424 Limited talent and trust

424 Limited talent and trust

Before leaving for France, Callan asked Snape to look after his house.

This is why Snape met Abraxas Malfoy in person.

The only good thing is that Snape went a little late. When he arrived at Callan's house, it was already a mess, and Abraxas had just apparated away, so Snape didn't What dangerous situation did Pu encounter?

Karan didn't care how bad his house was. He had already taken the really important things with him, and there were no urgent items in the house.

"But why would even Abraxas steal from where I live?"

"What exactly is he trying to find?"

This is a question that Kallan has never been able to figure out - after Dobby's first failed attempt, Abraxas dared to take the initiative to appear in Hogsmeade Village? !

Isn't he afraid of being caught by the village's Aurors?

What is it that is so important to him?

A week has passed since the start of school. Callan, Lily, and Snape gathered in the potion preparation room. The bright lights reflected three faces with completely different expressions.

Snape spoke, and he said with a gloomy face: "No matter what Abraxas wants to find, he is definitely targeting you now. I suggest that you don't return to Hogsmeade Village recently. He Maybe he's staying in a dark corner, waiting for you to show up."

Lily's thoughts were somewhat different from Snape's. She said anxiously and worriedly: "Karan, what are you waiting for? That's a fugitive from Azkaban. Why are you still unwilling to tell the Aurors about this? , even if it’s Principal Dumbledore, they will definitely protect you.”

Lily's advice is the most pertinent - Karan is now affected by the curse of the crown, and his strength has also been greatly reduced. At this time, asking other people for help is the best way.

But Snape didn't do this in the beginning, and neither did Callan.

In the different looks between the two people, Karan frowned and said: "I originally thought that what Dobby wanted to find was the jumping cauldron at first, but this purpose is no longer a concern - even though only a few of us know it, But the jumping pot has been destroyed and turned into a mere time-turner."

"Abraxas has no reason to know about this, but I now feel that jumping cauldron alone may not be worth the risk...unless..."

Karan's brows furrowed deeply.

There was always a deep worry hidden in his heart - could the person secretly leading all of this...be the God of Death?

Karan's worry is not unfounded - because in the ruins of the Forbidden Lake in the Seven Hundred Horcrux World, the jumping cauldron for cooking the Bent-Horned Snorlax appeared inexplicably in front of the God of Death.

Can Death really do this?Is it really that powerful that it can make any object appear in front of it?

Or is it that it found a helper in this world, and then the helper handed over the jumping cauldron to it?

In Lily's desperate and helpless eyes, Karan said softly: "I must figure out the cause of all this myself. At the very least, more people cannot be affected by this."

[You cannot let the tragedy of another world, or the prophecy of death, happen in your own world! 】

Karan added the last sentence silently in his heart.

Unlike Lily, Snape seemed to have known that Callan would make such a decision.

He knew Karan too well, otherwise Karan would not have chosen to hide the incident when he met Dobby.

It seemed that only when there was nothing he could do, Callan would ask others for help - and the only time Snape remembered was when he faced Voldemort in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, and Callan finally contacted May. Doss.

Unlike his bold behavior, in many other aspects, Karan showed great restraint and an unspeakable caution.

Thinking of this, Snape couldn't bear to have Karan take risks alone. After all, he was already one of Karan's few helpers, not to mention that they had known each other for so long, and Karan had helped him more than once.

Despite what he thought in his heart, Snape still had a sarcastic smile on his face: "I knew you would do this."

"Tell me, are you going to risk your life and personally seduce Abraxas to show up again? Or are you going to investigate our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

This was the only thing Snape could predict about Callan's next move.

Lily looked at the two of them angrily.

"That's a fugitive!" she shouted angrily, causing their ears to start ringing.

"And he's a fugitive who successfully escaped from Azkaban! Do you really think we kids can deal with him?!"

Karan rubbed his ears hard twice, and then he laughed mysteriously: "Look, Lily has already told me the answer. We are indeed not sure of catching Abraxas Malfoy, but if only It would be much easier to track another Malfoy, let alone one who's at Hogwarts right now."

If you say that Lucius and Abraxas have nothing to do with each other, Karan will definitely not believe it.

From Lucius, they could at least get some clues. It would be better if they could know the reason why he came to Hogwarts to teach.

Although she couldn't understand Karan's approach at first, it became much easier for Lily to accept it after the target changed from Abraxas to Lucius.

Because from the beginning, the students at Hogwarts didn't understand why Lucius came back and why Principal Dumbledore accepted him.

Lily is also one of this group of students.

Coupled with Lucius's terrible and rude teaching methods, many people even began to miss Meadows - at least when Meadows taught, they didn't have to be in such a dark and cold classroom. Middle school class.

"Are you really planning to follow Lucius?"

Lily struggled for a while, and finally she said cruelly: "Okay! Okay! Anyway, I have helped you hide so many things, and this is related to Karan's safety..."

She walked around the two of them again and again, as if she was trying her best to convince herself to agree to Karan's ridiculous idea.

Snape's eyes gradually became weird: Us?What do we call us?Isn’t it just Karan?

"Speak!"

Lily finally stood up. She was ready to accept the penalty. The worst she could do was answer a few more questions in class. It wasn't difficult for her anyway.

"How are you going to follow Lucius?"

Lily stared at Karan with burning eyes, as if she was ready to leave now.

However, Karan once again showed that mysterious smile.

"There's no rush." ​​He said confidently.

"This matter has actually been completed."

What could be easier to understand other people's inner thoughts than Legilimency?

As early as the first day of school after Christmas, Karan found Pandora, a natural Legilimency, and wanted her to help him spy on what was going on in Lucius's mind.

However, things took a twist at that time.

"Lucius Malfoy again?"

Pandora said in surprise: "Well...well, I'll try my best."

Karan heard something was wrong, and he quickly asked: "What do you mean by giving it a try?"

"Because of Legilimency, and Queenie."

Pandora said matter-of-factly: "You didn't help me contact her at the beginning, and then she taught me a magic method on how to control my talent. That was quite difficult - in short, if you had come to me later, I might have I can’t be of much help.”

"After a while, my talent may be temporarily unusable. Until my magic power continues to grow stronger, I will be able to truly and accurately control this talent - I don't know how long this will take in total. , but I finally don’t have to hear those annoying sounds anymore.”

For Pandora, this is definitely a good thing. After all, this so-called talent is actually a kind of torture for her - Karan can't imagine if she has been hearing the thoughts in other people's minds since she was a child. What the voice will become is much scarier than being born with Occlumency.

In order to thank Karan for his help, Pandora would often "encounter" Lucius outside the classroom in the past few days. Unexpectedly, she actually spied on something useful.

When she found Karan again, she had a frightened look on her face: "Do you know the classroom where we usually have Defense Against the Dark Arts classes? There is actually a dementor in there! It really scared me to death!"

Callan had known about this with Remus for a long time, during the full moon before the Christmas holidays.

The dementor was being trapped by a magic similar to the curtain arch bridge, which prevented it from doing anything to harm the students.

Callan has always suspected that this was magic performed by Principal Dumbledore himself, but he just didn't understand why he would do this?Just to train students to learn the Patronus Charm?

"Aren't you afraid?"

Pandora stared at Karan, who had a calm face. She said curiously: "I really want to know what is in your mind. It must be stranger than Dementors."

For some reason, as soon as he heard this, Karan inexplicably thought of the brain found in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

He felt uncomfortable for a while, and quickly changed the subject and asked: "Then what? What does this have to do with Lucius?"

Pandorado glanced at Karan a few times, and then she said——

"Lucius 'cares' about that dementor."

"It can even be said to be extremely 'caring'."

This key information gave Karan a strange feeling - as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Lucius must know what is in that special Room of Requirement.

But Callan originally thought that this was just something Principal Dumbledore was doing, but he didn't expect that Lucius would also be extremely "concerned" about the dementor.

"You want to investigate the origin of that dementor?"

Pandora finally said with some regret: "Unfortunately, I can't help you here. Legilimens cannot peek into the thoughts of non-existences. Their brains - no, it should be said that they have no brains at all."

"And if I could really do this, I wouldn't have to wait until now to find out that there would be a dementor in the school."

Karan did not ask Pandora for further help.

So, there is a small party in the three-person room tonight.

After learning about the existence of Dementors, both Snape and Lily were frightened.Especially Lily, among the many magical things Snape said when he was a child, the one she was most afraid of was Dementors.

"But, what use are you looking for from us?"

Lily asked with a pale face: "We can't understand the language of the dementors. What if something goes wrong again and we accidentally release the dementors..."

Lily's worry was not without reason. She couldn't think of any way to deal with dementors. The Patronus Charm was not a simple spell. Until now, Lily and Snape had not been able to summon a physical one. Patronus.

And the only one who can do this is Karan...

"Always give it a try."

Karan stared at the two of them closely and said: "I have a method that can allow me to restore my previous magic level in a short period of time, but after that I will be in a... well... ..It’s a very strange situation, and I’ll need your two help to get me out of the Room of Requirement.”

Under Callan's solemn eyes, neither Lily nor Snape could refuse Callan's request.

Lily knew that whether she was present or not, Karan would stubbornly carry out this plan.

And Snape, he didn't say anything.Although his lips turned pale a little bit, he nodded vigorously.

It was like reliving the experience of being in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

Only this time it's no longer Lily and Snape who need help, but Callan.

He asked for help, with a rare display of trust.

So the other two people agreed.

"Let's go then."

Lily clenched her fists, and she took the lead in speaking, no longer frightened at all, and even looked more decisive than Karan.

"No matter what the outcome is...just give it a try!"

Karan had already made sufficient preparations in advance. He took out the invisibility cloak from his pocket and covered the three of them, and then they quietly walked out of the potion preparation room.

Tonight was not a night with a full moon, and Remus would not occupy the Room of Requirement, which was a good opportunity to carry out his plan.

The dark corridor was silent, but Lily and Snape felt their heartbeats becoming extremely loud, for fear of attracting Filch.

Finally, after walking through the last staircase, the three of them stopped in front of a blank wall.

Karan quietly looked around until he confirmed that no one else was there, then he began to pace slowly, repeating the password to open the special professor's room in his heart.

"I need an empty, quiet classroom."

"I need an empty, quiet classroom."

"I need an empty, quiet classroom."

A door appeared on the wall.

In the deserted corridor, the door was gently opened.

Then, he closed it gently.