Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 421 Give Up
John's words made Kingsley, Moody and Lupin all look excited.
Of course they could hear that although John seemed to be giving Voldemort a choice, in fact it was just a disguised way of asking Severus Snape to come over, or letting Voldemort give up on his own!
There is no other way for Voldemort to choose between Barty Crouch Jr., a pure-blood and absolutely loyal man, and Snape, a half-blood whose loyalty is definitely not as high as Barty Jr.
In addition, they can now see that Barty Crouch Jr. has obviously developed some unnatural suspicions and attitudes towards the current Voldemort. Letting Voldemort be taken away is like bringing back a time bomb that may or may not explode.
In addition, these former students of the castle also confirmed that as John said, they almost covered all the pure-blood and half-blood new generations produced in the UK in the next seven years. If they were all taken away, it would be hard to say what opinions their families would have on Voldemort now. It was indeed Dumbledore's side who fundamentally destroyed the families, but would there really be no one who would transfer this resentment to Voldemort?
Only Sirius was a little dissatisfied with John's suggestion. He hated everyone on Voldemort's side and didn't want to let any Death Eater go, especially the sinful Barty Crouch Jr. But he also knew that his idea was impossible to achieve, and John's suggestion was the best solution.
And now they are considering whether Voldemort can accept this condition.
Jon felt that Voldemort No. 1 would accept it.
Because his vision is not as long-term as No. 2's. Just like in the original book, when he burned, killed, looted and implemented a reign of terror in Britain, he only focuses on the immediate interests and never thinks about the future.
And he must know that Snape was not that loyal to him. After learning that John and the others only wanted to take Snape away, he might even thank them for helping him clear out the internal discordant voices.
As for these students, it’s even less of a big deal.
People all over the world believe in Dumbledore's character. This is also true in Britain. It's like Lucius believes that Dumbledore is even better than Voldemort. If you look at it from Voldemort's perspective, Dumbledore's taking his students away might be a disguised way of helping him raise his children. With his arrogance and arrogance, he firmly believes that he can do what Voldemort No. 2 failed to do, and finally defeat Dumbledore. He has no rivals in all of Europe.
Then, Dumbledore made the request that John had made to Voldemort.
"These students, professors and the Aurors you left in this school. The conditions you brought can only exchange for adult wizards. We want to keep all the students."
The scene was very quiet. Everyone knew that the only two people who could put forward conditions and demands at the negotiation table were Dumbledore and Voldemort.
After hearing the condition proposed by Dumbledore, as John expected, Voldemort did not hesitate at all.
"Students can let you take it."
Behind him, there was some commotion among some masked Death Eaters; they apparently had children among the group of surrounded students.
As for those former students of the castle who had been gathered together, some of them burst into tears on the spot after hearing Dumbledore's conditions and Voldemort's promise!
The main reason is that Voldemort No. 2 had once smeared Dumbledore's side in the castle without leaving any room for leniency, almost describing the people in the Order of the Phoenix as demons crawling out of hell.
Therefore, after hearing about the future they would face, everyone's face showed fear and anxiety, and some even cried and begged to their principal.
But Voldemort was not moved at all. However, he was not stupid enough to completely abandon the hearts of these students. He stared at Dumbledore and said coldly.
"Since you took them away, you must ensure that they live well in your place. In the future, if I find that one of , I will take ten of your people's lives in exchange!"
In Voldemort's current thinking, even if he gave up on these students in front of them, he would not lose their loyalty afterwards.
This was not only due to his confidence in his own prestige and strength, but mainly because he believed that these pure-blood and half-blood students would definitely suffer after being taken away by Dumbledore and others.
Even if Dumbledore himself did not want to do this, the other Muggle wizards would force him to do so . The Muggles had been oppressed too badly over the years, and there would inevitably be a retaliatory backlash. When he rescued them from France in the end, people's hearts would definitely be on Dumbledore's side rather than Dumbledore's.
Dumbledore didn't care at all about Voldemort's threat, which was completely a pretense. He then slowly stated the second condition.
"You should know how much harm your men have done to us, Riddle. Now the two most guilty among them are in our hands. I can't explain to the others if I let them all go. So the other Death Eaters are easy to deal with, but you can only choose one of Barty Crouch and Severus Snape to take away."
His words undoubtedly made the scene even quieter, and even those students who were still crying and sobbing were stunned.
All eyes turned to the two people who were now standing together in the group - Barty Jr. and Snape.
The reporters from newspapers in the distance were also shocked and turned their cameras to focus on the two wizards whose names were mentioned. They wanted to press the shutter, but were concerned about Voldemort's presence and did not dare to let the shutter sound or flash exposure disturb the silence at the moment.
However, the two parties reacted differently after hearing Dumbledore's words.
Snape's face was still like a dead zombie, cold, pale and stiff, without the slightest change. He didn't even have the intention of changing his gaze. Even when everyone looked at them, he still stared straight ahead with those empty eyes, and there was no emotion in those eyes.
In contrast to him, after hearing Dumbledore's request, Barty Jr. turned his gaze to Voldemort.
In the eyes of others, he seemed to be begging for mercy from his master at the first moment , but when someone really looked into Little Batty's eyes, they would find that there was no trace of pleading in his eyes.
