All the references to China made me laugh, especially the one about the wives and concubines. I just took a Medieval China class last semester, and it seems like the exception to the rule was the emperor himself. One wife (the empress) and quite possibly thousands of concubines (possibly hearsay because of exaggerated records). I love the way your stories challenge me on an intellectual level, and I'm never left behind in your explanations (unlike an astronomy professor that I could name but won't). I can't wait to read your next masterpiece!

A wonderful, superb story! I thought getting all the information from dreams, and Perseuss (btw anagram or no, I just couldn't accept that spelling!) just knowing everything was a bit of a deus ex machina type of thing; but the puzzles within references depending on interpretations thing was very well done, and the rich tapestry you wove of Hermione's everyday work was truly xcellent. I also loved the dialogue.

Another beautiful chapter. And young Perseuss is a bit creepy for our Hermione....poor girl!Thank you so much for sharing!Speaking of girls, the word Fräulein is not used in Germany anymore since the late 80's and early 90's, as the ladies for some reason percieve it as "offensive". All females, both married and unwed, are addressed as Frau nowadays. Much like Mistress in the times of Henry VIII. :D

I really enjoyed this piece of your writing. It was original keeping in mind the themes covered. I also found your Hermione realistic in her reactions, not only towards Ron, but towards the other barristers in her chambers, as well as Cho's. Indeed, I really enjoyed the banter between Hermione and Cho throughout. Good work!

I thoroughly enjoyed your story, and I'm kind of sad it's over.  I originally attempted to keep up with each chapter update, but school became annoyingly busy and I had to promise myself to give it a proper, in-depth read once things slowed down.  Now that I have, I found that I liked it and understood even more upon rereading the first few chapters.  I like your characterization of Hermione--it seems more real to me than the overly bright, super-magic-happy-carefree Hermione of some stories.  As for Severus, well, he's not really 'Severus', is he?  I really enjoyed it; as much as I like snarky-evil Severus, it's refreshing to have a believable deviation in character.And also, I have to admit that I dropped my Philosophy class this semester.  I'm getting married this summer, and after every class I'd start questioning everything, wondering why I was getting married in the first place if I wasn't even sure that reality existed, had no idea if I had control over the decision, etcetera, etcetera.  While interesting, Philosophy isn't very conducive to wedding planning.  Alas, perhaps next Spring, haha.  Sorry for the super-long review!  I look forward to reading more stuff from you, now that I know who wrote this!

Your ending both ties up some loose ends and leaves us with a bit of mystery unsolved.  We know that Severus Snape survived and relived his formative years without his memory, allowing him to truly begin again.  We know that Dumbledore manipulated things from behind the scenes. Visiting Hermione in dreams sent from the afterlife is about as far behind the scenes as one can get.So, Severus and Hermione make a connection and travel a year beyond the treatment.  The nature of their current relationship is not entirely clear.  Certainly more than mentor and student.  Friendship is there, but has it gone beyond?  That is fine because the reader is left free to use his own imagination to find the answer.If you kicked up a little controversy with the story, good for you.  This was not a formulaic tale, of which there are altogether too many.  I look forward to any stories you may choose to gift us with in the future and the unveiling which will reveal who you are. 

The movement between dream states and current time was confusing, but I suspect you intended that.  Many of us can be disoriented upon awakening.I fully agree that Severus Snape would have a terrible time having any kind of life in England under his own name.  His past would always haunt him and there would be those who would never accept that he was working towards the destruction of Voldemort all along.

Rather interesting that Ron thinks that Hermione should just try to get along with the beautiful and virtuous Lavender.  At the same time, Hermione is not to cheat on him.  Classic double standard.Your Dumbledore may be a better person than canon would make him out to be.  This one seems to have thought through a way out for Snape, whereas JKR's simply left him to whatever awful fate awaited him.

Loved the story!  You wrote Hermione exactly as I think she should be!

Hi there, wow, I like the storie very much. Congratulations or herrzlichen Glückwunsch.My only problems were when you wrote in german because my brain screamed yeah homeland and had to turn 180° degreas back to english, where as german is my nativ language, english is the language Ilearned in school 15 years ago. So thanks again for this fascinating read.

It just hit me that Perseuss von Bastiae is an anagram for Severus Tobias Snape. Why am I not surprised?

Well told. A very enjoyable tale with a fresh plot device. I like this Severus and am quite certain that Hermione will find personal happiness now that she is free to be herself completely.Thank you for sharing your story and wit.

Appropriate ending, friendship and collegiality with perhaps the potential for more.

Well now they have a plan, and hopefully the plan to get rid of Ron will work as well !

Very interesting, I sort of had it figured from the clues given earlier but this chapter filled in the details.

I suspect Perseuss is having the same dreams ??

Alas, wherefore hath fled the snark?  Is he doomed to be forever content and snarkless?

His memory has been wiped and he has a new(ish) body.. ? mnemosyne

The letters were intriguing, just like Severus and Albus to write in a kind of code that only they would understand in case of interference with the mail.

I like the way you have developed Hermione, she appears consistent with how her character would have developed with life experience , further education and maturity, with a little bitterness from a poorly thought out marraige to flavour her take on life.

too many cryptic crosswords, spotted the anagram immediately.. very clever it was to make it into a realistic sounding name.  Sounds like it is long past time for Hermione to get past doing her duty to Ron and allow herself to fulfil her potential without the lead weight dragging her down. The kids probably wouldn't notice he was gone!

A lot to think about in this chapter isn't there?

Very detailestart which sets the scene well.

Thank you for the most scholarly Potterverse story I have ever read. Your Hermione is much closer to what I think she would be "all grown up". Your Severus is different than any I have encountered in other stories. It gives one food for thought. Thanks for all of it.

Excellent!  Still a few spelling errors but nothing major. Scaring for scarring, things like that.