Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 248 The Melting Ice

"Boom!"

Everything happened too fast for Dumbledore.

A flash of white light, and thunder, faster than sound, arrived in an instant.

Thunder Magic? Li Wei?!

The thought flashed through Dumbledore's mind in a split second, overlapping with the image of Livy.

Before he could even think about why Li Wei was there or why he was attacking him, in a fraction of a second, the instinct for survival and the combat reflexes honed over a century took over Dumbledore's body.

The wand burst forth with a powerful light in his left hand, and the highest level of protective spells instantly activated, stacking up!
However, faced with the Qilin that had been preparing for a long time, all the hasty defenses were torn apart like paper.

"Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—"

Layer upon layer of protection was rapidly torn away, and the unstoppable lightning finally annihilated everything in Dumbledore's rapidly contracting pupils—Gaunt's ring, which Dumbledore had subconsciously protected, was seized and crushed by the giant mouth of the Kirin—black water and the howls of vengeful spirits poured out continuously, accompanied by a strong aura of dark magic.

Dumbledore instinctively dropped the ring to avoid being tainted by its curse—he had instinctively sensed danger.

But he escaped the curse of the ring, while the Thunder Beast did not let him go—the Qilin's body twisted from head to tail like a spear, and in an instant, it pierced Dumbledore's heart!
A look of surprise flashed in Dumbledore's eyes, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes relaxed in the next moment, and his gaze became calm.

Calmly accept your death.

There's no way it could be faked; such powerful magic must be Livy's.
Roar! ! !
Amidst the howls of the beast, the lightning spear reached Dumbledore's heart—only to melt away the next moment.

The spear transformed into lightning, merging entirely into Dumbledore's body—scorch marks began to appear on his skin, but the lightning within remained unmoved, unharmed in the slightest.

"Snapped!"

Amidst the torrential rain, the unmistakable sound of firecrackers exploding could be heard, as if someone had used Apparition to leave.

A bizarre scene unfolded—as he left, the sky, which had been raging like a flood, suddenly ceased all its chaos.

After a few breaths, sunlight barely pierced through the earth again, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Dumbledore stared blankly down—Gaunt's ring had been destroyed, and the Resurrection Stone that haunted his dreams lay on the ground, broken in two.

But even if the resurrection stone breaks, it will not affect its effectiveness.
But right now, there are clearly more important things to do.

Dumbledore slowly bent down and carefully picked up the crystal-clear black stone with his scorched hands, holding it in his palm.

He didn't tell Levi about this operation because he didn't have high expectations, but unexpectedly he found Gaunt's ring directly. From then on, everything had to be handled as if he were the only one in charge.

After thinking for a moment, Dumbledore vanished with a 'pop'.

Although he didn't understand why Li Wei was doing all this, he instinctively knew what he should do.

Go to Severus for treatment, fake the injury as being caused by dark magic—then gather everything in your right hand and wait for that moment to arrive.

Two days later, at 13:54, in the principal's office.

"Am I still worthy of your trust? You told Li Wei about Horcruxes and the Dark Lord last year. Why didn't you inform me of this?"

If I had known sooner, I wouldn't have refused to give him any assistance at all.

"He invited you to explore the Horcrux location we discovered, but you just closed the door without saying a word. How are we supposed to notify you?"

Dumbledore gave Snape a disapproving look.

The next moment, Li Wei returned and walked back into the office.

"Yeah, didn't I invite you to go find the Horcrux together? You refused, so how can you blame us?"

As they spoke, he and Dumbledore exchanged glances—their eyes flickered, but they remained silent.

"Why are you back again?" Snape's voice sounded like it was being squeezed out between clenched teeth. "You didn't say you were looking for Horcruxes!" "You distanced yourself from me like that, so why did I still come looking for you? It must be something important, right?"
"What, you can't even think of something this simple?" Li Wei walked in and casually tapped the fragments of the oak door on the ground with his wand—all the fragments floated up, spontaneously piecing themselves together and repairing themselves, and were restored to their original state in the next second.

Li Wei sat down on the bench in front of Dumbledore, and without him making any move, the divided desk was put back together.

Snape was furious at his flippant tone.

He glanced at Dumbledore again—the latter had been silent ever since Livy arrived, his eyelids lowered as if he were dead.

Snape was even angrier, but knowing he was in the wrong, he could only make a note of it for the time being and instead asked:
"So, how many Horcruxes have you found so far? How's the progress?"

Actually, he didn't have high hopes for this, after all, finding Horcruxes was extremely difficult—he guessed that they would find at most one or two, which would already be quite an achievement.

"Hmm, there are three left."

Li Wei said calmly.

"Oh, only three left?"

“A remarkable achievement.”

Snape smacked his lips, his expression indifferent.

If it weren't for the constant twitching of the muscles at the corners of his mouth, Levi and Dumbledore would probably have thought he had calmly accepted everything.

However, nobody cared about Snape's opinion.

All three people had something to say to the other two, but because of the presence of the third person, it was inconvenient for them to speak at the moment.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

But at that moment, Li Wei suddenly closed his eyes without saying a word, while Dumbledore's azure eyes stared intently at him.

At that very moment, some inexplicable force descended upon Li Wei, and his body visibly fluctuated—for a few moments, the center of Li Wei's body even twisted and contorted like a vortex.

"Severus."

Dumbledore, not wanting Snape to discover all this, spoke to him.

"We assumed there were seven Horcruxes, but now only three remain, and the last one we've identified is the Hufflepuff Cup."
After discussing it with Li Wei, I think that in the future, you may no longer need to return to the Dark Lord's side as a spy.

What do you think?

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Snape was completely stunned by the news.

This time, even his hands began to tremble, and a fine layer of cold sweat had already seeped out of his forehead in the blink of an eye.

Being able to avoid returning to that ruthless killer is naturally a reassuring thing, but...
"I think we should stick to the original plan—you haven't found all the Horcruxes yet, so it's not safe to say anything."

Snape licked his lips and continued.

“I can do this job. The Dark Lord is dangerous, but I’m confident I can handle him with me as an inside man.”

Snape's lips trembled.

He couldn't continue speaking.

The determination that had been made was like the sun shining on the snow, gradually melting away.

The difficulty of freezing it back into ice is now incomparable.

(End of this chapter)