Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"If you can't provide any more clues, I have nothing to share with you." Dean shrugged, already used to Phineas' moodiness.

"No, you have to tell me everything you know. This is our agreement." When Phineas said this, his eyes were filled with begging.

"Well, there's actually not much left. My grandfather had my biological father, Brian Xiao, around 1960, and then my biological father disappeared when I was about one year old." Dean said simply said.

"Brian Shaw! Leonor Shaw! Damn it, I should have thought of it! I know that kid, he has a good relationship with Severus, even though he is a Gryffindor! Maybe he is my only one No annoying Gryffindor." After Phineas spoke incoherently, he reacted belatedly, "What did you just say? He disappeared? When you were one year old? Now you are... …”

"First grade." Dean reminded.

"Then the time when he disappeared was not very close to the time when Regulus was missing. Could it be that..." Phineas' face became extremely ugly.

"Maybe the situation is not that bad." Dean said immediately when he saw this, "Professor Snape seems to know a lot about my biological father, but he is unwilling to tell me, always saying that I am too young and the opportunity is still there. Using immaturity as an excuse, I thought maybe you could try to get him to talk?”

"Severus, Severus, a talented wizard, is also my favorite Slytherin. I have given him a lot of help. I think he is still willing to listen to my words." Finia Si paced back and forth on the portrait anxiously.

"I hope so." Dean struck while the iron was hot, "If you can ask Snape to tell me about Brian Shaw, I'll be willing to share it with you."

"Why didn't I just ask him to tell me?" Phineas asked.

"In what capacity are you going to ask Snape to tell you this?" Dean was not afraid of Phineas' disobedience at all. "Unless you are willing to admit that Brian is your descendant, but I guess you may not be able to make such a decision. ."

"...If you win, I will try to convince Severus." Phineas only persisted for less than two seconds before losing, and said dejectedly.

"Then I'm waiting for your good news." Dean said cheerfully.

He had a hunch that Snape would have no reason to refuse now.

……

One night a few days later, in Snape's exclusive space for dispensing medicine in the Room of Requirement, a livid-faced Snape glared sternly at the innocent-looking Dean in front of him.

On the console in front of them was the pensieve that Snape borrowed from Dumbledore.

"I didn't know you were so capable of letting Principal Phineas speak for you." Snape stared at Dean's eyes and said every word, fully demonstrating his inner displeasure.

"Professor, don't you think it has been delayed for too long?" Seeing that Snape had even borrowed the pensieve, Dean knew that he would get the answer tonight.

"I said, you are still too young and the time is not yet ripe." Snape explained in vain.

"Professor, you should think about it for me - after what happened during Christmas vacation, if I still don't know anything about my biological father, how will I face my mother and my stepfather during the summer vacation?" Dean complained. , "Did you know that after Christmas, I always felt guilty and felt like an ungrateful person?"

"It's totally unnecessary... Dean, it's not your fault." Snape seemed to be choked up.

"But I don't know anything! So please tell me everything you know about my biological father, Brian Xiao." Dean demanded forcefully.

Snape pursed his lips and looked at Dian'an, the expression on his face changing unpredictably. After a long time, he finally made up his mind.

Snape put the wand against his temple, pulled out a wisp of silver substance and put it into the pensieve: "Dean, if you feel you are ready, just see for yourself... Please forgive my cowardice, I don’t have the courage to tell you the truth directly.”

Dean took a deep look at Snape, and he became more and more certain that Snape must have done something to Brian, and now everything will be revealed.

After Dean entered Snape's memory in the pensieve, he found that he first came to the edge of a playground with almost no people, and a large chimney stood in the sky in the distance.

A thin boy wrinkled up from the playground dejectedly: The boy's black hair was very long, and his clothes were extremely uncoordinated. It seemed that he was deliberately dressed like this: a pair of jeans that were too short, and a pair that was too big and too long. , like a shabby coat worn by adults, and a weird-looking shirt that looks like maternity clothes.

There was no doubt that this was Snape in his childhood. He looked about nine or ten years old at this time, with a sallow complexion, short stature, and a lean build.

Behind him, two little girls of similar age were chasing away from the playground gate in the opposite direction.

Dean could clearly feel the substantive gloomy aura emanating from the young Snape. Snape must have had a big fight with the two girls.

Dean's heart moved. If he guessed correctly, it should be Lily and Petunia.

Dean had the urge to rush over and see Lily's true face, but unfortunately before he could take action, a little boy jumped out of the bushes nearby, making faces in an attempt to scare Snape.

Snape remained unmoved with a straight face, as if he had already guessed it, but Dean was completely shocked - the boy who jumped out had a face that was extremely familiar to Dean, and he was clearly Dean himself. .

Dean immediately understood that this boy was his biological father, Brian Shaw.

After looking carefully, Dean discovered that Brian's Eastern ancestry was actually more obvious than his.

"Hey, Severus, you are so boring. Even if you pretend to be shocked, it won't be in vain for me to hide here for a long time." Brian complained half-jokingly.

"Childish!" Snape said coldly and left without looking back.

"Severus, why do you always reject people thousands of miles away? Even for the sake of us being just neighbors, can't we be good friends?" Brian chased after him and asked.

"Brian, how many times have I told you that we are not from the same world and I will not be friends with a Muggle." Snape said impatiently, "I don't need friends either!"

"Liar, if you don't need friends, why were you chasing the Evans girl just now?" Brian asked sharply.

"It has nothing to do with you! If you keep pestering me, don't blame me for being rude!" Snape said angrily, and some small stones and branches flew up around him, hitting Brian directly.

Brian was caught off guard by Snape's move and scurried away under the attack of stones and branches.

He shouted as he ran, "Severus, I won't give up!"