Chapter 435 A Desperate Future (Part 2)

All the stories start with Delphi Riddle.

This daughter of Voldemort is also the real "cursed child". By pretending to be a mentally unstable old man who lost his son, Amos Diggory's relative, she successfully lured two hot-blooded young people into the trap by pretending to be pitiful, wanting them to save Cedric Diggory, and finally turning them into playthings in her hands.

Delphi deceived Albus and Scorpius to use the time converter to return to the past, and changed the original history by interfering with Cedric Diggory's experience in the Triwizard Tournament.

"We changed history three times in total."

Scorpius' voice was dry, like a piece of necrotic old bark. He took out the wand from his hand and waved it, and a cabinet in the principal's office opened automatically, and a stone basin filled with liquid flew out of it.

That is the Pensieve, a magic prop used to extract memories from the mind and watch them in person.

"The first time, Albus and I disarmed Cedric in the first match of the Triwizard Tournament, causing him to lose his wand and lose the first match... and the result was that a couple who were supposed to get married did not get married."

Scorpius knocked on the edge of the stone basin, and a series of pictures automatically emerged in the Pensieve. It was the scene of the Triwizard Tournament, and two teenagers of fifteen or sixteen excitedly thought they could save the lives of people who were supposed to die... and the result was that when they returned to the original history, they found that Ron Weasley's wife had become Parvati Patil.

——He did not marry Hermione Granger.

"So, you made a second attempt right after that."

Chu Xuan stared at the picture in the Pensieve, and all the portraits on the wall of the headmaster's office made the same move as him. The former headmasters of Hogwarts were listening to their conversation attentively, and some portraits that could not see the situation in the Pensieve went to other people's frames and watched the story experienced by the time traveler himself.

"Yes, we felt that the changes were not enough, so we used the time converter for the second time... and the result was a desperate future."

Scorpius held the corner of the table so tightly that his joints turned white, and as he spoke, another more terrifying future appeared on the surface of the Pensieve again.

On Voldemort's day, the Soul Flayer in Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge was the headmaster, Muggle-born wizards were tortured in the dungeon as slaves and inferiors, and pure-blood wizards walked around the school arrogantly... The wizards took pleasure in killing Muggles, and they even formed a "Mudblood" death camp.

After hearing these bloody words, more than one Hogwarts headmaster looked away as if he couldn't bear to watch, and the sound of gasping for air came from the office from time to time.

"Oh my god." Even Phineas Black, a staunch supporter of the pure-blood family and the most unpopular headmaster in the history of Hogwarts, whispered: "It's too much... It's really too much." "... This is what I saw and the future I experienced personally." Scorpius said bitterly. As he spoke, Draco Malfoy's face just emerged from the picture, arrogant, cold, and unfamiliar. "The good is better, the bad is worse." In Scorpius' words, another series of pictures emerged. Scorpius, who realized his mistake, wanted to restore the world to normal alone. Even though he was the final winner, the vested interest, and the "Scorpion King" of Hogwarts, he still embarked on the road of no return without hesitation... Then, he found Severus Snape. "...This is the story you told Snape that day."

Yang Yun looked at the Pensieve, Scorpius and Snape, and the last two members of the Order of the Phoenix, Hermione and Ron, who had been hiding in secret for nearly twenty years, used the time converter to return to the scene of the Triwizard Tournament and corrected history again; watched Ron and Hermione's souls being sucked away by Dementors, watched Snape also sacrificed at the hands of Dementors... watched Scorpius finally complete the impossible task and put history back on the right track.

"History caused by a mistake, a wrong future caused by changing the past."

Chu Xuan stared at the picture in the Pensieve, his tone was flat: "But since you are still here now, it means that you have failed in the end."

"Yes, I thought everything was back to normal... But I was wrong. When I discovered the true face of that woman, it was too late."

Scorpius smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, and he knocked on the edge of the Pensieve for the third time.

More scenes emerged, and everyone saw Delphic Riddle, known as the "augury bird", knock down Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy, and then said the prophecy.

"When those in the way are killed, when time is changed, when the invisible children murder their fathers, the Dark Lord will return."

Then, it was Delphic who activated the time converter and returned to the time when Voldemort stepped into Godric's Hollow to kill the Potter family. The three of them returned to October 30, 1981, and the time converter was damaged... and when Albus and Scorpius found that the worst had not yet happened, they made a decision.

"We should go find Dumbledore." Albus said in the Pensieve: "We have made enough mistakes... We should find reliable people to seek help, let capable people handle everything, just like you asked Severus Snape for help in that future."

"But, is there really enough time?"

Scorpius has a different view on this: "We don't know where Delphi is now, when Voldemort will come, or even if Dumbledore is in Hogwarts... There are too many uncertainties, Albus."

"But the two of us alone will never be a match for Voldemort and Delphi."

After the blood, reason seems to return Occupying the boy's mind, Albus persuaded his friend: "The other party is the Dark Lord and his daughter, and what are we? Two ordinary fifth-year students at Hogwarts?"

"But..."

"Relax, brother, don't forget my name."

Albus-Severus-Potter smiled and patted Scorpius on the shoulder. Although everyone outside the Pensieve could see that he was just pretending to be calm, his words were indeed very persuasive: "He is Dumbledore, Albus-Dumbledore, my father gave me this name, I believe this is a kind of fate...'Severus' saved us once, and now it's 'Albus' turn."

His words convinced Scorpius.

There is no doubt that in their opinion at the time, this was a wise decision and the most correct decision under the current circumstances...but everyone who knew the result in advance understood what was waiting for them.

Watching the real Albus convincing himself, Scorpius held the damaged time converter with shaking hands: "We failed... When we arrived at Hogwarts and were about to find Headmaster Dumbledore, my best brother turned into ashes bit by bit in front of me and completely dissipated into the air... We failed at the last moment."

A teardrop fell into the Pensieve, then two, then three.

"I'm always one step late."

A flash of fire passed by, and Dumbledore reappeared in the headmaster's office. He only glanced at the situation in the Pensieve and understood what was happening. The greatest white wizard of the 20th century walked to the table and gently patted Scorpius on the shoulder: "I... I'm sorry."

"I heard that some people's Patronus will change after a major emotional blow. If that's the case, I can understand why your Patronus is also a doe."

Recalling the conversation with Snape, Yang Yun understood the hidden secret, and his eyes moved to Chu Xuan who was silent: "So, the basic situation is like this... Chu Xuan, what do you think?"

"I do have a lot of guesses."

Chu Xuan stood up: "But we still have to wait until we completely solve Voldemort before we can say anything."