Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 114 An Unexpected Reason! A Disheveled Snape!

"Enough! Assistant Dursley! You can doubt me, but please don't target Professor Snape. Professor Snape is innocent!"

Suddenly, Eckeris, who was lying on the hospital bed, sat up with a look of anxiety on her face and changed her sitting position.

Her eyes were filled with tears, and her expression was earnest and anxious.

Anyone could hear the strong sense of protectiveness she was showing towards Snape in her words.

The verbal sparring between Dudley and Snape temporarily ceased, and their first reactions were remarkably similar: both looked at Ecclesia in surprise.

However, unlike Dudley, he quickly figured out Eckeris's plan.

He had seen Ecclesia's hidden memories and knew about the seduction method Voldemort's main soul had provided to her, but he really didn't expect that Ecclesia would think of and use such a crooked trick at this time.

He had already given Ecclesia a way to defend herself. She could have said that she went to the Forbidden Forest to catch dark creatures for her classes, accidentally encountered a herd of unicorns, and had a misunderstanding and conflict. Wouldn't that have been better?

He really couldn't understand this woman's thought process!

Meanwhile, Snape was completely baffled by Ecclesia's inexplicable reaction.

At this moment, he was unaware of the inside story, unable to comprehend Eckeris's motives, and had no idea what she would say or do next.

He could only frown, keep a straight face, and stare coldly at the pretentious Eckeris.

"Professor Ecclesia, what are you yelling about for no reason? Why are you so protective of Snape? Is he your brother or your father?"

Dudley saw through some of Ecclesia's intentions, but it didn't affect his ability to use his mouth effectively.

He knew that the more suspicious he and Dumbledore were of Ecclesia, the more Ecclesia would believe that her great secret had not been exposed, and thus continue to lie low with peace of mind.

At this moment, apart from Dumbledore, Hagrid, and Filch, everyone else in the faculty and staff present felt disgusted by Dudley's vulgar words and instead felt pity for Ecclesia, who looked frail and sickly.

Well, there is one exception: Snape didn't have any extra feelings for Ecclesia, but he was extremely disgusted with Dudley.

This is human nature; those who appear weak, pitiful, and like victims are always more likely to win the sympathy of those who are unaware of the truth.

If this seemingly weak and pitiful person is also charming, beautiful, and attractive, then it's an even more lethal attack.

Ecclesia understood this principle well and was very good at using it.

At this moment, her expression was extremely complex, showing sadness and dejection at hearing Dali's vulgar words, shyness of a young girl in love, and hesitation and entanglement about whether or not to tell the 'truth'.

It whetted everyone's appetite.

"Professor Eckeris, just tell the truth without any reservations. If things are reasonable, everyone will believe you!"

Dumbledore, playing along with Ecclesia's performance, made a guarantee.

He was already getting fed up and just wanted to end this farce as soon as possible.

This morning's elaborate performance was something he and Dudley had devised on the magic carpet to dispel Ecclesia's doubts.

Because doing it this way is the most natural and leaves the least trace.

Unexpectedly, the performance has already started to go astray.

"me……"

Ecclesia spoke hesitantly, glancing shyly in Snape's direction, which gave Snape goosebumps.

Then, she answered timidly, "Professor Snape and I are not related by blood, but I really hope... I really hope to spend the rest of my life with him."

The room fell silent upon hearing this.

Everyone was stunned by the news, including Dali, who was completely dumbfounded.

In this atmosphere, Ecclesia continued, "The reason I went to the Forbidden Forest late at night was to gather some rare magical herbs or precious materials left behind by magical creatures for Professor Snape as a gift to express my love to him."

Professor Snape teaches Potions, so he'd probably like these things.

I never expected to accidentally wander into the unicorn's territory. I should never have been greedy and tried to get some unicorn fur, which led the unicorn to misunderstand that I was trying to harm it, thus triggering a riot by the herd.

Dozens of unicorns launched a deadly attack on me. I was terrified and used all my defensive magic, but I still couldn't escape the predicament. I had no choice but to use a killing spell in a panic.

I was out of my mind to make that decision. I never expected that this killing curse would not only fail to help me out of my predicament, but would also enrage the unicorn herd, which unleashed a barrage of ray attacks on me. Those attacks were cursed and left me severely injured.

Then, I don't know where it came from, a rock flew out and hit me on the forehead, making me pass out.

Later, I woke up and found myself here.

I really didn't want this to happen. I just liked Professor Snape so much that I lost my mind and made the wrong decision.

Headmaster Dumbledore, punish me!

Ecclesia finished delivering her carefully planned lines.

He finished speaking amidst the silence of the crowd.

After a long silence, the crowd suddenly erupted into a frenzy of discussion.

The sounds of "Eek—" and "Ugh—" were incessant.

They didn't notice Snape's gloomy, blood-drenched face at all.

Dudley and Dumbledore also feigned shock. In fact, they didn't need to put in much acting effort. Even though they were mentally prepared, they were still shocked by Ecclesia's half-truths and half-lies, which completely changed their worldview.

Eckeris saw the expressions on everyone's faces and felt very smug. So what if they were the top wizards in the British magical world? They were still fooled and manipulated by her.

But no matter how pleased she was with herself, the cautious Erklis did not forget to use Occlumency to construct a false memory in her mind that was completely consistent with her words, in order to prevent Dumbledore from using Legilimency to investigate.

Little did she know that Dumbledore had no intention of using Legilimency on her, because there was absolutely no need for it.

Snape, on the other hand, with a grim face, used his most skillful magical technique, silently casting Legilimency, to frantically read Ecclesiastes' memories and thoughts.

The result that was read completely dumbfounded Snape.

This crazy woman who talks nonsense is actually serious?

No, he's so unkempt, how could any woman be interested in him?

She's such a beautiful woman!

What does she want from me? Is it my age? Or my lack of hair washing?

……

Snape was completely bewildered. Without saying a word, ignoring the noisy crowd, he turned around abruptly, waving his specially made robe, which resembled bat wings, to the side, and left with a cold face.

This caused the professor and castle staff, who had just heard the juicy gossip, to fall silent for a moment.

After all, one party is missing.

The party involved in the smaller case seems to still disagree with the marriage.

But if that's the case... then this whole thing is even bigger!