The Headmaster's office.
Lucas finds himself coming here at least once a year.
Sitting skillfully on the sofa, he tapped the table with his wand.
"Professor, why are you still standing?"
Seeing Lucas' skilled movements and the black tea in his hand, Professor Snape wanted to ask him why he was so familiar with this.
"Severus, go ahead, sit down."
Complying with Dumbledore's invitation, Snape took a seat in a corner of the sofa.
"We meet again, Lucas, I heard about your performance on the Hogwarts Express."
"You and the students in Slytherin are very good. It's a pity that the school hadn't officially started at that time, otherwise I would have given Slytherin House extra points."
The old bee is still the same.
At the beginning, he will praise you first, and then he will ask questions with a puzzled expression in his grandfatherly style.
"I heard something unbelievable recently. You cast Fiendfyre in class and threatened to put a Killing Curse on Harry. Is that true?"
After Dumbledore finished speaking, he looked at the boy sitting across from him.
Unexpectedly, the other party was holding a cup of tea in one hand and looking at him with interest while touching his chin with his other hand.
Dumbledore had a feeling that he just seemed to be seen through by the young man in front of him.
That's also why he didn't want to make contact with Lucas.
Lucas put the teacup back on the round table.
The knocking sound produced by the cup and the table was like knocking on Dumbledore's heart.
He knew all too well.
If he doesn't pay something this time. Lupin's matter, he's afraid it will not be so easy to solve.
His heart hurt at the thought of being blackmailed by Lucas again.
"Headmaster, I thought you called me here today just to talk about Professor Lupin."
"It seems that I was wrong about it, so I will go back first, and I will come back when you are ready to solve Professor Lupin's problem."
Lucas stood up, straightened his robes, and walked towards the door. Judging by his appearance, it seems that he is not joking.
"Lucas, wait, we are going to solve Professor Lupin's problem this time."
The way Dumbledore got up to persuade him to stay, looked so hasty and embarrassed.
His appearance really surprised Professor Snape at the side.
What surprised Snape even more was the blond boy at the door. He didn't expect his student to dominate the conversation with Dumbledore.
"Well then, since the Headmaster wants to talk, let's have a good chat."
Lucas returned to his seat and answered Dumbledore's question just now.
"Headmaster, you should know that people who are extremely angry will sometimes say things they don't really mean, don't you?"
"As for my use of Fiendfyre, I don't think there's anything to be surprised about, after all, it's not the first time I've cast it and I'm quite proficient in it, so no one I didn't want to get hurt would have been hurt."
"Or is it that the Headmaster, like our great savior, believes that as long as someone uses the dark arts, he must be a dark wizard?"
Of course Dumbledore couldn't admit it, so he waved his hand and said: "Of course not, in fact I am quite proficient in them as well, and sometimes the dark arts can also help us."
"So, do you still have any other questions? If not, can we start discussing Professor Lupin's matter?"
Lucas' tone was slightly annoyed.
Dumbledore, noticing this, smiled and explained, "Don't be mad, I'm just making sure our agreement is still in place."
"It seems that you still don't believe in me, Headmaster. Could it be that I did something that violated the agreement in the past two years?"
Lucas frowned, showing an expression of anger at being distrusted.
Then he stretched out his right hand and looked at Dumbledore.
"Why don't we form another unbreakable vow, maybe this will make you feel more at ease."
Dumbledore didn't answer, he just looked into Lucas' eyes for a long time.
"Then there is no need, I trust you."
"Let's talk about Professor Lupin next."
Lucas nodded: "My attitude remains the same, Professor Remus Lupin must publicly apologize."
"I think tomorrow's Halloween feast is a very good time to apologize. What do you think, Headmaster?"
Hearing what Lucas said, Dumbledore shook his head quickly.
"You should know that if Professor Lupin makes a public apology, it will be very detrimental to his future teaching, and it will damage his image as a professor."
Lucas disagreed with the old bee's statement.
"Then you must think that my Head of House, Professor Snape, being humiliated like that will not do any damage to his image?"
"Don't forget, Professor Snape is not only the Potions Professor at Hogwarts, but also the Head of our Slytherin House."
"That malicious humiliation is tantamount to humiliating our entire Slytherin House."
"So I hope you can understand that what I represent at this moment is not a personal opinion, but a resolution shared by all students of Slytherin House."
Hearing this, Dumbledore fell silent.
But there was a wave in Professor Snape's eyes.
He suffered a lot during his childhood and he has almost never received the care of others.
Finally met Lily Evans who became the only light in his dark and lonely life, but because of a series of accidents, he ended up causing her death instead.
Severus Snape, his life is full of unfortunate events.
At this moment, he could feel the care from his own students and was inexplicably moved.
He didn't expect that the students who always avoid him on weekdays would care about him so much.
Lucas didn't know that the old bat's imagination was working overtime beside him.
Facing Dumbledore's hesitation, he immediately showed the trump card in his hand.
"Headmaster, I think it's better to apologize and feel a bit of shame than to expose Professor Lupin's identity as a werewolf, right?"
Dumbledore looked at Professor Snape, thinking that he had leaked Lupin's identity.
"Don't look at Professor Snape, do you think that with my ability, I can't find out the identity of a simple werewolf?"
Thinking about it carefully, although the foundation of the Saints Group in England is still shallow, it was more than enough to investigate a single person.
Thinking for a long time, Dumbledore sighed: "How can you not reveal the identity of Professor Lupin."
"Headmaster, you really let me down, do you think I'm the kind of guy who grabs the handle and blackmails others?"
Not to mention the old bee, even Professor Snape, who was watching the show, showed a strange look in his eyes.
The eyes of the two of them seemed to say again: "Aren't you exactly that kind of person?"
Lucas coughed dryly and said: "Headmaster, if you can promise to give me a magic material."
"Not only can I keep the identity of Professor Lupin secret, but the apology is also negotiable. After all, the prestige of a professor is still very important."
Dumbledore hadn't spoken yet when Professor Snape's face turned gloomy.
Feeling the low air pressure coming from his side, Lucas turned his head and said: "Professor, we are all colleagues, and sometimes we should suffer a little bit of grievance."
Snape was angry in his heart, he realized that he was moved in vain just now.
Before, he kept saying that it represented the decision of all Slytherin students, but he changed his words the next moment to ask for benefits…
Professor Snape understood why Dumbledore found the blond boy so difficult to deal with.
Dumbledore was going to listen to the other party's needs first.
If it wasn't something too outrageous, this condition is not unacceptable.
Lucas looked at the phoenix Fawkes standing on the sycamore tree beside him. After several months of rest, it had almost recovered.
Dumbledore said clearly: "If you want the phoenix's tail feather, I have another one here, and I can give it to you."
"No, no, you misunderstood." Lucas stared at Phoenix and said.
"What I need is the blood essence of the Phoenix, I hope Professor Dumbledore will be a bit more generous."
Hearing Phoenix's blood essence, Dumbledore was completely stunned. Even Fawkes let out a cry, looking angrily at the person on the sofa.
Only Professor Snape was taken aback.
Phoenix's painstaking efforts are one of the main ingredients for brewing the Spirit Purifying Potion.
During the summer vacation, Lucas promised to find a way to collect the materials.
He didn't expect him to make such a big commotion. Apart from luring Dumbledore into a bait, he also wanted to collect materials.
But it is also right to think about it, the only phoenix in the world that's easy to locate is the one next to Dumbledore.
Lucas saw that Dumbledore did not reply for a long time.
Pulling Professor Snape to stand up, he said, "Headmaster, you can think about it slowly. It's already late, so I'll go back and rest first."
After that, he walked towards the door, muttering as he walked: "I don't know what's wrong recently, I always talk in my sleep in the middle of the night."
"If I accidentally tell someone's little secret, that person will probably suffer, especially today, since all the students are sleeping in the great hall."
While speaking, Lucas had already arrived at the spiral staircase and was about to walk down.
Dumbledore's weak voice came from behind: "Okay, I promise you."
"That's very nice of you, Headmaster."
Dumbledore ignored the annoying boy.
He came to Fawkes' side, stroked its head, and said something in a low voice.
It took a while, but Dumbledore finally walked over to the round table with a crystal vial.
A drop of Gold blood was floating in the vial.
This is the painstaking effort of a Phoenix, an extremely precious magic material.
Lucas put away the crystal vial and made a solemn promise.
"Headmaster, you can rest assured that I will never take the initiative to mention the secret of Professor Lupin to anyone."
"As for the apology, Professor Lupin should go to the Slytherin common room and apologize to our Head of House in front of everyone, what do you think?"
Dumbledore sighed and said: "Okay then, let's talk about another thing, Sirius Black and Harry Potter."
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