Chapter 861 The Activated Ancient Bell

"We can't go on like this." Harry thought to himself.

Although these days, he has barely resisted Snape's peek at this memory.

But two weeks of intense mental exertion had left him unable to sleep well for many days. He was extremely mentally exhausted. Harry couldn't even guarantee whether he would be able to survive the next time he went to see Snape. Live with the opponent's Legilimency.

Once the brain's defense line is broken, Dumbledore's return of the Invisibility Cloak to him will be exposed, and his current thoughts will also be known to Snape...

Thinking of this possibility, Harry couldn't help but shudder, and immediately decided to skip his appointment tonight and temporarily interrupt the Occlumency course.

It’s just that he knows very well that interrupting the study of Occlumency is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and it is likely to arouse Snape’s vigilance. What he needs to do most now is to expose the other party’s true face as soon as possible and let everyone know that Snape You have to surrender to Voldemort...

Thinking that Ivan and others had been deceived by Snape's disguise, Harry felt vaguely that he had a heavy responsibility, so he turned to look at Ron and asked.

"Ron, bring me the class schedule... By the way, do you know if Snape has any classes today?"

Ron, who was holding a Transfiguration book and memorizing it by rote, was stunned for a moment, and then responded. "Probably not. I heard from George and the others that Professor Snape seems to have taken leave today...the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning was taught by Professor McGonagall."

"He must have gone to see Voldemort!" Harry said with certainty, with a hint of excitement in his words, which meant that Snape was not in his office now and would not be back in a short time. !

He could have taken the opportunity to sneak into that office, get his wand back, or even look for evidence that Snape betrayed them!

From several previous dreams, Harry learned that when Snape was busy, or when it was inconvenient to use magical images to communicate with Voldemort, he would write the message to Voldemort on a piece of paper and then put it in In that broken ancient clock.

There is a specific magic inside the ancient clock that can accurately deliver the letter to Voldemort...

Similarly, Voldemort was able to pass orders to Snape through similar means, and the letters of these exchanges are likely to still be preserved.

Harry guessed that these things were most likely placed in the locked cabinet next to the wooden table.

When he was practicing Occlumency last night, he had tested it. Snape treasured the broken ancient clock very much and never let him get close to the locked cabinet.

This is consistent with everything he saw in his dream...

"So you plan to sneak into Snape's office to look for evidence? I'd say Snape will definitely not keep those letters..." After listening to Harry's analysis, Ron felt that it was not very reliable. Nap is not stupid, normal people would have burned these things long ago.

"That's not necessarily true! Otherwise, why would Snape lock that cabinet? Even if there is no letter from Voldemort to him, there must be some other evidence." Harry said confidently, and then added. "Besides, there should be some clues in that ancient clock..."

Ron thought for a moment that this seemed to be the case, and stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, he happily discussed the next actions with Harry and prepared to start a new round of adventure.

After a brief discussion, the two finally decided that Harry would carry the invisibility cloak into Snape's office to search, while Ron would be responsible for guarding the entrance hall. If Professor Snape came back early, he would find a way Delay the other party...

After having a countermeasure, Harry didn't want to waste a moment and took action eagerly. He immediately returned to the dormitory and took out the invisibility cloak hidden in the suitcase, put it on his body, and walked all the way to Snape's office.

The room door is locked.

Fortunately, this was not a problem for Harry, who was well prepared. He fumbled in the pocket of his wizard robe, took out a strange-shaped key, and gently placed it on the door.

With an obvious "click" sound, the office door opened automatically. Harry slowly breathed a sigh of relief, silently thinking that he would thank George and Fred when he went back. The lock pick they had tinkered with was as good as Just as useful as advertised.

Stepping into Snape's office quietly, Harry's heart jumped directly into his throat. Fortunately, just as they expected, there was no one in the dark room.

Harry didn't dare to turn on the light, and didn't have the guts to stay here for long. He quickly walked to the locked cabinet, used the lockpick to break the lock, and then pulled it open.

But to his surprise, the drawer was empty and there was nothing.

Harry was dumbfounded and at a loss for a moment. Could it be that he had guessed wrong.

No, if there really is nothing in this drawer, why is it locked?

Thinking of this, Harry perked up again. Snape had probably just moved these things somewhere else.

While there was still time, Harry rummaged around the office, but after rummaging around, he soon discovered that in Snape's office, apart from a lot of weird-smelling potion ingredients, there was something else. None, and finally had to admit that the evidence he was looking for might not be in this room, or might have been destroyed by Snape.

Just when Harry was disappointed, the ancient clock on the wooden table caught his attention. Harry was surprised to find that the time marked on it was different from before, and it became twelve o'clock sharp.

Several possibilities suddenly emerged in Harry's mind. The change in time may indicate that Voldemort is summoning Snape - this may be the reason why Snape specifically applied to leave school today.

But it may also mean that Voldemort had new instructions conveyed, and Snape was in a hurry to leave and failed to notice.

Thinking of this, Harry held on to his last glimmer of hope and cautiously stepped forward and fumbled around on the ancient clock. When his index finger touched the chassis of the ancient clock, he accidentally touched a protrusion, which should be the button. class stuff.

Before he could take a closer look, Harry suddenly felt something tugging behind his navel, his feet being pulled off the ground, and his body being sucked into a space vortex.

Only then did he realize that the ancient clock in front of him was not a magic item for delivering letters at all, it was... a door key!