Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 964 The disappeared Horcrux

"When did this change happen..." Snape's voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself.

"There's no one else here." He looked at Kyle, "And don't make me think you're an idiot."

"I guess," Kyle took a deep breath, "it should be the night Voldemort was destroyed."

"That's right, it started from that day." Snape turned around suddenly, and his cloak almost hit Kyle on the head.

Fortunately, Kyle reacted quickly enough and moved aside in time to avoid it.

But Snape really liked cloaks... maybe it was because he stayed in the underground classroom all year round. It would be really cold if he didn't wear a cloak more often.

Kyle touched a certain badge on his collar, and a warm breeze blew through, dispelling the cold feeling unique to the underground classroom.

"It seems that you are not a fool. Come and take a look at this. It will prove that your guess is right."

Snape walked behind the desk and took out a thick stack of books from the drawer.

Kyle took two steps forward and realized that they were all copies of the Daily Prophet. When stacked together, they were almost thicker than two books.

Looking more carefully, Kyle also found that these newspapers had a common feature, that is, they all contained articles about Dumbledore, and the words they said were very unpleasant.

Coward, fool, lunatic, dictator, nemesis of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, supporting the Auror office all by himself...

Wait, there seems to be some strange name mixed in.

Kyle turned back the newspaper again, but couldn't find the article he had just stumbled upon.

Only then did he realize that there were so many newspapers.

There were probably eighty pages in such a thick stack, if not a hundred. This also meant that Dumbledore had been scolded more than a hundred times in the newspaper.

Most of them were written by Rita Skeeter, but there were other names that Kyle didn't recognize and had no recollection of.

I guess it's some guy who wants to impress people, but doesn't have Rita Skeeter's talent.

In addition, the time when these newspapers were published is also very interesting. They were all published after Voldemort was killed, and there was no one before 1981.

Oh, by the way, not even in recent years.

The last one was praising Fudge and mocking Dumbledore for being a fool. Looking at the time, Kyle remembered that the afternoon this newspaper was published happened to be when Fudge changed his mind and announced that Voldemort was back and the Ministry of Magic was entering a wartime state. .

After that, the comments about Dumbledore in the newspapers became much more polite.

"It seems that Voldemort also has a special ability." Kyle whispered: "He can make those arrogant guys learn how to respect others."

"You should know exactly why this is, right?" Snape sneered, "That's why you want the Dark Lord to 'live' more than to tell everyone the truth."

Kyle didn't answer, just looked at Snape with a strange look.

"Speaking of which, I'm a little curious why you collect these newspapers?"

"What?" Snape didn't react for a moment, then frowned and said:

"It's not important. My focus is not on the newspaper."

"On the contrary, I think this is very important." Kyle shook his head seriously.

Snape was silent, and after a long time he said softly: "You swear not to tell anyone."

Seeing him hesitant to speak, Kyle's eyes grew more and more nervous, and he was inexplicably nervous.

He pursed his dry mouth and nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, I will never reveal any secrets. If you are worried, we can also sign a magic contract."

"There is no need for a magical contract." Snape hesitated for a long time before saying: "I am worried that Lily Evans will one day become a joke in the Daily Prophet, and I want Dumbledore to stop this kind of thing. Behavior.

"It's just that he doesn't seem to care at all about it. No matter how unpleasant other people write, he never gets angry."

"That's it..." Kyle blurted out, a little disappointed.

"Hmm..." Snape narrowed his eyes, "What do you think?"

There was suddenly a hint of killing intent in the air, and Kyle shook his head quickly.

"No, I think so too."

But he was also relieved.

The main reason is that Snape's move of collecting newspapers is so confusing. If he didn't know his feelings for Lily Evans, Kyle even suspected that he wanted to compete with Grindelwald.

If this is the case, he should consider taking Kang Na away as soon as possible.

You can go anywhere, but you must be far enough away from Snape to avoid splattering them with blood when Grindelwald comes looking for him.

But that’s no longer necessary now.

Kyle pretended as if nothing had happened and continued to read the newspaper.

Snape stared into Kyle's eyes. Although Kyle was very skilled in Occlumency and couldn't see anything, he still instinctively felt that Kyle was thinking about something very rude.

"You'd better put those stupid ideas away."

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Kyle gave him a standard smile.

"It's best this way." Snape glanced at Kyle coldly and continued the topic.

"Remember, you can tell others that the Dark Lord is dead, but never say anything about Horcruxes."

"Is this still necessary?" Kyle shrugged, "Didn't the Ministry of Magic already know this from you?"

"They only saw part of the memory," Snape said. "I'm still very confident in my Occlumency, but compared to Shacklebolt's Legilimency and the Dark Lord, it's really far behind. What he sees is what I want him to see.

"Of course, most of it is true. The only thing missing is that Potter is the last Horcrux. This is what Dumbledore meant."

"I know." Kyle said, "This is missing from the memory he provided."

"This is to protect Potter. He promised me that he would never tell a third person about this..."

When saying this, Snape looked at Kyle again, "Unfortunately...he did not keep his promise."

"Hey, I was the one who solved the fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry's body. There was no need for him to voluntarily bear Voldemort's death curse." Kyle said angrily, "It's something neither you nor Dumbledore did. , I did it.”

"Do you think I will thank you?" Snape sneered.

"I think Lily Evans would thank me."

There was a "bang" sound, like the sound of bones rubbing together.

"You'd better stop provoking me..." Snape said word by word, looking at Kyle with an increasingly dangerous look...

Hell, if it wasn't for Connor, he would have kicked Kyle out.

"What I said is the truth," Kyle said, but did not provoke Snape any further.

"Okay, let's continue the topic we were talking about...Aside from Legilimency, didn't Kingsley use Veritaserum on you?"

"You think I wouldn't have thought they'd use Veritaserum on me?"

Snape tried to control himself. "And as a former Potions Master, I have at least three ways to render Veritaserum useless.

"So they thought they got the whole truth, but they were missing the most important part." "You mean...the number of Horcruxes." Kyle raised his eyebrows.

The memory provided by Dumbledore is actually quite complete. Although it lacks the part about Slughorn and Harry, it does mention the number of Horcruxes.

This means that the people in the Ministry of Magic only know that the total number of the Dark Lord's Horcruxes is seven, and six of them have been destroyed.

Diary, Hufflepuff gold cup, Slytherin locket, Ravenclaw diadem, Resurrection stone ring and the rune snake.

In order to protect Harry, Dumbledore deliberately did not mention him in his memory...but this decision inevitably hid the whereabouts of the seventh Horcrux.

"You're finally not so stupid." Snape spoke much faster.

"In the eyes of those at the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort only destroyed six Horcruxes before he was killed, and one is still missing. This is good news for you."

"Do you know why?"

Kyle guessed a little, but when he saw the corners of Snape's mouth turning up slightly, he still shook his head, "I don't know."

Snape walked up behind Kyle and laughed suddenly.

"Do you feel that no one else knows about the things you did in the previous Hogwarts War?"

"What did I do?"

"Fire, and those Death Eaters who have been captured without mercy," Snape said.

"They didn't take it easy."

"But that's how it seems to some people." Snape said mockingly: "Many Aurors and Amelia Bones have seen it. It was you who deliberately let Li Huo get out of control and killed hundreds of people. A Death Eater."

To be honest, Kyle did feel a little nervous for a moment, but that was all.

Li Huo is inherently difficult to control. Without evidence, people from the Ministry of Magic can't do anything to him. If that doesn't work, they can just announce the truth.

He really didn't believe that people from the Ministry of Magic would go against him for a few Death Eaters.

If they were so stupid... as Snape said, and killed Voldemort on his own, he could expel anyone, including Amelia Bones, from the Ministry of Magic.

in addition…

Kyle looked at Snape, and it was easy to see from his expression that he had not finished speaking.

"Well... Then why didn't they come to trouble me?" Kyle asked cooperatively.

"That's because I let them see you killing the Dark Lord." Snape said.

"Now that Dumbledore is dead, if the Dark Lord is destined to come back later, the only one who can stop him is you, the new savior."

Snape walked past Kyle, then turned around and stared into Kyle's eyes.

"So they gave up and pretended not to know anything. As long as the Horcrux is not destroyed for a day, they will maintain due respect for you."

"Then I really want to thank you, Mr. Snape." Kyle said excitedly.

"Hypocritical..." Snape took a step back.

"And you seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not trying to help you, I just don't want Kangna to be sad."

"Then let me thank you on behalf of Kang Na." Kyle said casually without paying attention.

"You..." Snape paused and turned back angrily, "Get out, get out!"

Before Kyle could react what was going on, he was forcibly kicked out.

With a bang, the door was slammed shut in front of him.

ah?

Why are you angry again?

Kyle blinked, a little puzzled. He didn't mention Lily Evans this time.

But the door was already closed, and even if he knocked, Snape probably wouldn't be able to open it for him.

Really, this temper is just like that of a squid, it changes at the drop of a hat.

Kyle shook his head and simply walked directly towards the stairs, while thinking about what Snape had just said.

The Ministry of Magic didn't know that Harry was a Horcrux, which was indeed good news for him.

Kyle couldn't help but laugh.

What Snape just said was right. He admitted that he wanted Voldemort to "live" more, so he didn't tell everyone the truth at the first time.

Although Kyle was not afraid that the Ministry of Magic would cause trouble for him, it would be good to save some trouble, and he did not want to be like Dumbledore and lock himself in Hogwarts without going anywhere.

So he has been thinking of ways these days.

St. Mungo's Head Sacia was one of his "preparations", but Snape brought him better news.

Facts have proven that Voldemort can come back from the dead, so from the Ministry of Magic's point of view, the current situation is probably the same as it was more than ten years ago.

Voldemort is dead, but he only disappears temporarily. He may come back again after more than ten years, or even decades.

And after this hearing, the Ministry of Magic's goal should be focused on finding the last Horcrux.

Oh yes, there are other Horcruxes.

Kyle was sure that Amelia Bones would be worried about this kind of thing being kept in other people's hands, even if it had been destroyed.

Thinking of this, Kyle couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Of course, he couldn't hand over what he had in his hands, so he had to make a few fakes before the Ministry of Magic investigated him.

Kyle is not afraid of being seen out. After all, those things have been destroyed. If they are rolled around in the fire, even if they are real, they will become fake.

The only thing that needs attention is the special magic residue on the Horcrux.

This is not a big problem at all. Kyle has studied Horcruxes for a period of time before. Although he has never made them himself, it is not unfamiliar.

If the Aurors couldn't see it, he would still be confident. At worst, if he asked Nicolas Flamel to help provide a certificate, no one would doubt it.

Kyle walked up the stairs and left the dim underground classroom.

When I arrived at the foyer, I happened to see Hermione walking past, followed by Harry and Ron, pestering her for notes.

"Please Hermione, just lend us your notes."

"You definitely don't want us to not get even one certificate."

Looking at poor Harry, Kyle suddenly laughed.

He couldn't help but laugh when he thought that people from the Ministry of Magic would be looking for Horcruxes everywhere.

I'm afraid Amelia Bones never thought that Voldemort's last Horcrux would be the savior Harry Potter.

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(End of chapter)