HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 256 Conversation with the Professor

While the outside world was discussing this, the Ministry of Magic had already assembled Aurors and was actively searching for possible hiding places for the Death Eaters.

The people that Harry mentioned in the interview were found immediately, but some of them had already escaped, while others were calmly taken away by Aurors.

This included Theodore's father.

Slytherin House has been very quiet recently, and the club members were slightly surprised when they saw Theodore coming into the Chamber of Secrets that he was not kept out.

"So - your father has been taken away?" Draco asked him.

"Yeah." Theodore seemed to be absorbed in reading the newspaper. "But the case won't last long. There is no direct evidence, and he hasn't escaped. It's difficult to convict him directly based on Potter's confession alone. The house has been cleaned up, and no items related to the dark arts can be found."

To be honest, this was the most Gloria had ever heard him talk.

She asked, "Did that group of people distance themselves from you?"

Theodore nodded. "They say they submit to the You-Know-Who, but they don't dare to show it in school. Of course, they have to stay away from me."

Afraid of having any connection with Voldemort.

Voldemort is terrible, but Dumbledore is not simple either.

Zabini played with the things in his hand, "Crabbe and Goyle have been quiet these past few days. I don't know what their father thought. In the end, they didn't run away."

Draco said: "Because of this, you chose this point to come back."

He had already learned from Gloria that Theodore had secretly provided some help, and the list of addresses she later gave to the house elves was from him.

"Since your father may not be convicted, why are you still expressing your stance at school?" Zabini asked curiously.

Everyone can see that Gloria and Voldemort are on opposite sides.

Theodore simply held up the newspaper, lowered his eyes and said, "He is already deeply involved. I don't want to become a tool for killing."

At this point he looked up at Zabini and said, "I'll be staying at your house starting the holidays."

"No!" Zabini immediately rejected in disgust, "I still want to have a happy vacation."

Theodore ignored his protest and said, "Thank you."

Zabini couldn't do anything about him, so he could only ask Draco, "What are your plans for the holiday?"

Draco thought for a moment and said, "Train and become stronger."

The eyes of the people present fell on Gloria again, and she said slowly: "Deal with the business."

"That all sounds boring," Zabini commented.

Gloria closed her eyes. The Weasley twins had returned to the shop. Unable to wait until the official holiday, she provided a very thin manual on alchemy and a large amount of raw materials, waiting for the two twins with good alchemy talent to invent something useful for the current situation.

After they chatted for a while, Gloria opened her eyes and stood up.

"I have something to ask Professor Snape. I'll be back later."

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Today was the last day of school and Snape had time to do something for himself.

He was brewing a potion when Gloria arrived.

"Ask about improving the potion?"

"Yes." Gloria said, "I took a bottle of potion on the night of the rescue at the Ministry of Magic. I have written down my feelings about the potion for you."

"I've seen it." Snape didn't even look up from the cauldron, stirring the potion that was emitting gray mist. "From your point of view, the improvement is in the right direction."

“How long will it take to complete the improvement?”

She needed this potion to succeed in the next two years so that she could start her real future plans.

"It will take at least another year." Snape said solemnly, "This is very fast. The main reason is that the materials you provided are high-quality and abundant, and the previous records of the preparation and experiments are very clear. These two points alone are enough to save seven or eight years."

He glanced at Gloria and said, "Although your talent for spells is much higher than that for potions, with this level of potion research, it won't be difficult for you to achieve advanced achievements in potions in the future."

"If I have the time in the future." Gloria pretended to ask casually, "You are going to return to the Death Eaters camp soon, right?"

"That's none of your business," said Snape.

The dean remained alert at all times. Gloria did not continue to ask questions and said, "By the way, for safety reasons, the memory of this potion research was kept confidential. Even if Voldemort went through your memory, he would not be able to find any traces."

She continued, “Of course you can’t reveal it voluntarily.”

Snape's hand paused for a moment, then continued stirring. "This is a great research, I won't tell anyone." Then he added: "I don't mind your behavior."

If it were him, he would do the same if he had the ability.

"Gloria, not only me, but Dumbledore also vaguely noticed that you were doing something in secret." He asked, "What do you want?"

Gloria paced around the cauldron with her hands behind her back.

"Professor Snape, I really admire your talent in potions and sincerely hope that you can join my team."

There was nothing to hide about this, she had never been part of the Order of the Phoenix, a truly independent faction of her own.

Snape said nothing, but there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

He was also on guard against Slytherin, a bloodline defined by the wizarding world as naturally dark.

"Don't worry, Professor." Gloria glanced at the potion bubbling in the crucible. "I'm not the evil dark wizard you think I am. I don't care about concepts like pure-blood or half-blood. As long as you have magic, you are a creature of the magical world."

She seemed to be sincere when she said, "I have never thought of using my family's powerful snake to rule the wizarding world. History of Magic is really a good course. History goes on and on. Whether in the wizarding world or the Muggle world, violent dictators have never had a good end. I will never underestimate those rebellious spirits."

Snape didn't expect her to talk to him about this.

Gloria continued, "If I want to rise to a high position and have a strong voice, I must go through formal channels. If I do something like Voldemort did, even if it can succeed temporarily, the final outcome is doomed to failure."

"As your headmaster, I need to remind you," Snape said, "Don't say that name again. People don't dare to say his name. In addition to the fear of him, it is also because the name is cast with a spell. As long as he wants, whoever mentions the name, the Dark Lord and his followers can feel the relevant information and location of that person."

"Thanks for reminding."

Snape turned his attention back to the potion, "I will only cooperate with you to improve the potion."

"Don't worry, you have plenty of time to think about it." She then asked, "Given the current situation, can you stand firm in the Death Eater camp? After all, you haven't taken any action since that person disappeared for many years."

Snape simply responded, "I won't answer that kind of question."

Gloria already knew what she wanted to know, so she didn't want to provoke the dean's dislike.

As she walked out of the office, she began to think, if she was Voldemort, and had been exposed, what would her next plan be?

Carrying out attacks is inevitable, but the targets of the attacks can be carefully considered.

Under the current situation, the safety of Ministry of Magic officials is the most serious.

Gloria stopped in her tracks when she thought about this. Perhaps she was not the only one who wanted to place her own people in the Ministry of Magic. Voldemort would not miss the opportunity to do so either.