HP Shavings Wizard

Perhaps feeling that his previous words were a bit blunt, Professor Snape paused and added a polite remark.

"…Please approve."

Those dark eyes stared at Dumbledore.

"—since Potter no longer needs my protection."

Dumbledore, who had learned the news from the portraits last night, was not surprised. He just nodded slightly with a little regret on his face: "I know... Severus, you are an excellent potion master and a loyal friend. The door of Hogwarts is always open to you."

As he spoke, the old principal sighed in a gentle tone.

"Perhaps it would be a good thing to allow you to pursue potions freely. I will arrange for someone to take over your job as soon as possible. Of course, you may have to stay a little longer until Horace returns. After all, it is school time now."

The Slytherin Snake King nodded without objection.

He looked at Dumbledore deeply, was silent for a while, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural, pursed his lips, and asked tentatively.

"Professor Dumbledore, do you... know where the Resurrection Stone is?"

He was of course certain that Dumbledore, who now looked calm and composed, must have known about his conversation with Alison from the portrait in the headmaster's office.

But whether Dumbledore is willing to lend it...

He doesn't care about his own life or death, but Dumbledore may not want to see him affected by the Resurrection Stone.

Fortunately, Dumbledore just smiled gently and agreed, taking him back to the headmaster's office to retrieve the Soul Stone.

After handing him the Resurrection Stone Ring from the headmaster's office drawer, Dumbledore considerately left to have breakfast with Grindelwald, leaving his old subordinate some space to be alone.

Professor Snape took the ring and put it on his finger carefully, feeling the slight coolness from the metal.

He looked around and found a small room upstairs where the portraits would not disturb him. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and, as Dumbledore had instructed, turned the black stone three times and began trying to contact Lily.

A familiar figure appeared in front of him. It was Lily who had passed away many years ago.

More unreal than a living person, but more real than a ghost.

The phantoms made footsteps wherever they stepped on the floor.

Really, I saw her.

The usually gloomy and venomous Head of Slytherin was shocked and his eyes widened in disbelief.

Lily looked at him with a complicated expression, with resentment and indifference on her face.

Professor Snape trembled with his lips, wanting to say something but unable to find the words.

Ever since he learned about the Resurrection Stone yesterday, he had been thinking about how to convince Dumbledore to lend him the Resurrection Stone, and what to say to Lily...

But now, having actually seen the person - even if it was just an illusion - he was speechless and his mind went blank for a moment.

I already knew...

But under Lily's cold gaze that seemed to be burning with cold anger, he didn't even dare to look at the beautiful green eyes that he missed so much and sometimes recalled from Harry Potter.

He lowered his head, was silent for a moment, and then spoke in a low voice.

"Lily, I'm here to see you."

Raising his head again, he looked at Lily, his eyes filled with pain and regret. He gritted his teeth and uttered the self-humiliating apology.

"……sorry."

Lily looked at him coldly, her resentful expression becoming more obvious, her tone full of anger but without any warmth.

"It's too late, Severus! James and I died because of you. The last words I heard from him were for me to run away while he went to hold back Voldemort. Harry also lost his parents because of your betrayal and became an orphan..."

At the end, when the mother spoke about her son, she was already sobbing and wailing.

"This is all because of you! Our family is broken up! What's the use of what you say now?! Don't waste your breath, you disgust me!"

Snape listened quietly to the accusations that he had expected, closed his eyes in pain, and with a hoarse voice, he could only say sorry one by one.

When Lily lowered her head and cried, he reached out his trembling hand, wanting to touch and comfort Lily, but she dodged him.

Lily slapped him in anger - although the phantom could only penetrate the bodies of living people.

She glared at Snape fiercely, word for word.

"I will never forgive you!"

"I know."

The Slytherin Snake King lowered his head, and his tears fell to the ground, leaving shallow water stains.

He murmured quietly.

"Thirteen years. I just wanted to see you again—even just once."

Lily stared at him for a long time, then turned around and her voice was barely audible.

"But I don't want to see you. I hope this is the last time, Severus."

Looking at Lily's back, Professor Snape wanted to keep her, but in the end he said nothing.

The Phantom was actually trapped in the Resurrection Stone, so naturally Lily couldn't really "leave", but she had this attitude, and Professor Snape obviously fell silent.

Obviously, I already knew Lily's character and his crimes. Alison also said that it was an illusion based on her own impression...

But perhaps these thirteen years filled with guilt were too tormenting, to the point where I could only live with the few memories of the past every day.

He still couldn't help but want to take another look at Lily.

Tears slid down my cheeks, dripping one drop at a time.

After a long time, he slowly raised his hand, wiped the tears from his face, then took a deep breath and whispered.

"Goodbye, Lily."

Then, the Slytherin Snake King closed his eyes and felt the coolness of the ring on his hand.

"……I love you."

The sound was very soft, almost inaudible.

"..."

When he opened his eyes again, the red-haired woman's figure was no longer in front of him, only nothingness.

Professor Snape walked out of the room in a daze and went downstairs.

The portraits in the principal's office were discussing the matter secretly.

Because his condition was so bad.

His face was pale and his whole body was weak, as if the meeting with Lily just now had exhausted all his strength.

The young professor took off the ring in silence and returned the Resurrection Stone to the drawer from which Dumbledore had taken it.

Then he staggered, the corners of his black robe rising behind him, and disappeared into the stairwell outside the principal's office.

Lily's incident really made the professor emo for a while.

Although it was expected, he wanted to see it as a masochist.

and so!

natural!

Big points to Gryffindor!

I'm in a bad mood today, so I'll deduct some points from Gryffindor to cheer myself up.

After returning to the Potions Professor's office to relax, Snape pulled the corners of his mouth and revealed a sarcastic and vicious smirk.

He's going to resign anyway, so there's no need to stop.

Finally, I can get rid of those annoying naughty kids, finally I don't have to be ordered around by that old bee Dumbledore anymore, and finally I won't see those green eyes on Potter's replica face anymore...

He raised his head, looked at the clear sky, and, not knowing what complicated feelings he had, he let out a long sigh of relief.

So, the animals in Hogwarts were horrified to find that this week Professor Snape's deduction standards had once again exceeded the previous bottom line.

In just three days, Gryffindor had already lost fifty points.

You know, about half a month ago, someone was caught being naughty and took advantage of the situation, so Gryffindor deducted so much points!

In short, Gryffindor's already poor house score has been made even worse.