HP: Let professors walk towards the light

Snape stretched out his hand and paused, then clenched it into a fist and gently hit Lena on the head.

"In your eyes, I am still such an untrustworthy person? How disappointing."

"Then I disappoint you?" Lena touched her head and looked at Snape.

Under the street light, the two men stood facing each other, Snape still wearing the black wizard robe.

He always wore black and seemed to want to blend into the darkness at night. However, at this moment, the reflection in Snape's black eyes was Reina in a white dress.

"Go back." Snape turned around.

Reina walked to Snape, put her arm around Snape's arm, and the two of them Apparated directly from Grimmauld Place back to Reina's manor.

"I need to go back to Spinner's End in a few days. Many letters have been delivered to North Yorkshire. I may also have to prepare for the start of school. There must be a teachers' meeting at Hogwarts... Maybe I have to wait until school starts." Snape said.

"Of course, you have your own things to do, and I'm not to the point where I can't protect myself." Reina nodded.

Snape frowned and opened his mouth, but after several seconds he uttered: "You'd better."

"In that case, I guess I don't need to worry about Slytherin's locket anymore."

"But Dumbledore might ask about it."

"Ah."

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master bedroom.

"More than."

Reina was lying on the bed, flipping through a book casually.

"Miss." Dobby materialized from thin air.

A gold Galleon flew through the air, shining brightly under the light of the night light.

"Dobby thanks Miss. Miss paid Dobby the second salary. That's great."

"You could make a louder noise and bring in Lor to make your third salary go to waste." Reina glanced at Dobby indifferently.

Dobby covered his mouth sharply.

Dobby is now like the elves in Talros Manor. He is neatly dressed and no longer in rags. There are no hideous wounds everywhere. In a short period of time, Dobby has become as clean and cute as Lor Curly.

The Talros family would not allow servants working in the manor to dress like beggars, so although the elves were dressed simply and plainly, they would never wear only a dirty tea towel.

In addition, because the old butler Pius is an antique who has lived for hundreds of years, he refuses to wear the small clothes provided by his master, but Juanjuan will sew clothes for him.

"Dobby, I think you also know that you are not needed in the manor, and Pitt and the others will not allow you to stay with me."

Reina looked at the elf who was covering his mouth but had joy in his eyes. She would not leave Dobby behind. Who knew what the elves at home would do to Dobby? So Reina had been asking Dobby to follow her in stealth, just to avoid being discovered by Lor and the others.

Dobby's food and the like were all kept by Lena at the request of Juanjuan. Juanjuan is thoughtful but doesn't talk much, so she is the most convenient to use.

But in the end, Tallos Manor was not the best place for Dobby.

"Do you want to go to Hogwarts? I can introduce you to Dumbledore, or do you want to go out on your own?" Lena said.

"Will Dobby not get the third salary that belongs to Miss Reina?" Dobby asked tentatively.

"I said that the salary I give you is the result of hired labor. You kept an eye on Harry's movements in the Muggle world for me. This is the first salary, and today is the second. If I want my third payment, I will come to you, so I hope you can show up in time when I need you, and I will pay you extra contact fees." Rena explained.

"So Miss means that Dobby can be free?"

"Yes, I forced you to stay before, but from now on, you are free." Reina waved her wand, and a small box on the table flew towards Dobby.

Dobby took it and opened the box at Reina's signal, revealing a pair of green striped stockings.

"Dobby is a free elf now!" Dobby took out his socks and looked at Lena excitedly.

"So what's your answer?"

"Miss Reina is Dobby's best master. Miss wants to help Dobby find a job. Dobby is very grateful to Miss. Dobby wants to enjoy his freedom." Dobby stroked the pair of stockings happily.

"I understand, but I hope we can continue to cooperate, and you can get the high salary I give you." Reina tricked Dobby a little, hoping to make good use of this brief master-servant relationship in the future.

"You can go now. It's up to you if you want to take a nap or pack your bags now." Lena closed the book she was not reading and turned off the light in the room.

In Snape's room.

After Snape sorted out the potion data he had made in the manor, he stood up and stretched.

Snape's room faced the garden. He walked to the window of the room and looked out at the garden in the faint moonlight. The swing was hanging there quietly.

Snape had been at Tallos Manor for more than a month. He remembered that before coming, he had thought that something unexpected might happen, but he never expected such a huge change.

However, Snape seemed to have noticed something was wrong with Reina, and he himself would occasionally fall into strange emotions.

Whenever he was alone late at night, he would become self-contradictory and even begin to doubt the authenticity of that memory. At this time, a huge voice would appear in his mind, condemning his incompetence and suspicion.

It was as if, when he saw Rena and was with Rena, Snape from that memory took the upper hand.

When he was alone, Snape in this body began to separate from the Snape in that memory. The dream-like experience made everything seem so unreal, even though he believed that it must be Rena's personal experience.

So, Snape decided to return to Spinner's End for a short while, hoping to find the most stable answer in the days before school started.

A week later.

Snape packed his luggage. He told Lena that he would leave today, but he did not plan to say goodbye formally.

However, a note was left behind, which reminded Lena to be careful and eat on time.

He returned to Spinner's End Alley and dealt with various correspondence, including various invitations, reviews and papers from the potion industry. Dealing with potion matters alone took up a lot of his time, and he had no time to think about anything else.

Today was the day of the Hogwarts Dean's meeting. The four Deans and the Headmaster discussed matters related to the new students, the appointment of new teachers, details of the opening banquet, student management, and in short, they just brought up the things that were discussed every year and discussed them for an entire afternoon.

After having dinner in the Hogwarts kitchen, the others left one after another to do their own things, and Snape followed Dumbledore back to his headmaster's office.

"Sit down, Severus. It's been a long time since we last met. Is there anything you want to tell me?" Dumbledore pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth.

"Slytherin's locket is indeed a Horcrux, destroyed by Hermalena using snake venom." Snape sat calmly in the chair.

"Well done. The kid certainly didn't disappoint you, did he?"

"She never lets me down," Snape affirmed.

"So, did Harry know about this?" asked Dumbledore?

"The locket is in the hands of the house-elf in the Black mansion. It is the relic of the former Death Eater Regulus Black. He drank the poison that replaced Voldemort's Horcrux, stole the Horcrux, and was dragged into the water and killed by the Inferi left there by Voldemort. He originally wanted to ask the elf to destroy it." Snape explained about Regulus.

"It is impossible for a house-elf to destroy a Horcrux. I just didn't expect it to be like this. Regulus, I remember him. He was also a good kid when he was in Hogwarts. It's a pity that he is as outstanding as you." Dumbledore pinched his brows. Of course he knew that he was Sirius's younger brother, and he was also aware of the conflict between Sirius and Regulus, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

"Regulus should be brought back," Snape suggested.

Dumbledore's hand paused, and he slowly lowered it.

"That's for sure - maybe Sirius and Regulus have some misunderstandings as well."

Dumbledore stood up and paced around the room.

"Do you know where the Horcruxes were originally guarded?" Dumbledore asked.

"The house-elf knows."

"What about Hermalena?"

Dumbledore asked about Rena. After all, he had only met Rena a few times, this girl who knew more than he did. After knowing Sybil's prophecy and Snape's dream, he was sure that the important person who could change Snape, the "dying man", and gain rebirth was Hermael.

The prophecy made in front of Snape made Dumbledore ponder and think over and over again, just like the prophecy made many years ago.

The only thing he was worried about was what the reversal would be like in the future. Was the original ending good or bad?

He could only consider handing Hermalena over to Snape. He believed that this simple decision might have a great impact on the fateful life-and-death duel between Harry and Voldemort, but he bet that the impact would be in favor of Harry.

"I don't know." Snape said flatly.

Dumbledore looked at Snape and nodded.

"Looks like I have to go to the Black mansion as well. The Inferi—" Perhaps Harry can have an experience, so let Remus give the children a lesson on the Inferi in advance. In which grade is the Head-Breaking Curse taught?

"Severus, how about preparing some more gillyweed? I'll reimburse you." Dumbledore already had a good plan in his mind. Harry would definitely not want him to do this after Sirius came out, but he had to use this method to make Harry grow up to face Voldemort and Tom.

"Gillweed?" Why did you mention Gillyweed? Is it that easy to find A-grade potion ingredients? All I have in my medicine cabinet is...

"Wait, you don't want to..." Snape cursed in his heart. Did this damn old bee want a few children to deal with the Inferi? He dared to say that even some adult wizards might not be able to deal with it well. They were Inferi!

Dumbledore smiled meaningfully.

"You're crazy." It's totally unreasonable.

"Do as I say. After all, he is facing the Inferi now, not Voldemort." Dumbledore waved his hand, and the matter was settled.

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The first day of school is coming soon. By the way, during this holiday, Harry was not warned by the Ministry of Magic again for inflating his aunt. Because Dobby secretly gave Aunt Marge a rash, Aunt Marge could not stay at Vernon's house until August and left. Harry was taken away by Sirius just after living at Privet Drive 4 for a month.

August 8st, Diagon Alley.

"Rena!" Pansy saw Rena sitting by the window of the Three Broomsticks Bar from a distance, and ran into the bar, leaving Daphne and her sister whom she had just met.

"Merlin, we haven't seen each other for a month!" Pansy asked the boss to serve a glass of violet water.

"I went shopping with you in early August and bought the latest monster book." Reina held a glass of iced currant soda in her hand.

"Don't mention that book. My father put me in a cage when I got home because he was worried that my hand would be bitten off." Pansy was speechless =_=. She chose the Care of Magical Creatures class because she saw that Draco and Reina both took it. I really don't know what Professor Kettleburn was thinking to choose such a dangerous book.

She forgot that the professor had retired.

"Pansy, you actually left us and came to find Lena." Daphne led Astoria into the bar to question her. She leaned on the high table by the window and greeted Lena.

"It means you don't miss Lena as much as I do. Besides, don't you have some things to buy? Take your sister to buy things first. We'll wait for you here. Maybe Draco will come too." Pansy explained.

Daphne snorted and took Astoria to go shopping.

"Sister Daphne is very pretty, isn't she, Rena?" Pansy took a sip of violet water and watched Sister Daphne walk past the window.

"Daphne is already cute, not to mention her sister." Reina propped up her head.

"Did you meet Draco?" Pansy asked again. She had only seen Draco and the others once at Malfoy Manor this summer. She missed them a little after not seeing them for so long.

"Yes, Aunt Narcissa took Draco out to buy new robes before you came. It will probably take a while."

——Half an hour ago——

"Draco has grown a lot taller, Lucius. You need to buy more long robes this semester." Narcissa took Lucius' arm and put her other hand around Draco's shoulder.

Draco was taller than her, almost catching up with his father. She had to prepare some more handsome clothes for such a handsome guy. She remembered that Tufan Clothing Store had several styles, and she would let Xiaolong try them later.

"You can buy any clothes you like for Xiaolong. You can also buy one or two sets for yourself. Although I don't know if I have the honor to do so." Lucius turned his head to look at Narcissa, tenderness in his eyes.

Draco pretended he heard nothing and walked forward.