"That piece of shit can't be fixed at all."
At this moment, in the Slytherin Dean's office, Draco Malfoy was standing in front of Snape with a gloomy face. Since he accepted Snape's advice, he began to repair the damaged Vanishing Cabinet according to the method given by Borgin Burke, but a long time had passed and he still had no progress.
That damn Vanishing Cabinet was still in the same state as before. He doubted that he could repair it.
"If the Vanishing Cabinet was really that easy to repair, the credit would not have fallen on you. If you want to gain the Dark Lord's recognition, you must make some sacrifices. Only then will the Dark Lord agree to break into the prison and rescue Lucius." Snape's tone was exceptionally calm, and he did not take Malfoy's complaints seriously at all.
"What if it can't be fixed? I mean, what if I can't fix the damn Vanishing Cabinet before the end of this semester?" Malfoy felt inexplicably irritated. "It's hard to get into the Room of Requirement to repair things now. Maybe you should move the damn cabinet to your office instead of putting it in the Room of Requirement, where people often use it. Now I have to get up from bed in the middle of the night to repair the damn cabinet."
It wasn't that Draco wanted to complain to Snape about these problems, but he felt that repairing the Vanishing Cabinet was a complete mess.
If Snape really wanted to help him, he should have worked together to find a way to repair the broken cabinet, but Snape threw this difficult problem to him, making Malfoy doubt that Snape could not fix that thing at all.
Malfoy was right in his guess. Snape really didn't know how to repair the Vanishing Cabinet, but he was not worried at all that the broken cabinet could not be repaired, because the whole plan was proposed by Dumbledore. When the time came to implement the plan, Dumbledore would naturally help repair the broken Vanishing Cabinet.
The reason why it can't be repaired now is simply that they don't want Malfoy to repair the cabinet, so as not to disrupt their original plans.
Draco Malfoy was naturally unaware of these secret matters. He could only continue to trust Snape and help repair the Vanishing Cabinet step by step.
There is no other way.
Malfoy hated this feeling, but there was nothing he could do about it because none of the ways he could come up with to murder Dumbledore would work.
The original poisoning plan was directly rejected by Snape because the probability of success was extremely low and it would likely expose himself.
On the contrary, Snape's plan is more feasible, and he himself is the core of the whole plan.
After a brief, unfriendly exchange, Malfoy ultimately failed to convince Snape to help, and slammed the door and left Snape's office in frustration.
Snape didn't care about this at all. He didn't expect Malfoy to be able to repair the vanishing cabinet. Even if he could, now was not the time. They needed to wait until the end of the semester, until Dumbledore made all the arrangements and was ready to die before they could start implementing the plan.
Draco Malfoy was only part of the old man's plan. Although he didn't know what Dumbledore wanted to do, he knew very well that he only had to follow Dumbledore's original plan.
He believed that Dumbledore must have his own arrangements and would tell him when the time came.
After Malfoy left, Snape looked up at the clock on the wall, then stood up and left the office.
Next, he needed to rush to 12 Grimmauld Place to attend an emergency meeting held by the Order of the Phoenix.
To be honest, Snape didn't like it there because it was the home of Sirius Black, his mortal enemy during his school days.
Even though they have now joined the Order of the Phoenix, their relationship is still extremely bad, and limiting the conflict to verbal arguments is already very considerate of Dumbledore's face.
Under the gaze of all the members of the Order of the Phoenix, Snape walked into the living room, ignored Sirius' provocation, and sat down calmly in the vacant seat.
"Okay, everyone is here,"
After Kings came and handed a document to Snape, he nodded slightly to Mad-Eye Moody, indicating that he could start presiding over the meeting.
"According to the latest news we have received, Voldemort is currently planning a murder attempt against Scrimgeour." Moody glanced at Snape and went straight to the point.
"According to Albert Anderson's prediction, Minister of Magic Scrimgeour will soon die in this murder, and the Ministry of Magic will fall under the control of the Death Eaters."
"Is there any evidence?" Dedallo Digg shook the parchment in his hand and asked with a frown, "I mean evidence other than the prophecy."
"Shut up Diggle," Hestia Jones interrupted. "I never thought Moody would joke about something like that."
"If the Death Eaters control the Ministry of Magic, I can't imagine how bad the situation will become." Goethe just didn't want to accept such an outcome.
"We should stop this conspiracy. I think it is necessary to keep Scrimgeour alive. We can hardly bear the consequences if the Ministry of Magic favors You-Know-Who." Tonks said with a frown. Even though she didn't like Scrimgeour very much, she had to admit that he did a good job and dealt a serious blow to the arrogance of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
"I'm afraid it's difficult. Minister Scrimgeour also knows about this, but he doesn't seem to have any intention of hiding." Kingsley shook his head and smiled bitterly. "In fact, he is now the Minister of Magic, and it is not appropriate for him to hide, unless Scrimgeour is willing to give up the position of Minister. But I think the probability of this happening is not high."
"If we knew the specific plan, we might be able to stop Voldemort from murdering Scrimgeour." Sirius turned his head and looked at Snape. "Fortunately, we have someone in their place."
"Yaxley is in charge of this matter," Snape said expressionlessly. "I don't know the whole plan, but I think the Dark Lord will personally deal with Scrimgeour, just like he killed Amelia Bones with his own hands."
"So, this is the big conspiracy that the mysterious man is quietly brewing." Arthur frowned, as if he always felt something was wrong.
Bill looked at his father and asked confusedly, "Is there something wrong?"
"I don't know, but I feel that..."
"I heard that Voldemort was planning to murder Dumbledore." Sirius narrowed his eyes at Snape.
"The Dark Lord never gave up on destroying his greatest enemy," Snape said softly. "He believed that as long as Dumbledore was gone, no one in the entire British wizarding world would dare to disobey him."
"Albert thinks you will kill Dumbledore." Sirius suddenly dropped a bombshell. At this moment, he had already pointed his wand at Snape. "To be honest, I don't think he has any reason to lie or wrongly accuse you. Do you have anything to explain to us?"
"Sirius!"
Lupin was frightened by Sirius's behavior and hurriedly stopped Sirius to avoid an unpleasant conflict between the two sides.
"Oh, that's surprising, don't you ever use your poor brain?"
Snape's expression still didn't change much, as if what Sirius had just said was not about him.
"If I really wanted to murder Dumbledore I would have done it long ago," he said impatiently.
"What's the meaning?"
"When Dumbledore asked me to heal the curse on his hand, he had just been cursed and became extremely weak, so weak that any Muggle could have strangled him to death." Snape looked at Sirius and sneered, "If I were Voldemort's man, I would have taken action at that time. However, Dumbledore is still alive now. If you have any questions about this, you can ask Dumbledore yourself. This is more effective than me explaining it here."
"His predictions have never been wrong." Sirius said expressionlessly. He didn't think Albert would lie.
"I suggest that you should warn Dumbledore to be wary of me," Snape said scornfully. "And do you all wish Dumbledore dead?"
"Who is planning to murder Dumbledore?" Moody suddenly asked.
"Bellatrix Lestrange." Snape said expressionlessly, "Only a crazy person like her would take on such a mission with a very low probability of failure. As for the specific circumstances, I don't know much."
Kings came and looked at Snape, frowning slightly. Sirius' words made him very concerned, because Albert's predictions had never been wrong, if he really thought that Snape killed Dumbledore.
However, what Snape said just now did not seem like a lie, because it could withstand investigation, and Dumbledore obviously would not go out of his way to help Snape conceal this matter.
There was something odd about the whole thing.
"I heard Voldemort was trying to kill Albert."
"Yes, the Dark Lord is wary of Albert Anderson and regards him as a great enemy, second only to Dumbledore." Snape nodded.
"Why did the mysterious man want to kill Albert?" Mrs. Weasley simply couldn't understand Voldemort's thoughts.
"Because Voldemort felt threatened. Anderson is not only a master of prophecy, but also possesses extraordinary power." Kingsley smiled bitterly, "If it were me, I would probably do the same."
"As far as I know, the Dark Lord has tried to kill Anderson many times, but all ended in failure." Snape continued, "Whether it was Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, or even the Dark Lord himself, they all failed to get rid of him, which made the Dark Lord more and more wary of him."
"It is said that Anderson has formed an organization called the 'Defence Society'. The Dark Lord is searching for members of the Defense Society, intending to find an opportunity to completely eliminate them once and for all." Snape did not hide this fact. Albert had already been on Voldemort's kill list, with a higher priority than Dumbledore.
"I don't think Voldemort will succeed. Last time, Albert played him like a fool." Sirius naturally knew Voldemort's power, but that didn't stop him from despising him.
"He can't always avoid being plotted against." Snape reminded expressionlessly. He actually knew that Albert was colluding with Dumbledore to fight Voldemort together.
Voldemort also knew this, which was why he was so wary of Albert.
After all, one Dumbledore is difficult enough, and adding Albert who can predict the future and possesses extraordinary power is simply a terrible disaster. The current dire situation of Voldemort and the Death Eaters is the most powerful proof of this.