He was mentally exhausted too.
If Voldemort dared to face him in a fair fight like Grindelwald, perhaps none of this trouble would have been necessary.
But he felt Voldemort might be even harder to deal with than he had imagined.
If things really were as he suspected, truly destroying Voldemort would probably take a great deal more time.
At that thought, Dumbledore continued.
"Besides, we gave Black a script for a perfect final exit. He's been far too conspicuous. Harry will be starting school in a few months, and Black absolutely cannot keep showing himself so brazenly. It's far too dangerous for both him and Harry. A dead Sirius Black won't become a target for the Death Eaters, nor will he endanger his godson."
"On that point, I couldn't agree more. He certainly is conspicuous! I'm curious how you persuaded him, though. With that arrogant personality of his, getting him to play dead would be harder than getting him to actually die." Snape sneered.
"It was quite simple. Tell him it's for Harry's safety, and he'll naturally compromise. He did ask whether he could simply go into hiding. Why did he have to fake his death? Wouldn't changing his identity and moving somewhere nobody knew him be just as safe?"
An extremely complicated emotion flickered in Dumbledore's eyes as he reached this point.
"Only after what happened to the Pot... Lily's family did I understand that anyone in hiding will be found sooner or later. As long as he's alive, those who want to kill him will never stop looking. Only when people think he's dead will they stop searching."
Dumbledore had meant to say the Potter family, but remembering that Snape stood opposite him, he hurriedly corrected himself.
Snape noticed, of course. He pressed his lips together but