if i am not me

James' eyes wandered over the children's faces, coupled with the smiling expression, it looked so trustworthy and full of encouragement.Only he himself knows how complicated his psychology is at this moment.

The look in the child's eyes made him very happy.While they all seemed happy, there seemed to be something different about that kid.how to say?Unlike Malfoy's calmness, Granger's vigilance, Longbottom's and Weasley's hesitation, he seemed to be very happy...

Just happy to be there.

This recognition made James's slightly formulaic smile due to the topic more natural.It seems that tonight's "temporary idea" is not meaningless.

"You mean...?"

Seeing Longbottom's confusion, James guided with rare patience, "Let's put it this way, this crown... and the diary you came into contact with in the second grade, ah, I think you must still remember its existence. Yes , is similar to the diary. That’s why I came here after learning the real situation of the crown, just to ask you. After all, you were the only ones who had access to the diary back then.”

James' explanation sounds reasonable.If Harry and Drake hadn't already handed in the list of Horcruxes, I'm afraid they would have believed it for a long time.

But Neville obviously didn't know about it, so he showed a suddenly realized expression at this moment, "You want to ask, is the crown the same as the diary...?"

"Yes, kid." James nodded and looked at the box, "But this time your protective measures are very good, so I'm just asking. You know, some magic can't be resisted by ordinary protective spells. "

"The box of Drake must be very good." After hearing what James said, Ron couldn't help but look at the box containing the crown. The exquisite workmanship and the charm-like pattern inlaid on the box-it's definitely worth a lot!

Draco was noncommittal.The thing that holds the Horcrux can't be bad.

"It seems so." Malfoy's action of taking out the box further affirmed some thoughts in his mind, and James continued his topic calmly, "Then... the second question. Mr. Malfoy..."

"It is said that you destroyed the diary with the fangs of the basilisk. I would like to ask for specific details."

Draco was suddenly called on, and he was a little stunned for a while, but soon he felt that he seemed to understand James' intentions tonight.

The way to destroy the Horcrux!

From Harry's dictation, he knew how difficult it is to destroy the artifact, so he expressed deep understanding that James would come to Hogwarts specially.

And judging from all signs, the hard work of these few nights is probably a play carefully arranged by others.Otherwise, the diadem would not have been found so abruptly, and the Minister for Magic would not have arrived at Hogwarts so promptly.

For this, there was naturally anger, and Merlin knew how much Harry's dark circles made him feel bad.But……

Who let them have a common enemy.

Although they don't know why they are so sure that they know the way to destroy the Horcrux, but at this critical point, he can't allow him to hide his secrets anymore.It's just... I can't just talk about it in such a big way.

Pretending to be thinking, Draco slowly began to make a statement after turning his mind a few times.

He still used the same rhetoric he had given to Dumbledore before, but added more details that he hadn't said back then to the narration of the experience of destroying the diary.After all, what everyone knew back then was said by Neville, and he just asked about the general situation to prove it.

I'm afraid they planned such a game after finding out that the clues provided by Neville were not enough to enable them to formulate a better plan.

It's just that he didn't understand why the Phoenix Society circled such a big circle. If he just wanted a way, he believed that his father would be happy to ask him, and he was also willing to provide clues that he knew.

"...In other words, it was Neville who cut off the fang with the sword of Gryffindor, and you were able to pierce the diary with the fang?" Drake's words were very concise, which made it easy for James to grasp the point.

"Yes." Draco nodded, since they wanted to destroy the Horcrux, he told them.

"But the fangs are no longer poisonous. That thing has always been with Dumbledore, he is sure." So they couldn't use the fangs to destroy the crown-James finally said the biggest intention of the night.

That's it!

Neville fell into a coma after killing BASILISK, and only he and Harry knew what happened afterwards...

"Why don't you try the sword of Gryffindor?" Draco said with a puzzled look.

"Sword?" James and Sirius asked in unison, the voice was a little loud enough that everyone in the room focused their attention on them.

They really didn't think about the sword issue.

Draco once again expressed his understanding of their surprised performance.If Harry hadn't told him, he wouldn't have believed it.

Of course, on the surface, nature is another story.

"Because of what happened in the second grade, I specifically checked the species of BASILISK, and found out that the reason why BASILISK is so feared by wizards is its venom besides its eyes." Deliberately or unintentionally, Draco paused. He continued, "I ruined the diary with BASILISK's fangs. Wouldn't the Gryffindor sword, which can cut even the fangs, be more powerful?"

Because he knew that he would definitely succeed, Draco didn't mind being a little more determined——

Especially when I feel more and more uneasy.

He didn't know if he had overlooked something, which made him a little uneasy at the moment.But Minister Potter, Director Black, and Professor Snape were still in this room, and he could only do his best to support himself, trying to ignore the strange feeling that had appeared since he knew the purpose of Minister Potter's visit.

Maybe because his tone was too firm, James didn't continue to ask the bottom line afterwards.Instead, after thanking them, they asked about Neville, Ron, Hermione, and even Harry. They were asked some seemingly important questions, but they were actually insignificant.

James may not have expected that his method still aroused the vigilance of Draco, who believed in his intuition more and more.

Due to Draco's guidance, the idea of ​​using the Gryffindor sword to destroy the crown seemed to be the only more reliable way they could think of.Without a better proposal, James' schedule tonight is coming to an end.

The hands on the clock had already pointed to four o'clock in the morning, and the children were always in good spirits, but at this time they were faintly unable to hold on.

James didn't say any more, and after thanking them again, he shook hands with them one by one to say goodbye.

At the end, James turned his head to look at the children who saw them off, and then left Hogwarts in a special car.

Looking at the already dark night sky, Harry couldn't recover for a moment.I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that James' last turn... was looking at him.

Shaking his head, Harry couldn't help feeling a little amused.

I really am...

"Harry." Seeing Harry staring blankly at the dark sky before dawn, Drake called out his sanity, "The professor allowed us to ask for leave tomorrow morning and go back to sleep."

Hearing Drake's voice, Harry realized that Professor Snape had already left, and the fatigue accumulated in the past few days suddenly swept over.Yawning involuntarily, Harry put aside the complicated thoughts in his mind, greeted Ron and the others, and returned to his dormitory with Draco.

Harry fell asleep almost touching the pillow, and Draco looked at Harry's sleeping face with flickering eyes, and finally moved Harry, and fell asleep with his lover in his arms.

Maybe that's the beauty of being a child.

James and the others were not so lucky. Even though they were equally tired, the clues they got from Drake were destined to make their idea of ​​taking a nap come to naught.

Originally, James wanted to beat around the bush and test Draco. Since Dumbledore said that BASILISK's body was missing, they had boldly associated Malfoy with this matter.If that's the case, I'm sure the kid wouldn't mind giving them some venom "as usual" - he's been doing that since the beginning, so James has no qualms about it.

Unexpectedly, although he did not provide venom, the clues he gave were more beneficial.

If what he said is true!

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PS: Looks like JJ smoked...