HP - Shadow Monarch - Chapter 212 - Preparing for War 01.

[Chapter Size: 2100 Words.] Third Person POV Romania. ... ... “Those bastards, they think they can try something with my daughter and get aw

[Chapter Size: 2100 Words.] Third Person POV Romania. ... ... “Those bastards, they think they can try something with my daughter and get aw

[Chapter Size: 2100 Words.]
Third Person POV

Romania.

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“Those bastards, they think they can try something with my daughter and get away with it like that?!”
An angry voice said in the middle of the table where a group of people were having dinner together.

Severus Snape was among them, eating in silence while deep in thought.
Rosaria was beside him, eating as well.

In front of the two sat a woman with white hair and red eyes alongside another man, looking like an aristocrat from two centuries ago, both were vampires.
The woman stared at Severus and Rosaria with a suspicious look, while the man kept his gaze fixed on Severus, who didn’t care about their stares.

At the head of the table, the one who had spoken earlier, was none other than Dracula Valenstein.
Furious with the newspapers in front of him, he had stopped eating to voice his dissatisfaction with the current situation.

Severus had somehow agreed to go to Transylvania with Rosaria, while he could think about what to do without all the persecution against him in Great Britain.

It can be said that it wasn’t an easy meeting, when Rosaria returned home with the man who had invaded the castle months ago and fought against Dracula himself, leaving a trail of chaos throughout the place.

Dracula immediately wanted revenge on the guy coming with Rosaria after she had simply ignored all his requests to investigate Severus. She didn’t report anything significant, seeming to be going to England on vacation with a boyfriend.

He felt irritated and even disappointed that his daughter seemed to be distancing herself from him for another man.
But when he looked at Severus properly, he dropped the idea as soon as he noticed his current power, shocked that Severus was at least three times more powerful than before.
He couldn’t feel his magic, but all his instincts told him this human was a great danger, and facing him would only result in his own death.

He wondered for a moment, since he knew the human had grown stronger, but that level... no one in this world should have so much power or come close to it. He had never seen anyone like that in his long life.
He did nothing, but looked at Severus with suspicion, and his suspicion soon turned into anger toward the British Ministry of Magic, trying to force his daughter—this was an attack on his family.

In the end, Severus stayed there for a few days with Rosaria, and Dracula called his other daughter, since he needed to know what to do, while this latter and her husband kept watching Severus with suspicion the entire time.

Severus, despite receiving that suspicion, didn’t care.
Dracula seemed cautious with him, while they exchanged only a few words during those days.

“What are you going to do, daddy?” Rosaria asked, looking at him after eating.

“We’re going to attack England.” He said angrily.

“That sounds a bit reckless.”

Everyone looked at Severus, who had just said that.

“You’re saying it’s reckless for my father to want retaliation, human?” Rosaria’s sister growled.

“Wait, Milicia. I don’t want you to be hostile to my guest.” Dracula said seriously and looked at Severus.
“What do you plan, then?”

“Sending a group of vampires will cause chaos and hurt innocent people, I can’t let that happen.”
Severus spoke in a serious tone, while Milicia found it absurd that the human spoke like that to the king of vampires.
The same could be said of her husband, who began showing his teeth to Snape.

They had no idea how powerful Severus had become.

“Stop it!”
Rosaria said directly to her sister and her companion, not out of fear that they would hurt Severus, but for their own good.

Severus ignored everyone and turned back to Dracula.
“I can’t have the life I once had, but I still have unfinished business in England. It’s time I destroy Voldemort once and for all. And I intend to retaliate against all those who tried to hurt others to get to me.”
He spoke in a dark tone that seemed to swallow even a bit of the light in the room.

“I won’t harm people, but I want that Minister of Magic. I won’t let him walk away after trying something with my little girl.” He said.

“Father...” Rosaria murmured, still seeming to be treated like a child.

“I will seek my revenge and no one can take that from me, Mr. Snape. I hope you’ll leave him to me.” Dracula said.

“Alright.” Severus replied.

“You’re leaving then?” Rosaria asked Severus with concern.

“Yes... I’ve spent too much time outside the country... it’s time to end this once and for all.” Severus said.

“Can I come with you?” Rosaria asked.

“This is something I must do alone.” Snape replied seriously.

“I understand...” Rosaria didn’t insist.

“We’ll see each other after it’s all over.” Severus said.

“Yes...” She murmured, still looking at him with uncertainty.

“Well... I’ll be going. I won’t go after the Minister, I’ll leave him to you then.” Severus began to rise from the table, finishing his meal as Dracula nodded.

“Great. Then we’ll see each other in England.” The man said as Snape summoned his phoenix, disappearing in purple flames a moment later.

“Father... why did you let him speak to you like that? How could you accept him back into your home after all the mess he caused? And Rosaria, why are you behaving like a girl in love with that human?!”
Milicia immediately began grumbling about all of it, not believing how much things had changed.

“You don’t understand, Milicia... He not only saved Rosaria, but he’s also involved in several events happening in England. And I must admit... he is more powerful than I am.” Dracula said, wiping his mouth with a napkin.

“What?! That can’t be possible, he’s just a human with some dark aura because he’s a wizard who practices dark magic!” She grumbled.

“No... he’s stronger than daddy...” Rosaria said. “Besides, he uses a different kind of magic and he’s getting stronger and stronger, that’s why it’s not rational to go against him, Milicia. For your own good.” She told her older sister.

“What nonsense is that, Rosaria...” Milicia growled.

“His magic is different from anything ever recorded, you may not have read the papers about him, but he’s a kind of necromancer and is constantly entering places full of monsters, like spaces separated from our world in paintings, I don’t know how to explain it... and he already has an army of monsters in shadow form at his feet.” She spoke seriously.

“I noticed...” Dracula said. “At first, I thought I was imagining things, but soon I realized Severus carries a multitude with him—and they are dangerous beings... Can that man turn all his enemies into his own servants after death?” Dracula asked his daughter.

“Yes... Most of those he killed are now his shadows. I saw him do it with monsters and dark wizards, even Death Eaters, who are the inner circle dark wizards of England’s Dark Lord.” Rosaria explained.

“Necromancer?” Milicia’s husband looked surprised. He had known a few in his hundreds of years, but this one seemed to surpass them all.

“Well... I don’t want to be an enemy of a human like that. I’m lucky that, even though you didn’t report anything about him, you ended up forming a bond with Severus Snape.” Dracula said as he rose from the table.

“Anyway... it’s time for us to prepare. If you want to go to England with me, that’s fine. After all, we have a Minister of Magic who clearly doesn’t understand the terror that comes with messing with the family of the most powerful vampire in the world.”
Dracula finished as his daughters nodded.

“Let’s get ready.”

Already in England.

Severus returned to the Room of Requirement. As he sighed, he found himself back in the place where he should already have been expelled from after everything that had happened, but also the safest place for him at the moment without hundreds of Aurors swarming around him like flies.

“Master Snape!!”
It was then that Dobby appeared quickly before Severus.

“Hello, Dobby. How are things?” Severus said with a small smile.

“Dobby heard that Master is being considered a criminal in the magical world! But Dobby believes Master is not that kind of person. Dobby is very worried!” He said with teary eyes.

“I’ve done things many consider terrible, while I reaped many lives in the process. I don’t regret it, but no one likes having someone out there who can kill over a hundred people without much difficulty.”
Severus spoke in a calm tone.

“Master Snape...” Dobby murmured as Severus turned his attention to the other house-elf nearby, as Genini watched him from a distance.

Rosaria had placed her alongside Dobby at Severus’s request after seeing her starting to improve, saying she’d be fine soon and should be placed with Dobby to help him organize things and take care of the animals.

She had been here the past few days, reading the newspapers with them and clearly worried about her master.

Genini stepped out cautiously and approached Snape.
“Master Snape...” she murmured.

Unlike the always cheerful and innocent Dobby, she had always been afraid of Snape. After all, when Kreacher introduced her as Snape asked the Black family to buy her for him, he said Snape would consume her soul and she’d live a life full of torture.
He described Severus Snape as a demon in a human body.

She had always feared him and would have run away if she could, but the magic that bound them as master and servant couldn’t be broken.
At the same time, she ended up having a surprisingly calm life, merely taking care of the shop, with her master appearing now and then to scare her. She imagined the terror he could bring, and how frightening he was at times, but he never actually did anything to her.

However, when the shop was attacked and the shadows her master had left behind were destroyed, she was tortured by those wizards who hoped she would say anything about Severus—but she refused, and suffered for it to the very limit.

When she woke up, Miss Rosaria told her that Severus had taken care of her, using a very expensive potion from what she could tell—more expensive than buying another house-elf.

Now she stood before the master who had saved her, lowering her head in shame.

“I’m glad you’re well... I want you to stay here with Dobby for now. It’ll be safer while I go after those who attacked you.”
Severus said.

“Thank you, Master Snape...” Genini said, looking at him with tears in her eyes.
“You’ve always been a very good master.” She said, crying.

“Dobby, take care of her.” Severus said as he began to leave, while Dobby spoke with Genini with a cheerful smile.

Severus went to the area where potions were being made, seeing the shadows of various wizards he had killed, working for his franchise—one no one knew belonged to him.
The shadows worked tirelessly day after day, producing thousands of potions not only for all of Great Britain, but also for a few places outside the country.

He was growing increasingly wealthy, but at the same time, he remembered his latest endeavor.
He would need to visit Gringotts Bank to see if the goblins had completed everything he requested.

“Master Snape!”
It was then that Dobby came running back into the room with a letter in hand.
“This just arrived! It’s for Master!”
The house-elf handed it to Snape, who frowned at the name “Vujin” written on it.

“How does this guy keep knowing exactly where I am...”
Severus murmured. He had just returned to England, and it seemed like the man had been waiting for it.

He opened the letter and began to read.

‘Hello Mr. Snape, I know you’re quite wary of me, but I also know you haven’t read today’s paper yet. I’m afraid there is news about someone with whom you had a strange connection.’

He continued reading the letter, but Severus stopped and pulled out the second sheet in the envelope—the newspaper itself.

“Lily Evans was kidnapped in search of information about Severus Snape by Death Eaters, as it was discovered that the girl had a connection with him at Hogwarts since childhood.”
Severus read in a cold and dark tone, so much so that even the shadows working nearby stopped, turning to look at their enraged king.