The fourth grade was nothing special for Snape, and the OWL exams that the young wizard was now beginning to worry about never bothered him.

The Parseltongue that troubled him was also solved by Peacock on his birthday. Peacock carved the language magic on a gem and integrated it into Snape's body.

"Now you have a gift for languages ​​too. Happy birthday, Sev," said Peacock.

"Thank you, I like it very much." Snape really liked the gift.

Apart from Peacock, his parents and the school, only Lily and Petunia knew about Snape's birthday. No one else knew.

Lily and Petunia knew that Snape didn't like celebrating his birthday, so on his birthday they just gave him gifts and said a few blessings, and the day passed by like an ordinary day.

"Sev." Lily called Snape.

"Hmm?" Snape responded.

"You, you have to watch out for those bad guys in Mashipo. I saw them bullying people a few days ago." Lily originally wanted to ask Snape if he would join the Death Eaters. Now, with the Death Eaters' growing power, most of the Slytherins tend to be Death Eaters, whether for self-protection or for the so-called glory promised by Voldemort.

She was afraid that Snape would also side with them and their friendship would be completely broken, but when she saw Snape's eyes, she didn't want to ask.

She didn't want to doubt her friend until she had evidence.

Snape looked at Lily, who was troubled by something. "I see. Is there anything else?"

"Can't I chat with you if there's nothing wrong?" Lily asked back.

"sure."

The school became even more chaotic. Snape could actually understand Lily's worries. Lily was a wizard from the Muggle world, and she had always been afraid that the magical world would reject her. But fortunately, because of her excellence, she was accepted by most people.

Then she realized that there was a bigger crisis than her friends.

No, what did the Muggles do to deserve your persecution?

Not only do you want to rule the wizarding world, but you also want to persecute Muggles and Muggle-born wizards.

Lily has a grudge against them due to her bloodline, so she needs to become stronger faster so that she can protect herself and her family from the increasingly powerful Death Eaters.

Regulus also began to become busier and busier, his social circle began to expand, the Black family seemed to have given up on Sirius, and Regulus began to assume the responsibility of being the heir.

Regulus also spent more time with his new friends. Snape had seen them chatting in the corridor. He only remembered one of them, named Crouch. He was a very good student. Unlike Snape who only chose courses that interested him, he was very diligent in choosing many courses, which means he needed to take 12 courses.

Amazing self-control and learning ability.

Snape admitted that he couldn't do it. He could spend his time combing Crystal's hair rather than taking Divination classes or Muggle Studies.

James and Sirius from Gryffindor were becoming more and more excessive, and the conflicts between Slytherin and Gryffindor were no longer surprising.

But none of this had anything to do with Snape, he continued with his life, isolating everyone.

The only change was that there was a small snake beside Snape. It was the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets that was shrunk by Peacock's magic.

Since Snape had learned Parseltongue, he was naturally not afraid of the existence of the Basilisk. After a friendly communication, well, it was not so friendly at the beginning, because under the influence of Slytherin and Tom's manipulation at the time, the Basilisk did not recognize the half-blood Snape at first, even though Snape had a natural aura.

Then Snape and Peacock had a "friendly" magical exchange with the basilisk, and the basilisk, which was almost frozen to death by Snape's magic, recognized Snape's identity.

Basilisk: I volunteered.

Peacock: If you don’t accept my toast, you will have to pay the price. My contractor is also someone you can despise!

Raising a basilisk is quite simple. Snape only needs to regularly transfer some magical power to the basilisk so that the basilisk can survive. It has no other physiological needs and is much easier to raise than crystal.

In order to prevent the basilisk from hurting people, Peacock put a pair of "contact lenses" in the basilisk's eyes to block its vision so that it would not kill others when it made eye contact with them.

The first time Regulus saw Snape playing with a snake in the dormitory, he was shocked. The red feathers were so conspicuous that he thought Snape was raising a basilisk in the dormitory.

Seeing its eyes wouldn't hurt people, so they accepted the premise that Snape saw that it was just an ordinary snake that looked like a basilisk and adopted it out of a momentary interest.

The basilisk bared its fangs at Snape, and then Snape slapped it in the face. It then lay back down obediently, stretched out in a long, straight line.

The fourth-year holiday came soon, and this time Snape did not leave immediately with Peacock, but stayed in London for two weeks.

It was still the same tavern as before. After finishing this task, Riddle asked Snape what he thought of the Death Eaters.

"It would be great if their leader could face the development of the Muggle world more wisely and equally like you." Snape said.

Muggle technology is developing rapidly, while the wizarding world is not standing still, but it is moving at a snail's pace. New magic, new alchemical products, new potions...

They are constantly decreasing, and later generations learn from their predecessors but do not innovate more. Can humans really resist the endless stream of weapons and wizards?

Not all wizards are proficient in magic. Some wizards' magic is so poor that they can only live in the Muggle world, and some wizards will explode when they wave their wands.

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