Professor Snape had wanted to expose Li Wei, but when he remembered what Li Wei had said and compared the level of trust the young wizards had in him versus Li Wei...
He gave up on the idea, unwilling to make a fool of himself.
Professor Snape felt no regret over not being trusted or favored. His teaching style in Potions had been his own choice.
That he was neither welcomed nor trusted by the young wizards was the inevitable result.
But back then... when he had been at school, what if he had chosen a different path with Lily?!
What if he had not become obsessed with the Dark Arts?
What if he had not uttered that damned insult?
What if he had not chosen to follow Voldemort?
What if he had not overheard that prophecy and told Voldemort about it...
Too many what-ifs, too many forks in the road to choose from!
Yet he had chosen the very path that filled him with unbearable regret, that he would regret for the rest of his life, the path that made him wish he had died sooner!
Now that he knew Harry Potter was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Professor Snape knew that this time, he had no choice!
According to the prophecy and Dumbledore's arrangements, he had to let Harry Potter die once at Voldemort's hands, and he also had to let Harry Potter defeat Voldemort!
He had no other choice. This was his duty, and also his crime and punishment!
The young wizards gathered around Li Wei were easily dispersed by the professors.
The launch of the Campus Network had become an established fact. There was no room for them to refute, oppose, or resist it!
"It's over. I'm finished!"
Ron, who remained where he was, seemed to dim