Chapter 251 Plan

"Severus, you're late."

Dumbledore glanced at the clock on the wall and said to Snape who walked into the room with a smile.

"The Dark Lord assigned me some tasks temporarily, and I went to deal with them." Snape glanced at Lu Yunkai.

"Do you need me to leave first?" Lu Yunkai said, following Sirius' words just now.

"No." Dumbledore shook his head, then looked at Snape: "Have you been busy during this period?"

"Very busy." Snape nodded and retracted his gaze from Lu Yunkai, "The Dark Lord is busy preparing to control the Ministry of Magic recently, and there are many things to do."

"Ministry of Magic... Forget it, let him." Dumbledore sighed softly and shook his head, "Anyway, he can't control the people in the Ministry of Magic even if he wants to."

"But it will also cause a lot of trouble. The Ministry of Magic has proved last year that they are doing a great job of causing trouble for us." Snape shook his head.

The corners of Lu Yunkai's mouth twitched slightly.

Indeed...

"Apart from the Ministry of Magic, is there anything else?" Dumbledore almost forced the topic to change, interrupting Snape's unwilling argument.

"Nothing else recently. The Dark Lord is looking for something to help him kill Harry Potter, but he hasn't found a suitable plan yet." Snape glanced at Lu Yunkai, "But he has warned others not to attack Harry."

"Is it not possible to even capture him and kill him?" Lu Yunkai interrupted.

Snape was slightly stunned.

"This is what I'm worried about." Lu Yunkai glanced at Dumbledore, and then continued to say to Snape: "If it's convenient, it's better to confirm this matter. If we can find a way to block this road, then Harry should not be in great danger for the time being."

"Well. He didn't say, but... it's best not to mention it." Snape narrowed his eyes and nodded, "By the way, did he contact you after this summer vacation?"

"Lucius told me on Platform 9 3/4 that Voldemort asked me not to go to him this summer vacation." Lu Yunkai recounted truthfully: "Although I don't know why, I decided to listen to him first."

"But you should be careful too." Dumbledore interrupted, "He must want to keep you as one of the weapons against Harry, and he must keep his troops in place for the time being."

"Well." Lu Yunkai also understood this point, and naturally he would not object.

"If there is nothing else, I'll leave first." Snape glanced at Lu Yunkai, and then said to Dumbledore.

"Thank you for your hard work." Dumbledore nodded.

"Hmm... Oh! Right! Wait a minute!" When Snape was about to turn around and leave, he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned his head to look at Dumbledore again, "I think you should tell Lu Yunkai about the ring."

"...Isn't that necessary?" Dumbledore shook his head.

"Maybe." Snape nodded, "There is something you may not know... Lu Yunkai has mastered a very effective magic that can remove curses."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Dumbledore was slightly stunned.

"Yes. He can even remove the powerful blood curse." Snape looked at Lu Yunkai, "This curse may only be left to him to deal with."

"Curse? What curse?" Lu Yunkai was a little confused and looked at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore smiled slightly and raised his left hand.

Lu Yunkai was stunned.

That hand... It's more like a skeleton than a hand. The black skin is tightly attached to the hand bones, and there is no trace of muscle. It's as scary as it can be.

"When I was looking for the Horcrux, I accidentally provoked a trap set by Tom." Dumbledore sighed softly, put his hand down, and continued: "I was cursed."

"Is this curse very tricky?" Lu Yunkai asked Snape.

"I can only control it in the hands of the headmaster, but I still can't completely limit its spread." Snape shook his head seriously.

"How could you be so careless!" Lu Yunkai smiled bitterly, "Could it be... because you saw the resurrection stone on the ring and couldn't help wanting to use it?"

"...How did you know?" Dumbledore was stunned again.

"Today, I saw the ring with the Resurrection Stone on your desk in the communication mirror." Lu Yunkai sighed softly, "In the afternoon, I went to find Lovegood, the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler, and asked him about the Deathly Hallows. Then I guessed that the ring with the Resurrection Stone should be one of Voldemort's Horcruxes."

"...Yeah. You guessed exactly right." Dumbledore looked at Snape, who was a little dumbfounded, and then nodded to Lu Yunkai, "I found this ring in the ruins of Tom's hometown, because...well, for some reasons, I recognize the symbol of the Deathly Hallows on it, and I also want to see the dead person..."

"Ariana?"

"..."

"Sorry, I'm too talkative." Lu Yunkai smiled a little awkwardly and scratched his head, "This...I can understand it."

"...You know too much." Snape sighed softly on the side.

And Dumbledore began to remain silent.

"Is there really no other way to lift this curse?" Lu Yunkai looked at Snape and asked.

"I can't find it anyway." Snape shook his head seriously, "Why, you don't want to use that method?"

"That method... has side effects." Lu Yunkai said helplessly: "Otherwise I would have helped Daphne and Astoria remove the curse on them."

"What side effects?" Snape narrowed his eyes.

"After I help to remove the magic, the person whose magic is removed will become my slave."

"Slave? That means Nagini... Why didn't you mention it to me before?" Snape was a little absurd.

"What's there to mention! Although I can order her to do anything, I don't want to do it. The blood-cursed orcs are already pitiful. Why should I embarrass her?" Lu Yunkai spread his hands helplessly, "Anyway, she was going to take revenge on Voldemort, so let her do it according to her own ideas!"

Snape was stunned.

For a long time.

"...Nagini is the person the Dark Lord trusts the most now." Snape smiled bitterly, "Actually... she is your servant?"

"Professor, I must say that I will not give direct orders to Nagini unless it is extremely necessary." Lu Yunkai reminded Snape, of course, he said it to Dumbledore, "It is too despicable to embarrass a poor blood-cursed orc."

"Well, I completely agree with you." Dumbledore took over from Lu Yunkai, and his expression looked very relieved, "Even if it is to accomplish something, you can choose your own way. Your choice deserves my applause."

"...Thank you." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "Then what about your curse? I think the curse should be very powerful. And I can't be sure of the origin of this curse set by Voldemort now, and it is impossible to try my luck through other methods..."

"Severus has helped me limit this curse." Dumbledore smiled, "I didn't want to let you know."

"Then you want to wait for this curse to spread?" Lu Yunkai looked incomprehensible.

"Then I can't do that...right?" Dumbledore asked Lu Yunkai with a smile.

Indeed, let Dumbledore become his "servant"? ?

This is indeed not a good thing to say.

It's impossible!!

"Anyway, this curse should give me at least one year." Dumbledore gave Snape, who was hesitant to speak, a look, and then continued: "In this year, I can also think of other ways... By the way, your magic to remove the curse..."

"It's not difficult to use." Lu Yunkai explained quickly, "Even the magic circle itself is not very troublesome. The only trouble is to find the seven-color crystal."

"Seven-color crystal? What is it?" Snape seemed to have never heard of this saying and was a little confused.

"It should be a very ancient exorcism ritual." Dumbledore nodded, "At that time, sacrifices often appeared in this combination, such as seven-color stones, seven-color crystals, and even seven-color sacrifices... and so on."

"Well, in addition to the seven-color crystals, three life sacrifices from land, sea and air are also needed, which is much easier to solve." Lu Yunkai nodded, "The magic circle itself is also very simple, just a few ancient magic words."

"Where did you find this information?" Snape's curiosity was finally aroused by Lu Yunkai.

"Lu Yunkai's family still has some rare inheritances." Dumbledore explained for Lu Yunkai.

"How about this." Lu Yunkai thought about it and put forward his own suggestion: "Professor, you can find someone you can completely trust and let him preside over the ceremony. I can teach him hand in hand. After the exorcism ceremony is successful, you don't have to worry too much about being controlled by someone you don't trust..."

"Let's talk about it later." Dumbledore interrupted Lu Yunkai, "There is still time. It won't be a problem for the time being."

"Okay." Lu Yunkai nodded.

"Then I'll go first." Snape glanced at the time, "This matter..."

"Leave it to me." Lu Yunkai took over the work from Snape.

Snape gave Lu Yunkai an appreciative look and left immediately.

It can be seen that he is really busy.

"I find that you have many secrets more and more." After Snape left, Dumbledore looked at Lu Yunkai again, and the expression on his face became more and more playful.

"Who doesn't have some secrets, right?" Lu Yunkai smiled and wanted to change the subject, "If you are ready to use this method to remove the curse on you, you can contact me."

"The seven-color crystal you mentioned should be difficult to get, right? Do you have it on hand?"

"I can find a way, although it will cost a lot." Lu Yunkai said half-truthfully, "The real problem is that you have to find someone who doesn't mind being controlled by him."

"Well, this is indeed a problem." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible haze.

"We should have found three Horcruxes and destroyed two of them, right?" Lu Yunkai brought the topic back to the main thing he came here for today.

Because he felt that it was almost time for him to go home.

He could just finish the main thing and run away.

"I'm looking for the fourth one." Dumbledore nodded, "The Ravenclaw diadem you held earlier reminded me that Tom is not someone who is content with mediocrity, but... well, although it may not sound good to say this, his vision is really not that big."

"Not everyone has the same tolerance and mind as Grindelwald." Lu Yunkai certainly knew what Dumbledore was talking about.

"His hatred for Muggles is mostly just because of his father." Dumbledore did not respond to Lu Yunkai's words. "So I was thinking that Tom's choice of Horcruxes might be inseparable from his relatives and Hogwarts."

"For example, the ring." Lu Yunkai nodded, "But I heard that the Gaunt family should have another heirloom that is said to be related to Slytherin..."

"The fourth one I mentioned is that one." Dumbledore nodded, "In addition, there may be something else related to Hufflepuff... I tend to think it is the famous golden cup that was lost in the legendary Hufflepuff College. But where did he hide it? I still have to find a way to find it."

"Any information? I might be able to help." Lu Yunkai tentatively suggested.

"Not for the time being." Dumbledore shook his head, "By the way, Horace's memory..."

"Here." Lu Yunkai took out his own Pensieve.

"...Okay."

Dumbledore was slightly surprised that Lu Yunkai actually took out the Pensieve, but he didn't ask anything.

Instead, he directly immersed himself in the memory in the Pensieve.

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