novelraw Chapter 173 France
Chapter 173 France
The news of Dumbledore's disappearance was only reported by one "Quieter", and after confirming Dumbledore's safety to Alice, Burst suppressed the news as quickly as possible.
Now the public statement is: Dumbledore is conducting a secret research, and Professor McGonagall is temporarily serving as the principal.
But what happened at Hogwarts had nothing to do with Alice at the moment, because she and Snape were on the Muggle train to France.
Three days ago, Dumbledore sent another letter, saying that some plans needed to be discussed in detail with them, and the location of the detailed discussion was in France.So taking advantage of the absence of classes on the weekend, Alice and Snape embarked on a journey to France.
As for why I took the Muggle train, it was mainly out of prudence.It is certain that Voldemort has a lot of eyes and ears in the Ministry of Magic, and it is inevitable that Snape and Alice are his focus.In this case, the risk of being discovered by the International Floo Network is too great.
So why not use apparition?Because that's what Dumbledore asked for.
"I came to France by train, it was really an interesting experience, and I strongly recommend you to try it too." This is what the letter wrote.
The cries of the conductor on the train and the advertisements broadcast on the radio interlaced and ups and downs, which made Snape feel extremely annoyed.
He tugged on his suit and tie, his eyes full of impatience.
Alice was happy and at ease. She looked at the salesperson walking outside the window and admired the beautiful scenery outside the window for a while, and sighed from time to time; "I have forgotten when was the last time I took this ordinary train."
Snape didn't speak, he looked at the horn above his head and waved his wand.
"You'd better get back to the original state before you get out of the car," Alice reminded, looking at the horn that was no longer sounding, "otherwise we will lose money if we are found out."
The much quieter carriage also made Snape feel better, he nodded casually, and then also looked at the scenery outside the car window.
Instead, Alice withdrew her gaze, sat upright like a student, raised her hand and said, "Professor Snape, I have a few questions, I hope you can answer them?"
Looking at Alice in surprise, Snape lowered his voice and said, "Miss Hall, I hope your question won't waste your Potions professor's precious time."
Alice, who was originally just on a whim, shuddered instantly. This was like a dream back to her school days.She swallowed, intending to stop here: "That Sev, my problem is..."
"Five points deducted from Ravenclaw for disrespecting the professor," Snape said deadpan.
Is this shooting yourself in the foot?Alice wanted to cry, but could only continue listlessly: "Professor Snape, why did you accept the headmaster's suggestion to take the Muggle train so easily?"
Smiling slightly, Snape said, "Because I'm not sure if it's a suggestion or part of Dumbledore's plan."
Alice was thoughtful, maybe Dumbledore had guessed Snape's thoughts.Regardless of whether the Muggle train ride was part of the plan or his own bad taste, Snape would choose to follow Dumbledore's request in order to be conservative.
She immediately asked the second question: "How can anyone still believe the reason why the headmaster suddenly disappeared to conduct magic research?"
Not only some people believed it, it should be said that except Alice and a few people who knew the inside story, everyone believed so firmly.Hogwarts even started a gamble, guessing what kind of shocking results Dumbledore will make.
Maybe the twelve methods of dragon's blood become 24?This is the guesswork of most young wizards.
Snape was not surprised by everyone's reaction: "With their IQ, which is difficult to write a paper, of course they will be convinced of the official reason. And if I'm not wrong, Burst should have contacted Slater Some of Lin's students guided public opinion."
"Forget about the students, after all, they are very simple," Alice continued, "What about the other wizards? Don't those adult wizards feel that something is wrong? It is irresponsible for the students to suddenly disappear as the headmaster."
"That's because they didn't believe that Dumbledore's disappearance was to study academic issues." Snape emphasized the words "academic issues".
Alice had a vague guess: "You mean they think Dumbledore disappeared because of..."
"It's to study how to deal with the Dark Lord," Snape continued. "This is also the result of Buster's intentional or unintentional guidance of hints. This will not only avoid unnecessary panic, but also convince the public that the Dark Lord is really resurrected." gone."
"Is it considered Buster's behavior before the principal left? Or did Dumbledore signal Buster to do it?" Alice asked this question with admiration.
As far as she knew, Buster had no close contact with Dumbledore.And as the Minister of Magic who was born in Slytherin, it is impossible for him and Dumbledore to have no grievances.So they should have no connection, Buster's actions were all spontaneous.
So even if Dumbledore didn't fully anticipate how Buster would react, there must have been a rough guess.And Buster is also very powerful, not only quelling the great event of the greatest white wizard disappearing for no reason, but also achieving the goal of alerting the public with two birds with one stone.
Just when Alice was about to continue asking, the siren sounded suddenly, and the train arrived.
Snape flicked his wand, and the horns in the carriage returned to sound.
"Passengers, please pay attention, the train has arrived—hiss—, please sizzle—"
"I think we'd better lose some money," Alice said after a moment of silence, "It's not very likely that the equipment is aging."
Coughing, Snape didn't object.
"Mom, my doll!"
"Someone stepped on my foot—"
"Thief, catch the thief!"
He wrote a small note to explain the situation, and then magically stuffed the note, pen and paper into the steward's pocket.After doing all this, Alice easily pushed the trains away, and was surprised by the crowded and noisy crowd in the aisle.
"Is this what Dumbledore said was funny?" Snape, who couldn't use magic in full view and had to get out of the train for a long time, said through gritted teeth.
Alice held Snape with her right hand, and held the hat with her left hand, with a look of shock on her face.If Snape hadn't caught her with quick eyes and hands, she would have been almost pushed away by the crowd.
"What are they rushing to do?" Alice complained, "Why didn't you feel that there were so many people when you got on the bus?"
But it didn't take long for them to complain when a familiar and enthusiastic voice came.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all, especially knowing that you have taken my advice."
"..." Alice felt the strange eyes of the people around her, and couldn't help but said, "Principal, although I know this is your usual style, but since there are Muggles who don't know you around, shouldn't you keep a low profile?" a little?"
"I've paid attention to it," Dumbledore said, looking down at his floral shirt, "I picked it out after visiting several Muggle shops."
"It's only March, what are you doing dressed like you're going to Hawaii for vacation?" Alice asked.
"France is a romantic country," Dumbledore replied, "I think this outfit matches France very well."
Snape directly interrupted the meaningless conversation between the two: "Let's talk in another place."
"Oh, I'm getting older, if Severus hadn't reminded me, I'd have forgotten my business," Dumbledore smiled, and leaned slightly towards Alice, "I'll show you the way."
Said to lead the way, in fact, only less than 300 meters away.
Sitting in the corner of a coffee shop called "Elk" next to the station, Alice watched Dumbledore cast the Silencing Charm, Warning Charm and several spells that she had never heard of.
"I thought you would take us to your hotel, principal." Feeling the lively and warm atmosphere of the coffee shop, Alice asked with a smile.
Dumbledore blinked and replied mysteriously, "I don't think it's very convenient."
Before Alice could react, Snape snorted directly: "Of course it's not convenient for our great headmaster, after all, he was the one who was kidnapped."
Dumbledore smiled, and directly ignored Snape's barbed words: "I called you here this time because I discovered something very important."
Finally getting to the point, Alice sat up straight immediately.
"As we all know, curses are related to the soul," Dumbledore revealed his scorched right hand, "During this time, I have not given up studying the curses in myself."
Snape sneered, and just as he was about to speak, Alice grabbed his sleeve and gave him a glare.
Dumbledore didn't seem to see the small movements of the two, and continued: "During the research process, I made an amazing discovery. This discovery confirmed my conjecture many years ago, and it also explained the existence of my long-standing analysis process. doubts."
"Don't play tricks!" Snape said impatiently.
"The diadem is not dead," said Dumbledore curtly.
Alice's eyes widened suddenly, suspecting that she had heard it wrong: "What crown are you talking about?"
"Ravenclaw's Diadem," Dumbledore said solemnly, "Ravenclaw's Diadem, or a part of Voldemort's soul that has escaped from the Diadem, is still alive."
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"Have you ever thought that the real profit from your connection with Voldemort is not Voldemort's main soul?"
"If the magic power you lost went to Voldemort's main soul, why didn't he himself notice it?"
"I'm not sure if the soul fragments that were once attached to the crown interfered with our search for the Horcrux. Because I guess, the purpose of the crown is to destroy other Horcruxes, including the main soul, besides him."
"What you have to do now is to find him as soon as possible. I guess he is still at Hogwarts, but with a different hiding device."
Walking out of the coffee shop, looking at the busy traffic on the street, thinking of the huge amount of information revealed in the less than half an hour's conversation, Alice couldn't recover for a long time.
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