Chapter 296: The Resurrection that Almost Caused a Riot
In early October, the cold and humid mountain wind blew through the entire castle.
The cold rain beats on the windows day and night like bullets, making bursts of crackling sounds that are disturbing.
Many students caught colds because they accidentally got caught in the rain, and rushed to the infirmary to ask Madam Pomfrey to prescribe some medicine to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms.
In just a few days, a magical potion called "pepper potion" quickly spread throughout all grades.
Anyone who drinks this potion will immediately become hot all over, and smoke will be continuously sprayed out from the ears, dispelling the cold as quickly as possible and warming the user from top to bottom.
Even if you don’t have a cold, having a drink in this crazy weather can still bring you a pretty good experience.
The only drawback is the spicy taste and strong irritation to the mouth and throat.
Of course, for some people who like spicy food, this is an advantage.
As usual, Ron got up early while others were still asleep, quickly went to the auditorium hall to eat something, then drank a "pepper potion", and at the same time added a waterproof spell to himself, planning to
Wait for Snape to come to you and do the dirty and tiring work.
Since the conversation ended that night, he had readjusted his mentality and began to regard this kind of targeting as an additional exercise.
With a lot of practice at work, my proficiency in many common spells has increased rapidly.
If we continue to develop at this rate, by the end of this semester, let alone fourth grade, even fifth grade will be able to barely reach it.
After all, in addition to magic power and talent, the most important thing about magic is a lot of repetitive and boring training.
Ordinary students, because young people are active and always curious about new things, find it difficult to calm down and practice one or even a few spells. Instead, they prefer to learn more spells and pile them up first. p>
As everyone knows, with this kind of attitude that only seeks knowledge but not perfection, the more you learn now, the more you will forget after graduation.
But Ron, with the help of Snape's targeted punishment, was lucky enough to practice several of his common spells at work to a level far beyond those of his peers.
If he were thrown onto the duel stage with Master Malfoy now, the latter would probably be knocked down within a few seconds.
And I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Ron always felt that the new wand given to him by Zuo Si seemed to be easier to use, and the release speed and power of many spells were significantly improved than before.
But what surprised him was that Snape seemed to appear much later today than yesterday.
Seeing that the time was approaching seven o'clock, many students were struggling to get up from their warm beds and join in the procession of having breakfast. There was still no sign of the Potions Professor.
Are you going to let yourself go?
Or did you catch a cold due to the cold rain?
Unlike Harry Potter, who had complex emotions of love and hate for Snape, Ron only had a naked and undisguised dislike of Snape, so he never minded speculating from the most malicious angle.
But soon, he noticed that Snape was not sick, but was talking quietly to Zuo Si outside.
About a few minutes later, his parents appeared at the school under the leadership of Professor McGonagall.
Especially the mother, Molly, looked very nervous and excited, with tears even shining in her eyes.
Father Arthur stood by and continued to comfort him.
It looks like something happened at home...
Could it be that an elderly relative has passed away?
No! Wrong!
If a relative passes away, there is no need to come to school.
Just when Ron was making random guesses, he saw Principal Dumbledore walking over from a distance with a tired look and making a gesture, and then everyone walked towards the outside of the castle together until they were completely out of sight. p>
Just when Ron was about to chase him out to find out, he suddenly saw a sleepy Hermione walking down the stairs, holding the cat with weird eyes in her arms.
"Morning!"
The girl said hello out of habit, and then picked up a glass of milk out of habit.
Due to entering the second growth period, Zuo Si's height is growing at an extremely fast rate, and is now half a head taller than her.
Therefore, whether it is to be taller or bigger, girls force themselves to develop a good habit of drinking milk.
Not only do I drink one or two cups every morning, but I also drink one or two cups at night before going to bed.
"Good morning. By the way, do you know what Soos has been busy with recently? I just saw him with Snape, Principal Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and my parents, and they seemed to be heading outside the castle.
." Ron quickly took the opportunity to ask.
"Huh?!"
Hermione immediately trembled when she heard these words, and her original sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.
There is no doubt that she is one of the very few students who knows the true function of the second magic stone. She has also heard Zuo Si mention the matter of the Ministry of Magic resurrecting the dead.
The girl is undoubtedly very curious and interested in this miraculous resurrection from the dead.
Although she doesn't have relatives or friends who want to be resurrected like others, and she has never seen death in the true sense since she was a child (she can't see the Thestral), she knows what this kind of magic can bring to the entire magical world.
Violent shocks and changes.
Unless it is a natural death caused by the end of life, who doesn’t want to have family and friends by their side forever?
Thinking of this, Hermione took a deep breath and responded: "I do know a little bit, but it's not convenient to tell you. But if you are interested in this, you can pay attention to tomorrow's Daily Prophet."
"Daily Prophet? Could it be that Soth has come up with another powerful invention?" Ron's eyes widened in surprise.
"Sorry, this is a secret."
Hermione raised the corners of her mouth and blinked her eyes playfully, then raised her head and drank all the milk in the cup, and began to concentrate on eating breakfast.
After all, when Zuo Si was not at school, she not only had to go to class, but she also had to take care of the increasingly larger magical creatures in the laboratory.
If you don't eat enough, just feeding these dangerous little guys will make you exhausted.
Especially the poisonous leopard, after one month of development, it now looks like a strong calf.
Although his temper has become less irritable and aggressive under Zuo Si's training, he is quite naughty and active, and likes to tease people who come to feed him.
Several times when the girl was feeding this guy, she was knocked down or knocked down by his sneak attacks.
In comparison, the ptarmigan seems relatively docile.
Although he often creates small-scale thunder and lightning storms in cages blessed with traceless stretching spells in the laboratory, he rarely plays tricks on the people who feed him.
In short, as she spends more and more time with these magical animals, Hermione has gradually begun to understand why Hagrid likes big, fierce monsters.
The reason is simple!
When these beasts, which are extremely dangerous in the eyes of outsiders, behave like pets in front of you, the feeling of satisfaction cannot be described in words.
In fact, ever since the gamekeeper Hagrid learned that Zuo Si had raised many magical creatures with very high dangerous levels, he would visit these so-called "little cuties" with a pile of food almost every three to five days.
Even though his fingers were bitten several times and even nearly seriously injured by the terrible poison, he showed no sign of anger.
It is estimated that when these cubs grow up, the laboratory will completely become "Hagrid's Happy House".
Just as a new day at Hogwarts was about to begin, the decadent Lockhart, who had been hiding in his office for several days without leaving the house, his face as pale as a vampire, was facing the faucet of the women's bathroom, Zhang
He opened his mouth and let out a creepy hissing sound from his throat.
Soon!
The snake-like symbol on the faucet quickly seemed to come alive, releasing transformation magic to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed, and finally opened a pipe entrance to the depths of the underground.
No hesitation!
This usually very timid man blessed himself with a magic, then jumped deep and quickly shuttled through the intricate pipelines.
After about a few minutes, we arrived at the secret room located deep underground in the castle.
"Fluorescence!"
Harold muttered a spell in a low voice, his eyes flashing with a cold light that was completely different from before.
Obviously, the person who is controlling this body at this moment is not him, but Voldemort's Horcrux that awakened and resurrected from the diary.
Through the conversation with Harold, he broke down the other party's psychological defenses with almost no effort, and made the liar confess everything he knew.
Especially the envy, jealousy and hatred towards Zuo Si made the young Dark Lord very curious.
Because he was an out-and-out genius when he was a student. He was not only good at figuring things out and winning over people's hearts, but he also deceived the professors.
But after hearing what Zuo Si did after entering the magic world, he immediately felt that he was completely outclassed.
In order to confirm the authenticity, Tom Riddle also checked a large number of newspapers and magazines from last year, and found that there was no exaggeration at all.
Among them, the magic scrolls and spell storage technology were shocking and unbelievable even to him, an extremely proud and conceited person.
According to the theory described in the book, as long as you fully master this technology, you can create a large number of scrolls and magic storage items.
At that time, the way wizards fight will gradually evolve from competing on the quantity, power and proficiency of spells to competing on who has the stronger financial resources.
In fact, there is already a trend in this regard in the magic world.
The Ministry of Magic in several countries has begun to equip their Aurors with double wands and wand rings, as well as a belt that can hold twenty-four scrolls.
When fighting against criminals and dark wizards, it often only takes one round of fierce spell bombing to make the other party surrender.
Of course, if Aurors from the law enforcement department can do this, dark wizards will naturally not be left behind.
Several well-known dark wizard gangs in Europe also used almost the same method and robbed several Gringotts teams transporting funds.
I heard that the cash stolen alone amounted to three to four million gold galleons, not to mention a large number of priceless treasures that had just been unearthed from ancient ruins.
However, what the Dark Lord values most is Zuo Si's success in creating the second magic stone in the history of wizards.,
You must know that before this, only Nico Flamel had accomplished this.
As for himself, although his level of alchemy is quite high and he has tried to make the magic stone, he failed without exception.
Because of this, Tom Riddle was particularly interested in Zuo Si's talents.
Especially since the other party has the blood of the Dumbledore family and was thrown into Slytherin House by the Sorting Hat, it is simply the best gift from God for him to get back on his feet.
As long as this person can be brought under his command, it won't take long for him to make a comeback.
And this time, his goal will not be limited to the small British Isles, but to dominate the entire Europe and even the world.
Thinking of this, the young Dark Lord came to the huge statue and said in snake language like a hiss: "Wake up! My servant! The successor of the Chamber of Secrets is back! Now, I ask you to obey the order in accordance with the contract...
…”
As the last word blurted out, a huge basilisk slowly crawled out of the statue's mouth.
Its body is so strong that it can easily swallow a horse with its huge mouth.
"Hiss...servant...at your call...obey the orders of the successor to the Chamber of Secrets..."
The basilisk also made a terrifying cry from its mouth.
Since it has been dormant in this dark place for decades, it is now very hungry and eager to devour something to satisfy its appetite.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Soon, Tom Riddle controlled the basilisk along the sewer pipes extending in all directions of the castle, and began to look for the first lone victim.
Because he knows that whether it is himself or the basilisk that has been dormant for a long time, the most urgent need right now is to restore strength.
Only in this way can he force Zuo Si to surrender to him through powerful force.
But the young Dark Lord didn't know that his other self had actually had a brief exchange and discussion with Zuo Si as early as last semester.
As for the result...
Anyway, after the fight, he never dared to come to find him unhappy again.
But it is a pity that the young Tom Riddle did not know about this and was full of confidence in his own strength and wisdom.
After all, he opened the Chamber of Secrets with his own hands and eventually framed it on Hagrid, but he did it so seamlessly that even Dumbledore, who had strong suspicions about it, couldn't find any clues.
So I am confident that I can replicate the previous success this time.
At that time, as long as the whole thing is blamed on Zuo Si and sent to Azkaban for a few days, he will naturally hate Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic.
If you help him escape from prison as a savior, you will naturally gain the other party's allegiance.
It has to be said that Voldemort in his youth was indeed very clever in calculating people's hearts and human nature.
If it were an ordinary student, I'm afraid that he might be fooled by this.
But the problem is that Zuo Si has long been shaped into a person who is extremely good at conspiracy and conspiracy in a dangerous and complex environment. He also knows the secret rooms and the basilisk very well.
In addition, he probably gave the diary to Harold, so how could he be deceived?
Tom Riddle had no idea that even he himself was just a test subject in Zuo Si's eyes.
……
At the same time, far away in the British Ministry of Magic underground in the center of London.
Dozens of representatives from major families and senior officials from the Ministry of Magic are gathering around this tattered coffin, which has just been dug out from the cemetery and is filled with damp soil.
Next to the coffin, there is a human skeleton that has just been spliced together.
Minister of Magic Fudge's expression was particularly solemn and solemn today, and he took the initiative to say: "Everyone, I think you should all know very well what we are going to do today.
Yes, the Ministry of Magic now has the ability to resurrect the dead, and its source is the second magic stone created by Soth not long ago.
So before the ceremony begins, I hope everyone can give it a round of applause.
Because without him, there would be no miraculous resurrection from the dead."
Just finished speaking!
Whether it was the pure-blood families with arrogant expressions on their faces, or the mixed-blood and Muggle-born wizards, they all clapped their hands in agreement almost at the same time, and turned their attention to the young figure with black hair and black eyes not far away. "Mr. Minister, you are so grateful. All of this is due to the Ministry of Magic and your leadership. Without the support of those policies, I would not have achieved what I have achieved today."
As always, Zuo Si gave old Fudge and the bureaucrats behind him plenty of face.
Because he knows very well what these guys want to hear from their own mouths, and then publish these words through newspapers and other media as a "political achievement."
Instantly!
Fudge's wrinkled old face bloomed like a chrysanthemum, and he almost had the title "I am the greatest minister of magic in Britain" written on his forehead.
As for subordinates like Umbridge, they also puffed up their chests and showed that they also had a share of credit.
To put it simply, this semi-public resurrection ceremony not only proves to those wealthy and powerful families that "resurrection from the dead" is true, it also has another function of showing the great achievements made by the Ministry of Magic under Fudge's leadership.
.
As a gold medal reporter of the Daily Prophet, Rita Skeeter was not only invited to attend, but also got a very front seat. She was staring at the skeleton with wide eyes, intending to witness the birth of the miracle with her own eyes. p>
She knows very well that if today's resurrection ceremony is really successful, then fame, wealth, power, or lofty social status will follow.
The master to whom he is secretly loyal will inevitably become the most transcendent being in the entire magical world.
Suddenly, Rita Skeeter, who originally chose to surrender just because of fear, actually had a slight change in her mentality.
After all, Zuo Si is not like Voldemort, who relies entirely on death and fear to control his subordinates, but will give them enough benefits as long as they work diligently.
In this way, even if it is forced at first, it will gradually become part of a huge community of interests as time goes by.
In the relationship between people, having common interests is often much stronger than family ties, friendship and love.
"Hahahaha! Look how humble our rising stars and geniuses in the British wizarding world are. Who wouldn't like a young man like this?"
Fudge deliberately glanced at the expressionless Dumbledore not far away, laughed and patted Zuo Si's shoulder to show his closeness.
Obviously, he is declaring to the old man who poses the greatest threat to his status and power that he is the current Minister of Magic, and at the same time letting the guests understand that Zuo Si is on his side.
It's a pity that Dumbledore ignored Fudge, but stared at the Sorcerer's Stone in Professor Herman's hand and the magic mercury flowing inside.
Seeing that Dumbledore ignored him at all, Fudge's eyes flashed with strong dissatisfaction, but he did not show it. Instead, he raised his hand to indicate that he could start resurrecting the skeleton.
After receiving permission, Professor Herman immediately excitedly extracted a portion of the shimmering magic mercury from the magic stone, and poured it into the healing potion and stirred it thoroughly.
After a while, everyone present saw wisps of white smoke emanating from the medicine bottle.
These are the visual effects produced by the evaporation of magic mercury into the air.
As a highly unstable energy polymer, this solution can fuse with almost any substance or energy, so it must be used quickly once taken out.
Professor Herman, who has conducted countless experiments, naturally cannot fail to know this.
After thorough stirring, he immediately began to wave the wand to control the mixture to be sprinkled on the bones.
In less than ten seconds, a large number of muscles, blood vessels and complex nerve networks began to grow on the surface of the skeleton.
Such an incredible change made everyone present take a breath when they saw this scene for the first time.
When the facial repair was completed, revealing a face that was familiar to many people, Molly could no longer hold back the excitement in her heart and cried.
Because this person is the brother she misses day and night—Gideon Prewett.
Also excited are many members of the Prewett family, as well as comrades who joined the Order of the Phoenix and fought side by side with the Death Eaters.
When the skeleton completely transformed into a human being and the heart began to beat obviously, the atmosphere finally reached its climax.
Gideon Prewett's body first twitched violently, then he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the table. He subconsciously grabbed a sheet to cover his lower body, and then asked with a look of horror: "I...
…Who am I? Why are I here? Who are you?"
"Gideon! It's me! I'm Molly! Your sister!"
Mrs. Weasley was the first to rush forward and hugged her brother tightly.
With her taking the lead, the remaining people who had a good relationship with Gideon also swarmed around him, either kissing his forehead or kissing his cheek, and talking all kinds of things.<
/p>
In the end, Professor Herman couldn't stand it anymore. He used all his strength to pull these overly excited guys away one by one, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Give way! Give way first! He has just been resurrected and his memory is still there."
He has not recovered, and has no memory of who you are. Don’t frighten him.”
But unfortunately, how could Professor Herman alone handle so many emotionally out-of-control relatives and friends?
You must know that the biggest feature of magic in this world is that its power can be affected by emotions. Therefore, wizards are often more emotional and impulsive than ordinary people.
When that energy comes up, Dumbledore may not even be able to persuade him to stop.
As a result, this carefully prepared resurrection ceremony eventually turned into a family recognition meeting for the Weasley family and the Prewett family.
After a group of people tirelessly narrated it, Gideon, who had just returned from the world of death, finally roughly understood what all of this was about.
But what really gave Fudge a headache was that after Gideon was successfully resurrected, the Prewett family was not satisfied yet and wanted to take this opportunity to resurrect the other Fabian.
Because of this incident, the scene quickly became chaotic.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the amount of mercury in the Magic Stone is limited. Why should your Prewett family seize so many resources?
Especially pure-blood families that have accumulated astonishing wealth over hundreds or even thousands of years immediately formed an offensive and defensive alliance in a very short period of time, hoping to force Fudge to reserve the remaining spots for himself.
Seeing that the scene was starting to get a little out of control, Dumbledore, who had always remained silent, finally coughed hard, walked slowly to the center of the room, grabbed the Sorcerer's Stone from Professor Herman's hand, and threw it to the person who was sitting next to him.
Zuo Si watching the theater.
"This is the trouble you caused. It's up to you to find a way to calm it down."
"Me?"
Zuo Si was stunned for a moment, but soon shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
"No problem, it's a piece of cake.
First of all, I want to tell you that magic mercury is not limited, but can be transformed through some methods.
The simplest way is to kill those magical creatures within its scope of influence, which can be magical animals or dark wizards.
So I suggest that if anyone wants to resurrect someone, it is best to capture a sufficient number of dark wizards or dangerous creatures that cause death, and use the lives of these guys to convert magic mercury.
In addition, every resurrected person must be approved by the Ministry of Magic, and must not be a Death Eater, criminal, or dark wizard.
Because I didn’t create it just to give those bastards another chance to resurrect and mess up the magic world.”
"Transformation through killing? Isn't this some kind of black magic?"
An older member of the Ministry of Magic Council couldn't help but question.
Zuo Si replied nonchalantly: "Black magic? No, not really.
As we all know, the biggest characteristic of black magic is that it can corrode people's hearts and completely change a person's character unconsciously.
The process of transforming magic mercury is simply to drain the target's magic power and vitality, and then compress it into a liquid that is easy to store.
As long as the user remains true to his or her intentions, he or she will not be affected by external factors.
If someone starts killing people crazily and unscrupulously to produce enough magic mercury because there are too many people who want to be resurrected, then it must be his own problem, not the problem of the magic stone.
The magic stone is just a tool, and how to use it depends on the person holding it."
"Well said! Everyone, look at your ugly faces now. You are simply embarrassing the pure-blood family. When will we be so desperate that we have to fight for bones like wild dogs?"
Lucius Malfoy suddenly stood up, looking like the leader of the pure-blood faction.
However, Zuo Si noticed that when several pure-blood family representatives looked at him, their eyes revealed hatred and disgust.
These families all have one thing in common, that is, they joined the Death Eaters and were betrayed after the fall of Voldemort.
However, they were liquidated after the Ministry of Magic regained power. Their current power is very weak and they are unable to confront the rising Malfoy family, so they can only choose to endure it silently.
"Lucius, what do you want to express?" The representative of the Avery family among the twenty-eight holy families couldn't help but ask.
"I mean, since the owner of the Philosopher's Stone is Lord Soth, why don't we let him draw up a priority list for resurrection?" Lucius suggested with a smile.
As a conspirator and a master of sideways jumping, he has come up with a plan to maximize profits in a very short period of time.
After all, Zuo Si is just one person, and the Ministry of Magic is a group of people.
It is easier to influence the latter than the former, and it costs less money and resources.
The most important thing is that the outside world has no idea that the two are collaborating in private.
Lucius can completely get what he wants from Zuo Si through trading, and then sell it to other pure-blood nobles at a higher price, while making the other party owe him a favor.
In this way, the Malfoy family can become the true leader of the pure-blood faction.
But before the representative of the Everly family could react, Zuo Si smiled and shook his head: "Sorry, Mr. Malfoy, I have no interest in wasting my precious time in a place like this.
And I have said a long time ago that this stone will be handed over to the Ministry of Magic for disposal.
I believe that with Minister Fudge’s fairness, he will definitely make a resurrection list that satisfies everyone.
I can understand your desire to reunite with your deceased loved ones as soon as possible.
But please remember not to be greedy, let alone push for an inch, otherwise I won’t mind taking this stone back or destroying it.”
With that said, Zuo Si pulled out his wand and pointed it at the magic stone and shot a dazzling light.
The next second...
The surface of this magic stone, which has driven countless people crazy, was densely covered with spider web-like cracks on the spot, as if it would shatter in the next second.
Before anyone could say anything to stop it, those cracks disappeared inexplicably.
After all this was done, Zuo Si handed the magic stone to Fudge again: "Minister, resurrection from the dead is a powerful and mysterious magical power. We currently know very little about its principles. I hope you can be cautious.
Under the premise, we should make good use of it to benefit the entire magical world."
"Of course! I will!"
Fudge quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said confidently.
It is easy to see from the panic in his eyes that he was frightened by the battle just now and was completely unable to control the situation.
You must know that the operation of the Ministry of Magic has relied on these wizards and the families behind them for a long time.
Although the number of half-blood and Muggle-born wizards has increased in recent years, the power and influence of the former is still extremely powerful.
If they get into trouble, I'm afraid there will be a civil war in minutes.
There is no doubt that Zuo Si's threat to destroy the Magic Stone has taken effect.
Because as the creator of the Philosopher's Stone, this is his birthright, and no one can stop it.
This is just like last year when Nicolas Flamel gave the Philosopher's Stone he made to Dumbledore for destruction, which caused an uproar in the entire French wizarding community and almost triggered a diplomatic crisis. However, in the end, the French wizards could only swallow the bitter pill with tears. Seeing that Fudge was so frightened that he had no idea, Umbridge quickly stood up and received Zuo Si's support, and made a series of promises on behalf of the Ministry of Magic at the speed of cutting through the mess with a knife.
It also announced that it would convene a council of all wizards to decide through a collective vote how to use the magic stone and who will be the next person to be resurrected.
Anyone who knows something about this kind of referendum system knows that whenever a matter is decided through a similar method, secret dealings, corruption and bribery are almost inevitable.
Therefore, the representatives of pure-blood families with huge financial resources and influence are satisfied.
They believe that with the strength of their family, they will be able to eat the biggest piece of cake.
Likewise, half-blood wizards and Muggle-born wizards are also satisfied.
Because in the past, good things like this would never happen to me.
But now, not only can they take a sip of the soup, but they may also be able to nibble on a piece of meat.
In this way, the crowd that was red-faced a few minutes ago became peaceful a few minutes later.
Umbridge gave full play to her expertise and quickly established good relationships with more than a dozen wealthy pure-blood families.
By the time the show was over, she had actually attracted a total of 1.6 million galleons in sponsorship and donations for the Ministry of Magic.
Seeing what was originally a tit-for-tat competition turn into various dirty deals in private, Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh slightly and said: "This is not the result I want to see."
Zuo Si sneered and asked, "Then what result do you want to see?
Should I destroy the Philosopher's Stone once and for all in public?
No, Professor, even destroying the Philosopher's Stone will not calm the restlessness in these people's hearts.
Because they have seen the miracle of resurrection from the dead, they will try their best to let me make another one, or get the method of making it from me.
Moreover, politics is originally an art of compromise. I think competing within rules and frameworks is much better than overturning the table directly.
Once the rules are established, the potential threats you think will be reduced a lot.
Besides, look at the tears of excitement on Mrs. Weasley’s face, don’t you think it’s all worth it?”
"Sigh - maybe you are right. Maybe I am too old and can no longer keep up with this era, so I always subconsciously choose the most conservative attitude when facing new things. If I am not wrong, you
You should have helped Severus resurrect Harry's mother, right?" Dumbledore lowered his voice and tried.
"Haha, do you still need to ask this? Just look at the happy smile on Professor Snape's face." Zuo Si chose to admit it simply.
Dumbledore then asked: "Besides Lily, who else did you resurrect? Minerva's lover and brother?"
Zuo Si glanced at Professor McGonagall, who was chatting quietly with Gideon, and replied very playfully: "No, not yet. Professor McGonagall is a cautious person and wants to understand the situation first before deciding who to resurrect. But I
I think after today is over, she should come to me soon and ask for a piece of magic mercury."
"How much magic mercury do you still have on hand?" Dumbledore narrowed his eyes very sensitively.
"Well - it's probably enough to resurrect five people. What, do you have any relatives or friends you want to resurrect?" Zuo Si raised his head and stared at the old man's wise blue eyes.
Instantly!
The greatest wizard of our time obviously hesitated, but soon shook his head slightly and responded in an almost cold tone: "No! And... I don't want to disturb the sleep of any deceased."
After saying these words, he turned around and left the Ministry of Magic, disappearing from everyone's sight through apparation.
"My brother is really a heartless person, isn't he? Even if you have revealed that you are willing to give out a piece of magic mercury, he is still so cruel that he would rather refuse than resurrect his dead sister."
Aberforth appeared behind him at some point, with a hint of resentment in his tone.
"Why do you have time to come to the Ministry of Magic?" Zuo Si asked without looking back.
Aberforth shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Of course it is to give Ariana a legal identity.
I have just donated 50,000 gold galleons to the Ministry of Magic, and Umbridge promises that my sister's death record will be legally erased within the next month at the latest.
In addition to me, Snape also donated one hundred thousand gold galleons.
It seems that he has already planned to have a showdown with Albus and then hold an honest wedding with Lily."
"So, are you ready to face the principal's anger?" Zuo Si was obviously surprised.
Because he knew that Ariana was the most shady side of Albus Dumbledore, and was also the source of his guilt and regret.
If there is anything in this world that can make this old man angry, excited and crazy, it must be this sister who was accidentally killed by his own hands.
Yes!
The person who killed Ariana was none other than Albus Dumbledore himself, rather than which of the three people it was rumored to be.
After all, there are powerful magic tools like the Pensieve in this world!
Even if everything happened so suddenly that you didn’t notice it at the time, you can still trace it back through memories until the scenes you least want to look back on are fully revealed.
Of course, it was no one else who told Zuo Si the truth, but Aberforth in front of him.
It is precisely because of this that more than a hundred years have passed since the tragedy, but he still cannot let go and cannot forgive his brother.
"Anger? Huh! I want to see what other face he has in front of Ariana." Aberforth tightened his grip on the wand in his hand.
Zuo Si comforted softly: "Okay, don't be so excited. Maybe Professor Dumbledore will accept all this happily. By the way, how is Ariana's situation now?"
"Not bad. She is exactly the same as when she was a child. Not only has she started to learn to speak, but she is also very interested in various toys. After a while, she should be able to communicate normally. To be honest, I still can't believe it.
Everything is actually true."
When he mentioned his sister, Aberforth's attitude immediately softened, and his eyes revealed infinite warmth.
"In that case, you must live a few more years, at least protect her until you get married and have children, and have a happy family." Zuo Si joked with a smile.
When Aberforth heard this, he couldn't help laughing immediately: "Hahahaha! Don't worry, my health is good, and I can live for at least another thirty years. If any heartless person dares to make Ariana sad,
I promise to cut off his head and stuff it into his butt. What’s more, I still owe you a favor. I will never die before repaying it.”
"How scary! I doubt that Ariana's future suitors will be scared away by your vicious brother." Zuo Si's mouth twitched slightly.
In his opinion, Aberforth was running in the direction of "girl control".
It is estimated that if anyone dares to speak loudly to Ariana, he will immediately retaliate.
"It doesn't matter! Anyway, as long as Ariana likes it, I will find a way to make that guy come to propose."
Aberforth grinned with a chilling smile.
You must know that as the younger brother of Albus, he can fight against Grindelwald for hundreds of rounds. He has very profound knowledge in both spells and potions, and he can do it without anyone noticing.
To control someone, or to make him drink a love potion.
Anyway, as long as my sister likes it, it doesn't matter whether the other party is willing or not. Magic can solve everything...