Snape looked up blankly at the fair and kind old witch.

"No...... I do not know...... I don't know if she's alive or dead, and I don't know where I'm going to find her......" he said hoarsely, and there seemed to be a light blankness and blankness in his heart, as if there was a little unreal feeling, and the woman he had hated for twenty years was just going to disappear and disappear? From now on he would never have to endure all her deception and teasing of him? Will the real Lily come back, will she return from Ginny Weasley's shell to her original face? Where will the fake Lily's soul go?......

It was as if countless questions were surging into his mind at this moment, hugging his chest and making it difficult for him to breathe.

Thankfully, Professor McGonagall didn't ask any further questions, and didn't blame him for not doing everything he could to save Lily's life. She just sighed heavily, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "We still have our mission to accomplish, Severus. Defeat them, defeat that man...... Don't let those who are gone go so meaningless. ”

He stood motionless, neither nodding nor answering. It seems to have become a stone statue of a dispatch.

Professor McGonagall looked at him sympathetically, and said empathetically and reassuringly, "Maybe we'd better wait until it's all over, and then we'll talk about it......

Snape nodded numbly. In fact, he didn't even hear what Professor McGonagall said. But a glimmer of clarity rose in his mind, and he suddenly came to his senses, and turned sharply to Professor McGonagall, who was about to walk away and leave him alone for a while, and shouted, "Where's Potter!!"

Professor McGonagall froze in place. After a moment, a heavy haze appeared on her face.

She walked back to Snape and whispered, "...... He's gone. Go to Voldemort......"

Snape's heart sank.

"He's going to find the Dark Lord?!" he snapped back, "But, why?!, just because the Dark Lord used Hogwarts to blackmail him?!"

That's right, as he walked down the hallways of Hogwarts, he had heard the news from the little trolls who had run by in a panic. They say that Voldemort has personally given Hogwarts an ultimatum to give them an hour to hand over Harry Potter or else attack Hogwarts and make everyone pay!

But he didn't believe that the broken boy would run to his death because of this. How many people died for him along the way, his parents, his godfather (well, that's just what other people thought - in fact, the stupid dog was hiding somewhere else and was alive and well, thanks to the ghost of the imposter who seemed to have fallen under the Imperius Curse!), some people in the Order of the Phoenix, and his classmates, like the sympathetic Triwizard Tournament player and former Hufflepuff prince Cedric Diggory...... He thinks that all of this will of course cause a heavy psychological burden on Harry Potter, but even then there is always a way for that boy to escape some things, such as refusing to practice Occlumency! It's hard to believe that a little Gryffindor troll who can't even practice Occlumency can suddenly run away to die—Snape wonders with a slight irony, is he so ashamed that he wants to die because he has achieved nothing?

Professor McGonagall was quick to answer his questions, though.

She sighed, her expression gloomy and helpless.

He went to the rector's room to use the meditation basin, Severus. She replied in a low voice, "I don't know why he had this idea out of the blue...... But in short, he saw everything in the meditation basin...... I guess it's the memory bottle Lily left for him......"

Lily! It's that Lily again! What the hell is she going to do? What else is she doing?!

Snape thought to himself, not noticing that he had turned hideous.

"What did he see?" he asked, squeezing a question from between his teeth.

Professor McGonagall stared at him, and the look gave him a sudden bad feeling.

Sure enough, she continued: "He knows everything. He already knew all the things he should know...... Including the assignment given to you by Albus, Severus. At the time, we didn't know you were still alive...... I guess Lily thought you must have been ......summoned by Voldemort after you were summoned So Harry thought the same thing...... Therefore, Lily intends to do for you what Albus wants you to do, which is to tell Harry the truth about everything-"

"And then he just went to die just like that?!" Snape asked in disbelief.

Professor McGonagall nodded silently. Snape noticed a suspicious glimmer in the good and upright old witch's eyes.

He suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness and absurdity. He felt that all this was simply unbelievable.

He couldn't protect the Broken Boy. He still went to die. Voldemort wouldn't let him go. The only thing he could do now was defend Hogwarts.

Although he didn't know if they would make it in the end, if they would survive after it was all over. But since he had promised Dumbledore and the fake Lily, he had to fulfill that promise.

Snape took a deep breath, not wanting to ask anything else. It doesn't look like we're going to hear much good news here today.

"Go ahead and do what you're supposed to do, Minerva. "I think I do need to be alone for a while." Also, I have one more thing to do. ”

He must find Ginny Weasley.

It's unbelievable that for more than a year, these two women, the real and the fake Lily, have kept a secret together, keeping a secret for so long, keeping a tight line about each other!

Although the secret had been told to him by Dumbledore, he had never gone to Ginny alone to talk to him about the secret because of the oath that Dumbledore had made him swear before telling him the secret.

Of course, he didn't know how the imposter had managed to circumvent the unbreakable curse and tell Ariana Dumbledore in advance of the secret in the Hog's Head Bar frame, as a weapon to verify Severus Snape's identity. But—as you can guess, the unbreakable spell between the real and false Lily is mostly a constraint on the "human" as the object, and a magical portrait is not within the scope of the constraint, and even if the scope of the constraint includes a magical portrait, he believes that the fake Lily has a way to solve it, just as if she disappeared into that room at Malfoy Manor without warning, and managed to get Nagini away.

He didn't believe that the serpent would disappear without the Dark Lord's orders, and the only one who could do it was the fake Lily—what a bold and reckless act! It was like dancing on the tip of a knife! No one in the world could guess what she was trying to do! Even in front of the Dark Lord, she could find an opportunity to do something that was tantamount to suicide!

Now, however, he felt he had to talk to Ginny Weasley, the real Lily, before going into battle. Although he couldn't think of what he was going to talk to her about for a while.

Professor McGonagall looked a little surprised and a little hesitant. There was a hint of uncertainty in her tone. Severus ...... You're the current Headmaster of Hogwarts. As a headmaster, you must take your share of responsibility and command everyone—"

Snape gave a short laugh and asked self-deprecatingly, "How many of those little trolls do you think are willing to listen to me?" and even if you relay Lily's memories, how many of those people in the Order of the Phoenix are willing to trust me completely?...... Minerva, you're the best person to preside over these things. Don't care who I am, I don't want to be the headmaster...... If I'm still alive after all this is over, I think I'll quit too. Don't tell me you don't know anything - you're the right successor for Dumbledore. ”

Professor McGonagall was embarrassed for a moment, and opened her mouth for a moment before she said dryly, "...... But you're the official headmaster now. And...... Severus, are you planning to leave Hogwarts in the future?"

Snape was silent for a few seconds before replying, "...... We can talk about these things later. Go lead your school, Minerva. I will follow your instructions. ”

Professor McGonagall seemed to want to say something, as if she couldn't think of anything else to convince him. She wanted to speak again and again, and finally nodded, and opened her mouth hesitantly: "...... Okay, since you insist on it. But maybe we can discuss how much more people we have on our side right now. ”

Snape was noncommittal. Professor McGonagall continued, quickly sourcing the list of adult wizards who were currently at Hogwarts, and telling Snape about their respective tasks and areas of responsibility.

Snape remained silent, only listening to Professor McGonagall's rapid account of the current Hogwarts defenses. Finally, when the names of all the adult wizards had been spoken, Professor McGonagall looked at Snape with a hint of hesitation, and asked again, as if with some reluctance, "Severus...... Are you sure Lily is real...... Oh, Merlin, I hope she doesn't...... Brave girl...... She shouldn't have ...... like that."

She spoke incoherently, not at all like her usual rigorous style. Snape's gaze swept over her reassuring face like a reliable elder, and he didn't speak.

Professor McGonagall seemed to have finally come to terms with a broken heartache to accept this fact. She shook her head and walked away, saying sadly as she went, "...... Even if she can come back after the war......"

Snape suddenly spoke coldly behind her, "...... At that time, I will definitely fire her. A professor who doesn't listen to the headmaster and likes to be smart shouldn't stay at Hogwarts. ”

Professor McGonagall stopped abruptly and looked back at Snape's expressionless face, as if she understood something, and did not defend the disobedient Lily Evans, but only sighed sadly.

"War!war!, this abominable war!" she muttered, and walked away indignantly.

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June 15:

Well, it's funny that the professor has been talking back, hhh

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