From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 194 Snape's Impatience
After Harry left the headmaster's office, Ivy talked to Dumbledore for a long time.

Including Voldemort's Horcruxes, the fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry's scar, the possible storage locations of the gold cup and locket, and even Dumbledore hinted to Ivy about Snape's position.

If Ivy had just met Dumbledore during the summer vacation before entering school, his trust in the headmaster was one.

That became five after the Golden Dragon Patronus was released beneath the Paris Opera House.

Now that Dumbledore had seen Ivy's phoenix with his own eyes, his trust level had directly reached ten.

In addition to the bonus of the Phoenix itself, perhaps part of the reason is that Ivy released a 5th-ring necromancy spell through the Philosopher's Stone to awaken the dead.

After all, Dumbledore had been pursuing the Deathly Hallows all his life, and now that the magic that could resurrect the dead was being performed before him, how could he not be tempted?

However, since Dumbledore had sworn to Snape not to tell anyone why he worked for the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore only hinted at Snape's position to Ivy.

As soon as Snape recovered from the pain of death, Dumbledore summoned Ivy and Harry for a truly frank talk, and the preliminary time was set after the Christmas holidays.

The Christmas holiday at Hogwarts is only two weeks and will be over in early January, so there is actually not much time left.

However, the one who was more anxious than anyone else was actually Snape.

As a person who had personally experienced death and returned to the world of the living, Snape deeply understood how magical Ivy's magic was.

"Severus?" Madam Pomfrey interrupted Snape's thoughts. "It's time to take medicine, vitality tonic and blood tonic. When Dumbledore brought you here yesterday, I was so scared! ... I have never seen you look so bad! I thought you were dead!"

Although the magic contained in the Philosopher's Stone can indeed bring the dead back to life and heal all wounds on the dead, it will not restore their life state to its original state.

That is to say, Snape only had 1 HP when he was resurrected. If he couldn't catch his breath, he would basically die. Not to mention that he had just seen Harry, the child of his old rival and his white moonlight, and lost half of his remaining breath. It would be strange if his face was not good.

Although Madam Pomfrey's potion was effective, just one day of recovery was not enough for Snape to be alive and well again.

"Hmm..." Snape sat up from the bed with difficulty, reached out to take the bottle from Madam Pomfrey, put it to his mouth and drank it all.

"Your eyes are full of bloodshot... Did you have a nightmare last night?" While he was drinking the potion, Madam Pomfrey leaned in to observe Snape's condition. "Even if the potion can replenish your vitality, your mind still needs rest. Perhaps I can give you some dreamless sleeping potion?"

Snape turned his face away and muttered something under his breath.

"Well, I'll take that as a 'thank you'." Madam Pomfrey straightened up and walked towards the door with the empty bottle.

However, just as she pushed the door open, she heard Snape's groan and the sound of something heavy falling to the ground from behind.

"Severus!" Madam Pomfrey put the tray aside, ran over to help Snape up, and said reproachfully, "You are too weak. You need to rest. You can't get out of bed and move around!"

"I must..." Snape struggled to get up, not even bothering to pick up his wand from the bedside table.

"Severus!" Madam Pomfrey was angry and anxious, but Snape was not a student, so she couldn't do anything to him. "You must go back to bed!"

"I know what I'm doing..." Snape had moved to the door, and he seemed to be re-taming his limbs.

"I'll tell the Headmaster!" Madam Pomfrey shouted after him.

Snape just snorted noncommittally and walked out, leaning against the wall. ————

Ivy was reading in an empty classroom when Snape, with a pale face, pushed the door and walked in.

"Professor?" Ivy was a little surprised. In the world view of DND, a resurrected person must go through at least four long rests before he can fully recover.

Only one day had passed, and Snape was already able to move freely.

"It was you who resurrected me..." Snape closed the door behind him and stared blankly at Ivy's face.

"Indeed." Ivy raised his eyebrows. "No need to thank me. Dumbledore has already paid for it."

"Pay the bill?" Snape's eyes flashed with a light of surprise. "That magic... has a price?"

"Of course." Ivy watched Snape's expression with interest.

"How much..." Snape's lips trembled as he whispered a word, "How much would it cost for you to resurrect someone?"

Snape's question reminded Ivy of the devil who liked to coax people into signing contracts, so he said with a wicked sense of humor: "Just a tiny bit of soul."

"How to pay?" Snape asked without hesitation, almost impatiently.

"I'm just kidding." Ivy waved his hand. He thought Snape would at least hesitate, especially after experiencing death.

"..." The expression on Snape's face froze, his face turned ashen, like a statue.

Ivy didn't dare to anger his Potions professor to death. What if Dumbledore forced him to teach Potions again?
"It's not difficult for me to resurrect a person. The cost is only 10,000 gold Galleons. However, this is a friendly price. If someone I don't know asks, the price will be a little higher, maybe 20,000 or 30,000." Ivy waved his hand and conjured up a chair with an armchair behind Snape, motioning him to relax.

Snape sat down, but his expression was still tense, and Ivy could see that he wanted an answer soon.

"Although I don't know who you want to resurrect, I guess he or she definitely didn't die in the last ten days?" Ivy asked.

"...So you can't resurrect someone who has been dead for more than ten days?" Snape's mind worked quickly and he immediately understood the purpose of Ivy's question.

"If the body has been well preserved and has been completely protected from decay, then it's fine." Ivy spread his hands. "Otherwise, forget it."

Snape's disappointment was visible as he lowered his head and slumped in his armchair.

After a long while, he asked softly, "Since you can revive people who have been dead for less than ten days, then people who have been dead for more than ten years can also be resurrected, right?"

Ivy pondered for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth: "In fact, I do know the magic to resurrect people who have been dead for a longer time, but I can't do it now."

Because those spells were not in Ivy's spell list, and he did not have the spell slots to cast the corresponding spells.

The reason why Ivy was willing to tell Snape the truth was to keep an expectation in his heart. Maybe in the distant future, this meritorious wizard of the Order of the Phoenix and professor of Potions at Hogwarts could be poached by him.

(End of this chapter)