Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

"Are you ready to retire? Are you planning to let Professor McGonagall take over your job?"

Sherlock no longer bothered with the issue of Dumbledore being the boss at this time, and asked him about his preparations afterwards.

Dumbledore stared at him and chuckled.

"Before recruiting you to Hogwarts, or before confirming today's plan, my idea was really to let Minerva take over my job. But now, do you think she can still handle it? Should I become the principal of this school?"

Sherlock raised his eyebrows.

"why not?"

"As an adult, don't take it for granted, Sherlock." Dumbledore said, "You know very well that if Minerva is forced to take my position now and you are below her, this will It caused her a lot of trouble. And not long ago, I also asked her about her thoughts in a sideways way, and she seemed to respect you more."

Sherlock and Dumbledore's eyes met.

"So, none of you planned to ask my opinion?"

"I'm trying to understand your thoughts, Sherlock. I know very well that you are not so keen on so-called power. Otherwise, when Scrimgeour offered you an olive branch, you would have already gone to the Ministry of Magic. Coupled with today's feat, it would be an exaggeration to directly take over his position and become the Minister of Magic, so what does being the Headmaster of Hogwarts mean?"

Dumbledore said seriously.

"If you really don't want to take over my position in the end, you can continue to be the defense professor now. I will convince Minerva that she will become the principal. Except that I will not be in the castle, everything in the school will remain as usual. . It’s just that your life is destined to never be as peaceful as before, and this is something you have to accept now.”

Sherlock rubbed his forehead with a headache.

To be honest, the only reason he didn't want to accept Dumbledore's position as Headmaster was to avoid being in public for too long in the future.

Sherlock has always felt that being a public figure is very tiring, whether in ordinary society or in the magical world.

Some people are eager for fame and fortune, but Shylock seems to be a bit shy about it.

But Dumbledore was right about one thing, that is, no matter what, his future life would not be as dull as before.

This problem cannot be figured out and decided in a short time. When encountering a problem that he has no way to solve for the time being, Sherlock's choice is to escape first.

"We'll talk about your retirement later. Anyway, even if you are so anxious to leave, you won't be able to hand over the work in a day or two. You also plan to hand over your work to the Wizengamot and the International Federation of Wizards. Have you resigned from your position as well?"

Dumbledore nodded.

"I do still need some preparation time, and calling you here today is indeed more than just this."

His tone became serious, and Sherlock knew that what he was going to say to him next was the focus of tonight's conversation.

"After you left in the afternoon, Scrimgeour also came to the scene of the war. He commanded the Aurors to arrest all the Death Eaters caught there. I took this opportunity and asked him to help kill several core Death Eaters. The disciples gathered together, and after using magic to wear down their will to resist, they used Legilimency on them, and saw a large part of the memories related to Voldemort."

"The most important thing about this is about Harry."

"Harry?" Sherlock said with a frown.

"Yes, it's Harry. Summer vacation is here. Harry has said many times that he would dream about turning into Voldemort at night. You were also aware of this at the time. I realized from the beginning that since Harry If you can see the situation on Voldemort's side, then Voldemort may not be able to discover this in the future and use this to affect Harry."

"And not long ago, he discovered this as expected. He and his most loyal men made arrangements to perform a different kind of performance on Harry later, and then lure Harry out. But this Before the plan was implemented, he had already encountered what happened today."

"Of course, these are not the key points. The real key is what is the connection between Harry and Voldemort."

Dumbledore looked at Sherlock without blinking.

"Regarding this, I told you not long ago that I had a guess, and now, I think this guess can be basically confirmed."

"More than ten years ago, on the night when Voldemort learned the prophecy from Snape and was going to kill the boy in the prophecy who could defeat him in the future, while he was backlashed by his own death curse, he also inadvertently A Horcrux was split."

Sherlock's breathing became a little heavier. He seemed to have guessed how shocking the news Dumbledore would say would be if it got out.

"He himself didn't even know about it. Harry's mother, Lily, became the victim of this Horcrux, helping him successfully split his soul for the seventh time, and the split soul was It’s always been Harry Potter!”

...

Hogwarts seemed particularly quiet late at night.

Snape's office was still brightly lit.

He needed sufficient light when making the potion, so there were countless candlesticks suspended directly above him, illuminating the area around the crucible.

He did not participate in any capacity in yesterday's battle.

Voldemort did not have that kind of unreserved trust in him, and did not inform him of this private operation in advance.

And because there is no way to determine the final outcome of the battle, the Order of the Phoenix has no plans to let him participate in the war.

If it doesn't develop to the best result like today, then Snape will continue to be his double agent.

Fortunately, the current situation is also what he wants to see most.

It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but he didn't want Harry, who carried Lily's remnant soul, to encounter any danger later. Now that the biggest danger, Voldemort, was gone, Snape felt that he could temporarily put aside his tight heart. My heart is relieved.

Just as he was gently stirring the potion in the crucible and thinking about the changes that would happen to the magical world after tonight, a transparent and blurry figure passed through his door.

Even if he didn't stay focused, Snape noticed the abnormality immediately.

At first, he subconsciously thought it was Peeves, the most mischievous ghost in school, who was so bold that he dared to come to his place to cause trouble in the middle of the night. But when he saw clearly that figure that was even more illusory than a ghost, the whole The human body froze!

"Li...Lily!"

Lily looked very nervous, and she looked at Snape with a pleading look, just like the look on her face when she begged the mysterious man to let Harry go that night more than ten years ago.

"Go save Harry...Severus...please...go save him..."

Snape's face immediately darkened. He quickly put the robe on the hanger on himself, then without hesitation gave up the precious potion in the pot that was ready to be finished, and walked quickly with Lily. Leave the office.

"What happened to Potter?" Snape had time to ask after leaving the office as quickly as possible.

Lily looked very panicked, with anxiety and uneasiness in her voice.

"I don't know. In the afternoon, something suddenly appeared in his body. I don't know what it was. He was very powerful. Even the protective magic I once left for Harry couldn't stop it. I was excluded. The thing was still in Harry's body. I could feel that something was wrong with Harry. I also went to the offices of Professor Forrest and Professor Dumbledore, but they were not there. I can only come to you."

After listening to Lily's retelling, Snape's mood became heavier.

He didn't understand what was happening to Harry, but his feeling told him that it was definitely not a simple matter!

He quickly arrived at the entrance to the Gryffindor lounge. Even without a password, as one of the four deans of Hogwarts, Snape had sufficient authority to enter and exit from here.

He was careful before going in. Just in case, he asked the fat lady in charge of the door to notify Professor McGonagall, wake her up and come to Harry's dormitory immediately.

After entering the Gryffindor lounge, Snape quickly found Harry's dormitory under Lily's guidance.

He opened the door directly and walked in.

Snape did not hide his movements. He opened the door loudly, waking up Seamus and Ron, who were sleeping lightly. The two opened the curtains of the four-poster bed with blank expressions and watched Snape walk over. In front of Lee's bed.

Just as soon as he entered this dormitory, Snape felt a familiar aura that made him feel uneasy.

And after seeing the looming black mist around Harry, his whole body trembled!

"go out!"

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Seamus and the others were a little afraid of Snape. Although they didn't understand clearly, they quickly put on their clothes and left the dormitory.

Ron was worried about Harry. He didn't leave immediately and when he wanted to ask something, Snape suddenly waved his wand and threw him out of the dormitory.

Harry, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

He saw Snape who was staring at him. There was no trace of panic or confusion on his face, and his calm eyes were like a pool of stagnant water.

"Severus, you are indeed my most loyal subordinate. You recognized me the first time."

Listening to the familiar voice with another familiar accent, Snape called out the title with a trembling voice.

"Lord...Master."