late at night.

It's still King's Cross station.

John tapped Dumbledore on the shoulder.

"Well - John, you scared me." Dumbledore patted his chest and smiled, "How did you find me? I'm still looking for you."

John shook his head with an expression of 'Are you kidding me' and said:

"It's hard for me not to notice you dressed like this."

Dumbledore opened his hands, lowered his head and bent down to look at his clothes, his face still full of confusion.

Seeing this scene, John was really speechless.

"Please, what you are wearing now is a set of ridiculously large Klein blue pajamas with lots of stars and moon patterns printed on them! And on your head is an oversized pointed wizard hat of the same color.

Even King's Cross station, where weirdos are everywhere at night.

This outfit is really weird!"

"Really?" Dumbledore suddenly realized, "I thought I was successful in pretending to be a Muggle. Well, don't be angry, John, I just wanted to lighten the mood. After all, Severus didn't agree with you.

Get up? I heard that you are going to Malfoy Manor for a meeting today."

"Obviously," John said calmly, "he doesn't want to see you."

"Oh - that's really hurtful."

As Dumbledore spoke, he took John to a deserted corner, "But with the two of us here, it should be enough."

After saying this, Dumbledore stretched out his hand towards John.

John grasped it cooperatively.

Accompanied by a burst of crackling firecrackers, John and Dumbledore's figures twisted and disappeared into the station.

at the same time.

On a remote and deserted country road.

Two figures suddenly appeared.

The turbulence of the teleportation made both of them almost lose their balance.

However, they soon regained their composure and continued to walk further along the path.

"Your expression tells me that you must have a lot of things you want to tell me."

Dumbledore said softly.

"You mean," John said expressionlessly, "that I should speak first this time?"

"If you wish."

John did not refuse, nodded, and told the story that Voldemort had obtained the prophecy ball and might have reached some kind of cooperation with the goblins.

Along with John's description, the smile on Dumbledore's face finally disappeared.

Especially after hearing that Voldemort no longer planned to pay too much attention to Harry Potter, Dumbledore's expression almost lost control and twitched.

"This is... very complicated news. I'm sorry, I don't know how to evaluate it." Dumbledore sighed, "The good news is that the danger Harry will face will be greatly reduced. But the bad news is..."

"You can no longer use that prophecy to get rid of Voldemort as originally planned?"

John helped Dumbledore tell the truth that was difficult for him to tell.

Dumbledore smiled bitterly and said:

"Overall, this is still a good thing. Judging from Harry's current performance, he is indeed not suitable to shoulder such a heavy responsibility."

John glanced at Dumbledore but said nothing.

Dumbledore, on the other hand, thought of himself:

"As for the fact that Voldemort may have betrayed his covenant with Michael and chosen to cooperate with the goblins, it is within my expectation. John, you may not understand Voldemort, but I know it.

Voldemort doesn't understand love, nor friendship...or feelings.

He only has interests in his eyes.

Breaking a covenant for the sake of profit is a common thing for him.

This is not only for you, but also for the fairies.

I believe Voldemort will turn his back on goblins sooner or later.

In other words, he is completely hedging his bets now, using goblins as a reason to drive you to do things for him.

On the other hand, I use you as a reason to want more from the fairies."

"I guess that's the case." John said quietly, "But he thinks too beautifully. Goblins are not easy to control, and it's not easy to deal with me. He will suffer the consequences soon!"

Hearing this, Dumbledore's eyes lit up and he said:

"You mean, you already have a plan?"

The corners of John's mouth raised slightly, and he looked at Dumbledore meaningfully and said:

"Yes, but before talking about this plan, I have one more thing to say. This matter is related to you."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Voldemort has sent assassins, preparing to enter Hogwarts to kill you."

Dumbledore pursed his lips and said:

"Is it Severus? To be honest, besides him, I can't think of any other choice. But Severus will not do anything to me unless I beg him..."

"It's not Professor Snape." John interrupted, "It's Draco, Professor Dumbledore. Voldemort sent Draco Malfoy and asked him to find a way to assassinate you."

Dumbledore's expression became serious for the first time tonight.

After hearing that the prophecy ball was in the hands of Voldemort, Dumbledore's expression did not become solemn. At most, he was just distressed.

But now, when he heard that the assassin was Draco and his student, his expression became extremely solemn.

"Voldemort wants that child to die! Draco, it's impossible!"

"Yes, this is an obvious thing." John smiled, "So Draco begged me and wanted me to save him. And I agreed."

"What are you going to do?"

"Kill you."

"Hehehehe..."

Dumbledore suddenly laughed.

He really couldn't help it.

After all, John's joke was really too funny.

However, Dumbledore soon stopped laughing.

Because the smile on John's face has disappeared.

His expression became extremely serious.

This doesn't sound like a joke at all!

'Is John serious?'

Dumbledore couldn't help but think.

But how is this possible?

If John wanted him to die, he would have just let him drink those potions in the cave and then he would have been able to kill him easily when he lost the ability to resist.

But John didn't do that. Instead, he rushed to drink the potions.

John is a kind and good boy.

Even if Dumbledore tried hard, he couldn't think of any motive for John to kill him.

"call--"

Dumbledore took a deep breath, forced a smile and said:

"John, you're kidding, right?"

"Of course not." John shook his head sharply and said, "Professor Dumbledore, I am serious. Since Voldemort is planning to send Draco to kill you, why don't we just follow the trend and kill you like this?"

Dumbledore's mouth opened slightly, with disbelief written all over his face.

He never expected that John would think so.

On the country path, the two stopped almost at the same time and looked at each other in silence.
Chapter completed!