HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

Snape stood in his office, looking at the former owner of the office - even after so long, when he saw the other's face in this familiar office, it still made him feel like Dumbledore Still alive and standing in front of him.

Dumbledore's portrait studied his expression.After a while, he spoke softly:

"What's the matter with you, Severus? What happened?"

Snape turned his face away in this caring question, almost in embarrassment.He was panting violently, his face flushed with anger, but the man didn't answer the portrait's question.

"Severus?" Dumbledore in the portrait looked puzzled.

His successor, however, still did not respond to his inquiries.He was leaning on the desk in front of the portrait, his lips were so pursed that they almost lost their color.In the sound of Dumbledore's questioning, Snape subconsciously hid his clenched fist behind the black robe.

Because of the anger, the man's body trembled uncontrollably, but he didn't want the old man in front of him to find out - it was difficult, he had long been used to not hiding his emotions in front of Dumbledore ,However……

The long time of no reply obviously made Dumbledore in the portrait pay more attention to Snape's sudden emotion, but even he was completely puzzled by the young headmaster's sudden anger.

The sky outside the castle slowly darkened amidst such a silent confrontation.When the last rays of light glared past his eyes, Snape seemed to have finally calmed down.He took a deep breath, and bent his back, which had been tense and straight, somewhat dejectedly.

Dumbledore in the portrait turned his head to look at the sky, and said again with a soothing tone: "Severus, at least you can light the candle first."

He didn't continue to ask the reason for the other party's mood swings, but handed over the initiative to Snape - which instead made Snape react.

Snape raised his head, his eyes so deep that it was difficult to distinguish his emotions, he stared at Dumbledore for a long time.

Blue eyes and black eyes looked at each other, but no matter how skilled the wizard who painted Dumbledore's portrait was, there was a difference between a real person and a portrait—even if he could move freely like a stranger, Si But Nep could no longer find the bright, cheerful look that belonged to Dumbledore in those blue eyes.

He exhaled, and said in a low voice, somewhat vaguely: "They use the Cruciatus Curse on the students."

"what?"

Snape raised his eyes and glanced at Dumbledore, his already deep voice became hoarse and dry under such deliberately low circumstances: "They——the Carroll brothers and sisters used the Cruciatus Curse on the students."

"What?!" Dumbledore repeated his previous words, and he took a step forward, his eyes seemed to be on fire.Snape subconsciously took a step back in anger, and bumped his back against the desk that now belonged to him.

Even though the old man has become a portrait, the subconsciously trembling qualities of him have not been diminished much.Snape watched Dumbledore take two steps in the frame, and the inviolable authority disappeared as he quickly calmed down.

Dumbledore let out a long breath and sat down on the chair in his own portrait.He frowned slightly, looked at a certain direction in the frame and fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Snape was leaning on his desk waiting for Dumbledore's reply on this matter - although both of them understood that no matter how angry Dumbledore was about this matter, he was dead It is also impossible to personally protect those innocent students.

The man lowered his eyes, wondering what Dumbledore might do.He thought that the old man would stop such behavior no matter what, and would find a way to save his beloved students from those Death Eaters.After all, in all these years with Dumbledore, the old man's attention to his students is really impressive-it's ridiculous, as Dumbledore's last barrier to protect his beloved children, he is currently A death eater through and through in the eyes of others - or worse, a traitor who had managed to trick the White Wizard into trusting him?

"Then," said Dumbledore at last.

Snape withdrew his scattered thoughts and saw Dumbledore look back at him from an unknown corner.

"Severus, did you stop them?" he heard him ask quietly.

"Of course." Snape said without thinking.Not to mention how much Dumbledore cared about his children, it was impossible for him to watch the Carlos torture them - even though he always disliked these noisy students who didn't like to think with their own brains.

Dumbledore was silent again.

Snape looked up at him slightly, the old man looked relieved, but his brows furrowed even tighter.

"You shouldn't have stopped them," he sighed.

Snape's eyes widened in surprise.

"why?"

Before he could react rationally, he blurted out.It never occurred to Snape - it never occurred to him that Dumbledore would have this reaction, this answer.

Dumbledore in the portrait in front of him slightly raised his eyebrows at his gaffe, looking a little surprised.

Snape noticed Dumbledore's expression, but the disappointment surging in his heart prevented him from paying attention to it.

"Why?" he repeated, his voice involuntarily amplified by the turbulent emotion, "Those students are innocent and they don't deserve to be treated like this, Dumbledore!"

He stared into those startled blue eyes and took a deep breath.As if the outburst of that sentence had emptied the remaining energy in Snape's thinner body, his tone softened again: "All this time, I thought you cared about these students...these—innocent blood .seems like I've made another stupid mistake on this one...just as I thought you cared about Potter—"

"Of course I care, Severus." Dumbledore interrupted him somewhat roughly, his blue eyes seemed to be shining in the dim headmaster's office.He closed his eyes, then opened them again quickly, "But I care about you more, Severus."

Snape bowed his head thoughtfully, but said nothing.

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