Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 198 The Safest Place
The fire dragon carried the three of them out of the range of the anti-apparition spell, and they returned to the entrance of the maze in the third match. The stands were empty, and it seemed that the students had been evacuated long ago.

Harry clutched Peter's arm, his face pale, his leg was scratched by Inferi, and Peter held him to keep him from falling.

Peter's own left arm was bleeding, and he hadn't felt much during the fight, but now, the pain was back.

Dumbledore hurried up to meet him, followed by Lady Burns, Rufus Scrimgeour, and Cornelius Fudge.

"They're all injured!" Fudge exclaimed, terrified by the scene in front of him, "Especially Professor Snape—Merlin! He looks like he's dying, and he needs treatment!"

Before Fudge finished speaking, Snape shook a few times, his knees gave way, and he fell sideways.Dumbledore grabbed his shoulders in time to prevent him from falling to the ground, and Peter and Harry hurriedly leaned over to pull him.

The light at Hogwarts was much better than that of the Riddles' cemetery. Peter saw that Snape's face was bloodless, blood was oozing from his mouth, nose and ears, and the white collar of his black robe was soaked with blood.

"I need to take him to the school hospital myself." Dumbledore's tone was filled with deep worry, "Amelia, I'll be back in about half an hour, and Professor McGonagall is maintaining order in the auditorium—Harry, Peter, you The two will come with me..."

Dumbledore lifted Snape with ease, and he was very strong for an old man.They left the field and walked on the aisle leading from the Quidditch pitch to the castle. Dumbledore only spoke in a low voice when Ms. Burns and the others were covered by bushes.

"Peter, I want to know what happened," said Dumbledore. "What happened?"

Peter briefly explained what had happened in the cemetery, from Snape's use of his patrolling teacher's role to reveal his entourage, to the dragon's narrow escape with the three of them.

At the entrance to the castle, Peter finished his narration, and Dumbledore made no comment for a moment.They walked into the chaotic foyer and saw Professor McGonagall directing the Slytherin students to take refuge in the basement. The students of the other three houses were waiting for the order at a loss. Many girls in the lower grades were crying, and Hagrid, who stood out from the crowd, waved his hands He was talking, but Peter couldn't hear the specific words.

They walked up the marble stairs. Dumbledore supported Snape, but his feet were very steady and strong, and there was no sign of exertion at all.

It was much quieter on the stairs, only the figures in the portraits were running and screaming, and Sir Cadogan rode his pony through countless picture frames, following them endlessly, "Who is so impudent? Dare to cause trouble at such an important festival, my lord Sir Cadogan will fight him to the death today!"

"Thank you, Sir Cadogan," said Dumbledore. "It would be best if you would bring me Lady Derwent."

"No problem, Professor Dumbledore, a true knight will do what he says." Sir Cadogan clipped his pony and disappeared into the frame.

Finally, they walked through the quiet corridor and arrived at the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey was not here, several jars of ointment were left open on the table, it seemed that she had just left.

"The three warriors have some abrasions. Madam Pomfrey has gone to treat their wounds. She will be back soon." Dumbledore explained while putting Snape on the bed, then he closed the door and confirmed No one in the corridor was eavesdropping, so he continued talking.

"In other words, Voldemort's spy at Hogwarts was Severus, right?"

"Yes," Peter nodded, "but he didn't do it voluntarily. He died 19 years ago, and his body was made into a corpse by Voldemort."

"Poor boy..." Dumbledore gently wiped the blood off Snape's face, "but he came back with you..."

"Voldemort's order to Severus used to be 'bring me and Harry', but just now, Voldemort said something wrong, and he inadvertently assigned a new task, which made Severus find A loophole angle, like house-elves deliberately misinterpreting commands they don't like."

"So, what is Voldemort's new mission for Severus?" Dumbledore asked looking up.

"Buried myself," Peter said meaningfully.

Dumbledore smiled, "Very well...sounds gentle and won't hurt anyone..." He leaned over to examine Snape's wound, Snape's eyes were half-opened, unconscious.

Peter settled Harry in the other bed, out of sight of the bloody hole in Snape's body where he'd kicked so hard, even though the bite on his left arm reminded him that he was only doing it in self-defense.

Harry swayed on the bed, belatedly terrified, what had happened tonight was too horrific for a teenager.Peter handed Harry a pick-me-up shot, took off his glasses, and made him lie flat on his back.

After a while, Dumbledore frowned and said, "I've never seen such infernal corpses... It seems that Voldemort has developed black magic to a new level... Azkaban has been breached by these infernal corpses. Very bad."

"Yes, Voldemort now has five or six hundred of these high-level magic-wielding Inferi," Peter said. Higher, they are tireless, invulnerable, and absolutely loyal to Voldemort..."

Dumbledore straightened up and walked to the entrance of the school hospital, "I don't think Voldemort will be dormant again. He commands so many infernal corpses that cannot be legally identified. Even if he wanted to hide them, it would be difficult to find suitable ones." place."

"Peter, the war is imminent. I'm going to suggest that Amelia send the residents of Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade to Hogwarts. The ancient walls and protective spells of Hogwarts Castle can Provide them with protection, otherwise the number of Inferi will increase, because the people killed by them will also become their kind..."

"Please don't disclose Severus' identity to outsiders...Harry, you can tell this secret to your closest friends, but I don't want it to continue to spread. If the Ministry of Magic knows that Snape What a professor, they will no doubt take him to fill the furnace."

Harry nodded solemnly, and Dumbledore turned the door open, "Madame Pomfrey and St. Mungo's healer will be here soon, please rest first—"

There were hurried footsteps in the corridor, and Dumbledore stopped. It turned out that Professor McGonagall was running towards him.

"Albus!" she said in a trembling voice, "Kingsley has news: You-Know-Who has raided the Ministry of Magic with his army of Inferi. The night guards are apparating at the sight of Inferi." Escaped - how could such a thing happen? It only took 10 minutes for You-Know-Who to occupy the Ministry of Magic!"

(End of this chapter)