He Suspects He's Useless!!

He suddenly felt like the third wheel in someone else's relationship.

Even now, he still wasn't quite sure whether Voldemort and Bellatrix had ever been in a relationship.

Maybe they'd just slept together? Darren thought silently.

At that moment, Snape interrupted his thoughts.

"Tomorrow, you'll return to Slytherin for classes. Slytherin hasn't abandoned you because of your betrayal..."

Darren looked at him coldly...

"You killed me!"

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

Snape was silent for a moment.

He continued, "The Sorting Ceremony has already passed. You've advanced to seventh year. You should understand your own..."

"You killed me!"

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

Snape fell silent.

He changed the subject again.

"You have no magic, so just attend class and listen.

"I advise you not to talk back to your professors. They won't be as kind to you as I am."

Kind.

"So if I talk back, they'll kill me?"

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

Snape's chest rose and fell twice.

Then he calmed down.

With hollow eyes, he said, "The Dark Lord has given orders. He won't let you die!"

"I know. You're using me as bait. Do I need to thank you for that? Do you think I'll beg you like Dumbledore did?

"Severus, please..."

[Ding, Paternal Points +100]

Snape raised his hand, his face livid. Darren thought he might get hit.

But Snape lowered his hand.

"I advise you to behave yourself. Otherwise, you'll be the one who suffers!"

Darren fell silent.

True enough.

It wouldn't be good if he actually got slapped.

A wise man submitted to circumstances.

He was here to live, not to get beaten up.

Even if he got beaten, there had to be Paternal Points in it. What was the point of only Snape giving him Paternal