The Legend of Harry Potter Schoolmaster

Astoria was vaguely aware of Jon's emotions, seeing his absent-minded look after hearing the news from Professor Trelawney, so he took the initiative to leave the principal's office.

After she walked down the spiral staircase, Jon Hart, who was sitting in the headmaster's seat, suddenly looked up with a stern light in his eyes.

"Phineas." He ordered softly, "Please contact Severus, we will meet in front of the Potions classroom in ten minutes."

"Okay, Jon!" Principal Phineas Black rarely laughed, but nodded with a serious face, and soon he disappeared from the portrait.

"Do you need to call someone else?" In another portrait, Principal Dexter Fusco asked with some concern: "If it's just you and Severus..."

"No need." Jon shook his head.

He took a gulp of the Polyjuice Potion from the teapot, and with Albus Dumbledore's elderberry wand at his waist, he strode down the spiral staircase and out of the Headmaster's office.

...

When Headmaster Albus Dumbledore arrived at the Potions classroom in the basement of the castle, Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Severus Snape was already waiting for him here.

The two just exchanged glances with each other, but neither spoke.

The gazes of the two looked at the Potions Office in front of them at the same time.

Dumbledore walked to the Potions teacher's office and knocked lightly on the door. And Snape took this opportunity to lean against the wall and hide in the shadows.

"Who is it?" Horace Slughorn's lazy voice came from the office.

"It's me, Horace." Dumbledore said calmly.

"It's Albus...you haven't come to see me since I was discharged from St. Mungo's...bring me something nice..." Slughorn's carefree voice stopped abruptly.

Because when he opened the door to his office, he saw Dumbledore's signature elder wand, now pointing at him.

"I don't quite understand... Albus..." he stammered.

"I think... But the Masquerade should be over, Horace." Dumbledore smiled, neither releasing nor lowering his wand.

"What masquerade..." said Slughorn, stealing his right hand for his wand—

"Expelliarmus!" A cold incantation suddenly came from one side.

Severus Snape emerged from the shadows and took Slughorn's wand.

"Oh... well... Severus, you're here too, good evening!" Slughorn smiled suddenly, as if relieved: "Albus, there is no need for Legilimency, and no need to vomit. The real potion... I will confess, I will confess from the beginning, I will explain everything!"

...

Snape glanced at Dumbledore with some doubts, because the situation was smoother than expected.

The bald, fat old man staggered into his office and sat down on his recliner.

"How did you reveal it?" he asked gruffly.

"How should I put it... Horace, you have left too many loopholes; and unfortunately, just a few days ago, one of your companions betrayed you!" Dumbledore seemed to find it ridiculous , said.

The other party patted his broad forehead with his chubby hand, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Then can you tell me, should I invite you to be a teacher at Hogwarts, or Tom will invite you to be a Death Eater, Horace?" Dumbledore looked curious, as if he was not at all. Interrogating a "prisoner" instead of chatting with a friend.

"Of course I promised you to come to Hogwarts as a teacher first." Slughorn said as a matter of course: "The main reason is that I was too unlucky. Just three days after I promised you, a former student suddenly came to the door. Visit me... and coincidentally, there were Death Eaters following her trail, so..."

"Diana Greengrass?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

"That's right, that silly girl." Slughorn nodded, "The Dark Lord had noticed her, but he was too weak to openly attack a Ministry of Magic official, so he sent Someone followed her...unexpectedly, my whereabouts were exposed."

"I see!"

"You know, Tom knows me very well, and I know Tom very well... I think you can understand my situation, Albus; I had no choice, I was not so brave to face death; although in my heart Still wanting to be with you, Albus!" Slughorn argued.

"I can understand, otherwise you wouldn't have hid yourself after Tom returned." Dumbledore said indifferently: "However, you betrayed your student just like that?"

"You mean Diana?" Slughorn shrugged. "Yes, I betrayed her, but the Dark Lord has been eyeing her for a long time... I just told the Dark Lord that she I was making a Horcrux for my daughter, and the Dark Lord happened to be an expert in this field... The Dark Lord sent someone to find her, and under the coercion and temptation, this silly girl fell for it..."

Dumbledore frowned, but said nothing.

"The Dark Lord's target should be your student, Jon Hart, right?" Slughorn said, "I don't know the specifics, but luckily he is smarter than Diana." , of course, it could also be that silly girl who finally woke up... Anyway, the Dark Lord's plot didn't succeed, right?"

Slughorn paused, then continued:

"Of course... I also like that kid very much, although he stole my biggest secret..."

"...So as soon as I stepped on the Hogwarts train and got rid of the Dark Lord's control, I tried every means to warn him! Diana's daughter who was always distracted, the one who could see through her mind with her face Infatuated girl, I know she has a way to contact that Hart, so I quietly told her the truth..."

Seeing Snape's slightly cold eyes from the side, Slughorn covered his mouth, and then lowered his tone: "Of course, I don't deny that, about that Hart news, I tell you everything I know It was all leaked to the Dark Lord... but it was purely to save lives, a stopgap measure!"

He hastily added another sentence: "Besides, that kid has been fine so far, right... I have some credit for this, right?"