After hearing Draco's words, Severus also remembered what he and Lucius had heard when they were in the Forbidden Forest before.

Hermione - Seems to be in need of money.

In the vault of Gringotts, which belonged to him, he had saved a lot of gold gallons.

Not to mention that Professor Hogwarts's salary has always been very high, plus he has nothing to spend on weekdays.

In the same way, he still holds the position of Slytherin Headmaster, but he has an additional subsidy.

Over the years, although he needs a lot of treasured potion materials for potion research, he also has the richest platinum nobleman in the wizarding world, and many of the treasured potion materials in the Forbidden Forest are of better quality than many sold outside.

In the same way, it is important to know that the potions made by a potions master are very popular in the market.

To sum up, he is actually quite rich now, even richer than many small nobles with disillusioned opinions.

Severus, who was thinking about how many years he was now, didn't even think about why he had started calculating how much money he had when he thought that Hermione needed money.

Having "grown" up, Draco was no longer as afraid of Severus as he was when he was a child.

At least—he dared to disturb Severus while he was thinking now.

"Godfather—can I go back to the cellar with you to wait for Min?"

"She's not in the cellar right now."

Thinking of the figure that had turned away at noon, Severus felt that he should tell Draco.

"Not there? Where did Namin go? ”

Min is not with the Godfather?

So where did Min go?

After all, with Min's current status as a "disabled person", she can't go there by herself.

Because Min can't touch people now, which means she can't appear in front of people at all.

But Hogwarts, which is full of "adventure" critters, has no quiet place at all—except his godfather's cellar.

"How do I know where she went? Although I am her professor, I cannot 'restrict' an adult's actions. ”

After seeing Severus' faint signs of anger, Draco was too "sensible" to ask Hermione why she had left the cellar.

"Godfather, can I go to your place and wait for Min to come back? I don't have any other classes this afternoon. And I can go to your place and help you with some potions materials, and I've been learning good potions classes all along. At least not to live up to your teachings. ”

Although his potions have always been good, he really doesn't like the strange-looking potion materials that definitely don't fit the Malfoy family's aesthetics.

Even after they've been boiled into potions, some of them have really beautiful colors.

However, in order to stay in the godfather's cellar - he can only become a house-elf to deal with potion materials, at least to make the godfather feel that it is useful to stay there.

Finally Draco followed Severus to the cellar and processed potions for an afternoon and an evening.

Severus, who was going to correct his homework, returned to the cellar with Draco and found that all the homework he hadn't corrected had already been corrected.

Obviously, the person who helped him correct his homework was very familiar with his habits, and the parchment that was wasted by the little trolls, whether it was some comments or scores, was very - Severus!

And the only one who can freely enter her office and move her own things is the white-haired woman at noon.

Thinking of this, Severus's eyes as he looked at those assignments were a little complicated.

At curfew, Draco was herded back to his dorm room by Severus, while himself, pouring a glass of red wine, sat on the couch.

The next morning, Severus got up from the couch and moved his body, which had been a little stiff from the night's sitting.

The woman didn't come back last night—

(Severus would never admit that he had been waiting for her all night)

Although she is known to be an adult and that this is the safest Hogwarts in the whole of Britain, the secret rooms and secret passages in Hogwarts make it more mysterious and "dangerous" at the same time.

And then Hermione—she went back to the Forbidden Forest, found the hollow in the tree where she once lived, restored the original arrangement, and stayed there.

To be honest, this life is really the most tiring for her.

Not physically human, but mental.

And this life, so far, can be regarded as her most inactive life.

But now, she really doesn't want to go back, so let's just take her as an escape!

Now she just wants a good rest.

Severus walked down the corridors of Hogwarts in a cold air, and all the little animals that saw him, no matter what they had been doing before, were all standing against the wall at this moment, with their heads bowed, cautious, and they didn't dare to wear their breath out loud.

Severus didn't find a reason to deduct points from the poor little creatures, but strode away and returned to his cellar.

Slammed the door behind him and sat down on his couch, Severus covering his eyes with his hands.

Hermione had been "gone" for more than a month, and she had searched for Hogwarts herself, and even visited the Forbidden Forest, but she had found nothing.

Damn, doesn't this imp know she's causing trouble for others?

He took her in "kindly", but she was ungrateful to make trouble for herself - because of how much she wasted on the world of potions when she went to her.

It's - damn it!

With Christmas approaching, students in schools are already preparing to go home or stay in school.

Hermione, as a student of Gryffindor, and her current speciality, Professor McGonagall had to meet her in person anyway,—— for the upcoming Christmas holidays.

Severus was standing in front of his office door, he didn't really want his colleague to enter right now because of the missing woman.

"Oh—Severus, I'm here for Miss Granger's vacation, may we come into your office and talk?"

Severus stepped back and let Professor McGonagall in.

"Severus, where's Miss Granger?"

Hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Severus closed the door for a momentary pause.

"She's sleeping in her room."

"Oh-I'll wait for her later!"

"Whatever!"

With that, Severus ignored the somewhat embarrassed Professor McGonagall, sat back down at his desk, and began to correct the homework.

And it just so happened that he was just correcting Gryffindor's Potions paper.

The quill poked heavily on the parchment, and Severus cursed "in a low voice" as he corrected his homework.

In this way, Professor McGonagall, who sat on the couch without even taking a sip of boiled water, spent a not-so-wonderful afternoon in Severus's constant "stupid lion", "Gryffindor who only wastes precious potions", and "little troll who never thinks with his brain".

Although Professor McGonagall also wanted to defend the little lions in her house, Severus didn't ask her opinion now, she was just "talking to herself", whether it was going out to be polite or otherwise, she was not suitable to say anything right now.

The most important thing is that she herself knows the Potions grades of the children in her house.

Those scores are trying to make her unable to say anything to justify.

After all, Professor McGonagall, unlike Dumbledore, doesn't advocate the theory that children should just have fun.

"That's—Severus, can I ask Miss Granger to come out? The nap is too long, and it is not good for the body, after all, children still need to sleep at night. ”

Severus nodded slightly with his head down, gritting his teeth, after hearing Professor McGonagall's words.

He has now begun to think about whether to give his colleagues a "forget-it-all and nothing" experience.

He didn't seem to let McGonagall know about Hermione's "disappearance", although he excused himself because he didn't want to get himself in trouble.

But he knew that in fact, he subconsciously didn't want Hermione to attract too much attention from Dumbledore because of such and such things.

This is not about love.

After all, if Hermione's difference was exposed, it would probably implicate Draco, his godson, Lucius's only son.

Severus stood up in disguise and walked to Hermione's room.

McGonagall saw Severus get up and followed suit.

She'd been sitting at Severus for an afternoon (and hadn't taken a breath), and she'd been teaching seventh-grade Transfiguration on her own, and she'd been just as busy as Head of Gryffindor.

So if she could, she wanted to settle Hermione's matter as soon as possible.

Whether she's going back for Christmas or staying here, she has a lot to prepare.

After all, if you go back, you must explain the problem of the child's leg to her parents!

A small spell would have prevented them from pursuing the issue, but Miss Granger was still attending Hogwarts after all, so the school's image needed to be taken care of.

And if Miss Granger doesn't go back—will she stay there during the holidays, or will she stay here at Severus, or will she make another arrangement?

Severus stood at the door of Hermione's room, knocking on the door in disguise.

But in fact, his wand was already in his hand with the cover of his wizarding robes.