Chapter 325: The Switch

Chapter 325: The Switch

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"Dialogue"

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Chapter 325: The Switch

The gargoyle mechanism activated as soon as Harry and Snape got close to the entrance.

"How strange... it did not ask for the password." Snape stopped in his tracks and stared at the moving stairs.

"It must be broken," Harry told him.

Snape's eyebrows twitched a few times.

"Potter, I know you are hiding something... I won't ask about it, but don't take me for a fool!"

Harry glanced at him with a serene expression. "I am hiding many things. You may learn some of them soon while others... you will never get to know. And I will only take you for a fool when you do something foolish."

"Potter!" Snape stood in front of him with clenched teeth.

"You will show me the proper respect."

Harry returned his aggressive glare with a face that didn't give anything away.

"Is that an attempt to intimidate me? Because you have no idea how funny that is to me."

Before Snape could begin yelling, Harry spoke again.

"But, I believe the Headmaster is waiting for us to arrive at his office. Unless you want to keep him waiting?"

Snape muttered a few curses under his breath before going up the stairs.

"Ehh... well..." Now that the Headmaster was saying it like that, it did not seem like such a great idea anymore.

"People's complaints about your presence in the tournament are going to disappear after the first test... trust me," Harry told him.

"Really? But even if that is true..." Neville lowered his head in defeat. "I don't want to be in the tournament..."

"About that." Dumbledore started. "I believe it's time to tell you the next part... you won't really be participating in the tournament."

"What? But you said before—"

"Voldemort expects to see Neville Longbottom taking part in the tests." The Headmaster moved his eyes to Harry.

"But thanks to the wonders of magic, there are many ways to accomplish that without putting you in any real danger."

Harry took something out of his pocket. It was the same tiny box that Daphne had given to him on the first day of school. He placed it on the desk and gave it a gentle tap with his wand.

The box grew in size until it resembled a briefcase.

"We will be using this," Harry said as he opened the case.

Inside it were around twenty vials, all with identical contents and carefully stored to avoid any breakage.

"Potions?... wait..." Neville gave the case a sniff.

He may have been terrible at making potions, but he was great at recognizing the ingredients of a potion just by smell alone.

However, there was someone else with much more expertise already in the room who had already recognized the identity of the potions inside these vials.

"That's Polyjuice Potion!" Snape had only been given part of the plan, but now that he saw this, he finally understood how Harry was going to participate in the tournament.

"Correct, this is a large supply of Polyjuice Potions. More than enough for the task. But we are going to need everyone's cooperation for this to work." Harry glanced at Neville.

" Will you help us?"

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