"I would appreciate further details!"
Lucas showed unprecedented patience.
He didn't say anything about the time being too late and planning to rest.
After all, the old bee had just paid a handsome sum, so naturally, he had to be a little more enthusiastic.
Maybe there will be a new blackmail...opportunity for cooperation after chatting.
Dumbledore pulled out a new packet of Lemon Drops, thinking about what to say while eating.
After a few minutes, he raised his head and looked at the blond boy in front of him.
"This incident started more than ten years ago, when the house where Harry's parents lived was protected by the Fidelius Charm."
"Voldemort couldn't find them in the first place, but Sirius Black, who was the secret keeper, revealed their location to him."
"Sirius betrayed Harry's parents and became Voldemort's servant, and after Voldemort disappeared, he blew up a whole street in a frenzy, killing a lot of people."
"Now it's rumored that Sirius wants to kill Harry, that's what people inferred from these things."
When Dumbledore mentioned Harry's parents, Lucas looked vaguely at Professor Snape beside him.
Sure enough, sadness appeared in the Professor's eyes again.
He thought for a few seconds and asked with a puzzled look: "Headmaster, since the prophecy indicates that Harry may be one of the keys to defeating Voldemort."
"Then why didn't you act as the Potter family's secret keeper yourself, I believe that if it were you, Voldemort would never be able to succeed."
Lucas could feel the sofa shaking. It should have been caused by Professor Snape sitting upright.
Both looked at Dumbledore, waiting for his answer.
"Oh~ In fact, I did plan to do this at the beginning, but James wanted his closest friend to be the secret keeper."
"It seems that Mr. James Potter doesn't have a very good eye for making friends."
Lucas followed the other person's words and accepted Dumbledore's explanation.
What if he doesn't accept it?
More than ten years have passed, and everything is dead without a way to prove it.
It's hard to ask Dumbledore why the Potter family was in danger.
What about the heirloom invisibility cloak in their hands? Couldn't they use it to hide after their house was found?
I believe this old bee has already thought of the best answer to deal with it.
Lucas took a sip of tea and continued to ask: "Then what do you mean?"
"Since I promised to protect Harry Potter until the end of this year, I won't break my promise, even Sirius Black can't hurt him."
Hearing his promise, Dumbledore's eyebrows gradually relaxed.
"I believe you, my boy. In fact, after a while, I have an appointment with Minister Fudge. I plan to invite you to participate in the discussion."
"Sirius is too dangerous, so we must catch him as soon as possible."
Lucas has no problem with that.
He also knew that Dumbledore said so much just to make himself clear.
The two agreed on a time and place and Lucas got up to leave.
But before leaving, he asked Dumbledore curiously: "Headmaster, do you know anything about Horcruxes?"
Suddenly, the office became completely silent.
Dumbledore's pupils contracted visibly and the hand that was holding the sugar also paused for a second.
Then everything went back to normal and Dumbledore's expression was still as kind as ever.
"I haven't heard of it, my boy, why do you ask that question?"
"It's nothing, I just saw the introduction in an ancient book at home recently, and I think the Horcrux is very interesting. Since the Headmaster doesn't know about it, I'll just ask someone else."
After Lucas finished speaking, he continued to walk in the direction of the staircase.
Just when Lucas and Snape were about to leave, Dumbledore suddenly said, "Severus, just a moment please."
Seeing the gaze Lucas cast on him, he smiled and said, "I need to arrange a night patrol with Severus. The danger in the castle has not been lifted yet, so we must be careful."
Lucas nodded knowingly: "Thank you, Headmaster."
When the sound of the stone gargoyle returning to its place came from downstairs, only then did Dumbledore put away the benevolent smile on his face.
"Severus, I'm going to trouble you again, pay more attention to that child Lucas from now on please."
"Headmaster, what is a Horcrux? I think you looked very nervous when you heard that word."
Seeing the puzzlement in Snape's eyes, Dumbledore thought for a moment and said, "A Horcrux is a very evil dark magic item."
He came to his desk and took out the black leather diary from the drawer.
"Remember this diary?"
"Of course, it caused a lot of trouble for the school last year."
"That's right." Dumbledore opened the diary and stroked the sword marks on it.
"This is a horcrux, Voldemort's horcrux, it can grant people a type of immortality, but it can also make them lose their mind."
"So Severus, we can't let that kid Lucas turn into a lunatic like Voldemort."
Professor Snape had a cooperative look of shock.
Of course, he was also a little surprised, because Lucas' guess was right again.
Sure enough, Dumbledore knew of the Horcrux's existence.
Snape heaved a sigh of relief, returning to his indifferent demeanor.
"In that case, I will help you keep an eye on him."
Dumbledore was very reassured with Snape's words.
Putting the diary back into the drawer, he had planned to take Snape back to the Great Hall.
But he hadn't spoken yet when he heard Snape ask: "How many of these Horcruxes does Voldemort have?"
Dumbledore was stunned for a few seconds: "I don't know, but there must not be too many. It is very troublesome to make such a Horcrux."
…
The night passed quickly.
A ray of white light appeared in the sky and the students in the great hall crawled out of their sleeping bags in pain.
Compared to their soft beds. The cold, hard ground is not a good place to sleep.
Lucas looked at the two girls hugging him tightly and gently moved their arms away.
Looking at Ginny who was awake, Lucas motioned her not to speak, so as not to disturb the two girls who were still sleeping.
"No need, we're already awake."
The two girls stretched their waists.
"My lord, I brought you breakfast!"
Astoria's voice came from behind.
Turning his head to look, he found that this girl was looking at Hermione and the others enviously.
"Thanks!"
When she saw Lucas accepting the breakfast she had brought, Astoria ran away happily.
"Hmph, another one!"
To Hermione's jealous voice behind him, Lucas just smiled and didn't refute.
Today is Halloween, so the students can have a relaxing and happy day.
Though not everyone can be so relaxed on this day.
Like Remus Lupin. Originally, he was annoyed because his friend caused trouble.
Suddenly, another message came from Dumbledore, telling him to apologize to Severus in the Slytherin common room.
He originally wanted to refuse, but he could tell that this is already the result of Dumbledore's painstaking efforts. So he could only accept his fate and go to the Slytherin common room.
When Lupin stepped into the common room.
Lucas, who was reading a book on the sofa, smiled triumphantly.
He wasn't afraid that Professor Lupin wouldn't come.
After all, the werewolf was grateful to Dumbledore from the bottom of his heart, so naturally, he will not make things difficult for the Headmaster.
Lupin looked at Snape and Lucas sitting on the couch and noticed that Slytherin's strict hierarchy was clearly on display here.
In the entire lounge, there are only two people who can sit, and they are naturally the people with the most say in the entire Slytherin House.
"Since Professor Lupin is here, let's start quickly."
Lucas closed the book, got up and walked to the side.
The other party came to apologize to Professor Snape, so it's not good for him to sit next to him.
The apology worked out well.
Of course, it is impossible not to do well. After all, it is just a formality.
Waiting until Professor Lupin left, Lucas immediately issued the Chief order.
Starting tomorrow, all Slytherin students can attend Defense Against the Dark Arts class as normal.
Before you know it, the day is coming to an end and the Halloween feast has arrived.
Lucas, who was eating dessert, suddenly heard a system prompt.
[Ding, the holiday special platinum lottery draw is now open, this prize pool lasts until 12 midnight, please spend as much as you want...]
He picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth, then he went to the Ravenclaw table and said goodnight to his girlfriends.
Going back to his room, he looked at the 20,000 achievement points he had accumulated and immediately ordered the lottery draw.
[It is detected that the host is conducting a platinum lottery draw, the prize pool is 200 achievement points each, and the total number of lucky draws is 100. Do you want to continue?]
"yes!"
As soon as the words fell, the platinum prize pool appeared in front of Lucas.
Immediately afterwards, rays of light of various colors flew out of the prize pool.
The system's beep kept coming to his mind.
[Ding, this lottery draw is over, congratulations to the host for winning a total of Bronze rewards: 46 pieces, Silver rewards: 35 pieces, Gold rewards: 15 pieces, Platinum rewards: 4 pieces.]
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