Snape's pupils dilated.
He has a slight facial paralysis.
Under normal circumstances, Snape would not make unnecessary expressions, and even his eyes would look dull and indifferent, not revealing the slightest emotion.
However, Andy's analysis caused cold sweat to run down Snape's back, and his heart filled with dread.
Dumbledore... He taught at Hogwarts for nearly a century. Was it really for the so-called love, as Andy said?
This...!
Calm down!
Snape took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
Dumbledore's deeds when he was young were no secret to Snape.
He had been Voldemort's right-hand man, and Voldemort knew Dumbledore very well. After siding with Dumbledore, Snape also secretly investigated Dumbledore's past.
He knew Dumbledore's past.
He also knew that Dumbledore's life trajectory had completely changed after the death of his sister Ariana.
Because of this, Snape trusted Dumbledore very much.
Because the two had similar experiences.
Dumbledore changed for Ariana.
Snape changed for Lily.
Such similar experiences!
"These are just your words," Snape said coldly.
"Yes!"
Andy did not deny this: "I'm not trying to convince you, and I don't need to convince anyone."
"I just want to find evidence."
"Or rather, I'm trying to convince myself!"
"The relationship between love and death... I need evidence to prove that my hunch is correct."
"Professor, this is for my future!"
Yes, this is for his future!
Love and death...
The Fat Cat Patronus embodies Andy's love.
And Andy has stolen the power of death through magic transfiguration.
In other words, Andy now has the power of both love and death.
These are two very different powers.
So Andy urgently needs to figure out the relationship between the two.
Can the two opposite forces interact with each other and create a whole new force?
So the question is:
Love and death...how do they affect each other?
Lily is just an example.
In Andy's opinion, he could find the key to the puzzle in Dumbledore.
Snape looked at Andy with blank eyes. At that moment, he truly realised one thing – a person's thirst for knowledge could make others feel creepy.
A serious attitude.
Eyes filled with curiosity.
Innocent questions.
No matter how you looked at it, Andy was just a young wizard full of curiosity.
But Snape felt a profound pressure.
Voldemort can also give people pressure, but that is the pressure caused by fear.
You feel pressure because you fear him.
But Andy is different.
Snape can't quite put his finger on what this feeling is.
It's like...
You're staring into an abyss, and the abyss is staring back at you.
It's like a person with acrophobia standing on a glass bridge, looking down into the bottomless abyss below.
Even if you know it's safe, you will still feel fear and unease in your heart.
This is how Snape felt at the moment.
"I don't know."
After a moment of silence, Snape finally answered Andy's question, "Dumbledore...he's like a fog. I don't know how to judge him."
"Oh? Can you elaborate?" Andy asked.
"..."
Snape was silent for a while.
"Most of the time, Dumbledore is just an eccentric old man with strange hobbies."
"Sometimes, he seems like a wise man."
"He has incredible strength, and you can always trust him..."
Snape paused suddenly.
"...but he may not always honour your trust!"
Then he couldn't go on.
Doubt is like a seed. Once it is planted, it will sprout and grow.
Analysing Dumbledore from Andy's perspective.
Or, analysing Dumbledore from a conspiracy theory perspective.
Was he really unable to protect Lily?
According to the people involved:
James Potter and Lily intended to use the Fidelius Charm to create a safe house, and the Secret Keeper of the spell was Sirius Black.
Sirius believed that he was too conspicuous, so he suggested changing the Secret Keeper to James Potter. Meanwhile, he would be the public Secret Keeper, drawing the attention of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
James Potter agreed to this suggestion.
Then, due to Lupin's werewolf identity, they chose Peter Pettigrew.
Snape frowned.
Normally, the Secret Keeper of the safe house certainly deserved to be kept in the dark.
But...
They didn't need to hide it from Dumbledore at all!
If Dumbledore knew the location of the safe house, then when Voldemort attacked, Dumbledore could come to their aid in time—the Order of the Phoenix had means of instant communication.
Snape's eyes clouded with gloom.
Andy wanted to analyse love and death through Dumbledore's experiences.
Then Dumbledore...
Would he want to find the answer through Lily?
Thinking of the prophecy: a power that the Dark Lord didn't understand!
Given Dumbledore's intelligence, he should have known that it is the power of love.
"..."
Snape forced himself to calm down.
These are all unfounded speculations!
"Collins..." Snape looked up at Andy.
"What is it, Professor?" Andy tilted his head slightly.
After a moment of silence, Snape asked in a cold tone, "As far as I know, the magic that Lily used to protect Harry involved the power of love..."
"But you don't seem to be interested in this?"
Andy was taken aback by this: "That happened more than ten years ago."
"Well...if you don't mind, we can talk about it."
Snape remained silent.
Was that a yes?
Andy was a little curious; why had Snape suddenly changed his stance?
"Lily and Harry are connected by blood, so she sacrificed herself and left protection magic in Harry's blood."
Andy looked at Snape and said slowly, "There is an unknown connection between love and death... I am convinced of this."
"Voluntary death, willingly dedicating everything for the one you love... this is the purest power of the mind."
"I have to say, such feelings are truly moving."
"Of course, it is also the ultimate form of magic!"
Andy smiled when he said this.
"The human heart is complex."
"The extreme emotional surge, a moment of transcendence... It will inevitably come at the cost of death!"
"Can you imagine that moment?"
"Mind control magic! From a magical perspective, when the mind is in a state of extreme sublimation, you can do anything."
Snape looked at Andy with inexplicable emotions in his eyes.
He understood.
Andy's study of love may be a way of pursuing that moment of sublimation—the ultimate state of magic.
Perhaps this is also what Dumbledore is pursuing.
The ultimate state of magic... How wonderful would that be?
But the human heart is fickle!
That is why it comes at the door of death.
To die for love! To selflessly dedicate oneself!
When one is not afraid of death, one is not afraid of anything.
At that moment, the mind will be sublimated.
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