"Master, this is the full content of the Dependence Connection Ritual." Snape set down the quill in his hand and presented the parchment to Voldemort.
Voldemort took the parchment, but he did not immediately look through its contents. Instead, he kept staring at Snape. "Severus, you haven't hidden anything, have you?"
"I've written down everything I remember!" Snape's tone was utterly certain. "Master, I would never dare hide even the slightest thing from you!"
"Master, if you are still uneasy, please give me a little more time! Once I return, I'll write to Vizet at once and have him write down all the details of the Dependence Connection Ritual!"
"Oh?" Voldemort raised an eyebrow, his long, spider-leg-like fingers pressing against the parchment. "Severus, you seemed to have just said... that you weren't interested in Animagus."
"And now you want to write to Vizet Lovegood and have him write down the details of the Dependence Connection Ritual." There was a hint of amusement in his tone. "Could it be... that he wouldn't suspect you?"
"I don't think he would," Snape said. "For him, he is happy to share this knowledge."
"Heh!" Voldemort gave a cold laugh. "Severus, it seems you not only understand him very well... he also trusts you a great deal!"
Snape lowered his head even further, his brows knitting together.
He did not quite understand what Voldemort meant by that, so he simply brought up the parchment bearing the Dependence Connection Ritual again. "Master, please examine it first!"
"I will read it!" Voldemort answered in an icy voice. "Severus, you may go back."
"Since you're still staying at Spinner's End, and Flourish and Blotts will be sending parcels there... use owls to contact me from now on!"
Snape let out a breath of relief. "Master, please allow me