Dumbledore felt that he might have been implicated by Andy.
Yes! Andy was right. This matter was confidential and absolutely must not be revealed to anyone; otherwise, the Malfoys would most likely be ruined for good.
In particular, Harry must never find out!
Because Harry is immature and Harry is also Voldemort's Horcrux.
Once Voldemort's main soul recovers its strength, the Horcrux within Harry may be activated.
Dumbledore envisaged that when the 'Voldemort part soul' in Harry's body was activated, Harry and Voldemort would share a certain degree of memory.
Harry could use this to probe Voldemort's memories, and of course, Voldemort could also potentially peer into Harry's memories in return.
There was no doubt that this would be very dangerous.
Dumbledore was a little distressed.
He felt that, with his intelligence, Andy could have made up a perfect lie and used it to deceive Harry and dispel his suspicions.
But Andy had kicked the ball back.
Dumbledore could, of course, have denied any knowledge of it.
But when he first heard about it, he was a little stunned.
He felt that Lucius must have gone mad.
Betraying Voldemort is an extremely confidential matter, and yet Lucius Malfoy had let his son Draco Malfoy tell Andy about it!
Why?
Dumbledore could not understand at all.
What a fucking retard!
"Professor!"
Harry pleaded, "Please, tell me!"
Dumbledore was silent for a moment and then said, "Harry, what Colin said is right. This matter is confidential."
Harry asked with reluctance, "If it's confidential, then why could Andy know?"
Dumbledore: Yes! I want to know why, too.
"Harry, I can only tell you that this matter has nothing to do with Peter being rescued."
Dumbledore looked Harry straight in the eye and said sincerely, "Trust me!"
"..."
The two looked at each other for a while.
"Okay!" Harry compromised.
Dumbledore had already said so; if Harry continued to insist, he would seem to be acting unwisely.
"Harry, we will catch Peter again."
Dumbledore promised, "It won't be too long from now."
"Yes, we will," Harry said firmly.
After chatting with Dumbledore for a while, Harry's mood, which had been overshadowed for a while, suddenly brightened up, and he regained his composure.
Just as Harry was leaving, Dumbledore suddenly called out, "Harry, would you please let Mr. Collins know that I would like to speak with him?"
Dumbledore had a horrible thought.
Snape had always claimed that Andy was a blabbermouth who could never keep a secret. In Snape's opinion, it was better to believe Voldemort was a good person than to believe Andy.
It can be seen that Snape had been badly deceived by him before!
But Dumbledore didn't think so.
In Dumbledore's opinion, Andy still had a good sense.
If it was a secret of great importance, Andy would definitely keep it to himself. What Andy said was just something he didn't feel was important or even necessary to hide.
But...
It was like Hagrid's perception of 'cute animals' was different from that of ordinary people. Andy's perception of 'important things' was also completely different from that of ordinary people.
But it was a good thing. Andy's circle of friends is very small, so small that there is only one person in the entire Hogwarts school: Hermione.
This also relieved Dumbledore.
After Harry and Ron left, Dumbledore took off his glasses, pressed his temples, and racked his brain to figure out what Lucius Malfoy's intention was in doing this.
He didn't think Lucius could use Andy.
Then it must be that Andy did something that caused Lucius to leak the secret.
But according to Harry, Malfoy first went to see Andy on the first day of school. At that time, Malfoy went to see Andy to discuss ways to get rid of the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.
Outrageous!
It's completely incomprehensible.
Thud, thud, thud!
After a while, there was a knock on the door of the office.
"Come in!"
Andy and Hermione pushed open the door and said, "Professor Dumbledore, you wanted to see me?"
"Mr. Collins, Miss Granger, please sit down."
Dumbledore put on his glasses and smiled: "What would you like to drink?"
"Thank you; we've just had lunch," Andy politely declined.
Dumbledore nodded and then looked at Andy with a serious expression. "Collins, some things may seem like a trivial matter to you, but to others, it could be a matter of life and death for their family."
Hermione couldn't help but argue for Andy: "Professor, it's Potter and Weasley who keep pestering; Andy has already told them that it's confidential."
Obviously, both sides knew what the topic of this conversation was.
"Of course, I know."
Andy nodded. "But I dare to say one more thing: the Fidelius charm can solve this problem."
Dumbledore: "..."
You can't have a conversation like this.
"Collins, I of course trust your own judgement."
Dumbledore said in a serious tone, "But when it comes to the safety of other people's lives, I think we should be more cautious."
"Hmm..."
Andy reflected for a moment and then nodded, "Okay! I'll be more careful in the future."
In fact, regarding Voldemort, Andy only told Hermione. Apart from that, he didn't even tell his family.
Because Andy believed that Hermione could keep a secret.
Hermione would not act like the others, either refusing to believe it or being shocked when she found out.
The young witch would quickly accept everything and then respond reasonably and rationally.
But then again, when it comes to matters involving the safety of other people's lives, one should indeed be more cautious. Because if such things were to leak, people could die.
Being able to admit one's mistakes and correct them was always a good quality of Andy's.
Dumbledore nodded slightly upon hearing this, and his heart immediately felt a little more at ease.
Although Andy's promise seemed to lack sincerity, Dumbledore knew Andy well and knew that Andy would definitely keep his promise.
It had nothing to do with attitude.
"Collins, it's really gratifying that you can take this matter seriously," Dumbledore said honestly.
Dumbledore felt that Andy was really like himself when he was young.
Because of his outstanding talent and strength, many things that others considered to be 'big issues' were just trivial matters in young Dumbledore's eyes.
He simply didn't care.
It wasn't until Dumbledore paid a heavy price for this that he regretted it.
In this regard, Dumbledore felt that Andy was much better than himself—because Andy only reflected on it for a short while and then understood what he should do.
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