"Mm, good night, Harry."
Professor Snape still looked just as gentle as he waved to Harry.
"Tomorrow evening, seven o'clock again. Don't forget."
Clearly, Snape was taking this seriously...
Sure enough, Harry's strategy had been right.
Snape in the original story had been nasty and vile, but what did that have to do with the current female Severus?
There was no point deliberately following the original story's path and opposing Professor Snape just because of impressions from the original, hehehe...
See? Getting along with Professor Snape had plenty of benefits, didn't it?
Snape wasn't teaching a student at all.
This really was treating Harry like a biological son...
It was understandable, though.
After all, Lily had been Snape's only love, and she had later let her go.
The current Snape was unmarried and childless, so Harry, who resembled Lily, naturally became Snape's only outlet for affection and guilt...
Understandable, perfectly understandable.
"All right."
Harry nodded and waved to Professor Snape, his figure gradually disappearing from sight.
Only the vivid green light remained, continuing to flicker in Snape's office...
It was hard to tell whether it came from candles or oil lamps. In any case, Snape's long hair was no longer in a tidy bun, but hung loose.
Under the green light, Professor Snape's face looked increasingly sinister...
Watching Harry's figure gradually disappear, Professor Snape dropped the gentle expression and strode back into his office.
"I'll be tutoring Harry in the evenings. I hope that Quirrell doesn't go looking for death..."
"Someone tripped the ward I placed in the Third Floor Corridor today, and it seems it was Quirrell, whom I drove out of Ravenclaw Tower..."
"I'll take another look at mealtime tomorrow. Also, when I have a chance tomorrow, I need to put a ward outside Harry's door to keep