Chapter 964: The Disappearing Horcrux
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 let me think you're a fool."
"I guess," Kyle took a deep breath, "it should be the night when Voldemort was destroyed."
"Yes, it started from that day." Snape turned around suddenly, and the cloak he swung up almost hit Kyle's head.
Fortunately, Kyle reacted quickly enough and moved to the side in time to avoid it.
But Snape really likes cloaks... Maybe it's because he stays in the dungeon all year round, and it's really cold without a cloak.
Kyle touched a badge on his collar, and a warm breeze blew past, dispelling the chilly feeling that was unique to the underground classroom.
"It seems that you are not a fool. Come and see this. It can prove that your guess is correct."
Snape walked behind the desk and pulled out a thick stack of books 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 discovered that these newspapers had one thing in common: they all contained articles about Dumbledore, and most of them contained very unpleasant things.
An old fool, a fool, a madman, a dictator, the nemesis of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and the sole breadwinner of the Auror Office...
Wait, there seems to be some strange name mixed in there.
Kyle flipped through the newspaper again, but couldn't find the article he had just stumbled across.
Only then did he realize that there were quite a lot of newspapers.
Such a thick stack, there must be at least eighty pages, if not a hundred, which means Dumbledore was scolded more than a hundred times in the newspaper.
Most of them were written by Rita Skeeter, but there were other people whose names Kyle didn't recognize and had no recollection of.
I think they are probably some guys who want to attract attention, but they don't have the talent of Rita Skeeter.
In addition, the time when these newspapers were published is also very interesting. They were all published after Voldemort was killed, and there was not a single one published before 1981.
Oh yes, there are none in recent years either.
The last one praised Fudge and mocked Dumbledore for being old and confused. Looking at the time, Kyle remembered that the afternoon this newspaper was published was exactly the afternoon when Fudge changed his mind and announced that Voldemort had returned and the Ministry of Magic entered a wartime state.
After that, the newspapers' comments about Dumbledore became much more polite.
"It seems that Voldemort has another special ability." Kyle muttered softly: "He can teach those arrogant guys how to respect others."
"You should know why, right?" Snape sneered, "So you want the Dark Lord to be 'alive' rather than telling everyone the truth."
Kyle didn't answer, but just looked at Snape with a strange look.
"By the way, I'm a little curious why you collect these newspapers?"
"What?" Snape didn't react for a moment, then frowned and said:
"It doesn't matter. The newspaper is not my focus."
"On the contrary, I think this is very important." Kyle shook his head seriously.
Snape was silent for a long time before he said softly, "You swear not to tell anyone."
Seeing him hesitate to speak, Kyle's eyes became more and more anxious, and he felt a little nervous for some reason.
He pursed his dry lips and nodded repeatedly.
"Don't worry, I will never reveal any secrets. If you are worried, we can sign a magic contract."
"There is no need for a magic contract." Snape hesitated for a long time before saying, "I am worried that Lily Evans will become a laughing stock in the Daily Prophet one day, so I want Dumbledore to stop this behavior.
"It's just that he doesn't seem to care at all. No matter how badly others write, he never gets angry."
"That's it..." Kyle blurted out, a little disappointed.
"Hmm..." Snape narrowed his eyes, "So what do you think?"
There was suddenly a hint of murderous intent in the air, and Kyle quickly shook his head.
"No, I think so too."
But he was also relieved.
The main reason was that Snape's act of collecting newspapers was too confusing. If Kyle hadn't known his feelings for Lily Evans, he would have even suspected that he wanted to compete with Grindelwald.
If this is true, he should consider taking Kanna away as soon as possible.
They could go anywhere, but they had to be far enough away from Snape to avoid being covered in blood when Grindelwald came looking for them.
But that’s not necessary now.
Kyle pretended nothing had happened and continued reading the newspaper.
Snape stared into Kyle's eyes. Although Kyle was very skilled in Occlumency and he couldn't see anything, he still instinctively felt that Kyle was thinking about something very rude.
"You'd better put away those stupid ideas."
"I don't understand what you're saying." Kyle gave him a standard smile.
"That's better." Snape looked at Kyle coldly and continued the previous topic.
"Remember, you can tell others that the Dark Lord is dead, but don't tell them anything about Horcruxes."
"Is this necessary?" Kyle shrugged. "Hasn't the Ministry of Magic already known about this from you?"
"They only saw part of the memory," Snape said. "I am confident in my Occlumency, but Shacklebolt's Legilimency is far inferior to the Dark Lord's. He only saw what I wanted him to see.
"Of course, most of it is true. The only thing missing is the fact that Potter is the last Horcrux. That's what Dumbledore meant."
"I know," Kyle said. "That part is missing from the memory he provided."
"This is to protect Potter. He promised me that he would not tell this to any other person..."
When he said this, Snape looked at Kyle again, "Unfortunately... he did not keep his promise."
"Hey, I solved the fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry's body without asking him to voluntarily bear Voldemort's killing curse." Kyle said unhappily, "I did what neither you nor Dumbledore did."
"Do you think I'll thank you?" Snape sneered.
"I think Lily Evans will thank me."
There was a crisp sound, like the sound of bones rubbing against each other.
"You'd better stop provoking me..." Snape said word by word, looking at Kyle with increasingly dangerous eyes...
Hell, if it hadn't been for Connor, he would have kicked Kyle out a long time ago.
"I'm just stating the truth," Kyle said, but he didn't goad Snape any further.
"Okay, let's continue with what we were talking about... In addition to Legilimency, didn't Kingsley use Veritaserum on you?"
"You think I couldn't imagine they were going to use Veritaserum on me?"
Snape tried to control himself. "And as a former Potions professor, I know at least three ways to render the truth serum ineffective.
"So they thought they got the whole truth, but they missed the most important part." "You mean... the number of Horcruxes." Kyle raised his eyebrows.
The memories provided by Dumbledore are actually very complete. Although they lack the parts about Slughorn and Harry, they do mention the number of Horcruxes.
This means that the Ministry of Magic only knows that the total number of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes is seven, and six of them have been destroyed.
The diary, the Hufflepuff cup, the Slytherin locket, the Ravenclaw diadem, the Resurrection Stone ring and the runespoof 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 that stupid anymore." Snape spoke much faster.
"In the eyes of those in the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort only destroyed six Horcruxes before he was killed, and one is missing. This is good news for you."
"Do you know why?"
Kyle guessed something, but when he saw Snape's slightly upturned mouth, he shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Snape walked up behind Kyle and suddenly laughed.
"Do you think that no one else knows about what you did during the Battle of Hogwarts?"
"what did I do?"
"Firefly, and the surrendered Death Eaters," said Snape.
"They didn't just sit there and wait."
"But that's how some people see it." Snape said sarcastically, "Many Aurors and Amelia Bones have seen that it was you who deliberately let Fiendfyre go out of control and killed hundreds of Death Eaters."
To be honest, for a moment, Kyle was a little nervous, but that was it.
Fiendfyre is difficult to control. Without evidence, the people from the Ministry of Magic can't do anything to him. If nothing works, they can just reveal the truth.
He really didn't believe that the people from the Ministry of Magic would go against him just for a few Death Eaters.
If they were so stupid... like Snape said, just because he killed Voldemort, he could drive anyone, including Amelia Bones, out of the Ministry of Magic.
In addition...
Kyle looked at Snape, and it was clear from his expression that he had not finished speaking.
"Well...then why didn't they come to bother me?" Kyle asked cooperatively.
"That's because I showed them you killing the Dark Lord," said Snape.
"Now that Dumbledore is dead, if the Dark Lord is destined to return in the future, 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 they knew nothing. As long as the Horcrux was not destroyed, they would maintain due respect for you."
"Then I really have to thank you, Mr. Snape." Kyle said excitedly.
"Hypocritical..." Snape took a step back.
"And you seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not trying to help you. I just don't want Kanna to be sad."
"Then let me thank you on behalf of Kanna." Kyle said casually without caring.
"You..." Snape paused and turned back angrily, "Get out, get out!"
Before Kyle could react to what was happening, he was forcibly kicked out.
With a bang, the door was slammed shut in front of him.
what?
Why are you angry again?
Kyle blinked, a little confused. He didn't mention Lily Evans this time.
But the door was already closed, and even if he knocked, Snape would not open it for him.
Really, why is his temper just like that of a skrewt, changing at any time?
Kyle shook his head and simply walked towards the stairs, thinking about what Snape had just said.
It was indeed good news for him that the Ministry of Magic didn't know that Harry was a Horcrux.
Kyle couldn't help but laugh.
What Snape said just now was very right. He admitted that he wanted Voldemort to be "alive" more, so he did not tell everyone the truth at the first time.
Although Kyle was not afraid of the Ministry of Magic causing him trouble, it was good to save some trouble. He also did not want to be like Dumbledore and lock himself up in Hogwarts and not go anywhere.
So he has been thinking of a solution these days.
Headmistress 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 from the dead, so from the perspective of the Ministry of Magic, the current situation is probably the same as it was a decade ago.
Voldemort is dead, but he has only disappeared temporarily. He may come back again in a dozen years or even dozens of years.
And after this hearing, the Ministry of Magic should focus on finding the last Horcrux.
Oh yeah, there are other Horcruxes too.
Kyle was sure that Amelia Bones would not trust such a thing to be in other people's hands, even if it had been destroyed.
Thinking of this, Kyle couldn't help but quicken his pace.
Of course he couldn't hand over what he had, so he had to make a few fakes before the Ministry of Magic investigated him.
Kyle was not afraid of being discovered. After all, those things had been destroyed. After rolling in the fierce fire, even if they were real, they would become fake.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is the special magic residue on the Horcrux.
This was not a big problem at all. Kyle had studied Horcruxes for a while before. Although he had never made one himself, he was not unfamiliar with it.
He was still confident that if the Aurors couldn't find out, he could just ask Nicolas Flamel to help produce a certificate, and no one would doubt it.
Kyle walked up the stairs and left the dim basement classroom.
When they arrived at the entrance hall, they just saw Hermione walking in front, with Harry and Ron following behind, pestering her for her notes.
"Please Hermione, just lend us the notebook."
"You definitely don't want us to not get any certificates."
Looking at the pitiful Harry, Kyle suddenly laughed.
He couldn't help laughing at the thought of the people from the Ministry of Magic searching for Horcruxes everywhere.
I'm afraid Amelia Bones would never have imagined that Voldemort's last Horcrux would be the savior Harry Potter.
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