A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

Dumbledore's blue eyes blinked behind the lenses.

"Very interesting question. Felix, I've rarely been asked so bluntly."

"I mean... Voldemort did nothing against Hogwarts during the war, he seemed... um... very afraid of someone at school... and in the eyes of the world, it was clear that the two had never fought each other. record." Felix said carefully.

"Perhaps that is the truth," said Dumbledore, smiling.

"Maybe it's just part of the truth," Felix said immediately. "The truth in some people's eyes—they only see the result, or a few points in the process, but they don't see the whole picture."

Dumbledore frowned slightly and his mouth opened slightly, as if he was choosing the right word.

Felix knew he had to do something, say something... otherwise, when the old man made a decision, he would have to wait for the outcome. So he cleared his throat and said, "Albus, we all know that Voldemort and little Crouch are hiding, and that the Ministry of Magic has sent a large number of Aurors and strikers to no avail... I'm afraid we have to consider the possibility of his successful resurrection. Sex, and I need to know his strength."

After a moment of silence, Dumbledore seemed convinced—

"I can assure you, Felix, although I have never seen him die in front of me, I have indeed crushed and destroyed his body more than once, leaving him with wounds that cannot be healed by ordinary people."

Dumbledore quietly uttered a long-buried secret.

"Ordinary people can't be cured?" Felix asked keenly.

"I remember telling you... I interviewed him?" Dumbledore whispered, leaning his head back and staring at the ceiling.

"...That's it." Felix said slowly and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"This is what he looked like at the time—"

Dumbledore waved his wand sharply, and a somewhat illusory figure gradually became clear. His face seemed to have been burned, his facial features were blurred, with almost no undulations, and the skin on his face twisted strangely like solidified white wax. The whites of the eyes seemed to be permanently bloodshot, and the black pupils gleamed indifferently.

Felix scrutinized the Voldemort in Dumbledore's memory. He was not unfamiliar with this image - he had seen it once when he found the locket, but it was obvious that Voldemort looked less like the last time. people.

'This seems to show that Voldemort completed the production of the locket Horcrux long before the interview. ' Felix's thoughts flashed through his mind. Thinking of Dumbledore's words just now, he asked tentatively, "Is it the effect of black magic? Or is it the effect of Horcrux?"

Dumbledore glanced at him approvingly, and waved away the phantom in the air.

"Both possibilities exist. My personal preference is the former... Of course, we can't rule out the loss of the soul caused by multiple Horcruxes, which will affect his body. After all, no one has ever done this like him in history."

"So Voldemort's body is not the same as a normal person? He combined Salazar Slytherin's blood magic with his own black magic, so that the fatal wound in the eyes of ordinary people does not work well for him?" Felix combined Dumbledore If so, analyze.

He couldn't help frowning, how could he fight?

He suddenly thought of a possibility. Felix suddenly looked at Dumbledore, unable to hide his surprise, and said, "Magic creature?" Has Voldemort reached the realm of Lady Ravenclaw?

At the same time, he recalled the last time Dumbledore heard the word 'magical creature' as a child --

"Felix, I can't give you much useful insights. When I was young, I did think that I was omnipotent for a short period of time...a magical creature? This is too modest, and I was Too arrogant."

Also at the same time, Dumbledore showed him the "little trick" of flicking the spell with his fingers...

Dumbledore straightened up from the back of his chair, put his hands on the desk, and shook his head slowly but firmly: "I don't think that is the reason, at least I have never had this ability. Even... several other founders of the school There is no such record, but Salazar Slytherin - as far as I know, was suspected of possessing a magic that could draw life force to heal himself."

"Diary?" Felix said warily. Two years ago, the diary Horcrux confused Ginny Weasley and absorbed part of her life force. Fortunately, it was not much, and it was discovered in time that it was cured by Madam Pomfrey's excellent medical skills.

"It's probably so." Dumbledore nodded lightly: "Although magic that makes people lose vitality is rare, it is not without it, but to transfer vitality from one person (Ginny) to another soul, I have Never heard of it."

"Is it the influence of Horcrux?" Felix guessed another possibility, "Maybe Horcrux has the characteristics of absorbing life force." But he immediately realized that it was not right, he had read the chapter of Horcrux in Black's old house— - It was an antique book called "The Secret of Cutting-edge Black Magic" - the understanding of Horcrux is not lacking.

Dumbledore also denied this speculation.

"A Horcrux is to peel off a piece of soul and leave it in a certain corner of the world, so as to achieve the purpose of making the maker unable to be destroyed. In short, it is immortality." Dumbledore said, "For this purpose, it is stripped out. The soul of the horcrux should be in a sleeping state, or at least extremely inactive - unless there is a deadly threat around the Horcrux, it will rise up to resist - so that it is safe."

Felix nodded slightly, agreeing with Dumbledore's words. No normal person should hope that the soul fragments in their Horcruxes are active and independent consciousness. What if they cause trouble and are found and destroyed?

What's more, only a small piece is enough to cut the soul, and it is difficult for the soul to do much.

"...But diaries are supposed to be special?" he pondered.

"That's right." Dumbledore nodded. "When Ginny Weasley first wrote in the diary, she got a response and fell into Voldemort's elaborate trap... I can almost say that, Voldemort did not regard it as a life-saving Horcrux, but a key to open the secret room, so he gave his diary many privileges, such as his memory until the age of 16, enough activity... Naturally, it also includes him Inherited from the knowledge of the ancestors of Rslytherin in the Chamber of Secrets."

"But it's all speculation." Felix said with a frown, a feeling of irritability arose in his heart, but Dumbledore's tone sounded conclusive, how could he be so sure?

He roughly sorted out the information. Dumbledore had secretly fought with Voldemort many times during the war, and he had suffered heavy damage more than once, but soon Voldemort was alive again. It is estimated that Dumbledore was also investigating the reason behind it. Dumbledore thought it was black magic and blood magic. The reason is that it is recorded that Salazar Slytherin has the magic of absorbing vitality and healing, and that Ginny has been absorbed vitality... But there is still another possibility, Felix couldn't help thinking, why not?

So he asked, "Why couldn't he be resurrected with a Horcrux?"

Dumbledore's sharp eyes rolled over, looking sharp: "Why do you think so?"

"Just guessing," Felix shrugged, "maybe he did transform his body with black magic, but there should be limits, right? Like he's just delaying death, finding a loyal one after escaping. Servant, hold a resurrection ceremony for him... Well, he will use Confusion Charm or Oblivion Charm to wipe out the troubles afterward? Or he may just abandon it..."

Dumbledore bowed his head and remained silent.

"The situation you're talking about does exist, Felix," he said. "But anyway, we have very limited information at hand." He looked thoughtfully at the legs of the table, and said in a faint voice, "Maybe I can be more positive."

"What?" Felix didn't catch him.

"Thank you for reminding me, Felix." Dumbledore smiled. "I almost missed it. My gut tells me that this information is especially useful."

Felix knew that this meant the end of the conversation, maybe he should go to Professor Marcheban, maybe it would be nice to tease Cremy's grandfather... But he was a little unwilling, he hadn't asked Voldemort's strength yet.

He got up from the sofa and said, "The last question, Albus, I can understand that you are far stronger than Voldemort?"

Another moment of silence--

"I'm old," said Dumbledore earnestly. "Even twenty years ago, I could barely have the upper hand. If he comes back to life again, it's hard to predict the outcome."

"Never got the upper hand?" Felix asked inexplicably. Dumbledore had said before that he "destroyed and destroyed Voldemort's body" more than once. This is more than once and it is worth pondering.

"I used a special method," Dumbledore said, blinking his blue eyes happily, "to make Voldemort think that I had hidden my strength before, in order to set up a trap... and the truth is that the difference in strength between us was not significant at the time. Big."

"Special method..." Felix repeated slowly.

"A little trick to get me back to my prime temporarily," Dumbledore replied with a smile in a childish tone.

...

When I came out of the principal's office, it was completely dark. Felix felt that his mind was a little messed up, and he urgently needed to sort out the information he had harvested today. He hurried back to the office, behind closed doors. As for Professor Marcheban, we'll talk about it tomorrow, since Dumbledore mentioned she'd be around for a while anyway.

On the other side, Dumbledore was still sitting on a chair in the circular office. After a while, he opened the drawer on the left, where there was a locket and a wand.

Fox, the phoenix on the perch, landed on Dumbledore's shoulders and hummed.

There has been a lot of discussion about the strength of Dumbledore and Voldemort and whether the two have played against each other. Let me tell you my thoughts (from the original book):

1. When Dumbledore refused an interview with Voldemort, he mentioned that Voldemort had small moves to launch an attack, but in the end he left without doing anything, maybe he knew he was invincible, or he was not sure;

2. After more than ten years, Voldemort formed Death Eaters, public activities, and war broke out, during which he did not commit any crimes against Hogwarts autumn;

3. In the battle at the Ministry of Magic after Voldemort's resurrection, throw away the complicated description of magic in the original book, and see what he said to Dumbledore:

"What—Dumbledore?"

"When I'm finished, you'll be dead!"

"You don't want to kill me, Dumbledore. Is there anything worse than that?"

"There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!"

"Kill me now, Dumbledore? If death is nothing, Dumbledore, then kill this kid?" (Harry being possessed by Voldemort)

The space is limited, so I won't post it all, you can take a look at it yourself.

Personally, I think the change is quite obvious, so in this book the two have fought each other, and Voldemort has suffered a loss.