Chapter 71 - Lie Exposed (2/2)

”What are you talking about?” she asked before she could control herself and then berated herself for her lack of control. Her mouth had the habit of running away on it's own whenever she feel unsettled.

And saw was feeling very unsettled right now.

”You didn't know.” He said with a raised eyebrow ”I guess it is understandable that you don't.”

”What do you mean?” she asked once again. Now that she had shot herself in the foot once, she might as well do it twice in order to know what he was talking about.

He had said that the purebloods, the death eaters, were following a halfblood but that can't be the truth, right?

The purebloods followed Voldemort and Voldemort was a…

He was a pureblood wasn't he?

Everyone called him Lord Voldemort so he must be a lord of some ancient house right?

He had the gift of Parseltongue and everyone said that he was the descendant of Salazar Slytherin and what not so he must be a pureblood right?

Then she looked at Harry and realized how stupid that sounded.

Harry Potter was a Parselmouth as well and he would be the lord of an ancient and noble house when he comes of age but that didn't mean that he was a pureblood.

Everyone knew that his mother was a muggleborn wizard so that makes him a halfblood.

So did that mean that Lord Voldemort was a…

She lost her pattern of thoughts as Harry Potter smiled at her and answered ”That's not something that you need to worry about right now.”

”Tell me, why are you here Daphne?”

The question was asked in a nonchalant manner but she could hear the sharpness in it and knew that whatever she said next could either make or break her future relationship with Harry.

So she took a deep breath, donned on a confident expression and said ”Because I want to be your friend.”

The smile was gone from his face before she could blink.

And the very next moment, he was inside her mind.

She didn't even know when he Occlumency shields fell or if they fell at all but she knew that he was inside her mind now.

Sorting through her memories rapidly with the ease of an experienced Legilimens and nothing she tried could put a halt to his progress at al.

The memories passed through her mind as he went though them one by one.

The memory of her trying to search for him and failing time and time again.

The memory of going after Hermione and talking her into letting her join their group.

She tried to look away from him but her head was stuck in it's place and her whole body was frozen shut. She could only stay in her place and hope that this horrible experience who end quickly.

She noticed that he was not even using his wand to get inside her mind. Gods, was she really that weak.

She felt a tear falling down her cheek as he went through memory after memory before at last, he found the one in which her father told her to get close to Harry Potter.

The reason why she was truly here. And realized at that moment that he had caught her lie.

And then he was out of her mind before she could think. At his absence, she felt the whole world swimming around her and fell on her knees weakly.

”Harry.” She heard Hermione's panicked voice from somewhere across the room but felt too sick and too weak to care. ”Harry. What did you do?” the voice was coming closer now.

Harry said something in return but she felt too woozy to understand what they were talking about anymore.

She felt the world around the edge of eye go black as the floor came to meet her.

And then the darkness claimed her.

Author's Note:- I didn't like the fact that he forcefully used Legilimiency on the girl but he is ruthless in such matters and in the end, using mind arts was a wise decision on his part because he wouldn't have found Daphne's lies otherwise.

Just my two cents.

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