HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 112 - Meeting with Steve Vujin 02.

[Chapter Size: 1800 Words.]
Third Person POV

London.

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Steve Vujin looked at the boy with interest. "You know..." He began. "As I mentioned, many people are after you, primarily because of two other identities. But Severus Snape is not safe from this either..."

"But you're not turning me over to any group," Snape said, grabbing his coffee.

"That's true... The Ministry and the Death Eaters are after your other identities, like the Reaper of Hogsmeade and the mysterious Potions Master. Though the Ministry is more intent on finding the man who's killing wizards so easily, and the Dark Lord is showing great interest in the potioneer," he said, sipping his coffee while seeming to enjoy these words.

"And Severus Snape?" Snape asked.

"Many wizarding families are after him; some, as I already mentioned, like the Rosiers, are hunting you, and now the Princes have begun to worry about you... Lately, you've been attracting a lot of attention, as I mentioned before. Magic seemed to punish them quite well for what they did to your mother. Which I personally find well-deserved... You are becoming a threat by being the only child born of the Prince family... They are growing desperate, and if you were to have children..." He mentioned.

"Yes... they dug their own grave, and I'm not worried about being their target... In fact, it would help me... after all, I have to honor my mother's life in some way," Snape spoke with a dark tone.

"I figured... and will you handle everything as you did last night?" Steve said, picking up a newspaper showing the burned bus, with him already knowing Snape was responsible for the death of four dark wizards.

"..." Snape didn't respond. He was calm, but the man in front of him was full of information networks and knew how to draw immediate conclusions, making Snape wonder if anyone else had already connected him to these events as well.

"Tell me, Mr. Snape... how did you do it? You do things out of the ordinary, it's incredible how you handled four adults inside a bus and came out unscathed... I'd say I'm not standing in front of a teenager but a professional assassin, one that has never emerged in the wizarding world..." He commented, smiling at Snape.

"Tell me, you haven't told me why you're covering for me... I'm sure you were offered a lot of money..." Snape still didn't understand why this guy was helping him.

"Well, I think it's fair to say. Besides being an investigator... I'm a writer, and I always enjoy hearing stories, but yours is unlike anything I've ever seen... I want to know how it ends... but I'm also doing this because I want you to answer two questions," Steve said.

"Go on."

"I want to know what you plan to achieve, what you aim for. Be honest." Steve wanted to understand Snape's goals.

"I seek revenge against a certain group, and I intend to restore order," Snape spoke, unwilling to give more details.

"Really? You seem too young to say such a thing, after all, the only thing I've seen you could be seeking revenge for is a bunch of teenagers at Hogwarts, and you've punished them enough this year, so it becomes even more interesting..." It was very vague and opened up many other questions for Steve, but he didn't mind, which made him even more intrigued by Snape and who he really was. After all, it was obvious to this investigator that Snape was no longer the half-sick boy from Slytherin who lost his childhood passion and all he would do was lament and make potions.

Steve had also gone to the turning point in the boy's life while he found the change at an inn in Diagon Alley. There was nothing left in the room he had stayed in, but the marks of a rope hanging on his finger were still there.