HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 87 - Prince Family.

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape had taken Clarisse to the Room of Requirement for the first time, while the girl immediately looked around, stunned but also with a gleam of admiration, as they were in the main hall before heading to the rooms and nurseries.

"What place is this? Are we at Hogwarts?" she asked immediately, curious.

"Yes... This is just a place I've been occupying lately. But leaving that aside, come with me..." he requested, as he led her down a corridor to a large room with a few cauldrons, where many plants full of fermentations were being magically infused. It was much easier to create new ingredients here, though not the best the market could offer.

"This will be a good place for you to train the potions you want, but don't speak of this place to anyone," Snape pointed to the garden and spoke calmly, having grown a certain confidence in the girl over the years.

"This is really incredible, Severus... thank you..." she murmured, impressed as she approached the area.

"I'll help at the start, but I'll be doing my own things and will come back once I finish to see your progress..." he said as she nodded.

The rest of the day Snape assisted her while she practiced her magic in another room, and when Snape returned to help Clarisse, a new person appeared in the room. "Hello, Snape!" Pandora came over to them.

"Hello, Pandora," Snape greeted her calmly as Clarisse looked surprised to see the girl there too.

"Hello, Lady Greengrass, it's the first time I've seen Snape showing the Room of Requirement to someone," she spoke with an excited tone.

"Is that true...?" Clarisse asked, a bit surprised, looking at Snape by her side.

"..." He did not respond, focusing on the cauldron, until he looked up at the blonde with a smile for her. "What is it?" he asked indifferently.

"Forget it..." Clarisse pouted, and Snape shrugged, returning to his tasks. "Anyway... you know this place too?" she asked Pandora.

"Yes... I helped find it," she replied, and Clarisse looked at Snape, noticing the heat of the cauldron at that moment.

"So, you're living here, Severus, is that why you don't show up in Slytherin anymore?" she asked curiously.

"Yes, it's quieter here and I don't have to deal with so many annoying people," Snape finally responded.

Pandora ended up joining in a conversation with Clarisse while Snape seldom responded to anything they asked him, and time passed by. In the end, Pandora left the room as Snape escorted Clarisse to the Slytherin entrance.

"Thank you, Snape..." she said with a smile, simply moving closer to his face and giving him a kiss on the cheek as she ran to the door.

"..." Snape was surprised by this, but shrugged it off, disappearing with a pop.

Weeks passed, and it was finally the last month of classes, as everyone prepared for the final exams.

Snape was in the dining hall when something happened to him, attracting attention; a silver owl swooped down to the Slytherin table and approached Snape, dropping a letter before returning to the main door.

"Hey, that's a Steve Vujin owl!" someone exclaimed among the Slytherin members, and all eyes were on Snape as he was surprised to see people recognizing who he had hired, which didn't seem as discreet as he had hoped.