“The situation is not as bad as you think. Mr. Anderson is far worse than you think.”
The portrait on the wall looked at Snape for a moment, then comforted him softly.
"He pushed the Dark Lord too hard, which gave him a sense of crisis." Snape felt that the Muggles' misfortune was caused by Albert pushing Voldemort too hard.
If they had hidden quietly, perhaps there wouldn't have been so many disputes.
"This is just one of the reasons. The conflict between the two sides has been irreconcilable from the beginning. You can't expect either side to give in. Especially when the mysterious man's power begins to decline, don't expect them to give in."
"That…"
Snape suddenly paused in his words and looked up at the familiar figure that emerged from the rising green flames.
“Good evening, sir!”
After Malfoy came out of the fireplace, he reached out and patted the ashes on his cloak and greeted Snape behind the desk.
"What makes you come to Hogwarts to see me?" Snape asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Pansy is pregnant, and we all hope that your husband can become the child's godfather." Draco Malfoy's face showed a long-lost smile. At this moment, the burden placed on him by the Malfoy family was all due to Pansy's pregnancy. Be freed.
"Congratulations."
After Snape heard the news, there seemed to be a wave of emotion on his expressionless face. He believed that his old friend Lucius would be very happy to hear the good news.
At least, the Malfoy family no longer has to worry about the issue of extinction.
"Thank you, can you be the child's godfather?" Malfoy was not sitting in the armchair that Snape had pulled out of thin air. He stared directly at Snape, obviously hoping that Snape could become the child's godfather.
"I'm afraid not, Draco, I'm not suitable." Snape seemed not to notice Malfoy's hopeful gaze, and shook his head in refusal.
“We think there is no one more suitable than Mr.
Malfoy was very aware of the help Snape had given him, and as Voldemort's right-hand man, it was obviously necessary to strengthen the relationship between the two parties.
“Let’s talk about it then!”
Snape hesitated for a moment, but finally refused directly.
Seeing that Snape did not refuse directly, Draco couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then he talked about another thing, about teaching Death Eaters the dark arts.
To be honest, Draco couldn't understand why Snape would do such a stupid thing. After much hesitation, he still asked.
"Sir, why do you want to bring this up? You should know that other Death Eaters are unlikely to be willing to go to class."
"Someone should have mentioned it." Snape said calmly, as if he had done something natural.
"But…"
"The gap is bigger than you think. The gap between the current Death Eaters and the members of the Defense Association formed by Albert Anderson is bigger than you think." Snape looked up at the door. , explained, "The two sides have had several confrontations. Anyone who is not a fool should realize this. We are going downhill, and I have a hunch that if we don't do something, we will be in bad luck soon. I Having taught Anderson for seven years, I know very well what kind of guy he is and what he is secretly brewing. If we are not prepared, we will surely be slowly weakened and defeated by him. Even the Dark Lord may not be able to save the situation by then. .”
Drake was silent for a long time, then asked: "Is there anything I can do to help?"
“Not yet.”
Snape seemed to suddenly think of something, "However, you can come to the weekly dark magic exchange meeting. I don't know how many people will be willing to participate, but at least there is no harm in learning more dark magic."
“I’m going back, good night, Professor!”
Drake nodded slightly towards Snape, then walked to the fireplace, grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fire, disappearing into the rising forest green flames.
“Why don’t you agree?”
Yaxley pushed the door open and walked into the principal's office. He looked up at Snape behind the desk and asked, "This kind of opportunity doesn't come along very often. However, the Malfoy family is considered to be in decline. It's really difficult for him to need it at this age." Fight for your family."
“This is definitely not why you came to me!” Snape seemed not to want to discuss this topic and directly asked the other party’s purpose.
“The Dark Lord has agreed to host the first Dark Magic Exchange Meeting in person.” Yaxley informed Snape of the good news.
He actually agreed with Snape's view. Today's Death Eaters are really too exhausted. When they clashed with the traitors of the Defense Association, although they didn't collapse at the first touch, they were almost the same. They were really useless. Annoyed.
He also heard that Harry Potter and the Dark Lord would have a battle, and he also believed that it was the conspiracy of Anderson's Mudblood.
But if a full-scale war breaks out between the two sides, can our side win?
In the past, Yaxley would never have considered this stupid question, but now after many encounters with the Defense Association and his defeat, he has realized the weakness of the Death Eaters, and this weakness was caused by the mudblood alone.
The guy is waiting patiently, ready to give them the fatal blow.
"If it is in the name of the Dark Lord, other Death Eaters should come to participate, but it is hard to say what effect it will have." Snape was a little surprised that Voldemort would use this method to support him.
"Don't worry, as long as they are willing to communicate, they will definitely gain something. I believe no one will want to be beaten down by those traitors." Yaxley comforted.
There is no other way, there are not many reliable guys around, so the two of them are sympathetic to each other now.
“One more thing, the Ministry of Magic’s new policy targets wizarding families who try to resist the Dark Lord!”
Yaxley mentioned another reason for looking for Snape.
"Umbridge, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic, believes that an investigation should be conducted on the entire British wizarding community to see who has suddenly disappeared. You know, the group of people who joined the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Society are definitely the group of people who disappeared inexplicably. guy."
“This is the absolute worst idea I’ve ever heard.”
Snape was very shocked by Umbridge's attempt to commit suicide, and even began to wonder if that guy had someone steal his soul before he came up with such a bad idea to them.
“Is there any problem?” Yaxley was a little surprised by Snape’s reaction.
"Are you sure that won't push the neutral wizards against us?"
"You should be very clear that our control over the British magical community is definitely not as strong as imagined. We know even better what wizards the people who joined the Defense Association came from. Once the Ministry of Magic conducts a detailed investigation on them, many things will not be hidden. Come on, are you sure nothing will go wrong?" Snape said meaningfully, "We don't need to create a lot of enemies for ourselves."
"I have also considered this issue, but we have to solve the problem of the Defense Association. At least let them give up or surrender to us." Yaxley has naturally thought about these issues, but that is not all. The downside is at least the possibility of dismantling the defense association.
After all, they also have their own families, and kidnapping children to bring relatives into submission has always been very effective. This trick is also very effective when used in reverse.
"This is a big gamble, a crazy big gamble." Snape's frown deepened, "You should be very clear about the terrible consequences of failure."
“We have to curb the expansion of the Defense Association.”
“The number of people in the Defense Association has reached its limit. Most wizards are cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death. We should not push the wizards in the British magical community too hard, otherwise problems may easily arise.”
"With the Dark Lord here, there will definitely be no problems. Okay, let's sort this out and let the Dark Lord make the final decision!" Yaxley also knew that he could not convince Snape , but he didn't want to get too stiff with the other party, and finally left the decision to Voldemort. After all, the Dark Lord was the boss, and he needed to make decisions on some things.
“He’s a really smart guy. However, I don’t think the mysterious man would like to leave trouble to his boss’s subordinates.”
A voice suddenly sounded, followed by Yaxley who suddenly fell.
"who!"
Snape was startled by the sudden change. He instinctively picked up the wand on the table and prepared to fire a spell into the empty place ahead.
However, the whole person seemed to be frozen and unable to move.
"Don't get excited, Severus, I just came to talk to you. After all, what you did really embarrassed me."