Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 36 Reveals the Truth and Inaction!

Thank you for your honesty!

Dudley praised Dumbledore without any emotion, then turned to his cousin Harry and said, "Harry, remember this name!"

Harry didn't answer, but responded with his actions.

Dumbledore watched with a rather complicated expression as Harry took out a brand-new black leather notebook, placed it on the table, and began to write.

Thanks to his relatively healthy spine and naturally tall stature, Dumbledore could see Harry's writing in the notebook quite clearly, even while seated.

"Severus Snape, the shameful informer, the villain who had improper intentions towards Mother, given that he confessed, he may be spared the death penalty, but he will not escape punishment. He needs to be tortured and punished severely!"

"Ugh--"

Dumbledore sighed again, grieving for Snape's future fate.

"Stop sighing. Where is Snape now? Is he dead or alive?"

Dudley completely ignored Dumbledore's sentimentality and immediately initiated the criminal investigation and questioning.

"He is still alive and is currently the Potions Professor at Hogwarts," Dumbledore answered honestly.

"Your kindness is truly excessive, Mr. Dumbledore! You've allowed a criminal to live such a comfortable life!"

Dudley delivered another merciless sarcastic remark.

Dumbledore was somewhat helpless. When he saw that Harry had added Snape's address and job title to his notebook without Dudley's prompting, his helplessness intensified.

"No need to worry about others, Mr. Dumbledore. It's your turn now!"

Dudley's cold and ruthless words pulled Dumbledore out of his emotional quagmire, only to plunge him into an even deeper abyss.

"Tell me! With prior warning from the undercover agent and your assurances, how did you manage to protect my Aunt Lily and Uncle James?"

Hearing Dudley's question, Dumbledore's face was filled with sorrow: "I suggested that the Potters place a Faithful Charm on their home in Godric's Hollow, and they did so. It is a powerful and secret protective charm."

Buildings enchanted by this spell will vanish from sight, undetectable to both wizards and Muggles. As long as the house's location isn't leaked by the Keeper of the Secret, Voldemort won't be able to find the Potters, even if they're right next to him.

"So, which idiot did you give such an important position as the Secret Service to? This has resulted in yet another informant siding with Voldemort?" Dudley asked sternly.

“I originally wanted to be the Keeper of the Secret, but Lily and James agreed to appoint their mutual friend Sirius Black as the Keeper of the Secret.”

Dumbledore felt a little wronged, but he still honestly gave the answer.

"So it was this idiot Mr. Black who brought Voldemort into Harry's house?" Dudley replied steadily, his words as sweet as honey.

"I'm not entirely sure. Sirius Black is a wise and powerful wizard, and he had a very good relationship with the Potters. Logically speaking, he would never have leaked the information to Voldemort."

But the fact is that Voldemort bypassed the protection of the Faithful Charm and entered the Potter house.

Dumbledore was also puzzled by this question and could only tell him what he knew.

"Whether this person is dead or alive, haven't you asked him about it since it happened?" Dudley was quite speechless at Dumbledore's lack of initiative.

"After the incident, Sirius was heartbroken in the ruins of Harry's house for a long time and couldn't hear anyone's questions."

He later left, and on a Muggle street, he caused a massive explosion that killed thirteen Muggles, as well as the Potters and his other friend, Mr. Peter Pettigrew.

The Ministry of Magic believed that Peter Pettigrew was killed by Sirius Black during a pursuit, so they imprisoned Sirius Black in Azkaban and awarded him a Medal of Honor.

Dumbledore recounted in detail what had happened.

"We need to see him alive or dead. Is Peter Pettigrew really dead? Yesterday, the Minister of Magic insisted that Voldemort was dead! But what's the truth? Have you seen Pettigrew's body?"

"Only one of Little Dwarf's index fingers remained at the scene. The explosion site was too horrific, and no other limbs or remains of Little Dwarf were found."

"Do you know how big an explosion can be to obliterate a person completely? Did this little dwarf explode carrying dozens of kilograms of TNT?"

Dudley's face was filled with disdain for the ignorant and those who willingly accepted ignorance. "I've discovered that you wizards all lack even the most basic spirit of scientific inquiry, including you!"

Harry and I witnessed the Explosive Charm in the Gringotts vault yesterday. Its power was absolutely insufficient to blast a person to the point of leaving no trace of flesh or blood.

If Sirius Black wasn't at least ten times more powerful than that wizard Quirrell, he could never have blown someone to smithereens, leaving only a finger!

And don't you find it strange and doubtful that since all of Little Pettigrew's bones were blown away, how could his index finger have survived? Could it be that Merlin was protecting that finger?

Were the thirteen Muggles who died at the scene also like that? Only one index finger remained? Okay, maybe these thirteen Muggles were farther from the explosion center and didn't suffer as severe blast damage.

What about the buildings at the epicenter of the explosion? Was the extent of the damage calculated? How much energy would it take to damage a building like that? Could that level of explosive energy completely obliterate a person, leaving no trace of flesh or blood?

This involves human lives; have you wizards conducted a proper investigation?

The case was closed hastily and perfunctorily. Were the Muggles from that street also having their memories altered by the Ministry of Magic afterward?

"You wizards didn't investigate, and you didn't even let the Muggle sheriffs investigate. Thirteen ordinary lives were lost just like that, in such a muddled way. I bet the cause of death was a 'gas explosion,' right? How ridiculous!"

Dudley's logically sound and rapid-fire questions left Dumbledore completely bewildered.

This was a case-solving process that this great wizard, who had lived for over a hundred years, had never imagined. Muggles were progressing too fast; now they could see through people's hearts and discern the truth without magic.

In comparison, their wizards seem backward, arrogant, and ignorant.

"Your analysis makes a lot of sense, Dudley. Now it seems that Peter Pettigrew faked his death to escape. At that time, it wasn't because Sirius betrayed the Potters that Peter Pettigrew was chasing Sirius. The truth may be the opposite!"

The explosion was caused by Sirius Black, and the secret of the Loyal Heart Curse was also leaked by Sirius Black. Sirius Black did not become the Keeper of the Secrets, but instead gave the position to Sirius Black!

After the tragedy that befell Harry's family, Sirius went to seek revenge on Peter Pettigrew!

After clarifying his thoughts and conducting a thorough analysis, Dumbledore directly revealed the truth.

This renowned great wizard was indeed intelligent and quick to understand, but it was clear that he had never used his brain like this before.

"No way? No way, Mr. Dumbledore!"

You're still following my line of thinking? I saw in the Potions Encyclopedia that there's a potion in the wizarding world called Truth Potion, and it's been ten years! Sirius Black has been imprisoned in Azkaban for almost ten years and he hasn't died. Haven't you ever asked him about it?

If he doesn't talk, then give him vomiting potion and use those methods on him!

"I don't think you care at all about the truth behind my Aunt Lily and Uncle James's murder! All these years, you haven't just been thinking about plotting and scheming to get Harry to kill Voldemort, have you?"

Dali was truly speechless.

In his past life, when he read books and watched movies from God's perspective, he didn't think too much about the details of these stories. Now that he has entered this real world and taken on the role of someone involved, he really can't accept Dumbledore's inaction and reckless actions!