[HP] Squib Prince

Mr. Duke glanced back and forth between Brian and Snape with sharp eyes, and then asked, "Have your eyesight recovered?"

Snape nodded. Although he had just met for less than a year, Snape had great respect for this old man who had given him great help in terms of potions and life direction.

"There's nothing else to do," Snape replied respectfully.

Seeing that Snape was really fine, Mr. Duke nodded, but there was no joy on his face: "I remember that you should have arrangements today, and in that case, I won't follow you. When your business is over, Severus, come to the potions room."

Snape nodded, he had no objection to Mr. Duke's words.On the contrary, Brian was very nervous from the moment he was on the sidelines. When he heard that Mr. Duke asked Snape to go to the potion room, he simply clenched the hands hidden under his sleeves tightly.

After Mr. Duke disappeared from the frame, Brian breathed a sigh of relief.He looked at Snape and said hesitantly, "Grandfather he..."

Snape actually didn't know what Mr. Duke wanted to talk to him about, but he was not worried about it: "It's all right. Lucius is here already?"

Brian nodded: "It wasn't a while ago. I arranged for him to be in the study, and he should be waiting for you there now."

Snape said he knew, then went straight up the stairs and headed towards the study.Brian watched Snape's pace, pursed his lips, and decided to keep up.He walked beside Snape and said, "Whether you decide to involve me in this or not, I still think I need to know what you're doing."

Snape stopped in his tracks and looked at Brian with a frown. He just looked at it for a while, and finally, to Brian's surprise, he didn't raise any objections. He just raised his foot and walked to the study.This kind of performance made Brian, who had prepared a lot of words to persuade him, choke directly, and finally had no choice but to follow up.It has to be said that he still didn't grasp the essence of Snape's inner world.

When the two walked into the study, Lucius was casually leaning on the sofa, drinking coffee contentedly, looking in no hurry.

"Your eyes are healed?" Lucius asked happily when he saw Snape striding in, acting exactly as usual.

Snape nodded, and sat down across from Lucius.After Brian closed the door of the study, he naturally sat on the sofa next to Snape.This move made Lucius raise his eyebrows.Lucius looked at Brian with a smile, and asked, "Why are you willing to let him know these things this time?"

Snape obviously didn't want to answer this question, he just said "hm", and then said the business: "You should know about the diadem, do you need me to repeat it?"

Seeing that Snape got to the point, Lucius restrained his wanton gesture and became serious: "Most of what should be known is already known, there is no need to repeat it."

Snape nodded, then looked at Brian: "You don't have anything to ask?"

Seeing Snape looking at him, Brian was a little surprised, and then he was relieved. Since Snape let him stay here, he must let himself know the cause and effect of the matter, so as not to be confused.

Brian shook his head. In fact, he had guessed a rough idea of ​​the matter, but because he was at Hogwarts, he didn't say what Charlie said, and now he needs to tell them the news.

"If it refers to the matter in the Chamber of Secrets, I already know about it. Moreover, from Mr. Weasley, I also got some other news from Charlie." Brian organized his language and tried to succinctly say what Charlie said. Retell it to the two of you.

Sure enough, after listening to Brian's words, Lucius' face became extremely serious.If you look closely, his hands should be shaking.When Snape saw Lucius' performance, he couldn't help but become very ugly. Although he didn't know what Lucius was thinking, the behavior of his friend was enough to explain the problem.The two were silent for a moment.

After a while, Lucius spoke. His voice was completely lacking in the usual gorgeousness. It became low and hoarse, as if he had suffered a great blow: "Did he really do that? I thought this Only a lunatic would easily try this kind of thing... I don't really believe it..."

Snape looked at Lucius and asked, "What did you find out later?"

Lucius rubbed his fingers, looking very restless.Because of this negative emotion, he couldn't help standing up, walking back and forth in the huge study room, without stopping.Snape and Brian obviously understood each other's feelings very well, and did not urge them.In this way, after a while, Lucius seemed to have finally calmed down. He finally stopped, sat down again, and began to talk about what he knew so far.

"You know that the Dark Lord left me a blank notebook, and told me to keep it safe." Lucius spoke slowly, as if he was sorting out his thoughts while telling, "And the last time Little Potter After staying in Malfoy Manor for less than a while, it seemed to be affected. The two things were connected, and the two of us guessed that Little Potter had been attacked by the Dark Lord before, and he might be very sensitive to such things. The Dark Lord must have done something in his notebook. So, I consulted a lot of black magic books, focusing on the black magic that is attached to objects, which requires triggering conditions. But in this way, there are too many things that meet the conditions. Many, and did not get any valuable information."

When Lucius said this, there was no change in Snape's expression, it seemed that he had expected it a long time ago.The reason why Lucius explained the cause and effect so clearly was to let Brian, who was kept in the dark, know more, in case he couldn't keep up with the rhythm later.Brian gave Lucius a grateful look.But Lucius' mind was not here. From the very beginning, he seemed to have entered an abnormal state.

"Later, I heard from Brian about the things in the secret room, the soul state that can absorb vitality, and can be attached to objects. In this way, there are not many qualified ones in the materials I found before. .And according to the purpose of those eligible dark arts, I thought of the only one that might interest the Dark Lord." Speaking of this, Lucius paused, not because he wanted to be tricky or anything else, really It was the very word he was about to say that scared him from the inside.He took a sip of the coffee, but the originally mellow and top-quality coffee couldn't arouse any pleasure in his mouth now.Lucius paused for a while, then took a deep breath and let it out slowly, "That is, the Horcrux..."

Snape seemed to have heard of this thing before, and when he heard the word, he became visibly stiffer.And Brian looked at Snape and then at Lucius in a daze, but held back his curiosity and didn't interrupt their conversation.He knew that the two of them would definitely explain this next.

Sure enough, Lucius went on to speak: "The name of the Dark Lord says it all, doesn't it? 'Leap to death'... His ambition has already been said. But the Horcrux, this kind of evil, is legendary It must be the most suitable thing for him to escape death. Once you have this guess, many things can be explained. Why did he eagerly recruit you to eat death as soon as you graduated? Because of his physical problems, he needs a potion master to help make potions. Why did he lose his mind so much in the later stage? Because of the side effects of Horcruxes. Why did he suffer such serious injuries and did not die, but his whereabouts are unknown The Horcrux worked..." At this point, Lucius clenched his fist tightly, wondering if he was regretting that he followed the wrong team.

"Originally all of this was just my guess, but what Brian heard from Weasley confirmed this statement even more..." Lucius couldn't help but stopped again, and drank the already empty glass in one gulp. Coffee getting cold, "I suspect, that notebook...he's a madman!"

Snape, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke at this time: "You are right. I once helped him make potions to soothe soul wounds. Although it was only a few times, I remember it very clearly..."

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