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Snape looked at the ring carefully and felt that it looked familiar.
Dumbledore also saw the ring, and his eyes fell on the black gem unconsciously.
For a moment, his breathing became much heavier and he subconsciously reached out his hand.
"Stop!" Snape shouted quickly: "There is something wrong with this ring. Someone has placed a terrible curse on it."
Dumbledore didn't seem to hear his reminder and had no intention of stopping.
Seeing that his hand was about to touch the ring, Snape realized with horror that he had no time to do anything.
However, at this moment, a string of golden threads suddenly appeared on Dumbledore's arm.
These thin wires tightened around Dumbledore's arms like ropes, forcing his hand to stop less than an inch from the ring.
Subconsciously, Dumbledore tried to break free from the restraints on his arms, but what he got in return was a sharp pain.
Those thin lines were embedded in Dumbledore's body, and in just a moment, several bloody marks were drawn on his arms.
However, this pain also revived Dumbledore's increasingly confused brain.
He looked at the ring close at hand and gasped for air.
"I……"
Dumbledore was about to say something, but at this time, Snape had already ran over. He didn't seem to see those golden thin lines, but only saw several blood marks on Dumbledore's arm for no reason.
In addition, Dumbledore's finger was too close to the ring. In desperation, Snape didn't care so much and directly raised his leg.
"Dammit, don't touch that thing!"
With a dull crashing sound, Dumbledore felt a pain all over his body, and then the scene in front of him suddenly began to move backwards quickly.
When Dumbledore finally realized what had happened, he saw the dusty floor and the flash of Snape's soles.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 681 Resurrection Stone
"Severus, I think you must have forgotten what just happened, right?"
Dumbledore got up from the ground as if nothing had happened, patted the dust on his body, and asked casually.
Who would have thought that the Headmaster of Hogwarts, the most powerful wizard in the world, would be kicked to the ground by his own professor, and his face would be on the ground. If this matter got out, his old face would be completely disgraced.
Dumbledore didn't know about the others, but he was certain that Doug McPhail would be so excited that he was trembling all over, and if he knew it, it would mean that the whole magical world knew it.
In order to prevent this from happening, Dumbledore even had a flash of silence.
Well... it's quiet here, secluded from the world, and fully furnished. It's very suitable for Snape, a man with a guilty conscience, to stay there for a long time, ensuring that no one can find him.
On the other side, Snape was still feeling the remaining touch of the sole... He hadn't noticed it just now, but now that he saw Dumbledore's appearance clearly, why did he feel so comfortable?
It's like stepping on a stream filled with elixirs and phoenix tears. An indescribable sense of pleasure and satisfaction spreads along the soles of your feet to every corner of your body.
Snape wished he knew some magic that could preserve this feeling forever.
"Severus..."
Dumbledore shouted again, and Snape finally came to his senses. Vaguely, he felt a cold wind blowing past him.
It's really strange. He had closed the door just now, but there was still wind.
"Sorry, the situation is urgent and I can only do this."
Snape said seriously: "That ring contains a very terrible curse. Even a wizard as powerful as you may not be able to prevent the harm it brings."
"I understand, Severus, you want to save me. From this point of view, I must thank you." Dumbledore dusted himself off and walked over.
The two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't mention what happened just now.
At this time, Dumbledore once again laid his eyes on the ring, a trace of pain and struggle flashing through his clear blue eyes.
"So what is this?" Snape couldn't help but ask.
"The Peverell ring," said Dumbledore.
"The Peverell family...the three brothers who got the Deathly Hallows in the story collection?" Snape said subconsciously: "It's just a ring from an ancient family. No matter how famous it is, it shouldn't make you so embarrassed. …”
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the ring in disbelief.
"It seems you have guessed it." Dumbledore said calmly, "This should be the legendary Deathly Hallows, the Resurrection Stone that can bring people back to life."
For a moment, Snape's breathing also became heavier, and his hand unconsciously stretched out, as if he wanted to grab the ring.
Dumbledore's legs moved a little under his robes, but in the end they didn't stick out.
He just waved his magic wand, and the ring on the table disappeared instantly.
Snape's hand stopped in mid-air and he almost growled: "Where did you do it!"
"Remember what you just said?" Dumbledore said calmly, "There is a curse on it, and it was specially used by Tom to protect the Horcrux."
"I don't care." Snape roared: "The curse is only once, let me take it, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. Isn't that good?"
"I know what you're thinking, but Lily is already dead, and the Resurrection Stone can't really resurrect her."
"Besides, have you ever thought about Connor?" Dumbledore glanced at him calmly, "I remember that child will soon take the assessment of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists."
After a moment, Snape's voice gradually calmed down.
"Maybe she doesn't need me and can live a good life."
"I believe it." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Kyle is a very good boy, and they are together..."
"Shut up!" Snape growled again, forcibly interrupting Dumbledore's words.
For some reason, he suddenly didn't want to touch the cursed stone.
"You should try to accept this, Severus." Dumbledore advised earnestly: "They are really a good match, and I must remind you that it is useless even if you object. You should know this a little."
"If you mention this again, I will publish the story of you lying on the ground in the Daily Prophet." Snape said coldly.
At this time, Dumbledore also closed his mouth, and Gaunt's old house suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
I don't know how long it took before Snape took the lead to break the silence.
"Okay...how did you wake yourself up." He asked: "I noticed that your hand paused at the critical moment. If it hadn't been like this, I wouldn't have been able to get there."
"This is the most amazing place." Dumbledore stretched out his arm and looked at the blood stains that had not faded away, his eyes gradually becoming complicated.
"I never thought that the original agreement would allow me to escape."
"What on earth is this?" Snape couldn't help asking. He always thought those injuries were caused by a curse.
"Magic Contract." Dumbledore explained: "It will restrict me from the idea of using Horcruxes. It is because of this restriction that I cannot access the Resurrection Stone, because it is also Tom's Horcrux."
"Have you known for a long time that the Dark Lord would make the Resurrection Stone into a Horcrux?" Snape frowned and said, "Is this the backup plan you left for yourself before coming here?"
"No, I don't know." Dumbledore shook his head, "And this magical contract existed a year ago. If it weren't for what happened today, I would have almost forgotten its existence."
"A year ago?" Snape was even more confused.
Who would make a magical contract for themselves when they have nothing to do... Dumbledore doesn't look like a brainless idiot.
"It's Kyle..." Dumbledore said suddenly: "The other half of the contract is with him, including this contract, which he proposed first."
"Wait, what does this have to do with him?" Snape didn't expect to hear that annoying name here, and asked doubtfully: "But didn't you just say that this contract works on Horcruxes?"
"Kyle has a Horcrux in his hand." Dumbledore said calmly. "It is said that Slytherin's locket is in his hand."
Snape blinked and spent ten seconds trying to understand what Dumbledore meant.
Ten seconds later...
"How dare you hand over something as dangerous as a Horcrux to a student!" Veins popped out on Snape's neck, and his voice was so loud that it shook the dust off the ceiling.
"What if there is a curse on it... What if someone accidentally touches it? What on earth are you thinking!"
Judging from Snape's appearance, he even wanted to go up and give Dumbledore another kick.
"Don't worry, Severus, don't be nervous." Dumbledore said quickly: "I have already checked. There is no curse on the Horcrux or any other bad magic. It will not threaten Connor. Yes, I promise."
Dumbledore grasped the point keenly.
"It's best this way." After hearing that Connor would not be involved, Snape finally calmed down a little. As for what would happen if Kyle held the Horcrux...who cares.
"So you originally wanted to use this magical contract to bind Kyle, right?" Snape sneered, "How interesting, I didn't expect it to save your life in the end."
"It's indeed interesting." Dumbledore said, "But I must say that this is Kyle's own intention. I have never thought of using magic to restrain him."
"You mean, he already knew that the Resurrection Stone would be made into a Horcrux?" Snape's voice rose slightly.
"I guess I don't know..." Dumbledore glanced at his arm again and said softly, but no one knew what he was thinking.
……
After getting the ring, the two left Gaunt's old house. Dumbledore waved his magic wand, and the vines that had been separated before climbed back onto the house.
Then the trees closed up, hiding the old Gaunt house again, and it looked no different from before.
"What are you going to do with the Resurrection Stone?" Snape asked.
"It must be destroyed," said Dumbledore.
There is no doubt that the Horcrux cannot be kept, but he did not mention how to do it or when to destroy the Resurrection Stone.
Fierce fire is the simplest way, but neither Dumbledore nor Snape seems to have forgotten this magic, and no one mentioned it.
"I have some other things to do." Dumbledore looked up at the thick clouds in the sky and asked, "Are you going to continue to follow me, or go back to Hogwarts."
"Where are you going?"
"Maybe, let's go to Devon first." Dumbledore said.
"I have classes in the afternoon." Snape glanced at him, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he changed his mind and said instead: "Don't touch that curse, or you will be dead."
"Ah, I know." Dumbledore said calmly: "And even if I want to do this, there is no way. I alone cannot lift the restrictions of the magic contract."
Snape said nothing.
A gust of wind blew by, and the hedges on both sides swayed with the wind, falling a few leaves, and the two figures disappeared from the dirt road.
……
Snape came to Hogsmeade by apparating. He didn't stop, quickly returned to the school, and then pulled Kyle out of the greenhouse.