The Teenage Ghost-Zhou Yi

"Professor Snape! Professor Dumbledore! Professor Potter!" Zacharias woke with three startled cries, seemingly having forgotten everything that had happened in the dream.

"Someone just ambushed me! They even tortured me with a vicious curse!

But I was unyielding and sharp-eyed, and I still discovered their identity!"

"Please call me Professor Evans. And go on." Lily turned her head and raised an eyebrow.

"He's a member of the Harry Potter Club! I hope the professors can—" Zacharias's mouth fell shut. Following the gazes of the other two professors, he looked toward the cupboard. "Hufflepuff's Golden Cup!"

The greedy expression on his already rather unattractive face made him look somewhat disgusting.

He pointed straight at the Golden Cup. "That belongs to the Smith family! It's mine! I'm telling my father!"

"Hmph!" Snape swept a cold glance over Zacharias. "Hogwarts has always kept a written document.

It was left behind by Helga Hufflepuff, one of the Four Founders.

Her will stated that the Golden Cup was to remain in the kitchen, to assist the House-elves and lessen their workload.

But in the end, your ancestor stole it.

He went against his own grandmother's final wishes.

The previous headmasters did not pursue the matter only because you were also descendants of Hufflepuff."

"Lies! They're all lies! You just want to seize our family's property!" To Lily's astonishment, Zacharias lifted his head and launched into a tirade against Snape.

Snape was also very surprised.

What surprised him was that a student actually dared to talk back to him.

Especially Zacharias, who had spent nearly the entire first half of the term in detention in his office.

"Lily, watch carefully.

This is how you deal with students like him." Snape flicked his wand. "Tongue-Tying Curse!"

Zacharias covered his mouth and began to mumble incoherently.

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