"Andy ..." Ron had an odd look on his face.
Not to mention the fact that Andy's reason sounded like a blind lie to a child at first sound; simply put, between disgracing Snape now and beating Snape up severely later, Ron wanted to choose the former.
To beat up Snape and then not publicise it, what's the difference between that and a night out in luxurious Brocade?
Sooner or later, the word was going to get out anyway.
"Ron!"
Harry stopped Ron's antics, "Andy, I'm sure you have your reasons. We promise you that we will never reveal this to anyone."
"Thanks!" Andy patted Harry on the shoulder.
Ron spread his hands helplessly.
It was less fun, but what could he do when both of his friends had decided to hide this?
"Well, let's go back!"
Andy said, "Let's talk about what's going on when we get back."
The words were true, but in reality ... there was nothing that needed to be discussed.
After returning to the castle, Andy separated from Harry and Ron.
Although the two of them wanted to pry into Snape's inner secrets, this time Andy's mouth was very tight, and he didn't reveal even a single secret.
This battle with Snape had indeed benefited Andy greatly.
It could be seen that apart from some lethal spells, Snape had already used all his means, but he still fell into a disadvantage in Andy's hands.
Andy certainly knew how to use lethal spells as well!
So it wasn't like Snape was showing mercy.
And the purpose of Andy and Snape's duel is just to test his own strength.
The result is ...
If Andy and the fat cat Patronus join forces, the combat power does exceed Snape. But if it was just Andy alone, he felt that he would not be Snape's opponent.
But as Harry said, the Patronus Charm is also Andy's spell, and Andy fighting two against one isn't exactly bullying Snape.
However, this also meant that Andy had not reached the peak level of ordinary wizards, and compared to super-specialised wizards like Dumbledore and Voldemort, it was even further away.
'Still have to work hard!'
Andy sighed as he walked down to the underground floor.
Thump!
Andy knocked on the door.
After a moment of silence, the office door opened with a 'thump', the loud noise highlighting the owner's feelings of anger - anger that was clearly on the verge of consuming his sanity.
Snape was sitting behind his desk, a wand still raised in his hand.
He glared at Andy with a grimace on his face and gloomy eyes as he gritted his teeth and said, "Collins ..."
"Professor Snape, good morning."
Andy smiled and walked inside, closing the office door behind him smoothly, "I've already made a deal with Harry and Ron, and they won't publicise what happened today."
Snape: "..."
Well done on this one, but ... why do I get the feeling you're threatening me?
"What are you here for?" Snape asked impatiently.
"Professor, that flying magic spell ...," Andy tried.
When it came to flying, Andy could actually do it.
That was to have the fat cat Patronus use a levitation charm on himself.
Although magic was magical, magic also had to abide by certain laws of rules and regulations.
For example, a person could not levitate themselves up!
Andy could lift a car with a levitation charm, but he couldn't lift himself with a levitation charm.
A cleaning spell can clean up all the rubbish, but if something is not rubbish in your perception, then the cleaning spell won't take effect.
Because it is very difficult for a person to change his perception forcibly.
It's as if you see a rock, and you know that rock is inedible - you can't make yourself think that rock is edible, because that perception can't be changed.
So Snape's flying spell, truly, was unique in the magic world, and Andy was curious as to how he managed to do it.
"You want to learn?"
Snape revealed a sneer, "That is a spell invented by the Dark Lord, and he only taught it to me."
Andy: "..."
Voldemort huh ...
"Well ... if you're willing to teach me, I'm certainly willing to learn," Andy said with a straight face.
Snape was silent for a moment at that.
He thought that when he heard the name Voldemort, Andy would know better, but he didn't expect that Andy didn't care at all.
"I can't teach you," Snape said faintly.
Because once Andy used this spell, Voldemort would know that Snape had taught it to Andy.
This kind of thing was not so bad that Snape's identity would be exposed, but it would definitely lower Voldemort's trust in him.
Snape was still trying to extract information about the Horcruxes!
Voldemort's trust was important to him.
"Fine!"
Andy said with some disappointment, "Looks like this magic spell is out of my reach."
Snape gave Andy a death glare, "Collins ... if you have nothing else, I'm going to get to work."
That line!
Andy hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't say anything about the next duel.
After all, Snape was still angry.
It was better to wait for Snape's anger to subside before making an appointment with him for the next duel!
"Professor, if you're busy! I won't disturb your work." Andy wasn't prepared to stay and get in the way.
Walking out of the office, before Andy could close the door, Snape gave a sharp wave of his wand and the door to the office slammed shut with a 'bang', a loud bang still echoing in the underground floor.
Andy: "..."
'Ah...'
Stretching his back, Andy walked out of the underground floor with a leisurely look on his face, ready to go to the library to read a book for a while.
Due to his outstanding level in magic study, Andy had long ago obtained a restricted book section endorsement from Professor Flitwick - and it was also the kind of approval that could be used indefinitely with a single slip.
Because the second year's curriculum was no longer meaningful to Andy, studying on his own in the library was the only way Andy could gain knowledge at the moment.
Professor Flitwick naturally had no reason to hinder Andy.
Although ... this made Madam Pince very dissatisfied.
She had been paying attention to Andy for a long time.
Just look at the books Andy has read recently!
Either about souls, or about life, and occasionally books about magic transfiguration - these could be all considered evil dark magic.
The covers of those books are so twisted and distorted that just looking at them can give you heart palpitations.
If one were to say that Andy would turn into a dark wizard in the future, Madam Pince would not be surprised at all.
"Andy, I knew you would be here without a second guess." Just then, George and Fred suddenly found Andy.
Andy was surprised, "What can I do for you guys?"
"It's not us, it's Professor McGonagall looking for you," George said.
Professor McGonagall?
"Okay."
Andy said as he got up, "I'll go find her in the office."
Seeing that Madam Pince had noticed this side of the room, the Weasley twins ran out of sight in a flash.
Andy checked out the books and walked out of the library amidst Madam Pince's complicated expression.
Listening to the Voice of Dark Magic.
Madam Pince saw the title of the book.
Previously, the books Andy read still only touched on dark magic, but now it was so clear that it wasn't even covered up anymore.
Madam Pince felt that it was her duty to report this to Dumbledore.
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