Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"You're right." Dumbledore sighed with some regret, "It seems we still need to find another suitable candidate..."

Looking at Dumbledore's thoughtful expression, Lycos's eyes suddenly moved and he looked at Harry with interest.

"If you want to teach Potter Occlumency... I recommend Professor Snape!"

"He is the true master of Occlumency!"

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Chapter 173 Is Dumbledore so scary?

"what?!"

Harry was immediately shocked when he heard the name Snape.

"Absolutely not! It can't be Snape, no matter who it is!"

Harry felt his insides melting, being tutored by Snape alone—what had he done to deserve this kind of punishment? He quickly looked at Dumbledore with pitiful eyes.

"It is Professor Snape, Harry," Dumbledore corrected him sternly. "Professor Snape is indeed an expert in Occlumency, and he is the most suitable person to teach you."

"but……"

Harry was about to retort, but Dumbledore interrupted him.

"I know you and Professor Snape don't get along too well, Harry," Dumbledore said gently, "but perhaps this private lesson will lessen the prejudice between you two?"

"Don't rush to refuse, at least give it a try first, okay?"

Harry stared at Dumbledore blankly for a long time, but he couldn't think of any reason to refuse.

He could only nod with difficulty, and without even hearing what Dumbledore said, he left the headmaster's office with a numb expression...

"Actually, I thought you would teach him yourself." After Harry left, Lekos spoke, "Headmaster Dumbledore, compared to Professor Snape, you should be the best Occlumency expert in Hogwarts."

"With you here, I can't claim to be the best Occlumency expert at Hogwarts," Dumbledore said with a smile, "and Severus's Occlumency is no worse than mine. Voldemort has never been able to read his mind."

Lycos curled his lips, disapproving of Dumbledore's usual modesty.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Dumbledore smiled and sat back at his desk. "I think since you suggested that Harry learn Occlumency, you should have guessed that there is some connection between Harry and Voldemort..."

"Indeed." Lycos nodded. "But I think the safest approach is to make Potter forget about this matter completely. An Obliviate spell might be a better way to accomplish this goal."

"Lex, if you really did that, what would be the difference between you and Lockhart?" Dumbledore looked deeply into Lecos' eyes.

"But no matter what I do, at least I can guarantee my own safety..." Lycos said with a pursed mouth, "And your plan cannot be exposed either, right?"

"Yes, we don't want Voldemort to know those secrets." Dumbledore nodded slightly, but his words did not waver. "But the Oblivion Charm does not mean it is foolproof..."

"The connection between Harry and Voldemort is very likely to be closer than we thought."

He said slowly in a very heavy tone:

"Lexus, if you've carefully studied the Oblivion Charm, you'll find that it doesn't completely erase memories. All it can do is hide them in your mind. The more sophisticated the Oblivion Charm, the deeper the memories are hidden..."

"But no matter how deeply they are hidden, those memories can still be traced. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many cases of regaining lost memories."

Listening to Dumbledore's explanation, Lycos's brows knitted together.

He knew that the old principal was right.

You can refer to the original work until the end, the last part of "Deathly Hallows" -

Hermione Granger erased her memories of her Muggle parents.

It was both to protect his parents from being implicated and because he was worried that he would not be able to return alive, so he did not want to make them sad.

Not only did she make her parents forget that they had a wizard daughter, she even changed her parents' names and identities and asked them to move to Australia.

This magic was not irreversible. After the war, she went to Australia to recover her parents' memories...

In other words, the forgetfulness spell can be actively restored by the caster.

So, when Voldemort's spirit penetrates Harry Potter's mind and searches his memories, would he be even more curious if he stumbled upon a hidden past?

This kind of curiosity is even more deadly than not erasing that memory!

If this memory remained there, as long as Harry did not think about it or remember it, it would probably not attract Voldemort's attention... After all, searching for Harry's memory across the ends of the earth would be a very painful thing for Voldemort.

However, if that hidden memory were to be discovered, Voldemort would dig it out at any cost.

It seems that using the forgetfulness spell is not a wise move.

"Have you figured it out?"

Seeing the gradual understanding on Lycos's face, Dumbledore also chuckled.

Lycos nodded slightly, but he had another question in his mind.

"Since Occlumency is so important, why don't you teach him yourself? As far as I know, Potter has a conflict with Professor Snape and is likely not to study this magic seriously..."

"That is indeed a problem." Dumbledore's smile faded, and he sighed softly, "However, unless absolutely necessary, I would try not to teach Harry personally."

He met Lycos's eyes and his expression became quite serious.

"If Voldemort could really get into Harry's head, search and read his memories, control and mislead his thoughts... then he would be able to do much more with this ability."

"Until Harry learns Occlumency, I don't want his ability to affect my plans."

Dumbledore gathered his words and continued:

"I believe you can see that I pay much more attention to Harry than to other students - it's not because he is the savior, he is the boy who survived, or because he is the son of James and Lily..."

"It's because I knew from the beginning that Harry was special. His bond with Voldemort began more than a decade ago."

Lycos's eyes moved.

He knew Dumbledore was talking about the prophecy Sybill Trelawney had made about the Dark Lord and the Savior.

However, Dumbledore did not seem to elaborate on the idea behind the prophecy. He quickly brushed it off and continued talking about the key point he had just mentioned.

"I believe that if Voldemort knew that the relationship between Harry and me, now and in the past, was much closer than that between a headmaster and his students should be, he would seize the opportunity and use Harry to spy on me."

"I'm worried that Voldemort will use Harry and find ways to control him... If I teach Harry Occlumency myself, it will be more likely to reveal my special interest in him."

Dumbledore sighed deeply, his face wrinkled.

"But will it be okay if it's Professor Snape?" Lycos frowned and asked, "He still has to go undercover with Voldemort. If Voldemort finds out about his care for Potter..."

"It's okay." Dumbledore shook his head. "Voldemort already knew that Severus was helping me. Since it was a task I assigned to him, he actually tried his best to complete it so as not to arouse Voldemort's suspicion."

"Also, it's precisely because Severus's dislike for Harry comes from the heart that even if Voldemort saw the private lessons, it would only deepen his trust in Severus..."

As he said this, Dumbledore suddenly laughed again: "Besides, Voldemort already knows Severus well enough. Why would he be interested in observing his old subordinate carefully?"

"But what if Harry really can't learn it?" Lycos nodded and asked finally.

"Harry is actually very smart." Dumbledore chuckled. "If Snape can't teach him, then there's something wrong with his learning attitude..."

"When the time comes, I will first teach Miss Granger the Occlumency technique alone. I believe that Miss Granger will urge Harry to practice well day and night."

Hearing this, Lycos nodded in agreement.

Even if Harry was unwilling to study, Snape could at least lay a solid foundation for him. Then he could let Hermione, who loved learning, learn Occlumency first and supervise him at all times, so there would be no need to worry about Harry not being able to learn.

"Then the matter is settled," Dumbledore said, crossing his arms and leaning slightly towards Lycos. "I understand you have other questions you wish to ask me privately?"

Lycos took a deep breath.

"Yes." He glanced at Fox, the Phoenix still resting on his shoulder, and said softly, "I want to ask you, have you heard of the Black Phoenix..."

As far as Lycos knew, the Dumbledore family was the only family in the entire magical world that was related to the Phoenix.

Just like the rumor goes—

"When a member of the Dumbledore family needs help, the Phoenix will appear."

However, not long ago, Lycos saw with his own eyes a phoenix that was completely black.

Moreover, the phoenix seemed to belong to a wizard named Mr. Barebone... Perhaps the only way to get a conclusion on this matter is to ask Dumbledore, who also owns a phoenix.

"The black phoenix you mentioned might be considered a compatriot of Fawkes," said Dumbledore.

"What?" Lycos was shocked. "Then why are their colors so different? And the owner of the Black Phoenix..."

"That is not the time to discuss these matters," Dumbledore interrupted him. "You will find out in the future... In short, you can trust Mr. Barebone when necessary. Do you understand?"

Lycos's eyes widened even further.

Dumbledore not only knew about the Black Phoenix, but also knew Mr. Barebone?

And there is another sentence - "Mr. Barebon can be trusted", what does this mean?

That old man can almost be regarded as the highest existing leader of the Wizarding Party. In Dumbledore's words, can such a person be trusted?

Lycos didn't dare to think further.

I always feel that this wizarding party, which is out of the plot, seems to be within Dumbledore's calculations and does not exceed his expectations at all.

Although Lycos had already overestimated the old principal, today he discovered for the first time that he was even more terrifying than he had imagined...

"Is the problem almost solved, Lycos?" Dumbledore smiled and stood up from behind his desk. "You have just been discharged from the hospital. What you need now is to eat something to replenish your energy and then get a good night's sleep."

"It should be almost dinner time by now. I suggest you go down and attend the dinner."

"As for me, I have to draft a job advertisement and put it in the Daily Prophet," Dumbledore said thoughtfully. "We need a new professor to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Merlin, the professors for this class are wearing out really quickly, don't you think?"

"It was pretty fast." Lycos twitched the corners of his mouth stiffly and turned to walk towards the door of the principal's office.

In just a few words, the amount of information was beyond imagination. He needed to go back and digest it carefully...

……

The castle's troubles were over.

However, apart from a few people, few people know what happened a few days ago.

Some young wizards said that there was a huge black and red fireball in the sky at that time; some said that a snake bigger than a fire dragon poked its head out from the astronomy tower; some said they saw a big black bird flying in the sky...

However, these outrageous words sounded like they were made up by others, and no little wizard was willing to believe them.

Everyone was more willing to discuss the goblins that sneaked into Hogwarts Castle and caused damage, and the dragons that appeared outside the castle and were driven away by Professor Kettleburn and his team.

Another puzzling thing was that two hundred green gems suddenly appeared in the Slytherin counter, but no one told them why.