After class was announced, the students were still somewhat unsatisfied.
They excitedly discussed what had happened in class, especially Professor Snape's Boggart in a dress...
Oh my, Snape in a dress, that's simply...
Harry had no interest in joining their discussion; he followed Vivi briskly, heading towards the Headmaster's Office on the eighth floor.
Sitting in the office, Lupin's eyes were flickering, still thinking about Harry.
Harry and Vivi soon arrived at the Headmaster's Office, Cassandra was already waiting at the door, and seeing them arrive late, Cassandra wrinkled her nose and said, "Oh dear, it looks like you two were on a date? Is that why you're late?"
"I just got out of class," Harry replied simply, starting to be cautious now.
After being pointed out by Ron, he felt even more cautious.
Yet, despite this, there's a voice in his subconscious telling him—don't give up on any of them.
"Oh~" Cassandra squinted, saying, "Looks like our little baby Potter is still a child who can't take care of himself, needing his aunt to pick him up after class..."
When saying this, the word 'aunt' was emphasized.
Cassandra seemed to be emphasizing the relationship between Vivi and Lily through this address, being so close to someone else's child as a mother's best friend—really, is that okay?
"Then you pick him up tomorrow." Harry retorted instinctively.
He regretted it immediately after saying this; the words hadn't gone through his brain at all.
Who knew, Cassandra wasn't angry but instead showed a slight smile.
"Alright, if you're willing to call me aunt—"
As soon as she finished speaking, the Dripping Stone Beast jumped to the side.
"The Headmaster invites you in," it said.
Cassandra glanced at the pair, then walked in first.
Harry quickly followed, trailing behind Cassandra.
In the Headmaster's Office, Mr. Leme was already sitting inside, with Pabi beside him in Unicorn form.
Seeing Harry coming over, Pabi walked up, carrying a bag of blueberries from who knows where.
"Hey, Harry," Pabi said, "try these, freshly picked blueberries—"
"Thank you." Harry reached out, rubbed Pabi's head, and took the blueberries.
They walked to the Headmaster's desk and sat down in their seats.
Dumbledore served each of them some lemon water, the kind without sugar.
No one minded, anyway Mr. Leme... Dumbledore didn't dare to give him a deadly dose of sugar.
After all, the old man is over six hundred years old; if he were to be sugary sweet until death... that would be quite the legacy.
"Let's talk." Dumbledore said, "A few days ago, I wanted to ask in detail about the Death God issue, but I've been in meetings with the Wizengamot..."
Harry organized his thoughts and explained to Dumbledore in detail what happened in Cassandra's dream.
Including the final threats from the Death God, threats concerning Pabi and Vivi.
After hearing Harry's words, everyone present fell into thought, including Mr. Leme.
"I must say, my understanding of Death God is not extensive either." Dumbledore interlaced his fingers and said, "Harry, you should know, my understanding of Death God is limited to my youthful foolish pursuit of the Deathly Hallows' power..."
"Legend has it that obtaining the three Deathly Hallows would make you the master of Death God, right?" Harry asked.
"Yes," Dumbledore said softly, "but I still believe that it's just an elusive rumor."
The Headmaster's Office fell into silent contemplation once more.
"But you should be at ease about this," Mr. Leme spoke, "Death God cannot appear on the Prime Material Plane; he won't come to Earth to chase you—unless he's summoned by someone, then it's uncertain."
Upon hearing this, Dumbledore paused.
"Look at this." He handed them a letter from a drawer. "This is Newt's investigation in North America; he suspects Voldemort might be performing some mysterious ritual."
Harry took the letter and read it carefully with Vivi and the others.
"Are you saying Voldemort is also trying to summon the Death God?" Harry asked with a furrowed brow.
The guesses in the letter weren't unfounded; after all, the mysterious ritual Voldemort was conducting involved summoning the Death God using myths and legends from various places.
"Currently, it seems his ritual attempt last year was to summon Egypt's Death God Anubis." Dumbledore rubbed his eyelids, "but he probably failed, otherwise he wouldn't be performing this current ritual..."
"But I still don't understand, Professor." Harry asked with a furrowed brow, "Voldemort is currently in a remnant spirit state, escaping death by even performing the evil task of splitting souls. Why would he dare to summon Death God? Isn't he afraid that after summoning Death God, he'd be the first target?"
"Oh, Death God isn't as extreme as you might think, Harry." Mr. Leme suddenly said, "In my impression, although Death God holds grudges, he's somewhat reasonable—as long as you don't anger him."
After hearing this, everyone looked towards Cassandra.
Everyone knew Cassandra was sharp-tongued; who knew if she would have mockingly spoken about Death God.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm not that kind of fool who can't discern practical affairs." Cassandra spread her hands, saying, "Mocking a Death God wouldn't be beneficial to me, so why would I do it?"
Pabi lowered her head and whispered, "Hard to say."
As a result, she was grabbed by Cassandra and had her ear tugged several times with ouches.
Although the discussion in the Headmaster's Office didn't provide clear results, it did give some slightly beneficial information.
Vivi and Cassandra decided to investigate records and legends regarding the Death God.
Harry didn't rush back to the dormitory; he went with Pabi to the Black Lake Shore, planning to get Pabi's perspective.
It was now afternoon, and there weren't many students by the Black Lake. Harry and Pabi found an empty spot and sat down.
"Pabi." Harry patted Pabi's neck and said to her, "I have something important to ask you—very important, very important."
"Oh." Pabi nodded, looked around, and seeing no sign of Vivi or Cassandra, she smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead and ask~"
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