war and peace

"Then isn't Dumbledore going to take some measures? Like resigning Professor Roald?" Harry continued to ask, he wanted to know the possible reaction of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Without a valid reason, the principal cannot dismiss a professor at will. It is not a good thing to announce such doubts rashly before confirming it." Sirius explained, "He can only secretly pay attention to Roald's every move."

"I'm still learning magic from Professor Roald... Is this going to stop?" Harry suddenly thought of this.Dumbledore didn't seem to show at all that he should change teachers or stop tutoring...?

There was a strong sadness on Sirius' face.

Harry's heart sank gradually, and the doubts and chills from the past swept over his emotions.He had a terrible thought that Dumbledore had deliberately kept him from telling him so that he could continue to be by Voldemort's side without knowing it.Only if he and Voldemort continue to contact each other will the Order of the Phoenix have a chance to discover new evidence.Why not tell him?Are you afraid that he will explode if he knows this?Or do you think he'd back down in the face of Voldemort?

A deep sense of distrust overwhelmed Harry.He was destined to be the one to be sacrificed.Although he has always been prepared for this, there is an essential difference between walking on this path by himself and being led in the dark.He didn't blame Dumbledore for doing this. The headmaster's philosophy was that sacrifices in the process were necessary and unavoidable for the final victory.But they didn't know that he actually knew more about Voldemort.

"He won't." Harry shook his head slowly. "He won't."

Sirius was a little anxious. "I know, Harry, I feel the same as you. I think this is too cruel for you... I really wish I could do this kind of thing, but they say no one can take your place... I I can't let you die foolishly! That's why I'm going to tell you alone!" His voice sounded a little choked.

"Sirius, your understanding is in the wrong direction. I know what Dumbledore means..." Harry glanced at him and continued to shake his head, "I mean, whether it's Professor Roald or Tom, I trust them. They won't hurt me."

"...Harry?" Sirius looked completely shocked. "...what did you say?" Not only did his godson seem completely unconcerned about being used as bait, but he believed he couldn't be harmed? "Why do you think that?" He felt that this was a complete fantasy, and Harry's reaction exceeded all his expectations.

The matter between him and Voldemort can't be clarified for a while, and Harry is not in the mood to discuss this with Sirius right now. "I know you are doing it for my own good, Sirius. I will continue to have tutoring with Professor Roald. However, I will still come to Hogsmeade, and I will not leave Tom." Harry said word by word out of his decision.

He thought that Dumbledore must have not allowed Sirius to tell him these things. If he suddenly started to take precautions, Dumbledore would find out what happened today.Sirius did this to show that he didn't care, but Harry would never want to cause trouble for his godfather.

"You..." Sirius fully understood Harry's determination, and couldn't help but question it. "Where does your confidence come from? It's unbelievable that I'm hearing this for the second time..."

"Huh? Who is it?" Harry was surprised. "Who else said that? Is there anyone in the Order who thinks the same as me?"

The expression on Sirius' face suddenly paused, as if he thought he had slipped his tongue. "Actually..." He glanced around, and then, as if making some important decision, he bent down and narrowed the distance between them: "I'm not a member of the Order of the Phoenix." He brought his mouth close to Harry's ear, Say quickly, in the lowest volume you can hear, "My brother is alive."

Sirius' brother?Isn't that the RAB in the locket?The Death Eater who wanted to destroy Voldemort's Horcrux?he is still alive?Harry's eyes widened, this thing was so explosive!Of all the news he's heard since his return, nothing has been more shocking than this...

"'Harry will be fine', that's what he told me. To be honest, I didn't believe it at the time..." Sirius mused, "But today, you actually said that... yes Is there a reason I don't know about, Harry?"

Harry was immersed in speculation about the various possibilities of Regulus Black's survival. Hearing this question, he wondered if Sirius would give him a hard lesson if he knew the truth, or would he just rush to fight with him? Voldemort duel? "As you can see, I believe him." Harry said vaguely, letting Sirius think that he and Tom were deeply attached to each other, which was easier to accept than the truth.

Sirius stared carefully into Harry's eyes, and it took a long time before he said: "I really want to support your ideas and decisions, but if he is really Voldemort, this kind of trust is undoubtedly a very stupid behavior."

"I'll keep an eye out," said Harry quickly.Now, only two people know what happened, he and Voldemort.Voldemort wouldn't explain his intentions, he couldn't.Let's talk about it later when the time is right, Harry comforted himself in his heart.But seeing that Sirius still wanted to say something, he hurriedly changed the subject: "Didn't you say that your brother was killed by Voldemort more than ten years ago? Then what's going on now?" Harry thought of him going to Grid When he was at No. 12, Limo Square, he once felt as if someone was watching him.Looking at it now, it might not be an illusion, but real? "He's in the room diagonally up from where I lived last time?"

"You found out so early?" Sirius was quite surprised, temporarily forgetting that he wanted Harry to be more cautious just now, "I didn't even notice...until I agreed to provide the Black family's old house to the Order of the Phoenix as its headquarters." I only found out later that he had been living there!"

"So Kreacher took his orders to take care of you?" Those suspicions that Sirius had said to him that Christmas!Harry thought about the things before and after, and quickly connected them together, and immediately understood some problems.

"Is he injured? Or poisoned? It's still serious, so he stays in the room all the time?" Think about Dumbledore's reaction after drinking those green potions, and the ghost corpse floating in the black lake!Who could have saved him at that time and that place?The answer is obviously Voldemort!

"Is he still a Death Eater? And has he returned to Voldemort?" On the coast of County Sligo, Ireland, the man who came out from behind him, what Voldemort said was "back among us", other Death Eaters The shocked reaction was actually Regulus Black, right?His behavior of returning to the Death Eaters is also easy to understand, after all, he has a handle in Voldemort's hands... I don't know if Kreacher's life is the threat or his own life... It seems that the former is more likely...

"With him and Kreacher, Voldemort should know all the news about the meeting of the Order of the Phoenix, right?" Voldemort has never been a person full of sympathy, he can even be said to be quite cold-blooded and cruel, and it is impossible to save someone who only wants him to die. The Death Eater... He didn't kill this person who had obviously betrayed him, it can only be said that this person still has his use value.And a person who was seriously injured and poisoned to the point that he could only stay in bed all year round could only stay in the old house of Black's family. What else could he do besides monitor what happened in the house?

Harry thought he'd almost figured out one thing about his return.Voldemort made preparations before deciding to kill him, and the place of cultivation for this preparation is likely to be the seaside cave.He returned there after another failed Kedavin.After maybe three months, maybe half a year, Regulus Black found the cave and wanted to destroy Voldemort's locket Horcrux.Voldemort probably watched Regulus drink the potion from his hiding place, let Kreacher go, and somehow figured out that he could use the name Black to do something to save Regulus from dying; Just hang his life all the time, and he can't die if it's not good.As for the locket, it must have been taken back by him.

"Harry," Sirius looked at him with a new look, obviously shocked by his accurate guess, "you are right! It's like seeing these things happen in person!" He clicked his tongue in admiration, " Judging from these, your wisdom is completely enough to protect yourself! I don’t want to ask how you guessed it, I just want you to promise that you must also show such a performance when it comes to your own safety!”

"Aren't you worried that the leak of news from the Order of the Phoenix may have a great impact on your plans or actions?" Hearing that Sirius was talking about his safety, Harry couldn't help but wonder.

"Then what can I do?" Sirius' face became very complicated, and his tone was full of guilt, "Harry, I hope you can forgive me for this; but even if you are angry with me, it is only natural. I am very Want to avenge James, but I can't send my brother to Azkaban..." He scratched his hair in pain.

"I can't do it! I know he's a Death Eater, and I know what he's up to; but I can't stop him, and I can't watch him weaken before me! What am I going to do? Is it the best?" Sirius squatted down, buried his face between his knees, and held his head in his hands.

No wonder since when he started, he always felt that Sirius' letters inadvertently showed a worried tone... Family love and friendship, family love and justice are all difficult to choose.Harry squatted down too, passing his hands around his shoulders and patting him lightly on the back. "I won't be angry with you, Sirius. I can't force you to send your own brother to the mouth of a dementor..." Not to mention that Regulus Black is basically the most unqualified Death Eater, he did what he did to destroy Voldemort, how could Harry get into trouble?And even if there was no news about Regulus, Voldemort could still predict the enemy's attack. After all, he knew much more than everyone in the Order of the Phoenix.But his godfather struggled so much that he seemed completely unaware of what Regulus had done before.

Sirius raised his eyes to look at him, and Harry could see the bloodshot inside, and couldn't help feeling very distressed. "Harry," murmured Sirius, "are you serious?"

Harry nodded vigorously, and then found himself being hugged firmly.

"I've always been sorry for you, Harry, I'm not a qualified godfather..." A low voice came from Harry's ear, which startled him. "You've done a good job, Sirius, I mean it." Harry tried to sound authentic and authentic.No one could replace Sirius in his heart, no one.

The two remained in the same position for a while.Just when Harry felt that his feet were almost gone, Sirius pulled him to stand up. "I lost my composure today," he said sincerely, "because these things have been held in my heart for a long time, and no one dares to tell..."

Harry nodded, he could understand the feeling, especially when he was in Voldemort's froze. "I won't tell anyone, even if Dumbledore came, I would ignore him!" He said in a deliberately indignant tone.

Sirius smiled. "I know you won't, Harry." He looked carefully into his godson's eyes, "You give me the impression of an adult today, much more stable than James was back then."

Harry said in his heart that he was indeed an adult, not just stable today.But he didn't say that, just smiled narrowly: "So you can tell me something in the future, don't bore yourself to death."

"It really does seem like that!" Sirius couldn't help pinching his cheek, "Taking care of yourself is the real thing! Don't worry about the Order of the Phoenix, the most important thing is your safety."

Harry nodded.Then they walked down the hill, and Sirius couldn't help but buy Harry a bunch of candy, and all kinds of goodies from Zonko's joke shop.

That night, Harry couldn't help asking Voldemort what happened to him during the day during the routine cram school.What they were studying today was the Speedy Flying spell, which was Voldemort's favorite movement spell.Because it is very convenient, you only need a wand to cast it, and there is no uncomfortable feeling of squeezing the tube like apparition.If controlled properly, it can create a movement effect similar to oriental martial arts, such as Lingboweibu and the like.

"Yes, mostly. Regulus did not tell Sirius Black what he had done," said Voldemort at last. "There's only one small problem," he added slowly. "I didn't expect the Black House to be useful at all, but I was accidentally attracted by the sight I saw."

"What did you see?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"The thoughts of Regulus Black." Voldemort said succinctly. "You definitely wouldn't have thought of it..." He laughed, but there was no warmth in his eyes. "Your godfather certainly didn't tell you this—he likes Sirius Black so much that he would take his own life."

Harry found that even if he did it again, his life would still be full of accidents.