HP: At the beginning, I influenced Snape's childhood.

During this month or so, Lockhart would occasionally run into Lin Mo. Although Lin Mo didn't attend Lockhart's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he was afraid that Lockhart would come looking for him every day. To avoid trouble, he made things very clear with Lockhart.

Later, Lockhart gradually gave up amidst the praise he received from most of the young wizards, because almost everyone who praised Lin Mo was subtly criticizing him.

Having finally come to terms with this reality, Lockhart distanced himself from Lin Mo, while the young wizards at Hogwarts who were still taking Defense Against the Dark Arts were suffering terribly, because Lockhart's lessons weren't just useless, they were utterly useless.

The longer Lockhart spent in school, the more students criticized him, especially the young wizards who had important exams to take that year.

Even though Lin Mo didn't need to take Defense Against the Dark Arts class, the young wizards weren't particularly envious of him, because they discovered that Lin Mo was going to be a teaching assistant in Potions class and grade their potion homework.

Their answer was obvious—Lin Mo preferred to stay with Snape rather than attend Defense Against the Dark Arts class. But the other young wizards lacked the courage, and even if they did, they wouldn't succeed.

After the four-person group investigated the petrification incident for about half a month, Harry and Draco were about to start playing Quidditch. So, during that half month, they also took almost a week off to practice Quidditch with their team.

The familiar clash between Slytherin and Gryffindor was palpable. Lin Mo sat near the professors' table, and Professor Flitwick saw him and waved.

Seeing this, Lin Mo walked over to Professor Flitwick's side. Professor Flitwick gestured for him to sit down. The surroundings were somewhat empty, perhaps because Snape was sitting not far away.

Lockhart was giving a long, rambling lecture to the professors in the distance. Although no professors were listening to his nonsense, the people around him were his loyal fans, who kept their eyes fixed on him. For the past two months, they had remained steadfast in their support of Lockhart.

Frivi's intentions were clearly not what they seemed. He casually chatted with Lin Mo about his recent studies for a bit and then fell silent, leaving Lin Mo somewhat confused.

Wanting to test whether Professor Flitwick had anything else he didn't know, Lin Mo got up to leave: "Professor, if you have nothing else, I'll head back over there."

"You can sit here," Frivi's short frame stopped Lin Mo, trying to persuade him. "There are fewer people here on the professor's bench, and the view is better. It's more comfortable for you to sit here than over there."

As he spoke, Flitwick secretly glanced at Snape not far away. Lin Mo took in Flitwick's gaze and was somewhat puzzled, thinking, "What does Professor Flitwick keeping me here have to do with Mr. Lin? It seems Mr. Lin doesn't know about this."

However, Lin Mo knew that Professor Flitwick didn't have any ulterior motives, so he nodded and sat back down.

Soon the Quidditch match began, and the Slytherin students continued to use dirty tricks as always, while the Gryffindor Weasley twins' skills remained excellent.

Wood, the captain and goalkeeper of the Gryffindor team, also performed exceptionally well, and his dashing appearance drew cheers and shouts from the young wizards in the audience.

Draco and Harry, on the other hand, seemed a little absent-minded. Lin Mo looked at the two children who had become a couple in his heart. Perhaps they were still thinking about the petrification. The two looked at each other.

The golden thief flying swiftly through the sky looked particularly lonely and forlorn.

The Slytherin players' shameless behavior also aroused the indignation of the young wizards in the audience. In addition, the Slytherin students' reputation was not very good to begin with, so even the neutral Ravenclaw and the gossipy Hufflepuff were biased towards Gryffindor.

The young wizards in the audience were making a lot of noise, and Lin Mo could vaguely hear them hurling insults at Slytherin from a distance.

With Lin Mo's keen hearing, he could naturally hear what the young wizards were saying, but the others couldn't hear him at all. Lin Mo turned to look at Snape, whose brows were furrowed as usual.

It seemed that the Slytherin headmaster already knew what the young wizards were thinking without even hearing their opinions; Snape's face remained expressionless.

Lin Mo couldn't discern whether Snape's complex personality meant approval, disapproval, or helplessness regarding Slytherin's actions. But regardless, he was certain Snape didn't want Gryffindor to win.

Watching the Slytherin players employ a chaotic and insidious array of tactics, Lin Mo understood that sometimes, any means are justified in the pursuit of victory, but such behavior should not be tolerated in a fair competitive match.

He figured that Harry and his father had equally strong Quidditch talent, and regardless of whether Draco was actually involved or not, he had no chance of beating Harry. And the Golden Snitch was basically the deciding factor in a Quidditch match.

Lin Mo originally thought that Snape would hate the sport, so he didn't plan to become a Quidditch player. Besides, he was a student of two houses, so whether he could succeed in Quidditch was one thing, but even if he could, he would probably need to participate in Quidditch training for both houses.

Lin Mo wasn't really interested in this, and he also found it too troublesome, so he had no intention of joining the Quidditch team. However, he was well aware of Snape's desire to be number one.

It wasn't that Snape was particularly opportunistic, but rather that for Slytherins, victory proved their ability, and for their ambitions, they were willing to use any means to achieve their goals.

So Lin Mo was considering whether or not to ask Professor Flitwick and Snape about his desire to participate in Quidditch.

As Lin Mo pondered, the match was drawing to a close. Amidst the chaotic noise, Harry caught the Golden Snitch, fell off his broom, and everyone rushed towards Harry in the center of the arena.

Seeing Snape suddenly stand up, Lin Mo also quickly ran towards Harry, because Lin Mo noticed that Lockhart had finished his speech and was hurriedly running towards Harry on the other side.

Because the place was quite far away and there were many young wizards in between, even though Lin Mo ran much faster than Lockhart, Lockhart still beat him to it.

Sensing something was amiss, Lin Mo secretly slipped away to a secluded spot where no one was watching. Lockhart knelt beside Harry, lifted his arm, took out his wand, and was about to say something.