Having escaped famine, I was accepted into Hogwarts.

Chapter 182 Troublesome Matters?

Snape: "???"

He stared blankly at Dumbledore, who was leading the applause, and Lupin, who had already entered the Great Hall.

Wait a minute, this isn't what we agreed on!

Dumbledore also noticed Snape's surprised gaze and looked over without any attempt to hide it.

Looking into those old, pure, and innocent eyes, Snape wondered for a moment if he had misunderstood.

However, he quickly realized that he had not misunderstood, but that old man Dumbledore was deliberately leaving things unsaid.

After all, they lived under the same roof as Dumbledore, first as students and then as colleagues. Everyone knew each other. The old man just liked to mess with people's minds to show off his intelligence.

Of course, perhaps Snape misjudged Dumbledore at the last point, but at this point...

Dumbledore is as bad as he could possibly be; he deserves to be said that way!

Lupin slowly walked to the front of the Great Hall, stood in the professor's seat, bowed slowly to the young wizards, and then sat down in the professor's seat that Dumbledore had reserved for him.

He even leaned forward and nodded politely to Snape over Dumbledore, trying to break the ice between them with this initiative.

However, it's clear that this attempt to break the ice was viewed negatively by Snape...

A blatant provocation! A blatant provocation! How dare he! How dare he!

No, this person can't stay at Hogwarts. Lupin has ten defeats, while I have ten victories. Lupin is a werewolf, while I am not. Lupin and Sirius Black, who is currently defecting, are friends, while I am his enemy. Lupin's social status is low, while I am at the top of the pyramid. Lupin isn't an expert in potions, while I am. Lupin has a mustache, while I have a clean face.

In the end, Snape felt his brain go blank during the brainstorming session, and all sorts of random reasons had been crammed into his head.

So, can these reasons really convince Dumbledore? Surely they can, right?

It's not that it's impossible, but it's not that there's no way. Hmph, isn't Lupin a werewolf? So, what about myself...?

"What do you mean Lupin's werewolf curse was cured by Kane?" Snape asked mercilessly, standing in the headmaster's office and looking at Dumbledore, who sat calmly opposite him.

"Things aren't easy to understand, but that's the truth." Dumbledore tilted his shoulders and shrugged.

"If you don't believe me, you can go to Remus's office on the night of the full moon and take a look."

"Hmph, your suggestion reminds me of something unpleasant from the past," Snape said with a sneer.

"I agree with that." Dumbledore said, then looked at Snape. "So, what are you going to do next with Remus's werewolf identity?"

"Hmph, who knows if he was really cured or just a smokescreen? Besides, Kane... wasn't even a third-year wizard back then?" Snape said with a sneer.

"You know he's a special little wizard, and now that you mention it, I remember I should find some time to have a good heart-to-heart talk with him."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, Snape immediately added with a cold laugh: "So, all the young wizards at Hogwarts have been suffering under Kane's thumb for so long, and now you, the headmaster, are finally going to cure his cross-dressing fetish?"

Dumbledore slowly tilted his head back at Snape, instinctively wanting to defend Kane, but he quickly realized that for someone like Snape, seeing is believing. So he shrugged, not saying much, though he didn't elaborate on the reasons but still gave the result.

"If you knew Kane's past, you would realize that Kane's current problems are just transvestism and that he's not entirely mentally sound. We should really thank God."

Snape is not interested in Kane's past now, after all, he has already prepared himself for the fact that Kane is not a normal person or even a pure human being.

There's only one thing he really wants to ask right now!

He stood up, angrily slammed his fist on Dumbledore's table, and demanded an explanation...

What about my position?!

Of course, Snape never said any of this. In front of Dumbledore, he decided to swallow all his pent-up frustration and then find an opportunity to let it fester before finally venting it all on the young Gryffindor wizards.

Before he left the principal's office, he asked one last question.

Of course, the question itself isn't important; it's just to prove that he still holds a tiny place in Dumbledore's heart... as long as he tells the truth about the answer.

"How did Kane help Lupin get rid of the werewolf curse?" Snape asked quietly.

"I don't know, and I don't want you to make this public."

As Dumbledore finished answering, Snape let out a slow sigh.

Perhaps I really don't hold much of a place in Dumbledore's heart, so why are you making me do any more difficult tasks in the future...?

Can...

Wrong. We're all adults. We still have to do what we're supposed to do. It's just that before we did it willingly, and now we do it with resentment in our hearts...

...

Kane, who was playing cards with tarot cards in his dormitory, had no idea that at that very moment, in another corner of Hogwarts, someone was breaking down because of him.

All he knows right now is that Harry's luck on the other side is terrifyingly good, and Ron's rats are a bit noisy...

Well... this shows that Ron is a very sentimental person. Even though he has an owl as a pet, he still carries his mouse in his pocket every day.

Although this still cannot negate the fact that the rat was very noisy.

In the end, Kane lived up to expectations and was outmaneuvered by Harry's abnormally good luck. After the game, he vowed that next time he played cards, he would show Harry what a magician's awe-inspiring power was.

Then he obediently went back to sleep, but after the lights were turned off, Ron's unsettling squeaking of the mouse started again.

"...Don't touch your friend's rat..." Kane slowly hypnotized himself, these were golden words of wisdom he had learned from killing Hagrid the Spider.

And so it went until the next day, with Snape in the professor's seat having dark circles under his eyes and red eyes, while at the other extreme was Lupin.

This was the first time in so many years that he had slept so soundly. Although he had been living at Hogwarts for more than a month, last night was the best night he had ever slept.

Kane, sitting in the student section, had nothing to do with the two people above him who were worlds apart and had completely different fates.

Soon after breakfast ended, before Kane could even go for a stroll in the library, he was confronted by Professor Trelawney, who had just returned to Hogwarts.

"Oh...I have a feeling you're in trouble, dear," Professor Trelawney said, glancing up at Kane.

"What do you mean?" Kane asked, somewhat surprised.

"If you want to know, then come with me, child."

Kane raised an eyebrow and followed.