Professor Snape's office remained unchanged from before; everything looked the same as when he had visited last year.
And as usual, there wasn't a second chair in the office; he liked it that way, with him sitting and others standing to listen.
"You're a Parseltongue?" Professor Snape asked directly from his chair.
"Yes, Professor."
Harry nodded, his back perfectly straight, a posture that made Professor Snape wrinkle his nose, seemingly quite displeased.
"It seems you quite enjoy the identity people bestow upon you, ha ha… the Heir of Slytherin," Professor Snape said grimly.
"I don't enjoy it, but I don't mind using it… and I've never admitted to that identity," Harry said with a smile.
"Arrogant, enjoying others' attention, thinking that by using this identity, you can capture the attention of the entire school, ha ha, just as I expected. It seems you don't realize what trouble using this identity will bring you in the current environment."
"Professor, I've never admitted it; I'll deny it. Of course, what they think is another matter!"
Bang—
Professor Snape slammed his hand on the desk: "Presumptuous! Withdraw from the competition! Parseltongue! What do you intend to do? Be a maverick pig?!"
"I'm just doing what I want to do," Harry nodded slightly.
He wasn't afraid of anything Professor Snape said, except for the matter of withdrawing from the competition.
After all, objectively speaking, it truly cost the house many points.
"I will do my best to make up the points and not let others pay for my actions."
These words were resounding, making Professor Snape grit his teeth in anger, yet unable to retort.
"Also, I want to nominate Remy Garrd as the team captain; Marcus Flint is not suitable for the position," Harry said again.
He couldn't help but nervously clench his hand; it wasn't really appropriate for him to say such things, but…
"Are you dissatisfied with my personnel decisions?" Professor Snape asked, crossing his arms.
Harry remained silent.
"If you had any sense, you'd know that one person cannot hold two positions," Professor Snape said calmly.
However, he had to make a decision now; this team was already falling apart and had to be reorganized, otherwise, the remaining matches this year couldn't continue.
At that point, it would truly become a joke.
"Then Michael MacChlery! He's responsible enough, I think he can do a good job."
"I don't care!" Professor Snape said, "I just want to win!"
"Then I can't guarantee it. You can continue to use Flint and recruit new players," Harry shook his head.
He didn't know why Professor Snape cared so much about these things.
Competitiveness? Or because he had nothing else to do…
"Don't randomly speculate about my thoughts," Professor Snape said calmly.
"You can use Legilimency?" Harry's heart skipped a beat; he had only seen Lord Voldemort and Dumbledore use this spell.
"I just need to look at your face to know what you're thinking," Professor Snape scoffed with a breathy sound.
"Sorry, Professor," Harry nodded, then asked, "What was the reason you called me here?"
…
Professor Snape was somewhat silent; what could he say when everything had already been said? Wasn't it just about Quidditch and Parseltongue?
When others made mistakes, they hid, afraid of being caught and punished.
When had he ever seen such openness!
This immediately made him uncomfortable; the more he looked at that face, the more annoyed he felt.
Soon, Harry was kicked out of the office by Professor Snape!
But just as he stepped out, he unexpectedly met someone.
"Hermione, what are you doing here!" Harry asked, somewhat surprised.
"Mr. Jones and Mr. Dumbledore lifted the ban after their inspection," Hermione quickly said, "So I came to find you. Malfoy said you were taken to the office."
As she spoke, she looked at the office door with lingering fear: "Professor Snape seems to really enjoy… targeting you."
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