Early the next morning, Severus arrived at Malfoy Manor after breakfast.

When Severus arrived at Malfoy's manor, the Malfoys had just finished breakfast, and Lucius, who had been informed, immediately came to the courtyard to welcome Severus to the living room.

Severus now. Snape was Lucius's most important ally, and it was okay to come out to greet him in person.

And the two of them now hold the same secret, and it is also a secret that has made Lucius Malfoy very stressed, and Lucius has been feeling that his hair is getting thinner and thinner lately!

Therefore, when he saw Severus, Lucius unconsciously felt relieved in his heart, especially when he saw that Severus, who also knew the "truth", did not show a little pressure, which made Lucius even more impressed with this former junior and current ally.

Even if Voldemort is gone, but if he is not really dead, who knows? What if he shows up again one day? And he still had some of his men who didn't die, and the secrets of his origins held by Severus and Lucius alone were enough for the remaining Death Eaters to hunt them down.

That's why Lucius admires such Severus, which also makes Severus slowly begin to occupy a dominant position in the relationship between the two, of course, dominance is definitely not to be talked about, unless it is forced to oppress like Voldemort, it is impossible to let a Malfoy bend down to be a younger brother.

But this is enough, not only to keep the two equal, but also to guide Lucius's actions at critical moments, and to ensure that they are on the same side in the future.

Lucius was obviously still very happy, and after greeting Severus, he said in a slightly upscaled tone, "Severus, you just said you had something to attend to, and it turned out that you disappeared for almost four months, and you even missed Draco's birthday party. ”

Although Severus actually came back for a month during the exploration of Avalon, Severus was busy preparing things at that time, so he did not contact Lucius.

"You know Lucius, I don't like your party, it's a waste of time to be with a bunch of people." At this time, the two of them just entered the living room, and Draco was standing there, and Severus greeted Narcissa as he spoke, "Good morning, Narcissa, I brought Draco a gift, it's an apology." ”

"Drink, Draco, and let Mommy take you to sleep." Severus said, looking at Draco an hour later.

At this time, Draco was only two years old, and he had just celebrated his second birthday last month, and now he didn't have the arrogance and awkwardness of school at all, and he was still a little milk bag who could just speak.

And when Severus spoke, he just hid behind his mother with Narcissa's legs, and then looked at Severus with a slightly frightened little face.

This little appearance is still very cute, and it can also be seen that Draco's appearance can really hold up, and it was not ordinary when he was young, if it was seen by some strange aunts, it would definitely be taken away.

Draco was visibly frightened when faced with Severus' stern face, and when Severus handed him a potion, he looked like he was about to cry, and it was Narcissa's reassurance that calmed him down.

Narcissa quickly took Draco, who was still scared, and Severus and Lucius returned to Malfoy's study.

"That's a life potion, made of special materials, which can be used to enhance his physique, and I'll give him a bottle of magic potion after he awakens his magic power." Although Lucius didn't ask, Severus explained the effect of the potion just now, and Malfoy was the most important to his family, which Severus could still notice.

Without waiting for Lucius to continue to be polite, Severus directly asked again: "You didn't call me in such a hurry to come and see the child, did you?" Tell me what you want. ”

For someone like Lucius, if he is allowed to be polite, it is estimated that it will take a long time to get to the point, so it is better to be more direct.

And Lucius obviously knew Severus's temper as well, so he said directly: "In the months since you disappeared, more than a dozen wizards of pure-blood families have been imprisoned in Azkaban, most of them are imprisoned for life, and a few have been killed directly in battle, which has caused two more pure-blood families to almost break their inheritance. ”

"So what?" Severus just said coldly, "I don't dare to be interested in this, talk about things." ”

"There are some purebloods who suspect that Hogwarts is no longer safe, and they are hesitant to send their children to school next term." Lucius continued, "There are a few students who are going to be in seventh and sixth grades who have decided to drop out, but what about the other children? ”

"So what?" Severus asked, "It's up to them to decide whether to go to class or not, it has nothing to do with me, and the school just issued an acceptance letter." ”

To be honest, parents still have to think about this aspect of the matter, and it is difficult for either Severus or Dumbledore to make any promises.

The main conflict between students in school is actually the conflict between the two families, Voldemort's eleven years of rule have created the darkest years, during which many wizards have died, and some of them are caused by the elders of both sides, which further aggravates the conflict between the two sides.

"They want you to keep those kids safe." Lucius continued, "After the Dark Lord disappears, the Slytherin students will probably be under a lot of pressure, and may even attract retaliation from the other three houses, so they are starting to worry. ”

"Hogwarts is a school, it's not a shelter, and it's only students in it, so are they worried that someone will not be able to do it directly at the school?" Severus was a little surprised, knowing that even at the darkest of Voldemort's reign, Hogwarts was not closed, and it was still the safest castle ever.

Dumbledore will not allow any bad incidents to happen at Hogwarts, so whether it is the son of a Death Eater or the son of an Auror, they are all students at Hogwarts, at most there will be a fight between the two because of some conflict, and too serious damage is impossible.

And for these parents, Hogwarts is obviously safer at this time, the turmoil outside has stopped, but some new things are also forming, such as conflicts.

And after all, it was Voldemort who failed, and wizards who were connected with Voldemort in the outside world would be targeted, and even Slytherin House was implicated, but I don't know how deeply it would be implicated.

Judging from the original book, Slytherin House was almost isolated, and it will definitely be more serious now, but this does not mean that it is targeting Slytherin House.

Severus believes that isolation is still good for Slytherin House at this stage, so that there is less contact with other houses, and it can effectively avoid being attacked by other houses.

In addition, many Slytherin students also need to readjust their own minds, you know, many Slytherin students graduate with the goal of joining the Death Eaters, and now it definitely won't work, it's like a collapse of faith, so it's also a good thing to let the students be quiet on their own.

However, Severus would definitely not sit idly by and watch Slytherin House remain isolated, in that case, it would be possible to be jointly hostile to the three houses, and it would really be one against three.

"It's their own business whether they go to school or not, and if they don't even have the courage to do so, it's better not to go to class." Severus said with a blank face, "I can only promise to do as little damage as possible. ”

In the end, Severus still made a promise, which in Severus's opinion is a matter of principle as a teacher, and it is also the responsibility of the head of the Slytherin Academy, the student is in my school, I will ensure his safety, but I still can't say enough, after all, the school is not a shelter, and these parents are not really here to take care of orphans!