"You're kidding!"
Snape was no longer as calm and calm as usual. Instead, there was an angry, almost distorted face and an out-of-control roar.
He put his hands on the table, leaned forward, and glared at the man across the table.
The person he glared at was one of the greatest wizards in the entire wizarding world, Albus Dumbledore.
Dumbledore sat in his seat, raising his head and looking at the oppressive Snape. His expression did not change at all. It was the same as Snape remembered, an almost aloof indifference.
In the principal's office, the portraits of the previous principals were as silent as cicadas, as if they were portraits from the Muggle world, unable to see, speak, or hear.
He has been saying this for a long time. Dumbledore, on the other hand, just smiled.
"Sit down first, Severus, today is a good day. The candy I ordered has finally arrived. Would you like to try some?"
As he spoke, Dumbledore took out a lot of candies from his drawer and placed them on the table like a treasure, sharing with Snape his joy at getting his beloved thing.
Snape became even more annoyed and felt that his anger was unnecessary.
He looked at Dumbledore with an almost painful expression: "What on earth do you want to do! Is it him? He's back? You actually let him enter the school? You know what this means to Harry ?!"
Dumbledore just tore off the skin coat of the villain Candy, revealing the skeleton-shaped candy inside.
"I thought you weren't that concerned about Mr. Potter's situation."
After he finished speaking, he stuffed the large piece of candy into his mouth, with obvious satisfaction on his face.
Looking at Dumbledore's attitude of being indifferent and doing whatever you want, Snape really felt like he couldn't get angry at all.
After all... even if this was a quarrel between Professor McGonagall and the others, it would only be a wizard duel at best. But if it were a student, Snape would just tell him what it meant to be inspired.
But this is Dumbledore in front of him. Don't talk about giving him a big mouth. It's really annoying. It would be better if he doesn't give himself a big mouth.
What's more, Snape thought sadly: "Even if I really slap him, I'm afraid this old guy might not be furious."
"The Evil God"
In his opinion, Dumbledore was not a heartless person. So I'm afraid he also feels guilty now. But because he feels that he is right, he will never stop his actions even if he feels guilty.
If you really slap him, it will not necessarily humiliate and torture him, but it may let him release some of his guilt.
Of course, if Luke were here, he might take a look at Dumbledore and then tell Snape whether his guess was correct.
Too bad Luke isn't here.
"At least tell me what you want to do." Snape stared seriously at the old man in front of him, his tone cold and harsh, just like looking at a relative who came to his home to eat and take food and complain about the bad things, " Also, will Harry be in danger?"
"There is danger when you are alive, Severus. You may not be safe even when you are dead."
While Snape was struggling mentally, Dumbledore finally swallowed the candy in his mouth.
"This is the plan. Mr. Potter will be in danger." Dumbledore saw the clenched fists under the wide sleeves. As for whether there was a wand inside and whether a green light would emerge from the tip of the wand, he I’m not particularly sure, “But these will be within controllable limits.”
Snape's face softened.
Then he saw Dumbledore's strange look.
He understood instantly, then snorted coldly and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just want to protect Lily's eyes."
The implication is that if it weren't for those eyes, he probably wouldn't care about this mess.
How much of this was true and how false, probably no one could tell except himself.
Maybe he couldn't tell himself.
However, this kind of performance still made Dumbledore swallow his words of 'go according to the original plan'.
Although the sudden arrival of Luke Gunter disrupted many of his plans. But at this time, Harry was equivalent to having double insurance. He knew Luke was planning something too. But as long as it didn't hinder his plan and the purpose was in line with his ideas, he didn't mind helping Luke. He's actually already helping Luke with little things.
It's hard to say whether Harry is still useful to him now, but there is a high probability that it will be useful to Luke. In other words, Harry is very useful to everyone who wants to achieve a career.
Just like the jade seal that says "Ordered by Heaven" in Eastern legends.
"Anyway, don't be too nervous, Severus. So far, things are going as I expected. If no new spoilers appear."
Dumbledore said to Snape seriously.
Snape's heart, which had been relieved, involuntarily lifted up again.
"New spoiler?"
Snape asked very strangely.
"During the fight between you and him, will there be any new spoilers?"
A man who is called the 'White Devil' by conspiracy theorists is fighting with a second-generation Dark Lord who refuses to die. How could someone get involved or even disrupt the situation?
Do you feel like you have lived too long? Snape, who thinks highly of himself, must admit that he is just a pawn on the chessboard. Even Voldemort, who was now so weak that he didn't even have a body, didn't see him as someone of the same level.
In Voldemort's eyes, he is still a slave.
"Of course, you wouldn't think that there are only two magic societies in the world, the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters..."
Dumbledore thought about the current situation and decided to give his best spy a warning. After all, although he never thought that the person in front of him would die well. But if he is really allowed to continue to fight against Luke, maybe he will take advantage of it in advance.
You can't expect Luke to always tolerate his oppression.
When Shinobu gets more and more angry after thinking about it for a while, and when he takes a step back and thinks about it more and more, things become difficult to control.
"For example, the group of nobles who have become silent. The biggest reason why Voldemort gained the support of a large number of pure-blooded nobles, and even a large number of twenty-eight families, was because he himself had the blood of the Gaunt family."
This is not a secret, and Snape also knows it. He is very similar to Voldemort. The Prince family is also a family with a long heritage in the wizarding world. Although not as prominent as Gunter, he is still famous enough.
Although such people will still be looked down upon by pure-blood nobles, if they rise, they will not be too hostile and may even gain their support.
But since Dumbledore mentioned it, he was certainly not simply talking about the aristocratic group that had begun to show signs of decline.
Purebloods may still be the mainstream force now, but the leaders among purebloods, the nobles, are no longer as high-ranking as before.
Even potions geeks like Snape knew that some pure-blood families had to make compromises because of money. Although only a few.
"But now, a pure bloodline of the Gunter family has appeared. The legacy of the Gunter family will truly fall on his head. Perhaps now, the test of his precious 'legacy' has begun. "
"Inheritance?" Snape repeated the word, his tone full of confusion.
Inheritance is not unusual. Now any wizard in the wizarding world knows that the descendant of the Gaunt family inherited a large inheritance. This is a sum of money that is enough to shake the entire wizarding world.
"It's not money, but a matter in the aristocratic tradition." Dumbledore explained, "Most of them are carried by secret forces or low-key families. In that ancient era, they were loyal to a certain Someone in the family. And very powerful."
"And this kind of force will not be loyal to this family. If a certain successor in this family can conquer them, then they are willing to help him."
Although what Dumbledore said was complicated, a smart man like Snape could easily figure it out.
In fact, it's still the same as the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters.
If Dumbledore has an outstanding enough descendant, even if the Order of the Phoenix does not respect him as the leader, he will give him support and help him achieve his goals or overcome difficulties.
In the same way, the same goes for Voldemort's descendants.
"Does the Gaunt family have such a legacy?" Snape asked. Although the question was about this, what he meant was, how did you know that someone had an inheritance?
Dumbledore shook his head and said: "I'm not sure whether such a legacy exists. But I think that if I had similar experiences when I was young, then the Gaunt family, and even other families, may not have the same experience."
Snape was silent for a while, and then said: "I have never heard of anything like this from 'his' side."
This made him couldn't help but wonder whether he was not trusted by Voldemort as much as he thought.
Dumbledore looked at him with caring eyes and said, "He is not a pure blood."
Although he knew that Dumbledore was talking about Voldemort, for some reason, Snape still felt that he was mocking himself.
So he twitched the corner of his mouth and said no more.
You purebloods are so annoying!
Dumbledore smiled softly and said: "So, with such help, Luke may not be able to become a person who can influence the situation."
"Whether you do it for Mr. Potter or for yourself, Luke is not a bad investment."
"Please call his name. Thank you."
Snape had really had enough of hearing the bird surname 'Pote'.
Dumbledore smiled a little wider.
"And you don't need to remind me that my relationship with Gunter is not as bad as you think."
Although Snape was arrogant, he was even a bit inhumane. But the word stupid had nothing to do with him. The feeling Luke gave him made him feel a sense of déjà vu a lot of the time.
At first he thought it was from Voldemort.
But later, he discovered that Luke and Voldemort were different. Although Luke's goal is not clear, it is obviously not something that is so narrow as Voldemort that it cannot be called an ideal.
And it’s not hard to see Luke’s deep sense of friendship. Of course, this kind of friendship is only limited to those who truly enter his heart.
So far, Snape has only found one.
Taylor Barbara.
Snape didn't know why. There may be some reasons for the appearance, but it is definitely not the whole story.
But he didn't need to know, just confirming the news was enough. Judging from Luke's performance after he carefully taught Taylor. This news of mine is not wrong either.
That's why he has been teaching Taylor with all his heart and strength for such a long time.
No one really thinks that Snape would be interested in highly gifted students. If the student's name was Lily or Yin Wansi, there might be a chance.
Of course, after teaching for a long time, he liked Taylor very much as a student. Be smart and understand things by analogy. The key is to know when to say what to say.
Dumbledore nodded, it was best this way, at least he didn't have to worry too much about this problem.
"I'm not sure whether the legacy exists or not. But I would rather treat it as if it exists. Therefore, the things and situations at hand are likely to be more complicated."
When Dumbledore said this, he couldn't help but sigh. Compared with the previous struggle between two parties, the current situation is likely to become an overt and covert struggle between three parties or even more parties.
Can't you be considerate and considerate of an old man?
At his age, under normal circumstances, he should have been having grandchildren and enjoying his life in peace. But now he also has to worry about the overall situation of the wizarding world.
At the very least, he must train someone with enough fame or strength to maintain order.
Of course, the gentler the means of maintaining order, the better.
Just when both of them fell into silence, an angry roar suddenly came from the outside world. And it was clearly not a human voice.
The two stood up almost at the same time. Snape first looked at the door in surprise, and then looked at Dumbledore who was also surprised.
"It seems something unexpected happened."
Snape said.
Dumbledore had come to his senses at this time, and his surprise turned into a smile: "It seems that my estimate is not wrong."
As he said that, he looked at Snape: "Severus, maybe our plan needs to be changed a little."
Snape gave him a cold look: "I will do what I should do."
After saying that, Snape took out his wand, held it in his hand, and was ready to fight. Then he strode out of the door of the principal's office and walked in the direction of the sound.
What he should do now is get rid of that damn beast.
It or they should make good potion ingredients.
Dumbledore sat in his seat, the calm smile on his face disappeared, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he shook his head helplessly.
…
ten minutes ago
Quirrell, as usual, made his rounds in the castle.
In fact, this is not the same as usual. Because there must be at least one professor patrolling the castle every night, there is no need to manage the students' behavior - of course, no one will mind if they do - they only need to be prepared for attacks.
He wasn't supposed to be on duty today. Professor Trelawney was supposed to be on duty today. But because she wanted to go drinking, she switched classes with Professor Quirrell, who seemed to be the most bully.
Although Professor Quirrell seemed reluctant, he still accepted it helplessly.
Of course, this is seen from Professor Trelawney's perspective.
From Quirrell's perspective, this is simply a blessing from heaven. If Trelawney didn't take the initiative to ask him to change, then I'm afraid he would have to find a reason to ask Trelawney to change her.
But on such a holiday, taking the initiative to find someone to change shifts, no matter how legitimate the reason is, is somewhat deliberate.
Fortunately, it was Trelawny. This drunkard didn't want to let go of this honest opportunity to drink for free, so naturally she didn't want to let it go.
Everything is so natural.
"Come on, open things quickly."
When things came to an end, Voldemort's voice in his head seemed to become calmer. Voldemort himself was not a fool. Perhaps because of some special magic, his temperament also changed drastically after his appearance changed drastically.
Or maybe when his power reached that level, he naturally entered a state of arrogance.
But now, perhaps due to the pressure of survival, his arrogance has restrained a lot. He could even tolerate Quirrell's offense to a certain extent.
This is incredible!
Quirrell didn't push it too hard, because he tried.
Judging from his swift movements now, the result of the attempt was obviously not good.
Giving you face means giving you face, and kicking your nose and hitting your face is your fault.
Before walking to the utility room, Quirrell took a deep breath, and then opened the door nervously.
For some reason, he always felt that what greeted him in the door in front of him was definitely not just the box they expected.
Pushing the door open and entering, the utility room was still the same mess.
Despite the help of the elves, the castle was still too huge after all. So much so that there are such utility rooms that no one cleans up, or inconspicuous sanitary corners. There are even quite a few.
This is not unexpected.
Moving forward, Quirrell hid the box in a corner of the utility room and covered it with many sundries.
But because there were too many sundries, they were too messy, and he was in a hurry, so he didn't remember exactly how many things he put on the box.
But even so, he still felt that the black rag next to the box was a bit strange.
He didn't seem to have seen it, but when he walked that way, he always had an instinctive feeling that something was not good.
After thinking about it, he took out the wand from his waist and waved it to move all the debris on the box away.
Then he saw that the box was still there, but... its shell seemed to have a crack.
The rag that had been in his peripheral vision suddenly erupted, and a sharp and ear-piercing cry sounded, making him a little dizzy.
At the same time, the box that was originally just cracked completely exploded!
What followed was two roars of filial piety filled with ferocious meaning!
