Harry Potter’s Book of Sin Chapter 367: Hermione’s speculation

()"What on earth did Dumbledore..."

In the Gryffindor common room, the students who had just been rushed back by the professors all gathered in groups, lowered their voices and whispered.

"Who knows? That's Principal Dumbledore! He died without warning..."

"Don’t do this, McLean is right. We are all Hogwarts students! Dumbledore must have died to protect us. Thanks to him, we can still talk here now. !"

Harry and the other three were also sitting in the corner of the lounge. They silently listened to the noise around them and looked at each other. The weight of their hearts made it hard for them to speak.

Maca's soothing speech must have some effect, at least under the magic he showed, everyone has some confidence in their hearts.

In any case, Dumbledore's death is a fact that no one can accept at once.

"Hermione, you got the news before us, what do you want to say?" Harry couldn't stand the dignified atmosphere and broke the silence between the three.

Hermione's eyes were still red, she shook her head with her mouth pursed, and sniffed.

"Dumbledore's...situation was discovered by Snape first," Hermione said softly, "I know this better than you."

"...Snape." Harry heard the words, and there was a burst of habitual suspicion in his heart.

"Harry, I know what you are thinking, don't do that." Hermione looked at him with flushed eyes, "Maca said it earlier, Snape is fine."

"Yes, Harry." Ron also patted his buddy on the shoulder, and nodded, "Although I don't like Snape either-the potions class is really enough! But he didn't Apart from giving us a good look, it seems that I haven't done anything bad, hasn't it?"

"Hmm." Harry nodded reluctantly.

Speaking of Snape, although he was not friendly to Gryffindors... No, he was very harsh on students outside of Slytherin College. But the one he targeted most was undoubtedly Harry.

Harry's impression of Snape hasn't gotten better all the time.

The three men dropped their heads and remained silent for a while. Hermione, who had cheered up a little bit, suppressed the sadness in her heart and put her mind on thinking.

Since talking with Maca in the Black House, she has been insisting on thinking positively when encountering problems, and she has become more diligent in learning magic.

Now that this happened, Hermione turned her mind almost habitually after she calmed down.

After a while, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Harry and Ron.

"By the way, I just recalled it, and it seems to have discovered something--" Hermione said seriously, "I saw Snape and Professor McGonagall in the hall at the time, and Professor McGonagall looked very shaken. So I followed..."

"You know, the place where Dumbledore lay is on the lawn under the Astronomy Tower, not far from the foyer... At that moment, I panicked as soon as I saw it, and I couldn't take care of the other things at all. ..."

"But when I think about it now, I really don't think it's right--"

"What's wrong?" Harry and Ron asked hurriedly.

"It was Snape's look," Hermione recalled. "He looked too calm, it was absolutely abnormal!"

"Hasn't Snape always been that way?" Ron curled his lips and said, "In my opinion, even if Hogwarts Castle collapses in front of him, his face won't turn white. Click."

"His face is white enough." Harry murmured, "And, don't you doubt him?"

"No," Hermione waved her hand. "I don't doubt him. If he is really Voldemort's person, he would certainly not be so peaceful...The way Snape was at the time made me feel like he didn't care at all. Dumbledore is dead or not!"

"The conversation between him and Professor McGonagall was the same, except that he pointed to the lawn and said ‘right here’, and then he returned to the castle unhurriedly like a walk."

"No matter which side he is on, as long as he is still interested in Dumbledore's death, he will not use that routine attitude to perfuse things!"

"Listening to what you said, it seems that this is indeed the case..." Harry said thoughtfully, "No matter what, he wouldn't just leave like that. I remember everyone gathered there afterwards. At the time, he did not show up either."

Hermione heard this and immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes! So, there must be something strange in it, maybe--"

"Ah!"

Hermione was halfway through when Ron suddenly whispered and interrupted her.

"What's the matter, I was shocked!" Hermione gave him an angry look.

"No, I just remembered something," Ron smiled apologetically, and then went on, "I was on the lawn before, didn’t I go back to the castle after Maca finished talking? I was It seems that I caught a glimpse of who he was talking to at the gate..."

"Later, Professor McGonagall began to urge us to come back, I forgot, now think about it...the one standing on the doorstep seems to be Snape!"

"Really?" Harry said strangely, "Speaking of which, I didn't even notice when Maca left--"

"At that time, you all looked up at the sky!" Ron explained.

"So, you mean... Snape waited for Maca on the steps of the gate specially?" Hermione lowered her head and pondered, then hesitated, "You said... Dumbledore would Isn't it a suspended animation?"

"Fake death?" Harry wondered, "Why?"

"Maybe Dumbledore wanted to use his death to lure to the ground--" Halfway through, Hermione shook her head again, "No, that's not right either."

Harry and Ron had just understood, but when Hermione had denied this conjecture, they couldn't help but feel big.

"No? Why is this?" the two asked at the same time.

"You think!" Hermione frowned. "If Voldemort heard about Dumbledore's death, would he believe it? Even if he believed it, it would take a lot of investigation before he believed it. .Because of Maca’s very messy tricks, he has suffered several losses, how can it be so easy to believe that Dumbledore will die?"

"So? Is Dumbledore a real death or a fake death?" Ron was almost stunned.

"I don't know." Hermione said frankly, "It is absolutely unwise to jump to conclusions without evidence-Maca has said this before."

"But..." At this point, she thought about it again, and then continued, "If Dumbledore is indeed dead this time, it may be a blessing or a curse; but if Dumbledore is actually If you haven’t died...something bad will happen next!"

"Why do you say that?"

Seeing Hermione's serious look, Harry and Ron couldn't help becoming nervous.

"Because Dumbledore is very likely..." Hermione said solemnly, "I want to use his own death in exchange for ‘time’!"

"In other words, does he want to delay Voldemort's actions first...?" Harry blinked a little dry eyes. "Speaking of which, the prediction that Professor Trelawney made before in class... "

"Prophecy?" Ron stood up suddenly, "Wait, you guys, I'll get that notebook--"

"No need," Hermione waved her hand suddenly, "I still remember the content of the prophecy, so I don't need to take it specially."

"Have you memorized it?" Ron hesitated and sat down again.

"Just a few words," Hermione sighed, "You copied that note, don't you tell me you have forgotten it?"

"So the prophecy said,'sin is recovering'..." Harry recalled, "It sounds very ominous! This is far more terrifying than the pattern I saw in the tea dregs!"

"It is indeed very ominous, but when you mention the prophecy, I am more concerned about the other sentence—" Hermione frowned. "Remember? I mean,'When the old light retired from the stage, The old enemy will make a comeback' that sentence."

"The'old light' must refer to Dumbledore... So, does the'old enemy' mean Voldemort?" Ron Dang even guessed, "Isn't Voldemort actually responsible for Dumbledore's death? Suspicious, want to attack directly?"

"If it were Voldemort, it would not be'crime is resurrecting'," Hermione shook her head, thinking carefully, "Are you an enemy..."

She thought for a while, and suddenly she showed a look of uncertainty.

"Does Dumbledore's'old enemy' mean...Gellert Greenward?"

"Who?"

Although the name sounds familiar, at this time, Harry was full of Voldemort, and there was no room for anyone else.

"Greenward! The first generation of Dark Lord!" Hermione stared at Harry, "You should read more! Although "History of Magic" only records things before the 19th century~IndoMTL.com~ But we live after the 19th century!"

Harry was scolded by Hermione and couldn't help scratching his head.

He has indeed worked very hard lately, but his energy has been spent on self-study of spells, defense against the dark arts, flying techniques, and so on. Regarding the boring history of the magical world, how he does it Not interested.

In fact, he hardly read the textbook "History of Magic".

"Yeah! It's time to read more, buddy!"

Ron patted Harry's arm again, and Harry's eyes rolled in exchange for him-Ron himself was not interested in the history of magic, and Harry naturally knew nothing better.

"In short, to talk about Dumbledore's old enemy, it really should be the Gellert Greenward who was once known as'one of the most dangerous dark wizards in ancient and modern times'..."

"If Dumbledore hadn't thought of a way to force him to engage in a life-and-death duel with himself, maybe the entire European magical world would have been completely lost in the dark now!"