"Chichi! (The taste of ice cream!)" Valen looked up at Felix, his two little hands grasping his clothes.

Felix laughed. "You have a really good nose." He said, stroking his head with one hand. In his expectant eyes, the ring on his hand flashed, and an ice cream suddenly appeared.

"Wow, chichi!"

"I have more," Felix said, "I bought it on the way back." He waved his hand again, and two more ice creams floated in the air.

He handed one to Hermione. "Oh, thank you." Hermione said.

They walked towards the Ancient Runes Office, and Hermione nibbled the crushed nuts on the ice cream - this taste was different from the one served at the Hogwarts table.

"How is the preparation for the third project going?" Felix asked, biting the chocolate covering the ice cream with a "crunch, crunch" sound.

"It went well - we practiced with Cedric, Collins and Roger, although Harry seemed a little - uh, but anyway, the progress was very fast. I couldn't believe Collins hadn't mastered Apparition yet. You know, she's already in seventh grade!"

Hermione chirped, "We all bet on who would master Apparition first between the two of them - Ron and Collins. Professor, we told them the secret of the Room of Requirement." She glanced at Felix cautiously.

"It doesn't matter." Felix said, "In fact, there are many people who know about it over the years, but few people can dig out its true secrets."

Hermione looked relieved. "And the ghost book you gave Harry, which was the prize Harry won in the duel competition... Harry also took it out, but after more than a year, the magic on it has become a little slow." She didn't say that Professor Happ's face in the book became blurred. She tried to repair it, but the effect was minimal.

Felix listened with a smile and opened the door of the office.

"Mr. Whymper from the Experimental Spells Committee came to school the other day. He came to review the magic runes we discovered. Everyone was curious about the horns on his head, but he said the situation has improved a lot... Harry, Ron, uh," she pursed her lips, "and Malfoy, the Light and Fire Charm they discovered seems to have a restraining effect on dark creatures. Mr. Whymper plans to try them one by one. If the effect is good enough, he will apply for a reward from the Ministry of Magic, and may also invite Harry and the others to join the Anti-Dark Magic League."

"I didn't expect this to happen." Felix was a little surprised.

"And... uh," Hermione hesitated. "What's wrong?" Felix asked, and Hermione's answer surprised him. "Harry had a nightmare again."

"Is it related to Voldemort?"

"Should, should be..." Hermione stammered, "Harry is not sure. He was sleeping and vaguely dreamed that Crouch Jr. was conspiring with Voldemort. Harry once again entered Voldemort's perspective. He said he saw Crouch Jr. kneeling at his feet... After that, Harry woke up and his brain blockade worked."

In fact, Harry was quite regretful about this. His brain blockade seemed to have a counter-effect in this matter, preventing him from obtaining more useful information.

Felix's face became serious. He realized something, "Does Dumbledore know about this?"

"Yes," Hermione nodded hurriedly, "The scar on Harry's forehead was burning with pain, Ron took him to the school hospital, and Headmaster Dumbledore showed up not long after."

Felix nodded. He vaguely guessed why Dumbledore chose to suddenly reveal the truth at the Wizengamot meeting, and even went so far as to confront Fudge openly, because Voldemort's resurrection was approaching, and the wizarding world still knew nothing about it...

Lucius Malfoy didn't find anything unusual either. This was normal. The Horcrux was obviously more closely connected to Voldemort than the magic mark. Harry could detect Voldemort's violent emotional fluctuations, but it didn't mean that the Death Eaters could do the same thing with the Dark Mark.

What Felix hoped was that after Voldemort was resurrected, he would know about it as soon as possible, and know the subsequent action plans of the Death Eaters.

When he came back to his senses, he saw Hermione staring at him and said hesitantly, "Professor, if Voldemort is really resurrected, is there anyone who can compete with him besides Dumbledore?"

Felix laughed, "Are you asking me if I am his opponent?" Her question seemed to be the same as when he asked Dumbledore.

Hermione's thoughts were touched and she looked at him with an embarrassed expression.

"Well, it's hard to say. I haven't really fought Voldemort," Felix shrugged and said uncertainly, "It should be a little bit worse." He judged based on Dumbledore's strength. Dumbledore had obviously experienced the transformation process towards the direction of "magical creature" mentioned by Ms. Ravenclaw, but his state may have declined slightly due to age or other reasons. Voldemort

can fight against Dumbledore in this state, but he is just slightly inferior. This almost shows that they are on the same level and the gap is not very obvious.

And he...

Hermione looked at Professor Hepp strangely, staring at his arm and lost in thought, a little confused. But at least she heard the professor's answer, and she felt a little disappointed. The professor was so powerful, but he was still no match for Voldemort.

After she left the Ancient Runes Office, she returned to the common room, where Harry and Ron were using the last bit of time to finish their homework. Hermione sat down with a heavy heart, and said to the two carefully, "I asked the professor."

This incoherent sentence made Harry look up suddenly, and he knocked over a bottle of ink in a panic. "Hey - it's okay, don't worry about it." He pulled out his wand and pointed at the fragments on the ground, "restore it to its original state." The fragments immediately pieced together.

Then he and Ron looked at Hermione intently, "What did the professor say?"

Hermione repeated Felix's words to them, and Harry looked shocked.

"Actually, it's normal to think about it," Ron said, "Professor Happ is only, only - um - in his twenties."

"Twenty-four years old." Hermione said immediately.

"Yes, that's right," Ron said, pretending to have known it for a long time. "He's still so young. I mean - he's a genius, but geniuses also need time to grow, right? To be honest, apart from Dumbledore, I can't think of a stronger wizard than him. Ever since the Quidditch World Cup, Dad has said that he might take over from Dumbledore."

"You mean Professor Hep will become the headmaster of Hogwarts?" Harry asked in surprise. He had never thought about this question, but when he thought about it carefully, the possibility was very high. He stared, imagining the scene - decades later, Professor Hep with silver hair and beard (somewhat similar to Dumbledore, except that his nose is intact) welcomes new students in the hall. He is very curious, what welcome speech will the professor say?

"No," Ron interrupted his association, "Dad said that he might become the strongest wizard after Dumbledore."

Harry suddenly felt relieved. With Dumbledore - and Professor Happ, even if Voldemort was resurrected, he wouldn't be able to cause any trouble, right? However, Dumbledore's repeated confirmation of his dream in the school hospital last night still cast a psychological shadow on him.

Hermione sat on the cushion with her knees hugged, and was silent for almost ten minutes.

"You say," she said slowly in a very soft voice, "V-Voldemort... is it possible that he has been resurrected?"

...

"I have doubted it, Felix." Dumbledore was wearing pajamas, with his long silver beard tied together, "I don't rule out this possibility."

"Is he really that anxious?" Felix frowned, "Does he not need Harry anymore?"

"Maybe we all guessed wrong before, Harry is not the key to his resurrection." Dumbledore said softly. "Or it's not necessary - just like you guessed before, Voldemort may know that there is a piece of his soul in Harry's body, and he plans to take back this soul fragment at the same time as resurrection, and Crouch Jr. came for this... But obviously, he failed."

"Other possibilities are not ruled out." Felix said.

"That's right," Dumbledore nodded slightly, and he sighed: "I know some extremely evil black magic, to be precise, it should be classified as a curse, they all require the blood of the enemy. I once speculated that Voldemort's target was the blood flowing in Harry's body. Lily's protective magic may have a different attraction to him. But-" "

But we interrupted his plan." Felix added. His mind worked quickly, trying to deduce Voldemort's thoughts from his perspective: "Crouch Jr. and Voldemort's lucky escape must be fresh in his memory. Voldemort thought that he was hiding in the dark and no one would know about it. He naturally had the patience to wait and arrange the resurrection plan calmly... But his sense of security was broken that night - once he thought that there was little hope of getting Harry, in order to avoid losing Crouch Jr., his only helper, he would probably start resurrection immediately!"

"Before resurrection, there may only be Harry in his eyes, but after resurrection - if this is true - his sight will cover the entire wizarding world." Felix paced in Dumbledore's circular office, his thoughts becoming clearer and clearer, "Not summoning servants, not contacting allies, Albus, he is preparing to launch a fatal attack!" "This is also

what I am most worried about." Dumbledore stared at Felix with a stern expression, the wrinkles on his face were very deep under the light, and he looked old and tired.

...

"This is impossible!" Ron shouted in surprise.

"Why is it impossible?" Hermione asked him sharply.

"He lacks the conditions to be resurrected!" Ron blurted out, looking at Harry and Hermione anxiously, "You know, he let Crouch Jr. enter the school. Crouch Jr. has done almost the only thing during this period, which is to put our names into the Goblet of Fire. But we all know who his real target is. It's Harry, right?"

Harry felt his stomach churning. He strongly disliked the question raised by Hermione, but he had no evidence to refute it. Even deep in his heart, he vaguely agreed with this point of view: Yes, Voldemort has an excellent helper. It has been almost four months since Crouch Jr. escaped on Christmas Eve. He couldn't have done nothing...

But Ron's idea is not unreasonable, Harry thought. Voldemort must have a more important purpose for letting Crouch Jr. sneak into the school. Although he was reluctant to admit it, Harry thought that their target was himself. He originally thought that Voldemort wanted to torture himself, but he shouldn't be so stupid. It's not

too late to do this after resurrection, right? Harry didn't think that torturing himself was more important to Voldemort than resurrection. Unless his mind was confused and he went crazy in the process of repeatedly cutting souls and making Horcruxes.

"Dumbledore will arrange everything," Ron said uneasily, looking at the silent Harry and Hermione. "We'd better think about the third task. I've almost learned how to Apparate. I succeeded several times in the Room of Requirement today. Collins is almost mad, her eyebrows keep falling..."