For the next few days, Severus Snape was in an almost frenzied hustle.

He temporarily handed over all the school affairs of Hogwarts to Minerva McGonagall, and spent his days in the library, especially in the forbidden area—

Dumbledore wasn't idle in the frame. His portrait was originally simply furnished, with only a coffee table and a velvet chair, but now the coffee table and the foot of the chair are piled up with all kinds of magic books, and he even constantly communicates with the portraits of the old headmasters in the headmaster's room, discussing all kinds of ancient magic charms they know.

...... However, soul magic is something too profound. Otherwise, Voldemort wouldn't have had to cut his soul into so many pieces and attach them to different Horcruxes - the key thing is, he didn't succeed in the end, neither his defeat at the hands of Harry, nor his resurrection from a handsome young man to a snake-faced bald villain. This further overshadows everyone's efforts to explore soul magic. For several days, the atmosphere in the Headmaster's Office at Hogwarts was extremely depressing.

Eventually, Dumbledore managed to find a way to temporarily preserve Lily's body from decay. Although it is not yet possible to figure out the profound law of soul exchange, Lily is now housed in a separate hospital room in St. Mungo, lying there as if in a permanent slumber.

However, this approach is not permanent. The soulless shell will decay, and all they can do now is slow it down as much as possible, and if they don't find a way to get back the interesting soul that replaced Lily, or to get the real Lily's soul from Ginny Weasley's body back to her own in the first place, they will soon have to officially announce the former Muggle Studies professor at Hogwarts and a prominent member of the Order of the Phoenix. Evans' death, and then listing her name in the list of heroes who died in the final battle of Hogwarts for people to admire.

Faced with this reality, the current Headmaster of Hogwarts seems to have become more gloomy, cold, unapproachable, and grumpy.

He spent more and more time in the forbidden section, and even when the little trolls used the library to consult materials and write papers, he no longer hid his whereabouts.

...... As a result, the frightened trolls have reduced the frequency and frequency of their visits to the library. The lounges of the faculties were overcrowded.

There were also some of the trolls who didn't seem to know about the recent appearance of the current Headmaster of Hogwarts on the library's map, so when they saw Snape in a rage and black robes rolling through the library's shelves, they were so frightened that they threw the books they were reading on the table and ran away.

That night, when Snape was furiously holding a book of "unknown spells" that had nothing to offer, all of which were crappy spellbooks that had no purpose but were used to spice up life, and strode through the two rows of tables and chairs in the middle of the library, intending to return the book to its original place on the shelf, he suddenly noticed a book spread out on a certain table.

There was no one at the table. Maybe it was the little troll who had planned to borrow the book and ran away in fright when he saw him coming.

This is also normal. Snape knew that he had scared off these little trolls as frightened as a nest of fluffy chicks countless times in the past few days.

However, this time, it is obvious that the rules and upbringing of this timid little monster still need to be improved. He actually left the book on the table and ran away. Anyway, he should have returned the book to its rightful place, rather than just leaving it open on the table—this inappropriate behavior would not be forgiven until the Dark Lord attacked again.

Snape frowned at this, and after a moment's thought, decided to return the book for the impudent little troll. However, when he walked to the table and swept his gaze down casually, the hand that had been stretched out towards the book paused slightly.

Because it's a botanical book. The page that opened in the book happened to have a word he was familiar with.

Columbine.

The pronunciation is...... Colombang?

His fingertips paused on that page, looking at the pattern of the beautiful little flowers drawn on the page, and the dense information about the flower written under the picture, such as the flower type, flowering range, and its use—until he saw the last line of small print.

"In Muggle lore, the flower language for columbian is 'Oath of Victory'. ”

Snape was slightly stunned.

He paused for a moment, not knowing what he suddenly remembered, and suddenly his upper body was lowered, and he propped himself up on the table with one hand, and quickly opened the catalog of the botanical illustrated book.

It didn't take long for him to seem to find what he was looking for, and he quickly turned to that page. His face suddenly became gloomy as his gaze slid over the lines of explanatory text and landed directly on the last line of the page.

He slammed the thick book shut, making even the little trolls who were already far away shiver and duck farther away.

He gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly, and with the botanical book under his arm, hurried out of the library, and strode all the way to the principal's office on the eighth floor.

He rudely pushed open the door and threw the botanical book on the headmaster's desk with a thud. The loud noise almost woke up all the headmasters who were pretending to sleep in the frame—only the old wizard in the shining blue star robe in the frame facing him was still pretending to snooze.

"Professor Dumbledore—" Snape squeezed out between his teeth, "tell me everything you know, immediately, immediately!"

The old bee opened its eyes and glanced at the botanical book Snape had tossed on the table, a look of understanding—and embarrassment—on his face. He grimaced and told Snape in the frame that he didn't know what the flower meant.

"Lily once told me that choosing the surname 'Colombon' meant that she had vowed to fight until the day she won," he said. But what does 'Bigonia' mean?...... Ah, I'm not saying I didn't try to look it up, but maybe I'm forgetful......"

Snape glanced at him fiercely, and without saying a word, he reached over and picked up the botanical book from the table again, opened the page, and held it up to Dumbledore's frame.

Dumbledore coughed.

"It's really just a wonderful coincidence...... he explained, slowly, reluctantly. "When Lily was looking for a pseudonym, she happened to have this botanical illustrated book on hand—you know, she said, 'Lily's name is also a flower, so I'll find another flower from here'—and she just flipped through it, and she found it...... Severus, you know, she's not the kind of person who would take advantage of this kind of problem to put you under psychological pressure......"

Snape sneered, snapped the botanical book shut, and threw it back on the huge desk beside him.

"That's pretty surprising. He said, as if he didn't believe Dumbledore at all.

"Endless pseudonyms, endless identities! And I don't even know which of her words is false and which one is true! I don't know whether to believe her or not! Just when you think you've solved the mystery she left behind, you realize that what you've solved is nothing but the outermost layer of the mystery...... What kind of person is she?Where is she from?What is her real purpose?Why are you so anxious to book a spot on the Death Express?!—— it's hard to believe that you, as such a cautious person, decided to trust her, cooperate with her, and follow her crazy and daring plans without figuring out these answers-"

"Severus. Dumbledore only sighed in the face of his fierce rage, and called him in a low voice.

He read a hint of bitterness in Dumbledore's tone, which was unprecedented for the old bee with a sweet tooth, and he was a little surprised and subconsciously stopped the harmful, violent anger and raised his gaze to look at the old wizard in the frame.

Dumbledore's face was surprisingly absent from the kind smile that he usually had in his usual kind and harmless appearance. He just stared straight at Snape for a long time before he said, "...... Sometimes, a person's name and origin may not be so important...... It is important to never underestimate a sincere heart. ”

Then he coughed and said with an unnatural expression, "I guess you didn't destroy my crystal bottles with memories?"

Snape sneered.

He should have thrown out the old bee's shelves full of engram bottles on the first day he took over the principal's office. Merlin realized why he hadn't done it at the time!

Now, for the protracted and lengthy investigation and trial that followed the Great War, the stupid people of the Ministry of Magic kept coming here to rummage through the large pile of bottles for parts related to the contents of their investigations, and each time they turned into a mess! What does it matter to him whether those people are guilty or not, whether they are innocent or not?! If they can't prove their innocence, then they can only consider themselves unlucky—the truly smart people are the ones who can use the most effective means to get away with their crimes, no matter what the situation they face, such as Lucius— Once again, he escaped charges against him as a Death Eater. It's just that his idea of controlling the Ministry of Magic is probably going to be greatly delayed. No one wants to see a man who has escaped the Death Eaters charge twice in possession of any important position in the wizarding world, such as the Minister of Magic, such as ...... Headmaster of Hogwarts.

He thought, with a little sarcasm, that if that Lily was still here, she would probably make that stupid offer to help him get away with it. Although she is not the real Lily, she has to admit that she has lived up to the name Lily Evans. She made the name still a symbol of bravery and justice, as a true Gryffindor would do.

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June 27:

I don't make it clear in this chapter, but what the professor is looking for in the botanical illustrated book is the origin of the name "Bigonia".

The name "Begonia" comes from the name of the begonia, Begonia evansiana. The flower language is "bitter love".

Actually, I was just trying to find a flower name with the letters Evans in the name to hhh

As a result, the name is too suitable at first glance.

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