[HP] Illusion

The two were hiding in a hidden cave at the moment, on a hillside three miles away from Little Hangleton.In fact, it is not appropriate to call it a cave. It can only be regarded as a small tunnel. The inside is damp and cold, narrow and dark. Two big men can hide a short distance apart, at least they can breathe or something. If there are more A few people can only be squeezed into a lump.

The sunlight that came out early this morning was quite bright, but since they entered the cave, the sunlight outside has been quietly hidden behind the thick clouds, making the vision in the already dark space more and more blurred.

"You don't want it to rain, do you?" They finally made an appointment. If it rains, he doesn't know whether to continue today's trip.

"No," Harry thought for a moment, "do you smell the rain?"

"What?" Kingsley asked embarrassingly, "The smell of rain?"

"The smell of water vapor," Harry explained indifferently. "Although the clouds are thick today, the sky is not gray, so you don't have to worry."

Hearing what Harry said, Kingsley felt a little more relaxed, the young man wouldn't want to go back home, that's great!

Although the conditions were not good, the movements of the two became more and more agile. After Harry took protective measures for himself, he checked Kingsley again to make sure that he would not step into each other's "territory" any time soon. When they were discovered, the two came out of the narrow hole.

The sun came out at the right time, the azure sky reflected a golden light that was not too dazzling, and there were some fine dew on the grass, which reflected a beautiful and shimmering light.

But neither of them had time to appreciate the scenery. Harry stopped and stopped along the way, and Kingsley actually didn't know what he was doing, but in this case, he directly let the young man take the lead.Did Kingsley ask Harry, and Harry would not hesitate to tell him what he was going to do. In this way, a certain black man really worshiped the young man who was almost omnipotent in actual combat more and more.

Walking into the circled area, Harry took Kingsley to a relatively secluded bush, and took out an empty bottle from his pocket. Kingsley saw that he just held it in his hand and made no other movements. Puzzled, he asked, "What is this for?"

"Here's the Portkey." Harry handed the empty bottle to Kingsley, "You put it away first."

Kingsley looked at it speechlessly. Before he came, he had clearly said that the portkey here was no longer useful, but he took it anyway.

"Can't this be used? Or should it be used outside of that?" Kingsley said uncertainly.

"It can be used," Harry waved his hand and explained quickly, "The defense system of this place is not completely covered, there are still several dead spots in the part where the two defensive spells are superimposed, as long as you find the dead spots in the middle , just use the Portkey."

Kingsley was dazed, how did Harry know this?

Of course, Harry stopped and stopped along the way to check these defense systems, although this time the defense system seemed to be much stricter than last time, in addition to expanding the scope, dead spots still existed, and from the perspective of these defense systems, Although the number of blind spots has decreased, the scope has expanded. In this way, the success rate of using the Portkey in these blind spots will be higher. Probably, the person who worked on the defense system did not think about this at all.

There is no need to explain these to Kingsley, "When I get there in a while, I will find out the dead corner first, and run to that corner if there is anything, do you know how to activate the door key?" This question is a bit redundant. Sly took him safely to Dumbledore's.

Kingsley didn't know what to say anymore. The young man had already figured out the escape route, which made him extremely ashamed. Obviously they looked about the same age, why was he so powerful, and compared to him? Didn't he make any achievements other than dragging his feet?

No, if the young man is trustworthy, he has to pull him to their side. If the young man is recruited by the other party, he thinks that Dumbledore will really have nowhere to cry.

"Tell me, can we successfully complete the task today?"

Harry pretended to check around without answering, but what he thought in his heart was that it would depend on what Kingsley wanted to do. If he just got close to Gaunt's old house and checked the defense system here, as long as he was careful, he wouldn't be able to How difficult it is, but it is a bit impossible for him to continue to understand deeply.Even if Kingsley just wanted to check the deliberate part, it might not be easy.Harry didn't want to expose the Horcrux matter to anyone other than Dumbledore, so this time, he only came to scout the way and assist Kingsley in the investigation by the way.

"Huh?" After taking back his wand, Harry looked at Kingsley pretendingly, "What did you just say?"

"I'm wondering if my investigation will go well today?" Kingsley sighed. Without Harry, it would definitely not go well.

"I can't answer this question for you," he paused. "In any case, you have to be careful. We have the Disillusionment Charm, which is also an advantage."

Next, the two became more and more cautious.

Whether it was locking the narrow range later or approaching the destination at the end, the two of them hardly showed any clues, and escaped three or four waves of patrolling people. Until the end, they left smoothly without being discovered, but they could only do At this point, someone was guarding not far from Gaunt's old house, so there was no way for the two of them to get close to that place.

In fact, today was not too smooth for Kingsley, but it was enough for Harry. At least he found out the defensive measures and guards here. It seems that the last time he used the Portkey in a dead corner was not ignored. The other party found out, but when he comes next time, he still has to pay attention to whether the other party will expand the range again.

After coming out of Little Hangleton, the two quickly returned to the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley. As soon as they entered the box, Kingsley couldn't help but began to praise Harry with his words that could never be called gorgeous. Once Harry saved his life, this time he ensured his safety to the greatest extent possible.It's just that he regretted not being able to find out what these people were protecting today.

"You can report it to your superior." Harry said indifferently, "It's a pity that today's defensive magic, which is obviously very powerful, has such a big loophole."

Kingsley: "..." Which side is this person on?

Harry seemed to be belatedly remembering what he said just now, and then touched his forehead embarrassingly, "Sorry, I have a bit of an occupational disease, you don't need to worry about me. By the way, give me the port key."

Kingsley: "..." He has already used up this, isn't it just an empty bottle in his hand now?

Harry then took out a bottle of potion from his pocket, and poured half of it into the empty bottle that Kingsley handed him, "If you drink this, you may have diarrhea tomorrow, but after you finish the diarrhea, you will feel comfortable A lot. Going to places like that, we all have to detox.”

Kingsley, who had taken a long gulp before hearing the truth: "..."

What are you talking about!

But Kingsley had to admit that Harry was much more thoughtful than he thought.After that, Harry told Kingsley about the problems in the defense system of Little Hangleton, so that he would not have to go to take care of the black man, who was so smart and could eventually become the interim minister of the Ministry of Magic , this person must not die so early.

When he was about to leave, Kingsley asked hesitantly: "So, you won't tell the other party about the loopholes in the defense system in that place?"

Suddenly Harry grinned at him, laughing so hard that Kingsley shuddered.

"If I really want to do that, then I will easily strengthen them when I continue to analyze their magic," Harry thought for a while, "But I did modify their defense system spells just now, but if If they don’t check it carefully, they will definitely not be able to find out about it before it starts.” Even after the start-up, they may not be able to find out.

Kingsley: "..."

He must not be allowed to flee to the arms of the mysterious man!Kingsley thought anxiously.

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It was true that Kingsley did not come to look for Harry again in the next few weeks, but the letters from little Snape came one after another. It was sent by different owls. If it is a common owl, he can understand it, but generally speaking, if you find a little owl that already knows each other to send a message, isn’t it more reliable than changing owls every time? ?

Harry read the boy's letters over and over several times, thinking that there were no strange secrets and contents in them.

Subconsciously, Harry knew that there was a possibility that Snape was testing whether he had left or not.

Generally speaking, owls can send letters by recognizing people and addresses. Keep changing owls can only explain one thing. Of course, owls only recognize his address if they don’t recognize him. What reason did Snape have for doing this?But the boy really didn't show his intentions at all in the letter, and this kind of winding way was really Snape's style.

He carefully read every letter from little Snape, but every time he only replied a sentence or two, sometimes on purpose, sometimes because it was too late.

Little Snape's life at Hogwarts was more fulfilling than he imagined. Half a month after Easter, the boy sent back a few bottles of potion for Harry to help him consign. The potion made by little Snape The quality was very good, so when Harry took it to the potion shop, the other party readily took it and asked Harry if he had any intention of long-term cooperation.

This is the first time that Snape has actually used potions to earn real money. Although he did not earn much after deducting the cost, it is obviously the best start. This not only strengthened Snape's Self-confidence, it can be regarded as opening up sales channels. If we can cooperate stably in the future, little Snape will not have to worry about his life in the future. If he makes a few more bottles of rare potions, then little Snape will soon become rich. .

Probably because this reply was the longest reply from Harry to little Snape, little Snape seemed particularly excited, not only replied the letter very quickly, but also sent along with the letter, there were more Potion.

The correspondence between the two became really frequent. Generally speaking, as long as Harry wasn't too busy and fell asleep, he would definitely remember to write back to Snape.

Until one day, little Snape didn't send Harry the potion he made, but only wrote a sentence in the letter: "Are you busy recently?"

This sentence was enough for Harry to analyze Snape's intentions. I still remember that the boy asked him more than once a month ago, if he could go to Hogwarts to see him. Harry really didn't want to agree at that time, but Unable to stand Little Snape's soft and hard talk (are you sure there is someone?), finally compromised and said that if he had time, he would definitely go.

It's more than five months now, and there is still one month to go before the exam.If you want to go, you should go now, otherwise it will definitely disturb the boy's study.But the boy said this suddenly, and usually wrote a lot of sentences, but now he only wrote one sentence abnormally, which made Harry very worried about the boy.

What should we do?Harry stared blankly at the single sentence in his hand. In fact, Harry really couldn't get away these few days, because Kingsley and Dumbledore came to look for him together, although the old man didn't directly ask him if he would like to Joining the Order of the Phoenix, but that's pretty much the same thing.

Harry was a little hesitant. He was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, but this time he didn't immediately agree. Unexpectedly, Kingsley became a little crazy when he delayed, and harassed him with owls every now and then, even worse than Stoudemire. Letters from Nep were more frequent.

Therefore, although he has not agreed yet, Kingsley has been automatically bound to him. The two of them are responsible for the abnormal things about Gaunt's old house. However, since Kingsley's main job is Auror, So a lot of the time he does the research alone.

Of course Harry would love to, so that he could better carry out his plan of hinting at Dumbledore's Horcrux secrets.

Of course, there are still some difficulties in this. After all, he is not sure whether Dumbledore will have doubts about him after listening to him. After all, the old man may not immediately figure out this matter.

But that's just the beginning of a headache.

Because soon Harry discovered that hinting to the old man was much more difficult than he had imagined.

Yes, since the establishment of the task force between him and Kingsley's Little Hangleton, Harry has been able to talk to Dumbledore very smoothly, although he always feels guilty every time he sees Dumbledore, But after a few more times he was able to handle it pretty well.The point is that Dumbledore is too smart, and Harry is worried that he will find a lot of flaws in everything he says.So he kept as close to the facts as possible, and never held anything too big.

When Harry came back that day, he met Dumbledore directly on the road. The old man obviously came to him to ask about Gaunt's old house.

In fact, as he expected, even if he reported nothing, the old man could still ask new questions, and some questions almost made him unable to hold on.

"That's the way things are with the Gaunt family," Harry said, expressing that he was already familiar with some of the defense systems outside Gaunt's old house. After going through it all, but still not finding out, the young man said, "I think you should go and have a look for yourself, so you can feel more at ease."

Dumbledore didn't speak, he just looked at Harry quietly. Behind the half-moon glasses, those eyes that were not cloudy seemed to be thinking about something.

"Could it be that person..." Harry asked pretending to be puzzled, well, Edward has just returned not long ago, and it's only human to not understand Voldemort's behavior. "Is that the way that person does things? Or is there really some kind of messy treasure hidden in that place?"

Dumbledore shook his head. "Didn't you find it?"

Harry: "..." That's why I asked you to do it yourself.

"I think I should have missed something," Harry thought of what he wanted to say, "Even if the Gaunt's really can't find anything, it doesn't mean there is nothing suspicious there."

"Oh?" Dumbledore asked with great interest, "You mean..."

"If there wasn't anything there, that person wouldn't have done it." Doing so would be a waste of manpower, material and financial resources. If it wasn't for having money and no place to spend it, it doesn't rule out that Voldemort is really rich.

But nobles are generally very rich, and the Malfoy family probably gave a lot of Galleons as gifts.

"So, I still think there is already something there." Harry emphasized to Dumbledore, maybe next time he can continue to hint about the Horcrux, but he said repeatedly that the old Gaunt house was suspicious Dumbledore should be skeptical now, "Also, the closer you get to the Gaunt's old house, the more you can feel the power of black magic." He added, "Ah, so, Maybe there's some dark magic item hidden there."

Dumbledore glanced at Harry, whose eyes glowed inexplicably, "Maybe I should really go find an official from the Ministry of Magic and check the dark magic there."

Harry nodded, "Now is the best time, at least they haven't turned to the bright side, and the order from the Ministry of Magic is also aboveboard."

The old man nodded, but Harry wasn't sure that the old man would listen to him.Dumbledore has always had his own plans.

--And one more thing.

When he was about to leave, Harry stopped spontaneously, even with Dumbledore, waiting for the young man to speak.

"What's the matter? You might as well speak up." The old man also asked straightforwardly.

Harry looked at the wrinkled Dumbledore, and said solemnly: "I just saw Dumbledore's Defense Against the Dark Arts recruitment notice a few days ago, and I want to apply."

"That's it," Dumbledore smiled, "Kingsley mentioned it to me several times before, and I thought it was because you didn't come to see me these few days because you had no such plan."

"These are my resume and information," he had already sorted it out before, and he wasn't worried that Dumbledore would see through it. Anyway, it was said that Dumbledore didn't pay much attention to it when he was recruiting.

Harry wasn't worried that he couldn't do it either, on this point, he was still very confident.

Dumbledore quickly flipped through the information in his hand, and then handed it back to Harry, "I don't need these things, compared to this, I want to know why you want to teach at Hogwarts. "

Harry wasn't nervous at the moment, and his voice was calm and calm: "Because my previous job was too unstable, I want to find a more stable job."

"Then do you know that there is a curse on the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Everyone who becomes a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts has not held this position for more than a year. The professor of defense against magic is unable to continue his task for the next school year because of his health... Is this considered stable?"

Harry smiled, "Compared to my previous one, it's certainly more stable."

--And one more thing.

When he was about to leave, Harry stopped spontaneously, even with Dumbledore, waiting for the young man to speak.

"What's the matter? You might as well speak up." The old man also asked straightforwardly.

Harry looked at the wrinkled Dumbledore, and said solemnly: "I just saw Dumbledore's Defense Against the Dark Arts recruitment notice a few days ago, and I want to apply."

"That's it," Dumbledore smiled, "Kingsley mentioned it to me several times before, and I thought it was because you didn't come to see me these few days because you had no such plan."

"These are my resume and information," he had already sorted it out before, and he wasn't worried that Dumbledore would see through it. Anyway, it was said that Dumbledore didn't pay much attention to it when he was recruiting.

Harry wasn't worried that he couldn't do it either, on this point, he was still very confident.

Dumbledore quickly flipped through the information in his hand, and then handed it back to Harry, "I don't need these things, compared to this, I want to know why you want to teach at Hogwarts. "

Harry wasn't nervous at the moment, and his voice was calm and calm: "Because my previous job was too unstable, I want to find a more stable job."

"Then do you know that there is a curse on the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Everyone who becomes a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts has not held this position for more than a year. The professor of defense against magic is unable to continue his task for the next school year because of his health... Is this considered stable?"

Harry smiled, "Compared to my previous one, it's certainly more stable."