The Silent Bookstore Manager at Hogwarts

This is a very simple deduction: Voldemort was not the Dark Lord at his peak. Even if he survived by sheer luck, he must have been paralyzed. Otherwise, why would he need unicorn blood? He could have just killed Harry in the Forbidden Forest.

With the addition of the Gringotts theft and Hagrid's secret bringing the Philosopher's Stone to Hogwarts, Harry easily deduced Voldemort's target. Of course, this also raised a somewhat frightening question for Harry, but seeing Red sitting there, Harry felt that the question wasn't so scary after all.

So next, Voldemort most likely controlled a Hogwarts professor, and of course Harry already knew that it was Professor Quirrell working for him in order to obtain the Philosopher's Stone from Dumbledore.

"Why didn't the headmaster keep the Philosopher's Stone in a safer place, like carrying it with him at all times?"

Harry scratched his head. He really didn't want to doubt the headmaster, but the headmaster's actions often didn't seem like he was protecting the Philosopher's Stone at all. Instead, it seemed like he was making things easier for Voldemort. Otherwise, after retrieving the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts, as long as Dumbledore carried that thing with him, Voldemort would have absolutely no way to deal with Dumbledore.

"Perhaps it's because of the nature of the Philosopher's Stone that it's not easy to carry? Just like I told you, many wondrous items must be contained in a special way to minimize their impact."

Red offered an explanation, though he could only guess at Dumbledore's intentions: to see if he could actually lure Voldemort into the trap, and to see if Harry could pass his test...

At this point, Reid found it somewhat laughable that a renowned old wizard would test an eleven-year-old child who had already suffered greatly in his childhood, all because of a prophecy. Of course, this might also be related to the British country's consistently inhumane attitude, but Reid found it amusing when he thought about it: unreliable adults had to rely on an eleven-year-old child to deal with the Dark Lord.

"If that's the case, then if we assume that the Philosopher's Stone had to be placed in a room at Hogwarts..."

Harry tried to convince himself that Dumbledore had to leave the Philosopher's Stone there because of its special properties. Whether the truth of the matter was true or not, he had to find a reason to convince himself now, otherwise he felt that his next choice would be to simply lie in his Gryffindor dormitory and do nothing.

Harry shook his head, determined not to let the idea that "since Dumbledore wants Voldemort to get the Philosopher's Stone so badly, let him have it" continue to spread.

"Then, unsurprisingly, it's the room guarded by the Cerberus, Lou Williams."

After Harry finished explaining his reasoning, he looked at his companion.

"We must stop Voldemort from obtaining the Philosopher's Stone, otherwise Hogwarts will be doomed if he uses its power to return."

Harry was absolutely right. Voldemort would never let Hogwarts go and choose to rebel against his teachers and students. And none of the four people in this small room were willing to accept the return of a Dark Lord.

"Let's get started, everyone. But we need to finish our final exams first. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if Voldemort managed to get things done but we had to come back for make-up exams. Professor McGonagall wouldn't like any young wizards failing their exams."

Red's reminder loosened Ron's suspicions that they were actually facing Malfoy, not Voldemort.

"That's a Dark Lord, and he's clearly up to no good for Harry, so why do you all seem to be..."

Ron couldn't help but shout it out. Actually, Hermione didn't quite understand either. Even though she hadn't experienced it herself, Hermione had read so many books that she naturally knew more or less about the damage Voldemort had caused to the wizarding world during his time there. So she couldn't understand Harry and Red's attitude at all.

"We can't let Voldemort's threat throw us into a panic and cause us to fail our exams. What if the professor asks us what happened next, and we said Voldemort is going to come back to life and kill Harry, so we can't concentrate on our studies?"

As always, Red spoke with a straight face, saying things that made Hermione unable to suppress her laughter.

"The professor will only think you're an idiot. The best thing to do is to stay calm. At the very least, you can't panic just because you hear the enemy's name. That will cause you to miss out on the intelligence you could have obtained and will also let your enemy know that you're a complete fool."

Ron was speechless. He looked at Harry, who had already started reviewing. He was somewhat confident in the other subjects, but there was only Potions. He had never met a teacher like Snape in his life, so Harry wasn't aiming for high scores at all. He would be grateful if he could just pass the Potions final exam.

Of course, besides reviewing the final exams, Harry also had a book slipped to him by Red. It was a book they found in a room they had repaired while climbing the Miscellaneous Tower after renovating the Patients' Lounge. After Red finished cataloging it, the book was given to Harry.

"This book will be very suitable for what you're about to encounter, since your weapons might still be a bit inadequate against Voldemort."

Red handed Harry the book "Things That Don't Bark." In their first year, when everyone was still relatively weak, defense might be more meaningful than offense. Moreover, it was definitely better to learn the Commandments as early as possible, since they were the power principles of the Root Crown and the Altar.

In *The Things That Do Not Bark*, Alexander Probst cautiously mentions the "Root Crown"—a law, principle, or organization used to prevent the spread of dangerous knowledge. (Mystery: 4 [Month]) (Contains the teachings of a great art: [The Edict of Non-Invasion])

[The Edict of Non-Invasion LV1]: A precept of concealment and dissolution; ensuring its absolute execution is the nature of the root crown. (Nature: 2 Hearts, 1 Moon)

Of course, this amount of time was far from enough for Harry to fully learn the Immaculate Conception, even though Red thought it was just basic knowledge that could be understood after some practice. However, Harry did manage to complete the basic application under Red's guidance, even though he didn't learn all the knowledge.

On the afternoon after the tense and exciting final exams for all the young wizards at Hogwarts, the three of them got together again and began to discuss their next plans.