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"F-Follower?"

A snake?

"You look surprised."

Hermione gave a bitter smile. "I am surprised. But I have no choice but to accept it."

Nagini, however, was in no mood to watch Hermione chat with Jon. She was more concerned with why Jon had come looking for her. "If you only came to persuade me to return to the forest, then forget it. I have my own matters to attend to, and I know my master has returned.

"I followed him for many years. I know how he deals with traitors, so I won't go back."

"I didn't come to talk to you about that today, so you can rest assured. As for my teacher... he has no time to deal with you right now. He has more important things to do. You aren't important."

The instant those words left his mouth, Jon clearly saw the change in Nagini's expression.

Sure enough, no matter how well she spoke of it, she still cared deep down.

"Is that so? But what does that have to do with me? I no longer have any chance of going back."

"That wouldn't be inaccurate. You truly have no chance of going back, because the Dark Forest will no longer welcome you. After all, you are a traitor who left with Voldemort, even if it may not have been your intention."

Jon's words carried a deeper meaning.

Nagini had no good reputation in the Dark Forest now. Her past was pitiful, and the dark wizards had pitied her as well. During her years in the Dark Forest, they had taken great care of her. But in the end, they could not withstand the blood curse within her. Once she completely transformed into a snake, she could no longer resist the command of Parseltongue.

But.

Though Parseltongue