Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity

As a half-blood wizard, Severus Snape's childhood wasn't exactly happy.

Even after gaining magical power and entering Hogwarts, Snape still lived in misfortune.

Within Slytherin, he, whose father was a Muggle, wasn't accepted by the inner circles of the house, as the pure-blood ideology was prevalent at the time.

Outside of Slytherin, some Gryffindors, led by Harry's father, James Potter, even took pleasure in bullying him.

During Snape's school years, although war hadn't fully broken out, Death Eaters and wizards from other factions of the wizarding world were already in conflict in various aspects of society.

As the Slytherin house produced the most Death Eaters, they were at odds with Gryffindor and other students.

Various humiliations, abuses, and unexpected incidents occurred...

A tiny speck of dust from this era of great change, when it fell on Snape, felt as heavy as a mountain.

Furthermore, James Potter and others, who had become adversaries with him on the train to school, went to extreme lengths to target Snape, far exceeding the typical conflicts between students.

Fortunately, his close friend whom he met before entering school, Harry's mother, Lily Evans, shone like a sacred light, illuminating his heart.

No matter what setbacks he encountered, she gave him the perseverance to continue moving forward.

Snape was never one to give up. Back then, he was very ambitious and yearned for power. He wouldn't retreat when faced with problems; instead, he would find ways to solve them.

In his studies of magic, he discovered that he had a particular talent for dark magic... This was normal, as extreme minds tend to develop a talent for emotion-based magic.

The various torments he experienced in life now transformed into steps on his path to the heavens.

Through the power of dark magic, Snape, who was constantly growing stronger, began to be accepted by the entire Slytherin house.

Slytherin was a place that valued 'nobility,' and what could be called noble, besides bloodlines, was power. In fact, the very root of why bloodlines were considered noble was because, in this place, bloodlines truly possessed power!

The descendants of seers would possess some prophetic abilities, and the descendants of powerful wizards were also more likely to be stronger than ordinary wizards.

As Snape grew stronger day by day, the once aloof nobles cast aside their coldness and befriended him. His fame grew larger and larger, reaching the ears of those outside the school, and even ancient pure-blood families like Lucius Malfoy expressed their approval of him.

But...

Success in his career didn't bring the favor of 'that beam of light'.

On the contrary, Lily began to drift further and further away from him.

As a wizard who could become Head Girl at Hogwarts, Lily's magical talent wasn't any worse than Snape's, and she, who was also very skilled in emotion-based magic, was very clear about the terrifying consequences that prolonged use and study of dark magic, an extremely negative emotion-based magic, could bring.

The deeper one delved into emotion-based magic, the easier it was for one's mind to be twisted by it.

She had been trying to persuade Snape to give up dark magic and stay away from those Slytherin students who were also studying dark magic, but to no avail.

Snape was an ambitious person. His talent in potions couldn't make him powerful in a short period of time, and he would never give up dark magic, the only path that could fulfill his ambitions, nor would he give up the high-level connections he had worked so hard to obtain.

Moreover, even if ambition wasn't a factor, if he lost the path of dark magic, how would he, a weak half-blood from Slytherin, establish himself in this world again if he became weak again?

Snape yearned for the power to resist, yearned to wield authority.

The gap between the two grew larger and larger, until... the day of the O.W.L.s exams.

After that day, the two completely parted ways, and she left him, step by step, and joined the leader of the Marauders, whom he hated the most.

Lily Evans, James Potter...

Two familiar names, along with all sorts of past memories, gradually blurred from his mind, transforming into Harry Potter, who stood before him in reality.

Harry Potter said a lot.

But Snape wasn't in the mood to listen.

Whether it was an apology or anything else, or even the rights and wrongs of the past, Snape had no intention of arguing at all.

Snape just stood there quietly, listening to Harry's outpouring.

His longing for Lily had never ceased.

Of course, he knew better than anyone else that James had done many wrong things back then, but he himself had also done many wrong things.

Lily did abandon him, but it wasn't Lily's fault.

In fact, Snape hated James Potter the least, but himself the most.

If he hadn't been deceived by that damned Sirius Black, hadn't approached Lupin on the night of the full moon, James wouldn't have heard the news and come to his rescue out of compassion.

If that night of the full moon hadn't happened, Lily wouldn't have discovered another side of James.

The two of them wouldn't have ended up together.

Perhaps Lily would still have left because he chose ambition, but at least... she wouldn't have died!

The self-righteous and incompetent James Potter couldn't protect her.

The foolish and useless werewolf couldn't help.

And Sirius Black, that damned traitor, traitor!

Every time he thought of him, thought of that traitor who hadn't died, Snape felt his body trembling.

"Alright... shut up!" Snape raised a trembling hand, signaling Harry to stop talking.

Facing those familiar eyes, there was no longer the discomforting estrangement and fear.

Looking at this young wizard who had overcome fear, justly acknowledged everything, and was brave enough to face everything, Snape suddenly felt a little disheartened.

At this moment, Snape could no longer see James Potter's shadow on Harry.

He was Harry Potter, not James Potter, not anyone's substitute.

...Let it be.

Snape was tired.

Harry looked at Professor Snape's pale face and the anger that suddenly rose in his pupils, only to gradually fade away, and thought that his apology had not only failed to make Professor Snape let go of that past, but had instead annoyed him.

After thinking about it, Harry said, "Professor Snape, I know that even if I believe my father did wrong and am willing to apologize to you for what he did, it won't mean anything to you."

"As someone who wasn't involved in the events of the past, no matter how I express my apologies, it may be difficult to dispel the firestorm that still rages in your heart."

"But, I am their child, and whether you need my apology or not, I have a duty to do so."

Speaking of this, Harry paused for a moment, and then continued, "I saw the 'mistake,' and I won't ignore it."

"I also don't think that just a few words are enough to erase this mistake."

"I will go to Lupin and have him apologize for what happened in the past."

"I will go to Sirius Black and make the traitor bear the consequences he deserves."

Hearing this, Snape, who had been somewhat disheartened, suddenly had a hint of emotion flash across his face.

But Harry didn't stop there: "I will make my father realize that after he did something wrong back then, he shouldn't have acted as if nothing had happened and just let things slide. He should have faced his past mistakes like a man."

"I will let my mother know that you didn't choose the path of dark magic in the end, and you aren't the kind of person she thought you were. You are a good professor who can lead the house to win the House Cup for six consecutive years, and you are someone who is willing to protect others at all costs."

When he said the last sentence, Harry thought of the glimpse of the future that Roger had shown him.

If Roger hadn't appeared, Snape would have died because of him.

When Harry stopped speaking, the emotion on Snape's face disappeared, replaced by a sneer: "How will you make James Potter realize his mistakes? Dig him out of his grave and push him in front of me?"

He thought Harry had changed, but he didn't expect that he was still like his good-for-nothing father, James, full of big talk and unrealistic ideas.

Still that annoying, so-called 'savior'!

Faced with Professor Snape's sarcasm, Harry's tone was calm: "I will resurrect them, and then..."

"Resurrect?!" Before Harry could finish speaking, Snape interrupted him loudly.

"Who do you think you are?"

"You're just a lucky guy who escaped death at that person's hands thanks to Lily's love!"

"Did you really think you were omnipotent just because others praised you as a savior a few times? Ridiculous!"

If Snape was just being sarcastic just now, now he was scolding!

The subsided anger reignited, but this time it wasn't towards Sirius Black, but towards Harry.

"Now, get out of my office immediately. I don't want to see you again." By the last sentence, Snape's voice was so gloomy that it seemed like water would drip from it.

As a master of magic, Snape knew too well how difficult true resurrection was.

Has anyone succeeded from ancient times to the present? Anyway, he had never heard of it.

"But... Roger said I might have a chance to do it." If it were before, Harry would have been frightened by Snape's scolding in anger, but at this moment, he would no longer succumb to fear.

"I believe him."

As Harry delivered his firm rebuttal, the headmaster's office fell silent.

"..." Snape stopped speaking, but from his constantly twisted expression, one could see that his heart was definitely not at peace.

After a dozen seconds of silence.

Snape squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "That annoying... I mean, that powerful seer in the archives whose predictions have never been wrong, really said that to you?"

"He said you have a chance to resurrect Lily?"