See!!

[Ding...]

Aberforth choked up.

"Darren Potter, you're still too foolish...

Do you really think the pain Albus showed was not all meant to trick you into falling for it, into working yourselves to death for him?"

Hermione cried out in shock, "That's impossible! Headmaster Dumbledore loves Darren and Harry!"

"Love? How could he possibly have love? Don't let him deceive you!"

Aberforth said angrily.

At that moment, Darren laughed.

"Sorry, but we believe in him!"

"That's foolishness. Do you think trusting him will let you survive?"

"But some people, some things, are ultimately more important than life itself, aren't they?"

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding...]

"For the greater good?"

Aberforth looked at him mockingly.

Darren nodded firmly.

He stood up.

"Since you're unwilling to help us, then I'll have to try my own way... force our way in!"

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding...]

Aberforth glared fiercely at him.

"Idiot!"

He cursed him for being so hopeless.

But then he grabbed Darren's arm.

As though afraid Darren would really foolishly charge in.

"You changed your mind?"

Darren laughed. Aberforth snorted.

He walked toward Ariana.

His blue eyes looked solemnly at Ariana.

"Go!"

Ariana nodded.

Then she winked at Darren, turned around, and walked deeper into the portrait.

A passageway had formed there.

Aberforth looked coldly at Darren and said, "Don't go dying so casually. When that happens, your body will become Ariana's body!"

"If it can kill that man, what does it matter if I give up my body?"

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]