Chapter 31: Chapter 031: Snape's Dark History
After Dumbledore spoke a few more words to Madam Pomfrey, he left the Hospital Wing with Kyle.
On the way, Kyle took the opportunity to ask some questions he encountered while practicing magic, and Dumbledore did not hesitate to answer them all.
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Because their destinations were different, they separated not long after.
When Dumbledore returned to the Headmaster's Office, Snape awaited him.
"This is the material needed for the potion."
Snape slapped a long piece of parchment on the table and said in a long voice, "Our Deputy Headmistress said it contains a lot of precious materials and requires your signature."
"Minerva is just too disciplined. I remember telling her a long time ago that she can make the decision in everything in school."
Dumbledore picked up the parchment and said nonchalantly. "Besides, it's just a magic suppressing potion, how can it be so precious... Huh?"
When Dumbledore saw clearly what was on the parchment, his expression changed.
Mandrake Juice: 50 oz.
Hprklump Juice: 50 oz.
Antipodean Opaleye eggshells: 5 pieces.
Exploding Fluid: 10 oz.
Erumpent horn: 5.
Aconitum: 100 pieces.
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This is only part of it. There are about thirty kinds of other items in total.
After Dumbledore read it all, he felt his forehead pounding.
If he remembered correctly, only Mandrake juice was needed among the six materials written at the top, and the others had nothing to do with the magic-suppressing potion.
And the Antipodean Opaleye eggshells... This thing is probably the main ingredient of different potions. How dare Snape write it in? Does he really think that others don't understand potions at all?
And the following quantities.
Fifty ounces of Mandrake Juice. If this were boiled into a magic-suppressing potion, it would be enough for all the professors and students in the school to drink it for a week.
The Erumpent horn sold at the market was ground into powder. Snape directly asked whether there were five horns. Didn't he know how expensive these things were?
At this time, Dumbledore also understood why Snape came to him to sign.
Professor McGonagall definitely would disagree with such an outrageous list. Snape might not have gone to Professor McGonagall at all, but he came directly to him.
"Severus..." Dumbledore thought momentarily, decided to give Snape another chance, and asked tentatively. "These are all the materials needed to brew the magic-suppressing potion?"
Snape nodded and said calmly. "Yes, Headmaster."
Dumbledore. "Then this Antipodean Opaleye eggshell is..."
Snape. "Here's a new recipe I'm trying."
"Then this number is too much."
"Tolerate mistakes, Headmaster." Snape said matter-of-factly. "I haven't brewed a magic suppressing potion for a long time. It's normal to make a few mistakes, so the materials must be sufficient."
"It seems I have no reason to object anymore." Dumbledore picked up a crimson quill, swiped it twice, and signed his name on the parchment.
"Mr. Mikel will thank you for your generosity, Headmaster Dumbledore." Snape's eyebrows raised slightly.
After taking the parchment filled with private goods, Snape couldn't wait to fill up his private storage room... ah no, he should be brewing a potion for Mikel.
But at this time, Dumbledore said intentionally or unintentionally. "Severus, what do you think of Kyle."
"Kyle?" The pride on Snape's face disappeared, and he turned to a trace of mockery. "Do you have any plans? The great Headmaster Dumbledore."
"No, no, no, Severus, I think you have misunderstood. This is just a normal reaction of the Headmaster when he sees outstanding students. If you don't want to say it, forget it."
Dumbledore grabbed a cockroach-shaped candy, threw it into his mouth, and thoughtfully gave it to Snape. "Would you like to try it? It tastes very good."
"No need." Snape said disgustedly.
He really couldn't understand why Dumbledore liked such strange-looking candies when there were so many types of candies in the Wizarding World.
Dumbledore seemed not to notice his disgusted expression and said to himself. "Kind, brave, honest, and calm in the face of danger, Hogwarts has not had such an outstanding first-year wizard for a long time."
"I remember that her mother, Diana, was also in Slytherin and was only one grade older than you. "
"Shut up!"
Hearing this, Snape's eyes suddenly twitched, and he said with a gloomy face. "Never mention that name in front of me, never! Never! Never Do It!"
When he said the last few words, Snape even yelled out.
This made the portraits of the previous Headmasters extremely dissatisfied, and they all accused Snape of being too young and dared to talk back to the Headmaster.
Unfortunately, Snape ignored them.
He even dares to yell at the current Headmaster, so why is he still afraid of those paintings?
"I didn't expect you would still remember it after so long."
Dumbledore also ignored the noisy portraits and sighed softly. "But Severus, even now, I still think you were wrong at that time."
"Diana is a well-mannered and good girl. If you hadn't said that swear word to Chris, how could she block you in the common room every da..."
"Bang!"
Dumbledore was interrupted by a loud slamming of the door before he finished speaking.
The noise was so loud that even the sleeping phoenix Fawkes was startled and flapped his wings toward Snape's departure to express his dissatisfaction after being woken up.
"Puff..."
Looking at Snape's back as he left angrily, a fat wizard portrait suddenly couldn't help laughing. However, after seeing Dumbledore's playful eyes, he immediately covered his mouth and ran away to other frames.
Dumbledore comforted Fawkes, muttering in a low voice. "Really, how come when you get older, you like to reminisce about the past more and more..."
"Heh, hypocrisy."
On the wall, the former Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black, with a goatee, couldn't help but say. "Don't think I don't know. You are doing it on purpose. Look at your stinginess. Isn't it just that little Snape asked for a little more potion materials? It's not a big deal. When I was the Headmaster, that was...
Wait, Dumbledore, what do you want to do, don't come over here!"