That's all it says on the paper. But that's enough.

Snape squirmed his lips, but before he could subconsciously react further, it felt like the world was spinning again. The illusion of the Meditation Basin was gone, and the short memory that Dumbledore wanted to show him was over. He returned to the Headmaster's room at Hogwarts, where the dark blue velvet curtains were drawn on the walls, and the portraits were silent.

Snape suddenly realized that he had been standing in front of the meditation basin for too long. He waved his wand, and the velvet curtain opened silently on either side, and the portraits of the old men on the wall were rediscovered.

Dumbledore smiled and asked him, "Have you seen that memory, Severus?"

He ignored the old bee, took the memory back into the crystal bottle, and then casually found a gap in the shelf, and stuffed the bottle back in.

Dumbledore was not angry when he received him coldly, but turned to Phineas Nigelus in another portrait on the side, and chatted with him in a homely tone: "What a touching poem...... Phineas, it's a shame you know that Hogwarts doesn't teach literature...... Sometimes I wonder if this is going to bury some kind of talent in some students. Maybe a new literature class might be a good idea?" he said to Phineas Nigelus, wincing, "If Lily is still around, maybe I can hire her as a professor for this class?"

The haughty Phineas Nigelus snorted and said, "That mud...... Muggle seeds?!Albus, don't tell me you're going to make Hogwarts like a Muggle school—and you're going to have this kind of elective that only Muggles will be interested in! Merlin, I'm glad you're dead, I'm sure our new Headmaster won't be interested in this proposal. He changed his tone and said harshly, "Besides, isn't the girl you're talking about dead? Do you want a second ghost professor to appear at Hogwarts?Or do you want to hang a magical portrait on the classroom wall during class and let her portrait teach?!"

Snape was now convinced that the whole family of the big black dog was as annoying as he was. Regardless of whether the big dog had become a traitor to the family or not, there was no shortage of disgusting factors in his blood, just like his ancestor.

He gritted his teeth and glanced sideways at Dumbledore, meaning that if he didn't care about the old man who looked like he was being trampled by a troll, then he would have to do it himself. It's much easier to deal with a portrait than it is to deal with the Death Eaters or the mystery people themselves. Although he was furious that Bigonia was impersonating Lily, it didn't mean that she was guilty enough to be pointed at and poked by these old monsters who had been dead for hundreds of years and refused to settle down.

Dumbledore and the annoying old Black shut their mouths together.

Snape was satisfied that he didn't have to bother with managing the portraits of past Hogwarts headmasters. He had serious business to discuss with Dumbledore.

"I intend to resign from my position as principal. He said to Dumbledore, prompting a murmur of all the portraits in the Headmaster's room.

Everyone else looked surprised, except for Dumbledore in the center frame.

The old wizard still sat in the soft chair in the frame, but his laid-back posture had changed. He straightened his back from his chair and stared silently at the current Headmaster of Hogwarts outside the frame. His gaze was calm, apologetic but pitiful.

"I think I'm putting too much pressure on you...... Severus. He said, "But no one can do those things except you." And you're doing a great job...... I gotta say, the key to the whole thing is Harry, but everything you do ensures that we succeed. For that matter, each of us must thank you—"

"Thank you doesn't have to be. Snape said dryly. "I have no intention of getting anything in this kind of reward...... In fact, if you remember, this headmaster position was originally for your so-called 'great plan', and I took it up. Now that it's all over, it's time for Minerva to take over those hateful little trolls. ”

Dumbledore laughed twice, but selectively ignored Snape's last words.

He seemed to want to discuss with Snape about the internal feud between Gryffindor and Slytherin, and how to bridge the divide that had almost divided Hogwarts after the war.

"Oh no, Severus, before this great disagreement, you, as a Slytherin war hero, were the best person to be the Headmaster of Hogwarts...... Of course, Minerva is also very good, but the situation is complicated and it takes someone more flexible to deal with these tricky situations, and a Headmaster from Gryffindor is not our first choice at this stage. I don't believe Minerva either—"

Snape interrupted him suddenly.

"It's so rare, I thought Gryffindor was flawless in your eyes. He said with a hint of resentment, in a mocking tone. "As a result, you decided at a critical juncture that you could put the importance of Gryffindor on the back burner?"

Dumbledore paused slightly. His acuity, of course, did not make him unable to hear what was behind Snape's resentment, so he explained gently, "Oh no, Severus...... I didn't mean to favor Gryffindor. However, in the current situation, maintaining the stability and unity of Hogwarts can send the right message to the wizarding world-"

"So in the light of such a bigger and nobler goal, is it okay to sacrifice the favor of Gryffindor for the time being?" asked Snape sharply. "It's like...... For the higher goal of 'defeating the Dark Lord', you ...... And those Gryffindors that you taught, even if you put your own life on the line?"

Dumbledore was silent for a moment. Then, he nodded slightly.

...... This move undoubtedly made Snape even angrier. His face turned pale.

"So, what 'higher goal' are you trying to achieve by showing me this today?!" he asked, mockingly, his gaze sweeping over the meditation basin to the face of the greatest white wizard in the frame.

"On your last day on earth, it looks like you've done a lot of things—besides going to that cave, drinking that horrible pile of potions like suicidal, and eventually retrieving a fake locket, and going to your trusted, proudest student's office, just to find a piece of paper with these specious things written on it?!......"

"I'm on my way to find clues that Lily has left behind, Severus. Dumbledore's face moved slightly, with a rare hint of embarrassment, and he interrupted Snape's angry questioning in an unusually gentle but affirmative tone.

"I have to be honest, I still have doubts about her...... I'm worried that she knows everything and doesn't tell me exactly the truth...... So that day, when I found out that she had suddenly disappeared and that Hogwarts couldn't find her anywhere, I feared that my fears had become a reality...... I've heard from the portraits that she was alone in the office for a long time before she disappeared, so I just wanted to go there and find out what she had left behind...... Whether it's a clue, a hint, a note, or a letter...... For you, or for me—but, as you can see, I failed. I only found that ...... Oh, I mean, that poem ......"

Dumbledore now didn't need memory bottles and meditation basins to convey the memories that were still in his head, he had to recall them on his own. So he thought and described, speaking slowly, laboriously trying to search his mind full of memories for the details that belonged to the event.

Snape retorted in disbelief, "You doubt her ?!......"

He only asked these four words and stopped. He felt that he was asking too much. It's a lot like Dumbledore's character, who always has a certain amount of wariness of anyone, even though the other party is likely to believe in him wholeheartedly and unreservedly.

His trust is not something that can be easily earned without reason. Perhaps it was because he had already experienced so many sinister things in his long life, deception, planning, and betrayal by friends, subordinates, or close people...... Therefore, his trust needs to be exchanged. It takes everything you have, and more, to get in exchange.

Moreover, not to mention Dumbledore, even he himself sometimes felt that the fake Lily, after revealing her true face as an impostor, had become full of mysteries and very difficult to understand. Sometimes she seemed to know what was going to happen next, and sometimes she was so confused that she acted recklessly with a Gryffindor-esque foolishness. In his intuition, such elusive people were dangerous. He believed that Dumbledore felt the same way if he had to foresee all the consequences in order to act.

But she was brave enough and loyal enough. Even he, who was disgusted with her as an impostor, had to admit that her performance was as good as the real Lily should have shown. She eventually lived up to the name Lily Evans. She made the name the pride of Gryffindor and Hogwarts – with her own life.

The thought made him suddenly feel unbearable. He frowned and shifted the subject.

"Forget it, let's get back to the question - it's not for nothing that you're letting me see this today, Albus?" he asked, expressionless.

The old wizard in the frame showed a rare expression, touched his white beard with several colorful bows, and said a little embarrassedly, "Uh...... I was just...... I think you should look at this ......."

Snape sneered mercilessly, "And then? let me go and apologize to her, saying I'm sorry we misunderstood you before, and even if you're an impostor, you're good enough to deserve our approval?"

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, a kind and sad expression slowly appeared on his face, he looked at Snape with a sneering face, and said softly, "Severus, we do owe her an apology...... When you find her, please be sure to relay it to her for me. ”

Snape said sarcastically and bitterly, "Maybe it would be more sincere for you to tell her yourself when you met in the frame!

"Oh, no, no. Dumbledore shook his head, blue eyes looking at him with pity. "Severus, don't give up hope. She's not here. We'll find her ......."

"I don't know where she is. Snape said dryly, "If you insist she's not dead—then chances are she's done with her mission and gone back to that damn alchemist to learn those damn alchemists!"

"Master Alchemist?alchemy?mission?" Dumbledore gave a rare look of surprise, "You mean- Bigonia? oh no, Severus, that's impossible- you don't know? I mean, I thought she told you the truth......"

Snape's eyes narrowed dangerously for a moment. With a wave of his wand, the dark velvet curtains at both ends of the room snapped up again, obscuring the portraits of the other headmasters, leaving only the portrait of Dumbledore in the center still exposed.

There was a flurry of curses and shouts from behind the curtain, and it was clear that everyone was curious about what was going on in the Headmaster's room, and they didn't want to be interrupted in this way, but Snape ignored the old Headmasters, glared at the portrait of Dumbledore, and said bluntly, "The truth." I want the whole truth. All. Now, tell me right away!"

Dumbledore stared at him worriedly, and asked as if worried, "...... Everything？”

Snape leaned forward slowly, his hands propped up on the headmaster's desk, staring at the former headmaster in the frame, dragging out his voice, syllable-by-syllable, "Everything." ”

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June 30:

I have a question......

Do you think that's enough?

Because I still have about two sadistic stalks in my head, both of which are about the poems I mentioned earlier

If you think it's about the same, I'll just end it simply

Of course, if you want to read it, I'll write about it carefully

In addition, there is another thing to tell you, that is, chapter 939 of the text (system number 939, chapter title is 934 · [Return Chapter 5] · 24) Because of the problem of system errors, there are suddenly a lot of half-width symbols in the text, and the word count is also wrong.

I asked the editor, and I was told that if I wanted to make changes, I could only add an extra part to the main part.

So I added about a thousand words to the text of that chapter, which is about the scene where the girl and the professor say goodbye in an uninhabited corridor before the final battle at Hogwarts (unlike the main text in the Room of Requirement!!, which is completely new).

If you're interested, you can go back to that chapter and see yohhh

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