Chapter 185 – The Summit (2)
"Which part?" I asked back calmly, looking up at the old-new Headmaster of Hogwarts, slowly letting go of Quincy’s hand as we got ready to use our wands if we must.
"All of it."
"This is why I want to kill you..." I whispered, shaking my head because if he says that, he just told us we won’t have children as long as he have a say in it.
"You are welcome to try." He continued just as calmly as before, still standing atop the staircase, talking down on us. "I would prefer it instead of what is happening right now."
"That may just happen." I sneered, feeling my blood being roused from its sleep all of a sudden.
"Even with the Elder Wand, two versus one is not ideal." Quincy added, prepared to fight alongside me.
"Like it would make a difference between us. You both are still young, and if it were not for your guardian, you would already be out of the picture."
"I don’t see him here." I provoked him, opening my hands and spreading them with a slight smile.
"Maybe it would be different than in the city..." He murmured, and I saw his fingers twitch, but no wand appeared between them. Instead, he began stroking his beard. "What, he didn’t tell you? Still, keeping secrets before his allies? He can’t change, can he...?"
"He tells us what needs to be told." I answered seriously and wasn’t just saying that to oppose him. I believed it. I guessed as much that something happened on the day in Diagon Alley, but because he didn’t mention it, I didn’t ask. Not everything needs to be said and shared; that was one of his first lessons.
"I see. I guess he didn’t tell you he tried to recruit me, did he? That he offered me to join him." Dumbledore continued. Listening to him, I already realized what he was trying to do. Sadly, that was not going to work, and it just made me chuckle and smile, visibly confusing and then angering him.