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"Then I'll be frank, Professor Snape."

Dolly chose to lay her cards on the table: "I might make Malfoy pay a bloody price, but of course I won't let him join St. Mungo's, since I know potions and healing charms."

"But I can't guarantee whether it will have a psychological impact."

"As for the internal plans and arrangements of Hogwarts, I won't ask about them, but it's best not to let me get involved passively. That's all I have to say."

Dolly looked at Snape.

Just how much did Snape value Malfoy?

There are different interpretations of this.

One possibility is that Snape genuinely loved Malfoy, or even considered him Malfoy's godfather; otherwise, he wouldn't have made an unbreakable vow to protect Malfoy with his life.

You must know that once an unbreakable vow is broken, the person who made the vow will be burned to death by the flames of that vow, with absolutely no chance of survival.

Of course, there is another explanation.

That is, Snape approached the Malfoys purely to use their connections so that it would be easier for him to infiltrate Voldemort's inner circle again in the future.

After all, the Malfoys are the Death Eaters who are still relatively safe on the surface, and they are currently the most influential pure-blood family.

Furthermore, given that Snape and Lucius had become quite close during Snape's youth, maintaining this relationship became something Snape had to do.

Dolly wasn't particularly concerned about this issue.

Regardless of whether Snape truly likes the Malfoys, as long as Dolly doesn't harm them, she won't clash with Snape.

But now, Dolly has to take action against the Malfoys, or rather, against Draco Malfoy.

After saying that, Dolly stared intently at Snape, as if trying to read his emotions from his face.

However, Snape remained expressionless and continued brewing the potion.

In a sense, silence can also be considered a form of thinking.

This suggests that Snape's relationship with the Malfoys was not merely one of mutual benefit, or that Snape simply used the family as a tool for revenge.

If that's really the case, then Dolly might even start to doubt whether he truly cares about their master-disciple relationship.

Or perhaps Snape had sealed away or burned away all his feelings for Lily except for love, leaving only cold thoughts of revenge.

As it turns out, Snape was not a ruthless revenge machine.

Although he was close to sealing away his demonic powers in his quest for revenge, he was also filled with resentment towards education itself and the entire Gryffindor school.

But deep down, he still harbored some emotional attachments as a teacher or as a human being.

Dolly thought this was a good thing.

Otherwise, if Snape succeeds in his revenge but doesn't have a chance to die, wouldn't he be driven to suicide?

"Professor, give me a straight answer, is it going to work or not?"

"Otherwise, tell me about your teenage years with Lucius, and I might not be unable to accept it."

Snape rolled his eyes, silently rejecting the latter.

He wouldn't talk about that embarrassing experience.

As for Malfoy...

"You cannot use magic of an extraordinary level; that is my only condition."

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Chapter 207 Valentine's Day Plan.

Dolly agreed to Snape's request without hesitation.

Although Dolly verbally expressed her desire for revenge and took a very serious attitude, she had no intention of actually tormenting Malfoy to death.

This has nothing to do with kindness or weakness; it's simply that Dolly didn't want to break the law.

After all, if you break the law, the Ministry of Magic will come after you.

Unlike Harry, she doesn't have any protective charms, and might be punished directly by the muddle-headed Ministry of Magic.

Just like Sirius Black.

Of course, Dolly also wants to make Malfoy completely lose the will to challenge her, and preferably also let Malfoy's parents know the pain.

This way, at least until Voldemort actually appears, she can have a relatively quiet life at school.

After saying goodbye to Snape, Dolly had just left Snape's office when she saw Hermione and Cho Chang arriving together.

Both of them were clearly surprised by Snape's invitation to visit Dolly.

It was still early, so Dolly found a patch of grass and pulled the two of them aside to chat about ways to bully Malfoy.

While it's not impossible to bully Malfoy directly without any reason, and even the other houses besides Slytherin would applaud it.

Dolly still wanted to find a plausible reason, at least so that students outside of Slytherin wouldn't question her character.

"This matter is actually quite simple."

Cho Chang thought for a moment and said, "The whole magical world basically knows about your story of being teleported away by the Portkey."

"Although people don't completely believe the details of what happened, they certainly know your name now."

"That way, if you shout out the slogan of revenge, no one will think you are deliberately picking a fight."

"The only question is, why target Malfoy as an enemy?"

Dolly knew perfectly well why: Dobby was the prime suspect.

Should we directly point the finger at Dobby?

Dolly said she needed to think about it for a while before deciding whether to do it.

Dolly didn't have any ill feelings towards Dobby, the house-elf, and certainly didn't hate him.

Dolly even suspects that the reason she was thrown onto the snowy mountain instead of into the sea was because Dobby showed her mercy.

Of course, this suspicion can only be confirmed after meeting Dobby.

Secondly, Dobby died for Harry in his previous life, and even if this affection has nothing to do with Harry and Dolly in this life, Dolly can't bring herself to hate such a loyal and devoted house-elf.

The last one was something Dolly suddenly thought of.

If Dobby's fate was to be banished by the Malfoys, was it possible for him to become Dory's house-elf?

Although Dolly also has a house-elf named Spot, it's essentially an employer-employee relationship, and Dolly can only enjoy Spot's help while at Hogwarts.

But Dobby is different.

Once he becomes a free house-elf, he will ask wizards to hire him for Galleons.

And what Dolly happens to have the least shortage of is money.

Dobby's monthly salary was less than three hundred pounds, which was so low that Dolly wouldn't even bother picking it up if it fell on the ground.

In comparison, Dobby's strength and usefulness were something Dolly envied, because he could work in Dolly's Muggle family and, when necessary, act as a warrior to protect Dolly's parents.

Dolly's heart swelled with excitement at the thought.

The idea of ​​dealing with Malfoy became even more resolute.

However, the three of them still hadn't decided on the specifics of how to proceed.

School has just started, so everyone has plenty of time.

For the next few days, everyone attended classes obediently.

Cho Chang began his new year of Quidditch training, while Hermione applied to the Ministry of Magic for a Time-Turner.

Hermione originally wanted to keep it a secret from Dolly, because it was Professor McGonagall's requirement that the existence of the Time-Turner be kept strictly confidential from the beginning of the application process.

Hermione also learned of its existence from an old book in the forbidden section.

But Dolly is Hermione's closest roommate, so how could Dolly not be curious about Hermione secretly writing letters?

So Dolly sneaked up behind Hermione and took the letter while Hermione was blushing and screaming. By the time Hermione snatched the letter back, it was too late.

Although Hermione later pinched Dolly's face and pinned her to the bed, giving her a good beating, she could only ask Dolly to keep it a secret and pretend she hadn't seen the letter.

Dolly naturally agreed, since she had just been bullied by Hermione.

Dolly's eyes lit up when she saw the Time-Turner, remembering this powerful artifact.

Of course, Dolly couldn't say she had forgotten its existence.

It's safe to say that even if Dolly remembered, she wouldn't be able to get it.

The Ministry of Magic is well aware of the dangers of such a powerful device, so the Time-Turner is only used for specific purposes after passing rigorous tests and having a guarantor.

In addition, there are strict usage restrictions.

As for what exactly a time converter is, simply put, it's a device used for time travel, and it looks like an hourglass hanging on a gold necklace.

The number of times the hourglass is turned represents the number of hours that time is rewinding.

Starting in their third year, Hogwarts students will take some elective courses in addition to the existing curriculum.

Hermione, however, didn't want to miss any classes, which is why she set her sights on the powerful magical artifact, the Time-Turner.

Therefore, she started the application process, which lasted for six months before it was approved.

Hermione, who received her, initially lived a life of frantically studying, spending almost all her time in class.

The time converter simply allows you to allocate your time to the past, such as for classes with scheduling conflicts.

However, this will not save Hermione's time, but will also increase her fatigue by the same amount.

Therefore, Hermione's intense schedule of classes eventually led her to fall ill and begin to doubt the value of some of the courses.

For example, why would a wizard born into a Muggle family need to attend Muggle studies classes when the books contain knowledge that is decades or even a century out of date?

Hermione felt she could teach the professor in this course herself.

Then there's the Divination class. Hermione, who's more inclined towards rational thinking, simply couldn't understand the point of this class, which is also a reflection of her complete lack of talent.

After that, Hermione became less enthusiastic about using the Time-Turner.

After Hermione used the Time-Turner to help Harry save his godfather Sirius, she returned the Time-Turner to the Ministry of Magic.