Chapter 758

"Can you ask him to wait? I don't really want my office to be blown open..." Dumbledore said weakly.

Harry also didn't know how to face Professor Snape.

By now, he found it completely impossible to hate Snape anymore.

Especially after knowing that Darren also carried Snape's bloodline, he was even more at a loss as to what to do.

Moreover, thinking of what Snape had done for him over the years, he felt heartfelt...

Regardless, Snape had been saving him.

From beginning to end.

Harry thought with a guilty conscience.

Thinking of the things he had once said to curse Snape, the guilt in his heart intensified.

He thought, fortunately, Darren had saved Snape.

Otherwise...

Harry didn't have time to think about the rest of the sentence.

Because at that moment, Dumbledore's office door was kicked open.

The person who entered was none other than a pale-faced Snape.

Snape's gaze swept over Dumbledore and Harry, then his eyes froze on the lifeless Darren.

He knelt down powerlessly.

He crawled to Darren's side.

He hugged Darren tightly and began to wail loudly.

Harry subconsciously looked at Dumbledore and found that Dumbledore was wearing a bitter smile.

He spread his hands and said helplessly: "So, I said I didn't quite approve of him coming in now; I hadn't even thought about letting him wake up yet."

Darren probably thought the same... he didn't even bring him back to the castle.

"But what should we do now?"

Harry asked, feeling conflicted.

"Why don't you go and comfort him, Harry? I think Severus should be fond of you as well."

Harry subconsciously felt that was unlikely.

However, since Dumbledore had spoken, he decided to give it a try.

So he walked over to Snape and said cautiously: "Professor... Headmaster Dumbledore says Darren can still be saved..."

Snape turned his head abruptly.

He looked at Dumbledore almost pleadingly.

"Albus, please, I beg you, save him... I can give anything. What value do I have left? Take it, take it all!"

Harry also looked at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked a bit embarrassed.

He shook his head helplessly and said: "If you hadn't come in, Harry and I were just discussing how to save Darren..."

Of course, now I think you can let Harry tell you everything...

By the way, I'm going to call Hermione and Ron; I think they should want to know too...

Dumbledore left the office.

Only Harry and Snape remained.

Harry tried his best to smile at Snape.

But he found that Snape was righteously demanding he explain everything immediately.

In the past, Harry would certainly have preferred to keep his mouth shut rather than speak; he would have just wanted to defy Snape.

But now...

Thinking of everything Snape had done.

Harry could only tell him everything, point by point.

Just as he was planning to ask Snape to think of a solution.

Hermione and Ron also came in.

They looked a bit disheveled.

But they still endured their grief to listen to Harry tell it again.

Afterward, Luna and Ginny arrived as well.

Harry had no choice but to start telling the story again.

Later, Fleur and Tonks came too...

When Harry was telling the story for the fifth time, he suddenly wondered if Dumbledore was being a bit of a jerk.

Could he have already known that so many people would come?

And since these people couldn't all come at once, that was why he told him first, making him explain it to them over and over again.

But he immediately felt he was overthinking it.

Dumbledore shouldn't be like that, right?

Although he felt he had been tricked, Harry actually wasn't very annoyed at explaining everything over and over.

As he recounted everything time after time, he realized that almost everything had been achieved by Darren.

Darren had racked his brains for these things, using every method he could.

Yet in the end, he had chosen to die.

Harry didn't even know what Darren was thinking when he faced Voldemort.

But he understood that Darren must have been in absolute despair.

For Darren, his alienation was enough to make Darren despair to the point of wanting to die.

After finishing his eighth retelling, Harry covered his face deeply.

Never before had he felt so guilty toward Darren.

"I hope no one else comes. I think we should be thinking of a way now, instead of standing here listening to Mr. Potter repeat these things over and over!"

Snape said anxiously...

"But we still don't know anything!"

Kingsley and the others, who had just entered, said indignantly.

But their words were ignored by Harry.

He had roughly figured out what he needed to do now.

He looked at Snape with eager eyes.

"Pro, Professor, do you have any ideas?"

Although he knew Snape was a good person, he still couldn't face him naturally.

Snape gave him a look of disgust and then looked away.

He was silent for a moment before saying: "There is a way—a contract. If someone enters into a contract with Darren, he will be bound."

Even if he wanted to die himself, he wouldn't be able to.

And known methods to achieve this include the Life-Sharing Contract, the Master-Servant Contract, and of course, the Marriage Contract!"

A light suddenly flashed in Hermione's eyes.

She asked excitedly: "What does the Marriage Contract mean?"

"It is known that for parties who enter a Marriage Contract, if one dies, the other will also die. Of course, their life force is shared."

"Mr. and Mrs. Weasley must have entered into such a contract."

"But the Marriage Contract is actually not very secure; by paying a certain price, it can still be broken."

"If Miss Granger thinks she can make him give up the idea of throwing his life away just by relying on a Marriage Contract, that is impossible."

"The price to break a Marriage Contract is not severe; it only requires him to give up one-tenth of his own life. Do you think he wouldn't do that?"

Snape said mockingly.

But Hermione's eyes did not dim.

They were still shining.

She even laughed out loud: "What if, what if there are many people?"

"Me, Ginny, Tonks, Fleur, Cho Chang, Becky Greengrass, Luna, Cassandra..."

"And I think Pansy, Lavender, the Patil sisters, and of course other girls."

"If they are willing, they can also enter into a Marriage Contract with Darren..."

"I think he might be able to disregard his life to break it for ten people, but for others, he shouldn't be able to."

"In order not to implicate the lives of others, he will definitely be able to endure it; after all, he is so kind."

"Once he is willing to live, then whatever bloodline he has won't be so important anymore, will it?"

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