Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 65
"Sorry...Professor Snape, I'll take Filch back to his room."

Hagrid looked at Snape who was standing in the corridor, and greeted Snape in a low voice.

Snape didn't speak, but took a step back lightly, making way for the huge Hagrid.

"Thank you."

Hagrid nodded. He seemed to have gotten used to Snape's indifferent personality. After thanking the other party, he held Filch in his arms and walked towards the direction where Snape had just arrived.

"........."

Snape's eyes were still looking at the wooden door that hadn't been closed, and he was in a daze for a moment.

Hearing that very familiar name came to his ears again after an unknown number of years, his originally gloomy expression finally showed some emotion.

Suddenly, Snape's feet moved again.

Only this time, he didn't continue the path just now, but without hesitation, he slowly came to the huge stone beast.

"Pile of cockroaches..."

With a slightly hoarse voice, the gargoyle gradually became active following the password, silently giving way to the headmaster's office and reappearing in front of Snape.

In the office, Dumbledore sat in his seat just like he used to, with lowered eyebrows, and sighed helplessly.Then he took down his hand and threw the two candies in the drawer into his mouth.

As the candy entered, Dumbledore's mouth moved under his thick white beard.And the originally drooping eyebrows also stretched out, regaining their former look.

Suddenly, as if he noticed something, Dumbledore stopped chewing.

He raised his head, opened his slightly squinted eyes, and looked towards the door of the principal's office.

"Severus?"

Surprised in Dumbledore's tone, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Snape, who was standing at the door unexpectedly, who had arrived at some unknown time.

Snape's black robe was not very conspicuous under the already dim light of the castle, and most people would have difficulty noticing his figure unless they looked carefully.

"Dumbledore..."

Snape didn't waste any more words at the door, he stepped into the principal's office, slightly raised the wand that appeared at some point in his hand, and then waved it.

Accompanied by another muffled sound of "Peng".The wooden door that was originally opened was closed again.Separate the principal's office from the outside world again.

Snape quickly walked to Dumbledore's desk, stood still, and stopped.

"Did you hear Filch's voice just now?"

Dumbledore smiled, and while speaking, stretched out his hand to pinch the center of his brow, in order to relieve the pain in his head that had just been yelled by Filch.

"…………"

Snape didn't answer him, and looked into Dumbledore's eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Naturally, Dumbledore was not surprised by Snape's temperament. He paused for a moment, and seeing that the other party had no intention of answering, he continued on his own.

"It seems that Filch has really put in a lot of hard work for this school, so tired that he has become a little nervous. Just now I was sleeping... doing business, but I heard Filch banging The door kept knocking."

While speaking, Dumbledore shook his head.

"And you saw it, too. He started yelling as soon as he got into the office... Luckily Hagrid followed..."

"Charlie—"

Snape narrowed his eyes, stared straight at Dumbledore, suddenly interrupted him, and said a name in a deep voice

"Charlie Black!"

Snape went on to say
"I just heard Filch say that Charlie is going back to Hogwarts...is that true?"

Dumbledore also looked up, looking into Snape's eyes.

He noticed very keenly that when Charlie's name was mentioned, a never-before-seen look flashed in those eyes that had always been dark as if they would never see the light.

Although it was just a flash, it was still captured by Dumbledore.

So, without hiding anything from the other party, Dumbledore nodded calmly and continued.

"Yes, I wrote him a letter not long ago...a special invitation to him to attend the opening ceremony of Hogwarts this year."

"Opening Ceremony……"

After finally getting the answer he wanted, Snape's face showed a bit of understanding, and he repeated Dumbledore's words, not knowing what he was thinking.

But soon, he returned to his original state, Shen Sheng then asked
"Why would you want to invite him to the Hogwarts Commencement Ceremony?"

Dumbledore looked at the table with drooping eyelids, and said slowly
"When Hagrid went to pick up Harry, he brought me news... He said that before he arrived, Charlie had contacted Harry in advance, and used magic to teach that cousin who had been bullying Harry a lesson. elder brother."

As he spoke, Dumbledore coughed twice, his Adam's apple moved, and he swallowed the sugar in his mouth.before continuing
"I think, since he cares so much about that child, asking him to come and watch that child complete the sorting ceremony with his own eyes will make him feel at ease."

"Concerned about that child...?"

Listening to Dumbledore's words, great sarcasm appeared on Snape's face that had never changed for thousands of years.

The corners of his mouth turned up in a stiff, sarcastic smile.

"Charlie doesn't have a good relationship with James's gang. I think you know how many times he has taught that stupid cousin a lesson - what makes you think he cares so much about that man's children?"

"But that's the truth..." Dumbledore replied calmly, his attitude didn't change in any way because of Snape's taunt.

"I can feel... Maybe he doesn't want to implicate Harry with the grievances of the previous generation."

Dumbledore looked at Snape again as he spoke, as if he wanted to see the other party's reaction.

Snape's expression did change a bit, but that was all.

Looking back, he continued.

"And... there are indeed some things that I need to meet with him to talk about."

"What's the matter?" Snape asked
Only this time, Dumbledore did not answer him, but simply said

"When the time comes, you will know."

Snape was silent, nodded slowly, turned around and left without saying anything else, and walked towards the door.

"I thought you'd be very happy...after all he used to be your best friend."

"yes…"

Snape stopped, turned his head to look at Dumbledore, his eyes were full of complexity.

"Then, when I became a Death Eater, we never got in touch again."

　Wow!Finally, it's still going on! ! ! !
　　You guys have no idea what I'm facing these days.

　　In two days, the liver published a paper, and after a plagiarism check, the plagiarism rate was 50.00%! ! !I'm almost insane.

　　As a result, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and when the season changed, I caught a cold again, and my head swelled up badly.

　　But luckily -- luckily it's OK

　　
　
(End of this chapter)