Chapter 267: The cause of everything (Edited)

"Cough, since this is the case, let's leave it at that today."

Dumbledore, who had a good plan in mind, was poured with cold water by Fish, but did not force Fish to continue talking to Voldemort.

It was best to keep up with Fish's earlier pace, too much haste could easily be seen by Riddle, a very cautious Voldemort at this point....

The first time Dumbledore met Riddle, he showed him his dissatisfaction with his misuse of his magical powers, and Voldemort remained hidden in the school for seven years, gathering strength after graduation, and only revealing himself when he had enough power.

As for Voldemort's later recklessness, aside from the fact that his soul had split many times, resulting in a flawed personality, it was more because he felt he had enough power and no longer needed to hide his true nature.

"So, this diary stays on my side, just come here to talk to it every night in the future."

"Every day nya?"

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How he had given the diary away, Fish didn't expect to get it back, but he would have to come here to write every day...

Even if he could learn how to trick Voldemort, the kitten wasn't that motivated.

"Okay, okay, at least once every three days, okay?"

Dumbledore chuckled as he shook his head helplessly.

Voldemort was the one who should be anxious anyway, Fish could rest if he wanted to. Dumbledore hadn't had high hopes at first, but then Fish had given him something to look forward to.

"No problem nya!"

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The frequency was acceptable to Fish, and he agreed without hesitation.

"Would you like to go to the kitchen for a snack nya?" invited the cat, rubbing his stomach.

"No," Dumbledore said with a smile and a wave of his hand, "Minerva and I have things to discuss, you're on your own, and..." he added as a reminder. "About the Horcruxes, remember to keep them secret, especially from Harry."

Dumbledore wasn't sure if Fish had heard his own arrangements for Harry before, but he made a point of emphasizing it anyway.

"Because he's got Voldemort's soul in his head too nya? will Harry be alright?"

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A look of concern crossed Fish's face.

Apparently, although Fish was still angry with Professor McGonagall at the moment, the cat's sensitive ear had automatically picked up her conversation with Dumbledore.

"Yes," sighed Dumbledore, "At least there's nothing unusual about him at the moment, and we'll sort something out later."

"Well..."

Fish scratched his head, knowing he couldn't be of much help, so he quickly put the matter behind him.

"By the way, Minerva, can I go visit Uroboros now nya?"

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Fish turned to Professor McGonagall, who had forbidden her to play with the basilisk because she was worried that Fish would meet Voldemort in the Chamber of Secrets.

"Of course."

Professor McGonagall hesitated for a moment, but agreed to Fish's request, since Voldemort had been captured, there was no need to worry about anything happening to Fish, and the basilisk obviously wouldn't harm Fish without Voldemort's orders, and besides....

According to Fish himself, the basilisk didn't seem capable of defeating him... and there was no telling how the kitten had managed it.

Professor McGonagall was well aware that there was something else the kitten was keeping from her.

For a moment, her eyes sharpened as she looked at Fish.

"Nya?!"

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Sensing danger, Fish didn't know what Professor McGonagall was up to, so he covered his bottom and ran off.

"Fish is going to go snack nya!"

As Fish left, Professor McGonagall turned her attention back to Dumbledore and asked suspiciously, "Is there anything else we need to talk about without Fish, Albus?"

Voldemort was already in the jar, and if it wasn't for Dumbledore's plan to take care of the Horcrux, and even the fact that Harry was half Horcrux, which Fish already knew, what was there that the kitten couldn't know?

It was an intrusion on mother and son's dinner!

Professor McGonagall, who had just beaten the crap out of Fish, wanted to take the opportunity to comfort the boy.

Already upset that Dumbledore had lied for Fish, Professor McGonagall wasn't going to be very nice to him.

So she folded her arms in front of her chest and glared impatiently at Dumbledore, looking like an angry lion, her front feet stomping on the ground with a slight "tap."

"Ahem..."

Dumbledore felt a little uncomfortable with Professor McGonagall's stare, and coughed, looking down to avoid her gaze before stating his reason for leaving her behind.

"What I want to talk about, has to do with the person who sent the diary to Hogwarts..."

Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall the results of his recent investigation.

Knowing that the first person confused was Ginny, Dumbledore had begun to investigate, and soon learned of the conflict between Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy, before the school year began.

Of course, that alone proved nothing, but what if there was a house elf named Dobby in the Malfoy household?

While most wizards rarely care what someone's house elf is called, Dumbledore was, unfortunately, one of the exceptions.

And since Lucius didn't hide it, but instead brought his house elf along from time to time, it wasn't hard to figure out Dobby's name.

"You mean the diary was deliberately passed to Ginny by Lucius Malfoy?" The mane around Professor McGonagall's head bristled and her eyes filled with anger, "Have you gone mad? To slip something so dangerous to a child! His own son is still in school!"

"I'm afraid Lucius didn't know the diary was a Horcrux," Dumbledore explained, "I don't think Voldemort told him the truth, he probably thought it was one of his master's items of dark magic and perhaps he knew he could open the Chamber of Secrets..."

Dumbledore shook his head, unsure, and said, "Of course, the main reason, was because he thought Voldemort was dead, and with the Ministry of Magic in an uproar over the black magic items before school started, Lucius simply went along with it, to get rid of a nuisance and set Arthur up at the same time."

Although it was unclear what exactly Lucius Malfoy was thinking of, Dumbledore had a good guess.

"He could even use it to get me out of Hogwarts if he could...after all, that's how Mr. Armando left back then."

Headmaster Dippet, who was on the wall, couldn't help but roll his eyes and continued to hang his head and pretend to sleep.

Now Professor McGonagall knew why Dumbledore had kept it from Fish.

Draco Malfoy had a good relationship with Fish, and if Fish knew that his best friend's father was behind all this, he would be upset, and possibly tricked by the Voldemort in the diary to get the negative emotions out.

While there was nothing wrong with Fish falling for Voldemort's trickery under Dumbledore's watch, it was a minor security risk, and Professor McGonagall didn't want anything to happen to her cat.

Recognizing Dumbledore's reasons for doing so, Professor McGonagall stopped glaring at Dumbledore resentfully, nodded, said a light-hearted goodnight, and left the Headmaster's office.

"Phew..."

Dumbledore wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a huge sigh of relief.....

Professor McGonagall was scary when she was angry, and being Headmaster was really exhausting....

Once I'm done with Voldemort, I should retire.