Harry's fear

When Harry woke up again, he found himself in the Hospital Wing, with a pale-faced Professor McGonagall beside his bed.

Seeing Professor McGonagall's expression, Harry couldn't help but shudder—he was still quite afraid of Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall didn't lose her temper; she simply said coldly, "Mr. Potter, you're awake? Very well, now you can explain to me why you behaved that way in class."

Harry, however, thought Professor McGonagall Snape looked much scarier than Snape at this moment.

"Professor," Harry said, though not entirely afraid—he was thinking of his impending death—"He insulted my father."

Professor McGonagall shook her head. "That's no reason for you to raise your Wand at a professor in class and threaten to kill him, Mr. Potter."

Therefore, Gryffindor lost fifty points because of this, and you also have to apologize to Professor Snape.

Harry immediately cried out in alarm, "No, Professor, I'd rather die than apologize to him!"

Professor McGonagall was taken aback. She couldn't understand why Harry would act this way. Harry, though a bit mischievous, had never behaved like this before.

"Mr. Potter!" Professor McGonagall's voice rose considerably.

"You don't need to say anymore, Professor McGonagall," Harry shook his head, "No matter what, I will not apologize to him."

Harry was genuinely expressing his emotions at that moment, or to put it another way—he was under immense pressure, and this incident was merely the fuse that ignited a powder keg.

Since learning he was going to die, Harry's stress has been mounting day by day.

At first, he did overcome it all with courage and hatred for Voldemort.

But as time went by, Harry realized that he was not as open-minded as he had imagined.

Death is a heavy burden for anyone, and even Voldemort used Horcrux, a vicious way to prolong his life, in order to escape death.

For Harry, it was even more so—he hadn't even enjoyed a few years of his life before this mountain of burdens weighed on him.

The fear of death approaching him, slowly creeping towards him, was far greater than anything he had ever faced before.

As a result, Harry's recent condition has become seriously problematic— Harry extremely uneasy and anxious.

He even started sneaking into the Restricted Section, hoping to find any Charms that would be effective for his condition.

However, it only lasted a few days before it ended. On the one hand, Harry couldn't understand many of the books. Although Harry recognized each word individually, he didn't know what they meant when put together.

Even when Mr. Strange explained it to him in detail, he still couldn't understand.

On the other hand, Mr. Strange reminded him that if such Charms truly existed, Dumbledore would have learned it long ago.

Harry then abandoned his plan to sneak into the Restricted Section.

However, his pressure did not lessen as a result; the pent-up stress from the past few days finally exploded today.

Snape's words ignited Harry's emotions, causing Harry to immediately lose control and explode.

What does a dying person have to fear?

Moreover, this dying man's parents had passed away long before he could remember, and he himself had recently been dumped by a French beauty he had been flirting with for a long time.

If Harry hadn't wanted to spend a few more moments with his friends, he would have jumped off the Hogwarts tower long ago.

Professor McGonagall frowned upon seeing Harry's condition—it was too strange. She decided to ask Harry's friends what was wrong with the boy.

Professor McGonagall didn't bring up the matter of Harry apologizing again. "Mr. Potter, please rest here. I'll deal with your problem later. Poppy, could you check on Harry's condition?"

Madam Pomfrey came and examined him, saying that he had no health problems at all. She then told him not to eat anything too greasy, to stay there for two days, and to take some medicine.

Harry nodded, but didn't say anything.

About fifteen minutes later, the door to the ward was pushed open again.

Harry, thinking it was Madam Pomfrey, didn't even look up. "Madam Pomfrey, I'm really alright--"

"Looks like they don't take me seriously."

Harry suddenly looked up.

Will stood by the bed, looking Harry up and down.

Harry opened his mouth, but finally managed to stammer out, "Will, what brings you here?"

"Just passing by the Hospital Wing with nothing better to do," Will up a chair and sat down, his tone casual, "And thought I'd drop by to see the bravest Gryffindor."

Harry's face flushed instantly. "I just... he insulted my father."

"I know, I was there." Will nodded. "But after you threw that punch, things were no longer under your control."

Harry lowered his head and didn't say anything—if it were just Will sitting opposite him, he would have dared to talk back to anyone else.

Even Dumbledore couldn't do it, but Will...

Harry admitted that he couldn't take his anger out on Will, Will had been taking good care of him ever since he enrolled.

He could never forget the time Will took him out for his birthday.

Harry waited a long time before speaking, "Will, if I die, will people remember me?"

"Huh?" Will frowned.

Seeing Will's expression, Harry continued, "I know this is incredible, and you might not believe it, but..."

Harry told Will about his situation.

Finally, Harry sighed, "I thought I wasn't afraid. That day in the Office, I thought I really wasn't afraid."

When I said, 'Let's do it,' I meant it. I felt that was enough at the time. Wasn't this good enough? I could avenge my parents and you.

But in the past few days I've realized I was wrong. Sometimes I'm even afraid to leave the High Tower, afraid that it might be the last time I see you all.

I don't know if tomorrow is the last day, and I don't know if I'll be suddenly called away in any class.

I'm afraid I'll never see all of you again.

Harry got emotional and rattled off a whole bunch of things.

Will secretly used his Emotion Weaving to help Harry calm down—now he knew exactly what was wrong with Harry.

The Harry of today is different from the Harry of the original timeline. There are many things that Harry doesn't deal with or handle on his own, so it's normal that his mentality is worse than in the original timeline.

Moreover, in the original timeline, Harry didn't know he was Horcrux until Snape passed on his memories to Harry before he died, but by then Harry had already gone through many trials.

In the original timeline, Harry spent his seventh year wandering the streets. He even managed to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic by disguising himself as Ministry of Magic employee, retrieve the real Slytherin's Locket from Umbridge, and escape the Ministry of Magic.

After being captured and taken to the Malfoy Manor, Dobby came to their rescue, but Dobby also sacrificed himself.

They then infiltrated the Lestrange Vault at Gringotts, obtained the Hufflepuff's Cup, destroyed it with Basilisk fang, and then returned to Hogwarts to find a way to destroy Ravenclaw's Diadem.

By the time Snape died, Harry was already a seasoned Wizard with extensive combat experience and had brushed with death several times.

He's nothing like the Harry we know today.

So Will still tried to comfort Harry, saying, "It's normal to be scared..."