The Wizard of Hogwarts is Unscientific.

Chapter 99 Dumbledore, you lied to me again!

As Voldemort possessed him, Quirrell's ropes came off automatically.

Struggling to his feet, Quirrell picked up the wand that had fallen to the side.

Brushing the dirt off his clothes, Quirrell stammered, "M-Master, what's next..."

"waste!"

Voldemort was inexplicably furious. If he had any other choice, he wouldn't have chosen Quirrell, that good-for-nothing.

Quirrell was still useful for the time being, so Voldemort had no choice but to put up with his stupidity.

"Once the person arrives, we'll fight him together!"

Voldemort said angrily, "We need to hurry, the infirmary can't hold Dumbledore off for long."

Quirrell breathed a sigh of relief and began to flatter him, "Master actually managed to fool Dumbledore..."

"Shut up!"

Voldemort almost drove Quirrell crazy.

What time is it? You're still flattering me? Can't you think of something useful instead?

This was truly the worst class of Death Eaters I've ever led.

"Dumbledore is the most hypocritical man in the world. If we can take advantage of that, we can easily deal with him."

Since this was Quirrell's only remaining subordinate, Voldemort explained the situation to him.

So that he won't be a confused ghost in hell after he dies.

the other side.

After Dumbledore's Phoenix Guardian flew out of the fourth-floor restricted area, the first person it encountered was Snape.

Dumbledore hesitated.

He wasn't sure if Voldemort was playing a diversionary tactic, but Don was definitely in trouble and needed his personal attention to resolve it.

Therefore, Voldemort is very likely still in the restricted area on the fourth floor.

And Snape...

If Snape still wants to return to Voldemort's side and infiltrate his inner circle, he absolutely cannot openly oppose Voldemort at this time.

"What happened?" Snape asked, frowning.

Dumbledore's voice came from within the Phoenix Patronus: "Quirok has gone to the fourth floor restricted area, and Voldemort's ghost should have gone to Don's place. I need to go check it out."

"Go and tell Minerva to go to the fourth floor and lock Quirrell up. Be careful, Voldemort might still be on the fourth floor."

After saying this, the Phoenix Guardian was about to fly away to inform the others.

Although arrangements had already been made for the other professors, it was still better to go and check on them to be on the safe side. Especially for the junior wizards, at least one professor from each house needed to go.

"Wait a moment!"

Snape called out to the Phoenix Patronus, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I'm going to the fourth floor, the forbidden area. When are you coming back?"

In Snape's mind, if Quirrell was the only person in the fourth-floor restricted area, he could simply detain him.

But if Voldemort were also there, he could try to get close to Voldemort and lay the groundwork for future infiltration.

"No!"

Without hesitation, the Phoenix Guardian refused, saying, "We can't let Voldemort get help at this time."

Infiltrating is easy, but if Voldemort asks Snape to do things for him, Snape will be caught in a dilemma, and it may even lead to Voldemort's premature resurrection.

Dumbledore now only hopes to delay things for a few more years.

Snape's expression shifted. "The Dark Lord would prefer me to stay by your side, but you must come sooner rather than later."

"...Five minutes!" The Phoenix Guardian said a timeframe, then turned and flew away.

Snape made his way to the fourth floor, the restricted area.

The penalty area couldn't hold Quirrell back, and it certainly couldn't hold Snape back either.

Before the Mirror of Eris.

Snape met Quirrell and also Voldemort, who was possessing Quirrell.

Snape stopped in his tracks, muttering in shock, "The Dark Lord...?"

"Severus, I never imagined we'd meet here again in this way."

Voldemort stared directly into Snape's narrow, scarlet eyes. "Look at me! Now I've fallen to this state, and those who swore allegiance to my servants have become Dumbledore's lackeys."

Snape looked terrified. "Master, you were the one who sent me to infiltrate Dumbledore's inner circle. All these years... I thought you had already..."

"You think I died that night ten years ago?"

Voldemort said coldly, "I've told you more than once that I've gone further than anyone else on the path to stopping death. And yet, I disappeared, and not one of you came looking for me."

"I really thought you were dead."

Snape explained, then looked at the Mirror of Erised, "Master, Dumbledore put the Philosopher's Stone in the mirror. Only those who want the Philosopher's Stone but do not want to use it can obtain it."

Voldemort scoffed at this, "Dumbledore is still so hypocritical, only good at playing petty tricks."

"Master?" Quirrell made his presence known.

He understood; he felt that none of the three people present could obtain the Philosopher's Stone.

"Shut up!"

Upon seeing Snape, Voldemort found Quirrell, that fool, even more unbearable.

People are afraid of comparisons.

Putting aside everything else, Quirrell became a professor, only to be expelled from the school by a group of junior wizards.

When Snape was a professor, he only needed to stand there and no junior wizard dared to speak loudly.

This is the difference!

"Severus, seeing me like this, are you still willing to serve me?" Voldemort's scarlet eyes coldly stared at Snape.

"Of course, I'll be waiting for your return anytime."

Snape bowed slightly. "Master, how can I help you?"

cracking--

Above the empty stone chamber, a colorful phoenix circled in the air. As the firelight flashed, Dumbledore, dressed in a white robe, appeared out of nowhere.

"Tom...!"

"Dumbledore!?"

Voldemort gritted his teeth, "You lied to me again! The phoenix can Apparate within the castle!"

Dumbledore: "..."

Thank you for trusting me so much!

But... there are so many house-elves in the castle's kitchen. You've lived at Hogwarts for seven years, didn't you notice anything?

House-elves can also Apparate within the castle.

"Consider it a win this time," Voldemort said nonchalantly.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Quirrell suddenly screamed in agony.

"Tom, you...!" Dumbledore's expression changed.

Voldemort is actually draining Quirrell's life force.

Snape glanced at Voldemort and then at Dumbledore, standing there like a lackey.

"However... I have obtained something more important!" Voldemort said with a hint of smugness.

People have different experiences, so their thoughts and perceptions will naturally differ.

Although Voldemort had his Killing Curse reflected by Harry Potter ten years prior, he didn't really take Harry Potter seriously at that time.

In Voldemort's mind, the Reversal Killing Curse was mostly associated with Harry's mother, and had nothing to do with Harry himself.

In the original books, Voldemort's obsession with killing Harry himself stemmed from a number of factors.

One reason was to establish authority in front of the Death Eaters.

Secondly, when Harry was in his first year of school, Voldemort discovered that he could not touch Harry.

Thirdly, because Harry repeatedly used the Disarming Charm to block his Killing Curse.

This time, however, Voldemort did not confront Harry directly.

(End of this chapter)