Forget

Harry thought he had heard wrong.He turned his head sharply, trying to read Draco's expression.However, Draco didn't look at him, and didn't even change his posture, only the soft hair ends rose and fell with his slight breathing.

—Probably... an illusion.

Harry consoled himself.He didn't need to ask, besides, he couldn't make a sound.

"I love you." Draco raised his eyes slightly, and he said it again, the gentle but calm tone fell into Harry's mind like a thunderbolt.But Draco didn't care, he just kept talking to himself. "I have never read any related books. I have thought about it for a long time, but this seems to be an unsolvable problem. I don't know where this feeling comes from, and why, it seems to be so sudden. It doesn't make sense to show up." Draco paused for a moment, and he let out a soft breath. "There are times, though, when it's not such a bad feeling."

——Then why? !

Harry couldn't sit still anymore, he straightened up and leaned over in Draco's direction.All the moments that happened before are presented in memory like a revolving lantern.He wants to catch this person, he wants to know the answer, he wants to know, since he loves, why do such things and say such things?

——Why choose pain? !

Harry was shouting with all his strength, his expression turned ferocious, but there was still no sound.His outstretched hand touched Draco's arm, but passed straight through like a puff of smoke.

He can't hear him.

He can't touch him.

However, Draco finally turned his face away. Seeing Harry's movements and expressions, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "I guess, you probably want to ask about the death curse?" Draco turned his face away. , he stretched lazily, drawn out as if showing off a new toy he had acquired. "It's supposed to be a secret, a secret that the fool Potter will never know. But it's also my most successful secret, and it's a pity that I can't tell it to laugh at him." Draco chuckled for a while, then continued. "But what you say, it shouldn't matter, you're not him. ——I really don't remember ever making you so realistic that I always have to remind myself that you're not him."

Harry didn't argue on this issue, and he really didn't need to.He just waited, waiting for Draco to continue.

"So, where do we start?" Draco sat up, put his hand on his forehead, and thought about it seriously for a while. "This story is really too long. Why don't we start at the Vulture Bar."

The Vulture Bar, which was a place they met for the first time after they left Hogwarts. Harry remembered every word Draco said to him at that time, of course he remembered, those sentences and words seemed to have been engraved in his memory, forming the source of strength for every time he went forward bravely.

How could he forget?He can't forget.

Even though he tried hard to forget, it was only covered by a layer of dust.As long as the wind blows gently, it will resurface, still clear.

"What I said at that time was true, every word was true." Draco smiled and said softly. "Harry. At that time, I really hoped that someone would defeat Voldemort and get me out." Draco still couldn't get used to saying that person's name, he paused, and quietly lowered the voice of that name. "I know that you will be the one who defeats that person, and only you. However, I'm not sure whether you will save me or not."

"We've never been friends, and we can't even be considered decent classmates. Everyone at Hogwarts knows that Potter and Malfoy, the saviors, are deadly enemies. When they meet, they will quarrel and wait to see each other. It's a joke, even if someone says that they will have a real duel in the future, I'm afraid no one will refute it." Draco said slowly, as if telling a long story. "How could a person who was almost put to death once save him from fire and water?"

Harry looked at Draco without blinking.He wanted to find something to refute, but he couldn't find it.He knew that what Draco said was true, he knew it clearly.

"That was the time when my desire to survive was the strongest. I desperately wanted to find a way out. I know that the chances of you saving me are not high, but I still have to try. ——Harry, when we met, One of my little tricks." Draco blinked and chuckled. "That person has a strong desire to possess and control. He is obsessed with my blood flowing in his veins, obsessed and jealous. He won't let me die, but he won't let me live well." Draco took a deep breath, and then said . "Thanks to him, I know what a Horcrux really is. So, I found the witch with the locket. I figured you'd follow her trail, so I ordered a Horcrux at the Vulture Bar. I bought a room and plan to live there for a long time.

"What happened later, although it was a little different from the expected process... I didn't expect to meet Bella Critus. Fortunately, the result is not bad.

"The moment I touched your body, I felt it. In addition, I have heard some things about you before, including that you can see the mind of that person, so I have a crazy conjecture." Draco turned to look at Harry's face. "So, I decided to take a gamble."

——You knew from that time that I was also a Horcrux?

Harry continued with his exaggerated mouth.He really wanted Draco to give him the chance to talk.Since this illusion was created by Draco, it shouldn't be difficult to fulfill this requirement.Unfortunately, Draco didn't seem to have this idea.Instead, he seemed to prefer looking at Harry's face, which was nearly contorted for lip-syncing.

"It's just a guess. But as it turns out, I seem to be right." Draco raised his head proudly, as if he got extra points in class every time. "I thought at the time, if that person can really affect your emotions, then you must involuntarily want to approach me, although you don't know the reason. So I guided you a little bit, and wanted to You think that strange, irrepressible emotion is love."

Speaking of the latter, Draco's voice dropped.He coughed twice and smiled awkwardly: "I'm really an asshole, aren't I?"

--no no!

Harry shook his head like a rattle.Not like this, not like this!Before that, earlier than that! Harry figured he'd been trying to find Draco before that damned piece of soul woke up.

"I met Professor Snape later, and he let me know that I was selfish in doing this." Draco didn't go to see Harry this time.He continued the story, then laughed. "Look, how funny, it was Professor Snape who came to teach me a lesson in selfishness."

"However, I really have no position to laugh at him. In the end, he was really righteous." Draco stopped laughing and murmured. "It's really strange, why the Slytherins around me are all dedicated to righteousness. This is really bad, it really seems that I am too selfish."

—But the war is over!You can survive!We can live together!

Harry walked around in front of Draco, continuing to lip-synch hard.

"Us?" Draco's eyes were clouded with confusion, but it quickly dissipated.He smiled and shook his head. "Harry, do you know what Bryce once said to me? He said that an honest Gryffindor would never understand politics. I'm getting more and more convinced that he's right. Harry, I'm afraid you don't even understand the basic rules—it's not just blades and jinxes that can kill, but pen knives and gossip."