Newly Promoted Babysitter Snape

The Hufflepuffs had already broken up by the time they reached the fourth floor.

The Black Swan common room was still intact.

However, the four lying down looked ready to kill, while those standing stood there with strange expressions.

Division was the first word that came to Justin's mind.

He looked towards the Owl Court common room behind him, noticing several people at the entrance excitedly discussing what had just happened.

"Vincent had barely stepped inside before they obediently cleared a path..."

James slightly exaggerated the facts. "You know Marcus, who's like a Troll? He was so scared he dropped his wand and didn't even dare to resist!"

The Hufflepuffs knew he was exaggerating.

"Don't believe me? Ask Neville. Just a few moves, and Malfoy had no fight left in him."

"Really?" Hannah blinked her bright, large eyes.

Neville glanced over at a table in the corner.

Vincent was over there talking to Byron and the others, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

"Y-yes," Neville said timidly, touching his hands together. "Just like that, Malfoy and Zabini went down."

Ernie exchanged a look with Justin.

They had the result, but what was the reason?

James and Alfred grinned mischievously.

"You all know Vincent's personality, right?"

"We do."

"Last year, Neville was bullied, and he even retaliated against the girls."

Hannah's large eyes darted to another corner.

Pansy and Daphne once…

Huh? Boys weren't allowed in the girls' dormitories, so it could only be Hermione sitting across from them?

Didn't he hold grudges?

"That's what makes Vincent so terrifying," James said, lowering his voice as much as possible.

"Anyone who stands in his way, he'll clear them out."

Justin asked, not understanding, "Who was it this time?"

"Well~" James and Alfred both gave him a knowing look.

"Greengrass?"

"Shhh—"

"Could it also be Granger?"

James gave him a thumbs up, then lightly patted Neville's shoulder.

"They're girls, after all, and you weren't even hurt last time."

"Huh?" Neville scratched his head. "I always feel like you're implying something."

"How could someone standing at the apex of Hogwarts not have a girlfriend~"

Alfred quickly shook his arm, reminding him, "Don't say anymore, James, you're going to be in big trouble."

James seemed to sense something and turned around, seeing Vincent standing behind him with a smile.

"Ah—Vincent, how do you always manage to show up at the right time?"

"I cast a tracking spell on you. No matter where you hide in the world, I can hear all the bad things you say."

"Y-you're joking, right?" James felt a chill down his spine.

"Yeah," Vincent said, the smile on his face meaningful. "I've just been keeping an eye on you lately."

Neville and Alfred silently mourned for three seconds in their hearts.

Until dinner, there was a figure running around the castle.

Such a serious incident within the school could not be hidden from the headmaster, of course.

That evening after dinner, Dumbledore summoned the two heads of house.

Before they even entered the Headmaster's Office, they already had a rough idea of what had happened.

If Fred and George weren't spreading rumors, then the Black Swan had indeed acted unkindly this time.

Snape had nothing to say.

McGonagall didn't say much either, only telling him to manage his students properly and not let the same thing happen again.

"Compared to a greater benefit, he made what one might call an irrational choice."

Dumbledore said to himself, "To be able to do this much for a companion proves that he is indeed not influenced by Dark Magic."

Snape narrowed his eyes. "You want to use a Horcrux to lure him out?"

"If we can find an intact one."

McGonagall neither agreed nor disagreed.

In last year's Quirrell and this year's Lockhart incidents, Vincent played a crucial role.

On Voldemort's kill list, he wouldn't be much lower than Horace and Lucius.

Rather than live in fear, it's better to be bait.

As long as Vincent "unintentionally" exposes one of the Horcruxes to the public eye, Voldemort will most likely want to confirm the safety of the remaining Horcruxes as soon as possible.

It saves time and effort, so Snape naturally had no reason to object.

Since Dumbledore wasn't going to pursue today's events, the reason he called them over was interesting.

"Minerva, Vincent's safety is in your hands."

Snape's face was grave, and he felt that there would be more trouble to come.

"Severus, now that you know Harry has a piece of his soul—"

"No, Dumbledore!" he said, sounding agitated. "I will not be anyone's babysitter!"

Dumbledore chuckled softly. "Severus, you seem to have misunderstood.

Although he can no longer sense other soul fragments, Harry is not a Horcrux in the true sense of the word."

No matter how the situation changes, the possibility of Harry being affected will only increase.

Quirrell and Lockhart are examples.

Even if Voldemort doesn't know it now, he will definitely know it in the future.

If he wants to use Harry...

"Fine," Snape agreed.

He knew that Dumbledore wouldn't have time to teach anyone until he found the Horcruxes, and he also knew that Vincent couldn't teach anyone.

"Please do so as soon as possible, Severus."

Snape left without a word.

Occlumency is an alternative, before he's mentally prepared.

"Albus, I have some things to discuss with you," McGonagall said, glancing intentionally at the portraits of the former headmasters.

Dumbledore picked up the Elder Wand and waved it gently. "Speak, Minerva."

"It's about some news I just heard from an old friend..."

A well-known reporter from The Daily Prophet already knows what happened today.

According to her old friend's information, it seems that many people want to take the opportunity to make a fuss.

Lucius probably wouldn't dare, but Madam Zabini, who is about to get married for the seventh time, might not.

She possesses the beauty that drives men crazy, and she also possesses the vast inheritance of her six ex-husbands.

Her only son was beaten today. Can she swallow this insult?

Dumbledore gently pinched the space between his eyebrows.

Lucius and the other pure-blood lords might be concerned about their reputations, but Madam Zabini wouldn't care so much.

Vincent is still safe for the time being.

But the Greengrass Family...

"Minerva, please have that child come over here."

McGonagall nodded and left.

Everyone has moments of carelessness, and Dumbledore is no exception.

His opinion of Vincent has not changed, and he is even a little glad that such a thing could happen sooner rather than later.

As status and power increase, people often blindly believe in themselves.

At that time, small oversights can turn into fatal weaknesses.