Hogwarts in the shadows

"Professor, please sit down." Hephis stood up, pulled out the chair beside him, and invited Snape to sit down.

Snape pursed his lips slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly sat down.

"Professor, you are different from them."

Hephaestus stared at Snape, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.

"But I want to help you." Snape looked at Hephes with a firm gaze.

His eyes were so hot that they could melt everything.

"You have been helping me." Hephis gently held Snape's hand and looked at the Dark Mark on it.

"Professor, let me remove the Dark Mark from your arm first!"

"Not for now." Snape tried to pull his hand back.

But he found that his arms were bound by Hephes' power and he couldn't pull them back.

"Professor, do you remember what I said?" Hephesus looked at Snape with deep eyes.

"You protected me when I was weak, and I will protect you for life. You have done more than enough."

Snape's lips moved, but eventually turned into a sigh.

Hephis is a very smart kid, and his intelligence is totally beyond what one should have at his age.

Snape wanted to keep the Dark Mark so that he could infiltrate Voldemort when he rose again.

This time he was not doing it for Lily, he was doing it only for Hephis.

But Hephis obviously realized this.

This child, you say he is cruel!

His indifference to life and his cruelty towards his enemies are very similar to Voldemort.

But he is very good to himself.

Not to mention Hefeth's defense of himself in school.

If it weren't for Fulla's help, he would never be able to get over the knot in his heart even if he died.

That's why Snape was willing to give everything, even his life, for Hephesus.

Snape nodded helplessly.

A smile appeared on Hephis's lips.

He stretched out his finger and lightly touched the Dark Mark with his fingertip.

Almost instantly, the Dark Mark disappeared.

Instead, a black and gold flame pattern formed on Snape's arm.

There is also a triangle in the middle of the flame.

But the lines inside this triangle are clear and orderly, more like a shield.

Different from the shadow flame on Lucius' forehead.

This black and gold flame does not have any cold or chaotic aura at all.

Instead, it made Snape feel warm all over.

"Professor, this is the guardian flame. You can draw my power at any time to strengthen yourself." Hephaestus paused and continued.

"And when you are threatened with death, this flame can automatically trigger defense. As long as the opponent's magic power is not greater than mine, it can save your life."

In fact, this guardian flame has another function, but Hephis didn't say it.

The principles of this Guardian Flame and Shadow Soldier are similar, and both can be considered as his clones.

If the protective magic is broken, a clone of Hephes will appear to help fight.

And this clone possesses one tenth of his power.

In other words, Hephaestus separated one tenth of his current strength and injected it into it.

Ensure that this mark can be used at any time and will not disappear.

Snape looked at the extremely beautiful logo with mixed feelings.

The child's love for him is all in this sign.

The whole night passed in silence, yet not too quiet.

Because from time to time, you could hear someone outside the tent shouting "Dormammu".

The next day, everyone slept until dawn.

Even Snape, who usually got up early, fell into a deep sleep.

This was the most peaceful night he slept.

It was also the night he bid farewell to the past completely.

Hephaestus raised his right hand slightly, and three golden-red halos formed.

Everyone went back to their homes.

To everyone's surprise, Snape actually took the initiative to hold Flora's hand this time.

Under Fulla's astonished gaze, he took her through the aperture.

Theodore also successfully found the key to the Lestrange family's Gringotts vault.

After he got it, he immediately arrived outside Malfoy Manor and waited for Lucius.

After Lucius returned from the Quidditch match camp, he went straight to Gringotts.

He directly requested a meeting with the goblin elders.

That is the highest authority of the British Fairy Branch - Gold Coin.

Although the gold coins have always been in Gringotts, not everyone can see them.

With the goblin's arrogant character, he doesn't even take Malfoy seriously, let alone the Minister of Magic.

So at first, he refused to meet Malfoy.

But Theodore is not so easy to deal with.

He directly used blood magic to seal off the entire Gringotts.

He also tied up all the goblins working at Gringotts with vines and hung them upside down from the ceiling.

The gold coins had to show up.

At first, the gold coin still maintained its arrogant attitude.

After all, Gringotts is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic.

So if anything happens in Gringotts, we can ask the Ministry of Magic for help.

But when Lucius threw away the keys to Gringotts in his hand.

The gold coin froze in place on the spot.

He was the top manager of Gringotts, so he could easily recognize those keys.

These are the keys to the vaults of the prisoners held in Azkaban.

Jinbi's face turned ugly in an instant, his whole body was shaking, and beads of sweat began to flow from his head.

Although the goblin is arrogant, he is not stupid.

He knew very well that the reason they were still able to survive in the wizarding world after the rebellion was because the wizards needed them.

Or rather, they need the technology to forge gold galleons.

What is Azkaban?

A place guarded by hundreds of Dementors.

Malfoy and this unknown person.

They can get the vault key from the prisoners quietly.

That also means that they can also kill all the goblins silently.

So the gold coin got scared on the spot.

He led the way tremblingly, and Malfoy and the unknown man went deep underground.

The gold coin opened the vault and undid the magic cast on it.

He watched with heartache as Malfoy and his companions emptied more than twenty vaults bit by bit.

He couldn't help but curse in his heart, wondering how these two people's suitcases could be so full.

Finally he tried to talk it over with Malfoy.

See if Malfoy can continue to keep these things in Gringotts and let them keep them.

But Lucius refused outright.

All this money was Hephaestus's spoils of war.

How to deal with it can only be decided by Hephis.

Lucius knew his position well. As Hephaestus's number one servant, he dared not interfere in other people's affairs.

Theodore returned to the Brian mansion with a suitcase full of gold galleons and alchemical items.