At this moment, Harry Potter couldn't help but recall Snape's terrifying sarcasm from the very first Potions class, the kind that could give him nightmares for weeks.
And all the other various, subtle jabs.
"He was best friends with my mom when they were at school?!" Harry's eyes bulged, threatening to tear through their sockets.
But seeing Roger's earnest expression, and Snape's silent, contorted face after Roger's question, a thought flashed through Harry's mind.
…It couldn't be true, could it? For a moment, Harry's young mind was filled with question marks.
"...Roger!" Unlike Harry's wide eyes from shock, Snape's pupils were filled with rage, like a dragon whose scales had been touched.
"Hm?"
Seeing Snape gnashing his teeth, muttering his name, and even slowly drawing his wand as if ready to spar, Roger quickly waved his hands: "Don't misunderstand, I'm not here to cause trouble."
As he spoke, Roger prepared himself for a fight.
Just in case Snape acted on impulse.
"I just want to help Harry understand his family better... You know his situation. Not only you, but many other faculty members at Hogwarts should also have memories of Harry's family; I'll be visiting them one by one later."
"It's just that you should be the one who knows Harry's mother best, after all, you knew her before you both received your Hogwarts acceptance letters. That's why I came to visit you first."
"I..."
"Shut up!" Snape roared, cutting Roger off.
As his voice fell, Snape slowly clenched the fabric of his wizard robe at his chest.
The flush on his face, originally red with anger, returned to pale, even a sickly white.
All the memories buried deep within his heart resurfaced with Roger's words, their dust wiped away, everything as clear as if it were yesterday. The bittersweet emotions were like a sharp knife coated in sweet poison, twisting in his chest.
Snape raised his wand.
Roger met his gaze calmly.
Finally, Snape's wand didn't point at Roger, but at his own temple.
With a wave of the wand, a shimmering silver strand of memory was drawn from Snape's mind.
"Annoying Seer, close your prying eyes, take these memories, and leave my office! Immediately!" Snape, exuding a low pressure, stepped forward, glaring down at Roger with sharp eyes.
The silvery memory fell into Roger's Pensieve.
Roger calmly nudged the top of the Pensieve with his finger, then paused: "...Professor Snape, you've added a bit of resentment in there too."
"Is that not allowed?" Snape, standing close to Roger, sneered.
"They can do it, and I can't say it?"
What Roger had asked him for was memories of Lily, and Snape, as a bonus, had included memories of Harry's father, James Potter.
Those were not friendly memories.
In response, Roger nodded: "Of course, it's allowed."
But as he spoke, he reached into the Pensieve, which allowed one to 'physically' interact with memories, offering a virtual reality-like experience within the mind.
The next moment, a barely perceptible look of surprise flashed across Snape's face.
He saw Roger taking out the memories he had placed in the Pensieve with his bare hands.
And then, as if unraveling a complex knot, he 'edited' out all the parts related to James Potter.
This skill… before Snape could react, Roger then re-inserted these two strands of memory into the Pensieve, one after the other.
Snape's increasingly gloomy gaze suddenly froze; he didn't understand the meaning of Roger's actions.
Roger wasn't one to play coy, so he spoke directly: "Everyone is multifaceted and complex, with good sides and bad sides. I want Harry to understand something more real, not a beautified, grand painting."
"Of course, I will let Harry view the controversial content later. At that time, he can make his own judgments about right and wrong; I will not interfere."
Roger's deal with Harry was for Harry to become Roger's 'technical miner,' and Roger would assist him in reviving his family.
During this process, Roger hoped there would be no deception, nor did he want Harry to discover something was 'not as advertised' after reviving his parents.
Moreover, if Harry were halfway through the process, saw something that shook his soul during his time travel, and began to doubt everything, it would be even more troublesome.
It was better to clear out all the hidden mines from the beginning, and then decide whether to embark on the journey.
This was Roger's true intention in bringing Harry to Snape.
Even if Snape hadn't given him memories of James Potter, Roger would have sought them out eventually.
Roger and Snape met each other's gaze again.
Roger's eyes remained calm and open, while the gloom and ferocity in Snape's eyes slowly receded.
Staring into Roger's eyes, Snape began to understand. Although some of Roger's traits were so similar to 'that person' from the past, Dumbledore's attitude was different.
He had a decisive difference with 'that person' in certain aspects.
You could be wary of Roger, even hostile towards him, but you never needed to suspect him.
"Hmph, close the door properly when you leave." Although he understood that Roger wasn't intentionally causing trouble, he still couldn't bring himself to like this Seer who lacked boundaries.
Tsk, annoying Seer.
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"So... Snape was really good friends with my mom?" Harry only fully came to his senses after leaving the Slytherin head of house's office with Roger.
It was understandable; the shock had been too great.
That was Snape! In the eyes of a Gryffindor young wizard, especially Harry, who was targeted the most, Snape's image was almost synonymous with the Dark Lord.
"Their relationship was quite complicated. After watching the memory, you'll understand yourself." Roger had no interest in hiding anything, but the events within were so complex that explaining them would require recounting everything about James Potter, Sirius, and other messy details.
It was too much to explain.
"Then why does he treat me like that?" Harry lowered his head, his mind a jumble. Within minutes, the familiar world had transformed into something strange and unfamiliar.
"It's also related to your parents... Actually, even though Snape seems to dislike you at every turn, he's actually one of the very few people in the world willing to protect you, no matter the cost or danger."
Roger glanced at Harry, whose face once again wore an expression of 'shocked for the entire year,' and said, "It's true. Don't forget, I'm a Seer who can see the future."
"Want to take a look? A glimpse of the future."
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