HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"Dad, aren't you going to ask me what happened in the Chamber of Secrets?" Draco lowered his head and stood in front of his father.

"So, what happened to you in the secret chamber? Little dragon." Lucius sat elegantly in the chair, his hands casually resting on his cane.

Draco raised his head slightly, feeling a little disappointed.

"I don't know what Riddle said to you, but I can give you a month to think about it. After a month, I want to know your true thoughts. Then we can discuss this topic again." Lucius said to himself before Draco could speak.

"Dad, this is..." Draco was a little confused. His father had never been like this before. He always said what he wanted to say on the spot.

"I think it's time for you to learn to be independent, whether it's networking or socializing during this month. I won't give you any help. You need to master enough information on your own and then come up with your own answers. This is the first step." Lucius spoke slowly.

Draco looked at his father and nodded solemnly.

"At least, you did a good job this time." Lucius stood up, holding his cane, and gently tapped Draco's shoulder. Draco's mouth corners unconsciously raised, and he was secretly delighted in his heart.

"My mother and I will be waiting for you at home." Lucius prepared to leave.

"Dad." Draco called him, "That... Potter guy, do I really want to associate with him?"

This was the most troubling and conflicting question for Draco, but his father had previously asked him to maintain a superficial relationship with the "heroes", and Reina also had a close relationship with them, and this time in the secret room he felt like he didn't even help much...

But he just couldn't stand Potter's arrogant look, and now asking him to swallow his pride and be with Potter... it was simply impossible!

"That... is also your own problem." Lucius seemed to have made up his mind not to care about anything for the next month.

Well, Draco was confused...

On the other side, Harry was not in a good mood either.

Although he was pleasantly surprised that Sirius had arrived at Hogwarts, he learned some unpleasant news: He had to stay at the Dursleys' house for a month every summer vacation because of the family protection magic. To be honest, rather than having to spend half of his vacation living with the Dursleys because of that abstract protection magic, he would rather not have this so-called protection. He never felt that he was happy that way.

He felt that only Sirius was his real family, and of course, Mr. Lupin as well. Just being with them was enough, even if there was an annoying house-elf and a portrait of Sirius's mother in the Black mansion. But in the end, even Headmaster Dumbledore came to talk to him about this, and he knew that this matter could not be discussed.

And, he will go crazy this month...

In the end, it was Sirius who said he would come to see him every day, and Harry also gave the Dursleys' phone number to Hermione and Ron. At least Hermione knew how to use the phone, and as for Ron, Harry had also explained it to Mr. Weasley.

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In the last few days of the semester, Hogwarts returned to its original state. Although some students still occasionally discussed the Chamber of Secrets, that had become a thing of the past. Hogwarts would no longer be threatened by the "Church of Secrets". The two Gryffindors and three Slytherins who participated in the Chamber of Secrets to rescue students and kill the basilisk all received awards for special contributions to the school. This was the most winners of this award in history, and it could be considered another exception.

"Knock knock--" There was knock on the door of the Potions classroom, but there was no immediate response.

Just as Reina was about to knock on the door again, the snake-headed doorknob twisted by itself and opened.

"Professor Snape, it's me, I'm coming in?" Reina stood at the door and looked inside. As expected, it was pitch black, and this time there was not even a candle lit.

“Isn’t he here? Then why did the door open by itself…” Reina muttered to herself.

When Reina was hesitating whether to leave or wait at the door, the candle in the office suddenly lit up, the snake head door handle next to Reina moved again, and Professor Snape's voice came from inside.

"Not back yet, go in and wait." A low voice, short words.

Lena bent down and looked at the small, lifelike snake head. She reached out and touched it. The cool touch was just like a real snake.

"I know, professor." Reina whispered to the snake head, with a hint of helplessness on her smiling face.

Even with candles lit, Snape's office was still dim. The shelves against the wall were lined with glass jars filled with specimens. In front of the shelves was a laboratory workbench, not far away was the desk, and on the other side were two small sofas. There was also a door on the side of the desk, which led to Snape's bedroom where he rested.

Reina was very familiar with this place. She knew every corner, the positions of the countless specimens on the shelves, and even memorized everything in Snape's private storage room. She had thought about removing these insignificant things when she was cleaning her memory. But she couldn't do it in the end, because everything she remembered about him, every memory of him, was the key to Reina's past and the driving force to get to the present. It was a thought that belonged to her alone, and it was not an insignificant thing.

Reina walked to the sofa and sat down, staring at the experimental table in a daze...

The sun had set when Snape came out of Dumbledore's place. When he reached the door of his office, he found signs that someone had been there. He silently took out his wand and hid it under his robe.

He opened the door quietly and saw a girl with gray-brown hair leaning on the guest sofa in the "bright" office. She seemed to be asleep and silently put away her wand.

Yes, he asked Hermalena to come to the office this morning, and he left a spell on the door when he left, but he forgot it now. His memory is really...

Snape walked to his desk, waved his wand and made a pile of parchment on the ground fly onto the table, and began to repeat the boring work every day, quickly correcting the students' homework at a glance.

The office was as quiet as usual. Snape was marking scores almost numbly, but he really couldn't ignore the extra person on the sofa. Just a few days ago, he was still dreaming about Hermalena.

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"Why were you in the Chamber of Secrets with two Gryffindors? Answer me, Miss Tallos."

"I followed Potter and Weasley in."

"Very well, then why did you follow them? I remember Professor McGonagall broadcasting a notice for everyone to return to the dormitories."

"I was on my way back to the dormitory when the broadcast was broadcast. I saw them acting sneaky and thought they had bad intentions, so I followed them and wanted to catch them and tell Malfoy."

"I didn't know you were one of those people who cling to the rich and powerful. Is the Talros family short of money or power?"

"Yes...I am an orphan..."

"Orphans? As I recall there were no orphans in Slytherin last year."

"I have inherited the family. After identification, the Ministry of Magic believes that I do not fall into the category of orphans in the legal sense of the word in the wizarding world, so there will be no special mark on the official documents -"

"The Ministry of Magic only cares about trivial matters like this. I really don't know what's in their minds - but it's no wonder you followed Malfoy..."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you..."

"Okay, I get it. If you need anything, come to the Potions Office to find me - few of those guys in the Ministry of Magic are good people - but you will be detained for a month at the beginning of next term."

"Well...thank you..."]