Chapter 964 The Disappearing Horcrux

"When did this change happen——" Snape's voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself.

"There's no one else here." He looked at Kyle, "And don't make me think you're an idiot."

"I guess," Kyle took a deep breath, "it should be the night Voldemort was destroyed."

"That's right, it started from that day." Snape turned around suddenly, and his cloak almost hit Kyle on the head.

Fortunately, Kyle reacted quickly enough and moved aside in time to avoid it.

But Snape really likes cloaks - maybe it's because he stays in the underground classroom all year round. It's really cold if he doesn't wear a cloak more often.

Kyle touched a certain badge on his collar, and a warm breeze blew through, dispelling the cold feeling unique to the underground classroom.

"It seems that you are not a fool. Come and take a look at this. It will prove that your guess is right."

Snape walked behind the desk and took out a thick volume from the drawer.

Kyle took two steps forward and realized that they were all copies of the Daily Prophet. When stacked together, they were almost thicker than two books.

Looking more closely, Kyle also found that these newspapers had a common feature, that is, they all contained articles about Dumbledore, and the words they said were very unpleasant.

An old fool, a fool, a lunatic, a dictator, the nemesis of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, who supports the Auror office alone·——

Wait, there seems to be some strange name mixed in.

Kyle turned back the newspaper again, but couldn't find the article he had just stumbled upon.

Only then did he realize that there were so many newspapers.

It was so thick, there were probably eighty if not one hundred, which also meant that Dumbledore had been scolded more than a hundred times in the newspaper.

Most of them were written by Rita Skeeter, but there were other names that Kyle didn't recognize and had no recollection of.

Presumably some guy who wanted to impress people but didn't have Rita Skeeter's talent.

In addition, the time when these newspapers were published is also very interesting. They were all after Voldemort was killed, in 1981.

There is not one from before the year.

Oh, by the way, not even in recent years.

The last one was praising Fudge and mocking Dumbledore for being a fool. Looking at the time, Kyle remembered that the afternoon this newspaper was published happened to be when Fudge changed his mind and announced that Voldemort was back and the Ministry of Magic was entering a wartime state. .

After that, the comments about Dumbledore in the newspapers became much more polite.

"It seems that Voldemort also has a special ability." Kyle whispered: "He can make those arrogant guys learn how to respect others."

"You should know exactly why this is, right?" Snape sneered, "That's why you want the Dark Lord to 'live' more than to tell everyone the truth."

Kyle didn't answer, just looked at Snape with a strange look.

"Speaking of which, I'm a little curious why you collect these newspapers?"

"What?" Snape didn't react for a moment, then frowned and said:

"It's not important. The newspaper is not the point."

"On the contrary, I think this is very important." Kyle shook his head seriously.

Snape was silent, and after a long time he said softly: "You swear not to tell anyone."

Seeing him hesitant to speak, Kyle's eyes grew more and more nervous, and he was inexplicably nervous.

He pursed his dry mouth and nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, I will never reveal any secrets. If you are worried, we can also sign a magic contract."

"There is no need for a magical contract." Snape hesitated for a long time before saying: "I am worried that Lily Evans will one day become a joke in the Daily Prophet, and I want Dumbledore to stop this. kind of behavior.

"It's just that he doesn't seem to care about it at all. No matter how unpleasant other people write, he never gets angry."

"That's it——"

Kyle blurted out, a little disappointed.

"Um--..-"

Snape narrowed his eyes, "What do you think?"

Suddenly there was a hint of murderous intent in the air, and Kyle shook his head quickly.

"No, I think so too."

But he was also relieved.

The main thing is that Snape's behavior of collecting newspapers is really confusing. If it weren't for knowing that he was interested in Lily...

Kyle even suspected that Evans wanted to compete with Grindelwald.

If this is the case, he should consider taking Kang Na away as soon as possible.

You can go anywhere, but you must be far enough away from Snape to avoid splattering them with blood when Grindelwald comes looking for him.

But no more now.

Kyle pretended as if nothing had happened and continued to read the newspaper.

Snape stared into Kyle's eyes. Although Kyle was very skilled in Occlumency, he could not see anything.

But he still instinctively felt that Kyle was thinking of something very rude.

"You'd better put those stupid ideas away."

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Kyle gave him a standard smile.

"It's best this way." Snape glanced at Kyle coldly and continued the topic.

"Remember, you can tell others that the Dark Lord is dead, but never say anything about Horcruxes."

"Is this still necessary?" Kyle shrugged, "Didn't the Ministry of Magic already know this from you?"

"They only saw part of the memory," Snape said. "I'm still very confident in my Occlumency, but compared to Shacklebolt's Legilimency and the Dark Lord, it's really far behind. What he sees is what I want him to see.

"Of course, most of it is true. The only thing missing is that Potter is the last Horcrux. This is what Dumbledore meant."

"I know." Kyle said, "This is missing from the memory he provided."

"This is to protect Potter. He promised me that he would never tell a third person about this—"

When saying this, Snape looked at Kyle again, "Unfortunately--he did not keep his promise."

"Hey, I was the one who solved the fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry's body. There was no need for him to voluntarily bear Voldemort's death curse." Kyle said angrily, "It's something neither you nor Dumbledore did. , I did it.”

"Did you think I would thank you?" Snape laughed.

"I think Lily Evans would thank me."

There was a "bang" sound, like the sound of bones rubbing together.

"You'd better not continue to pick on me——" Snape said word by word, looking at Kyle with increasingly dangerous eyes——

Hell, if it wasn't for Connor, he would have kicked Kyle out.

"What I said is the truth," Kyle said, but did not provoke Snape any further.

"Okay, let's continue the topic we just talked about - apart from Legilimency, didn't Kingsley use Veritaserum on you?"

"You think I wouldn't have thought they'd use Veritaserum on me?"

Snape tried to control himself. "And as a former Potions Master, I have at least three ways to render Veritaserum useless.

"So they think they're getting the whole truth, but they're missing the most important part."

"You mean——.——·the number of Horcruxes." Kyle raised his eyebrows.

The memory provided by Dumbledore is actually quite complete, although it lacks the parts about Slughorn and Harry.

But the number of Horcruxes was mentioned.

This means that the people in the Ministry of Magic only know that the total number of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes is seven, and six of them have been destroyed.

Diary, Hufflepuff gold cup, Slytherin locket, Ravenclaw diadem, Resurrection stone ring and the rune snake.

In order to protect Harry, Dumbledore deliberately did not mention him in his memory - but this decision inevitably hid the whereabouts of the seventh Horcrux.

"You're finally not so stupid." Snape spoke much faster.

"In the eyes of those at the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort only destroyed six Horcruxes before he was killed, and one is still missing. This is good news for you."

"Do you know why?"

Kyle guessed a little, but when he saw the corners of Snape's mouth turning up slightly, he still shook his head, "I didn't know Snape walked up behind Kyle and suddenly laughed.

"Do you feel that no one else knows about the things you did in the previous Hogwarts War?"

"What did I do?"

"Fire, and those Death Eaters who have been captured without mercy," Snape said.

"They didn't take it easy."

"But that's how it seems to some people." Snape said mockingly: "Many Aurors and Amelia Bones have seen it. It was you who deliberately made Li Huo lose control and killed several people. Hundreds of Death Eaters."

To be honest, Kyle did feel a little nervous for a moment, but that was all.

Li Huo is inherently difficult to control. Without evidence, people from the Ministry of Magic can't do anything to him. If that doesn't work, they can just announce the truth.

He really didn't believe that people from the Ministry of Magic would go against him for a few Death Eaters.

If they were so stupid as to kill Voldemort on their own, as Snape said, he could expel anyone, including Amelia Bones, from the Ministry of Magic.

In addition, Kyle looked at Snape, and it was easy to see from his expression that he had not finished speaking.

"Well - then why didn't they come to trouble me?" Kyle asked cooperatively.

"That's because I let them see you killing the Dark Lord." Snape said.

"Now that Dumbledore is dead, if the Dark Lord is destined to come back later, the only one who can stop him is you, the new savior.

Snape walked past Kyle, then turned around and stared into Kyle's eyes.

"So they gave up and pretended not to know anything. As long as the Horcrux is not destroyed for a day, they will maintain due respect for you."

"Then I really want to thank you, Mr. Snape." Kyle said excitedly.

"Fake toughness——" Snape took a step back.

"And you seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not trying to help you, I just don't want Kangna to be sad."

"Then let me thank you on behalf of Kangna." Kyle said casually without paying attention.

"You——" Snape paused and turned back angrily, "Get out, get out!"

Before Kyle could realize what was going on, he was forcibly kicked out.

With a crashing sound, the door was slammed shut in front of him.

ah?

Why are you angry again?

Kyle blinked, a little confused. He didn't mention Lily Evans this time.

But the door was closed. Even if he knocked, Snape wouldn't open it for him.

Really, how could his temper change like a skrewt?

Kyle shook his head and simply walked towards the stairs, thinking about what Snape had just said.

It was good news for him that the Ministry of Magic didn't know that Harry was a Horcrux.

Kyle couldn't help laughing.

What Snape said just now was right. He admitted that he wanted Voldemort to be "alive" more, so he didn't tell everyone the truth at the first time.

Although Kyle was not afraid of the Ministry of Magic finding trouble with him, it was naturally good to save some trouble, and he didn't want to be like Dumbledore, locking himself in Hogwarts and not going anywhere.

So he had been thinking of a way these days.

Dean Sassia of St. Mungo's was one of his "preparations", but Snape brought him better news.

It has been proven that Voldemort can be resurrected, so in the eyes of the Ministry of Magic, the current situation is probably the same as it was more than a decade ago.

Voldemort is dead, but he has only disappeared temporarily. He may come back again in more than ten years or decades.

And after this hearing, the Ministry of Magic should focus on finding the last Horcrux. Oh, yes, there are other Horcruxes.

Kyle is sure that Amelia Bones must not be at ease with such a thing being kept in other people's hands, even if it has been destroyed.

Thinking of this, Kyle couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Of course, he couldn't hand over the things in his hands, so he had to make a few fakes before the Ministry of Magic investigated him.

Kyle was not afraid of being seen, after all, those things had been destroyed, and rolled in the Fiendfyre,

even if they were real, they would become fake.

The only thing to pay attention to is the special magic residue on the Horcrux.

This is not a big problem at all. Kyle has studied Horcruxes for a while before. Although he has not made them by himself, he is not unfamiliar with them.

He was still confident that if the Aurors could not see it, he could ask Nicolas Flamel to help him produce a certificate, and no one would doubt it.

Kyle walked up the stairs and left the dim underground classroom.

When he came to the hallway, he saw Hermione walking in front, and Harry and Ron followed behind, pestering her for notes.

"Please Hermione, just lend us the notes."

"You certainly don't want us to not get a certificate."

Looking at the pitiful Harry, Kyle suddenly laughed.

When he thought that the people in the Ministry of Magic would look for Horcruxes everywhere, he couldn't help laughing.

I'm afraid Amelia Bones would never have thought that Voldemort's last Horcrux would be the savior Harry Potter.