HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 98 - The Feelings of Snape.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]

Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape hadn't slept since he left Lily, unaware of her thoughts, as he returned to the Room of Requirement, starting to use his cauldron while picking the nightshades to create his hair growth potions. After all, the professor had sought him out once again for some people who were asking for them.

"Master... you're back, do you need anything, something Dobby can help with?" Snape's house-elf appeared at that moment.

"I don't need anything, Dobby, but you can take care of my animals," Snape said without even looking at the elf as he continued to begin extracting the properties of the flower.

"Very well, Master!" Snape heard his house-elf before he disappeared.

"..." Snape continued as his cauldron began to heat up. He wasn't very comfortable sleeping before finishing these tasks.

When he was almost done, he felt something and looked to the side as his cauldron began to move from side to side without warning. In the next moment, it simply exploded, with boiling water flying everywhere. With a swift motion, Snape drew his wand and prevented the water from falling on him and his main ingredient.

"It seems this cauldron is too old..." he murmured, looking at the old cauldron that had accompanied him for years, now in pieces. "Anyway, it was time to replace it..." he thought.

"Dobby." Snape called. The house-elf appeared with a basket of feed, feeding the animals, looking at Snape, awaiting orders.

"Can you clean this up for me?" Snape pointed to the place full of bubbling water, except for his side, and before Dobby could respond, he continued. "Besides, I need a cauldron. Can you bring some from the storage?" he asked.

"Of course, I'll be back right away!" Dobby said and disappeared, returning with three old cauldrons in the next moment.

"Tsk... none of these will do. Do you only have these or similar ones?" he asked, seeing that none of the cauldrons could be used to make the potions he wanted.

"No, Master... there are none... so Dobby is ready for punishment!" Dobby exclaimed with a trembling, fearful look.

'This guy acts like a writer...' Snape murmured internally, seeing how Dobby seemed to find any reason for Snape to try to punish him.

"Forget that. Go back to cleaning and continue taking care of the animals. I'll be leaving," Snape said in the end and grabbed his ingredients, placing them in his bag with his wand before disappearing.

He went straight to the common hall, where he entered to eat something. After all, fighting all night had made him quite hungry, so he headed for the Slytherin table.

Then, a movement occurred beside him as someone climbed onto the table while everyone was surprised by this, and Snape saw Potter approaching him, almost spewing venom from his mouth as he looked at him. Snape raised an eyebrow with a neutral expression at the boy who stared at him.

Many people from the nearby tables looked on, surprised by this, while Potter seemed eager to fight with Snape, the person who had become untouchable since the beginning of the year.

"Snape... what did you do to Lily?!" Potter simply exploded, his voice being heard throughout the common hall.

"Did I do something? Do you really want to talk to me about what you tried to do yesterday?" Snape commented. After all, Potter had tried to throw an ink balloon at him, and he had even let it slide because it was easy to dodge, but he had also done the same to Lily when she was about to be hit yesterday.