Hogwarts: This fairy tale is too eerie

The bats are talking.

Thor paid no heed to the sarcasm and hostility in Snape's tone.

He opened the ticking pocket watch and saw the hands on the dial spinning rapidly.

The silhouette of the rabbit changes, but its shape never becomes fixed.

This means there are unformed fantasy entities nearby.

Thor's breathing quickened, a glint of light appeared in his misty gray eyes, and his heartbeat accelerated!

"Perhaps you think you're so great that you can ignore the professor standing before you. Is that so, Mr. Saul Green?"

A chilling voice rang out, and Thor looked up to meet the furious face of the "Black Bat" in front of him.

He paused, put away his pocket watch, and said sincerely, "How could that be, Professor? I'm overjoyed to see you!"

I didn't expect to find another lost fantasy entity so quickly!

Snape: "..."

There's no need to do that.

Looking at Saul's smiling face, he felt a chill for some reason, sensing a strange sense of benevolence within it.

It's like looking at a hatchling chick.

...He has no manners and is indeed as arrogant and conceited as the rumors say.

Snape glanced at Dumbledore, who was standing next to Thor, out of the corner of his eye.

A pair of dark eyes stared straight at Thor, and without hesitation, he used Legilimency!

The world is not as black and white as in fairy tales, but at times, someone needs to play the "bad guy".

The Green family disappeared hundreds of years ago.

Like ink absorbing from a register, the name "Green" vanished along with those horrifying legends, as if it had never existed.

Even the Black and Malfoy families, who pride themselves on their long history of pure-blooded heritage, probably only vaguely knew the surname "Green".

And now, a child claiming to be "the last of the Green family" has suddenly appeared.

He possesses unimaginable and bizarre magic, and an immeasurable fortune.

He performed his duties in the magical world as if no one else was around, like an anomaly that should never have appeared, stirring up secrets buried deep in the mud and sand.

Dumbledore could warmly invite the child to Hogwarts and join the "white wizards' camp" for protection.

But Snape must find out what secret this child is hiding and whether he will pose a threat to ordinary students.

His thoughts easily pierced through those gray eyes and invaded the mind of this descendant of the Green family.

Snape didn't see anything wrong with it.

If he can't even break through a child's brain, then he might as well not be a double agent at all and just try to eat Voldemort instead.

"Let me see what little secrets you're hiding..."

Snape searched with a mixture of wariness and curiosity.

As a black magic master, he was also very curious about Thor's wonderful magic.

Perhaps this is the moment to uncover the secrets of the Grimm family in one fell swoop... a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the entire magical world!

However, a thick gray fog enveloped everything.

There is no road ahead, and no passage back.

Just as Snape was wavering between "Is Thor an idiot?" and "Could the Grimm family have taught some kind of powerful Occlumency technique?"

A soft laugh seemed to come from afar.

Followed by.

A magnificent display of golden light!

Like passing through a tunnel and seeing the exit, a brilliant and dazzling golden light enveloped Snape's mind!

He stared in shock, his eyes wide, and looked up at a magnificent library that was slowly opening its doors to him!

Towering bookshelves stood in neat rows, but most of them were empty, with only a few books scattered around.

At the edge of the library is a staircase leading to the second floor.

However, the staircase seemed to have been abandoned, collapsing into two sections in the middle, with the dilapidated ruins hidden beneath the vast expanse of ground visible in the distance.

"W-What's going on...?!"

It doesn't feel like a memory; rather, it feels like something that truly exists in the mind or soul!

But this has never happened before!

Wasn't he using Legilimency? What's this doing to him?

Snape looked around in surprise and wariness, his gaze sweeping over the bookshelves, a surge of barely suppressed excitement welling up inside him!

In the end, Thor was just a little kid who hadn't even grown up yet, and he was very easy to deal with.

He will personally unveil the secrets buried by the Green family for centuries.

Just then.

Suddenly, as if hooked by a fishhook, Snape glanced inadvertently at a bookshelf.

In an instant, the gaze froze!

As if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head, he saw a very familiar red-haired figure on the cover of a book!

"L...?"

In an instant.

What about exploring the secrets of the Grimm family, and unraveling the principles of Thor Grimm's dark magic?

They all disappeared.

At that moment, Snape had only one thought in his mind—

That is to get this book!!!

Just as he took a step forward.

Suddenly, a slight pull came from behind and grabbed his robe.

Snape turned his head and saw a petite figure with her back to him.

Her head was wrapped in a tattered headscarf, and she wore a thin, patched dress. You could vaguely see that she was clutching a box of matches in her hand.

...Why was this girl turning her back to him and tugging at his clothes just now?

The moment doubt arose in Snape's mind.

"boom!"

The marble floor beneath my feet shattered with a crash!

"No--!!"

Snape's eyes widened in horror; his body, or rather his consciousness, could not resist the descent, pulling him away from the magnificent library.

He hasn't received that book yet!

Snape resisted stubbornly, and at the end of his vision, he saw the thin little girl who had been facing away from him slowly, very slowly, turn around...

"Aaaaaah!!!"

When he regained consciousness, Snape found himself collapsed on the ground, screaming in agony.

Dumbledore bent down and half-squatted in front of him.

Gone was his earlier composure and calmness; now his face was solemn, he gripped his wand, pointed it at his trembling body, and muttered incantations.

"How is it, Professor?"

An elegant and serene voice rang out.

Snape instinctively flinched and looked up, still shaken.

He met a pair of smiling gray eyes that looked down at everything, as if they had expected it all along.

What exactly happened?

What on earth is that eerie girl clutching the match?!

Even in Voldemort's lair, Snape had never encountered anything so illogical or bizarre.

And that book...

Emotions welled up uncontrollably, and in the stagnant atmosphere, the ticking of the needle in Saul's pocket became louder and faster.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock!"

—A fantasy entity, in the making.

The moment of recovery is drawing closer.

Thor smiled with pleasure, raised his hand to remove his black top hat, and said:

"You see, Professor, you're a bit too hasty. I haven't even introduced myself yet."

"My name is Saul Green, the last descendant of the Green family, and the current librarian."

As Thor spoke, a slender, pale severed hand emerged from the top hat.

However, what was being held in the severed hand was not a business card, but an elegantly designed black invitation.

Thor looked at Snape's wide eyes and smiled slightly:

"Professor, have you found the book you're looking for in the library?"

"..."

Snape opened his mouth, unable to say anything for the first time.

He then realized that it wasn't that he had successfully invaded Saul's mind, but rather that Saul had "agreed" to his entry.

Just like a host inviting a guest into the house.

Otherwise, he would have been left to wander in that thick gray fog.

It turns out that from beginning to end, he never "broke through" Saul Green's Occlumency technique, let alone any "secret within reach".

".......Oh."

Snape smiled.

—Damn it, the third generation of Dark Lord has attacked, hasn't he?