Predestined
Headmaster Dumbledore heard Li Wei's words clearly, but for once, he did not refute him, nor did he offer any explanation.
The power of prophecy was too wondrous; whether one believed it or not, it could easily become a driving force for the prophecy's fulfillment.
Just as Li Wei had said, it seemed that with the Resurrection Stone and by questioning the dead, they could locate the remaining two Horcruxes.
As long as they found and destroyed the locket and the cup, Voldemort would lose his immortality, and they could easily deal with him!
It sounded easy enough, with no need to consider any prophecy at all!
Yet Headmaster Dumbledore knew that the Dark Lord, who was once at the height of his power and had swept through the entire Wizarding World, had thought the exact same way.
Before the Killing Curse Voldemort cast rebounded upon him, he too had likely felt that killing a newly born infant was hardly a difficult task?!
With his own terrifying strength as the Dark Lord and Wormtail Peter's betrayal, finding Harry Potter and casting a single spell would solve the problem and bring the prophecy to an end!
Yet things were precisely so full of drama; Voldemort had first believed the prophecy, then chosen to defy it, and in the end, he had simply become the single greatest driving force in bringing about its fulfillment!
The current Li Wei was just like that, feeling that he and he alone could find all the Horcruxes, deal with Voldemort's immortality, and completely eradicate him.
However, how was this any different from the supremely confident Voldemort of days past?
Headmaster Dumbledore did not want to speak anymore, nor did he even intend to continue taking Li Wei with him to find and destroy Horcruxes, all