At this moment, an uninvited guest arrived in the empty principal's office. The stone statue outside, which was responsible for guarding the entrance to the principal's office, could not stop the other party at all, and was easily defeated by a confusion spell.
"Harry has come to Hogwarts to look for Ravenclaw's diadem."
Standing in front of the principal's desk, Albert looked up at the sleeping old man in the picture frame.
"Did you tell him?"
Dumbledore's portrait opened his eyes, looked at Albert standing in front of him, and guessed the purpose of the other person's coming to him.
"What are you going to do?" Albert asked directly.
Dumbledore's portrait murmured, "It's so rare that you would hesitate. I thought..."
"You are already dead, so there is no need to worry."
Albert blinked at the portraits of past principals who had their eyes open and their ears pricked up to eavesdrop, and he raised his index finger to his mouth and made a shushing gesture.
"The current situation in the British wizarding community is worse than I expected, and the mysterious man has become more difficult to deal with."
"You pushed Voldemort too hard." Dumbledore knew the reason very well.
"Maybe," Albert said noncommittally, "but war is never about treating guests to dinner, it is about killing people."
"Aren't you inviting us to dinner?"
Dumbledore could hear Albert's sarcasm and dissatisfaction in these words, but he did not deny that they were right.
"You can't rely on a savior to solve your problems."
"You seem to be very dissatisfied with the current situation. What happened?"
Dumbledore was very surprised by Albert's reaction. It didn't look like he had come to discuss matters with him. Instead, he seemed to have come to him to complain, complaining about his original decision, complaining that he died so early, and complaining that he had shouldered most of the burden.
Throw it to the opponent.
"Harry Potter is not an idiot. I believe it won't take long for him to guess the true identity of Ms. Grey." Albert reminded, "Maybe Ms. Gray promised us to keep the secret of the diadem, but Harry and
Hermione will definitely go to Mr. Binns to prove it and guess that Ms. Gray is lying, and they can all see this, so how can we not see it?"
"Harry will soon realize that I am deliberately hiding something, and surmise that the diadem may have been hidden in the school by a mysterious person."
"It's too early now." Dumbledore shook his head. "Harry needs time, and..."
"Are you afraid that Harry will go your way?"
Looking at the silent old man in front of him, Albert suddenly said, "I wonder if Snape told you that Rita Skeeter used veritaserum to pry open Bathilda Bagshot's mouth and obtain it from her.
Many secrets about you, which led to the writing of The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore."
"Now everyone knows about your grievances and grudges with Grindelwald."
"I never went out of my way to hide this." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "You already knew that, didn't you?"
"I know it's useless."
"They will be here in a while, you tell them." Albert reminded, "This is your plan, the choice is yours."
choose?
There was no choice from the start.
Dumbledore guessed that Harry's current change was definitely related to Albert, and he asked, "Have you found the whereabouts of the Hufflepuff Gold Cup?"
"It should be hidden in some Death Eater's Gringotts vault."
"If it's what you said, it's probably just those few." Dumbledore murmured, "This is really bad."
"What are you worried about?" Albert asked.
"I was never worried about Harry finding Hufflepuff's golden cup." Dumbledore said. "I was just a little worried about Harry's situation. I was worried that Harry would be like me, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons.
Make mistakes, not everyone can resist temptation like you."
"Resist temptation, no, that old wand scares me." Albert shook his head and said, "It was a mistake for you to give it to me from the beginning. It is too powerful. I have tried to use it before, and it will definitely be difficult for you.
Imagine... it's like creating a miracle."
"Believe me, you are more qualified than anyone else to own it and keep it." Dumbledore said with a smile, "In fact, you have completely underestimated yourself. You are actually equally qualified to possess all the Deathly Hallows."
"I never wanted to be the master of death." Albert laughed at himself.
"I know." Dumbledore said softly, "I just hope that Harry can truly conquer death, but it will not be easy."
"Are you worried that Potter will not die resolutely at the right time as you arranged?"
"Few people have the courage to happily accept their fate of death." Dumbledore actually admitted directly.
"Anyway, I definitely don't want to die, and I hate having my life arranged by others." Albert laughed at himself, "Okay, I know what you are worried about, but believe me, no one wants to be deceived. It's best not to let Potter
Create a rebellious mentality.”
Dumbledore was silent, seeming to be considering Albert's words, but then shook his head and said, "I still think it's not the time yet. When the time comes, I believe Harry will arrange everything properly and welcome his fate calmly."
"That also means the true end of Tom Riddle."
Dumbledore looked at the most outstanding student in history and said, "I hope you will tell him personally when the time comes."
"I thought it would be Snape." Albert raised his eyebrows.
"I did tell Severus about it."
"He must be very excited."
"It seems that you know a lot of things." Dumbledore was not surprised by this.
"I think your worries are actually unnecessary." Albert suddenly said, "Not long ago, Harry had cracked the secret of the Deathly Hallows in the book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" that you left for Hermione.
, after he figured out that you left the Resurrection Stone in the Golden Snitch, he already knew that the enemy he should defeat in the end was the God of Death."
"Did you tell him?"
Dumbledore frowned slightly, he found that Harry's progress was much faster than expected.
"I just told him some trivial information, and a lot of it was inferred by them themselves." Albert asked, "I'm actually curious, why didn't you just tell Potter the truth?"
"the truth?"
"If Harry knew that asking the mysterious man to hit Avada Kedavra himself would not necessarily lead to death, but could also remove the Horcrux left by the mysterious man on him, I believe he would be happy to try it. Anyway, in the end
They are all going to die."
"It seems that something unpleasant has happened to you." Dumbledore suddenly changed the subject.
"You want to know?" Albert raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Perhaps, telling you will make you feel better." Dumbledore listened with all ears.
"It's nothing. I just saw too much evil, too much death, too much humanity and too much hypocrisy during this period."
Albert briefly told Dumbledore what had happened recently, including Draco Malfoy's complete corruption.
Yes, he killed someone.
Although there was no trace of emotion in Albert's words, Dumbledore could hear his disgust and dissatisfaction.
"Honestly, you shouldn't choose to face death, otherwise the situation would be much better than now." Albert looked at the silent Dumbledore.
"You probably have no idea how much Scrimgeour hates you."
"But now you'd better explain it to Harry yourself."