HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 52 - Rosier Family.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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It was Saturday as Snape received his new batch of books and even picked up new ingredients, while he kept studying on the weekend instead of going to Hogsmeade like all the other students.

Snape had Atlas to accompany him; he spent the entire Saturday like this, until he went to dinner in the common room, heading straight for the professors' area, approaching Slughorn.

"Professor, could you get those ingredients this weekend that I asked for earlier this week?" Snape said.

His words had drawn the attention of the other professors, but no one commented anything, waiting for the potions professor to respond. "Yes, Mr. Snape. You can meet with me tomorrow. Moreover, I had a friend who really liked the result of your potion after seeing the one you sold; he wasn't interested before, but liked what he saw and you can bring another one of those potions tomorrow," the professor spoke with a tone of pride, as Snape nodded.

'This is good, my potions are starting to gain some customers...' he murmured internally and turned back to the professor.

"Will do... and..." Snape turned back to the headmaster, "Headmaster Dumbledore, I will need some things from our agreement next week..." he spoke to the headmaster as he looked at him like a hawk since he approached, a quite normal behavior he had towards Snape.

"We can talk about this in my office," he requested in a gentle tone, something Snape did not trust much, but he nodded in the end.

"Alright, I will come by tomorrow before dinner," he spoke while Snape nodded, returning to the Slytherin table, as he sat down for dinner.

He saw Clarisse, who maintained a somewhat distant look or even stared at him a few times. She still hadn't spoken to him since the newspaper incident, but once his name appeared in yesterday's newspaper as the Slytherin humiliating James Potter in their first duel, it must be why Minerva had been looking at him with fire in her eyes since yesterday and with her eyes almost burning.

Even Lucinda and Clarisse were mentioned in this newspaper due to their duel, it was a strange situation, not that Snape cared about it, but it was annoying the looks people had on him.

Snape left the common room as soon as he had dinner and went back to finish the potions he was working on. The next day, he went to see the potions professor, entering the room in the middle of the morning.

"Snape!" Slughorn greeted him while he was in his office, the professor was alone, reading books and some reports from some sixth-year students.

"Hello Professor Slughorn, I'm here to pick up the ingredients I mentioned yesterday and to give you the potion you requested," Snape spoke calmly as he approached.

"That's great. I've left it there, stored in that box on the side," he pointed and Snape also took out a box from his bag and handed it to the professor, being a potion for baldness he had created weeks ago.

"Very well, boy. My friend was so excited about the result that he even paid in advance, so here is the money," he spoke while the professor handed over the money bag with gold Galleons.

Snape nodded and took the box, pleased to have this money in advance. After all, he would need it next week. "Professor, I would like you to ask your friends not to disclose my name, at least not yet," Snape requested.

Slughorn looked at him, standing up seriously, "I am already requesting that from them, in fact they don't even know your name, after all we are not in easy times, having a lot of notoriety is certainly something bad," he spoke.