"Dad... Dad." Anita murmured.

Severus strode into the door, took Lockhart's hand that was locked on Anita's neck and snapped it hard, Anita trembled slightly, she swore she heard the sound of Lockhart's hand being snapped.Although Lockhart was petrified, even his expression could not change, but his pain could be clearly seen from his eyes.

"Not coming out yet?" Severus said, his voice was very quiet and sounded extremely calm, but Anita could hear the pent-up anger in it, hotter than ever before.

Anita hurriedly walked away from Lockhart, coughed a few times holding her neck, and stood aside with her head bowed in a gesture of repentance.

Severus looked Anita up and down carefully, and cast a detection spell on her again. Seeing that she was not injured, although his face still had an uncertain expression, he was secretly relieved.When he'd heard Draco and Hermione talk about their plans, he'd been scared to death by Anita's foolish courage.

Now that the worry had faded, the anger in Severus's heart was only growing.He was not only angry with Anita's audacity, but also angry that Anita didn't go to him when she found out the problem, but insisted on trying to solve it by herself.

Severus clenched his hands tightly, and he closed his eyes, turned around, and tried to shift his attention away from Anita and focus on Lockhart, otherwise he was afraid he couldn't help punching Anita .

Severus removed the gun from Lockhart's hand, pulled Lockhart directly by the collar, and dragged him outside.Although Severus could use spells like the Levitation Charm to transport Lockhart, at this time he obviously didn't intend to let this man who dared to hold his daughter hostage be so easy.

"Go to my office and wait." When he reached the door, Severus dropped a sentence in a cold tone, and walked forward without looking back.

"Wait." Anita worked up her courage and caught up with Severus.

Severus stopped and looked at Anita coldly.

Anita shivered, handed the recorder to Severus, saw Severus' puzzled eyes, and explained, "This is the recorder, there are two recordings in it, one is me and Mycroft Conversation of Sherlock Holmes..."

Hearing the name of Mycroft Holmes, Lockhart's eyes showed extreme fear and disbelief, which was much deeper than the fear when he was caught unexpectedly by the diary.

Severus clearly saw the fear in Lockhart's eyes too, and his anger grew even higher.Well, a much more dangerous character than Lockhart, Anita just went to meet, who gave her the courage?I really owe a lesson.

Anita continued without realizing it, "Mycroft is the Muggle I went to meet today, and the other part is the conversation between me and Lockhart. To put it mildly, I'm not sure Veritaserum or Legilimency worked on Lockhart."

Very good, when she was restrained, not only did she not think of a way to get out of the trap as soon as possible, but she also used clichés, should he praise her for her wit?Who gave her the guts?What if something goes wrong?

Severus tried his best to suppress his anger, and even his body was trembling slightly. He reminded himself several times in his heart that he could not teach his daughter in front of outsiders, so he barely broke out.Gritting his teeth, Severus said, "Who is that Mycroft Holmes?"

"Mycroft is the director of MI[-], in charge of all secret intelligence in the UK." Anita replied.

Severus closed his eyes, grabbed the recorder from Anita's hand, and dragged Lockhart away.Although Severus still had a lot of questions in his mind, he was afraid that if he continued to ask, he would not be able to hold back the burning anger in his heart.

Anita watched Severus drag Lockhart away, and was about to go to Severus' office to wait for the final sentencing, when Harry and Ron who passed by stopped her, "Hermione! Where did you go?"

Anita didn't have the time to make up a perfect reason, and said directly, "In the Potions Master's office."

"The whole afternoon? What did you and Prince talk about for so long? Old bat...Professor Snape couldn't possibly allow you to talk for so long, right?" Ron said in disbelief.

"Of course not." Anita said, "I saw that Anita was making Polyjuice Potion, so I offered to help her cook it together. It's a good learning experience, isn't it?"

Ron and Harry looked at Anita with speechless faces, and Anita rolled her eyes like a Hermione.

"Going to dinner together?" Harry asked.

"No, I have something to go to Anita."

"But you've been with Prince all afternoon, what's there to talk about all afternoon?" Ron said.

"It just occurred to me that I forgot to tell you something. Go eat first, and I'll come back to you." Anita ran away in a hurry after speaking.

Harry looked at Anita's back, narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you think Hermione is acting weird today?"

"I blame Prince, he's been weird since Hermione befriended her," said Ron.

"Yes, it's Prince. Don't you think Hermione looks very much like Prince today?"

"No way. Hermione is usually like this too. Don't guess what Xueba is thinking. Don't think about it. Let's go eat. I'm starving to death."

Harry let go of his doubts, and walked arm in arm with Ron to the auditorium for dinner.

When Anita opened the door and entered Severus' office, she saw Draco and Hermione who were pale and frightened.

Anita greeted with a little guilt, "Hi. I'm back."

"You still know to come back!" Hermione said viciously, "What about the agreed five hours?"

"Uh, there was a little accident."

Draco frowned and asked worriedly, "No injury?"

"No, it was Lockhart who was injured." Anita felt pain in her hand when she thought of Lockhart's hand being broken off neatly by Severus.

"Aren't you going to meet a Muggle? How could you conflict with Lockhart?"

Anita told Draco and Hermione about the process of meeting Mycroft and the process of fighting wits with Lockhart, "In general, Lockhart is not a wizard, but an agent, and he betrayed MI6 Taking refuge with Moriarty, Britain's greatest criminal."

Just as he was talking, a house elf suddenly appeared in the room, holding a large tray full of food in his hand.He bowed to Anita and the others and said, "Professor Snape asked me to bring the dinner."

Anita was stunned for a while, and then said softly to the house elf, "Thank you. Put it on the table."

The house-elf put the tray down and disappeared.

"Your father spoils you so much." Hermione sighed, "I never thought Professor Snape would have such a gentle side."

"Yeah," murmured Anita, drowning in guilt right now.

The meal was for three people, and Anita finished the dinner with no appetite, exchanged information with Draco and Hermione, and saw that Severus hadn't come back, so she took out a piece of parchment and started writing.

"What are you writing?" Hermione asked.

"Prince's family rules." Anita said with a bitter face, "It's always going to be copied anyway, so it's better to start now."

Draco listened, and began to copy the Malfoy family rules.

Hermione didn't know what she should do, Anita took out a potions book from Severus' bookcase and handed it to Hermione, ""Advanced Potion Making", if Dad punishes you to copy the book, you should This is it."

Hermione raised her eyebrows, took the book, and copied it wordlessly.

"By the way, Hermione, if Harry and Ron ask, you've been making Polyjuice Potions with me in the Potions Master's office all afternoon." Anita suddenly remembered that she had fooled Harry and Ron.

"Why would they ask?"

"Because I bumped into both of them when I stood up to you, twice," said Anita. "And you're going to rewrite the potions paper when you go back tonight."

"Why? I finished writing last night." Hermione asked puzzled.

"Because 'Hermione' told Harry and Ron this afternoon."

"Anita Prince, I'm going to kill you!"

It took a long time for Severus to return to the office wrapped in a cold air. When he saw the three writing hard, he sneered, "You guys are very self-conscious."

"In this case, Draco has to repeat the Malfoy house rules a hundred times, and Granger has to go through "Advanced Potion Making" five times plus a month of confinement. You two can go back."

Draco and Hermione showed escaped expressions at the same time, they gave Anita a self-seeking look, and left quickly.

Severus sat behind his desk, watching Anita silently.

Anita knew she should keep silent at this point, but curiosity made her ask, "What did Lockhart say?"

"Nothing." Severus' face became even more ugly, "He committed suicide as soon as I broke the petrification spell, and neither Dumbledore nor I had time to stop it."

"Then what is Professor Dumbledore going to do? About the Muggle world sending agents to the wizarding world, and the possibility that the Muggle world's most powerful criminal boss may do things in the wizarding world?"

"Professor Dumbledore took your recording to the Ministry of Magic. But I don't think the Ministry of Magic will believe that recording. After all, things like recording pens have never appeared in the wizarding world. They have reason to suspect that it belongs to Dumbledore." Conspiracy. It's not the first time they've done it. The Ministry of Magic would no more believe that Muggles could threaten the wizarding world, any more than they would believe that the Dark Lord hadn't completely disappeared," said Severus.

"But……"

Before Anita finished speaking, she was interrupted by Severus, "Okay. Your participation in this matter ends here, and no matter what decisions are made by the Ministry of Magic or Professor Dumbledore, it has nothing to do with you , you'd better remember this. Also, from today onwards, you are not allowed to communicate with any Holmes."

Anita frowned, "You can't interfere with my freedom to make friends."

"I can."

"Why?"

Severus slapped the table hard and said, "Because I'm your father."

Anita shrank her neck and was cowardly.

"I have a question, and I hope you can answer it honestly." Severus stared at Anita blankly, "You were bold when you were young, but you were never indiscreet. Unlike those stupid Gran Findo, although you are bold and adventurous, you have never lacked the prudence of Slytherin. Before this year, your adventures were all based on the fact that you could guarantee your own safety, at least you thought you could guarantee your own safety. I am relieved of your point. But this time your adventure has obviously exceeded your ability. I don’t think your personality will change. You still think you are safe. So what or who gave you a sense of security? ?Also, when you were held hostage by Lockhart, you turned your back to Lockhart. Although you can spell silently and wandlessly, the basic law of casting spells cannot be broken. Only by looking at the target of the spell Only then can the spell be successfully cast, so who is the person who petrified Lockhart?"

Severus closed his eyes, tilted his head back slightly, and asked wearily, "Anita, tell me, who is that person?"

Anita's back was instantly drenched in cold sweat.

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