This Little Wizard Ate Well

In an instant, Kane chose the latter between running away at top speed and obediently fetching Bezoars for Snape.

What else could he do? Who knew why Snape could see through the Cloak of Invisibility's disguise so easily?

He quickly placed two Bezoars beside Snape. Once Snape crushed them into powder with magic and added them to the cauldron, a fresh batch of potion was ready.

Kane raised his brows. He truly felt that he could start making a run for it now. After all, Snape had asked him to fetch potion ingredients, and he had done exactly that. Surely it would not be unforgivable if he ran away now?

Just as he was about to act, Snape reached out, precisely located where Kane was standing, judged his height by sight, grabbed the Cloak of Invisibility over his head, and yanked it off.

"Hello, Professor." Kane grinned at Snape. It was only because he knew Harry's Cloak of Invisibility had been passed down by Harry's father. Otherwise, he might have thought Snape had passed it down himself.

"Put the snake skin back, then you may leave." Snape did not say much upon seeing Kane. Perhaps he was grateful that Kane had avoided him in every class this year and had not caused any trouble to test his fragile nerves.

So this time, he would let him off lightly.

"Okay..." Kane nodded and casually headed toward the window.

"I said, put the African Tree Snake skin back."

Kane, who had been inching toward the windowsill, suddenly stopped. "Professor, how about I buy it with Galleons?"

"Five points from Gryffindor." Snape did not engage with him and simply kept deducting points.

Just as Kane was considering the odds of forcibly escaping and immediately finding Gilderoy Lockhart to give Snape a little memory-loss