HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

In Snape's eyes, Potter became even more arrogant after he got the title of 'Warrior' - not only did he not take classes seriously, but he also justifiably skipped his Potions class by using the title of Warrior.Naturally, Snape completely ignored the fact that Harry had actually been called away.

After that, the Hogwarts students were so dazzled by their Yule Ball partners that they couldn't concentrate on brewing Snape's beloved potion, much to the displeasure of the Potions Professor.Coupled with the influence of the mysterious whereabouts of Moody and Dumbledore, who were always finding fault with him, and the deepening of the Dark Mark, Snape was extremely irritable for a long time-for the anger of the potions professor, The first to bear the brunt was naturally Harry.

Dumbledore's whereabouts seemed quite mysterious to Snape, but not to the headmaster himself.Unlike the first year when he could realize that there was a problem with Quirrell, even though he knew that Voldemort's people must have been mixed in the school now, because there were too many outsiders, Dumbledore couldn't fix his suspicion on a certain person. .Therefore, the old man did not bother too much to investigate the traces of suspicious persons, but arranged for Moody, who could never be a Death Eater, to look after Harry's safety.

As for the old man himself, when he is not busy communicating with the Ministry of Magic and arranging the Triwizard Tournament, he is looking for all the information about "resurrection" - there is no doubt that the first priority of Voldemort's return is resurrection - and then find a way Kill Harry Potter.

Just as the youthful hormones of the students are constantly restless, Christmas is gradually approaching.

The Dark Mark on Snape's arm was so obvious that it could not be ignored at all. He seemed to be waiting for the day of trial to watch the mark deepening day by day, waiting for the day when it would burn or disappear completely.

Selfishly speaking, Snape was naturally willing that this brand-like mark could disappear silently one day, which meant that the Dark Lord had completely failed, and Potter's safety no longer needed him to worry about.But he also sensibly knew that this kind of situation was almost impossible - if the Dark Lord was the kind of person who would disappear silently due to accidents, it would be impossible for him to make a comeback after ten years of disappearance.

The Dark Lord must have something in his cards, Snape knew clearly, but he couldn't guess what it was.

Compared to the calmness of the Potions Professor, Karkaroff was far less calm.As Snape had always judged him in his mind, the timid headmaster lost his footing when he discovered the change in the Dark Mark.He thought that Snape, who was bailed by Dumbledore, was in the same situation as himself who had betrayed most of the Death Eaters, so he desperately wanted to talk to him—

Snape was very impatient with this, and he didn't want to entangle Karkaroff any more.But if you have the heart, the other party can always find an opportunity.

The man was blocked by this former colleague at the Yule Ball.

"I don't understand why there is such a fuss, Igor." Snape responded displeasedly to Headmaster Durmstrang, who had frightened himself.He didn't care about the Dark Lord's attitude - no matter how angry the Dark Lord was, the most he wanted was to kill him, and what Snape was really afraid of was losing...

His thoughts paused for a moment before being interrupted by Karkaroff who was terrified.

"Severus, you can't pretend this didn't happen!" He lowered his voice hoarsely. "It's become more and more obvious over the past few months. I'm very worried now, and I can't deny—"

Snape knew what he was going to say - Karkaroff couldn't justify the fact that he had betrayed the Death Eaters, so the Dark Lord was likely to punish him harshly...even to death.But that only made him more impatient: "Then run away," he said.

"Run away, I'll excuse you. But I want to stay at Hogwarts."

With that said, Snape stopped in his tracks, and blasted away the rose bushes in front of him with his wand—oh, he could smell the estrous hormones in the air from a few meters away, these dazzled Reckless students!Without hesitation, he deducted points from the students who jumped out, Snape strode away and walked back towards the castle.

Karkaroff hesitated for a moment, and instead of following him back to the castle, he returned to his school boat.

Back in the Great Hall, Snape saw Dumbledore standing in a corner.He obviously also saw Snape walking over, Dumbledore smiled at him lightly, the light of joy shone in his blue glasses.At this time, the Christmas ball was coming to an end, and the students left one after another, and the Weird Sisters Orchestra was playing a very soothing song on the stage.

"Severus," said Dumbledore softly, "I hope this is a merry Christmas for you."

Snape stood beside him, he hesitated for a moment, and said against his will: "It's not bad, if there is no sweet scent like a love potion in the air."

The old man smiled slightly.

"I noticed that Karkaroff has been trying to talk to you alone these days."

"That's right," Snape muttered, watching as the last group of students began to leave as well. "In fact, he's already succeeded."

"How is it?" Dumbledore's voice was still very soft, as if worried about disturbing the soft notes flowing slowly around him.

"Karkaroff's mark has also turned black. He's nervous, worried about being punished. You know he helped the Ministry a lot after the Dark Lord's downfall," he said, looking sideways at Dumbledore. "Karkaroff intends to run away if the mark burns."

"Really?" said Dumbledore softly.At this time, Fleur Delacour and Roger Davis came in from the playground with giggles, and he couldn't help but curl his mouth at the scene in front of him, "You want to go with him too?"

Before he knew it, Snape frowned with the old man.The smile flickered across his face, and he turned his head to look in the direction Dumbledore was looking at.

"No," he said, watching the boys and girls walk away side by side, his lips pursed sternly, "I'm not such a coward."

"Yes," Dumbledore agreed, "so far, you are much braver than Igor Karkaroff. You know, I think our division is too sloppy..."

The Potions Professor didn't feel happy because of Dumbledore's praise. He always felt that this was not what he wanted.But Dumbledore had already walked away, and Snape was still dejected...

The author has something to say:

I think!This relationship line!It's so obvious!

Although the professor himself probably didn't find out at all hhhhh

Mr. Headmaster's emotional line...... Dumbledore is such a tempted person who can take into account various factors and then hide his feelings tightly...... Please, my dears Get ready for the microscope hhhhhhhhhhh please drop by and ask for a comment

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Today, when I was stuffing the manuscript in the manuscript box, I suddenly found that I accidentally set the scheduled sending to daily update. I was so scared that I quickly changed it back XD

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