Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 143 Snape and Veritaserum

With Veritaserum in his hand, Snape strode towards Dobby with his face livid and his clothes fluttering.

"No matter how many secret orders his master has given him, just three drops, this house elf will tell me all the secrets, come on..." He said with a smirk.

"No, Professor Snape...don't..." Draco stepped forward and grabbed Snape's right arm holding Veritaserum, Snape turned his head slowly, a pair of cold black eyes and Draco panicked. His gray eyes met.

Snape didn't say a word, his thin lips didn't move, and Draco held his gaze for less than a second before releasing his arm.

"Please..." Draco took a step back, looking longingly at his Headmaster.

The corners of Snape's mouth curled up in a half-smile, and he snorted. He stretched out his thin left arm, and grabbed Dobby's cheeks with the two remaining fingers of his left hand. Dobby seemed to have been frightened. He was stunned, his mouth was opened wide, allowing his fingers to dig into his flesh.

Snape held up the veritaserum triumphantly, as if to drop it into Dobby's mouth, and Draco turned to Peter with begging eyes for help.

Peter walked forward calmly, raised his hand to block Snape's right hand, and calmly rubbed the tone of reprimand into his words: "Severus, let go of your hand first, this poor house-elf has already Very scared."

Snape glanced at Peter, and reluctantly took his left hand away from Dobby's face. In such a short moment, two bruised fingerprints had already been pinched on Dobby's face.

"Put down Veritaserum, we don't need to use such a strong potion on house-elves," Peter said again.

Snape sneered: "The opportunity to catch the attacker is right in front of you, and you actually want me to give up? Oh, I almost forgot, you already have a Medal of Merlin, but unfortunately I haven't..."

"Look, I don't think there's any connection between Dobby or Draco and Voldemort—"

"I don't think so..."

Dobby pointed a finger at Snape again.

"he is a……"

Snape waved his wand casually, and easily flipped Dobby's magic away. The deflected elf's spell blew up the pile of old books and newspapers in the corner that once contained "Crime and Lies under Legend" and flew around. .

"You don't have to be so hesitant, elf, just say what you have to say, and if you don't, I can help you." Snape said with a sneer, his eyes swept over Draco, "It's not really a secret, Everyone in this room knows I'm... what."

Peter gently pushed the Veritaserum in Snape's hand away: "Even if everyone knows something, it's not suitable to be said outright. Language itself has power, and wizards use language as a carrier of magic power. From many I didn't feel the slightest trace of black magic on Bi, it's late, let him go."

"I just think it's normal to use some extraordinary means in order to find out the truth..." Snape said stubbornly.

"But I don't think there's much to investigate. If you insist, well, let's go to Dumbledore now. In addition to Dobby's secret, I also want Dumbledore to explain clearly why you treat Harry Potter's safety is so concerned, I guess it's all for his sake..."

Snape's hand dropped: "Do I care... about Harry Potter?"

Peter raised his eyebrows.

"I'm just... defending Hogwarts from the Dark Arts, as a professor..." Snape said, trying to sound convincing, "and the attacker hurt my... shoulder .”

He flexed his right arm and looked at Peter.

"You really should rest, Severus. You've got a deep wound, not just on your shoulder." Peter said earnestly, "Go to sleep, your wound must hurt like hell, Draco is yours Student, but please hand over the power to me, I will investigate the matter of the house elves, and I will never condone confinement or even expulsion from school."

Both Draco and Dobby looked up at Peter's back as if they were saviors. Snape stood there for a few seconds, and finally put the veritaserum back into his arms.

"Draco, if there is a next time..." Snape hissed, his tone and expression were not reminiscent of a wolf, but like a vicious snake.

"Yes, I can intercede for you this time, but never again," Peter said sternly to Draco, "Who allowed you to bring your own house-elf into school? I know you and Harry have had feuds, but you should know that Harry almost choked on water!"

Peter criticized Draco as he led him and the terrified house-elf out of Snape's office.

"One of your pranks not only nearly drowned Harry, but also almost killed Dobby. When Snake came back at night, he told me that Dobby was almost killed by it. Tell me, you're okay." A qualified master?"

Draco lowered his head and kept apologizing and admitting his mistakes, Peter opened the door of Snape's office.

"Come on, come with me to my office, I want you to explain things to me clearly."

After saying this, Peter closed the door behind him. The corridor in the basement was silent, only a few torches were burning on the wall.

Peter took Draco and Dobby quickly to the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's office on the third floor. The three of them were silent all the way, and Draco kept his head down, staring blankly at the hem of Peter's clothes.

When Draco and Dobby sat down on the two chairs that Peter conjured up, Peter spoke again, his face as gloomy as Snape's.

"I just went through a decision, Draco, you should understand..."

Draco nodded desperately, Dobby's two big glass ball eyes were still blank.

"I know that your family is bound by Voldemort's magic. If any of you tell any secret against him, your family will die suddenly, and I stand between Dobby's secret and your family's life." chose the latter."

Peter slowly walked around behind his desk, and Banban happily jumped out of the hamster's nest and got into his pocket. The snake that was taking a bath in the camera obscura just poked out its head impatiently, revealing two yellow eyes, and yawned in boredom.

The office was quiet, only the sound of Draco's rapid breathing could be heard. Peter deliberately paused for a long time, so that Draco could recall how he walked in the border of death just now.

"I was wondering...was my choice really benevolent? Would I have killed more innocent people to save your family's life? If you hadn't asked me for help at the first club meeting , I will watch you die without hesitation, my choice now is more to keep my promise."

"Thank you...Professor Peddie..." Draco trembled.

"So, I hope that you can find a way to take advantage of the loopholes - do you know what loopholes are? Many house-elves take advantage of loopholes when they perform tasks they don't want to perform - the rules of magic are carried by language, and language is precisely not precise……"

"Professor, I see..." Draco said.

"Okay, you guys sit here for a while and go back when Professor Snape falls asleep. Treat Dobby well, change the torn pillowcase on him, give him some nutritious food, and don't let me Saw such a poor elf."

As Peter said, he conjured up two plates of desserts and two cups of pumpkin juice, and pushed them in front of the master and servant.

(End of this chapter)