Regarding the "symposium" that Hermione and Lupin were having in the small living room, Snape only leaned against the wall at the door and listened to a small part of it. Soon he was no longer interested in listening anymore. He probably guessed After Hermione and others made plans, they turned around and left.
With Snape's wisdom, he had naturally roughly captured the compassionate Miss Know-It-All's plan to go to Germany to kill the "demon" in the changes in Hermione's words - for Snape, There is obviously nothing wrong with this matter. After all, if Hermione and the others can restrain the expansion of the second battlefield, the teachers and students of Hogwarts, as well as Tia, will be safer.
But at least before that, Hermione and Lupine's discussion of the plan obviously had nothing to do with him. This time he came here in a hurry from France, not to discuss with the hot-headed adults and children in the hall how to risk his life to save the world!
"Pap, tap, tap..."
Snape's unique footsteps echoed faintly in the empty corridor, extending from the door of the small living room on the first floor to the foyer, and stopped on the carpet in the middle of the foyer.
This is the second time Snape has come here. When he first came here, he saw the existence hidden in the shadows in the corner at the deepest part of the hall. Since there is such a guard at the door of the main hall, doesn't it mean that the "Lord of the Living Corpses" that Kingsley mentioned on the way here is probably inside that door
"Is your master here? I have something to do and want to see him."
Snape looked at the looming figure in the shadow in the corner beside the door, and bluntly stated the reason for his appearance here.
With his keenness, he could certainly feel the cold, sharp, and undisguised aura of intimidation coming straight from the other person's eyes, but he seemed to be unaware of it, just looking at the other person expressionlessly, waiting. Wait for the other party to respond.
After a moment of looking at each other, a somewhat belated and cold answer came from the shadows beside the main hall door:
"The master is not just for anyone to see."
It can be said that every word of this answer clearly contained a strong taste of rejection, and it was also mixed with a bit of impatience, as if he wanted Snape to give up.
But now that Snape is here, how can he possibly leave easily
Seeing that his expression didn't change at all, he was still looking directly at the shadow with a blank face, and he spoke again without thinking:
"No problem. But if you can, you might as well inform your master for me first, just say that I am Severus Snape - maybe it won't be me who wants to see your master, but your master who wants to see me. What’s up?”
After the words fell, there was another moment of silence. Snape didn't seem to care much about this stalemate that seemed to freeze in the air, and just continued to wait quietly for a while.
On the other hand, perhaps they have considered their master's attitude towards these human wizards; or they may feel that since this human being is so insistent, he may really have something important to tell his master, and completely rejecting him may damage his master. thing. So after thinking about it for a while, even though he still didn't want the human in front of him to disturb his master at all, he still took a step back:
"I will remember your name. When I see the master, I will report it to you. You can leave now."
Hearing the other party's words, they were still dry and stiff, and the wording seemed unfamiliar, but Snape quickly understood what the other party meant. Obviously, the "Lord of the Living Corpses" may have gone out temporarily at the moment and is not in the main hall.
Then, it is definitely not a problem for me to wait here, and there is no point in continuing to stay in the hall.
"good."
Snape thought for a moment and nodded, then without any hesitation, he decisively turned around and left through the corridor door on the other side.
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Over in the small living room, Hermione and others discussed with Lupine and Kingsley for a long time. During this period, Hermione also asked Ginny and Hannah to go to the restaurant and ask for some food to bring to Lupine and the others. Filled my stomach. But to be honest, Hermione and her team's itinerary for the second battlefield definitely couldn't be decided immediately. It wasn't until everyone realized that there was nothing to discuss about the current business, that they finally temporarily suspended the discussion.
"... Everyone can take a rest here first! As I said just now, the zombies are relatively friendly at the moment and pose no threat to us. You can rest assured and have a good sleep here."
When they were discussing business, Hermione was alert almost every second, because she knew very well how important the things they were discussing were. But now, she has obviously relaxed a lot, and even her frown has relaxed slightly.
But when Lu Ping saw this, he still said seriously:
"They are living corpses after all. Even if they can get along with each other temporarily, it is only on the surface. It is best not to relax."
"I can understand your thinking, but... well, forget it, I think you will probably understand it soon." Hermione didn't make her words too clear. After just saying this, the topic suddenly changed and she turned to look He looked at the door and said, "By the way, where did Professor Snape go?"
Although Hermione had successfully invited Snape here after catching up with him and wanted him to participate in the discussion, Snape, who only stayed by the wall at the door, was obviously confused from the beginning. Somewhat absent-minded.
Of course, Hermione and others were well aware of the character of the professor they had known for many years, so even though they noticed the professor leaving midway, they did not stop him - everyone knew that few people could dissuade him from his actions. of.
Fortunately, everyone knows that even if Snape does have a bad temper, with his excellent mind, he probably won't cause any trouble in London today.
It was only now that the discussion on business had finally come to an end that Hermione began to care about the other party's whereabouts.
In fact, speaking of it, Hermione and others were also curious about what Snape was doing here. Based on everyone's understanding of him, if there wasn't something urgent, he probably wouldn't have come all the way here.
Well, at least they were definitely not like Lu Ping and others who came here specifically to deliver intelligence information and discuss follow-up plans for these "pioneers" who were working hard. Snape probably came here for his own purpose.
"It seems... going back." Ron, who was sitting near the door with his father and Ginny, thought back for a moment, "I heard his footsteps leaving at that time."
"Foyer?" Hermione couldn't help but pursed her lips slightly when she heard this.