When Liu Quan was summoned to the principal's office that night, what she heard could be called ridiculous.

Maybe it's because the original fandom gave Harry a little bit of a golden finger, but now Harry's power value is a little higher than in the original. At the same time, he seemed to be a little better at mastering Occlumency, which meant that it would no longer be so easy for Voldemort to torture and mislead Harry through their mental connection.

Harry still had a headache, and the nightmares Voldemort wanted him to have occasionally happened - but not so much.

So when Dumbledore talked to her about "these happy developments in Harry", Willow Springs, thinking he was just trying to talk to her about the only good news in recent times, so that she could cheer her up.

Who knew that Dumbledore's next sentence would have managed to scare her so much that she almost jumped out of her chair.

"So, my child, the man had to find another way—what he wanted to know now was, Severus and yours...... Uh, relationship, there's still a way to re-fix it. ”

Liu Quan almost thought he had misheard.

After it took her a few minutes to finally digest the implication behind the old principal's words, she laughed angrily, shook her head, and asked in disbelief, "...... How could he think that such a thing as a marriage contract was like himself, and that he could be resurrected at will if he wanted to?!"

The old headmaster smiled and replied, "Perhaps the man thinks that you and Severus have a special friendship that is sufficient to provide the basis for the repair of this marriage—after all, what happened at the Yule Ball, there may be someone who will tell him a lot of tongues as strong evidence." ”

Liu Quan: "......"

“...... No, I don't think that person is naïve enough to think that a single dance can change anything—" She froze for two seconds, her tone weakly trying to make a final justification for Voldemort's emotional intelligence.

And the Headmaster of Hogwarts, the esteemed head of the White Wizards, as if he hadn't heard her rare attempt to justify Voldemort's emotional intelligence, smiled and picked up a plate of chocolate frogs from the table, and spared no effort to sell her, "Here's one, Lily?"

She snapped into her senses, grabbed a writhing chocolate frog from the plate in a hurry, and said as if disgusted, "...... So why did you call me here? just because the man had some whims-"

The old wizard smiled kindly.

"Oh, Lily, maybe that's not a 'whimsy'. He pointed to the stone basin in the corner, "Maybe you'd like to take a look?"

She angrily bit off half of the chocolate frog and glared at Dumbledore, who seemed to be in a good mood. "Professor Dumbledore, what are you hinting at? what...... Did something happen that I didn't know about?"

Dumbledore waved his wand at the basin, and the basin flew over and landed gently on the table in front of him. The basin is shiny and beautiful.

"Why don't you go and see for yourself, Lily?"

She hesitated for a moment, realizing that this was the reason he had come to her tonight. She tossed the remaining half of the chocolate frog into her mouth as well, dipping her face into the meditation basin.

After a split second, she found herself standing in the corner of a dark room. And the black-robed figure she was extremely familiar with stood in front of a snake-faced man, and his attitude seemed to be very deferential.

The disgusting snake-faced man hissed in a snake-like manner, "...... In this case, that old fellow Dumbledore really believes in the sincerity of your courtship of the Flower of Gryffindor, and is willing to testify for you, so that you can ...... Uh, 'a couple of young people who are well matched and in love with each other have their wedding as scheduled?!"

The way he said this gave her goosebumps.

Snape's tone was respectful and meek. "I'm afraid so, my master. ”

The snake-faced man hissed out laughing, as if he were very disdainful. "Tsk, he really believes as much as ever that 'love' can solve everything?! And what happened then that you, my faithful servant, didn't marry that Mudblood?"

His vicious, sarcastic tone made her sick to her stomach. This feeling was very different from the feeling when Snape was provoked by the Marauder Quartet at the lake, lost his mind in anger, and rushed out to call her a "mudblood". At that time, she could tell that he was just talking angrily, trying to counter Gryffindor's humiliation with a little foul language that would poke at the weakness of the other party. And now, she knew that Voldemort really thought so, and he coldly thought that these Muggle-born wizards were just as disgusting as Muggles, and that they all deserved to die.

Snape, unaware of the words Voldemort had uttered, continued to bow his head, and replied as if respectfully, "As you do with those Mudbloods, I don't think I can bear to live in the same house with that filthy bloodline anymore after exonerating her." I will not do anything that does not contribute to your cause. Presumably, like those stupid Muggles, she would have liked her suitors to behave more positively and passionately...... So when I stopped showing the enthusiasm I should have for her, she quickly complained about me......"

Voldemort laughed happily, touched his chin and said, "In this way, that annoying lioness has voluntarily given up her entanglement with you." Oh, Severus, it's a shame. "While I appreciate your opinion of those Mudbloods, I have to say that it is obviously more important for you to have the highest level of trust from that old fellow Dumbledore in the current situation. ”

Although Snape remained motionless, she could still feel his whole body tense for a moment, then relaxed her muscles again, and said meekly, "Oh, of course, I am willing to obey any of your orders, master." ”

Voldemort seemed finally satisfied, nodded, and said, "This is another good opportunity for you to show your loyalty to me...... Severus, if you have to marry a Gryffindor to gain 100% trust from the fools at the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic, you'd better do that. You know, as an undercover agent for the Death Eaters at Hogwarts and the old guy, I have high expectations for you. Some of the next moves we're going to do might alert Dumbledore - you know, he's not someone who's lost his vigilance about everything around him because the world has been too peaceful for too long. That Mudblood may be very confusing to some people, and many of her traits are eye-catching - the top Gryffindor student, the current Hogwarts professor, the Mudblood, and her parents were all cleaned up by the Death Eaters...... If such a woman chooses you as her husband, then no one can doubt your loyalty to Dumbledore and the madmen of the Order of the Phoenix. Severus, my faithful servant, this is not difficult for you, is it?"

For a brief moment, Snape seemed to froze in a daze. But his long vigilance as a double agent led him to bend down deeply, and replied in a tone of unprecedented deference: "If this is your order, then of course I will do it, master." ”

Liu Quan, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

She didn't know that she had done such a ...... for Lily Valuable. No wonder Dumbledore, the sometimes treacherous old wizard, smiled so weirdly before entering the meditation basin just now. He must have been very proud of Snape's disguise in front of Voldemort, and even if his testimony exonerated Snape after the first war, it did not make Voldemort doubt Snape's loyalty—or not to the point of immediately purging Snape as a traitor.

And, from what little she knew about Dumbledore, she thought he would be happy to see "young loves come to a good end"—that is, he was glad to see the reluctant Snape and hers, the fake Lily, exchange sacred and unbreakable marriage vows.

In front of her, she had left the scene in the meditation basin and stood in front of Dumbledore, who was smiling so happily. She suspected that his long white beard was going to be jubilantly cocked along with the three or four bows tied on it.

She said dryly, "Oh, that's good. So, you called me tonight in the hope that I would cooperate with that scoundrel's scheme. ”

Dumbledore seemed very pleased with her disrespectful disdain for Voldemort.

"Oh, my dear child, though the man had succeeded in being led in a completely wrong direction by Severus, we must also admit that he might have done a good thing unintentionally. He replied playfully.

Liu Quan laughed sarcastically: "Do you mean to shoehorn me into a husband who hates me to the extreme, wishing that I would die immediately, so that the person he really loves can be returned to his husband immediately?"

The smile on Dumbledore's face faded. His expression became a little serious, he looked at Liu Quan's face with pity, shook his head, and said, "My child, you may be wrong. Things may not be as bad as you think. You know—"

Liu Quan interrupted him without any respect, "I know that he lives in remorse every day. Despite his youth, he looked as if his life was over. My presence was only a deeper torture for him, a daily reminder that he had unintentionally betrayed the woman he loved the most, and that he could do nothing about all the injustices that had suffered from that woman. In this case, I wonder how he hadn't tortured himself to death. Or rather, I doubt how he can still endure my presence in his presence every day. ”

Dumbledore stared at her and sighed slightly. Like an elder who truly cared for her, he put down the candy tray in his hand, walked around the table to her, put a hand on her shoulder, and patted it gently as if comfortingly.

"Oh, Lily, you know it's not all true. We all make mistakes, and we all pay for our mistakes. But you don't have to take responsibility for things that you didn't do wrong. And I think you know in your heart that none of us can force Severus to do something if he really doesn't want to......"

"Yes. She stubbornly stiffened her neck and said stiffly, for some reason she suddenly felt a wave of grievance and sadness at that moment.

"So he willingly did anything for the sake of Lady Brielle Potter, including hypocritically exchanging vows with me, an impostor, at the altar. ”

anything。 He had said this when he had begged Dumbledore to help protect the real Lily.

And what about her? What did she get? That day, before he went to the Ministry of Magic alone to face the trial, he had said coldly to her, "It's all over." It's everything, all of it.

everything。

The pain of being misunderstood and wronged made her heart throb. Tears welled up in her eyes, so fast that she didn't even have time to take them back.

This sad expression may have surprised the old wizard in front of her, who looked a little bewildered, awkwardly touched a white beard hanging from his chest, and stammered, "Oh, my child, you should know that I did not mean to grieve you...... Although I also hope that you and Severus can get a good ending, so I urge you to agree to cooperate with that man's arrangement...... But if it hurts you, you don't have to force yourself, we have another way to deal with it......"

The fragile outburst was only a matter of a moment, and reason had all returned. She quickly wiped away the tears oozing from the corners of her eyes, looked up at the old wizard, and said, "No, no. I am willing to accept all your arrangements. Moreover, I am willing to use some of my limited advantages to cover Severus as much as possible and ensure his safety......" In order to hide her gaffe, she even joked, "I must have been lacking in sugar supplements recently to be emotionally unstable, I thought." ”

The old headmaster, who had always smiled gently, and hid everything under a calm and playful look, did not immediately laugh out loud.

His eyebrows, hidden beneath a large handful of gray hair and white beard, furrowed slightly, and the sharp gaze lingered on her face for a moment. But he didn't say anything more, but turned back to pick up the full candy plate.

"Well, you need some Duke Honey limited-edition sweets, my child. He winked at her, as reassuring as ever.

"Candy brings good luck. ”