harry potter book of crimes

Snape, who left Buckingham Palace first, naturally left the UK earlier than Lupine, Hermione and others. However, compared to Lupine and the others, who were concerned about the safety of the world, they were less prepared for the situation on the second battlefield, which was deteriorating rapidly.

Snape obviously wasn't very concerned about the situation...or at least he definitely wouldn't take the initiative to get involved in it in the first place.

Although he did not listen to all of Maka's words that night, he had already sensed that something big was going to happen next just by relying on his keen sense of changes in the overall situation.

There is no doubt that Maka, who originally faked his death and acted as a demon, suddenly took the initiative to reveal his identity - this can already explain a lot of problems!

However, to be honest, Snape personally didn't really care much about these changes in events.

"Crash...bang..."

Heavy waves gently beat against the side of the ship, causing a splash of water. The ship sailed past the undulating waves at a steady speed, leaving behind a fleeting streak of white.

Snape intertwined his hands and hung them in front of him, letting the sea breeze blow the black cloak behind him. After the boat sailed for a while, he turned back slightly and cast his deep but inexplicably empty gaze on the people who were gradually being abandoned.

The dark clouds behind you.

The next moment, as the space suddenly distorted, there was no one on the deck anymore, leaving only an empty ship that lost power and gradually slowed down, swaying endlessly with the waves.

…

When Snape appeared again, he had arrived at a deserted intersection.

It hadn't been that long since he left England, and it was still not bright yet. Several old street lamps on the street seemed to have poor contact, and they flickered, confusing the moths looking for light.

But Snape did not hesitate. After looking left and right, he seemed to have found the direction and strode along the brick road on the left.

Not long after, he stopped in front of a street house covered in night and dim lights. After glancing at the nameplate hanging on the door lintel, he stretched out his hand and knocked heavily on the door.

.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The way he knocked on the door seemed a bit rough. It was obvious that after taking the risk to personally visit London, which had become a disaster place, and then leaving in a hurry, Snape's patience was running out.

"Bang bang bang!"

Because no one came to open the door, Snape seemed even more impatient when he knocked again. Although there were still only three knocks, the noise became louder and louder, completely breaking the pre-dawn tranquility.

A few seconds later, with a few soft "squeaking" and "clicking" sounds, the door in front of him did not open, but the windows on the second floor or first floor of several other houses on the street opened in response.

Heads poked out from the windows and curtains one by one.

Then, sounds of doubt or surprise entered Snape's ears.

"Professor Snape?"

"Professor Snape, is that you? Are you back?"

"professor?"

"Is it Severus?"

Those words made Snape frown slightly, but he did not show too much dissatisfaction. At the same time, the door in front of him finally opened, and a tall figure appeared.

At the door, he also frowned and looked at Snape with a scrutinizing gaze, who suddenly came knocking on his door early in the morning.

But Snape obviously didn't care how the other person looked at him. When he saw the other person appear, he immediately said:

"Call everyone together, I'll say a few words and then leave."

"Um?"

The tall figure blocking the door looked a little dark under the reflection of the lights in the room, and his expression couldn't be clearly seen. But without looking, you could tell just by listening to his tone that the other person's temper wasn't very good either.

"What's going on? This early in the morning, before dawn, you come here to disturb people's dreams, and you come to order me to come? Why did you call everyone together? What is going on? What do you want to say?"

Snape heard this, but had no further reaction. He just said lightly:

"I went to London."

"What?"

When the other party heard this, his tone finally changed, and he seemed to suddenly realize the significant meaning behind Snape's words. At this moment, the people who had appeared in other houses on the street also

Everyone left the house one after another and gathered on the street.

Those faces are obviously not unfamiliar, at least to the two people here. They are students from all grades of Hogwarts, and even the flying professor Mrs. Hooch is among them - she happens to be also

Live near here.

By now it was obvious that Snape came to...or to be more precise, he "returned" to the Italian residential complex where all the teachers and students of Hogwarts had previously stayed.

"You go in first."

Aberforth, who was standing at the door, took a step forward, walked to Snape's side, and opened the door that was previously blocked by his tall figure.

"Rolanda, you come in too."

After saying something to Snape and Mrs. Hooch, he strode towards the young wizards who had gathered, waved his hands and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone go back, it's still dark! Don't run around in your pajamas, everyone go back to your house!"

Aberforth shouted, seemingly unaware of the fact that he was also wearing a nightgown.

These students are actually senior prefects or students with relatively good grades. They are receiving targeted teaching and training from several professors these days, preparing them to gradually start to participate in the inspection and defense of the community. The rest

Students don't live here.

But it was obvious that they did not need to gather together now, and there were some things that they did not need to know for the time being, so Aberforth loudly drove them back to their houses.

Snape didn't pay attention to this. After Aberforth got out of the way, he had already entered the living room that the other party regarded as the "Pig's Head Bar's temporary business location" and sat down at the round table in the middle.

"Severus, what happened?"

Mrs. Huo Qi still has short needle-point gray hair and eagle-like yellow eyes that are sharp. She is naturally not good at spells and defense against the dark arts. However, in the face of many disasters today, her

His will to resist is no less strong than that of other professors at Hogwarts.

But Snape shook his head when she asked, and sat there motionless, just lowering his eyes and saying:

"Let's wait until everyone is here."

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Huo Qi knew that given the other party's temper, he would definitely not tell her in advance, so she could only pull out a chair nearby and sit down.

Not long after, Aberforth, who had driven the young wizards back to their residence, also returned to the house. Perhaps he had managed to inform the professors at Hogwarts that there were no more wizards after entering.

He stopped looking at Snape, just walked into the simple bar counter, and cleaned his glass goblet as usual.

He probably wasn't ready to change out of the goat-patterned nightgown he was wearing.