Chapter 76: This Damned Reptile Belongs in Hell
Severus's gaze lingered on Gerald for quite a long time.
He felt some internal resistance toward Gerald.
Because as a Potions Master, he had been plagued for months by the potions brewed by this first-year student.
When it came to potions, he had never felt so defeated.
This encounter made Severus's tone sharper than usual.
"You're a first-year student, so why are you here?"
"He killed my father and grandfather, and my mother also died because of him. He has to pay the price," Gerald replied.
"You haven't answered my question, Mr. Green." Severus repeated, enunciating each word, "How did you appear here?"
"I told him the secret passage that leads here." Lupin spoke before Gerald, taking a step forward and half-shielding Gerald behind him, "I was teaching him Defence Against Dark Magic. We met at the Leaky Chaldron during the Christmas holiday. I looked at his magical proficiency and felt that the pacing of Hogwarts's curriculum was too slow for him, so I agreed to tutor him extracurricularly."
Severus fell silent for a few seconds, a trace of sneering appearing on his face.
"You? Teaching him Defence Against Dark Magic? To defend against whom?"
Lupin did not speak, knowing what Severus meant by those words.
He was a werewolf, so what was Defence Against Dark Magic used to defend against?
In Severus's eyes, the person in the entire Hogwarts who most needed to be defended against was him, Remus Lupin.
But Severus did not pursue this topic, turning around and walking out the door. A moment later, a silver-blue light brightened from outside the door.
Gerald poked his head out from the doorframe to look, just in time to see a silver-white doe leap from the tip of Severus's wand, its