Slytherin's salvation is nothingness

The next day, Cyrus and Snape set out for the Ministry of Magic. Sirius's sentencing is today and they need to be there as key witnesses.

The two of them had been getting along normally in the past few days, and Cyrus was still teasing Snape from time to time as before, treating him more like a friend than a teacher and student. She had a good grasp of her attitude and behavior towards Snape, neither too far nor too close, and would not cross the line.

Snape would be cold and mean at first and try to stay away from Cyrus, but Cyrus had always been immune to Snape's venom.

Fudge's face looked the color of pig liver. It seemed that he had been having a hard time recently.

The hearing ended quickly. With the appearance of Cyrus and Dumbledore, as well as the pressure from the public and Grindelwald behind the scenes, the members of the Ministry of Magic did not embarrass Sirius.

Rita also immediately informed the outside world that her charges had been cleared. The Azkaban fugitive who had committed a serious crime could finally be freed.

Sirius hugged everyone excitedly, holding Cyrus around and around under Snape's vicious eyes, "Cyrus, thank you!" Cyrus patted Sirius in front of him, "We are friends."

Sirius nodded heavily and pulled Lupine and Cyrus, "Let's go to the Leaky Cauldron to celebrate! Don't forget our bet, Mr. Sean." He winked at Cyrus, who smiled and said: "I hope Mr. Big Black Dog will stop lying on the road and pretending to be dead."

Cyrus looked at Snape and said, "Sir, please come with us! Tomorrow is the weekend, and you don't need to go to class." Snape crossed his chest with his hands and stood between Cyrus and Sirius without speaking.

Dumbledore laughed at the side, "It's really lively, haha." Cyrus ignored the old man and disapparated with everyone.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting on the chairs with awkward and complicated expressions. Harry looked at his godfather and Professor Lupin enthusiastically, and next to them was a man who was older than Harry and others and had a handsome appearance. young people drink.

Next to the young man sat a gloomy-looking Professor Snape, glaring at him from time to time, wondering what kind of combination they were...

Hermione picked up a glass of butterbeer and spoke first, "Well, Sirius, congratulations on your acquittal." Then everyone picked up their glasses and clinked them. Sirius drank it all in one gulp, while Snape took a sip of his own. Firewhiskey in hand.

"Hahaha, I'm so happy to see you! Harry, how are you doing recently?" Harry nodded, his eyes full of expectation, "Sirius, now that you have been exonerated, can I live with you?" !" Sirius also patted Harry on the back happily, "Of course, of course! I will take you on a trip on a motorcycle later."

Cyrus drank in silence and did not break the beautiful fantasy between the two of them. A slender hand touched her arm, and the strong and heavy scent of perfume hit her, "Little brother, what are you talking about? Why don't you let me join in?"

Cyrus first raised his eyebrows at Sirius, stretched out three fingers and shook them at him. Sirius stood up with a look of dissatisfaction and pulled the woman who was trying to sit on Cyrus, "Miss... what do you think of me?"

The woman had an angry look on her face at first. After seeing Sirius's handsome features, her voice was charming and enchanting, "Hey, what this gentleman said is not impossible."

Hermione covered her eyes not to look at them, and Cyrus calmly smiled back at Sirius' provocation. Snape beside him snorted, "Boring!"

Hermione seized the opportunity and looked at Cyrus, "Hello, your name is Sean, right? We met in Diagon Alley before, and you helped my friend Ginny."

Cyrus put down his glass and nodded, "Hello, Miss Granger. Of course I remember Miss Ginny."

"Just call me Hermione. Are you also a friend of Sirius? I thought you were just...a friend of Professor Snape."

Cyrus smiled at her, "Well, we are all friends. Of course, my best friend is Severus." Cyrus looked at Snape, who seemed to be drinking wine from his glass. Didn't hear her.

Hermione seemed to have something to say but didn't dare to say it in front of Snape. Cyrus patted Snape on the shoulder and said, "Severus, can you get me another glass of firewhiskey?"

Snape glared at Cyrus, stood up and left his seat. Cyrus sat closer to Hermione, ignoring Ron's unkind look. "Go on, Hermione. What's the matter?"

Hermione thought about it, "Do you... have a lover?" Seeing Cyrus stunned, he hurriedly said, "I'm not asking... I'm asking for another friend. You showed up at Hogwarts before, and many students were asking. Saw you going to find Cyrus.”

Cyrus felt a little funny. I asked myself if there was anything wrong with me. Then he was a little confused, "I just followed Dumbledore's instructions to find Miss Cyrus. What kind of relationship do you mean by lovers?"

Hermione seemed to be confused as to why Cyrus would ask such a question, but the serious look in her eyes suggested that she was not joking with her. "Lovers... are two people who love each other and are together..."

Cyrus frowned and asked: "Together? How do we count as being together? Aren't we all drinking together?" Hermione was surprised by the brain circuit of the young man in front of her, "Have you never been in love with anyone before?" Cyrus smiled bitterly, "Although I'm not sure what I will do if I fall in love, I was indeed rejected..."

Hermione didn't know how to comfort Cyrus for a moment. Cyrus was about to continue asking but Ron interrupted: "Can't you see that Hermione doesn't want to pay attention to you? Why are you sticking to her?!"

Cyrus tilted his head and looked at Ron with angry eyes, and Hermione also looked at Ron with different emotions in her eyes. Cyrus stood up with a gentle smile, "I'm sorry, Miss Hermione. I was rude. Your Mr. Knight is really doing his duty."

The two looked at each other after hearing Cyrus's words, and then both looked away and lowered their heads.

Sirius and Harry were chatting and laughing, and Lupine was looking at them with a smile. Noticing Cyrus's gaze, Lupine looked towards the bar. Cyrus followed his gaze and saw that Snape was leaning against the bar, looking directly at him.

Cyrus walked toward Snape with a bright smile, but was stopped by two drunk women. One of the women took advantage of the wine to lie on top of Cyrus and put her arm around her shoulders.

"I finally caught you, why don't you go upstairs and play with us?"

Cyrus lifted her up gracefully, but the woman did not want to leave her arms. Cyrus looked at the woman in front of him, "Playing? What are you playing for?"

The woman's hand stroked Cyrus' chin, "Of course it's to do things that make us happy." Cyrus backed away from the woman's hand and frowned, "Sorry, I'm not interested."

The other hand was taken by the woman who was traveling with her, "Don't be shy, little brother. We can teach you~" Cyrus said with a smile in his eyes, "Two ladies, what illusion did I give you to make you think that I So—easy to bully?”

He pulled the two of them with his hands and looked at them condescendingly with his scarlet eyes. The two women were sober from drinking, and their whole bodies were trembling when they saw the blood-red pair, and their hands were tightly grasped by the man in front of them.

Just when they were about to scream, the man in front of them covered his eyes and let go of their hands. The man in black robe who came forward glared at the two men and said viciously: "Get out!"

Watching the two escape, Snape put down the hand covering Cyrus's eyes and saw that she kept looking at him with an annoying smile.

"Ahem...Mr. Sean is sometimes too gentle, which always attracts these shameless guys."

Cyrus put his arm around Snape's shoulders, "Yes, sir, you saved the lives of those two people. But..." his tone became smaller, "What did they mean by doing pleasant things just now?"

Snape was silent for a long time, then reached out and hit Cyrus on the forehead, "Don't listen to their nonsense!"

"What are you discussing, so mysteriously?" Sirius came over and put his arm on Cyrus's shoulder. Snape shook off his hand, and the two faced off again.

Cyrus patted Sirius on the shoulder and stretched out his fingers, "There are five of us. It seems we haven't said what the stakes are yet?" Sirius thought for a while, "Don't be too happy! It will take a long time before tonight ends. .If I win...you just...let's talk about it then!"

Cyrus raised his eyebrows, "Okay, if I win, you have to give me something." Sirius showed a playful look, "What about me interests you so much?" Cyrus smiled and said mysteriously: "we'll talk about it then."

The three of them sat back down again. Sirius was so motivated that he even stopped drinking and showed off his charm. Harry saw some of his coquettish behavior and couldn't help but have black lines on his face.

Snape looked forward and said softly to Cyrus, "I didn't know Miss Cyrus was so interested in that stupid dog." Cyrus looked at Snape, who seemed to be in a bad mood and took a sip. Empty the glass of wine. "I need an item from the old Blake house."

Snape's frown eased a little, and he was about to continue asking when he was interrupted by Cyrus holding the wine glass in front of him. Cyrus pressed his drink to Snape's lips, "Severus, be happy, it's time to relax."

Snape frowned and grabbed her hand to drink the wine. Cyrus was startled by his move and tried to withdraw his hand but was caught by the man. The man raised his eyebrows and looked provocatively, "Mr. Sean, are you kidding me?"

"Ah...no..." Cyrus fainted. It wasn't long before Cyrus regained his composure and started drinking with them again. Snape was still sipping his wine silently, but she was the only one in his sight.

The few people drank more and more, and Cyrus was aroused by Sirius and others' emotions and smiled brighter and brighter on the side. And her smile inevitably attracted the attention of the people around her. Snape wanted to cast spells on those people. Cyrus leaned back in the chair in a more relaxed and showy posture. As expected, the previous scene happened again.

More people came forward to talk to Cyrus, and after Cyrus rejected several women, more men came forward. Sirius laughed from the side and said, "Hahahaha, Sean, it seems you are quite popular with men! Hahahaha!"

Lupine covered his forehead and looked at Sirius, who didn't react, like he was an idiot. Harry and others were also a little surprised by Cyrus's charm, and Hermione couldn't help but sigh: "Sean is so popular."

I wonder if Ginny still has a chance. He just said he was rejected. What kind of girl rejected Sean...

Ron's ears changed when he heard these words, "What? He's just a pretty boy, do you like him?" Ron received four vicious looks at the same time.

Cyrus looked helplessly at the stranger beside him who didn't want to leave, so he had no choice but to put his arm on Snape's shoulder as before.

Snape shuddered and tried to move away from Cyrus but was hugged tightly by her. "Just a favor, sir." Cyrus whispered in Snape's ear in a low voice, which seemed extremely ambiguous in the eyes of everyone.

After reacting, Sirius also crossed his legs, pushed aside the man who came to chat with him, and held up Cyrus's chin with a smile in his eyes: "My dear, I will be sad if you go to find another man."

Harry and the others were stunned, and Hermione's eyes seemed a little fiery. After the men who had accosted him left, Snape and Sirius silently confronted each other across Cyrus.

Cyrus pushed the two of them away helplessly, "Okay, okay, thank you." After understanding their intentions, Harry and Ron gradually recovered from their surprise.

"By the way, Harry! I have good news for you. I can see you at Hogwarts anytime from now on. Principal Dumbledore asked me to replace Remus as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year."

Although he was speaking to Harry and others, Sirius looked at Cyrus and Snape, who had a gloomy and terrifying face from time to time. "Really? That's great, Sirius." Harry was also very excited that his godfather could teach him in school.

Snape's inappropriate sarcasm came, "Dumbledore is really old. Even such a person can become a professor."

Sirius unusually did not pay attention to Snape, but looked at Cyrus, "I am a professor now. Come on, call me professor?"

Seeing that Cyrus ignored him, he looked at Harry and the others and said loudly: "I heard that Cyrus is an excellent student. Maybe she can be a teaching assistant in the Defense Against Dark Arts class?"

Snape's cold snort came again, "She is the Potions Assistant, and she doesn't have time to play house with you."

"She didn't say anything herself, so why are you making decisions for her? Right, Sean?" Sirius looked at Cyrus, who waved his hand, "I'm not very familiar with Miss Cyrus, but She should be very busy."

Sirius crossed his arms and started to act naughty, "I don't care, Cyrus likes dueling so much, of course I am willing to teach her more." Lupine, Cyrus and Snape chuckled at the same time.

Harry wondered: "Why didn't Cyrus come today? I wanted to thank her. She has been helping us for so long, although sometimes it is a bit scary."

Sirius became interested, "Oh? Harry, could it be that..." Harry waved his hands quickly, "No, we don't even see each other at school..."

Next to him, Ron said carelessly, "But she is very popular. I heard that many people confessed to her the year Lockhart held the Valentine's Day event. She is so beautiful, even I want to..." Ron was severely beaten by Hermione. He glared and said nothing.

Sirius continued to ask, "Then she didn't agree to anyone's confession?" Hermione also frowned and shook her head, "You can hardly see her in school, and we are not in the same grade. It seems that even Hutch Cedric of Patch was rejected.”

Cyrus listened to everyone discussing him, and instantly felt ashamed of wanting to run away from here. Snape next to him also had a look on his face, and Sirius saw Cyrus' embarrassed look out of the corner of his eye and smiled evilly. Cyrus made an excuse to go to the bathroom and hide away for a while.

After Cyrus left, Sirius glanced at Snape and asked Harry and the others, "If I were to pursue Cyrus, do you think she would agree?"

"Ah? Sirius, are you kidding me?" Harry and others made a surprised sound, and Snape's gloomy face almost dripped with ink. Sirius laughed boldly, "What? Shouldn't you boldly pursue the person you like? I'm not like some cowards."

Hermione said worriedly, "But isn't Cyrus still a student? Isn't there a big age difference between you two..." Sirius drank down the beer in his hand, "She is more than a thousand years old, and I still don't mind her being old. Woolen cloth!"

Suddenly he thought of something and asked mysteriously: "Do you know what happened to Cyrus before?"

Harry and others looked at Hermione with sad expressions, and slowly spoke: "We just heard Hagrid's general story... She seemed to have suffered a lot of injuries around her eyes before, and she wore bandages all day long with her friend Angus. . Then an accident happened and her friend died, and then she left the school. She came back after two years."

Ron chewed a chicken leg and added: "George and Fred enrolled in school together with Cyrus. They also said that someone from Slytherin bullied Cyrus. But they didn't say anything specific."

What they said was that Sirius had figured it out that night under Cyrus's illusion. What he wanted to know was why Cyrus had a relationship with Snape before enrolling in school and said he was his savior.

The wine glass hit the table hard, and Snape's sharp eyes glanced at Harry and the others, "Prying behind other people's private affairs and exploring personal privacy. You seem to be very proud."

"But Cyrus is our friend! That's why we care about her..." Harry couldn't help but retort, but was interrupted harshly by Snape,

"Friends? This ridiculous savior will only be saved by her again and again. What have you helped her with?"

Harry had a look of resentment on his face. As expected, this old bat was annoying.