Headmaster Dumbledore's threatening words still rang in his ears. He had done far more than tell Professor Snape everything.
He had practically assigned him the most arduous, most brutal task imaginable!
"Enough nonsense. Teach me the Soul Extraction Spell, and give me the Resurrection Stone! Name your price!"
Professor Snape offered no explanation. Instead, he spoke to Li Wei with a face full of cold sarcasm.
"I can teach you the Soul Extraction Spell, but not the Resurrection Stone! It is far too important. I would not feel at ease placing it in anyone's hands!"
Li Wei did not pay much attention to Professor Snape's attitude. Old Bat had always been like this. If he bothered arguing with him over every little thing, would he ever earn any House points?
Professor Snape immediately frowned at those words.
Although he had accepted Dumbledore's entire plan, that did not mean he would not make efforts of his own.
Learning the Soul Extraction Spell from Li Wei was another direction he and Dumbledore had been pursuing. If they could extract Voldemort's fragment of soul from Harry Potter's body and destroy it—
Then destroy every Horcrux as well—
What would they need a destined final battle or a prophecy for? Voldemort would be dead, and Harry Potter would be completely safe!
Although doing so clearly went against the prophecy and was nearly impossible to achieve, it was just like Headmaster Dumbledore's choice. If something could not be achieved, did that mean they should not try? Did it mean they should sit around and wait to die?
It was not only Headmaster Dumbledore who was unwilling to accept that. Professor Snape was unwilling as well!
Then there was the Resurrection Stone. As one of the Three Deathly Hallows, it did not quite live up to