Twenty minutes ago, in the principal's office on the eighth floor of the main tower.

"Severus, do you suspect that Professor Dracula instructed Quirrell to steal the Philosopher's Stone?" Dumbledore asked with interest as he chewed a gummy from Duke Honey in his mouth.

"Yes, out of all the professors at Hogwarts, only Dracula is new, and even Quirrell has been teaching Muggle studies at Hogwarts for quite some time. So, we don't know anything about him. Snape said solemnly, "What's more, just before school started, I had a brief encounter with Dracula at the door of the auditorium, and I could sense his strength. So I'm pretty sure he has the ability to steal the Philosopher's Stone! ”

"Look closely, Severus." Dumbledore smiled and nodded, handing Snape a piece of candy by the way.

"No, you might as well keep these things for yourself." Snape said indifferently.

Unimpressed, Dumbledore shoved the candy into his mouth again, and said indistinctly:

"Severus, I can only tell you one thing about Professor Dracula - he has no motive to steal the Philosopher's Stone, and he deserves our absolute trust, so don't worry."

"But I've seen Quirrell enter the forbidden area on the fourth floor!" Snape reluctantly said, "If it wasn't for Dracula's instructions, could it be that coward Quirrell who couldn't even understand the words, and wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone from under the noses of the strongest wizards?" ”

Dumbledore stood up, walked around the desk in front of him, and made his way to Snape.

"Sometimes we can't just look at things as they are, Severus." He said to Snape, "What if Quirrell came to Hogwarts for the Philosopher's Stone?" He could have acted like a coward from beginning to end and let everyone relax their vigilance against him. ”

Snape frowned tightly, turned to look sideways at Dumbledore and asked:

"Are you sure Quirrell is the one who coveted the Philosopher's Stone? In that case, why not just kick him out of school? ”

Dumbledore shook his head, sighed deeply, and said, "Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves?" The best way to do this is never to kick Quirrell out of school, but to solve this problem once and for all. ”

"Severus, you know, I told you - the Dark Lord will return, and Harry Potter will be in terrible danger by then."

Listening to Dumbledore's words, Snape's pupils gradually dilated, and his face became very pale.

"What do you mean ......"

"That's right, Quirrell has been taken over by the Dark Lord, and he came to Hogwarts to help his master steal the Philosopher's Stone."

Dumbledore's eyes were sharp, staring at Snape.

"Shouldn't we be kicking Quirrell out of school, then? The Dark Lord will be a danger to this school! Snape questioned. Immediately, his eyes widened again, "You want to use the Philosopher's Stone as bait to lure the Dark Lord into the bait?" So you made the level so simple that you wanted someone to go in and stop him? It's Potter, right?! ”

Snape took a step forward, staring at the sharp eyes behind Dumbledore's glasses.

"Are you worried about that child?" Dumbledore asked.

"I didn't!" "He's just as mediocre and arrogant as his father, he's a penchant for indiscipline, a showman, a gravitational and impudent!" How could I possibly worry about such a nasty imp? ”

"You're only seeing what you expect to see, Severus." Dumbledore chuckled, "And you've done a pretty good job before, haven't you?" Recite a mantra at a Quidditch match. ”

Snape's face flickered with embarrassment, then faded.

"Tell me, what should I do?"

"Let's fight Professor Dracula, and use your suspicion of him as an excuse." Dumbledore whispered.

"Professor Dracula's actions during this time have made a great enmity with the Dark Lord. The worse your relationship with Professor Dracula, the easier it will be for you to gain the Dark Lord's trust when you return to the Dark Lord's team to go undercover in the future......"

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Snape mentally reflected on his time in the Headmaster's office as he walked to the door of the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

There was a "squeak", but the door opened one step ahead of him.

A tall, lanky old witch appeared in the doorway, followed by a large group of professors of various subjects.

"Good, that's great! I really didn't expect two professors to fight in our classroom?! Professor McGonagall pursed her lips tightly, her chest rising and falling rapidly, and she looked angry, "Do you know that the sound of your fight is heard all over the castle!" What kind of role model do you want to set for your students? Is it encouraging them to duel in private?! ”

She waved her wand as if venting, and lit the oil lamps and candles in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, which instantly became brightly lit.

The next moment, Professor McGonagall saw the shattered desks and chairs in the classroom. She suddenly became even angrier, and almost lost her breath.

"Both of you will be placed on probation!" Professor McGonagall clenched her fists and angrily reprimanded Dracula and Snape, "If you don't do well in a year's time, I'm going to fire you, even the Dean!" ”

Snape shrugged his shoulders indifferently, seemingly unconcerned by the punishment of probation.

He just glanced at Quirrell in the crowd of professors out of the corner of his eye, and seeing that he was indeed looking in this direction, he cast a resentful look at Dracula, as if the two of them had some kind of hatred in common.

Dracula felt a little puzzled by Snape's malicious eyes, but he had never been the one who was willing to suffer, so he glared back viciously.

Seeing the two staring at each other, Quirrell secretly took out a blank journal and wrote a line on it with a quill:

"Dracula and Snape have a terrible relationship!"

After glaring back at Snape, Dracula said to Professor McGonagall indifferently, "I'm sorry, Professor McGonagall. I have objections to the placement of probation and need to file an appeal with the principal. ”

Professor McGonagall and Dracula arrived together in the Chancellor's office.

Dumbledore was flipping through a Transfiguration of the Day and listened to Professor McGonagall tell him about Dracula's "crimes" without looking up.

"This ...... Minerva, for the sake of Professor Dracula's first mistake, why don't you punish him first? Dumbledore looked up helplessly when he heard Dracula's name.

It's not that he doesn't respect Professor McGonagall's opinion, it's simply that Dracula still has the Hogwarts title deed in his hand!

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