Chapter 146: Snape

Snape was much quieter during the summer break.

He moved back to Spinner’s End.

Occasionally, he would pass by Privet Drive.

Sometimes he would hear laughter from inside.

Whether it was Darren or Harry Potter, they were both very happy.

As expected, Darren was well-liked wherever he went.

Except for that orphanage.

Thinking of that orphanage, Snape gave a mocking smile.

He had reported that orphanage.

Currently, that Lady Lady Lady Linda had been arrested for embezzling donations and was now being held in prison until she surrendered all the funds.

Otherwise, she would be sentenced according to the amount of money.

That guy named Kenley, whom Snape suspected had troll blood.

Snape had cured his “gigantism,” and he currently looked about as tall and thin as Darren. He hoped he could withstand the retaliation from the children he had bullied before.

Because of the events of the previous semester, Snape thought about it and sent Darren a photo album of Lily and Potter on his birthday.

Of course, if Harry Potter wanted to see it, he wouldn’t refuse.

He had entrusted Dumbledore to get it from a friend of Potter’s.

Then he added some individual photos of Lily before finishing it.

He hoped it would leave the two children with fewer regrets.

He didn’t go over; he stayed far away, just as Dumbledore said, he paid too much attention to Darren.

He couldn’t go on like this.

It was not conducive to acting in front of the Dark Lord later.

If only he could make Darren hate him to the bone like Harry Potter did, but unfortunately, that brat was like a fool, always stupidly trusting him, Snape thought with some irritation.

Then that night, he received notice that Harry Potter had been warned by the Ministry of Magic for using magic outside of school.

Hah!

That was exactly the kind of thing Harry Potter would do.

Snape didn’t take it to heart at all.

As long as it wasn’t Darren who did it.

If Darren had been warned for using magic, that would mean he was in danger.

Next, Snape knew they were staying at the Weasleys’.

What a handful.

He was brewing potions at home and had no intention of paying attention.

One day, just as he arrived at Hogwarts to pick up something, he heard a portrait say that Lucius had come and was arguing with Dumbledore?

That was insane!

He had argued with Dumbledore last year to get Darren expelled, why was he back?

And hadn’t he heard that he no longer had decision-making power at Hogwarts?

Interested, he went to Dumbledore’s office to watch the spectacle, only to find that Lucius was talking about Darren and Harry Potter.

He learned from Draco that Darren and Harry Potter had protected the Sorcerer’s Stone, and he was arguing with Dumbledore.

Asking Dumbledore why he put the Sorcerer’s Stone in the school?

Asking Dumbledore if he thought the school was his home?

His words were extremely nasty.

Snape admired his friend’s prowess.

His sarcastic remarks were one after another, and he had actually managed to anger Dumbledore; it seemed he still had much to learn.

“And, Dumbledore, by what right do you recommend Darren, Darren Potter, to be Nicolas Flamel’s heir?

Do you have a brain? Shit! Did you get my permission?”

Lucius shouted angrily at Dumbledore.

Snape froze.

He wasn’t shocked that Dumbledore recommended Darren as Flamel’s heir; he had known about that for a long time, Dumbledore had told him.

He also thought it was quite good.

He even thought it would be better if Nicolas Flamel were more assertive and wiped away Darren’s Potter surname.

He personally thought “Darren Flamel” sounded very good.

Of course, those were just his own little thoughts.

What shocked him was Lucius’s shamelessness.

How shameless could one be to say such things?

Regarding the Sorcerer’s Stone, he thought Lucius was right to scold him.

Dumbledore, who brought the stone into the school, was already disregarding the students’ safety.

But recommending Darren as an heir was Dumbledore’s private business; what did it have to do with Lucius?

Did he have to be notified?

“If I hadn’t heard at the Ministry of Magic today that Nicolas Flamel was coming to see his heir, and asked a question.

I wouldn’t even have known about this matter. Darren Potter has become Darren Flamel?”

Lucius became more and more indignant, his cane tapping on the floor with a thumping sound.

“I think, Lucius, whose heir Darren becomes has nothing to do with you, does it?”

Dumbledore said sternly.

Snape noticed Lucius’s face flush red for a moment; he even wanted to say something, but immediately cursed again.

Then, in a fit of shame and anger, he warned Dumbledore that he wouldn’t let him off. Snape finished watching the spectacle and left with him.

Who knew that as soon as they left the office, Lucius would lose his temper at him.

“Severus, since you knew about this, why didn’t you tell me?”

Lucius said with deep heartache.

But Snape found it inexplicable.

Why should he notify Lucius about what Darren did?

Could it be… Lucius wanted Dumbledore to recommend Draco?

“You are too whimsical. Why don’t you look at what your son has done?

He fights and causes trouble at school all day, lies and cheats, and his studies aren’t top-tier.

He didn’t even protect the Sorcerer’s Stone. Even if Dumbledore recommended him, they wouldn’t accept him!”

Snape retorted unceremoniously.

Then he received a sympathetic look from Lucius.

“What’s wrong with you?”

Snape was annoyed by the look.

Then he saw Lucius ask tentatively: “You still can’t forget that woman?”

“What business is it of yours?”

Did his love life need others to inquire about it too?

“I’m just asking, suppose… suppose you had a friend, and he, he and the woman you liked…”

Bang!

Lucius slammed hard onto the ground.

Snape looked at him with an icy expression.

“Lucius, this is a warning. If you dare to make such jokes again, I will not let you off!”

“No, no, I was asking about another friend of mine… he and the woman he liked the most… and then they had a child…”

Lucius explained stammeringly.

Snape gave him a look of contempt. He had heard people gossiping recently that Lucius had an illegitimate child.

He hadn’t believed it at first, but he didn’t expect it to be true, and it was his friend’s.

“I advise you to run fast. If I were that friend of yours, I would grind you to dust!”

“No problem… no problem!”