That morning, when Liu Quan entered the Hogwarts Great Hall for breakfast, he met Snape at the door.

It wasn't easy, especially when she had been wishing she could keep a low profile in the Hogwarts castle and Snape had been lurking lately, not knowing what he was up to.

With the provocations of the Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters step by step, and because of the rebound of the "plot inertia" that could not disturb this already precarious world again, Liu Quan became more and more low-key. Dormant up.At times like these, she doesn't want to draw attention, much less give people a handle.

But they just exchanged glances and didn't talk.There were people coming and going at the entrance of the auditorium, and it was undoubtedly too conspicuous for the two professors to stand at the entrance and speak.

And Liu Quan couldn't think of what else to say to Snape at this moment.Do you want to talk about Dumbledore's blackened right hand?Or talk about the unbreakable spell he made with Narcissa Malfoy? ...

She noticed that Draco Malfoy's face was getting paler and more tense every day.However, when Liu Quan suddenly noticed a nervous blushing on his pale face one day, and before the curfew that night, she found that Dumbledore and Harry didn't seem to be in the castle, she finally understood , that fateful day is coming.

In fact, Draco Malfoy has been maintaining this nervous expression for more than half a semester. What really alerted Liu Quan was a small incident that happened that evening.

With the progress of the story and the approaching of the important date that she doesn't remember the exact time, Liu Quan has chosen to hibernate for a while.Under the dual pressure of the Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters, fewer and fewer students are taking Muggle Studies courses. This year, there are just three or two cats.Liu Quan is very suspicious that Hogwarts will continue to offer this class. In addition to expressing Dumbledore and the righteous side's emphasis on and protection of Muggles, or their attitude of not yielding to evil forces, it is probably to give her a reason in the finale That episode was captured and killed by Death Eaters.

So she moved around the castle and hid, and rarely stayed in the office when she was not in class.Of course, this does not mean that she will not go back to her office and bedroom to work or rest.

So when she returned to the Muggle Studies professor's office after dinner, she always felt that something was wrong.

She looked around for the reason why she felt something was wrong, and finally she suddenly understood.

The book of poems by the great Muggle poet she had lent Dumbledore to read was sitting in the middle of her desk.While she was wondering who had quietly returned it, there was a bang, and Harry's loyal fan, Dobby the house-elf, showed up and told Willow that the book was great Headmaster Dumbledore ordered him to bring her office in the evening and let him put the book squarely in the middle of her desk.

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, as if she realized something; she hurriedly thanked Dobby and sent Dobby away, then immediately turned around and rushed out of the office, all the way to the principal's office on the eighth floor.After saying the password, she found that the principal's room was empty.She ran to the Gryffindor common room again, and met Hermione who had just returned from the library at the door.

She asked Hermione hastily where Harry was.Hermione told her that Harry had been called away by Headmaster Dumbledore, saying they were going to do something "important" together that evening.

Liu Quan seemed to understand in an instant that this night would be an extraordinary and full of twists and turns. When everyone woke up tomorrow morning, everything had changed.

She thanked Hermione, hurried to the corner where no one was around, took out the refreshing potion in her pocket and drank it, then rushed down from the eighth floor, and went straight to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office on the fourth floor, of course I didn't forget to cast an illusion spell on myself first.

The door of the office was locked tightly, Liu Quan looked around, the curfew had just passed, and the corridor was already empty, very deserted.Only the sporadic conversations of the characters in the paintings can be heard occasionally from the picture frames on the wall.

Liu Quan lifted the Illusion Curse, placed a Silencing Curse around him, and banged on the door vigorously.

The door was roughly pulled open from the inside without hammering twice.Snape looked annoyed, holding his wand in his right hand, as if he wanted to immediately kill the unknown disturber outside the door, Avada.

Liu Quan didn't have time to greet him, and the conversation in the corridor was too conspicuous.She had a Gryffindor-style reckless attack, and pushed him in the chest, pushing Snape back a bit, staggering a few steps to maintain his balance, and retreated into the office.Liu Quan followed him in, and before Snape had time to growl, he closed the door with his backhand, and said quickly, "Professor Dumbledore and Harry are not in the castle."

Snape looked very angry and wanted to growl at her; after hearing her words, he calmed down, and the corners of his lips curled up into a malicious smile.

"That's why you're here after curfew to attack your co-workers instead of going on the night watch?" he asked sarcastically. "When will Gryffindors be able to travel with their brains?"

Liu Quan didn't care about his daily venom spray attack, and said hastily: "Don't you know what they are going to do? I don't believe you don't know anything about it—Severus, you should understand that the matter has come At the last moment—"

"Yeah, so?" Snape cut her off coldly, raising his eyebrows to show his displeasure and contempt for her. "Can you help them? Or can you help me?—can't? Then you should hide away, as you've been doing these days—and watch the whole play in peace, not like this , scurrying about in the castle like headless chickens..."

His venom attack stopped abruptly.His left arm trembled very slightly, and then his brows frowned even tighter, and his face became much more gloomy.He took a deep breath, and suddenly stretched out his hand to her as if he couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed her right arm, then turned sideways and dragged her to a place further inside the office. .

Liu Quan was caught off guard, following his movements, he staggered a few steps before standing still.Then she noticed that their positions had been reversed - he was standing closer to the door, holding her wand.

Liu Quan was only stunned for a second before he realized what he wanted to do.Now those Death Eaters must have entered Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet that Draco Malfoy had fixed!In this way, the Dark Mark on his left arm will start to ache, because they are calling him to go up to the top of the Astronomy Tower, and then face the respected old headmaster of Hogwarts according to everything that Dumbledore has arranged in advance Cast a death curse!

This night... henceforth—

Dumbledore's wise, calm and old face instantly appeared in her mind.What then emerged was actually fragments of a movie she had watched in this life many years ago.

From the top of the Astronomy Tower shrouded in twilight, Snape's silky voice sounded, carrying a trace of uncontrollable anger and boredom.

"Have you thought about demanding too much from me and making me take everything for granted? With your incomparable wisdom, have you ever thought that I don't want to do these things anymore?!"

... However, from then on, the gears of fate began to gradually close together, rolling, ignoring the wishes of mortals, pushing the darkness to the deepest point, and pushing the light to the farthest point—

Suddenly, a piece of poetry surfaced in her memory.

【Now is the time to say goodbye, just like the wind stopped and left again.Like a shadow that promises never to come back, for the love that has always been hidden, for the grass that kisses my tired ankles, and the little footsteps that follow me, it's time to say goodbye.Now when night falls, will the candle be lit again? 】

This made her nerves suddenly snapped, as if she was going crazy, she almost didn't even think about it, and jumped at the black-robed wizard standing at the door!

Snape probably didn't expect that she would act like this after losing her wand, he couldn't react for a while, and stood there without any movement.In almost a second, Liu Quan had already pounced on him, hugging his upper body tightly, and his right hand had nimbly climbed up to his animal, which was caused by the Dark Mark, during the few seconds he was in a daze. With his aching left arm, he withdrew his wand from his left hand, and quickly clenched it in his hand.

But after regaining her wand, she didn't know what kind of thoughts drove her, but she didn't let him go right away.

Snape didn't wake up until this moment.He stood upright, as if trying to avoid any more physical contact with her; his pale complexion flushed with extreme anger and rage, and he shouted in a low voice, "Let go, impostor!"

I don't know if it was out of sympathy or compassion, or because of the plan and strategy to be carried out in the next step——Liu Quan's arms wrapped around his arms like vines, and he clasped his hands tightly behind him, Climbing on him, wrapping around his upper body, making him unable to move; the voice she answered him seemed to be wrung out from the deepest part of her body.

"...Are you afraid, Severus?"

Snape was taken aback.

This question was asked so abruptly and out of bounds, but in such an urgent but ambiguous situation, it inexplicably made him calm down again.He stopped the faint resistance with his arms outward, and he didn't try to break free from her grip.He just stood there straight, his tone flat and cold.

"I have nothing to fear."

An untimely smile appeared on Liu Quan's face that was almost buried in his chest because of this answer.

"...Is it like when you answered Igor Karkaroff that year?"

Snape froze for a moment, with blue veins popping out of his forehead, obviously suppressing great anger.

"At that time, you were already peeping from the side, counterfeit! Who told you to do this?..."

Liu Quan smiled, and pressed his cheek to his chest without any shyness.She heard his heart beating powerfully under the layers of black robes.

"It's me. Severus, everything I do is because of my own decisions."

Just when Snape was about to have a seizure, he seemed to have sensed something, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally he softened his tone a little bit, as if he planned to patiently coax some important news from her.

"You... what are you going to do?"

Liu Quan was silent for a moment before answering him, but when he spoke again, he didn't answer the question.

"I have nothing to be afraid of. So I am not afraid."

Snape's limited patience was worn out almost immediately by the answer.He angrily used a lot of strength to break free from her grip, hold her shoulders, push her away, stared at her coldly and ordered: "Stay here, don't come out no matter what happens. Don't let me see you doing stupid things again!"

Then he turned and opened the door, striding away like a gust of wind.

The author has something to say:

February 5:

Are you ready?The end of the Half-Blood Prince and the copy of the Deathly Hallows are about to start.

Glass slag warning!Big blade warning!

In addition, although I write in the third person, I basically use the girl's perspective to narrate most of the time. That is to say, you may see the professor talking too much, but he actually doesn't think that way in his heart.

Next update: tomorrow at midnight.

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