Chapter 1295 The helplessness of the old bat
From having no concrete evidence to prove that he murdered Dumbledore, and being released from the wanted bounty by the Ministry of Magic, to being appointed as the Headmaster of Hogwarts by the school board, Snape behaved quite blandly throughout the whole process, as if everything was taken for granted. thing.
When he returned to Hogwarts, he ignored Hagrid's murderous gaze and went directly to the principal's office through the oak gate of the castle. During the short journey, Snape could feel the hateful eyes of his former colleagues. Although they were careful to hide the anger and hatred in their hearts, Snape knew that his former colleagues did not welcome him and even wanted to kill him. He died to avenge Dumbledore.
However, the funny thing is that he only did what Dumbledore told him to do.
“As you wish, I’m back and become the most unpopular person!”
After entering the principal's office, Snape came to the portrait of the former principal and said in a slightly sarcastic tone.
"Hogwarts School has completely fallen into the hands of Voldemort," the sleeping old man opened his eyes, looked at the successor in front of him, and said calmly: "I hope you can fulfill your past vows and do everything you can. The power to protect the students of Hogwarts."
"This is not easy." Snape trembled his lips and said softly: "The Dark Lord asked me to expel all Muggle-born students. You know I don't have much choice."
After a moment of silence, Dumbledore said with a smile: "This is to be expected, isn't it? Just like Salazar Slytherin, they are prejudiced against Muggle wizards and want to drive them out of the Holocaust." Gwartz.”
“The situation is worse than you expected.”
Snape couldn't understand Dumbledore's calmness, and took out a newspaper from a few days ago from his robe pocket: "Perhaps, you may not be aware that the Ministry of Magic now has a Muggle Wizard Registration Committee, and they are Those Muggle-born wizards were sent to Azkaban."
“Oh, that sounds like something they would do.”
Dumbledore's portrait said this lightly, which made Snape extremely annoyed.
Sure enough, after death, people become indifferent to many things.
"As far as I know, the Dark Lord also plans to ask Yaxley to erase the Muggle birth registration records from 1985 to the present." Snape threw the newspaper directly on the table, and the sound made many pretend to sleep and eavesdrop. portraits have their eyes open.
“Some things are no longer something I can do with all my strength.”
There was a bit of self-deprecation in Snape's indifferent tone. He actually didn't care much about the situation of Muggle wizards. In the end, it had nothing to do with him, but Snape was still willing to abide by the agreement with Dumbledore. He made an agreement to protect the students of Hogwarts as much as possible, but some things were beyond his control now, and he couldn't do anything even if he wanted to help.
"You don't need to worry about these things. Mr. Anderson has predicted them in advance." Dumbledore looked at Snape with a smile and comforted him softly, "As for the Muggle birth registration records from 1985 to the present, they have long been recorded by Albert and Sk. Lin Jie has been removed from the Ministry of Magic, and even if the Death Eaters want to do harm to them, they are unlikely to find that list."
“You must have solutions for other things?” Snape raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the old man in the portrait.
"You don't have to worry about this." Dumbledore said calmly, "As for the students of Hogwarts who are born into Muggle families, you only need to declare to the outside world that you are expelling Muggle-born students according to the requirements of the Ministry of Magic. Those poor kids, Mr. Anderson will help them."
“Albert Anderson?”
When Snape heard the name, he suddenly sneered, "As far as I know, that guy is not that kind of person."
“Don’t be biased, Mr. Anderson has been helping them silently, and it is precisely because of his help that many things will not go to the other extreme or lead to a very bad ending.”
Dumbledore still quite recognized Albert's dedication and efforts, but some things did not change according to his will.
Now, with Albert as the backbone of the plan, even the school deans have chosen to help those Muggle-born students. The situation of those children is much better than expected. Dumbledore is not worried that they will Thrown into Azkaban.
Snape was too lazy to argue with Dumbledore. As long as Dumbledore had a way to solve those problems, he was confident that Hogwarts would transition smoothly under his control instead of leaving Hogwarts at the mercy of the Death Eaters. .
There was a knock on the door of the principal's office, and Snape ended his conversation with Dumbledore's portrait.
Professor McGonagall, who had a gloomy face, opened the door and walked in. He looked indifferently at the murderer sitting in the seat of the principal's office, trembling his lips and asked: "Principal, what do you want from me?"
"I think you should have read the newspapers and heard that the Ministry of Magic has recently established a Muggle-born Committee." Snape did not look at his former colleagues and continued: "According to the latest laws enacted by the Ministry of Magic, they believe that Muggles A wizard born in a melon stole the wizard's magic..."
“This is so ridiculous!” Professor McGonagall interrupted screaming.
As he spoke, he threw a letter on the table.
"This is a request from the Ministry of Magic. I don't want Aurors to come to Hogwarts to arrest those Muggle-born prisoners!"
Professor McGonagall bit her lip and clenched her fists, but she obviously knew that there was no point in continuing to argue, at least these things were completely within their expectations.
"There's another thing." Snape looked at Professor McGonagall who almost slammed the door and walked out. "I have found suitable candidates for the vacancies of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and Professor of Muggle Studies."
However, Professor McGonagall has left.
Snape didn't care about the other party's rudeness. He raised his wand and closed the door of the office, then turned his attention to Dumbledore's portrait again.
"I wonder how they would feel if they knew I was just doing what you asked me to do," Snape said sarcastically.
"You have done a great job, and I count on you to continue to gain Voldemort's trust as long as possible," Dumbledore said.
“The Dark Lord wants the sword of Gryffindor,” Snape said suddenly.
"This is what I expected." Dumbledore nodded and ordered: "Move my portrait."
Snape frowned, but still approached Dumbledore's portrait and pulled it out.
After the portrait was opened, a hole hidden in the back was revealed, and there was actually a Gryffindor sword hidden inside.
"this…"
"That sword is fake, you can take it to Voldemort." Dumbledore said.
“False?” Snape looked shocked.
"I dare say that Voldemort has never seen the real Gryffindor sword and cannot identify it, because this sword is a very realistic replica." Dumbledore explained: "In fact, except for goblins, most wizards cannot identify it. It has properties that only weapons made by goblins have. So, you don’t need to worry that Voldemort will recognize it as a counterfeit.”
“Is Gryffindor’s sword important?” Snape asked subconsciously.
"I need you to deliver the real sword to Harry at the right time." Dumbledore admitted that the Sword of Gryffindor was important.
"What's its use?" Snape took out the replica Gryffindor's sword from it. "Do you expect Potter to use it to kill You-Know-Who?"
"Yes."
"This is not funny at all," Snape was very dissatisfied with Dumbledore's perfunctory behavior. "You won't tell me anything."
"I can't put all my secrets in a basket, especially a basket that hangs on Voldemort's arm for a lot of time." Dumbledore shook his head, "Besides, the less people know about some things, the better."
"What about Anderson? You even asked him to help you handle the will to Potter." Snape was confused and annoyed by this, and accused him, "You obviously trust him more."
"I didn't tell Mr. Anderson too much. He figured out many things by himself. Don't forget, he is a master of prophecy and his brain is smarter than most people, so I didn't have much choice but to believe him. Mr. Anderson also proved himself to be credible, and there were times when he and I had no choice."
For Dumbledore, Albert was a surprise.
“That guy is not one to do what others tell him to do,” Snape reminded.
“I never ordered him, we just...a cooperative relationship.”
"It seems that everyone who has worked with Anderson has ended badly." Snape sarcastically said.
"That is our choice, whether it is me or Scrimgeour." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with Mr. Anderson."
(End of this chapter)