Chapter 564： Truth and falsehood

In the club room, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were arguing.

"Harry, let's not think about it. Remember, when you were in the first grade, you thought Professor Snape was planning to steal the Philosopher's Stone, but he was actually the one who watched Quirrell. He was still in Quirrell trying to get you out of the sky. Protect it when it falls."

Hermione locked the door with magic and chanted a few interference spells so that they could talk about those dangerous topics without scruple.

"I know." Harry said dullly.

"There is still second grade—"

"Thank you for mentioning the second grade. He wanted to expel me and Ron as soon as school started, not to mention he wanted to protect me, Hermione, his brain circuit shouldn’t be magically connected to Dobby, not to mention he didn’t. Knowing that the Chamber of Secrets will be opened."

"Oh, uh..." Hermione was a little poor. "In the third grade, he is on our side..."

"Need to award him a medal? Thank him for not agreeing with the Dementor?" Harry said irritably, "Hermione, why did you keep talking for him? He used to be a **** Death Eater!"

Hermione was silent for a few seconds, "But Principal Dumbledore defended him, you told us in person, Harry, remember? You saw it in the Pensieve..."

"He—and—not worth—trust." Harry gritted his teeth.

"Who?"

Harry didn't speak.

Ron and Hermione looked at him nervously, "You mean Principal Dumbledore—why do you think so—"

Harry was silent.

There was a huge secret hidden in his heart, and he couldn't breathe. He didn't know whether he should tell Ron and Hermione. This secret has nothing to do with Snape, but it has to do with Principal Dumbledore. In the pile of letters that Sirius gave him, he learned a fact that shocked him extremely.

"Have you had a nightmare lately, Harry?" Hermione asked softly. She looked at Ron, and Ron shook his head to indicate that she knew nothing.

"No." Harry said blankly, but Ron and Hermione looked more worried. Harry hesitated again and again, he took a letter from his pocket and handed it to Hermione.

Hermione read immediately:

"My dear Footpad--" She stopped. "Who wrote this letter?"

"My mother," Harry said, "keep on reading."

"Oh fine.

Dear Bigfoot:

Thank you, thank you for the birthday present to Harry! This is his favorite toy. He was able to fly around on a toy broom when he was only one year old, and he looked so happy. I am attaching a photo for you to see.

I'm sorry you can't come...

James was a little depressed when he was locked up here. He tried not to show it, but I could see that the Invisibility Cloak was still with Dumbledore, so there was no chance to go out. How happy he would be if you could come.

The bug came last weekend and I think he is depressed, but maybe it is because of news from the McKinnons. I cried all night after I heard it.

Bathilda comes here often. She is an interesting old lady who tells a lot of Dumbledore's stories, which is really unimaginable. I don't know if he will be happy to hear it! To be honest, I don’t know how much to believe. It’s hard to believe that Dumbledore once met Gellert Grindelwald, the dark lord who ravaged Europe, and they also became friends because of the harmony of ideas!

But Bathilda said that she was Grindelwald's aunt. If this matter was true, it would be difficult to fake other things. After all, she really didn't need to lie. She also revealed a detail. The slogan that was later used by Grindelwald as an excuse for all his atrocities and made him famous-'For the greater good', was said to first appeared in Dumbledore and wrote to The letter from close friend Grindelwald is really incredible.

There are even more unthinkable things, forgive me not to disclose in the letter, maybe we shouldn't criticize a 17-year-old young man. Think about it, how stupid we were back then, James still thinks that the whole world should know Quidditch!

Let’s stop here, I heard Harry crying, I hope it’s not because James is too bored, otherwise I’ll knock him **** the head...

Lily. "

Harry saw Ron and Hermione’s faces full of shock, almost exactly the same as when he first saw this letter. A second, he was still feeling through his mother’s handwriting that it had never appeared in his memory. Li's gentle gaze was brought back to reality by the cold facts in the next second. His heart seemed to be torn in half, half jumping and sad. He knew that they had a cat. Sirius bought him the first flying broomstick. His mother was just like everyone told him. Gentle and kind, maybe a little sentimental...

But the other half, Harry didn't know how to describe his feelings. He came into contact with the more real Dumbledore, who was seventeen-year-old Dumbledore, only two years away from him now. But at that time, Dumbledore had become good friends with the dark demon Gellert Grindelwald, who was destined to show his prowess in the future, "the idea is in harmony"... how ironic it sounds!

And the invisibility cloak, Harry thought. Dumbledore took the invisibility cloak. Why? An archmage like Dumbledore can be invisible without an invisibility cloak. He also thought of an unreliable conjecture that he, Ron, and Hermione had put forward, the Deathly Hallows... the invisibility cloak in the hands of the third of the three brothers...

If Dumbledore had a happy conversation with someone who was determined to establish a new order dominated by wizards when he was young, are they interested in the legendary Deathly Hallows that can become the master of death? Build eternal rule together, just like Voldemort? Harry was ashamed of his thoughts, how could he tie Dumbledore and Voldemort? But it is difficult for him to find an excuse, and it is also difficult for him not to have an afterthought: If Dumbledore did not take the invisibility cloak, would it be possible that his family would not die?

Harry stubbornly ignored the fact that Dumbledore, Professor Haipu, and Professor Moody had all seen through the invisible cloak, holding on to the possibility that could never be verified, and changing repeatedly in hope and hatred. He buried all of this in his heart and locked it firmly with Occlumency, until he was talking to Hermione, he couldn't help but burst out suddenly.

He felt resentment flowing in his veins. He looked at Ron and Hermione eagerly. Look, Principal Dumbledore is not as good as we thought... He felt a burst from the expressions of Ron and Hermione on the verge of collapse. Array happy.

"Harry," Hermione hesitated, "I know it's incredible, but it's understandable—"

"Understandable?" Harry shouted, "You can—understand—you know him—"

"Yeah, I know." Hermione stroked her hair distractedly, walking around in the activity room. "I know... talented people always have a lot of ideas, not to mention that they are the most creative. Some people are far more ridiculous than this..."

"Who are you talking about?" Harry asked suddenly.

"what--"

"You said some people are far more ridiculous than Dumbledore, I can't think of—"

"That's not important!" Hermione said grimly. "We all know that Principal Dumbledore is now sitting in the principal's office. He did not participate in any of Grindelwald's speeches and atrocities. On the contrary, he stopped him."

"He took the invisibility cloak." Harry gritted his teeth and said stubbornly.

"Oh, I...I'm sorry, I know you feel uncomfortable, Harry, but we all know that the Invisibility Cloak cannot stop Voldemort and Voldemort. Their fate has been doomed from the moment Wormtail betrayed—"

"I! No! Believe! Fate!" Harry yelled, his breathless voice distorted with anger.

Hermione glanced at him carefully and motioned to Ron to help. Ron didn't seem to be relieved from the shock. He racked his brains and said, "Yes, Harry, I think Hermione's words make sense..."

"Which sentence makes sense?" Harry said through his teeth.

"Yes, that's... geniuses always have different ideas, they are all very precocious, such as Professor Haipu, and of course you—" Ron said slowly.

"Me?" Harry looked at Ron incredulously, his anger lowered strangely, not because Ron called him a genius, which was ridiculous.

"Yes, it's you." Ron's tone became smoother, but his speech was still very slow, and it sounded like a new one. "No child of the same age has experienced more than you. To be honest, even Dumbledore..." He narrowed his mouth, and still didn't say anything unkind. "You take the world's strongest wizard One of them was the goal of chasing, and he thwarted his conspiracy twice and again, and you also set up the Auror Reserve—"

"My grades—" Harry opened his mouth.

"To be honest, it's quite outrageous. I collected chocolate frog cards. Do you know the'Invincible Andros'? He is known for summoning giant-sized physical patron saints, and you did it when you were fifteen- "

"I used the magic text--"

"At least now, apart from Professor Haipu, no one else has publicly shown it, right? You have the actual combat ability. You are now above the average Auror's level. You defeated Sirius in training, so he was embarrassed in class. Click your name..."

"That's a comparison." Harry's face flushed.

Ron patted him on the shoulder. "Harry, do you know what other graduates say about you? A well-deserved student leader. No one dared to admit that except you."

"I'm sorry," Hermione interjected coldly, "I haven't heard that."

"Because you are not a graduate." Ron said without hesitation, "Collins told me that there are also videotapes of the next two games of the Championship. You don't know how popular it is... Harry, your reputation is not small. It’s not just because of the scar on the forehead. Well, speaking of it, I’m quite famous, and a fan wrote to me..."

Harry and Hermione stared at him.

Ron said quietly: "Of course not as many fans as you, but what can I blame?"

Harry felt very weird in his heart. He didn't know how the topic turned to the question of whether he was a genius, but undoubtedly there was less resentment towards Dumbledore in his heart. few.

"Even if what you said makes sense, it at least means that Principal Dumbledore would make mistakes." He said stiffly.

"I thought of a good idea." Hermione said.

Harry looked at her and asked, "What is it?" But there was not much hope in his heart.

"Write a letter." Hermione's mouth curled slightly. She took out the blank parchment and quill from her schoolbag. With a flick of her magic wand, the quill automatically wrote on the parchment, which was exactly the same as Hermione's handwriting. Different tactics.

Harry and Ron leaned close to her, seeing the first sentence-‘Dear Felix’, and they opened their mouths in surprise.

"Dear Felix," Felix read the letter in front of him with a weird expression. He thought he would never receive any news from ‘Ms. Jane’ in his life, so he continued reading--

"Please forgive me for taking the liberty to write to me. I was a bit pessimistic in the last letter, but things are getting better.

Although the difficult situation has not passed, I firmly believe that the future will get better. Recently, there have always been a lot of whimsical ideas in my mind. They are like a thousand Billy Wiggs arguing. Maybe adapting the story in my mind into a book will be very popular?

I don't think I will become a writer, but the characters in this story seem to have life, and the problems that happen to them also bother me, as if they really exist in reality. I desperately need valuable advice, if you will...

The story takes place in a remote and closed town. The mayor is a respected elder. He participated in the war and arrested the frightening Jiangyang thieves. Later, he returned to the town and became the protector of the town’s civilians. The residents of the town respect him very much.

But there are also a few powerful guys who think that the old mayor has touched their interests. They gathered around a brutal and evil boss, wanting to overthrow the old mayor and regain their previous noble status.

There is a boy living in the medicinal store in the town. There is a warm and cheerful girl among his neighbors. They are the same age and later became good friends.

After school, although the boys and girls were not in the same class, their friendship has been maintained. During this period of time, two major events happened to the boy. He joined a school group. This group had a good impression of the idea of ​​the evil gang raging around the town. The girl kept persuading the boy to leave, but the boy wanted to gain fame. Did not agree. Another thing, two years before graduation, he broke up with that girl.

After graduation, the boy secretly joined a criminal gang, and the girl became a policeman and married the suitor. The girl and the suitor frustrated the evil gang’s conspiracy several times, which angered the gang leader, and he killed them himself, leaving only a baby.

After that day, the evil leader also disappeared, and the residents of the town cheered. During the trial, the mayor came forward to protect the boy. Said that he had indeed been a member of the gang, but at some point he realized his mistake and went undercover.

The boy became the teacher of the only school in the town. After more than ten years, the girl’s orphan also reached school age. Because of the death of both parents, the child was secretly fostered by the mayor in a girl's relatives. He had a miserable childhood. He always thought that he would shovel cow dung for a lifetime, but he did not expect to receive a notice from the school.

This child walked into the school with great joy, only to encounter the hostility of the boy who had the same unfortunate childhood as him-now a teacher-I don't know why, maybe this child always reminds the boy of him 'S father?

This child has shown great athletic talent and may become an excellent sheriff in the future. At this time, the criminal gang that had disappeared for more than ten years came back. The girl’s orphan wanted to avenge her parents, so she has been doing everything possible to gather information about the boss. He knew that the comeback leader had found a new weapon, and he also learned that the reason why this leader did not die last time was because he used precious materials to create a strong armor, and there were six such armors...

Recently this child discovered that the whereabouts of the teacher who had been targeting him was secretive, and may also be investigating the secrets of the armor. This is very abnormal—because the mayor not only knew the reason for the boss’s death, but also destroyed several pieces of armor with his own hands—so this teacher definitely investigated privately behind the mayor’s back.

This child has too many doubts in his heart. He doesn't know whether the teacher who treats him badly is good or bad. If he is a good person, why violate the mayor's order? Especially recently this child discovered that the mayor also made mistakes when he was young, and the image of wisdom and virtue in his mind was shaky..."

Felix put down the letter and smiled happily. Warren looked at him strangely.

"Oh, someone's secret can't be hidden." He looked at Xue Xiao who was waiting to reply, and asked: "Your name is Zhu Weiqiong?"

Hedwig reluctantly replied in a low voice, and buried her head in her wings.

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In the original book, Harry found only half of the letter, and I added the remaining half. I try to reduce the number of words in this part of the text, the original text is as follows:

Dear Bigfoot:

Thank youThank you for the birthday present to Harry! This is his favorite toy. He was able to fly around on a toy broom when he was only one year old, and he looked so happy. I am attaching a photo for you to see. You know the little broom can only be two feet off the ground, but Harry almost killed the kitten and almost broke an ugly vase. It was a Christmas gift from Petunia (not a complaint). Of course, James thought it was very funny and said that this kid would be the next Quidditch star, but we had to put away all the decorations and watch him while he was flying.

We had a very quiet birthday tea party. Only the old Bathilda was present. She has always been very nice to us and especially loved Harry. It's a pity that you can't come, but the Order of the Phoenix is ​​the first. Besides, Harry was so young and didn't know how to celebrate birthdays! James was a little depressed when he was locked up here. He tried not to show it, but I could see that the Invisibility Cloak was still with Dumbledore, so there was no chance to go out. How happy he would be if you could come. The bug came last weekend and I think he is depressed, but maybe it is because of news from the McKinnons. I cried all night after I heard it.

Bathilda comes here often. She is an interesting old lady who tells a lot of Dumbledore's stories, which is really unimaginable. I don't know if he will be happy to hear it! To be honest, I don’t know how much to believe, it’s hard to believe Dumbledore—

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