HP North Star's Radiance

Chapter 219 The Conversation of the Carlo Siblings

Knock knock—

Prarese knocked on the door of this disloyal office that had changed teachers seven times in seven years.

"Come in, hehe!" Amicus Carlo's voice came from behind the door.

Prareus pushed open the door and found that Amycus was not alone behind it, but also his sister Alecto and Professor Snape.

To distinguish between the two Carlos, Praris decided to call them by their names in his mind.

Upon seeing Professor Snape there, Prareas knew he wouldn't suffer any losses.

She greeted them with a gentle smile: "Professor Snape, Professors Carol."

Upon closer inspection… Praris blinked. Judging from the expressions of the brother and sister, she guessed that among the Death Eaters she had burned in Diagon Alley was Alecto.

The Carlo siblings' expressions were not very friendly, but Alecto's body language revealed a subtle, physiological fear.

"Long time no see, Praris," Snape said lazily. "Find a place to sit down!"

Praris completely ignored Amicus, the office's owner, and turned to look for a chair.

“If I remember correctly, this is my office, right?” Amicus said with some dissatisfaction.

Prareus looked up in confusion, glanced at Amicus, and then at Snape.

—He looks like a student who listens to his headmaster perfectly.

“Is that so?” A cold smile appeared on Snape’s lips. “Then, Amicus, do you have any special instructions for Miss Praris before she sits down?”

Amicus's lips twitched twice, and he said, "Sit down!"

Without hesitation, Praris obediently sat down, placing his hands on his knees, looking both proper and well-behaved.

"Damn, so obedient!" Alecto cursed inwardly. "What a good actor!"

Amicus was a short, stout wizard who looked even more bloated than Crabbe, as if he'd been punched and his face was swollen. His features were also distorted; his mouth was crooked, and when he laughed, it looked like he couldn't catch his breath.

In Shakespeare's plays, he could easily have gotten a villainous role based on his looks, a character with a twisted psyche due to a physical disability, like Richard III.

"You still refer to Principal Snape as 'Professor'?"

As soon as Praris sat down, Amicus began to ask her questions.

She seemed to only just realize it, and gave a stiff, happy smile: "I'm sorry, Professor Carol, I haven't gotten used to this good news yet! Now I should call you Headmaster, Professor Snape! Congratulations on your promotion!"

"Oh, Praris!" Snape seemed unable to suppress a smile. "It's all thanks to the Ministry of Magic's trust!"

“The Ministry of Magic’s trust alone isn’t enough,” Praris said, almost flatteringly. “It’s also because of your prestige and power! We all believe you should have been in this position long ago!”

This witch was Snape's protégé, yet she wasn't recruited into the Death Eaters' cause. Her potions indirectly weakened the Death Eaters' ability to coerce and entice werewolves. Furthermore, despite her immense power, she didn't participate in the battle at Astronomy Tower.

However, Snape still managed to get past the Dark Lord.

The Carol siblings didn't understand, but they were among those who didn't choose to seek out the Dark Lord after his death, and their achievements were far less than Snape's, who killed Dumbledore. They had no right to speak.

Among the Death Eaters present at the Diagon Alley operation, some believed it was because Prince was not a Death Eater and therefore ineligible to participate in the Astronomy Tower operation. Becoming a Death Eater required the Dark Lord's personal marking.

According to Umbridge, Prince was a witch who used emotional intelligence and tact to gain power. It seems there's some truth to that now, though not much.

The master and apprentice, one feigning humility and the other showering each other with praise, made quite a scene.

Ahem! Amycus had to cough to remind Snape to interrupt this time-wasting behavior.

“Alright, Prareas,” Snape said calmly. “It seems Professor Carol has something to say to you.”

if not?

Otherwise, why would he call someone to his office?

Amicus gave a sneer with a crooked mouth.

He smiled sinisterly and said, "Prince, did something bad happen to you in Diagon Alley during the summer vacation?"

"You know about this too?" Praris looked surprised and said bluntly, "Yes, it happened! I was shopping in Diagon Alley with a friend the other day and we were followed."

“I don’t know who that person is, but things have been really unsettled these past few months…” Praris looked a little nervous. “In the past, this kind of stalking and robbery only happened in Knockturn Alley, but I didn’t expect it to happen in Diagon Alley too!”

Upon hearing the words "stalking and robbery," Alecto's face immediately darkened.

But Praris "didn't notice" and continued, "So I taught them a lesson and ran away. Luckily, I didn't daydream in class, and my dueling skills are pretty good!"

Can that be called "okay"? Burst, Nott, Alecto, and another Death Eater were beaten black and blue, burned and poisoned by a little girl who had just come of age.

Snape also criticized them for not explaining their purpose first, saying they should have had a chance to speak!

But none of the four dared to reveal this fact. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to admitting that they were so weak that they didn't even have the chance to speak to this little witch.

Praris sat there upright, her eyes filled with undisguised curiosity. She seemed to be wondering how the new Professor Carlo knew she had encountered a robber.

Snape, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh, making the Carol siblings' expressions even uglier.

Snape casually came to the rescue of the Carol siblings, saying in a lighthearted tone, "Professor Carol cares about you. Be careful when you go out."

“I’ll keep an eye on it!” Praris replied immediately, instantly “forgetting” about investigating the matter.

The hurdle was finally overcome, and the Carlo siblings actually breathed a sigh of relief. Realizing what they had done, their faces immediately turned even more grim; anyone who didn't know better would have thought they were constipated!

Alecto finally spoke, and with a sneer, she said, "Prince, I'm sure you also support pure-bloodism, aren't you?"

Instead of answering the question directly, Prarese said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Professor Carol, we are all Slytherins."

“That’s good!” Alex stood up, walked around Praris, and looked down at her. “We all know that Muggles are making our wizarding environment worse, and Mudbloods are the ones who steal wizarding power from Muggles!”

“Now, we true wizards have regained power, and a new normal order has been established.” Alexo leaned closer to Praris and said softly and slowly, “We need some eyes among the students to help find the traitors among the wizards. What are your thoughts?”

The Carol siblings certainly wanted to hear Prarese say she was willing, but to order Snape's student around to his face... the siblings disliked Snape, but they weren't that arrogant.

“I understand.” Praris nodded. “Undersecretary Umbridge once set up an investigative task force at Hogwarts, with some students supervising the students. You can take a look at that.”

“That sounds good,” Alexedo said, clapping his hands with satisfaction. “Thank you for your suggestion.”

Alexo was unaware that Prarese had indeed been included in Umbridge's investigation team, but she not only did nothing productive, she also made things worse by hiding the DA's list.

Alector then asked, "I've heard that you're quite skilled at potion-making and also adept at developing new medicines?"

coming.

Praris raised his chin slightly: "I'd say I've learned quite well, all thanks to Professor Snape's excellent teaching. Since my third year, I've accumulated several published papers and innovative potions."

Publicly available research... Yes, the cheap wolfsbane potion is a publicly available potion. It's just that other wizards who want to legally create and sell it on the market need to pay copyright fees to Praris—they don't have to pay this fee if they're just drinking it themselves.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​researching—a cheap wolfsbane medicine?" Alecto didn't stop at the previous question, but instead pressed on to dig deeper.

Snape watched coldly from the sidelines, showing no intention of intervening. This was not only because the matter concerned him, but also because he trusted Prareas enough.

Praris scratched his head and recalled, "No one ever asked me that question... Back then, we had a lesson on werewolves in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the third year."

"After class, while doing my homework, I looked up some information and learned about Damocles' wolfsbane potion from a book, so I tried to make it myself. And that's how I got the unexpected joy of having cheap wolfsbane potion."

Prareas is the kind of genius that makes people grit their teeth in frustration. She's incredibly intelligent, and she's not lazy either. On the contrary, all her achievements come from tremendous effort.

But in front of the Carlo siblings, she casually summarized all the hardships of those years with a simple "and then it happened." It was as if Praris had casually concocted a potion that would cause the Dark Lord so much trouble when she was thirteen.

Among the students at Hogwarts, Praris, who is currently infuriating the Carol siblings, is the kind of bastard who would say he could get 12 Owls certificates without any preparation.

“I see—” Amicus suddenly interjected, “Who was your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in your third year?”

“Remus Lupin,” Praris said.

Everything is right.

How could Slytherin help such lowly creatures as werewolves? It must be those guys from the Order of the Phoenix who took advantage of Praris's talent in potions and guided her to research wolfsbane potions, which led to the current situation.

The Carlo siblings knew that the wolfsbane potion was not a simple potion, but they did not have a precise understanding of Praris's talent in potion-making and the difficulty of developing new potions.

Prarese's new research has appeared intermittently in the market, with the undisclosed parts remaining as unfathomable as an iceberg beneath the surface.

Her tone when mentioning cheap wolfsbane medicine was as casual as if she were drinking water, which further clouded the siblings' judgment to some extent.

In this way, neither of them could argue with Snape about why he didn't stop Prader from doing this kind of research.

According to Snape, this potion was Prares's earliest research, so it was not a complete innovation, but rather an improvement.

Therefore, Snape was unaware that Prareus could improve upon Damocles' research.

The fact that Prarese seemed so nonchalant about it made the Carlo siblings think she hadn't put in much effort.

Given that, it's not surprising that Snape didn't notice this.

Imagine you haven't seen your student for a few days. Would you assume she's reading, doing homework, chatting with her friends, or refining Damocles' masterpiece?

It's just that Prince is too talented!

The Carlo siblings asked about most of the things they wanted to know, but didn't get any answers. Praris's former dean and mentor were still watching, and they couldn't make things difficult for her, so they let her leave.

Prarese stood up and bowed slowly: "Good evening, Headmaster Snape, Professors Carol."

Snape said calmly, "Go back early and don't linger outside."

Amycus chuckled twice, sounding breathless, and very roughly tried to win her over, saying, "Prince, as a fellow Slytherin, Alecto and I both think highly of you."

Praris lowered his head shyly, smiled, and said, "I will try to do better."

After saying that, she turned and walked out of the office.

Standing on the second-floor corridor, Praris let out a soft breath.

Clearly, Voldemort had some doubts about her, but her Slytherin identity and Professor Snape shielded her from some of them.

Prader and Dumbledore dealt with many Horcruxes, which is one of the reasons why Voldemort had no time to spare for her.

I just hope Dumbledore and Harry cause more trouble outside, making Voldemort even busier than he is now!

It was very late when Praris returned to his dormitory.

Astoria, the prefect, was walking over from the other end of the dormitory. Seeing Praris, she blinked and asked, "Selwyn said Professor Carlo was looking for you—just now, right?"

Praris nodded: "Yes, coming back from the lower grades?"

“Yes,” Astoria asked worriedly, “Did they do anything to you?”

Grace's ordeal brought Astoria's views on the Death Eater regime to rock bottom, and her first reaction was to worry about what they might do to Praris.

Prareas smiled gently: "With Professor Snape here, what could possibly happen? Go back to sleep, and don't make these kinds of thoughts so obvious in the future."

Astoria realized that what she was doing was not right, and quickly agreed.