Hogwarts: I Obtained the Paternal System

Tonks saw Darren's pale cheeks and the blood under Harry's nose.

"Malfoy beat us up..."

Harry spoke before Darren could answer. He had no intention of letting Darren lie.

Tonks believed him.

She angrily cursed Malfoy.

Then she hurried them back toward the school.

As soon as they arrived at Hogwarts, a figure carrying a lantern approached them.

Harry had thought Filch would be the one coming to find them.

But to his surprise,

it was Snape.

He looked coldly at Harry. "A new look? Our Harry Potter really is determined to stand out..."

"Professor, I'm here too! I'm right here!"

Darren interrupted Snape.

He practically shoved himself beneath Snape's nose.

Snape glared at him.

"My eyes aren't blind!"

"Then stop talking only about my brother!"

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"I simply find his blood-covered face rather startling!"

Snape said mockingly.

Harry could barely contain his hatred for Snape.

For some reason, even though he knew Darren had not truly argued with Snape and that it had all been an act, he still could not bring himself to like Snape.

He still believed Snape was suspicious.

Snape was only pretending to be a spy.

Snape had deceived Dumbledore. He was merely putting on a show.

That thought tormented him.

It left Harry with no goodwill toward Snape at all.

Of course, it was also because Snape truly did not look like a good person.

He desperately wanted to shout at Snape that Snape was Voldemort's lackey, but when he saw Darren, he held it in.

Darren did not like him saying things like that.

And Snape seemed to have finally realized just how powerful Darren was.

He also seemed unwilling