Willow Springs launched several "clear water like springs" in succession, forming a dense network of water around Snape, followed by a "leg stiffening death", forcing him to take a few steps backwards and block it with a defensive charm. For a moment he looked almost forced into a corner by Willow Springs again, and Willow Springs' only need to throw a "petrified" to settle the battle, but Willow Springs' instead of doing that, he suddenly grinned triumphantly, waved his wand, and shouted, "Oolong out of the hole!"

A small black snake leaped out of the tip of the Willow Spring staff and pounced on Snape's door. Snape dodged half of his body in embarrassment, as if he was about to be defeated and couldn't resist, but suddenly pointed at Willow Spring and shouted, "Remove your weapon!"

Liu Quan was caught off guard, and his wand flew out with a whoosh. The little black snake disappeared without a trace. Snape straightened up, still looking tired, gasping for air.

Liu Quan's eyes widened in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it, and slowly turned his head to stare at the wand that was already lying quietly on the ground. After a few seconds, she bit her lower lip, as if she suddenly realized that she had lost this duel so inexplicably, she slowly straightened her back, raised her chin, and said in a crisp voice: "...... It's me who lost. I was too careless to think you had already lost, so I didn't guard against your disarming charm......"

Snape narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was obviously a little surprised by the reversal of the situation. His dark eyes fell on Liu Quan's face, and after a moment, as if he saw something, he pursed his lips.

Professor Flitwick had just come to his senses from the sudden turn of the day, and hurried over, stood between the two of them, coughed and cleared his throat, and announced aloud, "In that case, the winner of this duel is Mr. Snape!"

Willow Spring stood still, staring silently at his wand that had been knocked away by Snape's disarming spell for a few seconds. Then, a peculiar smile appeared on the corner of her lips. She gave Professor Flitwick a crisp bow, then turned to Snape.

"Congratulations, Seaver, you won. ”

Despite being the winner, Snape's face tightened, and there was no joy or excitement on his face after the victory. His dark eyes lingered on her face for a moment, then narrowed slightly.

What happened next was something neither Liu Quan nor Professor Flitwick could expect.

Snape's gloomy face didn't brighten much when he heard the little professor announce his victory. He nodded hastily to Professor Flitwick, then put away his wand, walked slowly to the side, bent down to pick up Willow Spring's wand that had been knocked away by him, and then walked back to Willow Spring, hesitated, leaned slightly, bowed to her like a full gentleman, and then stretched out his right hand to her, her wand lay in the palm of his hand.

Liu Quan gasped in surprise when he heard the little professor next to him, and exclaimed in an appreciative tone, "Oh, Mr. Snape, this is really an impressive and impeccable gentlemanly demeanor......"

Willow Quan was stunned for a moment, and did not immediately take Lily's willow wand.

She looked up and glanced quickly at Snape's pale face. There were still beads of sweat on his forehead, strands of greasy hair on top of his head, and the wings of his big nose twitched slightly, and he stared at her—or rather, Lily Evans—with a terrifying gaze.

She couldn't read any emotion in his bottomless eyes, and the unpredictable feeling made her feel a pang of apprehension.

Realizing that the two people in the room were still waiting for her reaction, she smiled nervously at him, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to him to retrieve the willow wand from his palm.

Her slightly hot fingertips touched the cold skin of his palm, and their hands shook slightly almost at the same time. He looked more uncomfortable than she was, frowning a little impatiently. So Liu Quan quickly took the wand from his palm and held it tightly in his hand, as if this would calm him again.

She pursed her lips and squeezed out a "Oh, thank you so much" before falling back into silence, looking like a girl who truly regretted and was unwilling to regret her failure.

Professor Flitwick looked back and forth at them with amusement, and finally said, "I think we can tell the others about the results." Mr. Snape won the duel, so, Miss Evans, unfortunately, your desire to ask him to apologize may not be—"

Snape said suddenly, "I apologize for my reckless and rude words, Miss Evans. I am ashamed that my accusations against you are baseless and full of biased malice. If I could, please allow me to take back my words that day and sincerely apologize. ”

Liu Quan looked up sharply. A look of surprise appeared on her face.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. ...... Even though he was apologizing to the real Lily, it was her impostor standing in front of him at the moment. And there's no doubt how difficult it was to hear him apologize.

Professor Flitwick exclaimed, "Oh, what a good result, and no one will be hurt or disgraced by it...... Gryffindor's honour has been preserved, and Slytherin will not be left out of a loser—Miss Evans, Mr. Snape, for whom I would like to congratulate you on the efforts of both of you. There are no losers in this duel-"

Liu Quan withdrew his wand, amused and helpless at the little professor's ramblings. Snape seemed embarrassed, embarrassed, and a little annoyed by Professor Flitwick's sincere congratulations. His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he whispered, "...... No, Professor. Perhaps what you should really congratulate is Miss Evans' wisdom. She's the one who is in charge of it all, and the disarming spell is clearly ......"

Willow Springs, just in time to interrupt him, smiled nonchalantly at Professor Flitwick. "It's great that you can think so, Professor! Mr. Snape's mistake is not unforgivable, and I heard his apology, and accepted it because of his sincerity. ”

Professor Flitwick said happily, "Oh, of course! maybe we can go out and tell the others about the results?"

Willow Springs, glancing at Snape, followed Professor Flitwick out of the classroom. Professor Flitwick immediately headed in the direction of the Rector's Office. And because the professors ordered the Hogwarts students not to show up near the duel site today, intending to watch the duel scene today—presumably for fear that the lion cubs and snake cubs would fight outside the dueling arena because they had their own supporters—the hallway outside the classroom was empty.

After this tricky matter, the system bacteria also successfully prompted [mission completed], so Willow Springs wanted to return to Gryffindor Tower immediately - since the system bacteria's task completion prompt was equivalent to the precarious friendship between Snape and Lily temporarily had a reason to maintain as a buffer, and her nerves that had been tense since the incident were relaxed. Now she just wants to fall on the bed and sleep in the dark until she wakes up naturally, so that she can return to her blood!

However, a deep teenage voice behind her stopped her steps.

"Why did you deliberately lose to me, impostor?"

Liu Quan paused slightly, and then slowly turned around.

Snape was still gloomy and pale, standing in the empty hallway. Perhaps because he was hit by James's "Upside Down Admiralty" spell that day and made a big fool of himself in front of her, he looked at her with a more gloomy expression and a sense of boredom. But now that feeling has been diluted a lot, because he just won a little unexpectedly in the duel.

Then, unsurprisingly, he saw the imposter grin suddenly.

“...... You're the one who wins, Severus. She waved her wand and cast a mute spell, then replied with a piercing smile on her face.

A wave of anger surged up from the bottom of his heart.

"Do you look down on people?!...... Or do you want to do something for that insidious, cocky Potter to restore his already incorrigible image? You don't have to make any amends for him, and just make amends for me with a duel victory? don't you think it's nothing?" he sneered sarcastically, curling the corners of his lips.

"You've treated him so well. This...... The friendship between Gryffindors is simply inexplicable and disgusting!"

Liu Quan was a little stunned by the venom of the future Potions Professor, and paused before smiling and shaking his head.

"I don't look down on people. I don't think I should make any remedies for James's mistakes. I'm not his elder, so I don't have to be responsible for whether he's crooked. She replied, half-jokingly, "You win the duel for the best outcome." You got the victory, I got the apologies, and it doesn't get any more perfect than that. ”

Snape: "...... I'm really curious how you know I'm going to apologize. ”

Then he saw the imposter with a trademark sly grin - it couldn't be more Slytherin!

"Oh," she said, "you have been on the defensive and not attacking from the very beginning of the duel—isn't that obvious enough?, Severus, if it was your own words and deeds that led to this duel, then it was your own words and deeds that won your victory." ”

She twitched the corners of her lips, and her tone became meaningful.

"Gryffindor embarrassed you, and you won the duel - so that even Slytherin won't be upset with you, Severus. As for Gryffindor......"

For some reason, she paused slightly.

Then, the bright turquoise eyes that belonged to Lily looked straight at him. Those green eyes shone with a look that was different from the real Lily's. If I had to describe it, the real Lily's eyes had a lively and passionate light, like a real Gryffindor, burning with her own righteousness and zeal to pursue the truth she had identified, and the impostor's eyes were calm and open, like a vast green field that stretched infinitely until it connected to the sky from the distant horizon, and in the silence contained a firm and unchangeable determination to overcome all the obstacles and forge ahead for the road to the sky.

He was slightly stunned for a moment.

Then he heard the imposter laugh softly.

“...... Gryffindor and Slytherin weren't really enemies of each other. I hope that one day in the future, everyone will understand this truth. ”