Hearing what Snape said, Fred and George bypassed Snape in a well-behaved manner, and then grimaced behind Snape's back.

"Weasley, don't think I don't have any points to deduct when school starts." Snape said without looking back,

"But Professor, we really don't have any points." Fred replied with a grin,

「…… If you don't go back to your dormitory, I'll punish you for your labor." Snape threatened, and before the twins laughed and left, they threw Lawrence two self-seeking looks,

"Come to my office." Snape whispered, then turned and walked away, Rose. Selwyn slumped sideways and waited for Snape to pass, and then naturally followed him,

Lawrence was stunned for a moment, not following the footsteps, Selwyn's too natural behavior made him hesitate for a moment, who the hell was Snape talking to?

"Do you need me to teach you how to walk, Rovander?" Snape noticed Lawrence, who was still and didn't move, and he yelled,

So Lawrence followed them, and they walked in the direction of the dungeon, Lawrence knew that the Slytherin saloon was also nearby, but he guessed wrong, Selwyn did not leave the small group as he had guessed, but followed Snape into his office,

Lawrence thought for a moment, but closed the office door, and when he closed the door, Snape turned,

"You're still here?" Snape said impatiently, Lawrence tilted his head, he glanced at the Slytherin uniform that Selwyn was wearing, and then at his Gryffindor uniform, and he almost made a judgment to turn around, but Selwyn spoke and stopped him, (Note 1)

"I thought I needed the job of student council president?" Selwyn said,

"......" Snape didn't look at Selwyn, but instead stared at Lawrence with his empty black eyes, and finally he looked away and spoke, "It's not about you, Selwyn."

"Really?"

"Yes, Rose. Miss Selwyn." Snape said softly, and the scene fell silent, and then Selwyn turned away, her ears red and she looked angry, and she glared at Lawrence with disgust before leaving,

Lawrence, who looked inexplicable, met the expressionless Snape, and they looked at each other like this for nearly a minute, and then Snape drew his wand and aimed it at the office door, and a scream of anger rang out, and the office door shook, probably someone kicked it from the outside,

"There's something dangerous about your conversation with Darkra." Snape put away his wand,

"I thought Voldemort had recruited students to join him." Lawrence said,

"If the time comes, the Dark Lord will do it, unstable, impulsive, and deceived students are one of the good recruits," Snape's gaze wandered, "but because of the instability and impulsiveness, it is not too wise to formally recruit them at this moment when the Ministry of Magic has kindly ignored his return."

"Voldemort doesn't want to see a bunch of 'Dark Mark marks' scurrying around the sky at this time, right?" Lawrence sarcastically said, the corners of Snape's mouth curled slightly,

"Well, then, I have two things, Rovander," Snape paused and continued, "Professor Dumbledore's request—"

"And yours?" Lawrence asked, and the two people with different expressions looked at each other like this for another minute,

「…… Professor Dumbledore and my request," Snape said through gritted teeth, "Objectively speaking, it's not too smart to agree to this—"

"It's not very smart, after all, to raise your wand to Voldemort," Lawrence nodded in understanding, and then he asked curiously, "Have you ever had that experience, Professor?"

"No, but I've seen a lot of people who raised their wands in front of the Dark Lord die." Snape stared at Lawrence, who interrupted him for the second time, with a murderous look, and Lawrence wisely closed his mouth,

"You are not indispensable to Professor Dumbledore's plans," Snape continued, "There is no need to get involved for the sake of those who may be sacrificed."

「…… Can I understand that this is your good intention?" Lawrence knew that his expression must be weird,

"I'm just afraid that you'll suddenly join in and mess up the original plan." Snape yelled,

"Looks like you have a lot of faith in Professor Dumbledore." Lawrence said, "Actually, I was quite surprised, Professor."

"But that's what Slytherin thinks, and you think that's the 'smart' way to do it, but I'm a Gryffindor, Professor."

"At least I'm not a Gryffindor like Pedillus," Lawrence whispered, "Dumbledore has succeeded, as long as my friends and ...... My family is still involved in the fight against Voldemort, so I can't make any other choice."

"So you're surprising me, Professor," Lawrence said, looking at Snape, whose face was getting darker, "What is it that makes you not choose to protect yourself from Mingzhe, and protect Harry Potter like this, and become an inner agent again?"

"Do you mean you're going to join in?" Snape squeezed the words out of the corners of his mouth,

"Yes, Professor," Lawrence said, "I'm pretty confident in how quickly I'm improving, and isn't Professor Dumbledore still in good spirits?" I noticed that he ate quite a bit at dinner today."

"Very well, then the second thing—" Snape said,

"You're sure to tell me why you gave up on protecting yourself and chose to protect Harry, right?" Lawrence raised an eyebrow and said, "Otherwise, I'd be worried that you'd be a spy on their side."

"The third time, Rovande," Snape said darkly, Lawrence knew it was the number of times he had interrupted Snape today,

「…… I'll tell you," Snape's voice whispered, barely audible, "but not now."

"Huh?"

"The second thing," Snape said again, "we all know that you were beaten to pieces by the Dark Lord in a duel at the Graveyard."

"Why don't you try?" Lawrence said dissatisfied, seeing Lawrence's reaction, Snape was clearly pleased,

"It's well known that the Dark Lord is interested in you, but if he loses patience, or if he thinks you're about to be a threat enough—" Snape said in a sleek tone,

"I'm not going to be so lucky next time, am I?" Lawrence said, Snape snorted in agreement, and waved his hand for Lawrence to get out of his office,

"One last thing I remind you," Snape looked at Lawrence, who had already secured the doorknob of his office, "stay away from Selwyn."

It should have been close to midnight, and Lawrence was walking down the hallway of the dungeon, and in the gloomy dungeon, his footsteps were particularly loud. Selwyn stood under the torches at the end of the hallway,

"What did you say to Snape?" Selwyn asked,

"Are you asking for your father?" Lawrence asked casually, he didn't expect to get an answer,

"Probably so." But unexpectedly, Selwyn replied after thinking for a moment,

Lawrence looked at Selwyn's friendly expression, he became more and more ignorant of this Slytherin, they did not continue the conversation, Lawrence walked in front of Selwyn, and Selwyn did not stop him.

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Note 1: You have the same English character as you.