Chapter 499: Harry's Dreams and Speculations

"No!" Mr. Weasley sighed deeply and stood up, "Molly, I'm going to the office.... This matter must be cleared up. I have to go. I'm the one who made things worse. "

"But last night you were..."

"I'll go with you, father," Percy said, interrupting. "Mr. Crouch will need all hands on deck. And I can give him my report of the cauldron in person. "

Looking at his back, Mrs. Weasley looked very upset.

"Arthur has always been like that, working hard and putting his job first. He's supposed to be on vacation and this matter has nothing to do with his office. Even if he doesn't go, they can handle it. "Said Mrs. Weasley and continued, "And Percy..."

The others didn't know how to comfort Mrs. Weasley. She was particularly worried about her family's safety and feared they would have an accident.

But that was Mr. Weasley's and Percy's character. They needed to go to the Ministry of Magic now.

The Ministry must be busy, and there was a shortage of staff. Sirius was there as well.

"All right, boys, do you need anything to eat?" Mrs. Weasley turned and asked, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.

They all quickly shook their heads and said they had already had breakfast.

"Then go upstairs and get some rest. I'll call them at lunchtime."

They all shuffled their feet and went upstairs to lie down for a while.

In fact, they were all exhausted. They didn't sleep well the night before; they were all too worried about it. Especially Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione, they all had insomnia last night.

It wasn't until noon that they all woke up again.

Taking advantage of the free time before lunch, Harry called Ivan, Ron and Hermione alone to the attic upstairs. He had something to say.

"I have to talk to you about this," Harry said. "My scar hurt again this morning!"

Ivan, Ron and Hermione's reactions were almost identical to what Harry had imagined in his room on Privet Drive.

Hermione gasped and immediately started making suggestions, mentioning various reference books, and everyone from Dumbledore to Sirius, Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey, the Hogwarts nurse.

Ron was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do.

Ivan, on the other hand, was very confident and seemed to have expected this to happen. He looked particularly reassuring.

In fact, Ivan guessed that Harry's scar should have hurt recently. Harry hadn't made much progress in practicing Occlumency, and this couldn't help much.

Since he could not prevent the invasion of his spirit from the outside, it meant that under the influence of the Horcrux in the scar, Harry's and Voldemort's brains and souls could be interconnected, so Harry had many Voldemort-specific traits, such as speaking Parseltongue.

As Voldemort's recent strength had gradually recovered, this connection had become stronger and stronger.

When Voldemort's mood fluctuated drastically, Harry was able to enter Voldemort's mind directly.

Last night's failure must definitely have made him very angry.

After all this fuss, not only did Harry not get caught, but even Barti Crouch, Jr. couldn't be rescued.

In the end, all it did was expose his existence, him and his allies.

In particular, the last appearance of the Dark Mark associated this incident with Voldemort, who had been missing for a long time.

He had not yet fully recovered his strength, and this was extremely disadvantageous to him.

For him, last night's action was a failure; rather foolish. How could he not be angry?

Because of this, Harry was able to get back into his mind.

It was a very dangerous act, and once Voldemort found out, he would definitely use it to his advantage.

But he didn't have to worry too much, because this connection was also very damaging to Voldemort.

In Dumbledore's words, an evil soul like Voldemort's could not tolerate the entrance of a soul as pure as Harry.

"Harry, what did you see last night?" Ivan asked.

"He was angry and screaming!" Harry replied. "He's never been that angry, I could feel it."

"But, he wasn't there last night, was he?!" Ron said quickly, panicking. "I mean, you know who, we didn't see him yesterday, there were just those vampires. "

"It's hard to say, maybe he hid in the ruins and conjured his mark!" Hermione said suddenly. "Remember, in first year, Harry's scar hurt the same way too. He was at Hogwarts, so.... "

"This is impossible. When I was at Privet Drive, my scar hurt like this." Harry shook his head quickly and said in confusion, "I know I definitely wasn't on Privet Drive. What's going on here?" Harry shook his head and gently stroked the scar on his forehead with his right hand.

"I still remember that dream. I was with the vampire who fought Ivan last night. In front of them, there was an ugly root, which should be what Ivan called the statue of the evil god. "Harry continued, "I can't remember it all now, but they're planning to kill.... someone!"

He had faltered for a moment on the verge of saying "I," but he couldn't make Hermione look any more horrified than she already was.

"Well, it was just a dream," Ron said energetically, "Just a bad dream.... "

"Yeah, but was it?" said Harry, turning to Ivan, "It's weird, isn't it? My scar hurts, and soon after, the vampire from the dream is on the move, and Voldemort's sign is also in the sky again. "

"I've said before that this isn't a mere dream, it's some kind of Legeremancy." Ivan said, being careful with his words as much as possible, "It's probably due to Voldemort's reaction to the spell being used over 14 years ago, which is very rare. But as long as you keep practicing Occlumency, you can cut off this mental invasion. "

He couldn't tell the truth, telling Harry everything directly. He needed to keep it a secret.

Only at the last and most critical moment could Harry know that he was destined to be killed by Voldemort.

Ivan knew Harry didn't want to hear anything about his connection to Voldemort, so he deliberately chose the term "Legeremancy," though this sounded more like a trick the Evil Gods would play.

"I have a feeling... Remember he said that prophecy about Professor Trelawney earlier?!" Harry glared at Ivan. "Voldemort will personally select a person who will help him successfully return and gain unimaginable power. "

"Oh, Harry, aren't you going to pay attention to anything that old fraudulent woman says?" Hermione said, "None of her prophecies have come true, and no one has been marked by Voldemort."