Chapter 64: Embarrassment

If there were still many people who didn't know that Severus was once a Death Eater, then after that inquiry from the Ministry of Magic, most wizards knew.

And although Severus at that time proved that he did not have the mark of the Dark Devil, the key was that no one believed him!

Most people who know Severus still have an impression of him in the image of the gloomy bat spirit in the school, and many of his classmates know that Severus was close to some of the people who would later be Death Eaters during his time at school.

And Severus and Lily knew a lot about it, and because of this, Severus was ostracized and teased by the Slytherins in the first few years of school, until he was later abandoned by Lily because of his proximity to those people and the phrase "mudblood", which was once regarded by Hogwarts students as a joke after studying.

However, Slytherin regarded this incident as a sign of Severus's "abandonment of darkness and light", and the name of the Potions genius was still relatively loud in school, so he knew more.

So, even though many people think that Voldemort would not recruit a half-blood to be a Death Eater, many people believe that Severus is a Death Eater.

The reality is so capricious!

Just like many people think that a pure beauty can't be a young lady, but if someone says that she is a young lady, most people will believe it!

Moreover, several captured Death Eaters reported seeing Severus at Voldemort's party, and described Severus as a poor creature begging to join the Death Eaters.

Of course, these are slanders, and they must have been confessed in advance, Severus hadn't attended any big meetings since he joined the Death Eaters, or Voldemort wouldn't have chosen him as a spy to go to Hogwarts.

But when a lot of people say that, more and more people believe it.

What really changed public opinion was an article published by the Daily Prophet slandering Dumbledore.

As Barty Jr. was finally revealed to be a Death Eater, Barty Crouch still ended miserably, and it is estimated that Barty Jr. did not deal with Barty Jr. ruthlessly at that time, which led to the end being out of control, so Barty Sr. resigned from the position of director of the Law Enforcement Department, and the power of Barty Crouch and his family also collapsed.

Therefore, the Minister for Magic naturally aimed all his firepower at Dumbledore, the biggest "enemy" at present, and after making eye-catching reports such as "Dumbledore's conspiracy to kidnap" the savior Harry, "The greatest white wizard sat and watched the sacrifice of the Ministry of Magic", he finally turned his cannon at Severus, the former Death Eater.

In the article "Hypocritical Dumbledore", it is explained in detail how Dumbledore knew Severus's identity as a Death Eater in advance, and used Severus as a spy to spy on the activities of the Death Eaters, and was secretly happy when the Death Eaters took revenge on the Ministry of Magic, and finally used his strong strength to help Severus conceal the identity of the Death Eater.

And the argument of this kind of article was accepted by most people, and the reason is also very strange, not because they really believed the content of the article, but because most wizards felt that Dumbledore had the strength to defeat Voldemort, so it became a stain that Dumbledore couldn't erase without making a move, plus everyone thought that Dumbledore had the strength to help Severus hide the Dark Devil mark, so this thing became true.

Therefore, after only a few months away and then back, Dumbledore suddenly became a sinister villain who sat and watched both the Death Eaters and the Ministry of Magic lose, and was still "plotting" a larger conspiracy, and the author also smugly "saw" through Dumbledore's conspiracy, and said that he did not dare to sign it in order to prevent Dumbledore's revenge.

Needless to say, the one who dares to write like this and has such a writing must be Rita Skeeter.

Severus also learned about these things after the fact.

And now Severus is thinking about his own situation, saying that Dumbledore is a villain, Severus can almost be said to be a traitor, although because it is Voldemort who betrayed, no one dares to say this to his face.

But those Gryffindors must have thought so, as can be seen from the attitude of the few Order of the Phoenix people they met in the past few days since they came back.

Although the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix were willing to trust Severus because of Dumbledore, they would also be disdainful of it, and they probably laughed at Severus in their hearts for being a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and betrayed his lord for glory.

So although Severus is also a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so far, Severus has not participated in a meeting of the Order of the Phoenix, and Dumbledore has no intention of asking him to participate, which may also see the contradiction between Severus and the other members.

And Dumbledore's way of dealing with it is more interesting, he just emphasized that Severus is a partner who can deliver his life, but he did not tell the reason, and Severus knew that Dumbledore couldn't say it because he promised himself, but those people from the Order of the Phoenix didn't know, they thought that Dumbledore had caught some handle or something, so Severus's disdain for Severus was even more blatant.

The end result was that Severus looked for an opportunity to block Arthur Weasley and Lupin and beat him up.

Don't think that Remus Lupin is really a good gentleman or a gentle werewolf like in the movie, that's all bullshit, Lupin's gentleness is all to those who identify with him, and he is not polite to his enemies, especially Slytherin.

Lupin became a werewolf due to being bitten by a werewolf as a child, and he was very radical and hostile to Slytherin in his youth, and in the foursome, Lupin and Severus were second only to James Potter.

Needless to say, the Weasleys didn't have a good temper except for Bethy Weasley, and Arthur Weasley was even more of a jealous guy, so he was the most cynical about Severus, just because the Weasleys had too many things at this time, so they met less, otherwise it would definitely not be a beating.

So at this point, Severus's relationship with the Order of the Phoenix once reached a freezing point, and due to Dumbledore's involvement, the Ministry of Magic also began to target Severus, and even the previous Potions Master certification was affected, and there has been no result so far.

Needless to say, the pure-blood family, whether it was betraying Voldemort or becoming Dumbledore's lackey, was the reason why they were hostile to Severus.

In other words, whether it is the Ministry of Magic, the pure-blood family, or the Order of the Phoenix, the three major forces in the wizarding world today are actually at odds with Severus, except for Dumbledore and Lucius, Severus is almost alone.

This fact is really embarrassing!