The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

"Alice Lopez, Professor Snape needs you to go to the Potions office immediately!"

Draco announced the news loudly to Alice in the corridor.

His expression was a bit gloating as he spoke, and his tone revealed a sense of dissatisfaction and malice towards Alice.

He didn't have any preference for Alice and Michelle.

It didn't matter to him who of the two was with John.

Because as a Malfoy with a family background, he has always been very smart to put his stance on John and Snape's side.

Now that John had rejected Alice, Snape also revealed his hatred for Alice.

Then he will naturally regard Alice as his enemy.

As soon as he said this, the other passers-by in the corridor subconsciously turned their heads and looked at Draco.

This is not the first day for everyone to stay at Hogwarts.

According to experience, those who are summoned to the office by Snape will basically not end well.

Alice naturally knew this.

In fact, she had expected this moment.

Therefore, she didn't show any surprise or depression when she heard this, and just walked towards the Potions office with a calm face.

As she walked, she was still moving her palms.

This is a warm-up preparation to deal with a large number of toads in a while.

Draco was a little dissatisfied with Alice's nonchalant attitude.

Because this makes him less fun of pretending to be powerful.

With a slap in the mouth, Draco was ready to personally 'escort' Alice to the office.

He wanted to see if Alice could remain as calm as she was now when she was in front of Snape and facing Snape's raging anger.

However, he followed Alice only a few steps forward.

Moody limped out from the side.

"Alice Lopez, there is a problem with the paper about vampires that you handed in last time. And it's a very serious problem!" Moody said, "Now, immediately, come with me! I need to address that serious problem. I’ll educate you on the problem, and by the way, I’ll punish you with ten days and a half of confinement or compulsory labor!”

Hearing this, Alice finally showed a look of confusion on her face.

Moody's appearance was not what she expected.

Draco frowned and said:

"Professor Moody, she can't leave with you! Professor Snape is about to see her!"

"Snape~~"

Moody pronounced Snape's last name in a strange tone, with contempt and sarcasm in his tone, "Who cares about him? Come with me quickly, Alice Lopez, don't waste any more time." !”

After saying that, Moody walked towards the third floor.

Alice also seemed to realize something.

The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she followed Moody.

"Stop!" Draco said angrily, "Don't leave! You can't take Alice Lopez away, she must go with me to see Professor Snape! This is..."

Before Draco could finish speaking, Moody suddenly turned around, took out his wand and pressed it directly against his forehead at an extremely fast speed.

"Not even your father dares to speak to me in this tone!" Moody said with a cold face, "As for Snape, haha... If he wants someone, let him come to me in person! I'd rather Let’s see if he has the guts!”

Moody put a little more force on his hands, almost pushing the stiff Draco down, and then left the corridor with Alice.

"Thank you for your help, Professor Moody."

After walking some distance, Alice smiled and saluted Moody and thanked him.

Without Moody protecting her.

She probably had to deal with toads for a long time again.

Moody waved his hand perfunctorily and said:

"If Snape wants to confine you again in the future, just say that you still need to carry out the punishment I gave you and there is no time. If it still doesn't work, let him come to me directly!"

Alice pursed her lips slightly and said:

"Professor, why are you helping me?"

Moody paused.

He turned his head and said with a mysterious smile:

"I'm just curious, can you succeed in winning John's heart?"

Alice's expression was stern, and she took a step back warily:

"Your goal is John? Don't expect me to help you deal with John. I would rather go to Professor Snape to deal with the toad. I won't help you!"

"You think too much."

Moody said calmly, "How about this. You use me as a shield to resist Snape's pressure. As for what you want to do, it's all up to you. After all, I really don't want anything from you. And this For me, it’s just a matter of effort.”

After saying that, Moody walked directly back to his office.

Alice frowned, lost in thought.

On the other side, Draco, who had been taught a lesson by Moody, had already reacted and trotted back to the Potions office.

"...You really didn't see it, Professor! Moody is so arrogant! He doesn't take you seriously at all!"

"He said you are nothing in front of him, and if you want someone, go find him yourself,"

"He also said that as long as you dare to go, he will arrest you and take you to Azkaban!"

"He also said a lot!"

"It's so vulgar that my upbringing doesn't even allow me to repeat those words!"

……

As Draco told the story in a more embellished way, Snape, who was already angry, instantly became even more furious.

"Nosy Moody!"

Snape roared and drew his wand.

Perhaps due to being overly excited, bursts of dazzling flashes of light erupted from the tip of the wand as he swung it.

This made Draco finally stop talking and quickly took a few steps back for fear of being accidentally hurt.

But he still didn't want to leave the office.

He really wanted to see if Professor Snape would be so angry that he would go directly to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office and start a fight with Moody.

Draco thought that this was very possible given Professor Snape's current level of agitation.

But to his disappointment, Snape didn't just rush out.

Instead, he held his wand and paced around the office while cursing Moody.

After a while, although the anger on his face did not fade at all, the wand he was holding in his hand was put away.

"Professor Snape, you...won't you go find Moody?"

Draco asked a little disappointed.

"This matter has nothing to do with you!" Snape glared at him and said, "You can leave! Get out of here!"

Hearing this, Draco shrank his neck, quickly exited the office, and carefully closed the door.

Snape continued to pace around the office.

He is thinking about Moody's intentions.

The two of them had been colleagues at Hogwarts for some time.

Except for a conflict between the two at the beginning, in which Moody made it clear that he was unkind to Snape, the two actually had no more contact.

Moody also took no action against Snape.

Instead, he is concentrating on teaching and winning people's hearts.

"So, after accumulating strength for so long, you finally can't help but want to deal with me?"

Snape clenched his fists little by little as he spoke.

He wasn't afraid of Moody.

Even if the other person was once a heroic Auror!

It's just that the matter about Moody must be postponed for the time being.

Now, he has a more important thing to deal with!

"Snapped--"

A silver snake coin was thrown by Snape on the workbench.

Snape took out his wand again and pointed at the silver coin.

With the influx of a large amount of magic power, the temperature of the silver coins rose rapidly.

In fact, it has been roasted and started to turn red.