Harry Potter Raven's Claw

Half an hour later, Snape helped Dumbledore out of the basement again.

At this time, Mike was sitting on the sofa, holding a plate full of various foods and eating them voraciously.

Although I had eaten a lot at Lupin’s wedding, Mike had already been hungry after following Dumbledore for a whole night!

Snape, who had just helped Dumbledore to the living room, suddenly turned dark after seeing this scene.

Mike also noticed their arrival, and saw him swallowing the food in his mouth with difficulty, then he held the plate and said to Dumbledore and Snape:

"President Dumbledore, do you want to do some? Professor Snape's craftsmanship is really great!"

"Oh? Is that right? Then I really have to try it!"

Dumbledore said with a smile.

His face looked much better than before going to the basement. At least he had some blood on his face. His most seriously injured right hand was now covered with white bandages, which looked no different from a mummy.

Dumbledore struggled to break free from Snape's support and sat slowly next to Mike.

At this time, he looked like a real centenarian. Such simple movements made him panting and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Mike carefully wiped Dumbledore's sweat, then he inserted a poached egg from the dish and fed it into Dumbledore's mouth.

"Yeah! It's good!" Dumbledore said with wide eyes, "Is pepper sprinkled on it? Severus, I really didn't expect you to have this hand hidden."

A rare blush appeared on Snape's face. He stared at Mike fiercely and clenched his fists. Mike could guarantee that if Dumbledore was not by him at this moment, Snape would have fought with him.

Mike stopped when he saw the opportunity and quickly changed the topic:

"By the way, Professor Snape, how is President Dumbledore?"

As Mike expected, the expression on Snape's face immediately became solemn when he heard this.

But he did not answer Mike immediately, but turned around and looked at Dumbledore who was eating the exam room with inquiring eyes.

"It's a bad situation." Dumbledore put down the sausage in his hand and did not respond to Snape. Instead, he smiled and looked at Mike. "This is a very powerful curse, and even your professor of potions can only suppress it temporarily. If nothing unexpected happens, I may not be able to live long."

Hearing this, Mike's expression became extremely surprised.

But what he was surprised was not that Dumbledore couldn't live long, but that Dumbledore actually told him the news!

As an elder, shouldn’t we report good news to our younger generations but not bad news?

Why did Dumbledore turn the other way around?

However, Dumbledore and Snape obviously did not know the real reason for Mike's shock, and they thought Mike was just shocked by the news.

So Dumbledore's smile became softer, he patted Mike's shoulder and said softly:

"Don't worry, I won't die within ten years, but the magic power in my body will continue to weaken."

Mike opened his mouth slightly, not knowing how to respond.

Snape, who was standing by, sarcastically said:

"You could have lived for at least fifty years! It's because you did something stupid last night!"

As soon as this said, the smile on Dumbledore's face disappeared instantly. He lowered his head, looking very disappointed.

Mike frowned and looked at Snape. He originally thought Snape would understand Dumbledore, after all, Snape also lost the love of his life forever.

Mike believed that if Snape had seen the ring at that time, he would have brought the resurrection stone in his hand without hesitation like Dumbledore!

But since Snape said what he said now, Dumbledore must have not told the truth to Snape.

Thinking of this, Mike looked at Dumbledore again, and indeed saw that the old man who had just lowered his head was blinking at him frantically.

Mike understood in an instant and stopped talking.

“I think it’s time for us to leave.”

Dumbledore said a little embarrassedly, while Snape, who was standing by, waved his hand when he heard this, and said in a voice that raised eight tones:

"Oh! That's great! I don't want to see you again today! Especially you, Mike, please put my breakfast down!"

Mike put down the plate that had been left with awkward look, and then helped Dumbledore upside him and walked towards the narrow fireplace.

And just as they were about to step into the fireplace, Snape's voice came from behind.

"Wait! Dumbledore!" Snape shouted with a dark face, "I only give you enough medicine for half a month. You must come to me to replenish before the medicine is used up! Also, you must take medicine on time, otherwise you can't hold on for ten years, even ten days! Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Mike and Dumbledore looked at each other and both smiled.

Snape is a cold-hearted guy!

"Thank you, Severus."

Dumbledore thanked Snape sincerely, and the latter waved his hand irritably, signaling them to leave quickly.

Dumbledore nodded with a smile, and then Mike led himself into the fireplace.

After a flash, the small living room in the brick house No. 19 Spider Tail Lane was finally quiet, while Snape, who was alone, stared at the small fireplace and sighed deeply after a long time.

...

Ten minutes later, in a bedroom in the Order of the Forest Villa, Dumbledore was lying on the bed with a peaceful look on his face, while Mike sat by the bed and looked at Dumbledore without saying a word.

"President Dumbledore, now the only Slytherin pendant is left outside." Mike said seriously after a long time, "Given the current situation, I think we must speed up the action."

Dumbledore on the hospital bed slowly opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling and said softly:

"I mean that, but my current physical condition cannot support a long battle, so I'm afraid you will have to take on greater responsibilities next."

"You can rest assured that I have been preparing for this since the moment I watched Voldemort resurrection."

"That's good." A hint of relief flashed in Dumbledore's eyes. "Kinsley has been sent by me to investigate the Slytherin pendant box. After so long, I believe he must have achieved something. Tomorrow, I will ask Kingsley to find you tomorrow and let him cooperate with you with all his strength."

Upon hearing this, Mike finally had a smile on his face. He had wanted to get rid of the traditional pure-blood nobles represented by Chris for a long time, but he had been considering the legendary combat power that might exist in their family before, so he had not started.

But now that I have Dumbledore’s support, everything is different.

Although Dumbledore is now injured, Mike believes that he is fine to deal with the old antiques that may exist. You should know that Dumbledore still has the elderberry wand, which is known as the strongest magic wand!

Thinking of this, Mike stood up and prepared to say goodbye.

As for the resurrection stone ring, Mike was not ready to take it away from Dumbledore, although that was the best decision. After all, Dumbledore was likely to be addicted to the ghost summoned by the resurrection stone again, and eventually bewitched by the girl named Ariana.

But Mike felt that there was no need for that now.

Because Dumbledore no longer wants to live now. If Voldemort had not been eliminated, he would have committed suicide long ago.

This is why Dumbledore acted so indifferent after learning that he had not had much time. Others may think he was pretending to be calm, but Mike thought he really didn't care.

But although Mike was not interested in the Resurrection Stone at all, Dumbledore didn't think much of it.

He stared at Mike's departure back, and after a while, he shouted softly until Mike began to reach out and was about to push the door open:

"Mike, wait a moment."

"Do you have something to do?"

"I know you have a lot of doubts about the ring I last night," Dumbledore said. "Come on, let's talk openly, which will be beneficial to our future cooperation."

Upon hearing this, Mike could only sit back to Dumbledore with a strange expression.

He really didn't expect Dumbledore to take the initiative to tell him about the Resurrection Stone.

Seeing Mike come back, Dumbledore forced himself to sit up from the bed. Seeing this, Mike quickly helped and put two high pillows behind him.

"Huh! Thank you." Dumbledore exhaled, "Mac, have you read a fairy tale book called "Stories of Poetry and Bidou"?"

As a time traveler, Mike naturally knew the name of "The Story of the Poetry of Weng Bidou", but he still shook his head decisively.

In fact, he is not a lie, because he has never read this book!

"It's not surprising. When you entered the magic world, you were already eleven years old. You were already past the age of enjoying reading fairy tales." Dumbledore nodded and said, "Then let me tell you. "The Story of the Poetry and Woman" records a story. Three brothers named Peverlier met a big river during their trip... (The original story is too long, and I have put it in the comments of the work.) In this way, the third brother finally took the initiative to find the god of death and happily left the world with him as an equal."

Although this is not the first time I have heard this story, when Mike heard Dumbledore telling the fable again, he still felt his heartbeat beating constantly.

Taking a deep breath to calm down, Mike pretended to know what he had just learned and said:

"You mean, that ring is actually the resurrection stone?"

"Yes, the black gem inlaid on the ring is the Resurrection Stone." Dumbledore said, "In fact, this fable has a wide spread in the magic world. Many people think that as long as you collect these three death hallows, you can control death! But that's just nonsense. The three Peverier brothers are just three powerful wizards. They created the three powerful death hallows, and the fables and legends are just imaginations of later generations."

"How do you know that it's nonsense? Could it be..."

Mike looked at Dumbledore deliberately astonished.

Dumbledore was obviously confused by Mike's acting skills, and blinked at Mike in a mysterious way.

"Let me continue. The resurrection stone ring and the Slytherin pendant are both treasures of the Gunter family, and the Gunter family is a very famous pure blood family. They are the only remaining descendants of Salazar Slytherin and one of the branches of the Peverier family." Dumbledore said, "Of course, the Gunter family has now fallen, and the only member they still live is Voldemort."

"Voldemort's childhood was a tragedy. His mother was a squin, and the Gunter family was a very extreme pure blood family, so his mother's life in the Gunter family was not easy. No, it should be said that his mother lived in the Gunter family almost as bad as death."

Hearing this, McKe nodded silently.

He knew that all that Dumbledore said was true, because Filch was a living example.

These squibs from pure blood families are usually abandoned by the family because they cannot master magical power. Only a very small part of them will be kept as servants by the family, but that is not easy.

As for the children who were kicked out of the family, it was even worse. The long-term life in the magic world made them unable to integrate into the Muggle world at all, so they usually had to beg on the side of the road for a living.

Voldemort's mother was probably dealt with by the Gunter family who were left in the family as a maid.

"I have to say that this is a tragedy, but Voldemort's mother did not accept her fate. By chance, she fell in love with Voldemort's father, a handsome Muggle. Unfortunately, that Muggle didn't like her. So she used a romance agent to that Muggle."

"As we all know, love obtained with romance agents will never last long, and Voldemort's parents are no exception. Soon Voldemort's father abandoned him and his mother, and in desperation his mother could only take him back to the Gunter family. Well...ah, the next thing is a tragedy. I've said it before. The Gunter family is a very extreme pure blood family. So they also acted very extreme in dealing with Voldemort and his mother."

"This is a tragedy! Voldemort lost his mother forever and then appeared in an orphanage in London." Dumbledore repeated again, "and the story afterwards is very much like the plot depicted in your Muggle novel "The Earl of Monte Cristo". The prince who was pressured gained strength, and he went back to find his former enemies and took back everything that should belong to him from them."

Speaking of this, Dumbledore finally stopped.

Such a long passage was dragging his sick body and saying it clearly put a lot of burden on his body. Seeing him panting, Mike instinctively drank water for him.

"Huh, thank you, I feel much better." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Mike. Actually, there are many memory fragments of these things hidden in my office, but my body is really not suitable to show you these things, so I can only let you understand this history through oral instructions. I hope these can help you."

"Thank you very much, Principal Dumbledore, that's enough."

"That's good." Dumbledore nodded with satisfaction, "Let's put the resurrection stone here. Actually, I have always been very clear that summoning the undead with the resurrection stone is just a drinking poison to quench thirst. I will seal it up and no longer use it."

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