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When Snape opened the door, the strange smell in the Room of Requirement made his expressionless face frown.The air was filled with the smell of various medicines, thick as if it was an illegal small pharmaceutical factory.

The crucible on the test bench never stopped working, bubbles floated out one by one, and then burst in the air. Draco sat slumped against the old bookshelf, buried his face deep between his knees, and could only see his pale blond hair.A few empty vials fell nearby.After hearing the footsteps, Draco raised his head for a look, then lowered his head deeply again.

"I'm glad you seem to be in good spirits." Snape's tone couldn't hear even a little bit of happiness.He walked slowly over to Draco, picked up an empty bottle, put it under his nose and sniffed it, frowning again. "Hallucinogens are a good thing to escape from reality. It's just that I didn't expect you to rely on him one day."

"I'm timid, Professor." Draco replied softly.He looked up at Snape, his already bloodless face looked even more haggard.The gray eyes also lost their sparkle.His voice was low, and it sounded like he had no emotion at all. "I've been wondering, what color are you, Professor?"

Snape's face changed abruptly, and he took a few steps back almost instantly, drew out his wand and pointed it at Draco.

"Why are you so nervous? Since I am already an outcast in the hands of the master, as long as you wish, it is only a matter of time before I die here quietly." Draco smiled. "I'm just confused. I've heard some of your stories, and like everyone else, I've always thought that you hate Potter more. What I didn't expect is that the person you hate the most seems to be me. I'm really confused , Professor, can you help me answer it?"

The wand in Snape's hand didn't change direction: "What do you know?"

"I don't know anything, Professor." Draco smiled and shook his head. "Just staying in such a quiet place, I can't help but think of some long-ago things. ——For example, Professor, did you know that back then? I will be hit by Potter's magic sword."

Snape didn't speak, nor showed any expression, just looked at him quietly, waiting for his next words.

"It's better to say, in fact, you have always been nearby, and miraculously, you were the only one nearby at that time. Otherwise, Myrtle would not have found you so quickly, and only found you." Draco said slowly, It's like talking about someone else. "Ah, and later, you made an unbreakable oath with my mother. My mother hoped that you could protect me, but for you, I'm afraid the purpose of this oath is just to complete the assassination mission for me in a fair and just manner. ..."

Draco paused, and there was silence in the air.He seemed to rest for a while, and then said: "Also, this time... when Bryce was arrested, the person who wanted to kill him the most, if I guessed correctly, should be you."

"What evidence do you have?" Snape asked calmly, as calmly as if acquiescing to Draco's accusation.

"What proof do I have, it's just guesswork," Draco said. "I just assume that the white side must have sent many people to infiltrate the master. Then when Bryce, who is not trusted but has important information, is arrested, these infiltrated people will definitely rush to the master's side. Get rid of Bryce before I come back. It's just that my appearance disrupted their plans and may even expose some of their deployments. So since Bryce is dead, the scapegoat falls on me who was the last to see him It really couldn't be more convenient." Draco raised his eyes to look at Snape. "Professor, presumably the master will gain a lot from my home, right?"

"Exposing too much horse's feet will make people suspicious. Except for Narcissa's disappearance, what Master saw were some innocuous clues. Malfoy has always been cautious. How much Master can believe depends on your luck." Snape said flatly. "Draco, you're so clever that it's annoying. I don't like chess pieces that always go wrong. If you can quietly disappear after leaving Hogwarts, it will save us from wasting so much time on each other."

"There are abandoned children everywhere, I'm really sad." Draco whispered. "But Professor, no matter how carefully I think about it, I can't think of anything I've done to hinder you."

"But you're trying to influence Potter," Snape said.

Hearing the name, Draco froze for a moment.But he didn't say anything, just quietly listening to Snape's next words.

"Potter is everyone's last hope, and he will become a hero. ——Since you have heard some of my stories, you should be able to imagine that I will send him on this road, and I will also guarantee that he will not Being plotted against, stripped from the halo." Snape seemed to be lost in memory.He remembered the beautiful green eyes, the beautiful green eyes that could make him fly like a moth to a flame.But memories are not always good.Snape continued with some resentment. "It's a pity that he still inherited Potter's incorrigible tendon. So I can't let anyone who infiltrates the darkness have anything to do with him. I have done so many deployments, and even convinced Lupine that wooden Pimple... But you made our efforts almost in vain. You used him, and even made him say desperately stupid things..."

Snape felt that he had said too much, but Draco's face turned pale instantly.

"How would you know..." Draco's voice trembled.He remembered that in the Vulture Bar, Harry clearly used the earplug spell...

"Could it be that you're also infected by his IQ? I've said long ago that my spells don't work for me." Snape seemed to see through Draco's confusion. "Besides, your voices are really too loud."

Draco's defense was rather weak: "Since you heard it, you should have heard it too. I didn't do anything. All the words, all the promises were made by Harry voluntarily..."

"Voluntary?" Snape smiled mockingly. "I did hear that, you actually know Horcruxes. Then don't you know the influence of Horcruxes on the wearer?"

Draco's face was getting paler.He closed his mouth, unable to utter a single word of rebuttal.

"You know the master's obsession with your bloodline. And when such obsession is accompanied by the Horcrux and affects the wearer, it is not difficult for you as a top student to guide it into other emotions The only thing you can't be sure of is how far Harry has been affected, but you still chose to gamble," Snape said. "It looks good, little Malfoy."

Draco bit his lower lip hard.Every word Snape said was like a sharp knife, piercing his heart one by one.He had also tried to convince himself that Harry's feelings towards him were not entirely dominated by Horcruxes.But Snape's words dragged him abruptly into reality.No one knew better than him that what Snape said was the truth.He even thought that after Voldemort was killed, when everything returned to normal, when Harry was finally completely freed from the influence of the Horcrux, if... then, it is okay for him to leave, after all, there is no promise of becoming a curse , It's just a few harmless empty words.

Draco couldn't bear such anxiety, so he always quietly numb himself, all he wanted was to survive until after the war, and to survive after the war.But whether it was Bryce or Snape, their words stripped his disguise and made him face up to his own weakness and selfishness.

The chaos in his mind made him unable to think normally.His tone sounded as if he was dying: "What about you? After the war, will the relationship you once had with Harry also be clean without leaving any trace?"

"Me? I won't make it to that time." Snape said in a deep voice. "It's not just me, all those who look forward to the dawn in the dark are doomed not to be able to walk into the dawn in person."

Draco didn't speak.At this time, Snape's appearance seemed to overlap with the image of Bryce in his memory, and they were talking about something he had never thought of, something that shocked him beyond words. Those people that Draco had never known before, but at this moment, it seemed that he was gradually getting a glimpse of the overwhelming fog behind the so-called light.

Those who do not have the will to die will not take the initiative to plunge into the abyss for the faint light.And those who try to break free from the darkness but don't have enough courage can only struggle like himself in the gray area at the junction, unable to enter the light, and dare not completely sink in for the untouchable result. dark.

After all, he is just an ordinary person, small and timid.With the last sliver of reason left in his arms, he was pointlessly ups and downs in other people's games.

"Harry may never know these things, and he doesn't need to. He's the chosen savior, so he can't live up to the expectations everyone has put on him, including those he may never know existed. ' continued Snape. "No one is allowed to try to break this balance, including you."

Draco closed his eyes slightly, and sighed softly: "Then Professor, I will die here, right?"

"I'm not Dumbledore, and I don't have the patience to guide beginners." Snape didn't answer him, just said. "Since I've patiently told you so many things, do you think I'm just trying to make you understand?"

"But professor, the courage to jump off the abyss is not formed overnight." Draco replied wearily.He is a little tired.He couldn't even figure out what he had done for so long.He simply had no energy left.

But Snape still didn't seem to hear his words, and continued: "Because of Bryce's accidental arrest, Harry could only leave his safe and secure foothold and began to flee. In order to protect his whereabouts, even Not many people in the Order of the Phoenix can really tell where he is, and as time goes by, he becomes more and more dangerous. The master of this situation naturally knows." Snape said very naturally. "I know he has taken some methods, although I don't know what exactly. But if the master succeeds, then someone needs to be able to rescue Harry."

"You don't think I'm the one, do you?" Draco asked self-deprecatingly.

"Just one of them," Snape replied. "If Harry is really arrested, there will be a 30.00% chance that he will be locked up in Malfoy Manor."

that place...

It seemed, Draco thought, that no one knew him better than he did.

"You can think about it carefully." Snape seemed to have finished what he was about to say. "If you have an answer, come to the principal's office."