Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Come in, Snape..."

After Charlie left the office, it didn't take long for Severus Snape to be summoned here by Dumbledore.

"Is something wrong, Dumbledore?"

Snape asked in a low voice and coldly.

He did not sit on the chair that Charlie had just sat on not long ago, but stood aside and asked bluntly why Dumbledore called him here.

"Nothing too big."

As if he didn't hear the alienation and impatience in Severus' words, the old principal Dumbledore sat in his office chair, still smiling.

With a kind smile on his face, he waved his hand gently, and then continued casually.

"Charlie just told me what happened... Do you know?"

The look in Severus's eyes changed a bit. After a pause, he shook his head.

"No...I haven't had time to ask him yet."

"Quirrell is here to steal the Philosopher's Stone."

Without any further hesitation, Dumbledore crossed his hands in front of his face and spoke slowly.

"Ha..." After hearing this, Severus's expression finally changed a bit.

The original gloomy and indifferent look on his face was slightly reduced, replaced by a somewhat sarcastic sneer quietly revealed from the corner of his mouth.

"I knew..."

"But he's not doing it for himself."

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, he slowly shook his head and continued:

"Voldemort..."

"... All of this is probably Voldemort's conspiracy... and Quirrell is just his puppet and executor."

As soon as these words came out, Severus's penis suddenly shrank to the size of a needle's eye, and the expression on his face could no longer maintain the calmness it had just now, with shock and disbelief written all over his face.

"What did you say?!"

His brows were knitted into a knot. He couldn't help but walk forward quickly, leaned down, and pressed his hands directly on Dumbledore's desk. Then he stared at the other person's eyes, as if trying to get out of his eyes.

There was a hint of joking in his eyes.

But unfortunately, Dumbledore's eyes were calmer than he imagined, as if he had already accepted this fact.

"Although it's hard to believe...but it's true...Charlie fought with him in the Forbidden Forest. To be precise, he was possessed by Quirrell..."

Severus's breathing became a little heavier, but he did not speak. Instead, he pursed his lips and continued to listen silently to the story that Dumbledore had not finished.

"Although he was defeated, he still escaped and used an evil black magic to absorb Quirrell's vitality. It must be much fuller than before..."

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Severus' eyelids trembled, and his lips kept trembling, opening and closing as if he wanted to say something.

Dumbledore looked at him, also waiting for his words quietly, wanting to know what he thought about this matter.

Finally, after hesitating for a long time, Severus still didn't say a word. His eyes narrowed slightly, he suddenly turned his head and rushed towards the door.

With a "bang", Severus closed the door to the principal's office, leaving only Dumbledore alone. He looked at the closed door again and sighed quietly.

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"Mr. Black, do you still remember me? I am Ron! Ron from the Wesla family!"

In the school doctor's room, Charlie Black's sudden visit undoubtedly gave all the little wizards a huge surprise.

Ron, who was still accompanying Harry by the bed, his eyes became stiff when he saw the man slowly walking in from the door.

So he completely abandoned his close friends around him, jumped up from the bed, ran to Charlie first, stared at him with stern eyes, and then asked with some stuttering.

"Of course, Ron... dear, Draco mentioned your name in a letter to me."

Charlie smiled warmly, stretched out his hand, and shook Ron's little hand. Probably because he was too happy, his palms were already sweating, and the hold looked damp.

But Ron's eyes seemed to have stars. His mind went blank for a moment, and he had no other reaction except a giggle.

In the end, Hermione couldn't stand his embarrassment anymore, so she forcibly pulled him away from Charlie, making a way to Harry's side, and while pulling him, she gave him a harsh lesson.

"They are here to see Harry, why are you standing there and giggling all the time!?"

And Charlie also took the opportunity to cast his eyes on the little girl with fluffy hair.

"Hermione Grager?"

Hermione was shocked at first when her name was suddenly called out. However, due to her good upbringing since she was a child, Hermione was not as rude as Ron. Instead, she hurriedly made a standard British gesture to Chara.

He curtsied, then blinked, and asked curiously and with a bit of inquiry.

"You know my name?"

Charlie smiled and didn't say anything, he just replied incomprehensibly.

"I know all of your names, and maybe I know you better than you do yourself..."

Hermione frowned slightly, not understanding what Charlie meant by her words. She lowered her eyebrows and began to think secretly.

Finally, Charlie's eyes finally met Harry's on the hospital bed.

"B-Mr. Black!"

Harry subconsciously clenched the sheets, his face flushed, he struggled to get up half of his body from the bed, leaned against the wall at the head of the bed, and stuttered.

"How do you feel, Harry?"

Charlie didn't show off too much, and sat directly on Harry's hospital bed, reaching out his hand skillfully and stroking his curly hair, just like he had done in the alley that day.

Feeling Mr. Black's gentleness, Harry gradually let go of the original nervousness in his heart and laughed heartily.

He nodded and responded

"Much better! I thought I was fine, but Madam Pomfrey insisted that I rest for a while and go to class tomorrow."

"You really should rest for a while."

After listening to Harry's words, Charlie nodded in agreement and said casually

"After all, your body is more important than anything else. The first-year classes at Hogwarts are not difficult anyway. You can master them just by looking at them. You don't need to pay too much attention to them."

"...Well, that's true..."

Harry's smile remained the same, but in the eyes of the other two Japanese friends, it could be easily seen that there was a hint of bitterness in that smile.

Suddenly, as if he thought of something, Harry's eyes darkened a bit, and he whispered to Chara.

"I heard what Draco said. At that time, Mr. Black, you were dueling with Quirrell... I'm sorry that I didn't help. Instead, I fainted at the critical moment, which caused trouble for Ron and Hermione.

A lot of trouble."

After hearing this, Charlie couldn't help but laugh. After all, facing such an enemy, even four young wizards and Hagrid might not be of much help. On the contrary, it would most likely be self-defeating and lead to greater danger.

...For example, after Voldemort died, he gave others a "big melon bite" before leaving.

If something like this really happens, then I'm afraid the consequences will be unpredictable...

Thinking of what happened yesterday, even he felt a little worried... You know, if it weren't for the fire shield to protect him, I'm afraid he would have been bitten off by Voldemort...

At the same time, this incident also awakened Charlie. It seems that he does lack any powerful attack methods when facing enemies like Voldemort... You know, not every time he has the opportunity to release the fire shield.

When I was protecting myself, I happened to be in the Forbidden Forest.

Thoughts came to this point, but Charlie didn't say anything. Instead, he simply changed the subject and asked Harry a question that was closer to a normal conversation.

"How about it, are you going home at Christmas?"

"Go...home?"

After hearing these words, the smile on Harry's face froze, as if thinking of some bad memories, he shook his head hastily.

"No...I still plan to spend time in school."

In this regard, Charlie didn't say much, he just said casually, "What a pity. If you go back, maybe your uncle Dursley will give you an unexpected surprise."

"A big surprise..."

Harry repeated Charlie's words, but his mind couldn't help but go back to his last Christmas, and the previous Christmas, and the previous Christmas...

In fact, there is no difference at all, because the normal process is to open the cracks in the cabinet and kitchen, and vaguely peek at the bright Christmas tree outside, as well as the happiness of the Dursley family.

However, just when Harry was about to say something more to Charlie, a voice suddenly interrupted him before he could say anything.

"I'm looking for Charlie Black."

The familiar voice suddenly brought the originally harmonious and warm atmosphere to the bottom.

"Gudong" seemed to be a subconscious reaction. Harry, Hermione, and Ron all swallowed, then twisted their necks and looked towards the door.

Sure enough, at the door, Severus Snape, who was wearing a black robe and with long oily hair, had arrived at some unknown time... and was looking at the bed on their side with his eyes as heavy as dead water.

It seems.

For a moment, the three little wizards were so frightened that they all turned their heads back as if they had been pricked by needles, as if they had not seen each other.

If it were normal times, Severus would definitely seize this point, ask the two Gryffindors why they didn't say hello to him, and give each of them a five-point punishment without hesitation, and then make Slytherin laugh.

Leigh Potter went to fine him for copying the Hogwarts Student Code of Conduct...

But this time, because there was something very big on his mind, Severus didn't care about anything else and looked straight at Charlie.

Didn't say much else, just said in a nutshell

"I have something to do with you."

After saying that, without waiting for Charlie's reaction, he walked out of the school doctor's office and waited for the other party in the corridor.

Charlie raised his eyebrows, but did not refuse. He just said goodbye to the three sympathetic little wizards and followed Severus out of the school infirmary.

"Oh my god..." When the door to the school doctor's office was closed, Ron couldn't hold himself any longer. The expression on his face was full of inexplicable worry, and he said.

"What does Snape want with Mr. Black!?"

"Is it possible that he has a grudge against Mr. Black? Did you see his expression? It's as if someone wearing size 43 leather shoes stepped on his face!"

Hearing this, Hermione and Harry began to think in a bad direction.

"You think, if a fight really breaks out, is Mr. Black a match for Snape? Do we want to help?" Harry glanced at the two of them and clenched his fists, as if he only wanted Ron and Hermione.

With a nod on the spot, he could jump out of bed and run out to join Mr. Charlie in a righteous gang fight against Snape.

"Of course, that's Charlie Black!

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Hearing Harry's lack of confidence, Ron's eyes widened. As he spoke, he took out a stack of chocolate frog bonus cards that he carried with him.

After rummaging around for a while, he eagerly took out the one with Charlie Black's name on it, and declared with confidence.

"Did you see it? As mentioned above, Mr. Charlie Black's attack value is A! How could he not be Snape's opponent?"

"But..." Hermione then put forward her own idea, "Mr. Black just had a fierce battle with Quirrell... Don't you remember what Draco said? When he saw Mr. Black's

By that time, he could no longer walk, so he could only rely on Hagrid to support him."

"How despicable!

Snape!

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While the three young wizards were discussing as if no one was watching, and scolding Snape for his evil deeds of taking advantage of others, not far away, Poppy Pomfrey, the head nurse who was arranging medicines and equipment, secretly curled her lips.

.

To say that there is any grudge between these two young men would be nothing but a big joke.

After all, as a head nurse who has worked at Hogwarts for thirty years, Madam Pomfrey naturally knows the friendship between these two people better than these four young wizards.

She couldn't help but remember what happened more than ten years ago... Even now, she still remembers it fresh.

At that time, Charlie and Severus were still frequent visitors to the school infirmary. From time to time, they would have a few minor accidents, or they would keep spitting out toads from their mouths, or their eyelids would become transparent.

And whenever she asked them about their reasons, the two of them just talked about it and never told her the reason directly.

Interestingly, there are four other Gryffindor students who are also frequent visitors to the school hospital.

Whenever Charlie and the two leave the school doctor's office, it won't take long for the four of them to lie down in the same situation...

Madam Pomfrey is actually not interested in the grievances and hatreds between them.

She just couldn't help but sigh, but she didn't expect that at that time, the two most rebellious little snakes in Slytherin would now become the dean of Slytherin and the most prestigious wizard businessman in the magic world...

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