A table full of dishes was wiped out. Harry briefly talked about how he had killed the remnant soul of Voldemort in his body, but he focused all of this on the magic left by his mother Lily.
But when Harry mentioned that his mother was an awakener, he saw the unconcealed surprise on the faces of the two old people.
Harry even saw a hint of vague regret on Dumbledore's stunned face. It seemed that the words "awakener" broke the defenses of these two old wizards who had experienced countless things.
The air was silent for a moment, and Harry's question broke the silence.
"A few months ago, Thestrals took me to a ruins. There was magic power left in the ruins. That magic recorded some things. I saw a Hogwarts student about fifteen or sixteen years old. He He had the Hufflepuff House emblem on his chest. At that time, I saw him surround a trading market established by poachers and kill at least three to five hundred wizards."
"I was very curious about this, so I asked the horse people for some information, and also checked a lot of information myself. However, there was no record about him in the history books, and the horse people only told me very vaguely. It happened at the end of the nineteenth century.”
"He is also an Awakener, the same Awakener as my mother, but he was able to complete the massacre of a pair of hundreds of poachers and wizards at the age of fifteen or sixteen. His power is so powerful that I am amazed."
"Professor Dumbledore, you came to Hogwarts to study at the end of the 19th century, right? I wonder if you can answer my questions."
"here--"
Harry pointed at the pile of rubble not far away that was soaked in bright red. Those black rubble were the remains of a dragon-shaped fossil statue.
"I feel two completely different kinds of magical power here. One of them is what I saw in the ruins of the Forbidden Forest, the magical power of the senior Hufflepuff. He once awakened here with another I’m very curious about him.”
Harry looked directly at Dumbledore, and the old man's eyes behind his half-moon glasses were slightly absent-minded at the moment. He seemed to be thinking about something that made him very embarrassed. This was actually an unusual behavior, Dumbledore He almost never shows this expression in front of others.
Dumbledore's lips moved slightly, and after finishing his long thought, he spoke in a hoarse voice.
"I need to apologize to you, and I should also apologize to your parents, whose deaths were partly caused by me."
This somewhat unusual answer made the other two people present frown slightly. A trace of worry appeared in Grindelwald's eyes, but he quickly understood the meaning of Dumbledore's move and could only sigh softly. , and then sat aside and listened without saying a word.
"What do you mean, Professor?"
Harry asked slightly confused, he was a little confused about Dumbledore's thoughts.
"I have been pursuing the legendary Deathly Hallows for a long time. Although most wizards in the magic world think it is a fairy tale, I can confirm that the legend of Death and the three brothers has something to do with it. Some of the real content, for example, the three Deathly Hallows really exist."
"They are the most powerful Elder Wand, the Invisibility Cloak of Death, and the Resurrection Stone that reverses life and death."
"According to legend, as long as these three Deathly Hallows are gathered together, the holder will have the power to defeat the God of Death. I used to be very fascinated by this."
"I couldn't see my reflection in the Mirror of Erised. I once wanted to rely on the power of the Deathly Hallows to do something."
Grindelwald on the side seemed a little embarrassed. He moved his butt and sat deeper and straighter, but his eyes dropped slightly.
"I have the Elder Wand."
An ivory white IMI Desert Eagle was placed on the table by Dumbledore. It was different from any other wand. There were seven faint colored streams of light flowing on the gun of this Desert Eagle. These many differences made it unique. There was an alluring mystery about it, and an inexplicable desire to pick it up, or even make it his own, suddenly arose in Harry's heart.
Dumbledore's fingers gently brushed over this magical pistol, and the gun body immediately deformed and transformed into an ordinary branch. The rough outer skin had not been polished at all, as if it were real. It was a broken branch that had been broken off by someone.
"And your father has Death's Invisibility Cloak in his hand, which is the one you received on Christmas Day. It can block all magic detection, whether it is prophecy or magic, as long as everything related to magic is in it. Under the cover.”
"Your father used this invisibility cloak to complete many difficult tasks for the Order of the Phoenix, so I was able to know its existence. So one day, I asked your father to lend it to me for research for a period of time, and he readily agreed. .”
"If I hadn't borrowed your father's invisibility cloak, maybe" Dumbledore paused, "...maybe the tragedy that year wouldn't have happened."
"As long as you put on this cloak, even if someone snitches and Tom comes to the door, they can leave calmly instead of choosing to fight hastily. In the end."
Dumbledore let out a long sigh, "It was my selfishness that made things turn to the worst."
"I know it's useless to apologize now, but I think I should do something for you, whether it's belated compensation or atonement, as long as I can do it, anything will do."
Dumbledore flipped the table, and with his words of 'atonement', he completely explained what had happened. Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist,' the interrogation chair.
Did he make a mistake? Yes, because the existence of the invisibility cloak is indeed a very effective insurance. If James and Lily had such a powerful concealment cloak around them at that time, they would indeed have a lot of room for maneuver when Voldemort broke in. As long as the invisibility cloak buys a few crucial seconds, things may very well be different.
But will the ending really change if there is an invisibility cloak? Not necessarily, because they believed in the power of the Fidelity Charm, their long-term tension relaxed at that time. They were preparing to go to bed that night, Lily was coaxing Harry, neither of them had a wand in their hands, and Voldemort was not a grinder. Damn it, it took him less than two seconds from breaking through the door to rushing into the room. If it hadn't been like this, James wouldn't have rushed out without having time to grab the wand and use his body to block the first death curse.
If Voldemort's surprise attack hadn't been too sudden and fast, as wizards, they could have disapparated away even with empty hands. At least Lily could ignore the so-called anti-disapparation, but Voldemort didn't even give them such a little time. The scene that Harry saw in his dream was a door being broken open with a bang. James, who had just stood up and rushed out, was knocked away by a green light. At this moment, Lily only had time to call out her husband's name, followed by a second green light.
Voldemort, who was well versed in lightning strikes, did not give them enough time to react. It was already a remarkable thing that Lily was able to leave Harry such protection in that hasty time.
At this moment, Harry wanted to yell at Dumbledore, not for what he had done, but for still playing tricks on him!
After that meeting with Lily, Harry really recognized her mother's identity in his heart. The pure and pure love from his mother was the beauty that he had longed for but could not ask for.
After a moment of silence, Harry, who had figured out everything in his mind, looked up at Dumbledore, and he said coldly:
"Then just die to apologize. If you want to apologize, go down and tell my mother yourself."
Do you want to retreat in order to advance? That's great, I'll make it happen for you. I'm good at pushing the envelope and so on.
"If you can't."
Harry pulled out the ebony wood and pointed the cold muzzle of the gun at Dumbledore's forehead.
"I'll help you."
The boiling darkness surged out of his body, and the chaotic and evil nature was fully reflected at this moment.
(End of chapter)
