The Emerald at Hogwarts

Duff Town is a Muggle town with a population of less than a thousand people. It is rich in single malt whiskey. Sirius once stayed here briefly when he was a fugitive, and was accidentally seen by the Muggles here.

Ada came to Duff Town in northern Scotland under the stars, naturally not to buy whiskey here. When she entered the town, the clock tower of the town had already rang the midnight bell.

After tightening her cloak, Ada walked all the way north. After walking less than a mile, a magnificent stone castle came into view.The huge stone castle looks like a giant beast crouching in the night.

From the 13th-century curtain wall to the ditch surrounding the castle, everything about this military castle is impressive.

It is a pity that this one of the oldest stone castles in Scotland has long been destroyed, and only the ruins of the walls are left to tell the past glory of Balviny Castle.

Passing through the arches of the castle and past the dilapidated buildings, Ada entered the wide courtyard, where the person she wanted to see was already waiting for her.

In the abandoned castle late at night, the figure in the courtyard does not belong to the handsome and brave prince, nor to the enchanting and handsome vampires in the story. The flying black robe belongs to Severus, who doesn't like to wash his hair, who has a small belly and chicken intestines, and Snape. .

"If you don't come, I'll leave."

Snape turned around and said slowly. The evening wind ruffled the hair on both sides of his cheeks, hoping it would not rub his face with oil.

"I'm glad I didn't come too late. You neither left nor froze." Ada said, although her words were unforgiving, her body was honest and she expressed her apology with body language. .

Snape didn't look at Ada. He was walking up and down on the grass in the courtyard, whether he was warming up or stretching his numb legs and feet.

He said: "I am a wizard, not an incompetent Muggle. Also, could we not choose a place like this next time we meet? That stupid dog was found here. You have to understand that every time we meet, we risk Extreme risk."

Ada nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, but unfortunately it was dark and Snape, who was pacing back and forth, didn't look at her.Ada realized her mistake and changed her performance to the cold air around her.

"I think we won't have to meet in this way soon." Ada said firmly, "Slytherin will also welcome back their dean. However, they won't welcome you, right?"

Snape stopped and looked at Ada steadily.Suddenly, Snape jumped in front of Ada and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The plan went well, your annoying Potter baby found the whereabouts of the diadem." Ada replied, deliberately biting "annoying" hard to test Snape's reaction.

"One step closer to killing him." Snape took a few steps back and murmured.

For more than ten years, Snape had been looking forward to that moment. No matter who killed Voldemort in the end, as long as the Dark Lord was dead.Hatred for Voldemort was what lurked around Snape, and was also one of Snape's motivations for living.

Under the moonlight, Ada looked at Snape. The Potions Professor's lips trembled slightly with excitement.

She said: "Yes, there is only that big ugly snake left. As long as that big snake is killed, the Dark Lord will return to his mortal body."

The most terrifying thing about Voldemort is not his magical powers, but his Horcruxes.The Dark Lord who cannot be killed means invincible.If Voldemort wasn't so afraid of death and chose to fight with Ada's life, maybe Ada would be the one who is scared now.

After all, no matter how thick Ada's health bar is, she only has one life, but Voldemort used the Horcrux to open the blood lock.

"Nagini, Nagini..." Snape said the snake's name repeatedly, "I will find a way."

Snape's eyes were firm, but he didn't say what he wanted to do.Keep Nagini away from Voldemort's sight, or kill Nagini directly.

Ada took out a short knife from her cloak. It was a simple-shaped short knife with no decoration on the handle and scabbard.

After handing the short blade to Snape, Ada said: "Take it and be prepared."

"This is it?" Snape took the dagger and pulled it out of the wooden scabbard.

The blade did not shine with a cold light, nor did it feel breathtaking. The blade looked gray, as if it had not been polished by the craftsmen.

"Don't lick it! Seal your throat when you see blood!" Seeing Snape pull out the dagger, Ada said hurriedly.She was afraid that Snape would test the knife with his fingers, or stick out his tongue and lick it like a fool.

Snape put away the knife while looking at Ada with caring eyes.

He said: "What's the point of this knife? You don't seem like someone who would do that kind of useless work."

"I specially asked the goblins to make this. It is mixed with the fangs and venom of the basilisk. Although it looks a bit inconspicuous." Ada explained, "You must pay special attention when using it, so as not to get scratched by this knife. Pi, you are dead. Unless you can find Fox before the poison is released."

The venom of the basilisk cannot be cured by medicine or stone. Only the tears of the phoenix can save us in this world.

There are two phoenixes known to have been tamed by wizards in the world, one is Fox and the other is named Sparks.After Dumbledore's death, Fawkes was nowhere to be found, and Sparks was in New Zealand, where he was the mascot of the Quidditch team Mottola Macaws.

"It is difficult to harm Nagini with ordinary methods. The Fire Curse can do it, and so can this dagger with basilisk venom." Ada continued to explain that it was because of this dagger that she was late tonight.

A total of three such knives were made, and the one given to Snape was the first finished product. Due to the short time it took to make it, there was no time to decorate it.Of the two remaining daggers, Ada kept one for herself and the other for Harry's defense.

"So, is this why you asked me to come out to meet you tonight?" Snape asked.

If it were just for a short knife that could kill with one hit, tonight's meeting would really leave people speechless. It's not like he doesn't know the Fire Curse, which is one of the required courses in black magic!

"Of course not, I have a question to ask you, a very important question." Ada said, staring firmly into Snape's eyes. Her question was related to the victory of this war.

Ada put away her joking expression and asked seriously: "Harry, Harry Potter, did Dumbledore have any other instructions for him during his lifetime?"

Harry can connect with Voldemort's mind, think what he thinks, and see what he sees. How this dangerous and ingenious connection came about, Ada has always been curious about it.

Harry's abnormal reaction when in contact with the Horcrux made Ada suspicious.

Could it be that... on the night of Voldemort's murder, when the curse hit Harry and bounced back to Voldemort, the Dark Lord's soul was cut again. One of the remnant souls escaped, and the other remnant soul possessed the only one in the house. On living creatures...

Is this why Harry and Voldemort's minds are connected to each other, and why Harry reacts abnormally when exposed to Horcruxes?

The matter was so important that Ada did not dare to make a conclusion, so she chose to make an appointment with Snape to ask about the matter.After all, in the last year of Dumbledore's life, Snape was the person closest to him besides Harry.

"No." Snape said calmly, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

"Look into my eyes!" cried Ada. "You're lying, Severus Snape!"

The deep, black eyes only made contact with the green eyes for a moment, and Snape looked away as if he was stung.

Snape tried to calm himself down and not let himself be affected by those eyes, but as a master of Occlumency, he seemed to have forgotten how to seal his brain at the moment.

You're lying... You're lying... You're lying... This short sentence kept echoing in Snape's ears and mind. The Potions Professor had a splitting headache, as if he was being tightened by an iron hoop. Lived the same.

Suddenly, the severe headache disappeared in an instant, and Snape, who was covered in sweat, raised his eyes and looked at Ada, who had her back turned to him.

"Don't do anything, don't mess with Dumbledore's arrangements."

Snape knew that Ada had failed to read his memory, but Snape also knew that the other party had gotten the answer he wanted.

Seeing Ada walking towards the outside of the castle, Snape ran over anxiously.As he ran, he shouted, "Where are you going?"

"Send him to see Lily Potter." Ada didn't stop, she just turned her head and replied with murderous intent.