demon hunter at hogwarts

Speaking of this, Dumbledore's meaning was already very clear: he knew his own situation best, and there was no need to worry or worry unnecessarily. He had enough time to arrange everything properly.

"In that case, let me wish you a Merry Christmas in advance." Regulus said half-jokingly, "Is there any special gift you want? I can prepare it in advance."

"Look, I already have a lot of strange things here..." Dumbledore pointed to the display cabinet aside and blinked his bright blue eyes. "There are too many books to finish. I can't even remember them." It’s been a long time since I read a book from cover to cover seriously...so maybe a pair of thick wool socks is a good idea.”

"I remember." Regulus nodded slightly and turned to leave the office.

"If something is destined to happen, let it happen naturally." Dumbledore said mysteriously when Regulus just stepped down the spiral staircase.

On his desk, there was a strange-looking pocket watch at some point. The cover of the watch was open, and some faint golden light was flashing inside.

"Sometimes, I feel that you are more like the person with prophet blood than Sibyl." Regulus smiled helplessly.

He didn't bother to ponder the meaning of Dumbledore's words. Since ancient times, these words similar to prophecies have been mostly ambiguous. No one can understand the hidden information until the truth is finally revealed.

After leaving the principal's office, Regulus walked down the stone steps to the eighth floor. There was already a Christmas atmosphere in the castle. From time to time, glowing fairies fluttered in the castle, leaving dots of stars in the sky. trajectory.

But the students seemed to feel that the warm common rooms and dormitories were the better places to stay at this time. The noisy corridors seemed much quieter after class. Snowflakes were falling outside the windows, and the cold wind could be clearly heard passing by outside. the sound of.

While Regulus made eye contact with the celebrity murals on the wall, he slowly walked to the empty corridor on the fourth floor, where he had been "ambushed" by Fred and George and confiscated the Marauders from the twins. map.

When he reached the middle of the corridor, he suddenly stopped.

"You've followed me three flights of stairs, Severus, what's the matter?"

Following the words, Snape, wearing black robes, floated out from behind a statue, his face as gloomy as ever like the dark cloud-filled sky outside the window.

"Not long ago, someone entrusted me with tutoring the famous Harry Potter in Defense Against the Dark Arts. I think you should still remember this." Snape spoke in his usual, oddly rhythmic tone, "Just now. At eight o'clock last night, I completed that person's commission."

"Ah... thank you Professor Snape for your generous help." Regulus bowed slightly, "I wonder how the course is going?"

"Can I ask a question first?" Snape asked coldly.

"You're already doing that..." Regulus said with a smile.

Snape raised his eyebrows.

"...But you can keep asking."

Snape grunted in his throat, but he finally suppressed his emotions and said: "I want to know why Dumbledore would want Potter, a mediocre guy who didn't even learn basic magic, to go To learn such advanced magic as Occlumency?”

"Because we feel it is necessary." Regulus gave an answer that Snape couldn't accept.

"It's necessary...what a suitable reason." Snape's cheek muscles twitched a few times, as if he was trying to calm down his mood. He didn't know whether his anger was directed at Regulus, or whether it was arranged for him behind his back. Dumbledore who took on this task.

Regulus also knew full well that Snape could completely ignore his request to teach as a substitute. The only explanation was that Dumbledore had explained it to Snape.

"You should know the relationship between Harry and...the Dark Lord." After thinking about it, Regulus decided to reveal a little bit of the inside story to Snape, "I didn't know that you looked at him while you were teaching. How many memories... even those things that he is too young to understand, are buried in his memory..."

When he said this, Regulus suddenly stopped talking because he found that Snape's face in front of him had turned as pale as a dead man.

"Professor Snape? Severus?"

"Go on, I'm listening," Snape said stiffly.

"Dumbledore believes that the failed Avada Kedavra established an invisible bridge between Harry and the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord was hiding in Albania before, and the long distance and his weak state made it difficult for him to This connection has not manifested itself in the past ten years." Regulus explained, "But as the Dark Lord returned to England and his power gradually recovered, this connection gradually began to appear, reflected in Harry Frequent headaches..."

"Allow me to interrupt." Snape suddenly said, "Are these Dumbledore's opinions or yours?"

"Does it matter?"

"Because I feel the need to find out," Snape said. "It's important to me."

Regulus chuckled softly, raised his head and looked directly into Snape's dark eyes, and said seriously: "This is our common opinion. You should be able to tell whether I am telling lies."

After the two looked at each other in silence for about five seconds, Snape snorted and squeezed out a word from his thin lips: "Continue."

At the end of the corridor, several Gryffindor students ran past, but seeing Snape in his iconic black robe, they wisely chose to take a detour.

"I mentioned headaches just now. This kind of headache often occurs when his mental defenses are at their weakest...that is, when he is sleeping." After the students left, Regulus continued, "According to my observation, in his recent dreams, In the dream, some places appeared that he had never been to but did exist. He did not realize what this meant and just regarded it as an ordinary dream."

"You mean, Potter can feel what the Dark Lord... sees and feels through this connection?" A look of disbelief flashed across Snape's face, but he hid the emotion well. He continued, "In that case..."

"That's right... you should also have thought of the key point. This connection is likely to be two-way." Regulus nodded, "We don't know whether the Dark Lord has discovered this matter, but we can assume that he The ability must discover the existence of this connection, and...will use it."

"Do you think we need to do anything to prevent it?" Looking at Snape who remained silent, Regulus added.