After going through all this, he could understand why Braised Egg had been so excited after his resurrection.
Braised Egg had been better off. At least people could see him, and he could communicate with them, though nearly everyone who met him had died an unnatural death. Su Er was different: no one could see him, he could not touch anything, and he could not stray too far from his body, either, or he would truly die.
He had been worse off than a ghost.
After savoring the joy of being born anew, Su Er finally turned to Dumbledore and Snape.
"Thank you for your help, Professor Dumbledore. And thank you, sir."
Snape gave a soft snort through his nose, but he did not snub him by rejecting his thanks.
Dumbledore smiled and shook his head.
"This was my responsibility to begin with... It was my mistake that put you through all this."
"Although I have already heard from Harry what happened that night, I would still like to hear your perspective on it."
My perspective? Su Er blinked. Harry should already have told Dumbledore everything he had seen.
Oh... I get it.
So Su Er explained the whole sequence of events: how he had become a soul for reasons he did not know, how a man had then imprisoned him using his own sycamore wand, and how he had been back at Hogwarts when he next woke up.
But when he described the details he had been able to see of this stranger's appearance, especially those strikingly clear blue eyes, waves were already stirring beneath Dumbledore's calm expression. His gaze flickered for an instant before becoming tranquil again. It was brief, but Su Er noticed.
That man... could he be...
"Was he someone you arranged to help, Professor?" Su