Homecoming from Hogwarts
Chapter 1025 Malfoy's Fear
It is not uncommon for professors to collect materials in the Forbidden Forest.
When Remus was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, he would go to the swamps in the Forbidden Forest and capture Hinckley Punks and Cabba from them.
The Boggart he used to teach the young wizards was also caught in the abandoned old room of the castle.
Professor Sprout would occasionally come to the Forbidden Forest to dig some wild vegetables or collect some manure. As for Hagrid, the magical creatures he showed to the young wizards in class were all native to the Forbidden Forest.
The same was true for Snape. Some of the materials used in Potions classes were obtained by him by going deep into the Forbidden Forest.
For professors, this is part of their daily work.
Following a secluded trail, Snape led Malfoy and a few others through the towering trees for about an hour, and finally arrived at a large swamp near the Black Lake.
Thick miasma floated on the irregular puddles, distorted into bizarre shapes by the breeze.
The rotting corpses of some animals floating in the water gave the area a strong stench.
Malfoy looked around and saw a faint orange-red halo in the hazy mist. The light was beating like a heart, exuding a sense of temptation.
After a slight confusion, Malfoy immediately became alert.
He realized that it was a Hinckley trap, designed to lure lost people into the swamp.
"what should we do?"
Malfoy raised his head and asked Snape, and his voice woke up Pansy, Theodore and Blaise who were temporarily confused.
Snape pulled out several large glass bottles from his robes and gave one to each of them.
“Don’t go too deep into the swamp, stay right at the edge of it.”
"And how do we find leeches, Professor Snape?"
The howling of ghosts and wolves made the area even more eerie and terrifying. The dull waves hitting the lakeshore not far away were also destroying the hearts of several little wizards.
Pansy Parkinson asked palely.
"There is no need to look, Miss Parkinson—"
Snape's tone was still lazy, but it was not as sarcastic as it usually was in class.
"As long as you stand in the water, they will come to you."
Snape's casual words successfully made Pansy retch, and the other three boys also felt a chill.
"Don't stand together. Each of you should stand at a distance. Let me see the light of your wands. If you are in danger, signal me to fill the glass bottle I gave you and we will return."
Although they were extremely reluctant, they had no choice but to do it.
Holding back the disgusting stench, Malfoy took off his shoes and went into the water with a sinister look, and then he immediately felt his feet sinking deep into the mud.
Snape did not go down into the swamp. After giving Pansy Parkinson some tips, he returned to Malfoy's side.
"What are you afraid of, Draco?"
Snape suddenly said, his calm gaze fixed on Draco, who was bending over and using his wand to stiffen leeches one by one.
Draco, who wanted to fill the glass bottle as quickly as possible so that he could return to the castle, shuddered suddenly, straightened up slowly, turned his head and looked at Snape with a pale face.
"I'm not afraid of anything, Professor."
Draco said.
"Don't lie to me, Draco—"
Snape looked calmly at Draco Malfoy, seeing that the boy's face was almost paler than the light emitted by his wand.
Under those dark eyes, Draco knew that his lies could not be hidden. He lowered his head and stared at the ink-black water surface in silence.
“This is not what I want to see.”
After a long while, Draco said dejectedly,
"I know what the school is going through now. After the Deputy Minister of Magic was expelled from Hogwarts, my father wrote to me and told me that the school board was planning to cut off the funding for Hogwarts to force Professor Blaine to submit.
This is not what I want to see, I wrote to my father asking him not to do this, but he said it was not something I could get involved in. "
"This is none of your business, Draco."
Snape said calmly,
"Are you so foolish as to think that you can intervene in the dispute between the Ministry of Magic and Amosta?
Malfoy's lips moved, but no sound came out.
The dispute between the Ministry of Magic and Professor Braine is essentially a dispute between Professor Braine and the Dark Lord.
Draco knew whether his father was a Death Eater who followed the Dark Lord, without anyone telling him. After the news of the Dark Lord's resurrection was announced, Dumbledore and Professor Braine immediately made it clear that they would fight the Dark Lord to the end.
At that time, he and some classmates were inspired by their own ridiculous ambitions and decided to follow Professor Brian to do something, but they suffered a "head-on blow" from Professor Brian.
Only then did Draco truly realize the cruelty of this.
If the Dark Lord ultimately triumphed, then his respected Professor Braine would surely be doomed.
If Professor Brian wins, the ending will be even more cruel, and his father will definitely be held accountable this time. Professor Brian can never tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes.
The troubles Hogwarts is experiencing right now are just a sign that this struggle is about to become more intense.
"There are rumors that."
Draco's eyes flickered, and he stammered,
"You followed the Dark Lord, didn't you, Professor?"
There have always been similar rumors in Hogwarts that Snape was once a Death Eater, but there is no evidence to prove it.
A chilly wind blew over, and a few bushes in the distance from the two of them began to sway in the wind. Snape squinted his eyes and looked over there. After a moment, not noticing anything unusual, he turned his head away.
"What on earth are you trying to say, Draco?"
Snape's face turned a little pale. He did not answer Draco's question, but asked with sharp eyes.
"Oh, I just..."
Draco bit his lip, his chest rising and falling slightly, and he said hesitantly,
"Just wondering, who do you think will win?"
Snape's eyebrows were raised high, and a hint of sarcasm appeared uncontrollably at the corner of his mouth, but after a moment, his expression returned to calm.
"You want to know which side will win, Draco, why can't you be honest?"
Snape's dark eyes saw through Draco's heart.
"You are wondering which side will win, so you can make a decision in advance about which side you will be loyal to, right?"
"Isn't that right?"
Draco mustered up the courage to look up, but there was shame in his grey eyes.
"Only by standing on the side of the winner can you survive. That's what my father taught me."
Staring at Draco's hesitant face, Snape moved his cold lips, and he didn't know how to persuade him.
Be on the side of the winner.
Indeed, this is the style of the Malfoy family, and it is also in line with Slytherin's values.
Snape looked at Draco, with complex emotions rippling in the depths of his dark eyes. It felt like he was seeing himself and Lucius twenty years ago.
"Which side would you rather win, Draco?"
After a long silence, Snape asked softly.
"I--"
"You don't need to tell me the answer—"
Snape interrupted Draco.
"The answer is in your heart. You just need to understand it yourself, Draco. It's not about standing on the side of the winner, but - whichever side you want to win, then join in and help win."
Draco's grey eyes were slightly confused.
"Join whichever side you hope to win."
The breeze wandering by the water carried away Draco's dazed murmurs.
Which side does he want to win?
There is no doubt that if the Dark Lord wins the final victory, the Malfoy family will definitely benefit more.
To this day, some of the Dark Lord's ideas still have a special appeal to Draco, and once the Dark Lord dominates the British wizarding world, the Malfoy family who has always supported him will undoubtedly be rewarded, and the Malfoy family will be more glorious than it is today.
And if Professor Braine finally defeats the Dark Lord, the Malfoy family will suffer huge losses in the post-war settlement. It would be lucky for his parents to spend the rest of their lives in Azkaban.
So, he should join the same camp as his father, give up those unrealistic 'hero' dreams, and return to the real interests?
but
The young face with gray hair and purple eyes always appeared in Draco's eyes. He always had a gentle smile on his face, but he was as ruthless to his enemies as the bitter winter to all things.
Did he really want to make an enemy of such a great wizard?
(End of this chapter)
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