HP - Shadow Monarch! [BOOK 1]

Chapter 171 - The wizarding world begins to weaken.

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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"Was it you, wasn't it?"

The question hung in the air as Snape stared straight ahead, with Lily glaring at him.

No one talked about anything else once the second newspaper appeared. After all, even though everyone had seen the smoke in the morning, the professors had refused to give much information about what had happened.

The students who initially had been...

Lily, even though she had heard Snape's words the last time they met—when he told her they should no longer be seen together—knew he had something to do with the destruction of the Acromantula nests. After all, she had been with him the last time Snape was in the process of destroying that Acromantula nest.

"It doesn't matter, does it?" Snape looked at her before starting to walk away without saying anything else, leaving Lily there, alone.

Snape went to his laboratory and spent the next few hours preparing a new batch of potions before heading to Professor Slughorn's office in the late afternoon.

"Professor Slughorn..." he said, entering.

"Mr. Snape, come in!" the professor greeted as Snape approached with a bag.

"I'm here to deliver 100 hair-growth potions," Snape stated as he placed them on the professor's desk, who raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Excellent, very well!" he said while checking the contents.

"I'm sure many in my social circle, as well as friends of those you sold to last year, will be eager to use them as well," the professor commented as Snape nodded.

"I'll leave them with you then," Snape said.

"Yes... Just to let you know, I've heard from some sources that the Potters are going to launch their own hair treatment potion next week. But it's a treatment, nothing like yours. Still, isn't it about time you officially introduced your formula to the market? I'm sure you could gain many benefits, even if that's not quite your style," he remarked as Snape shook his head.

"I don't care about that. Money isn't that precious to me, though I still need it. But now I have other ways to obtain it. So I'll leave these potions with you to sell to those interested in buying," Snape said.

"Alright..." In the end, Slughorn nodded as Snape suddenly remembered something.

"One more thing. I found something during my travels over the holidays—this crystal fell from a meteor near where I was. Could you analyze it and find the best way to use it?"

Snape took out the glowing crystal, which was clearly a powerful energy source. The professor's eyes widened upon seeing it.

"This... how magnificent... I've never seen anything like it," he said, stepping closer and examining the crystal.

It was over 30 centimeters long and weighed about five kilos, its continuous blue glow unlike anything found in the wizarding world.

"Can you find out something about it and how it might be used? It clearly has powerful energetic properties," Snape asked.

As a former guardian who had lived in civilizations far more advanced than this world, he knew exactly how it could be used in technological means—but in the wizarding world, that was another matter entirely. That's why he sought out a specialist who could help him here.