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

"Severus, do you suspect that Professor Dracula instigated Quirrell to steal the Philosopher's Stone?" Dumbledore asked with interest, chewing a Honeydukes gummy candy in his mouth.

"Yes, among the many professors at Hogwarts, only Dracula is new. Even Quirrell taught Muggle Studies classes at Hogwarts for a short time. So,

We don't know anything about him." Snape said seriously, "What's more, just before the start of school, I had a brief spiritual collision with Dracula at the entrance of the auditorium, and I could sense his power. So.

I'm pretty sure he has the ability to steal the Philosopher's Stone!"

"You looked very carefully, Severus." Dumbledore nodded with a smile and handed Snape a candy.

"No, you should keep these things for yourself and enjoy them," Snape said indifferently.

Dumbledore didn't take it seriously, put the candy into his mouth again, and said vaguely:

"Severus, I can only tell you one thing about Professor Dracula - he has no motive for stealing the Philosopher's Stone and is worthy of our absolute trust. Just rest assured."

"But I once saw Quirrell enter the restricted area on the fourth floor!" Snape said unwillingly, "If it wasn't Dracula who instigated it, could it be that Quirrell, that coward who couldn't even understand what he said, wanted to do it himself?

Stealing the Philosopher's Stone from right under the nose of the most powerful wizard?"

Dumbledore stood up, walked around the desk in front of him, and came to Snape's side.

"Sometimes we can't just look at things as they appear, Severus." He said to Snape, "What if Quirrell's fundamental purpose in coming to Hogwarts is to get the Sorcerer's Stone? He could have been there from beginning to end.

He acted like a coward and made everyone relax their vigilance against him."

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

"Have you confirmed that Quirrell is the one who covets the Philosopher's Stone? If so, why not just kick him out of the school?"

Dumbledore shook his head, sighed deeply, and said: "You can only be a thief for a thousand days, so how can you prevent a thief for a thousand days? The best way is never to expel Quirrell from the school, but to solve it completely.

This hidden danger.”

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

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

"what do you mean……"

"Yes, Quirrell has been controlled by the Dark Lord. He came to Hogwarts just to help his master steal the Philosopher's Stone."

Dumbledore's eyes were sharp and he stared at Snape.

"Then shouldn't we drive Quirrell out of school? The Dark Lord will bring danger to this school!" Snape questioned. Then his eyes widened again, "You want to use the Philosopher's Stone as bait.

Lure the Dark Lord into taking the bait? So you asked us to make the level so simple, so who can go in and stop him? It's Potter, right?!"

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

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

"I didn't!" Snape roared angrily. "He is just like his father, mediocre, arrogant, disobedient, fond of being in the limelight, attracting attention, and rude! How could I possibly worry about such a nasty kid?

"

"You only see what you expect to see, Severus." Dumbledore chuckled, "And you did a pretty good job before, didn't you? Reciting the counter-curse at the Quidditch match

.”

There was a moment of embarrassment on Snape's face, and then his expression became indifferent.

"Tell me, what should I do?"

"Fight with Professor Dracula, just use your suspicion of him as an excuse." Dumbledore said softly.

"Professor Dracula's behavior during this period has forged a great hatred against the Dark Lord. The worse your relationship with Professor Dracula is, the easier it will be to get his information when you return to the Dark Lord's team as an undercover agent in the future.

trust……"

…

While thinking about what happened in the principal's office, Snape walked towards the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

With a "squeak" sound, the door opened before him.

A tall and thin older witch appeared at the door, followed by a large group of professors of various subjects.

"Okay, great! I really didn't expect that two professors would fight privately in our classroom?!" Professor McGonagall pursed her lips tightly, her chest rose and fell rapidly, and she looked very angry. "

Do you know that the sound of your fight can be heard throughout the castle! What kind of example do you want to set for the students? Are you encouraging them to duel in private?!"

She waved her wand heavily as if to vent her anger, lighting up the oil lamps and candles in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and the classroom instantly became brightly lit.

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

"Both of you will be sentenced to probation!" Professor McGonagall clenched her fists and angrily scolded Dracula and Snape, "If you don't perform well within one year, I will definitely

I will expel you, even the dean!"

Snape shrugged nonchalantly, as if he didn't care about the punishment of probation.

He just used the corner of his eye to glance at Quirrell, who was huddled in the crowd of professors. Seeing that he was indeed looking in this direction, he pretended to cast a resentful look at Dracula, acting like the two of them.

It's like people have some kind of sworn hatred.

Dracula felt Snape's malicious eyes and felt a little confused, but he was never willing to suffer, so he glared back fiercely.

Seeing the glare between the two, Quirrell secretly took out a blank diary and wrote a line on it with a quill pen:

"The two professors Dracula and Snape have a very bad relationship!"

After glaring back at Snape, Dracula said calmly to Professor McGonagall: "I'm sorry, Professor McGonagall. I have objections to the handling of probation and need to file a complaint with the principal."

Professor McGonagall and Dracula came to the principal's office together.

Dumbledore was reading a copy of "Transfiguration Today" and listened to Professor McGonagall telling him about Dracula's "crime" without raising his head.

"Well... Minerva, considering that Professor Dracula made a mistake for the first time, why don't we not punish him for now?" Dumbledore heard Dracula's name and raised his head helplessly.

.

It’s not that he doesn’t respect Professor McGonagall’s opinion, it’s simply because Dracula still holds the title deed to Hogwarts!

……
Chapter completed!