The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

Until his consciousness returned to the corridor again, Harry was still thinking about this question.

In fact, the answer had already surfaced in Harry's mind.

It's just that he doesn't want to believe it.

After shivering all over, Harry instinctively wanted to go back to the Room of Requirement again and tell Link everything he had just seen.

At this moment, he urgently needs Link to tell him the answer and tell him what to do next.

Snape seemed to have sensed Harry's thoughts, and immediately stood in front of him.

That didn't make Harry give up.

Without hesitation, he raised his wand and pointed it at Snape, but before he could cast a spell, Snape's wand tip burst into a ball of dazzling white light.

boom--

Harry's whole body was knocked out, and he slid a long way on the floor before getting up again with a groan.

"You should go back to sleep."

Snape looked at Harry and said.

Almost his whole body was shrouded in darkness, but even so Harry could still feel the coldness spreading from the other's eyes.

"You saw that too, didn't you?" Harry resisted the sharp pain in his chest and abdomen. He felt that his ribs might have been broken just now. "What's in the Department of Mysteries? Why did Voldemort and his Death Eaters they will..."

"Don't call the Dark Lord by his first name!"

Snape cut Harry off with a snarl, and Harry's scar burned again as he looked into those angry eyes.

But this time he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Because he was surprised to find that Snape seemed a little nervous, but tried to look cold and indifferent when he spoke.

The two looked at each other in silence for a long time before Snape continued:

"There's a lot in the Department of Mysteries, Potter, few of which you can figure out, and none of which are your business. Have I made it clear?"

"Understood, sir." Harry said, staring at Snape with piercing eyes, "but now I'm even more curious, why do you call Voldemort the Dark Lord? In my impression, only Death Eaters would Call their masters like that!"

As soon as this remark came out, Snape's hand holding the wand trembled slightly.

Despite the cover of darkness and the small movements, Harry still noticed Snape's abnormality.

Strong anger rushed into his brain, he gritted his teeth, and said word by word:

"You're with them!"

Snape's hands finally stopped shaking.

The face hidden in the darkness also regained its previous indifference and calmness.

'This is roughly the effect of the forced calm of Occlumency. '

As Harry thought this way, his body was slowly retreating.

He felt that he was in a very dangerous situation right now. As the existence who exposed Snape's identity as a "spies" on the spot, he might be silenced by Snape.

And if he, the only person who knew the truth, died.

Then Link, Dumbledore and everyone in Hogwarts will continue to be poisoned by Snape, the hungry wolf!

Under the cover of darkness, Harry began to back away faster and faster.

It's just that Snape didn't intend to step forward to stop it.

He was silent for a moment and finally spoke again:

"You've sunk too deep,

Harry. Link is a better worryer than the Dark Lord and Dumbledore, and among the people I have met over the years, he is the only one who can compare to Grindelwald back then.

He is like a devil disguised as Santa Claus. Anyone who gets close to him will receive the wonderful gift from him, and thus develop a good impression of him.

But when you really open the exquisite gift box, you will find that what is contained in the gift box is not a gift, but a chain made of emotions.

These chains will firmly bind your heart, making you unable to help but surrender to him, and act according to his instructions and ideas.

Harry! You must be careful Link!

Be sure to stay away from him!

He has no good intentions! "

Snape's voice slowly grew from initial indifference to excitement.

In the end, it even turned into a shrill roar.

At the same time, the speed of Harry's back continued to increase, until he finally turned around and began to run wildly in the darkness.

From the beginning to the end, Snape didn't intend to stop him, he just stared at Harry's back, with an emotion called worry in his eyes.

He knew very well that Harry must have heard everything he said.

But at the same time he was very clear.

Harry wouldn't believe a single word of his own words!

This is the horror of Link.

If Harry could wake up with just a few words of his own, then Link wouldn't be called a devil disguised as Santa Claus by him.

He turned his head and looked at the wall at the door of the Room of Response with a complicated expression.

He couldn't remember when his most proud disciple became like this.

In the impression that Link was still hugging his mother's thigh a moment ago, looking at him with fear and curiosity.

But at the next moment, Link's figure rapidly swelled up again.

In the end, he grabbed his collar and pushed him against the wall, screaming loudly to let him live.

Thinking of the scene at that time, a wry smile appeared on Snape's face.

Snape didn't think Link meant well.

Link is just being selfish.

Link himself admitted this.

Link just didn't want to lose his teacher, so he wasn't allowed to die casually.

If it's really good for him, Link should protect Harry and keep Harry as far away from this vortex as possible.

He believed that with Link's ingenuity, he must be able to see through this point.

It's just that Link doesn't want to do that.

With a long sigh, Snape did not open the door of the Room of Requirement, but continued along the corridor, and finally stood in front of the entrance of the Headmaster's office.

The stone monster hidden in the darkness didn't have the password Snape wanted, so it jumped aside silently, revealing the passage behind it.

Snape went up the stairs, passed through the door that had been opened for him earlier, and entered the principal's office.

Even though it's late at night.

But at this time, the headmaster's office was brightly lit.

The portraits of the previous principals who had slept enough during the day were whispering excitedly, and the phoenix Fox on the corner shelf tucked his head under his wings and dozed off.

And not far from it, Dumbledore, who should not have appeared at Hogwarts at this moment, was sitting behind the eagle-footed table reviewing a thick stack of parchment.

Perhaps aware of Snape's gaze, Dumbledore put down the quill in his hand at his desk, looked up at Snape with a smile and said:

"Ah, there you are, Severus."

Snape nodded, did not continue to walk into the office, just stood at the open door and said:

"When did you come back?"

"I just came back not long ago." Dumbledore spread his hands and pointed helplessly at the mountain of documents on the desktop with his chin. "The vacation time is always short. I didn't expect that I would go out for only a few days. So much work piled up."

Snape didn't speak, but continued to stand there vigilantly, as if he was ready to turn around and run away at any time.

Dumbledore waited for a long time but didn't see Snape answering, so he suppressed the smile on his face, crossed his hands and propped his chin and said:

"You should already know about Harry's situation, right?"

"Of course," Snape said coldly, "but I don't understand why you pushed Harry to learn Occlumency with Link. You know Link has ulterior motives!"

"Don't say that, that's your best and most promising student, isn't it?" Dumbledore sighed, "There is an old saying in the East: You can't have both, you should always make the best of it." The choice. If you are too greedy and want both. Then the only thing waiting for you in the end is nothing but nothing.”

Hearing this, a sneer suddenly appeared on Snape's face:

"Yeah, you do have a lot of experience in this area. You lost your lover and family at the same time because of your greed. After so many years, I don't know if you have regretted it."

As soon as this remark came out, Dumbledore's expression darkened instantly.

He stared at Snape coldly, and Snape also looked at Dumbledore without showing any weakness.

The invisible confrontation between the two of them seemed to make the temperature of the whole office drop a bit.

Phoenix Fox had already pulled out his head, helping his master stare at this guy who dared to speak rudely.

The portraits of previous principals on the wall also fell silent, closing their eyes one by one again, and began to pretend to be asleep.

After a long time, Snape finally lost to Dumbledore's sharp eagle-like eyes, silently moved his eyes away and spoke first:

"You called me over so suddenly, you didn't just want to tell me these things, did you?"

Hearing that Dumbledore also lowered his eyes, covering his eyes, nodded and said:

"The dementors have fully surrendered to Voldemort, and the successful escape of those imprisoned Death Eaters is a very good proof."

Snape looked down at a newspaper placed on the eagle's foot table and said:

"You didn't know until you read the newspaper?"

Dumbledore reached out and stroked the rough surface of the newspaper, and said in a sleepy tone:

"That's right, I actually found out about such important information through the Daily Prophet."

"You are doubting me!"

Snape gritted his teeth and said, "Do you believe me when I say I don't know anything about it?"

There was deathly silence in response to Snape.

Dumbledore just looked at Snape expressionlessly, and made his own answer in this silent gesture.

This made Snape's breathing quicken.

He took several deep breaths in a row before he stepped forward two steps:

"What are you going to do next?"

Dumbledore's gaze flickered at Snape a few times, and a trace of unbearable expression appeared on his face.

In the end, he sighed and said:

"Investigate the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic has been behaving very strangely recently. There seems to be something wrong with them. Coupled with the Azkaban incident, I suspect that some high-level Ministry of Magic members have taken refuge in Voldemort."

Snape nodded, and immediately asked:

"Is that all?"

Dumbledore fell silent again.

The hawk-like sharp gaze also appeared again, scanning Snape up and down continuously, as if to judge whether Snape was really feasible.

But this time, Snape didn't dodge, even though his back was covered with sweat from the sharp gaze, he stiffened and looked at Dumbledore.

After an unknown amount of time, Dumbledore finally said:

"We have received a tip that the Department of Mysteries is housing a Voldemort Horcrux."

"Really? I see."

Snape was visibly relieved as he spoke.

The questioning just now was his last test of Dumbledore.

If Dumbledore doesn't answer, it means that Dumbledore has lost the most basic trust in him.

Judging from the results of the test, Dumbledore is only dissatisfied with some of his actions now, and it is far from the point of losing trust.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that all this is a play played by Dumbledore.

Snape never thought Dumbledore was a good guy.

If this was a smoke bomb thrown by Dumbledore on purpose to confuse him and Voldemort, and he really believed it, then he really would have lost everything.

Therefore, we must be cautious and cautious...

Snape stared at Dumbledore blankly for a moment, and did not tell Dumbledore the picture he had seen in Harry's mind before, but left the office silently.

Bang——

The door closed automatically, and the principal's office returned to silence.

Dumbledore did not continue to review the documents on the desktop, but continued to stare in the direction where Snape was leaving, his eyes straightened, as if in a daze.

"Albus, you are too indecisive."

An old voice suddenly sounded in the office.

The unfamiliar voice startled the portraits of previous principals on the wall of the principal's office. They all opened their eyes and searched the office.

Finally, their eyes fell on a full-length mirror in the corner.

That mirror was brought back by Dumbledore tonight.

At first it was no different from an ordinary mirror.

But at this moment, there is a thick layer of mist on its mirror surface.

The mirror continued:

"If you think that guy just now is not credible, you shouldn't tell him your real plan for the next step, but kill him directly. If you say it's credible, don't talk about those suspicious nonsense first, believe it all He is.

Now that you have made it like this, I dare say that he is already wary of you. "

Dumbledore closed his eyes and said:

"It doesn't matter, Severus will not betray, I just add some pressure and motivation to him, so that he can work harder."

Mirror said:

"Relationships need to be maintained by actual interests. Since you think he is available, then give him what he wants."

Dumbledore shook his head and said:

"I can't give it, Gellert. Like I said before, he's too greedy. He wants both the fish and the bear's paw."

"Ha! Isn't it the same as when we were young?"

The old voice in the mirror said happily.

Hearing that Dumbledore also opened his eyes, he said with a wry smile:

"Yeah, exactly the same as when we were young."