Just as Professor McGonagall and the others thought that this year's criticism of Snape was about to fail like nearly every previous attempt, Snape unexpectedly leaned back against the sofa.
"I will... For this month, I'll talk less... and write more on the board."
"Of course... only for this month."
After saying that, Snape slowly rose to his feet and left the Professors' lounge.
This astonishing scene left every professor present completely dumbfounded.
"Did Dumbledore assign Snape some suicidal mission? This isn't like him at all!" Professor McGonagall murmured discreetly into Kayson's ear.
"I don't know... No, this feels off. I need to go ask." As he spoke, Kayson stood up and used Ender teleportation to reach Dumbledore's office.
"Dumbledore? Did you assign Severus some sort of mission?" Kayson asked.
Dumbledore, who had been watching the young wizards' Quidditch practice through the window, slowly turned around. "I did not... Why do you ask?"
Kayson took a deep breath and told Dumbledore how Snape had actually agreed to the other professors' request to stop talking so much trash in the Professors' lounge.
"Perhaps it is because of you." Dumbledore sat down on the sofa. "In a sense, you are now Severus's only friend. Your will and feelings hold a very important place in his heart," Dumbledore said unhurriedly.
"We can talk about that another time. What I want to know is, did you really not assign Severus some fatal mission that requires him to sacrifice his life?" Kayson asked again.
"Please believe me, I truly did not," Dumbledore said earnestly.
"...Oh, I overreacted a little... Sorry." Kayson slowly sat down.
Then he felt that simply sitting there was somewhat impolite. After thinking it over, he stood back up, intending to return to the Professors' lounge.
Before that, however, Kayson casually picked