"I almost forgot, Professor Dracula, you are not only a vampire, but also a genuine count."
Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. "What does the noble spirit say? Do you want to give preferential treatment to women and children?"
"I remember that in my time, it was about grace, dignity and responsibility." Dracula crossed his arms and said casually, "Even though I don't care about these so-called noble spirits, it doesn't mean I'm willing to push such things to a child who has just entered school."
Dumbledore watched as Harry's attention was drawn to the Mirror of Erised, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Professor Dracula, don't underestimate the threat of Voldemort." He observed Harry's performance and whispered to Dracula, "No one can survive after being hit by the Killing Curse, except for two people, Voldemort and Harry."
"But Harry was not actually hit by Voldemort's Killing Curse. Lily's love for Harry made her release amazing protective magic, which rebounded Voldemort's Killing Curse. So the person who was actually hit by the Killing Curse was Voldemort, who cast the curse."
Dumbledore told Dracula about the horror of Voldemort, but Dracula's attention was attracted by another thing.
"You mean, Harry's mother has the ability to resist Voldemort just by relying on the emotion of 'love'?" His eyebrows knitted, "Mr. Headmaster, don't you think this is ridiculous?"
"Don't underestimate anyone's potential, Professor Dracula." Dumbledore said seriously, "Human potential is infinite. Especially in extremely urgent situations, for the sake of the people they love, humans can often burst out unprecedented strength."
"Professor Dracula, this is the power of bonds."
Dracula looked at Dumbledore's serious expression, and an extremely absurd feeling emerged in his heart.
Is it that Dumbledore has become old and muddle-headed, or that he has fallen behind the times after sleeping for a hundred years? When did wizards' potential become so great that they could use their emotions to influence their own strength
If that's the case, then wouldn't those couples in love and affectionate mothers and children all have the ability to pose a threat to the combat power of the great wizard level
This can be said to be extremely unreasonable. Because Dracula knew that the gap in strength between wizards was sometimes like a chasm that was difficult to cross.
Therefore, Dracula did not agree with Dumbledore's explanation for Harry's survival from the Killing Curse, and he would rather find the answer on his own.
"Skip this question. I am not interested in studying the emotional lives of your wizards." Dracula said disapprovingly, "Tell me why you think Voldemort is still alive after being cursed by himself."
Dumbledore shook his head helplessly upon seeing this.
"In fact, I initially thought that Voldemort was really dead, and I felt relieved for a long time. Until I found out that the curse on the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor still exists... You should understand that one of the conditions for the existence of the curse is the survival of the caster."
"And this year's arrival of Quirrell and the coveting of the Philosopher's Stone and a series of other events have just confirmed this point." Dumbledore's face was solemn, "Voldemort has never really left, he is just waiting for the opportunity to return!"
"So you used the Philosopher's Stone to set up a trap, and also created an opportunity to use Voldemort to train Potter?" Dracula asked.
"Yes, as I guessed, Voldemort is still very weak and can only rely on others to move around." Dumbledore said, "According to Voldemort's conceited character, if he was not too weak, he would not have placed his hopes on Quirrell, but would have broken into Gringotts himself to steal the Philosopher's Stone."
"I think you should know that the Philosopher's Stone is Nico's life." Dracula's expression turned cold after hearing Dumbledore's story. "If Voldemort is really in his prime, he will definitely not return empty-handed, and Nico's elixir of immortality will not be able to continue."
"Your plan puts Nico in an extremely dangerous situation. He doesn't care about his own life, and you don't care either?" Dracula asked.
"Don't worry, Professor Dracula. There's no need to take risks in this matter." Dumbledore didn't take it as an offense at all, and said with a smile, "The Philosopher's Stone in Gringotts has always been a fake. The real one has always been with me!"
Dracula looked at him in surprise and nodded slightly.
"Nicol told me about what you discussed at the Opera Garnier." Dumbledore put on a gentle smile, "He no longer wants to commit suicide. When this matter is over, the Philosopher's Stone will be left to you to take away."
"Professor Dracula, you haven't abandoned human feelings, have you? The feelings between friends are also a kind of bond."
"I told you, I'm not interested in your bond theory." Dracula looked away and changed the subject naturally. "You haven't told me yet, in your guess, how did Voldemort survive the Killing Curse?"
Dumbledore turned his head and looked at Dracula with deep eyes.
"I wonder if Professor Dracula has ever heard of an extremely evil forbidden black magic, the Horcrux!"
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Hogwarts has an active Horcrux.
A younger version of Voldemort, Tom Riddle, incarnated from the Horcrux diary, foraging in the Forbidden Forest.
He stretched out an illusory hand and grabbed a passing hare. The hare kicked its hind legs frantically.
A burst of black gas emerged, and the hare soon became motionless, lost the strength to struggle, and even its whole body became shriveled.
Voldemort's illusory body seemed to become more solid.
At this moment, he suddenly frowned and opened the blank diary in his hand.
"It's useless to just absorb the life energy of the animal. What you need is the life force of the wizard."
Two lines of beautiful ink appeared on the diary.
"Of course I know. There's no need for you to remind me." Voldemort said impatiently, "Now Dumbledore and Dracula are still suspicious of Quirrell and are even wary of me. How can I have the opportunity to absorb the life of a wizard?"
The ink on the diary reorganized: "Give me to any student, I can seduce them to sacrifice their life force."
"That's unnecessary. Do you think I don't know? You just want me to leave the diary." Voldemort sneered and said, "Remember, you are just a Horcrux. Everything you have is just part of my memory before I was sixteen! There is only one thing you need to do, and that is to obey me, obey your main soul!"
With a "snap", Voldemort closed the diary and walked towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest.
There was a pure, beautiful creature that resembled a white horse, with its head lowered and a beautiful horn on it, drinking from the stream flowing through the woods.
"Avada Kedavra-"
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