to start for a while.

He trusted Snape a lot, but there were some things he hadn't told Snape, or he hadn't said yet.

"It's because of Quirrell."

All the portraits in the Headmaster's office were silent, except for Dumbledore's voice.

Quirrell?

That Quirinus Quirrell?

Snape knew, of course, that he was a professor of Muggle studies and a colleague of his own, though not familiar with him on a daily basis.

However, I heard that he seems to have gone on a trip during the holidays, and he has not returned to school this semester.

Snape didn't say anything, but waited for Dumbledore's next step.

"Quirrell went to Albania, where he met Voldemort."

"What?!" Snape instantly lost his breath.

He and Dumbledore always knew that Voldemort would definitely be resurrected.

And Dumbledore also guessed that Voldemort was in a very weak state.

But when Voldemort will appear, in what posture, and what kind of dark magic the other party's means of resurrection, both of them need to be careful to confirm.

For this reason, Dumbledore even asked Nicol Lemay for the Philosopher's Stone, which was used as bait to lure Voldemort.

Dumbledore also made the Savior Basket Project.

In the corridor on the fourth floor, the mechanism was set up in advance.

The first is to cultivate the courage of the savior Harry to face Voldemort.

The second is to test whether the spell on Harry's body has an effect on Voldemort after breaking away from his blood relatives.

It was only when he confirmed that Harry did possess "a power unknown to the Dark Lord" as stated in the prophecy that Dumbledore could be completely reassured.

"Don't worry, Voldemort is indeed very weak, he can only rely on parasitism to sustain his life, he parasitizes on Quirrell."

Snape quickly got to the point: "In other words, we just need to find Quirrell." ”

"No, that's what I want to say next." Even Dumbledore himself was troubled by what he was going to say next.

"Quirrell, you're dead."

"What?!" Snape was shocked again.

He didn't expect so many things to happen in one holiday.

Immediately afterward, Snape rejoiced:

"You killed him? Together with the Dark Lord? ”

Dumbledore's eyes were complicated, and to be honest, if the Dark Lord was parasitic on Quirrell, he would only be seen by himself after he lurked in the school.

Then he will definitely not do it, because the Dark Lord at this time can't be killed, and his strength is not strong.

Just enough to test Harry's protection charm.

He'd keep Quirrell under his side.

A controllable lion versus an invisible viper, or the former was more acceptable to Dumbledore.

But it's ......

Why is Voldemort's luck so bad?!

It was about two months ago, and Dumbledore had postponed all of his trips because he had gone to pick up a young wizard from an orphanage.

And fate probably happened in a coincidence.

Dumbledore met Quirrell by chance.

Voldemort was stupid, he had not yet established trust with Quirrell, and he even thought that Quirrell had informed Dumbledore without him knowing.

So he made a quick decision, and immediately forcibly sucked all of Quirrell's life and magic power, and fled.

Naturally, Dumbledore couldn't have watched the other party leave.

But unfortunately, at Voldemort's great price, Dumbledore failed to leave the other party behind.

And just like that, the Dark Lord completely disappeared from their sight.

……

Snape listened calmly to Dumbledore's story.

"I think you're really too old, and you let the other party run away."

"Wait!" Snape's face changed suddenly, as if he thought of something: "Could it be ...... You let Harry stay at the Leaky Cauldron because you wanted Harry to be the bait......"

"Dumbledore! You ......"

"You're wrong, Severus! Harry was never a decoy. Dumbledore didn't shy away from Snape's inquiry: "In Tom's eyes, Harry is far less important than the Philosopher's Stone. ”

Voldemort hadn't really eaten at Harry's hands at this time, so now he valued Lily's power more.

It was a power he didn't understand, and even bounced back the Requisition Spell.

He understands that it was Lily who stopped him, not a baby.

Although Harry is known to the outside world, in the eyes of Voldemort he is just an ordinary little wizard who can be destroyed at will.

"Harry lives in the Leaky Cauldron, that's not Tom's chance, it's Harry's chance."

Dumbledore clasped one hand on the table and said calmly, "Tom at this time is the weakest moment of his life, and the best opportunity to verify Harry's spell. ”

"If Harry succeeds, Voldemort will truly be stuck in the prophecy."

Just as the opposite of love is not hate, but ignorance.

The same is true of prophecy, there are countless stories in this world that rebel against prophecy like Ragnarok, but they all fail.

Just as you are about a thing or a person, whether you are revolving around it or backwards, you are actually revolving around it.

So the real way to avoid prophecy is not to resist, but to ignore it.

Voldemort was not as powerful as Dumbledore, but he was very cunning, never went toe-to-toe with Dumbledore, and could always be resurrected, so Dumbledore didn't have much to do with him more than ten years ago.

But one day, Voldemort believed, or rebelled, the prophecy.

On that occasion, Dumbledore found a way to eliminate Voldemort once and for all, as long as he deepened the connection between Voldemort and the prophecy step by step.

In the end, Voldemort himself will be on the path to his prophesied demise.

"Voldemort, however, didn't make a move on Harry." Dumbledore stood up and said, "Fawkes has been there all this time, protecting Harry at the Cauldron Tavern. ”

Snape turned to look at the phoenix on the shelf.

This dumb-looking phoenix is named Fox.

Dumbledore's expression was a little solemn, because he knew that such a good opportunity would probably not have a second time.

If you don't test your strength while Voldemort is weak......

The next time, Harry will have to face a powerful Voldemort with real guns.

"Voldemort has become more careful and cautious after this blow!"

"He's completely hidden."

Dumbledore's eyes flickered, and he looked up at the night sky outside the window.

Tom Riddle, it's going home on a rainy day.

Now that you are down, where is the safest home in your mind?