As the saying goes, the person who knows you best must be your opponent.
Since Amosta entered Hogwarts, he has gained a general understanding of the general outline of the wizarding world. Especially after that night in fifth grade, he knew that in the years to come, the biggest obstacle he would face might not be The designated villain BOSS in the Harry Potter world - Lord Voldemort - is the over-100-year-old Albus Dumbledore with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.
In order to understand Albus Dumbledore better, Amosta also spent some time to understand Dumbledore's life.
Not only the official background information, but also some word-of-mouth news whose reliability has become a mystery, have mentioned that the friendship between Gertler Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore when they were young .
There are even some bizarre rumors...ahem!
Amosta restrained his strange gaze, and if he thought about it further, it would be a bit inappropriate for children!
Pieces of information and experiences are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, presented before Amosta's eyes. Amosta has been able to piece together a logical truth, but the most important part of this truth is still hidden. In the mist.
And the crucial piece of the puzzle may lie with Vitia Cliona, a woman who disappears like a meteor... At least, she can explain to herself that the hair-raising handle is What kind of information did the double snake staff reveal to her, so that she showed such a shocked and incomprehensible expression in the temple on Avalon Island.
To this day, there is still no good news from Karkus. It seems that the group of druids who have been hunted by the Holy See for many centuries are indeed very good at hiding this matter.
As for the 'foreign object' in his soul, after discussing it so far, Amosta's biggest gain is that the owner of the double snake staff is probably the creator of the dementors...
"There's something, I just thought of-"
Amosta temporarily put aside the pursuit of the root of his own problems and turned the topic to another issue that he was very concerned about.
"Of all the things you just told me, there's one that disturbs me the most."
Amosta frowned.
"Putting aside my question, Principal Dumbledore, Harry - do you think he is Voldemort's Horcrux? Is this just a guess, or do you have some evidence?"
"Many years ago...well, I thought I'd show you this first-"
Dumbledore had already anticipated this problem. He stood up and walked around the table quickly to walk to the silver instrument that he placed under a wall of books.
Dumbledore has many names, and being proficient in alchemy may be the least important one among them. But wizards who have been to Dumbledore's office all know that Dumbledore attaches great importance to this unpopular subject. There are many items in his office. It's full of all kinds of weird props with unclear uses.
Under Amosta's probing gaze, Dumbledore placed the instrument on the table, sat down again, and tapped it with his wand.
"I just told you, Amosta,"
Dumbledore looked at Amosta, who was analyzing this shining silver alchemy tool from a magical perspective, and said in a calm tone,
"Perhaps the wizards in the magical world think that I have not changed much over the years, but in fact, as I grow older, some of my abilities have deteriorated greatly, such as my ability to see through a person's soul...it can To a certain extent, it helps me identify the disguises of some special magics...the Imperius Curse, Animagus, etc. I think this is a very useful skill, so when I find that my unique 'perspective' is gradually blurring. After the Qing Dynasty, I immediately started designing this thing.”
"It is indeed interesting..., unimaginably complex, but indeed a wonderful magic corridor design."
Amosta's alchemy skills are also not low. Otherwise, he would not be able to design an alchemy tool like a surveillance camera. So after careful observation for a while, he has probably figured out the function of this thing.
"Through the connection between magic power and soul, tracing back... Gee, priceless..."
Amosta admired,
"However, the soul is mysterious even in the eyes of wizards, so I can only observe some superficial phenomena."
"You're very perceptive, Amosta."
Through the smoke floating from those nozzles, Dumbledore admired unabashedly,
"In so many years, you are the first wizard to figure out its function on your own without waiting for my introduction... Indeed, as you said, it cannot deeply analyze a wizard's soul, so it cannot Use it to see what's hidden in your soul, but for Harry..."
Several wisps of light green smoke floating in the air entwined with each other, and under Amosta's tight gaze, the top turned into a snake head.
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While Amosta was observing, Dumbledore said this abruptly,
"I once told you that the note you gave me and the diadem left by Lady Ravenclaw solved two doubts for me, but in fact, twelve years ago, when Hagrid pulled Harry out of the ruins, When Lee was brought to me, I already understood that Tom had indeed made a Horcrux-"
"I see what you mean, Headmaster Dumbledore--"
Amosta sighed and looked away,
"Souls that are connected by some kind of magic...but still function as Horcruxes."
Few of the topics discussed tonight were pleasant. The portraits of the previous headmasters were whispering about why Dumbledore had told the unknown young wizard so much and so little information, but this time The only two people in the office looked at each other, and the atmosphere was dull.
Dumbledore's ten slender fingers intertwined and closed again. In the windless room, his silver eyebrows floated slightly because of his always trembling eyelids.
"About Tom's Horcrux, Amosta--"
Dumbledore dropped the subject,
"There is something I can only be happy about... Although we cannot be sure how many Horcruxes Tom, who was almost hysterical in fear of the great adventure of death, actually created, but according to some recent investigations, I am extremely lucky. I have found another clue that it may be a Horcrux. Next, I am going to leave the school for a while... During this time, the safety of those children can only be left to you, Amosta, I think you ..."
"What's the point, Headmaster Dumbledore?"
Amosta looked directly into Dumbledore's eyes, sharp to the core,
"If the prerequisite for killing Voldemort is that Harry must be killed first... Is this another great unknown plan? Or is it that you have found a way to peel off that piece of soul without harming Harry's life? ?”
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