Snape was momentarily speechless.
This was a truly heartbreaking situation.
To be fair, although Andy's Patronus Charm was tricky, Snape didn't think he couldn't defeat him – but that was only if Andy's strength was still at the same level as the last time they fought.
However, several months have passed since then!
Thinking about Andy's unscientific rate of strength improvement, Snape decided to change the subject.
"Where's the Resurrection Stone?" Snape asked as calmly as he could.
Andy took the Resurrection Stone out of his pocket and placed it on the coffee table.
"This is it," Andy said indifferently.
Snape's gaze was completely captivated by the Resurrection Stone. If this black stone was really the Resurrection Stone, then he could see Lily again.
Lily...
He had so much he wanted to say to Lily.
Where should he start?
At one point, Snape wanted Lily to study dark magic with him. But if he could do it all over again, he would give up dark magic and his meaningless ambitions for Lily.
After losing Lily, Snape once felt that life had no meaning.
To this day, the only reason Snape can go on living is to protect Lily's child, the child he feels such disgust for.
Andy's pupils dilated!
Andy never thought that Snape was still in love.
This is outrageous!
If you put Snape in a romantic drama...
No! Andy can't imagine that scene.
"Professor?" Andy reminded him softly.
Snape came back to his senses. He looked at Andy and asked, "Where's the potion?"
"Well..."
Andy said, weighing his words, "Professor, before I get the potion out and tell you the secret of the Resurrection Stone, I want to make an unbreakable vow with you."
"I have to make sure you keep my secret!"
Snape looked at Andy with gloomy eyes. Andy thought he would say something, but he only said one word – yes!
"Wait!"
Andy said and went downstairs to bring Helen up.
Helen still had some recollection of Snape, after all, he was the ultimate villain during her school days.
But Snape had no recollection of Helen.
Back then, Snape only had eyes for Lily, dark magic, and his sworn enemies, the Gryffindor four bullies.
As for Helen...
Who would possibly remember a mere spectator?
"Let's get started!" Helen said.
Andy nodded, then glanced at Snape.
Snape stood up from the sofa with a gloomy face.
It was quite ceremonial when making an unbreakable vow.
Andy and Snape knelt face to face, clasping each other's right wrists with their hands. Helen took out her wand and tapped it on the hands that Andy and Snape were holding.
After doing all this, Helen glanced at Andy.
Andy spoke in a calm tone, "Severus Snape; after I tell you the secrets about the Resurrection Stone and the potion, are you willing to keep all my secrets and not reveal them in any way?"
Snape's face was expressionless, "I am willing!"
The vow is established!
A thin, dazzling flame shot out of Helen's wand, like a red-hot wire, and wrapped itself around the hands of Andy and Snape, who were holding hands.
"Thanks for all your hard work, Mum," Andy said.
"So..."
Helen looked around, "I don't think I'll be needed here anymore, so I'll be going home now. Andy, don't forget to come home for dinner tonight."
Andy immediately said, "Okay, I'll walk you out!"
After saying this, Andy quickly accompanied Helen downstairs.
Snape: "..."
In fact, when they just made the unbreakable vow, Andy deliberately played a trick.
Andy would only tell Snape the secret of the Resurrection Stone and the potion, but he asked Snape to keep 'all' his secrets.
In other words, from now on, Snape cannot mention Andy's secrets to anyone.
However, it was obvious that Snape didn't care about that.
After seeing off Helen, Andy returned to the private room on the second floor.
"Professor, this is the potion,"
Andy took out the crystal vial and explained, "This is the potion I obtained in the Department of Mysteries' Brain Room. I would like to ask you to analyse the ingredients and effects of this dark green potion."
Snape looked at Andy with some surprise.
Although he is a loner, he is not ignorant of the outside world. What's more, the Ministry of Magic being invaded has been reported in the newspapers for several days.
"The person who invaded the Ministry of Magic... was you?" Snape didn't know what to say.
This is no longer just daring.
This is reckless!
Even Voldemort would never have dared to do such a thing when he was a student.
The most important thing is that he came out alive.
"Do you know why I went to the Department of Mysteries?"
Andy asked and then answered his own question: "The Department of Mysteries has a room called the Death Chamber. And the Resurrection Stone is a Deathly Hallow..."
"Don't you think there's a connection between them?"
"I went to the Death Chamber ... with the Resurrection Stone."
Snape looked grave, already sensing what Andy was going to say next.
"In the stone pit inside the Death Chamber, there is an archway with a black curtain hanging from it."
Andy continued, "When I approached the archway with the Resurrection Stone, the stone absorbed the power behind the curtain."
"I think that was probably the magic of death."
"Professor, do you remember the story of the Three Brothers? The second brother who obtained the Resurrection Stone felt as if there was a veil between him and the one he loved."
"I used to think that this 'veil' was just an adjective until I saw the curtain on the archway."
"Maybe the Resurrection Stone can really bring the souls of the dead back to life, so that... we can use the power of magic to create a new body for them – just like Voldemort."
"But the curtain keeps the souls of the dead from actually coming to the real world where we are."
With that, Andy spread his hands, "That's the secret of the Resurrection Stone."
Snape's face was full of uncertainty as he asked, "What is behind the curtain?"
"I didn't see!"
Andy said helplessly, "In fact, I was afraid to lift the curtain even a bit."
"When the Resurrection Stone absorbed the magic of death, I felt a cold that went to the core of my soul. That cold even froze my thoughts, and I almost died because of it."
Snape glanced at Andy and chose to believe him.
He might not be able to prove anything else, but the dark green liquid and the brain soaking in it... If there was one place where these things could be obtained, then it must be the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic.
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