[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV
Hogwarts.
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A few hours had passed with Severus and Rosaria inside the painting. They reappeared once again in the Norton household, having finished the second painting that Snape had found.
"You damn intruder!!"
"How dare you enter his painting like that!"
"Others complained that you entered the painting on the lower floor!"
Snape ignored all the complaints from the paintings and simply raised his wand. The next moment, flames began to shoot out.
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
Snape showed no mercy to those paintings, their screams filling the air as some managed to escape into other frames, while others were completely destroyed.
The next moment, everyone started running away, no longer daring to insult Snape. They just wanted to get as far from him as possible to avoid being destroyed like some of the others.
"You really seem to have a grudge against these paintings…" Rosaria murmured, a bit surprised by Snape's actions.
"I don't like this house at all, and I will show no mercy…" Snape said before continuing. "Before we leave, I'd like to check something."
Rosaria nodded, looking at Snape with a curious gaze.
"If you have something to say to me, say it now." Snape said as they advanced toward the basement of the house, glancing at her by his side.
"What are those portals inside the paintings? How can you do that and enter a space full of creatures trying to kill us...? You never answered me." She asked.
"That is something only I can do." Snape replied, offering no further explanation.
"I have no doubt about that, but I also noticed that you're getting stronger. How is that possible? I found it strange the first time, because when we fought near my house, I noticed your increase in strength. But it hasn't stopped, and now you're stronger than when we first entered this place. And I'm not talking about magic—you're physically stronger and faster… I'm sure there's never been any record of someone increasing their strength like this. Who are you, really?" She murmured, watching to see if Snape would take offense, but he merely shook his head.
"That is perfectly normal, Rosaria. After all, I truly am the only one in this world." He commented.
"My father said that you are much older than you appear, but at the same time, I've seen records of your age. It doesn't make sense…" She remarked, continuing to look at him with narrowed eyes.
"I don't mean to offend you, Snape." She quickly murmured. "I'm not gathering information for my father, I'm just curious. I wanted to know more about you." She admitted, a hint of embarrassment in her tone.
"It's complicated to explain." Snape said. "But I am not the original Severus Snape."
He spoke, and Rosaria gazed at him intensely, but he said nothing more. Thus, they continued toward the basement.
"This feels like a torture chamber…" Rosaria walked slowly, murmuring.
"Yes, the Nortons used to torture Muggles. I killed their patriarch precisely because of what I saw here. Let's see if the family hasn't abandoned their cruel habits." Snape said.
As they entered, they immediately noticed the smell of blood. The Nortons had not changed. At the far end of the basement, they found two imprisoned people and could sense that others had died there in recent months. One of them was collapsed on the ground, while the other trembled at the sight of the door opening. It was just a young woman, maybe 20 years old if she had been well-groomed.
Upon seeing them, the girl immediately trembled even more. Snape approached, and Rosaria followed closely behind, looking quite surprised at the sight of her.
"Please, don't hurt us!" She said in a strange language.
Snape narrowed his eyes, using magic to communicate and prepare for conversation.
"That's Russian, isn't it?" He asked, while Rosaria nodded.
"She's saying she doesn't want us to hurt her, she's begging… as if you didn't already know that…" Rosaria said.
Snape nodded.
"Can I take care of her?" Rosaria asked, and Snape nodded.
She then stepped forward, avoiding the stench of the other prisoner by holding a handkerchief to her nose.
Rosaria, with her two hundred years, could have easily learned all the languages of the world. So, she began speaking in Russian without needing a spell. The girl responded, still trembling, fearing that Rosaria might intend to do something terrible to her, just as the Nortons had been doing.
Little by little, the girl seemed to calm down under Rosaria's questioning.
"She comes from a small village in western Russia. She was taken by kidnappers and ended up here in England, but she doesn't even know that. She's been tortured for this family's amusement and sexually abused by that younger one over there in the courtyard. She arrived two weeks ago." Rosaria said.
"I see. Can you take care of her?" Snape asked, as Rosaria nodded.
"What are you going to do?" She couldn't help but ask.
"I highly doubt they'll be punished by the law for this. After all, these kinds of people can usually do whatever they want in England, and the Ministry either can't do anything or is just as corrupt... With noble blood, they walk free. So, I will punish them myself." Snape said, beginning to walk away.
It didn't take long for him to reach the courtyard alone, where he had taken down the three men before entering the house. They were still on the ground, bound by small shackles with magical runes that Snape had placed on them as soon as he left the first painting, ensuring they wouldn't cause any trouble while he was inside the second portal.
Obviously, they were already awake, struggling to escape their predicament. Their wands lay a few meters away, but the chains kept them frozen in place, preventing them from reaching for them.
Without warning, suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck, hitting all three wands and causing them to explode. The three men were shocked, staring at the hooded figure approaching them.
"I see you haven't learned anything, have you?" Snape said.
"Do you know who we are? Do you have any idea what you're doing?" the older man growled.
"You know…" Snape began, ignoring him, and suddenly his voice softened as he addressed the woman directly. "When I came here the first time, I spared you, woman, because, even though I had found those things in the basement, I believed it was just your husband who was involved. But I was mistaken..."
He spoke in an eerily youthful tone, while the woman lifted her eyes and swallowed hard. She was just as involved in the macabre torture, according to the young girl who had spoken with Rosaria.
"You were the one who killed my husband!" she accused, and the other two tensed up.
"You're killing Dark Wizards! Do you have any idea how badly Voldemort wants you dead?" the man snarled.
"Does that matter?" Snape said, beginning to pull back his hood.
The youngest of the three opened his eyes wide in shock as he recognized him. "Snape…" he murmured, almost in disbelief.
"Why the surprise? Didn't you all want to get your hands on me not long ago? All because I smacked this young one around a bit?" Snape said.
After all, he had only given the boy a few slaps and a punch, and, being the prideful nobles they were, they wanted revenge in the worst ways possible.
Either way, none of that mattered anymore. Snape stared at the three of them.
The boy couldn't believe that a Hogwarts student—someone he had known throughout his years at school—was the one behind all those murders, even the death of his own father.
"How…?" he asked, still dazed.
"It's very simple. You're all far too weak." Snape said arrogantly. "So weak that your own pride is what destroys you. You hold political power in this country, I don't doubt that. But in the end, you're still just flesh and bone, something that a single spell can completely annihilate. You came after me and never found it suspicious that people kept dying or disappearing? Or were you all so arrogant that you never suspected something was wrong?"
He took another step closer, his expression turning even darker.
"Either way, I'm not sparing anyone. Not even you."
The boy's eyes widened.
"The girl told us that you tortured her. That you even raped her. All in the name of becoming a great Dark Wizard, just like your father wanted, right? You even called your uncle for help. You kidnapped people, sacrificed innocents. And how was it? Losing your virginity while your victim screamed for you to stop?" Snape stepped forward, his voice dripping with disgust.
"You truly are filth that needs to be eradicated." He said, his tone dangerously low.
"You have no idea what is about to happen to you." The man suddenly spoke. "You will die here today and pay for everything you've done. Voldemort or even we will torture you if we get the chance."
The man spoke with conviction, but Snape wanted to laugh.
"I know you said Voldemort's name to trigger the curse and summon the Death Eaters here. Which means they're already on their way." Snape said calmly, as the man raised an eyebrow. "But that doesn't matter."
Without any warning, he simply pointed his wand.
"Crucio."
The next moment, a green ray struck the man, who immediately began screaming in agony.
"Aaaaah!" He screamed as loudly as his throat allowed, the unbearable pain coursing through his entire body.
"It feels good to do this to others, doesn't it?" Snape said, still holding the Cruciatus Curse for a few more seconds before stopping and turning his wand toward the other two.
In an instant, both were hit. Snape wasn't sparing anyone there.
The 18-year-old boy and the middle-aged woman screamed desperately.
"You're going to die, you son of a bitch!" The man simply shouted, trying not to cry from the torture as he recovered, hearing the screams of his nephew and sister-in-law.
Snape turned his wand back to him.
"Well, I had almost forgotten about you. Thanks for reminding me that you're still here." Snape said before casting another spell, making the man scream in pain once more.
The torture went on for a while. Snape felt no pity for them, but he still kept them alive, all of them lying on the ground, tears streaming down their faces.
"Please... kill me..." The man, once so arrogant, couldn't help but beg.
They all still looked at Snape with pure terror.
At that moment, Rosaria stepped out of the house, levitating the two unconscious prisoners in the air.
"How are things going here? You're not in disguise..." She asked.
Seeing him without his mask, she approached, raising her eyes to Snape, who remained motionless in front of the three tortured enemies, making no effort to hide his identity.
"Yes, it won't make a difference. They will be eliminated here." Snape said.
Rosaria nodded but suddenly felt something and looked up.
"We have company." She said as black smoke began descending from the sky, moving toward the house.
"You will pay for everything!" The woman growled with effort.
Snape shrugged. At his feet, shadows began to expand, covering the entire area.
"Well, I shouldn't use them all... But I can play a little." Snape said, pulling his hood back on and preparing to fight.
He pointed his wand at the fallen family members and cast spells, paralyzing them, though they were still trembling from the Cruciatus Curse. He didn't want them revealing his identity—he wanted them to witness how the Death Eaters would die here.
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Chapter 183 - A Ball Among Ghosts 02
Chapter 188 - The Battle in the Muggle World 01.
Chapter 198 - Exploring the Durmstrang Institute.
Chapter 207 - The Return to the Black Family.
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