HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

Dumbledore paused for a moment because of Snape's silence.

He looked at the figure in front of him with worried and caring eyes: "Have you ever thought about showing protection to the students at this time..."

Snape seemed to have finally reacted, and he looked at Dumbledore.

"It will attract the suspicion of the Dark Lord, I know." The man said, calmly and a little indifferently, "You don't really care about me, you are just worried that if I die, no one will be able to tell Potter the secret you have tried so hard to hide — Admit it, Dumbledore."

Dumbledore's face became heavy again: "That's not the whole reason, Severus. You know, I also care about your safety, if possible, I hope..."

Snape lowered his head and couldn't see his expression. He didn't say a word to Dumbledore's words in the portrait, he seemed to be silently resisting, but also seemed to be deep in thought.Dumbledore's words continued, but Snape was in no mood to hear him continue.He stood up straight and left the principal's office without looking back.

Dumbledore's figure was confined in the room by the picture frame, sighing as he watched the dark back of the young man leave.

The truth is exactly what Dumbledore said.Snape knew in his heart that the Carlo brothers and sisters would never let go of this good opportunity. Although they didn't dare to take the initiative to summon the Dark Lord just to complain, but at the assembly next month, they would definitely stop themselves from casting spells on the students. The matter was reported to the Dark Lord, and it was very likely that he would question himself - after all, no matter which camp he was in, he was a traitor.Even if he had been fooled by the reason of "executing the last order of the Dark Lord" before, and he was guaranteed by the merits of killing Dumbledore, the trust of the Dark Lord in him was still not very strong.

Fortunately, this month's regular meeting has just passed, and the Dark Lord will not summon the Carlo brothers and sisters for a while.At least until the next regular meeting, these two Death Eaters will not use those forbidden spells on the students in Hogwarts under their own pressure - as for the black magic, he can't control it, otherwise no matter how perfect the reason is It is impossible to dispel the suspicion of the Dark Lord even if there is nothing wrong.

It's a good thing none of the other professors would be handing students over to the Death Eaters...he thought of everything as he headed towards the room he still remained in the cellar - yes, even though he had taken over from Hogwarts The headmaster, Snape did not move his bedroom to the room attached to the headmaster's office out of some ideas.

Autumn in the high latitudes gets dark quickly, and the sky was still bright when he went to the principal's office earlier, but it was already too dark to see a ray of light.Because the castle that was supposed to be safe has become no longer safe, and the students in the castle no longer wait until the curfew before dawdling back to the lounge as before.The corridor was completely dark at this moment.

Snape passed by the Astronomy Tower and noticed that it was raining outside again, so he couldn't help sighing.

I don't know if it was because the situation affected his mood, but Snape always felt that there were more rainy days after summer.It seems to imply that after the loss of Dumbledore, the wizarding world that has completely lost the bright sun.

He silently passed by Professor Flitwick's office where warm yellow candlelight was shining through the door, and he paused before continuing down the winding corridor.

The long night watch made Snape know the corridors of Hogwarts like the back of his hand, just as he can walk smoothly through the dark corridors to the right position without lighting.

The dark figure of the man disappeared silently in the darkness.

……

After a not-so-pleasant conversation with Dumbledore's portrait, Snape didn't want to see him for a while, although he knew Dumbledore's concerns were justified - he had a hard time finding a reason Reasons to explain their behavior in sheltering students.

Unless something more worthy of the Dark Lord's attention happened during this period, it would be difficult for him to escape from Voldemort's accountability.

After becoming Headmaster of Hogwarts, Snape no longer had to be as busy preparing lessons and marking homework as before.That means he has plenty of time to do his own thing—if the Carrows don't find out.

Although these two Death Eaters were sent to assist him in managing the school in name, they were actually serving as the Dark Lord's eyeliner—just like Peter Pedilou who was sent to Spider's End before.It's ridiculous to say that Voldemort kept saying that he believed in Severus Snape, but his behavior never showed such meaning, on the contrary...

Snape withdrew his thoughts of going off track again, and gently closed his eyes.

There is no comparison between Dumbledore and the Dark Lord.Even if the old man was vague about some crucial information, he thought, it wasn't out of doubt—at least, not out of doubt that Snape believed Dumbledore.The old man probably had some other concerns, so he was unwilling to share all the news.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help sorting out the information he knew so far:

Potter and the Dark Lord's connected brain - the fragment of Voldemort's soul attached to Potter - yes, Dumbledore once said that soul and brain are exactly the same thing between Potter and the Dark Lord.

Nagini - Potter once had a mind connection with the snake... Dumbledore also mentioned the snake, he said that the Dark Lord might fear for the life of the snake someday in the future...

Godric's sword...Dumbledore specifically specified that he would leave the sword to Potter...

The sword... Dumbledore had mentioned that Potter had killed the basilisk with the sword, but he couldn't see any necessary connection between the sword and the defeat of the Dark Lord.There must be something else that was concealed by Dumbledore...

sword...

Snape thought hard, but couldn't think of anything related to the sword.Dumbledore did a good job of hiding these things.He simply put all these aside again, and continued to think about how to divert the Dark Lord's attention.

Sword!

That's right, the sword that was written by Dumbledore in his will to Potter but was intercepted by the Dark Lord through the Ministry of Magic... Even if the Dark Lord didn't like the sword that much, he could still avoid the suspicion of losing the sword Take it out...just...

No, it's better to be more careful...

He pondered his plan and took a deep breath.

The author has something to say:

I feel like I'm going to end [I seem to have said this sentence two months ago? ? ? ? ], anyway, it’s probably really going to be over, so hurry up if you think about something. After this book is finished, I don’t know if I will write it in Jinjiang, and I don’t know if I will continue to write HP. After all, my friend reminds me I have been urging the original for half a year [exposing the essence x], or I still want to write a comprehensive British and American emmmmm