HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 20 - First Day 08.

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Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape walked through the corridors of Hogwarts after lunch in the castle's kitchen, still pondering the information that the small creatures had given him, even thinking about acquiring some of them for himself in the future, since they were quite useful.

As he passed, he ignored the continuous curious looks and some expressions hoping he would glance at some of them, being the most interesting topic of the day. Entering through the main staircase, he entered the corridor as soon as he arrived on the first floor, heading towards the library. Upon reaching it, he found himself in a huge place within the castle filled with countless shelves of books aligned side by side, corridors full of bookcases brimming with magical tomes, and numerous tables with some filled by students who preferred to come study rather than go eat in the communal hall.

Snape looked towards a corner of the library that was closed off with a large, indicating that the area was forbidden, which was his goal there.

'I would like to read other tomes in the common library, but I certainly won't waste the opportunity to be in the forbidden section today.' Snape thought as he headed towards the main counter, where the librarian was.

Madame Irma Pince, the librarian, a woman with severe expressions and little tolerance for infractions, was organizing some scrolls on her table. Upon seeing Snape approaching, she was a bit surprised as she tried to sift through her memories behind this unknown student.

She put the scrolls aside and turned her attention to the boy. "Who might you be? I don't remember a student like you." She did not even greet him, just demanding who the boy might be.

"I am Severus Snape. A fifth-year student." Snape commented with a neutral tone.

"Snape?" Her expression hardened even more, if that was possible. She had never had a favorable opinion about him, believing he always brought more trouble and disorder to the tranquility of her library, after all, the Marauders hunted him even there, and Madame Pince always had to deal with the troublemakers and Snape, even being the victim of the Gryffindor students' pursuit. "You look different, Snape, even so, what can I do for you? I wouldn't want the library to become chaos again in the second week of this year." She said sternly.

Snape was not shaken by her hostile tone and spoke calmly, "Nothing much, just letting you know that I'll be accessing the forbidden section today." He said.

At this moment, the librarian was silent for a moment, still trying to absorb Snape's last words. "What do you mean by that?" She looked at him grimly, disbelieving what she heard.

"I'm going to the forbidden section." He said, looking her in the eyes.

"You must be joking, Mr. Snape, and that is not funny at all, you better give me a good reason not to ban you from the library for the rest of the school year." She said to the man.

"The headmaster has given me this privilege, if you don't believe me, look for him yourself, we have an agreement and I intend to consume all my benefits. Anyway, just letting you know I'll be heading there." Snape commented with a rather dangerous tone.

"Don't come at me with something like this, the forbidden section is not for students, Mr. Snape. You know that very well." She said, not intimidated by Snape while speaking as if hearing the most absurd thing in recent years.

"Whatever it is... You can look for the director for this." He said and simply began to head for the gates, at this moment the students had already heard that kind of talk and looked stunned here and the same could be described of the paintings that began gossiping with each other.