Chapter 49 Transaction

Dumbledore didn't say anything after hearing Sherry's answer. He didn't know whether he believed it or not. Sherry probably didn't believe it. But these had nothing to do with Sherry. Whether he believed it or not, it didn't hinder Sherry.

"As for the last question," Sherry said, "this is the most important part, isn't it?"

"That's right," Dumbledore wanted to completely eliminate the Dark Lord for a long time. He also knew that Voldemort was not dead at all. The magic world seemed peaceful, but it was actually in danger. Compared with this matter, everything else was a small matter. "So what Mr. Su said before, that he could be completely and permanently eliminated, is it true?"

"Time is a very precious thing, Professor Dumbledore," Sherry said, "Although I have a lot of time, I don't have enough time to tease a respected old man."

"So, what does Mr. Sherry want?" Dumbledore understood the truth that he didn't get up early. Sherry didn't look like the kind of person who cared about the world. Since he came to see him, he must have something to ask for.

"My request is very simple, just four treasures and a job." Sherry looked at Dumbledore, waiting for his reply.

"A job?" Dumbledore frowned a little, "I wonder what kind of job Mr. Sherry wants to do?" Could it be a teacher at Hogwarts? Dumbledore thought, maybe next year, he could let him be the teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts. After all, this course is particularly teacher-intensive. I don't know if it is true as the outside world says that the Dark Lord cursed this position that he had been seeking but could not get. Anyway, Dumbledore has invited dozens of teachers, and these teachers have not been in office for more than a year for various reasons. Putting Sherry, an unidentified person, in this position can solve the teacher problem, but Dumbledore is still not at ease, wondering if Sherry has any special abilities. You know, the thing he regrets most this year is that he invited Gilderoy Lockhart, a idiot, to be the teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"I want to apply for a job teaching at Hogwarts," Sherry said, "I want to ask Professor Dumbledore to add a psychological prediction course."

When Dumbledore heard Sherry said he wanted to be a teacher, he thought it was true, but when he heard about the courses Sherry wanted to add, he could no longer remain calm. "Excuse me, Mr. Sherry," Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "Hogwarts already has a Divination class and an Arithmancy class. There is really no need to open another course of the same nature. This is a great waste of teaching resources."

"Okay then!" Sherry immediately changed his tone, "Then I ask to be the teacher of Care of Magical Creatures."

"But we already have a teacher of Care of Magical Creatures," Dumbledore said, "He is experienced and likes to stay with magical creatures."

"I know, Professor Kettleborn?" Sherry said, "That's not a problem. In order to stay with his beloved animals for a longer time, he will resign at the end of next school year."

"Are you sure?" Dumbledore expressed doubts about this matter, and thought that the other party might do something to ensure this happened, such as threatening the teacher to resign.

"I am sure, and he must have resigned of his own will, not forced by me." The doubt on Dumbledore's face was too obvious, almost saying, are you planning to take the position by force. "Of course, if things don't develop like this, then I can also regard it as a condition and will not propose any other conditions."

"Well then!" Dumbledore agreed, "Mr. Sherry, please continue to talk about your other conditions!"

"I personally like to collect valuable things, especially some rare and long-standing treasures," Sherry paused, "For example, the treasures left by the four founders of Hogwarts."

"What? Boy, you are too much, do you know what you are talking about?" One of the many portraits on the wall shouted, accusing Sherry of being too greedy, and the other portraits also echoed.

Sherry ignored these dead people, but looked at Dumbledore who was thinking, "Professor Dumbledore, what do you think? Do you want to keep these symbolic treasures, or a long-lasting peace in the magic world?" Dumbledore is a saint, there is no doubt about this, which can be easily inferred from his own past. Such people are great, they care about too many things, and the goals they want to achieve are too big, so sometimes, they will pay a lot of huge prices.

For the sake of peace in the wizarding world, Dumbledore chose to point his wand at his good friend, defeated the first Dark Lord Grindelwald, and imprisoned him in Nurmengard. Then, for the sake of peace in the wizarding world, he formed the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Voldemort's Death Eaters. Even in the end, in order to help Snape regain Voldemort's trust, he chose to sacrifice himself. It can be seen how important peace in the wizarding world is in Dumbledore's heart.

For a long while, Dumbledore did not say a word, and those noisy portraits also quieted down, waiting for Dumbledore's decision. They were made into portraits, and their job was to better help the headmaster, so they had to obey all the decisions of the headmaster, even if they seemed very unreasonable.

"I can only find one now!" Dumbledore spoke, his voice was extremely low, and it seemed that he had struggled to make this decision. But it was obvious that peace in the wizarding world still outweighed everything. After he said this, the portraits around him were very shocked, and a small half of the portraits turned around and left their frames.

"I know the whereabouts of the remaining three," Sherry admired the old man a little. The old man did make his best efforts for the existence and continuation of the magic world. Sherry could not become such a person, but he admired such a person. "I hope Professor Dumbledore can find them back."

"Okay!" Since the decision has been made, there will be no regrets. Of course, if Sherry's method doesn't work, then all this will be out of the question. "Then please tell me, Mr. Sherry, how can we destroy Voldemort?"

"The magic world has always said that Harry is the only one who survived the Killing Curse, but is it really so?" Sherry asked back.

"You mean, Voldemort also survived this curse?" Dumbledore carefully sorted out the clues and found that there was indeed a great possibility.

"People outside say that Harry Potter has a power that the You-Know-Who doesn't have, so he can defeat Voldemort and escape from the Killing Curse." Sherry said, "This is actually not true, because Voldemort once had this mysterious power, and even each of us has it." Sherry walked a few steps and looked at the grass outside the window. Some little wizards were stumbling on their brooms, and some were scared and cried, probably because of acrophobia.

"Professor, do you know what kind of mysterious power this is?" Sherry asked Dumbledore, and the latter uttered a short word, "Love!"

"I prefer to call this power mother," Sherry said, "When Lily Potter willingly made an unreserved sacrifice to protect her son, a powerful and ancient power was generated. This power rebounded Voldemort's Killing Curse, and at the same time, Harry basically has a strong immunity to all magic with strong malice." This is indeed the case. There is a principle of sacrifice here, which is very powerful and useful, but the price is too heavy.

"The rebounded Killing Curse hit Voldemort and destroyed his body, but it did not kill him completely. Instead, it put him in a situation where life was worse than death." Sherry looked into Dumbledore's eyes, which were calm and without any emotion. "I think the professor also knows that he has been accumulating strength in the dark, waiting for the day when he can make a comeback."

"Then, the question we are concerned about is how did Voldemort escape from the Killing Curse?" Sherry saw without surprise that Dumbledore's face became more serious. This was indeed a problem that had troubled Dumbledore for a long time, and it also contained a way to completely solve the dark forces. Dumbledore has been running around for many years, searching for answers everywhere, but the results were few.

"I wonder if the professor has ever heard of a magic that is said to give you immortality?" Sherry asked, "Tear off a piece of your soul and protect it in a place where no one can touch it. As long as this part of the soul is not destroyed, you can come back countless times." In fact, Sherry absolutely does not believe in the countless times of coming back. Apart from anything else, the liches' technology of tearing souls to make life boxes is much better than Voldemort's half-baked one, but their number of resurrections is not infinite. Once it exceeds a certain number of times, the soul will completely collapse. This is why most liches are content to be technology geeks. Of course, there are also some who make trouble, but their end doesn't seem to be very good.

"So that's it!" Dumbledore muttered to himself. He has been pursuing this answer, but when the answer was placed in front of him, Dumbledore found that he still underestimated Tom Riddle's cruelty and madness. Although the production of Horcruxes is rare, it is not completely unknown, but few people make such a choice. This is certainly not because of excessive killing or something like that, but this method of immortality has considerable flaws.

Splitting one's soul sounds dangerous. And it is true. Splitting a soul is not a matter of cutting off one's hands and feet, but a very long and painful process. That kind of pain is difficult to compare to even Cruciatus Curse, one of the three unforgivable curses. Secondly, after the soul is split, the soul is incomplete, and the person is incomplete. The split soul will leave with a precious part of the original soul, perhaps youth, or perhaps cherished memories. (To be continued)