A-Meeting-Long-Awaited (I) [Chapter 154]

|You know, you could have simply used Legilimency on her instead of playing nice with her| Lily huffed irritably. She was not happy with the fact that her son was flirting with some random blonde shank who was barely starting to bud when he already had her.

|Where is the fun in that?| Harry asked in an amused tone. |It was clear that she was lying to me, but at this moment, she holds no importance to me| Harry explained as he flew down to the 6th floor of Hogwarts following the grand staircase after he finished searching the 7th floor for Argus Filch.

|Then why did you even bother to meet her?| Lily asked with a frown.

|I simply wanted to plant an idea in her mind. I am certain that she isn’t training to become an Auror, a Hit-Witch, or a Duelist… It felt like she was preparing for a War. Makes me wonder what she really knows…| Harry finished thoughtfully. |I have a feeling that I am going to meet her again pretty soon| Harry added with a hint of certainty in his voice.

|What if she is on the side of the Death Eaters?| Lily asked curiously.

|Then she will die all the same, just like the others| Harry answered coldly.

|Are you sure that you will be able to kill her?| Lily asked with a growl, making him wonder why his mom was getting so worked up due to a simple side project. Daphne was a simple side project to him for the time being. Yeah, he did find her certainly interesting but at the end of the day, she was of no consequence… Though her classification might change if she turned out to be more useful to him in the future.

|Of course, why wouldn’t I be able to kill her?| He asked cautiously.

|Weren’t you flirting with her just a few minutes ago?| Lily asked in an annoyed tone, making Harry completely speechless. After a few moments of complete silence, Harry burst out laughing. Did she really think that he was flirting with Daphne… Well, that explained the change in her attitude all of a sudden. After his meeting with Hela, his mom had been somewhat insecure about their relationship, so he could understand where she was coming but it was still hilarious.

Lily felt a vein start throbbing on her forehead when he started to laugh, and her temper continued to rise as he continued to laugh, but thankfully, he stopped before she could snap. |Mom, I wasn’t flirting with her… I was simply presenting a charismatic front to her to make her drop her guard| Harry explained, making Lily frown at his words. |Don’t worry, Mom, as I have said previously, there is only one woman in my heart| Harry added and Lily felt a heart-tipped arrow pierce her heart.

|You clearly know what to say to your mother to make her feel loved| Lily huffed with a mock outraged look on her face. |Fine, I will drop the matter| Lily added generously. |By the way, a fair warning, she is a Pureblood, so there is a good chance that she might be on the side of the Death Eaters| Lily explained in a grave tone, only for Harry to shake his feathery head in denial after thinking for a bit.

|It is not that simple, Mom… I know quite a bit about the Greengrass Family. They are pure businessmen, nothing more. During the last war, they went to huge lengths to remain neutral in the war… So, I believe they will try to remain neutral during the upcoming war too| Harry explained casually. |Though Voldemort wouldn’t allow them to remain neutral this time. I believe after returning, he won’t be revealing himself to the world| Harry mused thoughtfully.

|I believe, he will lay low for a year or so while recruiting and consolidating his power| Harry finished as he finally finished searching the 6th floor and flew down to the 5th floor.

For the next couple of minutes, Lily didn’t say anything as she continued to ponder what Harry said until his plan finally clicked inside her mind… |You want to turn her into a spy| Lily gasped as she finally came to the realization, but at the same time, she felt annoyed at her Hadrian. Why couldn’t he just say that he wanted to turn her into a spy, instead of speaking in circles… Not everyone was as intelligent as him.

|Bingo!!| Harry exclaimed cheerfully. His mom finally understood why Daphne Greengrass was an entertaining side project for him. If she decides to spy on Voldemort and his merry band of followers for him, then he will have someone in the enemy’s camp, and if she joins the Death Eaters, then he will simply kill her. It won’t be a huge loss.

Either way, he will win the upcoming war…

|Oh, look! Who do we have here…| Harry grinned gleefully as he noticed a dust-colored scrawny cat in the hall. The cat possessed bulging yellow, lamp-like eyes.

|That’s Mrs. Norries. Filch won’t be far from her| Lily hurriedly explained. The blasted cat had a special kind of connection with the resident squib and her owner was never far from her as throughout the years, many students had tried to deal with the cat in a permanent fashion. Talk about working in a hostile environment.

Harry quickly shifted back into his human form before softly landing on the ground and Harry had to admit that the cat was extremely perceptive for his liking as the cat’s eyes zeroed on him even though he was Disillusioned, Silent, and Scentless… So, to avoid any sort of complications, he decided to deal with the cat before he could start looking for the imposter Filch. He wondered how the imposter was able to fool such a perceptive cat.

Well, Harry could get his answer from the imposter Filch… So, with a flick of his hand, he cast a Stunning Charm and knocked out the cat before she could make a noise or make a run for it… The cat slumped down on the floor and decided to stun it again, just in case. When the cat didn’t make another move, he nodded his head in satisfaction and decided to start looking for imposter Filch.

It didn’t take him much effort as the man himself came running out of the corner with a furious look on his face…

“Mrs. Norris! Mrs. Norris!” The man came running while exclaiming. “What happened to you!” The man exclaimed in panic as he finally arrived in front of the cat and picked her up in his arms and furiously looked around. “If I find you, then I skin you alive you little bastards! Even Albus won’t be able to stop me!!” Argus screamed in rage as he looked around, trying to look for the student responsible for this.

Instead of already making a move, Harry simply decided to wait and see what he would do… The man continued to look around with a furious look on his face, but he kept caressing the cat in his arms carefully from time to time. Then the man slowly pulled out his Wand from his robes and he used the cat as a cover for his Wand and cast the Homenum Revelio Charm, and Harry knew that the jig was up, so he simply attacked the man with a Stunning Charm.

The imposter Filch swiftly turned toward the direction of the Spell and used the cat in his arms as a meat shield to protect himself against the Spell. Harry clicked his tongue and cast a barrage of Spells and the man deftly danced through the barrage before casting a nasty Curse at Harry. Harry easily batted away the Spell and dropped the Disillusionment Charm.

He could have continued to use the Disillusionment Charm to play with the imposter Filch, but he wanted to wrap this up as quickly as possible. Whoever the imposter was, he immediately recognized Harry and he didn’t miss the look of bewilderment, hatred, confusion, and fear in the man’s eyes… The man looked around with a hint of worry on his face before his gaze focused back on Harry.

“So, where is Dumbledore? Is he hiding around the corner?” The man asked.

“No, you don’t need to worry about him” Harry said and resumed his attacks.

Whoever this man was, he was much better than the man he fought during the Quidditch World Cup and for whatever reason, the man wasn’t casting any lethal Spells. Yes, he was casting really nasty Spells, but Harry wouldn’t die from any of them. It would be an extremely painful experience for him, but he wouldn’t die, which meant that they wanted Harry alive for something.

The man was taken aback when Harry started to push him back… The surprise was clear on his face. He was looking like something incomprehensible was happening in front of his eyes… The look of shock turned into a look of anger as he tossed the feline in his hand toward Harry and cast a Body-exploding Curse at the cat, but Harry quickly flicked his Wand in the air to banish the cat toward the wall,

It was not that Harry cared about the cat, but he knew what the man was attempting to do…

The man wanted to explode the cat in front of him to obscure his vision. The man growled at Harry as the Body-Exploding Curse passed by Harry without hitting anything before it slammed against the wall harmlessly. He pulled out something from his belt and he was about to drop it on the floor when the Body Binding Curse hit it and he slumped down on the floor, completely aware of everything happening around him.

“No. No… I can’t have you do that” Harry grinned and started to open a portal under the man and moments later, the man was gone.

Harry cracked his neck and he was about to start opening a portal for himself but he froze when he saw a bright flash. So, he quickly cast the Disillusionment Charm to hide himself. The flash finally subsided and Harry was surprised to find that it was Albus fucking Dumbledore along with his blasted songbird. Harry wondered if the man was alerted due to the fight… He would admit that the fight was quite intense or was it something else?

The man turned his head until his gaze finally focused on Harry. “There is no use in hiding anymore, Harry, or should I call you Hadrian?” The man asked smugly, surprising Harry for the second time…