Chapter 27: Eavesdropping

What about Snape and Malfoy? Where can they go? Harry, who had put on his cloak of invisibility in the bathroom, was running down the hallway, the music and conversation still coming from Slughorn's office muffled his footsteps, and perhaps Snape had taken Malfoy to his underground office...... Maybe he's being sent back to the Slytherin common room...... Harry still pressed his ear to a door. As he reached the keyhole of the last classroom in the hallway, he felt a rush of ecstasy, and he heard the voice talking.

“…… You'd better not act rashly, Draco, knowing that you're not playing a child's game-"

"Professor Snape, I thought you should be more on my side."

A terrible silence ensued.

Snape spoke again, "Draco, maybe you don't understand what you're doing......"

"I know exactly what I'm doing, Professor Snape." Malfoy said, "I think your position is odd. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Professor, the master to whom you are loyal is moody, he has gone mad, and I think you should also come to our side."

"Draco, I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Professor, Peter Pettigrew is dead, and so is Karkaroff." Malfoy let out a sneer, "The most interesting thing is that although they are in different camps, they are all killed by the same person, the one who has been hiding in the Black Forest of Albania for more than ten years, isn't it?" Peter Pettigrew did not die at the hands of his opponents, but at the hands of his master, who was accused of his incompetence. ”

Harry. Potter gasped as he listened, he didn't know about it.

"Draco, you're putting yourself in a dangerous position by saying that."

"Who cares about a madman, even if he's a wizard with great mana." There was a hint of frenzy in Malfoy's voice, "He's defeated, Professor Snape, he's fled like a lost dog, he's not invincible!" ”

"Because it was himself who defeated him, Draco." Snape's voice was a little impatient, "I repeat, I hope you have a share at Hogwarts, these things shouldn't be your involvement, you're not old yet." ”

"Don't interfere with me, Professor Snape, as much respect as I have for you, that doesn't mean you can dictate to me."

Harry pressed his ears a little tighter.

"So you're avoiding me this semester? Are you afraid of my interference? You know, Draco, if it were someone else, I called him to my office many times and he didn't-"

"Confinement! Report to the Principal! Malfoy sneered, "I've heard that Scrimgeour has a lot of prejudices against you, maybe you should report it to Minister Dumbledore?" ”

After a pause, Snape said, "You know very well that I don't want to do this. ”

"Then you'd better stop calling me to your office."

"Listen to me," Snape's voice was so low that Harry pressed his ear to the keyhole to hear, "I want to help you." Draco - I don't want to see you die, do you think he'll let you go just because you're a child? ”

"If you want to help me, come to my side! My father always wanted you to join us. ”

"Impossible." Snape flatly refused, "I'm trying to get you out of this maelstrom. ”

"I can't get out, Professor." Malfoy said, "It's hard for you to be neutral between two Dark Lords, can you?" ”

Harry was surprised that his mouth didn't close.

"I'm very sorry for your choice, Professor." Malfoy said, "I don't think we have much to talk about, goodbye." ”

Harry barely had a second of mental preparation when he heard Malfoy's footsteps ringing at the door. He quickly dodged to the side, the door slammed open, and Malfoy strode down the hallway, past the open door of Slughorn's office, and turned the corner and was gone.

Harry didn't dare to come out and continued to crouch, and Snape slowly walked out of the classroom with an unfathomable expression, and went back to the ball.

Harry crouched under the invisibility cloak, his mind spinning.

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"Two Dark Lords? What does that mean? ”

"I thought you'd know better, Ron."

"Oh, you think I'm Jack. Silver? Ron looked powerless, "My mom won't let me get involved in the discussions of the Order of the Phoenix, I definitely don't know more than you do." In the past, when George and Fred were around, they could often get some information, but now they were so busy making money that they didn't care about the Dark Lord or anything - if there were two Dark Lords, maybe it would make their business better. ”

"I'm not kidding, Ron!"

"I'm not kidding you, Harry." Ron shook his head, "If you want to find out what is going on, then you must ask those who know the inside story, the teachers of Hogwarts will never tell us anything, not to mention that now that Dumbledore is the Minister of Magic, the members of the Order of the Phoenix who are not Hogwarts teachers have also gone to work in the Ministry of Magic, and you usually don't see them at all." Either ask Silver or Malfoy, it's as simple as that, Harry. (To be continued......)