Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"No, Professor... Of course you understand."

Ryan just snapped his fingers lightly when he heard this.

Then the curtains covering the surrounding glass bottles disappeared, the carpet on the ground folded up, and the bright candlesticks around turned back into small candles, burning with dark green flames.

Ryan breathed a sigh of relief at the familiar surroundings.

“That’s the right feeling!”

"Lian Elias."

Then, Snape finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore.

"It seems that the great heir of Hufflepuff seems to be allergic to basic etiquette? I think you have been hanging out with the reckless and foolish Mr. Potter for too long... Does the hospitality of civilized society make you uneasy?"

He spat venom sharply.

"Oh—Professor, that's it... that's you."

But Ryan said happily after hearing this.

"..."

Snape stared at him, breathing heavily.

After a while, he turned around - his dress turned back into Ryan's familiar black wizard robe.

"Now, will you sit down, Elias?"

He prolonged his dissatisfied tone.

"of course."

Ryan shrugged and sat down in the chair Snape had prepared.

"Mr. Jinzhen said you have something to ask me?"

He looked at the professor in front of him with curiosity and judgment in his expression.

Ryan is certainly not stupid.

At this moment, he realized that Snape's behavior just now seemed to be a gesture of goodwill towards him - although the professor was obviously not very skilled in this and underestimated his own personal charm.

This made his goodwill gesture seem creepy to Ryan and most of the young wizards.

But even so, the attitude is very clear.

This made Ryan realize that the professor had something to ask of him, and...this request was very, very important to Snape.

Its importance even outweighs his intense and twisted self-esteem.

That's why Ryan deliberately showed this attitude.

He actually didn't really hate the Potions professor, quite the opposite - he even admired his achievements in potions.

Therefore, he does not want the dialogue between the two sides to be based on this kind of flattering relationship.

"..."

And obviously, at this moment Snape also vaguely realized the significance of Ryan's previous actions.

This made him look at Ryan with a slightly complicated look.

Then...

"Elias, you may still remember our previous conversation here."

He said blandly, "About that potion..."

Snape's words left Ryan stunned.

Of course he knew what Snape was talking about - that mysterious potion that had to do with emotions and the soul!

But you have to know that this was the first time Snape mentioned this potion directly in front of him.

Before this, Snape would fly into a rage whenever he mentioned the potion.

"of course."

So, Ryan also said carefully: "You mean..."

"I can promise you that I will let you participate in the research."

Snape's words were as if the potion was a treasure that was inestimably precious to him.

"Oh... sounds like I should be honored?"

After hearing this, Ryan also grinned.

Snape did not respond to this question. He just continued, "Besides that, I will brew the potion you need for you - any potion, I will ensure that its quality must be the best!"

He said proudly.

"Of course, I have no doubt about that."

Ryan also nodded - the previous Goliath potion was enough to illustrate Snape's level of potion.

"Your potion played a vital role in my battle with Voldemort."

he said sincerely.

To put it bluntly - if the Goliath potion was less effective at that time, Ryan might not have been able to avoid Voldemort's killing curse.

When Snape heard Ryan mention Voldemort's name, his expression showed some complexity.

That is regret, hatred, remorse and guilt.

But his emotion didn't last long, because Ryan continued to ask: "So what about you?"

"What do you want?"

The question struck Snape as rather odd.

Because his memory was obviously good - so he remembered that he had asked Ryan almost the same question when Ryan first came to the Potions Office.

But times have changed.

In just one semester, Ryan is now the heir of Hufflepuff.

And Severus Snape saw in him an almost unbelievable glimmer of hope that he had never expected.

"About Potter..."

So, Snape spoke.

"You saved him... from the Killing Curse—that's Hufflepuff magic, no doubt... powerful life magic... right?"

He spoke with difficulty, with many pauses in between.

He seemed to be choosing his words, or perhaps... he didn't dare speak too fast.

Because in those few short, simple sentences...hidden the only hope he was afraid of losing.

That's everything to him.

"Ah."

Ryan nodded slightly.

He wasn't surprised that Snape could see through his life magic - in fact, he thought all the professors should know it.

Because even until today, Ryan still can't fully control the life magic in his body.

The most intuitive manifestation is that when he passes by the small garden in Hogwarts Castle, all the plants in the castle will bow to him, and flowers will grow out of thin air on some dry branches and leaves.

Such obvious marks can certainly be seen by any wizard with a little knowledge.

"Can you resurrect the dead?"

Then the next moment, he heard the question asked by Snape.

His voice was trembling in a way that was difficult to conceal.

This made Ryan realize exactly what the professor wanted.

Like most people in this world, he has a deceased person whom he longs to see.

"...It wasn't a resurrection, exactly, Professor."

But Ryan had to tear the other's desire apart.

"Harry's spirit has not traveled to the other side of the veil—he's still in the realm of the living."

"I didn't resurrect him, Professor... I simply kept him alive."

Ryan emphasized.

“It’s a completely different concept.”

He thought that although these words were a bit cruel, they should undoubtedly be able to dispel Snape's obsession.

but...

"I see."

He then noticed that after hearing his words...Snape seemed to become even more agitated.

Not only the sound, but even his body began to tremble at this moment.

"She is still in the realm of the living. She has no chance of reaching the other side of the veil—because of that magic, her soul has been shattered..."

He spoke the truth that Dumbledore had told him in the past, which was cruel to him.

The funny thing is, that cruel fact has now become his greatest hope.

After hearing this, Ryan was stunned.

She? This meant it was a woman—not surprising.

but...

"The soul is shattered? But still in the realm of the living?"

This situation is rare, or rather...almost unique!

Ryan almost immediately recognized a possibility.

Then he suddenly recalled Snape's strange attitude towards Harry.