247 Professor and Disbelief
After the two ran away, Lily whispered dissatisfiedly: "Really, they only care about Karan and don't know how to save a seat for me."
After a moment of silence, Snape whispered: "No one dislikes Callan, but it is those of us who are closer to him who have opinions."
Lily stared down at Barian and ran her palms along its hair.
"This is really strange, isn't it?" She said softly: "Shouldn't friends be more considerate of each other's thoughts? How can this actually make it more..."
She thought for a long time and finally uttered two words: "Uneasy, and scary."
This time, Snape didn't stay silent for long.
"Don't think so, Lily." He said: "Karan is just helping us in his own way."
"Although he rarely mentions this, the help is at least tangible."
Lily immediately thought of Snape's current situation.
If it weren't for Karan, he might still be in a place like Spider End.
"You know that's not what I meant." Lily retorted in a low voice immediately, but her cheeks still turned slightly red, not sure whether it was because of shame or some other reason.
After seeing Lily like this, Snape became even more panicked than she was.
"I... of course I know."
He said brokenly, his cheeks also turning red.
The atmosphere became a little awkward for a while.
Barian looked up at the two of them, but it quickly stopped caring about this kind of thing and continued to fiddle with the ends of Lily's hair.
The silence didn't last long.
As the Slytherin Quidditch team came out of the castle, Snape's roommate Avery shouted something to him.
"The game is about to begin, Severus!"
But Avery did not deliberately stop and wait for Snape. One of the other roommates pointed at Lily and said something unknown, and then the group suddenly burst into laughter.
Lily didn't hear their words, but she still saw the way these people showed off their power.
This was no different from any other Slytherin student - especially after the sudden appearance of the Chamber of Secrets.
"I'm sorry, Sev." Lily frowned and said, "But I have to say, I don't like your roommates at all."
"They look like they are just eager for students to be killed, and I heard that this group of people often bully students from other colleges."
"Is this true, Sev?"
Her eyes were fixed on Snape.
And even after hearing the name "Sev" appear again, Snape did not become as happy as before.
He moved his lips twice, but found that he couldn't say anything.
But something suddenly occurred to him.
The heir who opened the Chamber of Secrets inherited Slytherin's will, so the other party's target would definitely be on people like Lily.
And that's just because of her bloodline.
Because she is a Muggle-born.
Snape stared at Lily, his eyes suddenly becoming a little evasive.
But Lily didn't give in, she just waited patiently for his answer.
Snape rolled his throat, and he seemed to understand why Lily asked so many questions today.
Willow wand owners often feel insecure for no reason.
But what he held in his own hand was a cypress wand.
A glorious death was his destiny.
Perhaps, he will really make such a choice.
Even in front of the heir of Slytherin.
"I......"
Snape finally opened his mouth.
But before he could finish speaking, Lily suddenly screamed in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Snape asked quickly.
Lily looked at her elbow in confusion.
"Just now, something seemed to touch me... maybe it was Barian."
She looked up at Snape again, but this time her eyes did not continue to focus on him, but still narrowed in confusion.
"That's...Professor Prewett?"
"Is he going back to the castle? When the game is about to start?"
Snape turned his head, and he saw a figure walking on the grass in the distance, and walked straight towards the castle through the gradually thinning crowd.
"That's Gideon."
Snape suddenly said: "This is the identification method that Karan said. The gold watch will only be worn on Gideon's hand."
The two looked at each other silently, and Lily suddenly frowned. She whispered: "If I had known better, I should have bought an invisibility cloak."
Snape understood what Lily meant.
"As long as we're careful enough."
He said and Lily moved forward and quietly chased Gideon.
On the other side, the number of students at the gate has become very small, but from time to time someone will still shout out suddenly.
"Who is stepping on me?"
"What did you hit me for?"
"Hey! Why are there people stepping on me?"
The noise gradually subsided until the second floor, and the number of students here also became much smaller.
Inexplicably, a slight conversation suddenly sounded in the quiet corridor.
"We were almost exposed just now."
There was no fluctuation in the voice, but the person who answered seemed a little cautious.
"Who made their voices get softer and quieter, so that I couldn't hear them clearly."
Under the invisibility cloak, Steve guiltily avoided Gespard's sight.
Fortunately, Guspard did not pursue the matter any further. He seemed to have other important things to do.
"move."
He said expressionlessly: "While they are gone, find a way to find out their secret base."
Steve breathed a sigh of relief. He held the invisibility cloak above their heads with his hands, and his eyes became a little eager to try again.
"Are you telling the truth?" he asked, "Does Karan really have a place dedicated to preparing potions?"
"Polyjuice Potion doesn't appear out of thin air." Gaspard said, "And didn't we secretly follow them once - at the end of the corridor on the fifth floor, the three of them disappeared in an instant."
"I knew they must have a special place. If not for preparing potions, at least it would be a place for gatherings."
"Otherwise, we would have met them too few times in the castle."
Steve said weakly: "Isn't this because we rarely leave the dormitory?"
Guspard glanced at him, and Steve immediately stopped talking.
"Alright alright."
He muttered softly: "I also want to see how many snacks Karan has secretly hidden behind my back."
Gaspard's lenses suddenly flashed with a strange light - this had the same meaning as Karan rolling his eyes, but as an alchemist, he naturally couldn't do such a vulgar thing.
The two of them quickly reached the end of the corridor on the fifth floor, staring directly at the mirror under the invisibility cloak.
Steve tapped a finger on the mirror.
"Hey!" The mirror suddenly called out: "Don't leave fingerprints on me, kid!"
"Oh, sorry, sorry." Steve said quickly, and then whispered to Gaspard: "It's true."
Gaspard turned to stare at him, his lenses starting to flash again.
"Incredible discovery," he said.
Steve obviously didn't hear the meaning of Gaspard's words, and he even laughed out loud in embarrassment.
"Is there any specific magic spell that is needed?" Steve became much more enthusiastic, and he said whimsically: "Then the mirror will turn into undulating water, allowing people to walk directly through it?"
At this time, he saw that after staring at the mirror for a while, Gaspard suddenly walked to the edge and stretched out his hand to test it.
The palm of his hand gradually shrank inexplicably, and finally he managed to reach into the narrow space behind the mirror.
"Traceless Stretching Spell." Gaspard said, "It seems that this place is also a [Baby Bag]."
"Oh, right."
He turned to look at Steve again and repeated expressionlessly: "The mirror turned into water?"
"It's unbelievable."
This time, Steve finally understood the meaning of Gespard's words.
He puffed up his cheeks angrily, and finally walked into the secret passage behind the mirror with Gaspard.