The more he thought about it, the more frightened and sad he became. Finally, Harry couldn't bear it anymore.

The discussion among the little wizards around him after reading the contents of the newspaper was like needlepoints piercing his eardrums. So, he pushed away the dishes in front of him, ignored Ronald's shouts behind him, and rushed towards the castle entrance.

The door burst open with his forceful swing, and he ran wildly along the paved covered bridge, as if he wanted to leave all the pain behind. It wasn't until the castle became blurry in his sight that he bent down out of breath, put his hands on his knees, and barely stopped.

He lowered his head and found that the newspaper was still tightly held in his hand and had been crumpled. Harry crumpled the newspaper into a ball and threw it with all his strength into the black lake in front of him.

As the newspaper drew an arc in the air, he roared loudly, as if venting his anger and sadness to the whole world.

However, the next moment, the giant squid in the black lake suddenly surfaced, throwing off countless water droplets and splashing on Harry's body, hair, and face.

Harry felt that he was so unlucky that even a giant squid came to attack him when he threw rubbish carelessly - it didn't seem that serious.

He slumped on the ground helplessly, his face wet, and he couldn't tell whether it was the lake water or his own tears.

Just when Harry felt that the whole world seemed to be cast into a shadow, a song sung in a language he had never heard before, with a strange and beautiful melody, floated into Harry's ears.

He came back to his senses, looked up, and found Hermione, Zhang Qiu, and Luna busy at the lakeside not far away. They waved their wands and directed large baskets of seafood to fly over the Black Lake. , and then dump the seafood into the lake.

Harry suddenly realized that it was not him who littered that ended up like this, but they were the real reason why the giant squid surfaced.

At the same time, Harry also saw a beautiful female centaur on the green lawn by the lake in 790. She had rainbow-colored hair and tail hair, and her lower body was a cyan horse body, elegant and mysterious.

I saw the horseman half-kneeling on the grass, singing happily, and his voice was as sweet as the sound of nature. Beside her, Slytherins Gabriel Delacour and Astoria Greengrass sat close together, shaking their heads and harmonizing to the centaurs' songs, their faces filled with joy. smile.

Harry looked at this scene from a distance and listened to the beautiful singing, and the annoyance in his heart was unknowingly dispelled.

Harry still remembered this female centaur. During last year's Triwizard Tournament, it was this female centaur who single-handedly controlled the entire Forbidden Forest. The vegetation and animals in the Forbidden Forest worked together to drive away all the construction teams of the tournament. The situation was very tense at that time. Finally, Professor Levin personally came forward to make peace, which made her calm down a little.

If it hadn't been for this time, Harry wouldn't have known that Professor Levin had such a deep friendship with centaurs.

Speaking of Levin, Harry realized that these girls were out having a picnic with Levin.

He turned around and saw a blue and white checkered tablecloth spread on the grass by the lake, with a pot of fragrant milk tea, various fresh fruits and exquisite refreshments placed on it. Levin Green put his hands behind his head, lying leisurely on the grass, listening to music, enjoying food, and enjoying the quiet afternoon.

In fact, Levin and the girls were already keenly aware of Harry's abnormality even before he approached him in a daze. They exchanged glances with each other, their hearts filled with suspicion and concern.

Levin was lying on the grass with his hands behind his head, enjoying the afternoon sun (bbaj).

But when he saw Harry's confused and painful eyes, he still put down his leisurely posture, stood up, gently patted the grass blades on his body, then opened his legs and walked towards Harry.

"You look very distressed, Harry." Levin stretched out his hand and waved it in the air, and a soft force instantly swept away the water stains and fatigue on Harry's body.

Harry felt a wave of warmth rush through his heart, but the conflicting experiences between the two parties before made him feel a little at a loss now. He could only stammer out his thanks, "Thank you, Levin...Professor Green."

"It's okay, Harry. We are friends and we should help each other." Levin smiled and shook his head, "But why don't you just call me by my name? Or do you no longer regard me as a friend?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, then shook his head quickly, "No, Levin, I have always regarded you as a friend.

It was clear that a few seconds ago, he had a grudge against Levin, but when he actually stood in front of him, this emotion was immediately swept away.

He really wanted to confide his doubts and pain to the friend in front of him, and Levin and Hermione not far away were the best targets.

But for a moment, he didn't know where to start. He stood there in silence for a long time, trying to gather his words.

Hermione stared at Harry from a distance. He looked a little embarrassed, with a confused expression on his face.

This scene reminded Hermione of a scene last semester, when Harry was also by the lake and tried to confide a dream to Levin.

She secretly glanced at Luna beside her. Thinking of what the other party said last time, she felt an impulse in her heart and decided to take action first.

"I'll bring Gabriel and Greengrass over." Hermione said, turning to leave.

In her opinion, Harry's hesitating behavior seemed to have some secret that he didn't want girls like them to know.

However, Luna held Hermione's hand with her backhand and laughed softly: "Harry just wants to talk to a friend. You go over and listen. I will continue to feed you squid here."

"Huh? Oh..."

Hermione was stunned for a moment and looked at Luna with some confusion.

Luna's smile made her realize that she might have misunderstood Harry's intentions.

She nodded and walked towards Harry and the others mechanically, but she couldn't help but think in her heart: She was showing cowardice in front of Luna again.

Harry didn't notice their little movements. His mind was already immersed in the things that were troubling him. Voldemort, Fudge, Umbridge...and D.A., Levin, dark magic, and the memories about Snape and his father. The secrets of Dumbledore and dark magic made him even more confused.

Thousands of thoughts were surging in Harry's heart, and his thoughts were in a mess, as if they had turned into an invisible giant beast that was constantly gnawing at his soul. These complicated thoughts made him feel even heavier.

Seeing this, Levin gently waved to Harry to sit on the soft blanket. He already understood the other person's troubles without Harry opening his mouth.

"Harry, I thought you were already very familiar with Rita Skeeter and her journalistic style." Levin said with a smile.

A delicate teacup gently flew into Harry's hand, and then the teapot slowly rose up, filling him with a cup of warm milk tea. At the same time, Hermione also sat down beside him.

Levin smiled slightly and poured Hermione a cup of milk tea.

Harry smiled self-deprecatingly, "It seems that Snape is right, anyone can enter and exit my brain freely. But I just can't learn [Occlumency], and I can't even see any progress."

However, he quickly realized the subtext in Levin's words, and asked with a hint of uncertain joy: "Wait, Levin, are you saying that Rita Skeeter's accusations against Dumbledore are all false?"

Levin looked at the change in Harry's expression and couldn't help but shook his head, "Harry, you should learn to think with your own head. It's not that every time someone tells you something, you either turn a deaf ear or accept it completely. This is wrong. .You should learn to distinguish the truth from the lies. 17

He went on to explain: "In Rita's style, the news she writes about is not completely fabricated. Most of the material is true, but she uses the facts to subtly lead you to the worst suspicion. This is That’s what’s great about her, and what you need to be wary of.”

Seeing the doubts and confusion on Harry's face, Levin couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Harry's fragile little mind is indeed easy to fall into mental confusion of one kind or another. If he hadn't been the key to his own cannibalization of the Order of the Phoenix, Levin wouldn't have been so patient with him.

But since he decided to use Harry to gradually control the Order of the Phoenix, he still had to help, so he decided to start with the topic of Dumbledore to help Harry sort out his thoughts.

"Harry, I know you are confused now. Ever since you entered Hogwarts, Dumbledore and other professors have been instilling in you the idea of ​​resisting the dark arts. You naturally think that, as your biggest guide, Dumbledore himself should also He is a staunch opponent of black magic." Levin said slowly.

Harry nodded, his heart indeed filled with contradictions and doubts about Dumbledore.

What he couldn't accept the most was that Dumbledore, who had always advocated love and justice, actually tried to join forces with the Dark Lord to rule the world. Moreover, Dumbledore also imprisoned his Squib sister with his mother, and may even have been involved in her death.

These facts created a huge contrast in Harry's image of Dumbledore. After losing his previous filter for Dumbledore, Harry fell into deep confusion.

"But now, you suddenly discover some of Dumbledore's past, which is very different from the image in your mind. You feel disappointed, angry, and even confused. These are all normal reactions." Levin continued.

And as other incidents were gradually revealed, Harry couldn't help but think of Levin's previous criticisms of Dumbledore.

As early as the beginning, he felt that Levin's words actually sounded reasonable. However, out of his deep feelings for Dumbledore, he chose to stand on the opposite side of Levin and regarded those criticisms as nonsense.

But now, when the image of Dumbledore cracked in Harry's heart, he began to feel confused and doubtful. Memories that were once believed in were now in irreconcilable conflict with newly revealed facts.

Harry felt as if he had lost his filter on Dumbledore, and reality and fiction were intertwined, making it impossible for him to distinguish.

He didn't know which one was the real Dumbledore, let alone who he should trust between Levin and Dumbledore.

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Sorry, I need to go out frequently during the Chinese New Year, so the update is a bit unstable.

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