Chapter 251

Trelawney's prophecy didn't cause much of a reaction, after all, it didn't point to a specific person, and it wasn't known what specific event it referred to. And similar prophecies are not many, but if you say they are few, they are not few either; there are so many prophecy balls in the Department of Mysteries, each corresponding to a real prophecy.

So among the people present, only Murphy was greatly shocked.

Even Tom, the protagonist of the prophecy in Murphy's cognition, had no reaction.

The five young wizards were punished with detention for violating school rules, and Murphy also checked the antidote Snape made and felt there was no problem.

So Harry recovered his boy's body that day and was finally able to attend class normally.

After Snape woke up, he only felt a splitting headache; he did remember being tied up by Murphy to drink yesterday and seemed to have said a lot of things he wouldn't usually say, but even if he used Legilimency on himself, he couldn't recall anything that couldn't be said besides talking about Lily.

Murphy seemed very dissatisfied with Dumbledore; he also seemed to have said he wanted him to be Headmaster?

But it was ultimately drunken talk, and Snape didn't take it seriously.

Everything seemed to return to normal, but as soon as Tom returned to the dormitory, he found that the Book of Guidance had updated.

"Main task: Obtain the formula for the Elixir of Life. Completed!"

"Task reward: Disillusionment Charm."

This time, there was no reminder of "please ask the holder to be prepared to accept the reward" at all; Tom only felt a shock in his brain, and the knowledge about the Disillusionment Charm was recalled.

However, he didn't have any joy of increasing power, only feeling full of panic.

He suddenly realized a problem.

How did the Book of Guidance know he completed the task?

He didn't even accept this task; to avoid continuing contact with the Book of Guidance, he hadn't touched that notebook for a long time.

But now it still judged that he had completed the task.

Is it always monitoring and reading his inner heart?

The Book of Guidance can forcibly instill some memories into his brain; can it control his actions?

If so, has his thought of wanting to get rid of the other party also been under its monitoring?

But then, he let out a long breath and suppressed these thoughts.

Thinking too much is useless; even if fate is already doomed, he cannot sit and wait for death; he must struggle a bit.

Currently, the formula for the Elixir of Life is known, so let's find a way to gather the materials first.

……

On the other side, Dumbledore listened to Professor McGonagall's explanation and pondered for a while, "You mean Sybill said the prophecy while facing Murphy and Lucas?"

"Yes, her appearance was very unusual; it seemed to be a real prophecy; at that time she also grabbed their hands, but this prophecy sounds very strange; the Savior and the Prophet it mentioned have no clues."

Dumbledore nodded and suddenly remembered something, "Lucas's name only appeared in the Book of Admittance before enrollment, right, Minerva?"

"Yes. In July, I specifically checked it several times; there was no omission of any name; Lucas's name must have appeared after that."

Dumbledore was silent for a while, "Who sent that letter that reminded us to discover a student?"

"It seems to be the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters……" Professor McGonagall said; she couldn't remember the specific writer.

Dumbledore pulled open the drawer by the table, his fingers groping in the drawer that had been cast with a powerful Undetectable Extension Charm and contained enough for ten thousand letters, and a letter automatically jumped into his hand.

He unfolded it.

"Respected Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall:

During the handling of a magic runaway incident, our department discovered a boy at Wool's Orphanage—Lucas Tom Brightson. After investigation, we found that he was the cause of the magic runaway incident; due to his age being close to the school's enrollment age, but the student seems to know nothing about Hogwarts, we specifically write to remind you. Hope you send a professor to contact him and handle the enrollment matters.

Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, Deputy Director of the Memory Obliviation Command, Selica Wood."

"Selica Wood." Dumbledore thought for a while, and took out a few more letters from the drawer; not long after, he read through several letters.

These were mostly letters from Kingsley over the past few years; he mentioned Selica Wood twice, but more often mentioned her younger brother, Alex Wood.

The latter was once confirmed to be working for Murphy Darkholm, responsible for potion material tasks.

And last year, both of them served in the Ministry of Magic, one as the Director of the Floo Network Authority, and one as the Deputy Director of the Memory Obliviation Command.

And they had no relevant resumes before this.

"Murphy…… Tom……"

Dumbledore pondered, but in his mind, he recalled that sentence he heard while standing in the corner on the night after Christmas.

"I saw freedom."

Freedom.

What is binding you, Tom?

……

After Easter, the students' academic tasks became very tense; some top students—like Hermione—had already started preparing for exams in advance.

But not all students put exams in the first place.

Like Harry, today he called his friends together again, "I know why Snape wants to get the Magic Stone."

"Are you still suspecting Snape?" Hermione asked.

Hermione suspected the other party because she saw Snape chanting a spell on the day of the Quidditch match; now she already knew the reason why Snape hated Harry, although she still felt that matter was very strange, but the suspicion of Snape in her heart was much less.

"He also broke into the trapdoor, remember? He was bitten by Fluffy; if he didn't want to steal the Magic Stone, why would he go there?" Harry said.

"Perhaps, he was just worried about the Magic Stone and went to check the trap?" Tom said.

"Perhaps. But it's also possible that he was just going to get the Magic Stone to resurrect his master." Harry said.

"What?" Everyone didn't understand.

"Snape is a Death Eater. At least he was." Harry said, dropping a big piece of news, "Sirius wrote to tell me, although he was vague, Snape liked black magic very much when he was in school, and he often hung out with some shady people, most of whom later became Death Eaters."

"This is why he would say to Professor Murphy that he knows a lot of knowledge about death, and this is why he would say that Voldemort didn't tell him about the resurrection potion formula."

"Who could be taught knowledge by Voldemort? Only Death Eaters!"

Harry's speculation was reasonable; in fact, after hearing the conversation between Snape and Murphy that day, everyone had this suspicion.

"So, you suspect Snape stole the Magic Stone to resurrect Voldemort?"

"That's right!" Harry said.

If the idea of stopping Snape was originally just because of hostility towards Snape, now, Harry indeed felt some survival threat.

Voldemort is the Dark Lord who killed his parents.

He just disappeared, but almost everyone believes he hasn't died yet.

And if he really resurrects, then the first person to deal with will probably be himself, who once defeated him.

What should he do then?

Should he wash his neck clean and wait?

"I have figured it out now," Harry said, "Even if it's not Snape, it's certain that someone wants to steal the Magic Stone; the Gringotts robbery case proves this. And didn't Professor Murphy say, if a wizard wants to plot the Magic Stone, then the Elixir of Life or the resurrection potion is its only purpose."

"Even if it's not Snape, there must be someone who wants to steal the Magic Stone to resurrect Voldemort!" Harry said.

Tom swallowed his saliva.

Brother, you are right.

That person is me.

(End of chapter)