[HP] Seven Nights Talk

Dumbledore has been a bit annoyed lately.

There are many reasons for this.The man who dumped the mouse on his plate two years ago and the man who killed Quirrell who was possessed by Voldemort has not been found, the same goes for the man who tried to throw Harry to death and the man who opened the Chamber of Secrets.If the person doing the first two things is helping, then the latter two things are not helping.

That's at least two different people doing it.Could there be such a possibility that two very different people had infiltrated Hogwarts and he didn't even notice?Maybe more?

All these things happened after Harry entered school, and of course he would consider everyone in Harry's class, among which Harry himself was obviously the most suspicious.

But that's impossible - Dumbledore said to himself.

Even if Harry is smart and has a higher level of magic than ordinary people, it is impossible for him to know that Peter faked his death and then hid as a mouse for ten years. It is impossible for him to know that Quirrell was possessed by Voldemort without touching Quirrell's relics , it is impossible to try to throw yourself to death, and it is impossible to know how to open the secret room.Many of these are not problems that can be explained by strength, but can only be achieved by knowing a lot of things that others do not know.Even if it is a prophecy, this is too much and too clear.

After the death eaters absconded and the water monster incident, Dumbledore even removed this slight doubt.Harry showed nothing unusual, he seemed as studious as Hermione, and had a good temper.Those two behind-the-scenes masterminds have completely attracted his attention, compared to the people who may be in the school that he doesn't know, it seems harmless.

Facing the Pensieve, Dumbledore carefully sorted out the situation again.

The Death Eaters and Water Monsters are obviously the work of two people, and then they can be deduced further.The person who instigated Lockhart was outside the school. Calculated by time, the earliest time to appear was the summer vacation after Harry's first grade.That is to say, the Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets in the first and second grades have nothing to do with him.Judging from this situation, there is a great possibility that it was Voldemort who escaped from the Sorcerer's Stone incident in the first grade.Because he fell down once in school, he would never approach Hogwarts again, and tried to get Harry's blood or life through other people's hands.

It's just that if it's correct in one aspect, it's not correct in the other.If that person was Voldemort, would it be someone other than Voldemort who allowed the Death Eaters to escape from prison?Ability aside, at least among the Death Eaters there has never been a small leader in charge, and Voldemort is the only leader.Looking at the neat reaction of the Death Eaters after they went out, it was obvious that whoever let them out had complete control over them.

In this way, the identity of this person is very strange.

In terms of ability, since this person can hide from the dementors, it is very easy to do things like rats and secret rooms.And since he had this ability, he didn't have to try to overthrow Harry when he was playing, and he didn't succeed in the end.Even according to the chronological order of events, the strength of this person may gradually become stronger, and it is difficult to judge the position of support or hostility.If it is support, it is impossible for this person to open the Chamber of Secrets and release the basilisk; if it is hostility, this person cannot keep Harry still - the savior has always been a thorn in the side of the Death Eaters, absolutely not Let go of the truth.

This looks more troublesome.Perhaps it was a third person who tried to throw Harry off the broom?This can probably be attributed to the fact that this person wanted to leave the savior to Voldemort himself to deal with, otherwise it is completely inexplicable.Then it came back to the old question-why didn't these two groups of people work together?This is really frustrating and I can't figure out why.

The last, of course, was the nearest Lockhart.He was so completely insane that even if he wanted to retrieve the memories, he couldn't do anything - because they were all broken into slag, and the reliability could not be verified.This also disappointed people who wanted to know what he did that night, because nothing could be found.If there were any doubts, it was that the place where he went wrong was so strange that it happened to be the place where Myrtle died decades ago.But his fate was different from that of Myrtle, and it was really impossible to be sure that it was because of the Chamber of Secrets—you must know that seeing the basilisk was not the only fate—not to mention that he himself carried a package on his back.

Dumbledore raised his head from the Pensieve, his eyes fell on the "Daily Prophet" next to it - the Hogwarts professor job advertisement was printed in a corner - and he couldn't help but sighed silently.The most important thing now is not what he just thought, but the vacant Defense Against the Dark Arts course professor.

He thought that even if Lockhart was an idiot, at least he could sit in this position for a while longer.It now appears that he was thinking too much - Voldemort's curse on the position must have only continued unabated, with the last two professors coming off the worst in decades.This directly led to the lack of interest in this position-one died in ashes, one was declared permanently incurable by St. Mungo-who else would take the risk?

In fact, if it weren't for the tension between Snape, Sirius and Lupine, he would have thought Sirius or Lupine would be fine.But Sirius is not interested (Black's treasury should not be too full, and he and Snape are simply incompatible), Lupine is interested, but has not yet considered it clearly (although he needs a job, but the werewolf is a teacher in school Doesn't always sound so plausible).

Thinking of this, Dumbledore's eyes fell on an open letter on the table again.The parchment was spread out, revealing a row of beautiful and neat cursive characters, and his angle was just right to see the visit time written on the lower half.He considered himself lucky enough to have the only candidate.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Dumbledore stood up, put away the stone basin on the desk, and put it in a nearby cabinet.That word looks like the luxurious style that Lockhart likes... I hope the person is not a worse candidate than Lockhart.

At this moment, Harry was walking through the courtyard of Hogwarts Castle.He had never been to school during the summer vacation, and he was still a little uncomfortable looking at the deserted castle at this time.Ahead, Professor McGonagall was leading the way, his emerald green robe raised slightly. "Please come from here, Mr. Roald, the principal's office is on the eighth floor."

Of course, Professor McGonagall was not leading the way for him, but for the Mr. Roald she was talking about—essentially Voldemort.At this point Voldemort was smiling appropriately, and replied, "Thank you, ma'am." McGonagall was almost nine years younger than him, and she hadn't been in school when he graduated, so she hadn't seen him at all before.Now her reaction is very normal, which means that he seems to be fine at all.

Listening to the conversation, Harry the Ring glared at Voldemort's hand.He only guessed that Voldemort was going to establish a new identity, and later Voldemort said that he would use this new identity to obtain a reasonable reason to take him out of Privet Drive and not be followed by the Order of the Phoenix. Be his new professor!

Well, he could understand why the professor - it would be more suitable for them to stay in the same area together than the students, and have the opportunity to act autonomously - but why use his own previous face!Even if Professor McGonagall didn't recognize it, most people didn't recognize it, how could Dumbledore not recognize it?If you apply for a job like this, will you really not be hit by the principal with an elderberry wand?

Although Harry was so skeptical and nervous, Voldemort himself didn't seem to feel that way at all.The two walked in front of the gargoyle, and then Professor McGonagall gave the password, and the monster jumped aside, revealing the spiral staircase behind it.

"The principal is waiting for you up there," said Professor McGonagall, looking hesitant. "I wish you success."

"Thank you." Voldemort continued to smile at her, and walked in.

After the stone beast jumped back again, Mag turned and left.When Lockhart came last time, she also brought him in. He was handsome, but his actions and words made him uncomfortable.And this person named Roald looks more attractive than Lockhart, but she feels that she is more stable and polite than Lockhart, which makes people feel good.To tell the truth, for decades, she had to believe that there was a curse in the position.So when such a young man came to apply for the job, she always felt a little pity - don't let anything happen this year.

Voldemort has always been good at guessing people's hearts. Of course McGonagall noticed the slight pause, but there was no reaction.And Harry, full of worry, didn't notice this at all.In his opinion, Voldemort really should have done something with his face - he was two extremes of what he was and what he was after, but either one was striking! "You really don't..." He tried to persuade Voldemort before the stairs reached the top, but what he got in return was a hand that took his whole body, and his voice immediately became muffled.

"Believe me, I know him better than you do," said Voldemort softly.Then he saw the door of the principal's office, released his right hand again, and pushed the door open.

Of course Harry knew that by Voldemort he was referring to Dumbledore.He wanted to say something more, but he knew he couldn't - they were in the headmaster's office now, and they could only hope that Voldemort was as good as he said he would be.Still he could only see the floor, and then he heard Dumbledore's voice: "Good day, you've come on time." Then there was a rustle of robes, as if the Headmaster was turning around.

"Good day, Headmaster." Voldemort only said so, as if he didn't see Dumbledore's slightly widened eyes at that moment.Then, there was a frightening silence.

Dumbledore stared closely at the man in the office.He had seen this face before, and it impressed him deeply, but it was younger - because Tom had just graduated from Hogwarts at that time.And when Voldemort came to apply for the job later, he already had a distorted face.It should be said that this is what Tom Riddle would have looked like in his twenties had he grown according to his normal trends.Many thoughts rolled through his mind in an instant, from other people's deliberate disguise to a real person challenging his limit of endurance, no matter which one is a conspiracy. "Tom?" he whispered, staring at the face for a moment.

"Huh?" Voldemort deliberately showed a puzzled and innocent expression.Of course he knew what Dumbledore wanted to do. He had always been conflicted with the name Tom and would get angry every time he heard it.Although he still doesn't like it now, he can't show his secrets. It's not the name he wrote in his cover letter. "Although my name is a bit of a mouthful, the abbreviation is not Tom."

Dumbledore looked at his innocent expression.Of course he knew it was not, he just wanted to test it. "You look very much like an old friend of mine," he continued, holding his wand and letter with his fingers on the table, while mentally repeating the name Votrolm de Rold. "Exactly the same," he said slowly.

Voldemort lifted his lips in a deliberately un-Voldemort wide smile. "Really? That would be great. I don't know if I have the honor to know who this old friend of yours is?"