Chapter 187 Sacrifice

"Why did you come to me?"

"I think you should be able to guess, Professor."

"If you could guess so easily, things wouldn't be like this now."

Snape's face looked very gloomy.

He was in a bad mood. Lu Yunkai saw it.

But...

What's so bad about it? It was Crouch Jr. who was caught, not you.

"I'm curious, why did Dumbledore have to wait until today to take action." Lu Yunkai decided to ask his curious question, "What have you been waiting for during this period of time?"

"You don't need to know." Snape waved his hand.

"In fact, I need to know, Professor, you should know..."

"I didn't ask anything, so I naturally don't know anything." Snape interrupted Lu Yunkai, "I don't even know where the Dark Lord is now."

Silence.

Lu Yunkai looked at Snape.

And Snape looked at what he was holding.

It was an old photo.

Lu Yunkai wanted to see what was in the photo, but he was a little far away from Snape and couldn't see it.

"You really got into big trouble, you know that?"

After an unknown amount of time, Snape finally spoke.

"Voldemort found me." Lu Yunkai shook his head seriously, "I just didn't reject him."

"The ritual you asked Miss Delacour about this year was prepared by the Dark Lord?"

"Yes. Three items... didn't you ask Little Crouch about this?"

"There were many people present at the time, I couldn't ask so much. Otherwise, God knows if I would have pulled you out!" Snape glared at Lu Yunkai fiercely, "You asked Miss Delacour only about the flesh of servants and the blood of enemies... what else?"

"The other one was made by a giant snake named Nagini who followed him, I don't know the details." Lu Yunkai was very frank, "He didn't "He never trusts anyone." Snape shook his head. "Did you have anything to do with the Death Eater parade last summer?" "I told those guys that Voldemort was still alive, but they felt guilty and wanted to prove their loyalty, so they did this... Voldemort was not very happy about it." "Unhappy? No way? The Dark Lord likes this kind of thing the most." "I told him that those idiots delayed me from helping him take Harry... Don't worry, I just said that! ! Harry is my good friend! ! " Lu Yunkai glared at Snape, whose face changed drastically after hearing what he said. "So, now all he needs is Harry, and his ritual is ready?" Snape asked with an increasingly gloomy face. "Servant's flesh! Since Crouch Jr. has been captured..."

"Crouch Jr. lost a leg. Where do you think it went?"

"Maybe to turn into Moody..."

"Go back and write a paper on Polyjuice Potion and give it to me next week." Snape interrupted Lu Yunkai, "If you keep saying such nonsense..."

"I'm just trying to think positively!" Lu Yunkai interrupted.

"When facing the Dark Lord, you should think of everything in the worst case and make the worst plan."

"...Yes." Lu Yunkai nodded helplessly, "So, do you think he has already offered his flesh to Voldemort?"

"What else? The headmaster thinks so too. That's why he was very lucky to find out what Crouch Jr. did last week..."

"What did he do?" Lu Yunkai asked curiously.

"Since the Death Eaters' riot last summer, the Ministry of Magic has been focusing on protecting Harry. If you want him to escape the Ministry's surveillance, you need an opportunity. Crouch Jr. plans to use the portkey to take Harry to Voldemort at the final of the Triwizard Tournament, where the Ministry of Magic is not convenient to intervene and monitor."

"...Strange." Lu Yunkai frowned, "There is no one around Voldemort now, and he sent Harry over? Voldemort looks like he is about to die, which gives Harry a chance to kill him!"

"How do you know that there is no one around Voldemort? Maybe he has found someone else this year..."

"He doesn't trust anyone. Isn't that what you just said!"

"..." Snape was stuck, but soon returned to normal, "Crouch Jr.'s plan is to make the champion trophy of the Triwizard Tournament into a portkey, and then let you and Harry find the trophy in the third project together and teleport together."

"...Damn!!" Lu Yunkai's face changed.

Don't say it, this kind of thing is really very likely to happen. Now he is tied with Harry for first place. If nothing unexpected happens, the two will definitely join forces in the maze that is still kept secret. If there is no outsider instigating them in the finals... Lu Yunkai may really be able to lift the championship trophy with Harry!

And if they find that they were teleported to Voldemort by the portkey at that time... Wait a minute!

"So, it was Crouch Jr. who made Harry participate in the Triwizard Tournament?" Lu Yunkai felt that things finally made sense.

"It seems that you understand. You still have the trust of Crouch Jr. He has been targeting you in school, and I think he just wants to act like it has nothing to do with you, so as to avoid someone from investigating you in the future."

"I think he targeted me because he was jealous that Voldemort listened to me instead of him." Lu Yunkai muttered and shook his head, "Where is Crouch Jr.?"

"Has been taken away by the dementors from the Ministry of Magic." Snape shook his head, "In front of me and Professor Dumbledore, the dementors took out his soul. Don't worry, unless you yourself Go out and talk nonsense, no one knows about your relationship with the Dark Lord now."

"Professor, I have a question that I really want to ask you..."

"Wait until you can use Legilimency on me." Snape seemed to have guessed what Lu Yunkai wanted to ask, and simply refused.

"Legilimency!!"

Without saying a word, Lu Yunkai used this spell that he had abandoned for two or three years.

The effect is... natural.

"Idiot." Snape rolled his eyes at Lu Yunkai, "Okay, you can go back if you have nothing to do. Your Excellency, the Headmaster, wants me to remind you that although what you are doing now is amazing, it also has the same level of danger as the greatness. . Now that you have made up your mind, you must be ready to sacrifice your life at any time..."

"I don't want to die."

"If you don't want to die, why are you getting involved in this matter? Didn't I remind you when you said those things to Granger before?"

"Then I won't get involved." Lu Yunkai spread his hands, "Professor, can you take me to see Dumbledore now? I will tell you everything I found out, and then it has nothing to do with me."

"It's now, and you still think you can escape unscathed?" Snape sighed softly.

"Then please tell the principal..."

"No need to tell me, it's fine if you tell me yourself."

Just then, the door to Snape's office opened.

The tall, thin old man with a white beard walked in.

His expression also looked very serious.

"Sirius chased Voldemort back to England from Albania, but could not kill him. I suspected that he had used a curse on himself, so I have been investigating this year and found a very possible black magic item made by Voldemort. A way to protect your own soul." Lu Yunkai saw Dumbledore and immediately said with a bachelor's face: "It's called a Horcrux, but you have to ask real wizards to verify it."

"Horcrux?" Snape frowned.

"Well, I think all aspects are very similar to Voldemort's current situation." Lu Yunkai nodded, "The notebook that caused the riots the year before last was probably a Horcrux. The problem now is that I don't know what Voldemort is. How many Horcruxes have been produced, but there is obviously more than one, otherwise he would be dead by now, so... I only have to rely on you to find them and destroy them."

"Is that a magic item that can be made multiple times?" Snape obviously didn't know what a Horcrux was, and his expression was a little weird.

Of course, there is someone with a much weirder attitude than him...Chris.

Chrissy, who was squatting on Lu Yunkai's shoulder, was yelling crazily.

"Meow!! You actually found out a long time ago! Why didn't you tell me!!"

"I won't tell you because I hope I guessed wrong." Lu Yunkai glanced at Dumbledore, then looked at Chris, and explained: "But seeing the reaction of our principal, it seems that I guessed correctly."

Um. Dumbledore looked gloomy now, but he was not surprised at all.

Obviously, the Horcrux didn't seem to exceed his expectations.

"You remind me of an old friend of mine. You are equally passionate, smart, and eloquent." Dumbledore's eyes showed a hint of complicated emotions. "About Horcruxes, I can only say that you The guess is probably the same as the one I got.”

"Your Excellency, Headmaster, this Horcrux..." Snape frowned.

"An extremely evil magic that splits one's soul by killing people and storing it in certain artifacts. In this way, as long as these artifacts are not found and destroyed, he will not die." Dumbledore explained simply, and then continued reading. Xiang Lu Yunkai, "Do you want me to find you now?"

"Find and destroy. You can't expect me to do such a thing, right?" Lu Yunkai spread his hands.

"Of course not." Dumbledore nodded, "I'm just curious, are you planning to help Voldemort resurrect now?"

"Of course I won't do it if it's not necessary. But if doing so will help find his Horcrux... I will." Lu Yunkai thought for a while and nodded, "Let him linger like this, why not do something happy."

"Do you know how risky this is?"

"When you supported Harry to face Voldemort in the first grade, the risks you had to bear were much greater than this." Lu Yunkai said calmly, "And I have the ability to protect myself. I can naturally run as far as I want when necessary. How far."

"And leave a mess behind?"

"Don't expect me to have the courage and determination to sacrifice myself to destroy Voldemort. I don't have it." Lu Yun laughed, "Don't try to pick me up. This trick works well for Harry, but it's useless for me."

"Then I have to say, I will never allow you to help Voldemort resurrect." Dumbledore's expression became solemn, "Your irresponsible bet will lose the entire wizarding world."

"Then keep an eye on Harry and protect him, and I will naturally have an excuse to deal with Voldemort." Lu Yunkai nodded, "Don't give Voldemort any opportunity. You can't protect the wizarding world, and you can't protect one person. As for not being able to do it yet?”

"..."

"Lu Yunkai, that's enough." Snape saw Dumbledore's expression becoming more and more complex, and quickly scolded Lu Yunkai again.

"Meow, you poked his lung tube." Kris squatted on Lu Yunkai's shoulder with a gloating tone, "Dumbledore back then... ugh!"

"I've finished what needs to be said." Lu Yunkai felt a little guilty after hearing what Chris said, and continued: "That's what I said, I still hope to live in a world without Voldemort, but the premise is that I can live in a world without Voldemort. , don’t talk to me about things like sacrifice, it won’t work.”

"You can go." Snape ordered Lu Yunkai with an embarrassed look.

"Yes, Professor, I will finish the polyjuice thesis as soon as possible when I get back."

"..."

Snape was stunned for a moment, and then watched Lu Yunkai walk out of the office with a dumbfounded look.

Thank you for remembering the thesis! That's all I'm saying...have you forgotten that Polyjuice Potion is strictly forbidden to be used or taught at Hogwarts? Brat! !

Snape's eyes returned to Dumbledore, who was in mourning.

For a while.

"It seems that we have to work hard, otherwise we will really be looked down upon by these juniors."

Dumbledore said something faintly, sighed, turned and walked out of Snape's office.

Snape's eyes returned to his hands.

on that photo.

A long time.

He sighed softly.

…

"Meow! What you just said was too strong."

"...Don't you always dislike Dumbledore and always say bad things about him? Why do you feel sorry for him instead? Besides, did I say anything?"

"It's not a slap in the face! Dumbledore didn't protect his sister well back then...forget it, you're not interested in knowing these things."

"Well. Let's not think about Dumbledore. I have to think about how to answer Voldemort correctly later. The luckiest thing now is that, at least from what I heard from Crouch, he hasn't doubted me yet. But if Crouch really He left a leg for Voldemort... This may still be a bit troublesome. "

"That's the question."

Chrissy also nodded.

One person and one cat walked back to the Slytherin lounge.