The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

"This is what you want."

The next morning, when Ash had breakfast and was about to leave the Great Hall, Snape handed him a small box expressionlessly.

Ash took the box. It was heavy and contained at least three bags of blood, which was 1200CC.

This is also Ash's request. The main reason is that the 400CC experimental sample is not enough, so more blood will be drawn this time. The main reason was that he wanted to test the werewolf's self-healing ability.

For ordinary people, if the blood loss exceeds 30% at one time, that is, more than 1200CC, it will be life-threatening.

Without external blood transfusion, it would take at least several months for ordinary people to recover, and during this period they would be in extreme pain, with headaches and dizziness being minor things, and various symptoms of blood loss anemia.

However, since the self-healing ability of werewolves is several times that of humans, and the cell regeneration rate is much faster than that of ordinary humans, it is theoretically possible to return to normal levels within a month.

The explanation given by Ash was to study whether the werewolf's next transformation would be affected if he lost too much blood.

For this reason, Lupine was quite convinced and actively cooperated with Ash's experiment.

Carrying the heavy box, Ash nodded with satisfaction. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Professor Lupine walking into the auditorium from the foyer.

His face was paler than before, obviously caused by excessive blood loss. When students passing by asked him questions, Professor Lupine would still smile back as usual. Even when his eyes came into contact with Snape, Lupine still nodded gently and said hello:

"Good morning, Professor Snape."

Snape withdrew his gaze indifferently, turned and left, with no intention of responding.

It was very Snape-esque.

But Ash was keenly aware of something unusual.

There seems to be something wrong with the attitude of these two people towards each other, right?

Although they are usually like this, this time is obviously different.

After all, Snape had been 'alone' with Lupine last night!

In fact, when Snape "kindly" guided Ash to the restricted area of ​​the library to search for banned books recording the solution to the werewolf curse, and offered to meet with Lupin alone, Ash knew that Snape must have a conspiracy.

However, as a famous old bat at Hogwarts, it is normal for Snape to have some conspiracy, not to mention that his target is Lupin.

Although Lupine never participated in the Marauders' bullying of Snape, it was impossible for Snape not to bear grudges against Lupine with his little heart.

After all, among the four former Marauders, Sirius is now a well-known prison talent, and Snape's most ruthless James Potter has also died, and their follower Peter Pettigrew has no body left. .

Even if Snape wanted revenge, he couldn't find the rightful owner. He couldn't send himself to Azkaban to chat with Sirius, right?

Since he can't find dead people, nor can he go to the dragon farm to find Sirius to 'reminisce about the past', Snape will naturally blame everything on Lupin - after all, who made Lupine the only survivor among the four?

What's more, Snape has to find some reason to take revenge, right?

Snape may not be aware of Lupine's character. As a witness, he also knows that Lupine did not participate in bullying him. Even if Lupine almost killed him, it was not something Lupine could control. After all, he couldn't control himself after becoming a werewolf.

But if Snape admits that Lupine is a good person, then what reason does he have to take revenge on Lupine?

So Snape must target Lupine. He will never reconcile with Lupine, otherwise what is the humiliation he suffered in the past?

If hatred is really so easy to resolve, why would Aurors be needed?

Therefore, Ash had already prepared that Snape would take the opportunity to retaliate and do some 'little pranks' on Lupine.

However, when he saw Snape and Lupine returning to Hogwarts, and the latter had no obvious injuries on his body, Ash immediately realized that the reason why Snape wanted to meet Lupine alone was probably not just revenge.

To put it bluntly, even if Snape's revenge against Lupine was very covert, it would not leave any obvious trauma. Although Lupine is a good old man, it is impossible for him to be retaliated against without any resentment in his heart. It is impossible for him to return to Hogwarts with Snape despite being retaliated by Snape.

This is obviously unreasonable.

Therefore, the purpose of Snape's meeting with Lupine must not be revenge.

So what is his purpose?

It can't be just to catch up with Lupine, right?

Ash didn't think they had anything to reminisce about, otherwise would Snape be made to miss the days of being bullied by James?

"So, what are they plotting?"

Ash's expression moved slightly, but his face remained calm, and he left the auditorium and walked along the marble stairs to the eighth floor.

First of all, we can rule out the possibility of Snape and Lupine becoming friends. Lupine may hope to turn enemies into friends, but Snape will not. Just working with Lupine is already challenging his bottom line, so how could it be possible? How about turning enemies into friends with Lupine?

So, are they collaborating?

If it really is cooperation, then the only factor that Ash can think of that can promote Snape and Lupine's "cooperation" may be Harley. This is the only thing they have in common and the only opportunity for them to work together.

But the question is, what does this have to do with Harley?

And why do we have to talk alone behind other people’s backs? Why can't we talk at Hogwarts?

Who are they guarding against?

Guard against Ash? There was no need for it, Snape at best didn't want him to participate.

Then, the answer is ready to come out:

Snape was hiding something from Dumbledore.

This is also normal.

Old coins are sympathetic to each other, Snape is an old bat, and Dumbledore is no less generous.

After so many years together, Snape knew exactly who Dumbledore was.

He is not the Dark Lord who destroys the world like Voldemort, but he is definitely not a good guy who responds to requests.

Even in some aspects, Dumbledore and the two Dark Lords are actually very similar - for example, they will never give up until they achieve their goals.

As the saying goes, being cruel to others is nothing but being cruel to yourself is truly cruel!

And Dumbledore belongs to this kind of person.

In order to create the conditions to defeat Voldemort, he even sacrificed his own life!

From this point alone, we can see that Dumbledore is definitely a ruthless person!

And since Snape chose to plot with Lupine about something that not only involved Harry but also had to be hidden from Dumbledore, the answer was already obvious based on Ash knowing a lot of information in advance——

"Has Snape already guessed about the Horcruxes?"

Ash frowned slightly and walked down the aisle into the eighth floor corridor, whispering to himself.

Guessing that Harley is a Horcrux is difficult to say, but not easy to say.

Harley has already shown in the first grade that she can share vision and memory with Voldemort to a certain extent. This is not a secret, and everyone who needs to know already knows it.

The only puzzling thing is how this connection came about.

Most people think of ‘prophecy’.

It was predicted that Harry would kill Voldemort, and that was indeed the case.

Although the fundamental reason is that Lily's love allowed Harry to survive Voldemort, and even allowed Voldemort's Killing Curse to rebound and kill herself. But in the eyes of many wizards, it was Harley who defeated Voldemort.

It is normal for these prophesied rivals to have some kind of connection with each other.

However, in the second grade, Harley once again showed the ability to "parseltongue", which cannot be explained by "coincidence". Especially during this period, the diary left by Voldemort when he was young also tried to trick Ginny into releasing the basilisk, which made the whole thing even more confusing.

After all this, normal people would wonder if there is any other connection between Harley and Voldemort, and the diary left by Voldemort is obviously not a simple diary——

Although the diary looks similar to the portrait, the portrait will not control the student's body to kill chickens in the middle of the night, nor will it control the student's body to secretly open a secret room. This ability is completely beyond the scope of the portrait!

Although it can also be explained by some special black magic. For example, Ginny is not controlled by the diary itself, but by the black magic similar to the Imperius Curse left in the diary. However, this will still leave many unexplained questions. Doubtful.

Under normal circumstances, almost no one would pay attention to these doubts.

Anyway, the diary has been destroyed and the crisis of the basilisk has been resolved. Why do you still think about the things that are there and not there?

But Snape was obviously not among them.

If it were 'Harry Potter', even looking at him would be an insult to Snape. If it weren't for those eyes, Snee might have wanted to kill him with his own hands.

But when he faced Harry Potter, Snape might not have been secretly claiming to be Harry's godfather. He took very good care of Harry and never saw Harry suffer any injustice.

Under the circumstances, it's not surprising that he would delve deeper into investigating anything out of the ordinary about Harley.

And as long as he is sure that the diary is not that simple, and then learns about the ancient and evil black magic of 'Horcrux', it will be difficult not to generate new speculations: Since Harley and Voldemort also have a subtle connection, then Harley will Could it also be Voldemort's Horcrux?

If this is really the case, what should Snape do? Should he tell Dumbledore, or should he secretly find a way to protect Harry?

Obviously, Snape chose the latter.

certainly.

Now Snape is at the suspicion stage at best. He has no evidence to prove that Harry is a Horcrux, or even that the diary is a Horcrux, unless he can find key evidence that Voldemort is making Horcruxes.

Moreover, Snape will definitely try his best to hide the speculation that Harry may be a Horcrux, and he does have this ability.

Everyone knows that Snape has always been outstanding in the field of potions, and his ability is enough to rank among the top three in the wizarding world.

But few people know that Snape is also second to none in the field of Occlumency!

His Occlumency is so sophisticated that he can even easily hide it from Dumbledore and Voldemort, which is enough to ensure that no one can get any useful clues from his mind!

Snape might even be more ruthless and directly delete his own memories related to this aspect, leaving only the part where 'the diary may be Voldemort's Horcrux', so as to ensure that everything is foolproof.

On this basis, the purpose of Snape's cooperation with Lupine should be to find Voldemort's other Horcruxes, or at least to find evidence of the existence of Horcruxes.

certainly.

This is just Ash's guess. It's possible that Snape really just wanted to 'reminisce' with Lupin and do some 'little pranks' on the way, just like what the Marauders did to him back then.

But Ash was more inclined to believe that his guess was correct.

It's easy to confirm the speculation. Just wait and see whether Snape and Lupine will suddenly disappear in the next few months.

One of these two people is a gloomy dead man, and the other is a werewolf with no fixed abode. Neither of them has any social needs. They always stay at school even on weekends. Even if Snape occasionally needs potion materials, he always goes to the nearby Huozhou. Germode Procurement.

So if one of them suddenly disappeared for a whole day, it would at least prove that they were indeed plotting something, and that it had to be done in secret without telling anyone, including Dumbledore.

As for how to confirm whether they will suddenly 'disappear'?

That's simpler.

Just let Harley go find them.

Neither Snape nor Lupine would refuse Harry's request to meet.

If they refuse, it just means they are temporarily offline.

"Owner."

When Ash entered the Room of Requirement carrying the box, Baizi immediately took the initiative to greet him.

"Where's Setsuna?" Ash raised his hand and rubbed the girl's ears with a smile on his face.

The girl narrowed her eyes in enjoyment and whispered back:

"She's with Hermione."

"That's it."

Ash thoughtfully rubbed the girl's ears and asked, "How do you feel physically? Is there anything uncomfortable?"

Bai Zi shook his head slightly, and Ash looked at the girl's rosy face, and there was indeed no sign of excessive blood loss.

"Are you coming again?" the girl asked softly.

Ash bit the girl's earlobe and said softly:

"Just once, okay?"

"Hmm~"

After Bai Zi heard this, he obediently took off his shirt, sat down at the table, and stretched out his white arms.

Ash also let go of the girl's furry ears, placed the box containing Lupin's blood on the table, and took out the blood collection bag from his pocket.

It's an experiment. It's normal to see some blood.

But Bai Zi is one of his own after all, and he cannot go to death like Lu Ping.

Ash only filled one blood bag of 400CC before he stopped. After labeling it, he took out another box, which also contained a large number of blood bags, and each had a label with the name of the blood owner:

Bai Zi, Anaconda, Lafxini, Abrana, Fiametta, Shidejia...

Collecting their blood was not because Ash had a fetish for blood, but mainly because he wanted to study the genetic sequences of different species and how to integrate the blood of powerful magical creatures, such as phoenixes or dragons, into their bloodlines.

"Owner."

Ash just buttoned up the box and put it away, when Bai Zi suddenly straddled him and made a serious face:

"We haven't done it in a long time."

"ah?"

Ash looked confused, "It wasn't just yesterday..."

"That was Setsuna, when she used Polyjuice Potion to take my form."

Bai Zi's face was not red and he was shaking off the blame. Before Ash could react, the girl had already made Ash take a breath of cold air.

"hiss!"

Warm, soft, and tight.