The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Don't be so surprised, Snape. I think you've seen enough death."

Dumbledore waved his hand and said.

He looked a little helpless and a little annoyed, as if he had had enough of Snape's constant questioning and accusations.

"Those things I couldn't save before." Snape's reaction was even greater and he stood up directly, "You took advantage of me!"

"What do you mean?"

"I spied for you, lied for you, and put myself in danger for you. Everything I did was to protect Lily's son. And now you tell me that you raised him just to be slaughtered like a pig. !”

"I'm very touched by your feelings for Harry, Severus." Dumbledore said with a serious expression, but with some relief, "I think you actually like Harry quite a bit, right?"

"Are you kidding me? Call the gods to protect you!"

Snape roared and waved his wand.

Following his movements, a large ball of silver-white flocculent light emerged from the tip of his staff, and then quickly transformed into a silver doe.

She landed lightly on the floor, jumped and moved quickly in the office, and finally flew out of the window.

Dumbledore, the portraits of the previous principals in the office, and even Fawkes, the phoenix standing on a stand in the corner of the room, all focused their attention on the patron saint.

On the other side that was ignored by everyone, Snape took out the spatial anchor at an extremely fast speed, embedded it deeply into the wall behind him, and quickly used the broken and sunken wall to Magic soothes.

When Dumbledore and others turned around, Snape had returned to his original state, but his eyes were filled with tears.

"Patronus Charm! But... how is it possible? You clearly..."

Dumbledore looked extremely surprised, but he couldn't continue halfway through the question he wanted to ask.

Because he figured it out.

At this moment, Snape was no longer the dark wizard he once was.

The traces left by the past black magic in his soul and spirit have long been completely washed away by a power called love.

Only in this way can he cast the perfect physical patron saint spell.

This change from black to white was something Dumbledore had never seen before.

It is also enough to prove how fierce the love hidden deep in Snape's heart is.

As for the goal of this love, there is no need to say more.

The form of that patron saint alone is enough to explain everything.

Because Lily's patron saint is a doe.

Dumbledore took a deep breath and said:

"After all this time, you still love her so much."

"Always will be."

As Snape spoke, he had already put away his wand and left the principal's office without looking back.

His expression has returned to its original calm and profound look.

It was as if the person who yelled in the office earlier was not him.

But unlike before, this was not the effect of Occlumency, but Snape's true state of mind.

Snape's heart was dead.

The reason why he chose to go to the principal's office was not just to arrange the 'space anchor', but also to confirm his thoughts.

This can be regarded as giving yourself a chance.

As long as Dumbledore can give him an answer that satisfies him slightly, even if it is just a false hope, he will continue to hide the 'space anchor' until the so-called hope is completely shattered.

It's a pity that Dumbledore was unwilling to give him even such a little thing.

Then, Snape felt that he could only use his own method to save Harry.

With this in mind, Snape turned around the next corner and walked straight towards Gryffindor Tower.

At the same time, in the principal's office, Dumbledore sat silently on the sofa.

The tea on the coffee table in front of him had long since lost its heat, but Dumbledore didn't care at this moment.

He looked up at the portraits of past principals who were whispering on the wall and murmured:

"What do you think he will do?"

The whispers in the office disappeared instantly.

Some of the portraits hid and pretended to be asleep, while others kept mumbling but could not come up with any answers.

After a long time, Principal Black's portrait said firmly:

"He hates you, Albus, you know that? He must hate you to death!"

"It's obvious."

Dumbledore said softly.

His tone was calm and soft, without any emotion.

"Then things will be much simpler!" Principal Black continued, "You don't need to know what he will do at all. In order to eliminate possible hidden dangers, just kick him out of Hogwarts!"

"But he still loves Lily. In this case, he is unlikely to do anything to harm Hogwarts. After all, Lily's only son, Harry, is also in Hogwarts. And that child is also very Like Hogwarts, he will not allow Severus to do anything extraordinary."

"None of what you said is important! The point is that he hates you! That's enough! You are too indecisive, Albus. If it were me or Link, the moment he showed his hatred He is already a corpse!"

"You might do that, but Link would never do that. Severus is Link's most beloved professor, not even one."

"Then Link will at least control him the first time, instead of just letting him go like you did! Do you know how big the risk is here?"

Principal Black's voice turned into a harsh roar as he spoke.

At this time, Dumbledore was silent.

He closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows vigorously.

The wizard, who is also a legendary level, also drank the "Dawn Potion" not long ago, and also has strong mental power. He can naturally feel that there seems to be a huge danger about to happen.

And Dumbledore felt this sense of crisis even more profoundly.

If I had to describe it, Dumbledore now felt as if he was sitting on a huge powder keg and could be blown away at any time!

This feeling is so rare.

You must know that the legendary wizard is the most powerful existence in the world.

And since he advanced to Legend, Dumbledore has never had a similar level of premonition of danger, not even the night of the decisive battle with Grindelwald.

"Albus! What are you going to do?"

Principal Black asked again with some excitement.

Hearing this, Dumbledore finally opened his eyes.

He didn't pay attention to Principal Black, but waved and let Phoenix Fawkes land on his shoulder.

"Anyway, let's inform Link first. We are allies in co-ruling Hogwarts. We can't let me worry about this alone."

As he spoke, Dumbledore pressed his wand against his temple. With the pulling movement, a ray of silvery memory was pulled out and swallowed by Phoenix Fawkes.

Then Phoenix Fox nodded and quickly turned into a ball of flame.

……

Inside Gryffindor Tower on another level of Hogwarts Castle.

The fat lady, who was sitting in the picture frame in her pajamas, was looking at Snape in front of her with an embarrassed expression.

Unlike many students in Hogwarts.

Most professors and portraits still liked Snape, especially older, unmarried women.

Because honestly speaking, Snape is not ugly, and he is also a recognized Potions Master, and the same recognized concept as this is that the Potions Master is never short of Galleons!

This is simply a template for a diamond king!

Snape's only shortcoming is probably that he is rather slovenly and unkempt.

However, many people think that the reason why Snape is like this is entirely because there is no mistress to help take care of the house.

As a result, many people feel that maybe they can play this role.

The Fat Lady is apparently one of them.

Even though she is just a portrait.

"Severus, it's so late, you're here because..."

The fat lady said coyly.

She felt that her first spring as a portrait was finally coming, and something good would definitely happen tonight.

For example, Snape kissed her and so on.

When she thought about it, Snape must have a crush on her.

Otherwise, why would Snape, the Head of Slytherin who hated Gryffindor so much, come to Gryffindor in the middle of the night?

The only thing that the fat lady cares about now is that her husband is wearing pajamas.

Thinking of this, the Fat Lady complained a little bit about Snape.

If she had known Snape was coming earlier, she could have changed into an evening gown!

If Snape knew what the Fat Lady was thinking at this moment, he might give the portrait a touch of magic.

It's a pity that the magic of Legilimency is not strong enough to be effective on magic portraits yet.

So seeing the Fat Lady's squirming appearance, Snape just frowned and said coldly:

"Open the door and let me in."

"Of course you can kiss...um! What did you say?"

"Open the door!"

Snape repeated what he had just said.

His expression had become colder.

He heard clearly what the Fat Madam just said. Although he didn't finish speaking, he clearly understood the meaning.

This made him feel sick!

"Um...you said you wanted to go in? Do you have a password?"

"I have something very important to deal with, so let me in quickly, regardless of the password."

"No, Severus. Even you need a password. These are the rules, and as a magical portrait, I cannot violate the so-called rules."

The fat lady said with some embarrassment.

Although she is a bit nymphomaniac and love-minded, as the 'doorkeeper' of the Gryffindor common room, she still has the most basic professional qualities.

What she didn't know was that while she was saying this, Snape had already moved his arms and adjusted the position of the wand holster to the best position.

He doesn't know any bullshit passwords.

But after living in Hogwarts for more than ten years, Snape could be said to know the structure of Hogwarts Castle by heart, to the extent that he could walk with his eyes closed without getting lost.

Therefore, he also knew that the password was not actually necessary to enter the Gryffindor common room.

Behind the Fat Lady's magical portrait is a magical wall.

This wall will only open a passage when the Fat Madam confirms that the password is correct.

If the Fat Madam is forced to use strong force, it will be just a stone wall with a thickness of nearly one meter, the kind that the Fat Madam cannot open even if she wants to.

But even so, it was just a wall.

Even though there are a lot of warning spells and protection spells attached to it.

But as long as the spell is strong enough, it is not impossible to break through and get inside.

The only problem is that once the wall is forcibly broken open, the warning spell inside will spread the alarm throughout Hogwarts Castle.

Therefore, he must move quickly!

Taking a deep breath, Snape opened his palms, ready to attack.

But at this moment, I heard the fat lady say somewhat artificially:

"Ah, I heard that you guys ate pork knuckle tonight. I'm really envious. Pork knuckle was my favorite thing to eat when I was alive!"

Snape froze.

He couldn't help but look at the fat lady in front of him, but saw that she was looking at him with expectation and encouragement.

It made him feel a little weird.

But he still tried to say:

"So, the password is pork knuckle?"

The fat lady shook her head and said:

"You ask me again if I like to eat pork knuckle? Oh my God, of course I like it! But I don't like it raw. It would be best if I could cook it!"

cooking?

Do you know how to prepare pork knuckle?

Snape was murmuring crazily in his mind.

Although refining magic potions and cooking are very similar to a certain extent, he is really not good at cooking.

But...it's not that there are no ideas.

Snape suddenly remembered the smell of barbecue coming from the kitchen in his office today, and then tentatively said:

"Roasted...roasted pork knuckle?"

"The password is correct!" the fat lady said happily, "That's great, I knew you could do it, Darling!"

As he spoke, the portrait of the Fat Lady opened like a door, revealing the passage inside.

Snape walked in expressionlessly as before, but his eyes were a little more speechless.

He really didn't expect that he would enter the Gryffindor lounge in this way.

It seems that those magic portraits are not good things.

And the fat lady just called herself Daring?

That's really disgusting!

But it doesn't matter, it's best if you can come in quietly.

At the very least this would give him a lot more time to use.

Snape breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking in the direction of the boys' dormitory.

The girls' dormitory at Hogwarts has always been the most heavily defended place in the entire castle.

The complex protective spell set above puts even the principal's office to shame.

But in contrast, the boys' dormitory doesn't even have the most basic door lock.

It was precisely because of this that Snape entered Harry's dormitory directly after searching for a moment.

The smell in the bedroom was unpleasant and the snoring was loud.

Ron and others were lying stretched out on their respective beds. Those terrible sleeping postures were simply unbearable to look at.

But Snape didn't care about this, he went straight to Harry's bed.

It was only then that Snape felt a little disgusted when he looked at Harry's face with closed eyes that looked like James Potter's.

After only a moment, Snape couldn't help but go up and slap Harry and said:

"Wake up, it's time for us to leave."