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Otherwise, he'd lose all the points for the other houses in a single day. Snape was also afraid of the other Heads of House blocking his office door.

"Longbottom, go!"

When it came to Gryffindor, Snape could only pick the best of a bad bunch. He disliked Ron, that fellow who led Harry astray, and he'd heard about Seamus's reputation. The remaining young wizards were hardly normal.

"Strength... release!"

Neville stepped forward nervously, waving his wand randomly with his eyes closed.

Snape suddenly felt his legs weaken, and he knelt down in front of the entire student body.

Was this the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts position?

I'm so stupid, really!

Why did I apply to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts?

If I hadn't come to class, I wouldn't have lost face!

Knowing that Longbottom was an idiot, I still let him come up, and didn't even prepare for it!

Hadn't the potion accident at the beginning of the semester made me realize what kind of person he was?

At this moment, Snape wanted to slap himself.

"Gryffindor, ten points deducted!"

Snape roared in a hoarse voice, while also undoing the Force-Releasing spell on himself.

It could only be said that Neville's magic wasn't quite there yet. If he were more skilled, it wouldn't have just been his legs that gave out. Snape would have been completely limp, unable to even hold his wand.

At that point, the students certainly wouldn't have been able to undo the spell for him. They would have had to carry him to the school hospital. From the classroom all the way to the hospital, how many people would have seen him? That would have been the real social death.

Neville glanced at Snape cautiously, then walked back to his seat with a look of frustration.

As expected, he had no talent.

But when Neville sat down, he suddenly noticed that everyone was looking at him with the eyes of a hero.

Especially the Gryffindors, the admiration, encouragement, and recognition in their eyes were something he had never seen before.

However, after this lesson, Snape took a few steps back and held his wand tightly in his hand.

His eyes scanned the little lions of Gryffindor, knowing that after setting this precedent, if he couldn't control the situation, there would be more of this kind of thing in the future.

As for whether it was intentional or accidental, he could only say it was intentionally accidental!

Snape was quite familiar with Gryffindor.

Fortunately, nothing else happened. When class was over, Snape assigned homework and left in a hurry.

Chapter 66: The Truest Nature

"In Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Neville Longbottom launched a rebellion against Professor Snape, knocking Professor Snape to his knees in front of all the first-year students."

When Ethan arrived at the Great Hall for dinner, he heard this version of the story.

Especially at the Gryffindor table, the discussion about this issue was quite loud.

And Ron, that guy who wanted to show off at the slightest opportunity, was loudly recounting everything that happened in class, of course, in Ron's modified version.

Around him, many older Gryffindors listened to him boasting, and whenever they heard something they liked, they would burst into cheers.

And Neville, at this moment, was truly regarded as a Gryffindor hero. Gryffindor had really suffered under Snape for a long time.

Looking at the teachers' table, Ethan didn't see Snape.

Perhaps he felt too ashamed to show his face!

After all, he had just knelt before the students today.

After dinner, Harry came to Ethan with a long face.

"Sorry, Ethan, I really liked the Christmas present you gave me, but Professor McGonagall confiscated it. She said she'll give it back to me when summer vacation starts."

Harry really liked the two pistols Ethan gave him. He had never touched a gun in his life.

Before, Dudley had only played with toy guns, but he immediately surpassed Dudley when he received real guns and treasured them greatly.

But he didn't expect that Hogwarts wouldn't allow guns, even though there was no such rule!

Harry could understand that Muggle schools couldn't allow guns in order to ensure the safety of the students.

But this was Hogwarts, where they were already using magic. Wands were the weapons of wizards, so why couldn't they bring some Muggle weapons?

"Maybe she's afraid you'll hurt the other young wizards!"

Ethan didn't expect Harry to take them out in class. If it had been in Professor Flitwick's class, this probably wouldn't have happened.

It's Snape's fault for knowing about these things!

"Wands can also hurt people!" Harry sighed, then said, "I went back and asked Aunt Petunia. What you said was right. Snape doesn't have a conflict with me, but with my parents, or rather, with my dad. It was a big conflict."

"Snape grew up with my mom. They were neighbors. Snape even liked my mom, but my mom married my dad instead. Maybe that's why Snape hates me!"

The expression on Harry's face was quite complicated. The melodramatic things he had seen on TV were actually happening to him.

"Have you ever thought about cross-dressing?"

Ethan took two steps back and sized Harry up. To be honest, the female Harry photoshopped by netizens in the past were still passable, of course, when he was a child.

"No, absolutely not!"

Harry shook his head desperately.

He knew what Ethan wanted to say.

His mother had been dead for ten years, and Snape hadn't gotten married yet. Maybe he still had feelings for her.

And if he cross-dressed, not only would Snape not target him, but he might even get preferential treatment, but Harry said he couldn't accept it.

"If you don't want to, then forget it. To be honest, if you cross-dressed, Gryffindor's house points might go up."

Ethan looked at Harry with regret. He really had no sense of the big picture. For the benefit of everyone, couldn't he sacrifice himself a little?

"Impossible!"

After refuting again, Harry quickly changed the subject, not wanting to talk about it anymore.

"I also received a Christmas present, but I don't know who sent it. It's an Invisibility Cloak, which is quite useful, and last night I found a mirror in an abandoned classroom that showed me my parents."

"I originally thought it was a magical item that recorded my parents, but when Ron looked into the mirror, he saw himself becoming the head boy and the Quidditch team captain."

"Ethan, if you want to see it, I can lend you the Invisibility Cloak."

"No need for the Invisibility Cloak. I'll just go look at it in that classroom whenever I have time."

Ethan was also curious about what he would see, as it could directly reflect the desires in the depths of his heart.

Harry had no parents since he was a child and longed for family, so he saw his parents.

Ron felt the least noticed among his brothers at home, so he wanted to be the center of attention and show off, which is why he saw himself becoming the head boy. But why didn't he just become the Minister for Magic?

As for the Invisibility Cloak, Ethan didn't care for it at all. Among the Deathly Hallows, only the Elder Wand was truly useful.

The Resurrection Stone was also a pitfall, with no resurrection effect at all, and the souls seen were fake.

The Invisibility Cloak was just a cloak with a Disillusionment Charm cast on it, except that ordinary invisibility cloaks have a time limit, while the Invisibility Cloak does not.

In the original story, Harry was wearing the Invisibility Cloak and was still discovered by Filch's cat, who walked towards him, but for some unknown reason, it didn't meow!

Dumbledore could see through it directly, and Snape could also sense the presence of people around him with his intuition. The Invisibility Cloak was just a useless item.

"Alright, I also want to know what you'll see, Ethan. Maybe it'll be you becoming the Minister for Magic, since you're so excellent."

Harry said the location of that abandoned classroom with envy.

In the Muggle world, Ethan was already so prominent, with a good family, good grades, and strong athletic ability.

He was just as outstanding after coming to the magical world. No first-year wizard could compare to him.

Harry was really envious of Ethan.

… …

At night, before heading to the Room of Requirement, Ethan came to the abandoned classroom Harry had mentioned.

According to the original plot, the Mirror of Erised was originally in the Headmaster's office. Harry only looked at it for a few days after getting the Invisibility Cloak, and then it was put away to protect the Sorcerer's Stone.

So, if you want to try it out, you can only do it as soon as possible.

Pushing open the half-open door, behind it was a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror with a golden frame, with chairs randomly placed beside it.

"Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi."

Ethan's hand brushed over the words engraved above the Mirror of Erised, and then he read it backwards:

"The Mirror of Erised shows the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts."

So, what is it that I desire?

Ethan stared directly at the mirror.

At first, the mirror still showed Ethan's reflection, but soon a white mist covered the mirror surface.

The mist dissipated, and what appeared in front of Ethan was a bright summer day, a blue sea, and a luxurious yacht was anchored on the surface of the sea.

The music was deafening, and the delicacies were dazzling. Undoubtedly, this was a party scene.

It seemed that Ethan was the only man there. Ethan, in his twenties, was bare-chested, wearing a pair of beach pants, surrounded by girls, white Europeans, Asians, and mixed-race girls, with lolis and mature women, with black stockings, white stockings, horse oil, and bare feet, which were quite in line with Ethan's preferences. Among them, there were many celebrities from Ethan's previous life, and even the waiter next to him was a rare beauty.

So, this is the desire deep in my heart?

I've always been a pervert!

However, before entering the wizarding world, Ethan's ideal was like this: to make money while picking up girls everywhere.

After coming to the wizarding world and becoming a cheat, I've been thinking about how to become stronger. It turns out that I've always been that dedicated person, and becoming stronger is just for picking up girls better!

After seeing his heart clearly, Ethan turned and left the classroom, after all, there were two other people inside, and he couldn't keep them waiting.

As soon as he entered the abandoned classroom, Ethan sensed that there were other people besides himself. He knew that he had been tricked, but he didn't show it.

The ones hiding aside, besides Dumbledore, there was probably Snape.

Anyway, Ethan had nothing that he didn't dare to show people. Even if they saw something bad, there was nothing wrong with it. Can't a little wizard be a little chuuni and have some ambition?

As for now, so what if I'm a pervert?

You, Dumbledore, can get involved with Grindelwald, and you don't allow others to hug a few more girls?

"Severus, this is really hard to explain!"

Dumbledore sighed.

He was so old, what scenes hadn't he seen?

But he had never seen someone like Ethan.

The little wizards these days… …

"Heh!"

Snape sneered and said nothing.

Thinking about Ethan's ideals, and looking at what Ethan is doing now, he has already been working hard in this direction, and the results are quite good.

If he had half of Ethan's ability, his child with Lily would be in the first grade now!

"Let's go, Ethan should be fine!"

Dumbledore wasn't too sure, he had really never seen anything like this.

Ethan's talent was too strong. Quirrell had also contacted Ethan some time ago, and Snape had also come to his office and said very clearly that Ethan might be the next Dark Lord.

The reason was also quite sufficient. Ethan was too ruthless to Slytherin. The dark side of such a person's heart must be very large. At least since he started school, he had never seen a little wizard more ruthless than Ethan.

Therefore, the two of them teamed up to sneak a peek today.

"The Mirror of Erised can only reflect the deepest desire at the moment. People will change, and wealth, beauty, and power can be transformed at any time."

Moreover, these three are inseparable, only with different emphasis. Dumbledore knew this even if Snape didn't say it.

But now it seems that Ethan is just a lecherous little wizard. Compared to the Voldemort of the past, his ambition is far inferior, but who can be sure that he won't change in the future.