Professor Vampire.

Chapter 309: Dumbledore and Grindelwald's reunion

Hearing Dumbledore's weak request, Snape remained silent, as if brewing some emotions.

He stared at Dumbledore for a moment, and deep disgust and hatred emerged in the rough lines on his face, all of which were revealed in Voldemort's eyes.

Then, Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore——

"Avada Kedavra!"

...

The green and white that filled the entire world disappeared.

Voldemort smiled ecstatically, while Dumbledore widened his eyes, his expression seemed to be lonely, disappointed and unbelievable...

But only Snape could see that in the depths of Dumbledore's deep eyes, there was relief, satisfaction and liberation that Voldemort could never understand.

Snape's lips trembled, and he held back the tears that were about to burst out, forcing himself to recall the deepest and heaviest pain that Voldemort had felt when he went to Godric's Hollow to kill Lily, and not to let the hatred and disgust change in his expression.

Fortunately, Voldemort was in boundless ecstasy and didn't notice Snape's pain at all. He just thought his trembling lips were the joy of revenge.

The flow of time seemed to become extremely slow. The three people present had different emotions, but their eyes were fixed on the strange killing curse beam mixed with a little blue light, watching it like a hand stretched forward, climbing towards Dumbledore's heart inch by inch...

...

Before Voldemort's ecstatic expression fell, suddenly, a blue-black flame rose up around Dumbledore and formed a circle.

If you look down from a high place, you may feel that this circle of blue-black flames is like a gas stove invented by the Muggle society.

A skinny old man who looked as old as Dumbledore stood between Snape and Dumbledore, facing the killing curse mixed with a little blue...

Endless wildness and rebellion surged in his eyes, and he waved the wand in his hand with a movement that was not proportional to his body shape-

The killing curse was suddenly picked up and disappeared silently into a mess of trees.

"Long time no see, Albus..."

The old man who suddenly blocked the killing curse looked at Dumbledore, with a faint anger and a slight sense of satisfaction in his eyes, but more of it was a nostalgia that could not see the end.

"Gellert..." Dumbledore stared at the figure in front of him, his eyes showing surprise beyond his expectation for the first time, "Why...why did you..."

"Why did I come here, right?" Grindelwald smiled lightly and asked softly, "Do you really think that my eyes can't see such an important moment?"

Dumbledore was silent for a while, and then he laughed.

"I should have thought of it earlier. Professor Dracula released you from Nurmengard for this purpose." He said, "You are the only one who can see through my plan..."

Then, Dumbledore put on a happy smile on his face, "But why didn't you return to your appearance fifty years ago as in the newspaper?"

"It's just to prevent you, an old man, from losing face." Grindelwald sneered, "And if I come to see you in my youth, wouldn't it be a generation lower than you?"

Dumbledore smiled and shook his head.

He knew that Grindelwald actually just wanted the two of them to look like they were in the summer a hundred years ago, like a pair of inseparable friends at that time.

"You are... Gellert Grindelwald?!" Voldemort's shocked voice rang around the two of them.

Grindelwald turned his head and looked at the ugly snake face without a nose.

"This is the dark devil kid you told me about in the letter, right?" He ignored Voldemort's meaning at all, but looked at Dumbledore and asked.

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded slightly.

"You said... we have been fighting for a lifetime, can we have a chance to fight together?" Grindelwald asked the old man beside him with a lot of interest in his eyes.

Voldemort's heart was suddenly startled and his face sank.

Although he was a little inflated with his current strength, he had no confidence in dealing with two great wizards at the same time, especially since these two people were the spiritual leaders who once led an era.

"Severus, let's go!" Voldemort gritted his teeth and finally chose to retreat.

He swung his clothes, and a black mist enveloped Snape's figure, taking him away from the mountaintop full of traces of duels.

"You two wait! I don't believe you two old guys from the last century can live for a long time!"

"I can wait!"

...

After Voldemort left, Dumbledore seemed to relax completely and fell to the side weakly.

Voldemort, who had obtained the power of the god of death, had finally reached a higher level of strength, but Dumbledore was already very old and was far from the strong body he had when he was young.

He insisted on holding on to Voldemort until the end, and had almost exhausted all his strength.

Grindelwald supported his shoulders beside him, and the wild and unruly expression on his face faded, and became very gentle instead.

"You are still the same as before, always trying to take all the responsibility on yourself." He chuckled and said, "How is it, did I delay your plan?"

"Actually, it is halfway done... At least Severus's actions have completely won Voldemort's trust."

"Tsk, planting undercover agents, an old trick."

"But it works as well as before..."

"Let's not talk about that. Do you want to go to the cafe we ??used to go to for a drink?"

"I really miss it... That one is still open?"

"It's closed, but I found the owner's descendant and asked him to reopen the cafe 'friendly'."

"Well... let's go."

"..."

...

At the foot of the mountain on the other side, the Death Eaters who came to attack the current Minister of Magic lost Voldemort's support and were firmly controlled by the Ministry of Magic, which had a great advantage in strength.

Amelia Bones and the captain of the Auror team were pacing back and forth in front of the Death Eaters who were tied up, checking the number of Death Eaters.

"It seems that one person is missing." Amelia frowned slowly, "Is Bellatrix LeStrange here?"

The Auror Captain was stunned for a moment, and quickly ordered his men to count the list of Death Eaters who participated in the attack again, and concluded that Bellatrix was indeed not controlled by the Ministry of Magic.

"Can she escape in this situation?" Amelia swept her eyes over the Aurors present and severely reprimanded, "How did you pass the Auror assessment?!"

The Aurors knew that they were in the wrong, and they all lowered their heads and silently accepted the scolding.

"Ms. Bones, I found the Auror who let Bellatrix LeStrange run away." The Auror Captain stepped forward and said to Amelia.

"Let him come over!" Amelia said coldly.

The Auror Captain waved his hand behind him.

A young Auror trembled and walked in front of Amelia, pinching the corner of his clothes nervously, and his tone was also stuttering.

"I remember you, an Auror who has just been employed for a year." Amelia glanced at the young Auror and said coldly, "But being young is not a reason for you to let the Death Eaters go!"

"Explain it, Lai Strange was clearly tied up by the Binding Curse just now, why did you let her go?"

The young Auror's face flushed with anxiety, and he kept shaking his head.

"I... I didn't mean to let her go, someone saved her!" He stammered, "Just now a man who looks a bit like Lai Strange suddenly appeared beside me and attacked me with the Disarming Curse..."

"Then... Then he took this opportunity to take Lai Strange away. When I picked up the wand, the two men had disappeared... I was afraid of the punishment from the Ministry, so... So I didn't dare to notify you immediately..."

Hearing the young Auror's explanation, Amelia frowned and looked at the Auror Captain.

"A man who looks similar to Lai Strange, is there such a person on the list of Death Eaters?" she asked.

"I'm not sure either," the Auror Captain shook his head, "I just remember that Bellatrix Lestrange is from the Black family... Are there any other Death Eaters in the Black family?"

"It seems not." Amelia said, "Anyway, if your arm is fine, take half of the Aurors to search around and bring her back as soon as possible!"

"She may be hiding a very important secret of the mysterious man, we can't just let her go..."

...

In the deep mountains, in a dense forest, a handsome young man with black hair was carrying a woman who looked a bit like him and had a crazy expression on her back and running fast, avoiding the detection spells flying around from time to time.

"Are you Regulus?" Bellatrix looked at the black-haired young man in front of her in astonishment, her eyes full of disbelief, "You disappeared for so many years, we all thought you were dead!"

"In fact, I am dead." Regulus took a few deep breaths and said hurriedly, "There was an accident at that time, and I was drowned in a lake... The Dark Lord found me some time ago and turned me into a thinking corpse, giving me the opportunity to serve him again."

Bellatrix reached out and touched the skin of Regulus's arm in surprise, and indeed felt a cold and dark breath.

She immediately believed Regulus' words.

Because in Bella's heart, Voldemort was the only one in the world who could use the deadly magic of corpses to perfection.

However, Bella still had a question in her heart.

"But why don't you fight with us?" She asked a little angrily, "If we can add your fighting power, maybe there is a chance to turn the situation around!"

"My mission is different from all of you." Regulus shook his head, "I am specially arranged by the Dark Lord to protect you!"

"Protect me?" Bella opened her mouth wide, her expression was extremely surprised, and her face was morbidly flushed, "The master is so good to me... He has to send someone to protect me?"

"To be precise, it is to protect the things in your hands." Regulus ruthlessly interrupted her fantasy and said stiffly, "The Dark Lord should have given you something 'extremely important', am I right?"

The redness on Bella's face faded a little, but she was still very excited.

"Yes, the master entrusted me with the 'incredibly important' thing because he trusted me!" She said excitedly, "Even when I was in Azkaban, I kept it well!"

"That's fine." Regulus said, "We can't let anything go wrong with the Dark Lord's things, so we have to protect the custodian of that thing!"

Regulus breathed a sigh of relief.

Some time ago, Dracula called Lucius to meet him and exchanged information between them.

Regulus discovered that Voldemort had given one of his Horcruxes to Lucius Malfoy for safekeeping... and even when Lucius was the most favored, he was not Voldemort's most trusted servant.

He immediately realized that there was probably another Horcrux that Voldemort had also given to his servant for safekeeping.

And that person is most likely the person whom Voldemort has trusted the most from the beginning to the end, and is also Regulus' cousin - Bellatrix Lestrange.

So he thought of a way to infiltrate the Death Eater camp again, trying to get Bella's words and get another Horcrux.

Until today, Regulus finally found a perfect opportunity.

"To be on the safe side, let's go and take out the Dark Lord's thing." Regulus said to Bella, "We need to find a more suitable place to keep it to prevent accidents."

"You can tell me where the thing is kept, and I will take it back... Now your target is too big, and only I, the 'non-existent person', am the least conspicuous."

Although the reason is very sufficient, Regulus' words still aroused Bellatrix's vigilance.

"I kept it well, why did you take out the master's things?" she asked loudly, "What if something goes wrong on the way to transfer it, wouldn't it be even more dangerous!"

"Bella, I dared to let you move that thing because of the Dark Lord's instructions." Regulus reacted quickly and immediately made up a reason, "You should know that the Dark Lord's thoughts were connected with Harry Potter some time ago. The Dark Lord suspected that Potter had sensed the location of that thing..."

"He didn't even tell me that this happened!" Bella's vigilance relaxed a little, but she still didn't let go easily, "I must go and get the things that the master gave me!"

Then, she looked at Regulus, "Regulus, when I go to take that thing, you must cover me well."

Hearing Bella's plan, Regulus completely relaxed.