HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"Potter, be alert, I promise - if you go out at night again, I will definitely fire you personally. Good luck!" After warning Harry, Snape walked towards the staff office without looking back.

"I have to catch up. Be careful next time. Bye!" Reina left after saying this.

Snape went into the staff office and asked Rena to wait outside, so Rena waited obediently at the door.

As a result, instead of Snape coming out, Hermione came.

"Hermione, you're here too, what's the matter?"

"Reina? You, you are here too..." Hermione scratched her head.

Reina saw that this situation seemed a bit abnormal.

"You didn't come with us, did Harry and the others plan something new?"

"Forehead……"

"Let me guess, you are following the professor and are here to take a walk?"

Hermione's eyes widened instantly, not trying to hide her shock.

"It seems I guessed it right."

"Yes, it is."

"Okay, what are you guys doing?"

"I... I can't tell you, it will implicate you, but Reina, Snape - I mean, the professor has bad intentions, you'd better be careful of him, he's very dangerous!" Hermione whispered to Reina.

"How can you think so! Is this the purpose of your plan? Isn't this a bit too ridiculous." Reina looked at Hermione in disbelief.

"This is true, Harry saw it with his own eyes!"

"Hermione, I remember I told you that seeing is not necessarily believing!" Reina said seriously.

"This……"

"Squeak——" At this time, the door of the staff office opened and Professor Snape walked out.

"Oh - Granger, what are you doing here?" he asked Hermione aloud.

"I'm……"

"Professor, Hermione just saw me here and came over to talk to me. She said she was not very satisfied with her performance in the Transfiguration exam." Reina explained first.

"Let's go." Snape ignored Hermione.

Reina turned around and told Hermione, "Don't follow me, Hermione. I can guarantee that the professor is not that kind of person."

Hermione lowered her head and had to leave alone.

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cellar.

"come in."

Snape took Rena into the office. He took off his robe and hung it at the door. Then he walked to the desk, turned to face Rena, waved his wand and closed the door.

Reina suddenly felt like she was being judged...

"Let's talk about life - Tallos."

"Okay, professor...ah? What do you want to talk about?" Lena immediately responded, and then realized that something seemed to be wrong?

"I know your family situation, so - as your professor and dean, I think it is my honor to take care of my poor student."

"Thank you, but Professor...what does the word pity describe?"

"That's not important. So let me ask you, why did you come to Hogwarts to study magic?" Snape crossed his arms, "Don't say anything like 'I came here because I received an owl letter'."

Ah, for a moment, Reina really wanted to say that.

"Well... to learn more about magic, better control the magic power in my body, broaden my horizons, and learn more about the magic world."

"That's what's in the admissions prospectus. Besides, I don't think staying in a small school will help you gain knowledge. And - I remember you're a pure-blood. Will you learn about the wizarding world through Hogwarts? Or are the books in your library just a bunch of waste paper?"

Reina successfully choked.

"I'm asking—why—you came to Hogwarts."

"I think... this is probably just like eating when you're hungry, sleeping when you're tired, and taking a holiday when the time is up. It's all a matter of letting things take their natural course. Professor, I really don't know how to answer this question to satisfy you."

“It seems that there is no answer to this question.”

"I'm sorry, Professor."

“It’s okay. I often see answers that make me dissatisfied or even angry—even if those questions are very simple. So let’s change to a simpler question.

Why do you have the courage to think that your magic can work on a professor - even someone as old as Professor McGonagall? If saying that Filch is a Squib gives you confidence, then please tell me if you are confident enough to think you can handle a senior professor?"

"I'm sorry, professor. It was my blind confidence that caused the trouble."

"The key point is that not only did you not get into trouble, you even did it perfectly - of course excluding the fact that you met the wrong person. Isn't it?"

"Well, professor, I learned all of that by reading books at home. My mother is a spell developer and she left a lot of notes on practical spells. I also had plenty of time."

"It seems that you have misunderstood my topic again, Talros. I am sorry that your understanding of the language is so poor. What I am asking is where your courage and confidence to deal with Professor McGonagall come from. After all, if I were you, I would choose to hide with Draco and leave the fate to Merlin, rather than risk being discovered to cast that spell. Even if the spell is very simple, it is normal for an adult wizard to avoid a simple spell or have a few defensive magic tools on him."

"I didn't think too much about it, I just did it."

To be honest, Reina had even thought of many answers to the tricky question, but she had never expected that he would ask from such an angle that it was obvious that the question had no meaning, and she couldn't answer it at all.

"So it's the courage of a reckless man, huh? I'll ask you one last question. Look at me, Talros—"

Reina raised her eyes and met Snape's. Suddenly, a strange feeling of dizziness surged into her brain. Everything in front of her began to blur and she could not focus at all. It was Legilimency!

Reina instantly activated the Occlumency technique, the test came too early, she couldn't imagine why.

After a moment of silence, Snape withdrew his Legilimency, and Lena finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"——What do you want to do in the future?"

"I...want to run the family business well, and I also want to travel and see what the wizarding world in other countries is like..."

"Good idea, this answer deserves an E. Okay, go back." Snape waved his hand, motioning Lena to leave.

"Okay, excuse me, Professor Snape."

Reina bowed and turned to walk towards the door.

After leaving the office, Reina raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead due to concentrating on the Occlumency technique. She breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she had plenty of magic power, this was the first time she used the Occlumency technique in this life, and her body was a little bit uncomfortable with it.

Inside the office.

Snape supported his chin with his hands crossed, his eyes fixed on the door that had just been closed.

Even though his attention was distracted for only a moment, he still caught it. It was a familiar and clever Occlumency technique - it was just like himself.

He suddenly remembered his time as a Death Eater. In order to conceal the news of his alliance with Dumbledore, he used the brain block technique in front of Voldemort. And he remembered that Talros had made a deal with Dumbledore in his dream - he was also a Death Eater.

The only thing missing is the most crucial thread that sews the two together perfectly...