Professor Vampire.

Chapter 76: Chapter 76 Treat sb with sincerity

Upon hearing Harry's heartfelt words, Dracula's lips curled into a mischievous smile. He suddenly pulled open the white curtain between the beds in the hospital wing.

Immediately, a greasy head with a haggard face appeared in Harry's sight.

"Professor Snape?" Harry was stunned, looking at the face on the adjacent bed. He was frozen, and the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat.

After all, in just one school year, he and Snape had developed deep resentment towards each other, constantly looking for ways to trouble one another.

Waking up in the hospital wing today, Harry had the courage to express his gratitude to Dumbledore and Dracula for Snape's two rescues only because Snape wasn't there.

However, Dracula's sudden pulling of the curtain, as if unveiling a cover, made the two individuals with a highly complicated relationship face each other directly...

The awkward scene made Harry's face turn red, and he was at a loss for words for quite a while.

On the other side, Snape had been lying sideways, eavesdropping on the conversation next door. The sudden opening of the curtain startled him, and he quickly laid his head on the pillow, pretending to be asleep.

However, his actions of eavesdropping and then lying down were already in full view of the other three present...

"Professor Snape, there's no need to be shy. I know you're awake," Dracula said with a playful smile. "Harry is about to thank you. Isn't it a bit rude to ignore him like this?"

Dumbledore, watching Snape's reaction, smiled warmly and chimed in.

"Severus, don't be so ungracious. This is a good opportunity to mend your relationship with Harry. I'm sure Lily would be pleased to see you taking care of her son," he said cheerfully.

Snape remained motionless on the bed, clearly unwilling to face the awkward situation.

But his tightly pursed lips and trembling eyelids revealed his inner turmoil.

"Pr... Professor Snape..." Harry looked at Snape's haggard face, and his expression gradually became sincere and natural. His stuttering speech turned fluent, "Thank you, Professor Snape. I know it was you who saved me."

Hearing Harry's heartfelt thanks, Snape could no longer pretend to be asleep.

"I didn't save you. It was Professor Dracula who truly saved you. If you want to thank someone, thank him," he said in a hoarse voice, opening his eyes. "As for me, in that room in the Forbidden Forest, I even wanted to kill you."

"It was just because of the Imperius Curse, Professor Snape," Dracula said with a grin, "I still remember vividly how bravely you stood before Voldemort to protect Harry!"

Snape's face darkened.

"Professor Snape, I understand. Facing such a powerful enemy like Voldemort, not everyone has the courage to stand against him," Harry said sincerely, "I know only professors like Dracula and Dumbledore can face Voldemort head-on, so it's normal that you couldn't defeat him."

It was obvious that Harry's words made Snape's face even darker.

He abruptly threw off the covers, not caring about his still-unhealed injuries, and limped out of the hospital wing with a sullen face.

"Did Professor Snape get such serious injuries while fighting Voldemort?" Harry asked, looking at Snape's retreating figure, then turned to Dracula. "I must also thank you, Professor Dracula. It must have been you who helped me and Professor Snape deal with Voldemort in the end!"

"Not a problem, don't mention it," Dracula said, looking slightly uncomfortable.

Dracula didn't have the heart to tell Harry that the situation he imagined wasn't the truth.

In fact, Snape hadn't been injured in the battle with Voldemort at all. The wounds on his body were all inflicted by Dracula after Snape was controlled by the Imperius Curse...

Unaware of this, Harry gratefully looked at Dumbledore.

"Thank you, sir, for all your help," he said emotionally. "With so many kind professors at Hogwarts, I don't know how to express my feelings."

Now it was Dumbledore's turn to feel uncomfortable.

Dumbledore couldn't bring himself to tell Harry that the person who put him at risk, made him break into the Forbidden Forest to protect the Philosopher's Stone, and face Voldemort, was the headmaster he trusted so much.

So, Dumbledore decided that he would only reveal the sender of the Invisibility Cloak to Harry after he had nearly forgotten about this incident...

After answering a few more questions, Dumbledore and Dracula bid farewell to the recovering Harry and left the hospital wing.

Madam Pomfrey, the matron, was carrying a bowl of potion for Harry when she met Dumbledore and Dracula on their way out. She nodded lightly at them.

But as they passed by, she suddenly felt something was amiss.

"Professor Dracula, when did you come in?" Madam Pomfrey asked suspiciously, "Did you sneak in without informing me? Don't you know that visitors to the hospital wing must notify me first?"

Dracula paused, then smiled, turned to her, and said in a rich voice, "Don't worry about those details, Madam. Shouldn't you be giving the potion to Mr. Potter now? Don't let it get cold."

Madam Pomfrey's expression became dazed, and she nodded in agreement.

Dracula smiled again and quickly left the hospital wing before she fully realized what had happened.

Dumbledore, watching the scene, shook his head helplessly.

Madam Pomfrey stood there for a while before snapping out of it. She stomped her foot angrily and carried the now slightly cooled potion to Harry.

"You're awake, right? Here, sit up and drink this potion," she said to Harry, taking a diary out of her pocket. "By the way, is this diary yours?"

Harry drank the potion and looked at the diary in Madam Pomfrey's hand, then shook his head honestly.

"It's not mine," he said.

"But it has your name on it."

Madam Pomfrey, puzzled, opened the diary to the title page and showed it to Harry.

Harry's eyes widened as he saw a name written in elegant script—

"Harry James Potter."