[HP] Return late

It was completely dark, and Hogwarts was immersed in silence. The summer vacation had come, and except for the professors who lived here, the entire castle was empty.

The moon hadn't risen yet, and the sky was covered with thick dark clouds, which looked like it was going to rain. The castle was covered in the darkness of night, and only a certain window on the top floor was still lit.

The bright spot is the principal's office on the eighth floor, where two men are arguing - no, only one person is talking.

Albus Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk laden with silver, the phoenix Fawkes was not in the room, and the perch was empty.

Severus Snape stood opposite the desk, with a furious look on his face, his nostrils fluttering rapidly, his sallow face was also bloody with anger, he seemed to have just returned from the experiment In this hot summer night, he was still wearing thick dragon leather gloves.

"My student is dead!" he yelled at the weary old man. "You lied to me—you told me it was all about protecting that Potter brat—so let the Dark Lord take Dracomar Fu——” He put down his encircled hands, propped himself on the table, and lowered his body, like a snake before attacking, “You use him as a bait—a bargaining chip—to make the Malfoy family completely break with the Dark Lord—— A wake-up call to those hesitant little families—I thought you were well thought out, but I didn't expect you to even think about yourself, ha, it's great." He stared at the old man's charred left hand on the table. "The Unbreakable Vow is kicking in, isn't it? How long are you going to live?" he hissed sarcastically.

"Not more than a month." Dumbledore said calmly, he looked very tired, "I will arrange everything as soon as possible."

"Yeah, arrange everything. You killed the Malfoy family." He turned around and grabbed a stack of newspapers on the coffee table, and slapped Dumbledore heavily. What he laid out was the "Daily Prophet" from a few days ago ", the time was the night before the summer vacation started.The front page was a photo of a gigantic woman with a black veil on her head, gazing steadfastly at the people outside the newspaper.

"Look at this—" Snape said coldly, "think of what you promised to pull them into a boat, if you're still ashamed."

The caption below the photo reads:

unexpected?Former Death Eater family declares war on You-Know-Who!

Malfoy, long believed to be the right-hand man of You-Know-Who, escaped trial 15 years ago with cunning and money, but today, Rita Skeeter reveals the truth behind those misconceptions.

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As far as the author knows, when the mysterious man showed signs of coming back a few years ago, the head of Malfoy, Mr. Lucius Malfoy, had a private meeting with the greatest white wizard, Albus Dumbledore, and established an unbreakable agreement. The oath—only one year later, his sole heir, Draco Malfoy, rescued the boy who lived from the catastrophe, Harry Potter, from the scene of the resurrection of the mysterious man, and lost his right of inheritance ever since.

Obviously, what Mr. Malfoy did was undoubtedly to let the righteous side protect his heir-what made him unable to continue to perform his father's duties?

I venture to guess that maybe Mr. Malfoy and Dumbledore have reached an agreement - he will carry out a very, very dangerous operation, and it is extremely possible to lose his life.To this end, he entrusted his son to the party that had defeated the Dark Lord - we don't know whether this secret mission was successful, or maybe it wasn't, earlier this year, when we were still immersed in the Ministry of Magic. Under the illusion of peace, Mr. Malfoy was killed by the mysterious man—less than a month later, the mysterious man broke through the defense line of Hogwarts. This time the invasion once again achieved the reputation of the savior and the white wizard, but , so no one noticed that when Harry Potter was confronting the mysterious man, a hidden Death Eater killed a student-I believe many children in school still remember that night the mysterious man did not Didn't let his army attack - however, it is such a coincidence that Mrs. Malfoy will receive this devastating blow after losing her husband. The family tree shows the date of the son's death, and we can't guess which one What happened at night, except for a lot of blood, there is no debris left at the scene.

The heartbroken mother even just believes her son has been taken away and is still alive somewhere.

"I'm going to find my son," said the poor mother, with a steady light in her blue eyes (oh, I almost forgot she was a Black, steady Black before she married) ), "Malfoy attaches great importance to his family, even if my strength is not enough to fight against the forces of the Dark Lord, but until the last drop of my blood is shed, I will not stop taking revenge on the Dark Lord and Death Eaters, only blood can repay Blood."

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"She was a great mother, but I have to say, this approach is too impulsive." Dumbledore closed the newspapers and put them in the drawer.

"Yes, she's impulsive, just lost her husband, then her son, and I can't believe she's still calm. So she left Grimmauld Place, and you didn't do anything to stop her—because that's where the Order of the Phoenix is. Headquarters, ha, you're terrified of a Death Eater's family - even if she's not a Death Eater - revealing your secrets, and you can't wait for her to go -"

"It's not like that," Dumbledore took off his half-moon glasses, and rubbed the bridge of his nose wearily with his fingers, "We just couldn't stop—Mrs. Malfoy said before that she was going to see Miss Skeeter, Sirius Accompanying her—we sent more people that night, Molly, Tonks, and Sirius were all in the old house."

"In the end, people still left? Three members of the Order of the Phoenix can't even defeat a family member of a Death Eater? Even she is a lady who is only good at beauty spells?" Snape sneered.

Dumbledore picked up the hem of his robe, wiped the lenses clean, and put them back on the bridge of his twisted nose, "In fact, there are four, and Lupine is there too. We all underestimate that Mrs. Malfoy. One against four, only It took less than 3 minutes, and when Aratos, who received the letter, brought people over, she had already left."

"And then you told me, ah, what a misfortune, Severus," Snape maliciously imitated Dumbledore's tone, "Mrs. Malfoy disappeared during an encounter with the Death Eaters two hours ago. ?”

"I just suspect that she met Voldemort himself. Severus, I thought you were used to life and death—"

"Are you used to seeing life and death?!" Snape interrupted Dumbledore loudly, "Dumbledore, I always thought you were always right—" he said coldly, "I thought I did It's all about Lily's son. But it doesn't include hurting my friend, and even if he deserves it, he shouldn't take his innocent child and wife with him, and Draco is only sixteen—"

"You did a lot when you were 16—"

"Dumbledore! Now I know that in your eyes, only Gryffindor is important." Snape remained expressionless, "Slytherins are born to die."

"I didn't mean that - I just thought that you were smarter and able to protect yourself." Dumbledore seemed to no longer want to continue this topic, he said: "I'm sorry about the little Malfoy, and I I will find a way to save it. In fact, there is one more thing," Dumbledore said sincerely: "I need you to recommend a teacher who was born in Slytherin and is proficient in black magic."

"I remember applying for the position every year," Snape said.

"I'm sorry, Severus, Potions professors are even more difficult to find. And I accidentally offended Slughorn, who insisted that he would never teach at Hogwarts where I was."

Snape pursed his lips tightly, and after a few seconds, he said, "You might as well bring Mrs. Malfoy back, I don't think a pure-blooded Slytherin would dare to serve you again before that, Dumbledore, it is better to be extinct than to be enslaved by the Dark Lord and barely save his life." After Snape finished speaking, he nodded shallowly at Dumbledore, "I think our topic is over, goodbye, Dumbledore profitable."

He walked to the door and turned around again, "I suggest you find another Potions Master." He tore off the dragon leather glove on his left hand, revealing the scorched skin, "You are not the only one who betrayed the unbreakable oath."

"Also, please think about how to explain to Lucius Malfoy about his wife and son, I believe you will not go to the same place with us dirty souls after death, but I I will kindly convey it to you."

After finishing speaking, he slammed the door shut, thumped downstairs and walked away.

Dumbledore took out a long-necked crystal vial from a drawer - it was filled with the silvery-white mist he had obtained from Slughorn's head with a less than gentle hand.

It was a memory about the secret of the Horcrux.

He sighed deeply, the war has just begun, and there will be a long period of hard struggle, and his life is about to end.He still has a lot of unfinished things waiting to be resolved, but now, he is so tired that he just wants to go to the Pig's Head Bar and meet his brother who hasn't spoken to him for a long time.

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