In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

In the barren mountains in the northernmost part of Norway, even in June, the temperature here is basically always below ten degrees. The only living creatures that can be seen above the woods are the crested grebes gliding in the sky. eagle.

Jon once followed Grindelwald to the dilapidated monastery of Ramor Hans. Grindelwald, wearing a black trench coat, was watching Eric get the potion from Snape.

"Have you verified it?"

Hearing Grindelwald's question, Eric's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Yes, sir, I have verified some of the experimental products. The 'dry wood' in their bodies was indeed ignited. Severus Snape is undoubtedly a researcher in potions. A genius, I am now a little curious about what potions he has been refining for Voldemort."

Grindelwald said coldly.

"We don't have to deal with the situation in the UK. We need the conflict there to help us attract other people's attention. All I care about now is this bottle of medicine. The 'dry wood' can be ignited, but I want to know what it is." It can keep burning as long as life is maintained, or it is still a consumable. If it is the latter, then even if this bottle of medicine can help us, it will be limited."

Emil lowered his head and said.

"I am still observing this. The research samples are now in the Arctic. There is no sign of subsidence yet."

"Then continue to watch and wait for a year. If there is no weakening after one year, we can conduct more severe experiments. That means we have taken a big step towards success. The only thing left is It’s the final touch.”

Grindelwald said and threw the bottle of potion to Hans who remained silent.

"Based on this finished product, see if there is anything that can be improved in the prescription itself, and then increase the scope of the experiment and strive to increase the finished product rate as quickly as possible."

Hans took the potion in his hand steadily. He looked much thinner than when Jon saw him before, but his cloudy eyes were surprisingly bright. Looking at the potion in his hand, he seemed to be Looks like a rare treasure.

"Also, sir." Eric continued, "The American wizard named Matthew Graves followed me to England, but he probably doesn't know that I have left there."

Hearing Eric say this name, a sneer appeared on Grindelwald's lips.

"Don't worry about him. Don't worry about the entire MACUSA. They are just a bunch of latecomers who don't know how to adapt. If they really like jumping up and down, then help them remember what they have experienced."

After saying this, he stood up from the chair and raised the wand in his hand.

"There will definitely be more intense turmoil in the UK in the future. Dumbledore will not give up such a good opportunity, especially after he gets what he wants to get, he will take advantage of this period to bring us All you need is ready.”

At this time, Hans finally removed his obsessed gaze from the bottle of potion. He looked at Grindelwald and asked hesitantly.

"Master, there are some things I don't know whether I should ask, what if Dumbledore"

"Then don't ask."

Grindelwald interrupted him, and the next moment, he disappeared into the monastery.

Jon and Lily returned to France that same day.

Snape's death meant that their mission was completely over.

After returning to Lyon, Lily left the matter of finding Dumbledore to Jon, and by now she certainly knew something.

Snape's ability to escape from France must have something to do with Dumbledore.

But she didn't ask about the hidden deal between Jon and Snape. She had never been interested in how to do it.

When Jon returned to the Hogwarts temporary school in Lyon, he naturally saw the gallows that had not yet been dismantled.

It seems that it will not be demolished in the future, but will definitely be used as a symbol.

Even if Dumbledore returns to England with the students of Hogwarts in the future, the French Ministry of Magic will retain the gallows where the first public trial in the wizarding world was carried out as one of the symbols of this war. Later generations pay tribute.

Of course, Jon would only feel sorry for this. He actually wanted to participate in what he thought was a very meaningful public trial, but Snape's incident happened in the middle and he had to let him leave during this period. U.K.

However, this public trial of students within Hogwarts will certainly not be the last one. It is just a foreplay for the subsequent large-scale public trial of the entire French wizarding world. Jon will naturally have the opportunity to see one later. A trial that attracts more attention.

After arriving at Dumbledore's office, Jon sat down directly opposite Dumbledore, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of black tea and drank it in one gulp.

The portraits of the past principals on the wall looked like they were familiar with him, and they greeted him warmly one by one.

When Fawkes, who had been perching on the golden branch, saw Jon, he also spread his wings and glided to his shoulders, nuzzling his face affectionately with his sharp beak.

This principal's room is obviously richer than before, such as the old hat that was placed alone on a wooden stand, and a black gemstone ring that was kept in the cabinet. It was also placed together with the ring. There was an elder wand that belonged to Dumbledore but he never used much.

Dumbledore still had that gentle smile, looking at Jon as if he were back in his own office, sitting down so skillfully.

"You're always so reassuring, Jon."

Jon just shrugged at the compliment.

"Is this the reason why you keep me spinning like a top? Professor, this trip is not an outing. No one I meet is easy to deal with."

"Because you always want to do too much. In fact, you have followed what I said from the beginning and don't worry about anything. The ending will be the same."

Jon was noncommittal about this. He took out the bottle of golden gravel that Snape had given him before going to Lily to die, and put it in front of Dumbledore.

"Perhaps what you said is indeed right. This is what Snape asked me to give you. He got it from his previous owner. Not the one who is going crazy in England now. It looks more like before. The one I drove from the castle."

Dumbledore did not immediately reach for the bottle of gravel, he just said softly.

"Actually, Severus had already chosen the ending for himself from the beginning. I told you before that more than ten years ago he came to beg me to save Lily and said that he also spent Harry Potter's life. In exchange for begging Voldemort for this, I despised him very much. Having pity for the new life is the compassion that a human being should have. At that time, I thought that he was a person without love. Even for Lily, he just wanted to In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, he wanted to get her domineeringly. But that day, when I asked him what he was willing to pay for Lily, and he answered me all the questions, I truly understood what kind of person he was. people."

Dumbledore looked at Jon and said with emotion.

"He is selfish and not a good person, but it cannot be denied that few people can love to the extent that he does, right?"

"You knew he was going to die?"

Dumbledore did not answer this question directly. He just looked at Jon and asked.

"Do you think it is possible for him to continue to live after he was abandoned by Voldemort that night at the end of the Triwizard Tournament?"

The answer is of course obvious.

With the crimes Snape had committed, even if he participated in a public trial, he would only end up hanging on the gallows.

"Of course he knew this himself," Dumbledore said, "so he and I made one last deal, a deal that we both trusted each other and thought we could complete even if there were no constraints."

Jon turned his attention to the bottle of golden gravel.

"So, he wanted Professor Potter's safety, and all he paid was to get this bottle for you?"

Seeing that Jon was curious about the bottle of gravel, Dumbledore put his fingers together on the desk, as if he was ready to have a serious chat with Jon.

"Actually, are you curious about something, Jon? When you were in first grade, I talked to you about the fact that there were only two things that Tom Riddle longed for most, one was supreme power, and the other One is true immortality. Based on his strength, power is of course easy to obtain, but for immortality he chose to use Horcruxes, but later he apparently discovered the drawbacks of this approach, so he began to split his body into pieces. The souls that have gone out are recovered again, and we have always suspected that the rational Voldemort may have been born in this process."

"But in this way, a problem has emerged. Since he gave up the method of using Horcruxes to obtain immortality, and instead chose to maintain his own sanity to better operate his power, then now, he What do you rely on to freeze your own time?"

This question obviously stunned Jon for a moment.

If Dumbledore hadn't asked this question, he really hadn't thought about this issue in detail.

Voldemort is undoubtedly afraid of death, otherwise he would not have made seven Horcruxes in a row in the original work, as if he wanted to add absolute guarantee that he would always be alive.

Choosing immortality was not something he decided upon when he was crazy, but something he was determined to accomplish when he was already sane and young.

And now, since he has taken back the soul in the Horcrux, the immortality attribute brought to him by the Horcrux will naturally no longer exist.

So how can he keep himself young now?

Jon has seen Voldemort many times with his own eyes, and he can confirm that Voldemort's appearance is obviously fixed in the state of his youth, but he is now 70 years old. In the magical world, it is indeed not difficult for a wizard to live for more than two hundred years without any means, but his appearance will not change due to this.

He definitely didn't use the magic stone, because the stone fell into his hands only three years ago, and his method of freezing age was obviously not a recent one.

This means that while Voldemort was actually recovering the Horcruxes, he had another way to maintain his immortality?

Jon now turned his attention again to the bottle of golden gravel.

"I have always wondered whether it was possible that after Riddle recovered all the Horcruxes, he made himself into a Horcrux, so there were two of him fighting for the same body at the same time. situation."

Dumbledore said calmly.

"But this speculation was denied by Severus after he was brought back. He told me clearly that the way Riddle still maintains his immortality is very obscure, just like the Horcruxes in the past, he He did not reveal it to anyone, but there were some things that outsiders needed to help him complete. Severus Snape, who he had high hopes for and who was also the person who would bring him the prophecy about the savior, became Someone he trusts."

"It's just that we all know that Riddle's trust is never absolute. The only person he can truly trust is himself, not even another person. So the trust he maintains in Severus is only limited. As far as he was willing to reveal. Severus told me that not long after he killed the Potters and disappeared for a month, and then came back to occupy the British Ministry of Magic, there was a time when Riddle often came and went. Department of Mysteries.”

"Department of Mysteries?" Jon repeated the department.

"Yes, there are many magics in this world that were not created by wizards, and the Department of Mysteries is a place that specializes in studying certain mysterious and powerful magics that are not controlled by wizards."

Dumbledore picked up the bottle of golden gravel.

"Severus said that no one knew what Riddle was studying inside during that time, and he drove away all the Silent people working in the Department of Mysteries, leaving only himself. Then two weeks later, he Only then did someone call Severus over, and then they took out this kind of gravel that seemed to be extracted from an hourglass, and asked Severus to use this gravel as the core to create a method to catalyze its effect. Here comes the magic potion.”

"Riddle's limited trust is reflected in this. He didn't tell Severus what the gravel in the bottle did. He just said that he needed a bottle of catalyst. This is not a simple thing, especially when there is no way. Although he understood the specific effects of the required catalytic substance, Severus still used his talent in the end, and finally met Riddle's request."

"This is why he has always been so valued. These golden gravels and the catalyst he developed have always been a secret kept between Severus and Riddle. And this secret, even now, is being controlled He doesn’t know about Lord Voldemort in Britain either.”

I have seen everyone’s opinions. In fact, I originally just wanted him to go through the motions at the end. It is indeed right to end it like this. Sometimes after writing now, it is not me who is promoting the plot, but the story. The people inside are pushing me away