Hogwarts: The Wizarding World's First Capitalist

Looking at the bare wooden stool, Carl's face twitched but he could do nothing but sit on it obediently, facing Professor Snape.

After taking the initiative, Professor Snape immediately began to demonstrate his superb work level.

He took out his wand and waved it gently, and three neatly organized reports immediately appeared from a corner of the desk to the desk next to the two of them.

He then pointed his wand at the three reports and spoke expressionlessly.

"According to your request before you left, I divided the intelligence I collected into three parts."

"One is about the recent major events in the British wizarding world and the British Ministry of Magic."

"The other one is for Hogwarts School, and the key subject of observation, Headmaster Dumbledore."

"The rest is a bonus. It contains my personal opinions and insights, so you can quickly understand the contents of those reports."

"Thoughtful and professional!" Carl gave a thumbs up and praised generously.

Then, without any hesitation, he took one of the reports about the British Ministry of Magic and the British magical community.

But he did not turn it over. Instead, he looked at it and then turned around to see that it was Professor Nap.

"After all, the content of the text is somewhat empty. I still want to hear your opinion. I want to hear it from your own mouth. This will save us all time."

Faced with the request, Professor Snape did not directly refuse, but simply crossed his arms over his chest with a smug look on his face.

"Mr. Hohenzollern, I think your request exceeds our previous agreement. Why should I help you like this?"

"You exercised the authority of the school board without saying a word and packed up the three people in your dormitory and took them away. You missed classes for nearly half a year."

"Then you left the possible hidden dangers in Hogwarts. During this time, you stirred up trouble in the Muggle world."

"You've earned everything you wanted, but you've gained nothing from Hogwarts, even considering the difficulties the school is facing now."

"It's because you deliberately indulged in it. You don't love your school at all. You have neglected the entire Hogwarts and all your classmates."

"I have treated them all as pawns in your plan. Personally, I hate this kind of behavior."

"I thought you hated all of us students equally." Carl made a joke with an embarrassed look on his face, trying to avoid the topic.

However, he did not expect that Professor Snape would not give him any face at all and directly spoke back.

"Yes, I hate all of you idiots, especially you, but I love Hogwarts."

"You understand that I am doing my duty as a professor, and that responsibility has nothing to do with personal feelings, so your behavior is so disgusting."

"So that's how it is!" Carl felt a little ashamed and touched, and he said in an apologetic tone.

"I thought that the reason you had been treating me badly and targeting me since I walked in was because I spoke up for Harry."

"As a result, she couldn't be with you on the last day of the holiday. It seems that I am superficial and narrow-minded. I didn't expect that..."

"You're right, that's why."

"I thought...what did you say!!"

Carl originally wanted to apologize to Professor Snape and ease the atmosphere between the two of them, but he didn't expect that the old bat would not give him any face at all.

She stared at him with that dead face and spoke without hesitation.

"I think you are right. The reason why I am targeting you today is because you are so rude."

"The dinner and gifts I worked so hard to prepare have all become useless. But don't worry, you already annoyed me a lot before."

"It's just that your behavior today has aggravated this impression, so you have to pay a certain price, including some people."

Professor Snape's right hand was clenched into a fist, and his knuckles made crackling sounds.

Coupled with that gnashing teeth expression, Carl could already imagine that a certain Mr. Malfoy might encounter unprecedented challenges in the second half of his study career.

Of course, this is the necessary price to pay for love, but what Professor Snape just said made it difficult for Carl to accept it for a while.

He pretended to be sad and said aggrievedly.

"I always thought I was one of your proudest students. How could you say that about me, Professor?"

"You are the first Hogwarts professor I met when I entered the wizarding world. Can the friendship between us disappear so easily?"

"And I've always tried to help you and have always been considerate of you."

"Think about me!!" Professor Snape shook his head disdainfully, and his tone became even colder than before.

"If I'm not mistaken, you've been plotting against me since the first time we met."

"You have long thought of using me to check and balance Dumbledore, to help you gather information, and to help you manage those tedious accounts."

"I will help you go undercover in Voldemort's place. Even at some point in the future, I will have to shoulder many inexplicable scapegoats for you, just like usual."

"Put aside your shoddy performance, Mr. Hohenzollern. You were right about one thing just now. There is indeed a special friendship between you and me."

"That is, we understand each other better than anyone else, so there is no need to be so hypocritical."

After hearing this, Carl finally understood that the old bat had also learned bad things. The meaning of his words was nothing more than two words.

“More money!!”

He stopped talking and simply crossed his fingers on his chest, revealing his signature smirk.

"Professor, why don't you just say it earlier? Why beat around the bush and say something that can cause misunderstanding and chilling feelings?"

"There's no need to go through all that. Just tell us how much you want and give us your price. The greedy blond devil will always satisfy the customer."

"No less than 50 gold Galleons!" Professor Snape did not mean to be polite at all and directly gave his price.

"That's a big number, I need to..."

When Karl heard the amount, he wanted to bargain as usual, but before he could finish his words.

Professor Snape suddenly interrupted him and added.

"By the way, I want to emphasize that I didn't beat around the bush just now, and I didn't try to trick you into anything."

"Everything I just did and said came from my heart."

"You are my most hated student..." He paused and then added more forcefully.

“No other!”

"I don't want to play anymore! I'm leaving! This is so heartbreaking!!!"