Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 179
"Come in, Snape..."

After Charlie left the office, it didn't take long for Severus Snape to be brought here by Dumbledore.

"Is there something wrong, Dumbledore?"

Snape asked in a low voice, indifferently.

He didn't sit on the chair that Charlie had just sat on not long ago, but stood aside, and asked bluntly why Dumbledore asked him to come.

"No big deal."

As if he didn't hear the alienation and impatience in Severus' words, the old headmaster Dumbledore sat in his office chair, still smiling.

With a kind smile on his face, he waved his hands lightly, and then continued casually
"Charlie told me the original end of the matter just now...you, do you understand?"

The look in Severus' eyes changed a little.After a moment's pause, he shook his head.

"No... I haven't had time to ask him yet."

"Quirrell came to steal the Philosopher's Stone."

Without paying any further attention, Dumbledore crossed his hands in front of his face and spoke slowly.

"Ha..." Hearing this, Severus' expression finally changed a bit.

The original gloom and indifference on his face faded a little, replaced by a slightly sarcastic sneer quietly showing from the corner of his mouth.

"I knew it……"

"But he's not doing it for himself."

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, he shook his head slowly, and continued
"Voldemort..."

"...all of this is probably Voldemort's conspiracy...and Quirrell is just his puppet, the executor."

As soon as these words came out, Severus' pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a needle's eye, and the expression on his face could no longer maintain the calmness just now, and horror and disbelief were written all over his face.

"What did you say?!"

His brows were locked into a pimple, he couldn't help but walked forward quickly, bent down, pressed his hands directly on Dumbledore's desk, and then stared into Dumbledore's eyes, as if he wanted to get out of his There was a hint of a joke in his eyes.

But unfortunately, Dumbledore's gaze was calmer than he imagined, as if he had already accepted this fact.

"It's hard to believe...but it's true...Charlie fought him in the Forbidden Forest. To be precise, he was possessed by Quirrell..."

Severus' breathing became heavier, but he didn't speak. Instead, he pursed his lips and continued to listen to Dumbledore's unfinished story.

"Although he was defeated, he still escaped, and absorbed Quirrell's vitality with an evil black magic. Compared with before, he must have filled up a lot..."

"........."

Severus' eyelids trembled, and his lips kept trembling, opening and closing, as if he wanted to say something.

Dumbledore looked at him, waiting quietly for his words, wondering what he thought about the matter.

Finally, after hesitating for a long time, Severus still didn't say a word.With a slight focus on his eyes, he turned his head abruptly, and rushed straight to the door.

With a "bang", Severus closed the door of the headmaster's office, leaving only Dumbledore alone, looking at the re-closed door, sighed faintly.

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"Boo, Mr. Black, do you remember me? I'm Ron! Ron of the Weasley family!"

In the school doctor's room, Charlie Black's sudden visit undoubtedly gave the young wizards a great surprise.

Ron, who was still by the bed with Harry, saw the man slowly walking in through the door, his eyes became stiff.

So he completely abandoned his close friends, jumped up from the bed, ran to Charlie first, stared at him with burning eyes, and then asked a little stammeringly.

"Of course, Ron... darling, Draco mentioned your name in a letter to me."

Charlie smiled gently, stretched out his hand, and shook Ron's little hand.Probably because of being too happy, sweat was already appearing in the palm of his hand, and the grip looked damp.

In Ron's eyes, it was as if there was a star, and his mind was blank for a while, and there was no other reaction except a smirk.

In the end, it was Hermione who really couldn't stand his embarrassment, and forcibly pulled him away from Charlie, making a way for Harry, and sternly taught him a lesson while pulling him.
"He's here to see Harry, what are you doing giggling all the time!?"

And Charlie also took advantage of the opportunity to cast his gaze on the little girl with fluffy hair.

"Hermione Grager?"

Hermione was startled when someone suddenly called her name, but should I say it or not, the good family upbringing made him not lose his composure like Ron. Instead, he hurriedly made a standard British gesture to Charla Curtsy, then blinked, and asked curiously and probingly
"You know my name?"

Charlie smiled, and didn't say anything, but replied inscrutablely.

"I know the names of all of you, and maybe I know you better than you..."

Hermione frowned slightly, she didn't understand what Charlie's words meant, she lowered her eyebrows and began to think secretly.

Finally, Charlie's eyes met Harry's on the hospital bed.

"Boo, Mr. Black!"

Harry subconsciously clenched the quilt tightly, his face flushed, he struggled to get half of his body up from the bed, leaned against the wall at the head of the bed, and stammered,

"How are you feeling, Harry?"

Charlie didn't look too outside, and sat directly on Harry's hospital bed, stretched out his hand skillfully, and stroked his curly hair, just like he was in the alley that day.

Feeling Mr. Black's gentleness, Harry gradually let go of the original tension in his heart, and smiled sincerely.

He nodded and responded

"It's much better! At first I thought I was fine, but Madam Pomfrey insisted that I rest for a while and go to class tomorrow."

"You really should take some time off."

Listening to Harry's words, Charlie nodded approvingly, and said casually

"After all, the body is more important than anything else. Anyway, Hogwarts first-year class is not difficult. You can learn it by just looking around. You don't need to put too much effort into it."

"...Well, that's true..."

Harry's smile remained the same, but in the eyes of the other two Japanese companions, it could be easily seen that there was a hint of bitterness in that smile.

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, Harry's eyes dimmed a bit, and he whispered to Chara
"I heard from Draco that at that time, Mr. Black, you were fighting Quirrell...I'm sorry that I didn't help much. Instead, I fainted at a critical moment, which added a lot of trouble to Ron and Hermione. Less trouble."

Hearing this, Charlie couldn't help laughing. After all, facing such an enemy, even if four little wizards and Hagrid go together, I'm afraid it won't be of much help. On the contrary, it is very likely to be self-defeating and lead to greater danger. ...For example, when Voldemort died, he gave others a "bite of a big melon" before leaving.

If this kind of thing really happens, then I'm afraid the consequences will be unpredictable...

Thinking of what happened yesterday, even he felt a little terrified... You know, if it wasn't for the fire shield to protect him, then I'm afraid that Voldemort would really bite off a big piece of flesh... At the same time, This incident also awakened Charlie. It seems that facing an enemy like Voldemort, he really lacks some powerful means of attack... You know, not every time he has the opportunity to release the fire shield At that time, it happened to be in the Forbidden Forest.

Thought to this point, but Charlie didn't say anything, but simply changed the subject and asked Harry a question that was closer to an ordinary chat
"Well, are you going home for Christmas?"

"Go... go home?"

After hearing these words, the smile on Harry's face stagnated, as if recalling some bad memories, he hurriedly shook his head.

"No... I still plan to live in school."

Charlie didn't say much about this, he just said casually, "It's a pity, if you go back, maybe your uncle Dursley will give you an unexpected surprise."

"A huge surprise..."

Harry repeated Charlie's words, but his mind couldn't help but go back to his last Christmas, and the last Christmas, and the last Christmas...

In fact, there is not the slightest difference, because the normal process is that I am in the kitchen, opening the gap, vaguely spying on the bright Christmas tree outside, and the happiness of the Dursley family.

However, just when Harry was about to say something to Charlie, a voice suddenly interrupted what he hadn't had time to say yet.

"I'm here to find Charlie Black."

The familiar voice suddenly made the originally harmonious and warm atmosphere fall to the bottom.

"Gudong" seemed to be a subconscious reaction. Harry, Hermione, and Ron swallowed together, then twisted their necks and looked towards the door.

Sure enough, at the door, Severus Snape, dressed in a black robe and with long oily hair, had arrived at some point... he was looking at the bed on their side with his stagnant eyes. It seems.

For a moment, the three little wizards were so frightened that they turned their heads back in unison, as if they had been pricked by a needle, as if they hadn't seen each other.

If it was in normal times, Severus would definitely seize this point, question why the two Gryffindors didn't greet him, and punish one of them with five points without hesitation, and then make Harry of Slytherin .Potter went to punish Hogwarts students for copying the code of conduct...

But this time, because there was a particularly big matter on his mind, Severus ignored the others and looked straight at Charlie.

Didn't say much else, simply said

"I have something to do with you."

After speaking, without waiting for Charlie's reaction, he walked out of the school doctor's room and waited for him in the corridor.

Charlie raised his eyebrows, but he didn't refuse. He just said goodbye to the three sympathetic little wizards, and followed Severus out of the school infirmary.

"Oh my God..." When the door of the school doctor's room closed, Ron couldn't hold back anymore, his face was full of inexplicable worries, and he said

"What is Snape doing with Mr. Black!?"

"Could it be that he has a grudge against Mr. Black?? Did you see his expression, as if someone wearing a size 43 leather shoe stepped on his face!"

Hearing this, Hermione and Harry couldn't help thinking in a bad direction.

"You say, if there is a fight, is Mr. Black Snape's opponent? Shall we help?" Harry glanced at the two of them, clenched his fists, as if only Ron and Hermione nodded on the spot , he could jump off the bed directly, and run out to join Mr. Charlie in a righteous gang fight against Snape.

"Of course, that's Charlie Black!!!"

Hearing Harry's lack of confidence, Ron stared wide-eyed. While talking, he took out a stack of chocolate frog bonus cards that he carried with him.

After rummaging through it all, he eagerly took out the one with Charlie Black's name on it, and declared solemnly:

"Did you see it! It said that Mr. Charlie Black's attack value is A! How could he not be Snape's opponent!"

"But..." Hermione immediately put forward her own thoughts, "Mr. Black just had a fierce battle with Quirrell... Don't you remember what Draco said? When he saw Mr. Black, he He can't walk anymore, it's up to Hagrid to hold him up."

"How despicable!! Snape!!"

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And when the three little wizards were discussing like no one was there, and scolding Snape for taking advantage of others, not far away, the head nurse, Poppy Pomfrey, who was arranging the medicines and utensils, pouted secretly. .

To say that there is enmity between these two young men, it can only be a big joke.

After all, as a head nurse who has worked at Hogwarts for thirty years, Madam Pomfrey is naturally more aware of the friendship between these two than these four little wizards.

She couldn't bear what happened more than ten years ago... Until now, she still remembers it vividly.

At the time, Charlie and Severus were regulars at the school infirmary.From time to time, there will be a few more small accidents on the body, or toads will be spit out from the mouth, or the eyelids will become transparent.

And whenever she asked them why, both of them were vague and prevaricated, and never told her why.

Interestingly, there were four other Gryffindor students who were regular visitors to the school hospital as well.

Whenever the two of Charlie leave the school infirmary, it won't take long before the four of them will lie down because of similar circumstances...

Madam Pomfrey was actually not interested in the grievances and hatred between them.

She just couldn't help but want to sigh, she didn't expect that at that time, the two most rebellious little snakes in Slytherin would now become the dean of Slytherin and the most prestigious wizard businessman in the magic world...

(End of this chapter)