3 gifts

3 gifts

The meeting the next day went much smoother than Karan expected. When the four of them appeared in the woods again, there was no needless argument. Snape gave up on Petunia under Lily's continuous glares. The ignorant question was intended to be ridiculed, and after seeing the maternity clothes Snape was wearing, Petunia just snorted and said nothing more.

"The transformation of outerwear should be simpler. You only need to cut off the overly long parts, especially the tail and sleeves. The excess fabric can be modified in some simple ways. I will leave this matter to you and Now that Petunia is gone, Snape can also come with me, so I will continue to give this...shirt a good makeover. It doesn't matter if the outerwear is too big. You need to wear more clothes underneath in winter, but the shirt is still appropriate. Some are better.”

On the green grass, various needles and threads were scattered on the ground. Karan handed the tools to Lily and Petunia respectively, and waved to Snape, who was looking slightly uncomfortable at the side: "Take it off."

Snape frowned. He glanced at Lily hesitantly and said, "No need for the shirt."

The corner of Karan's mouth raised slightly, knowing Snape's little thoughts, he smiled at Lily and Petunia: "It seems that our little gentleman is shy, please two ladies turn around first, so that the little gentleman can Sir, you have time to change your clothes."

Lily also laughed together, while Petunia glanced at Snape disdainfully, and then the two of them walked a little further away, turning their backs on each other.

Snape's face turned red. He slowly walked to Karan and took off his maternity clothes, revealing his thin body. Then he immediately put on the coat Karan handed him and buttoned it tightly. Well, this dress obviously fits much better than before. The cut parts have been rolled in and sewn by Karan, and now it only looks slightly fatter.

But before Karan could recall the two sisters, Snape suddenly asked him in a low voice: "I asked my mother yesterday. She didn't know any wizard in Spider's End with the surname Sangster. who are you"

"Oh" Karan raised his eyebrows. Snape's carefulness gave him a certain new understanding. He smiled and shook his head and said, "I live in Anthony Court."

Snape was stunned for a moment, and then said for the first time: "I'm sorry."

"It's nothing." Karan smiled and forgave him, and shouted to the two sisters: "Ladies, you can come back."

Petunia turned around impatiently and walked back, asking Snape: "Does it usually take so long for wizards to change clothes? It's really amazing."

"Petunia." Lily tugged on her sister's sleeve, and quickly picked up the tool and handed it to Snape, trying to lighten the atmosphere and said, "Snape, tell us more about Hogwarts. "

Karan picked up the maternity clothes and measured them carefully, seeming to be considering where to start.

Time passed slowly, and the shirt-like maternity clothes had been completely cut open. Snape looked back at Karan uneasily from time to time, worried that he would destroy the clothes.

This is the only clothes he can wear.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Snape to completely dispel his doubts. With Karan's craftsmanship, he not only re-sewed a decent shirt, he even used the excess fabric to make a vest: "This You can save it for the summer, but it’s also good to wear under your clothes on a regular basis.”

Snape's neck turned red, and he seemed to be hesitating to say thank you, but in the end he just nodded tremblingly.

"Well, it looks like the ladies have to avoid suspicion again."

After Snape put his clothes back on, his original weird appearance was reduced by at least eight points, and he turned into a normal little boy, and his appearance also looked much changed than before, at least showing a trace of As cute as a normal age child should be.

"Wow" Lily was momentarily shocked by Snape's appearance. Those green eyes were full of energy. Even Petunia couldn't help but look sideways at Snape and did not mock him again.

"It seems that my craftsmanship is not bad."

Kahlan looked around at Snape and nodded with satisfaction.

After seeing the admiration and hint in Lily's eyes, Snape finally said to Karan in a low voice: "Thank you."

Karan waved his hand indifferently, and the four of them sat on the grass again, doing the "handicraft class" assigned by Karan.

"So, Karan, where do you live?"

During this period, the three of them had exchanged family information with each other. Snape knew about the happy and middle-class life of Lily and Petunia's family, while the two sisters knew about Snape's family disharmony.

Although the sisters may not understand what that means yet, at least Petunia will no longer be able to say bad words to Snape, provided of course that Snape doesn't mess with her.

"Me?" Karan said openly without any hesitation: "I live in Anthony Yard, which is the only orphanage in Spider End Alley and is named after Mr. Anthony."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Lily said it immediately, and Petunia also showed the apology she deserved.

"It's nothing." Karan smiled nonchalantly: "If you had been an orphan since you were a child, you wouldn't have felt so much pain. Fortunately, I don't have much memory of my parents."

"Karan, don't say that." Lily slapped his hand lightly, and Penny already looked like she was about to cry.

Snape had already sensed Callan's indifference, but after the two sisters were sad, he finally decided that it would be better to blend in. After all, this is not something that everyone can joke about.

He lowered his head, his long hair covering his face, and he blended in smoothly.

"So... what about your parents? I'm not asking you..." Lily asked hesitantly.

"I understand what you mean." Karan nodded: "It's not abandonment. They are all very ordinary Muggles who died of illness because they had no money to go to the hospital. This is what Mr. Anthony told me before he died."

"I'm sorry, Karan." The apology in Lily's words became deeper, and Penny had completely cried.

Snape's head lowered even lower, still blending in smoothly.

Well, something seems wrong

Snape lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Karan: "Then... how did you know about things in the magical world? Mr. Anthony should be just an ordinary Muggle. ..."

"Snape"

Lily yelled at him angrily: "Karan is already like this, how can you still ask such a question? Is it so important?"

Snape wanted to answer "Yes", but he lowered his head under Lily's gaze. However, the force of the needle in his hand was obviously increased to vent his dissatisfaction and jealousy.

Why was it obviously me who came first...

"This question is nothing, Lily." Karan stopped her from continuing to question, turned to Snape and said seriously: "Of course I have experiences that I know about, but you don't want to know, please Please excuse the confidentiality."

Under Karan's ambiguous words, Snape nodded silently and gave up the idea of ​​digging deeper.After all, he was a little entangled when it came to telling about his family environment. Not everyone can tell what they have experienced.

Especially when you really don’t want to remember it again.

Karan smiled slightly, clapped his hands, interrupted the awkward atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Okay, it seems that everyone is almost done, how about we exchange ideas with each other?"

Penny immediately handed the thing in her hand to Karan eagerly. It was a piece of black cloth that was kneaded into a ball. It looked very awkwardly sewn. It seemed that Penny originally wanted to make it look like a flower, but unfortunately Failed.

"Thank you, I like it very much." Karan caught the black cloth and smiled gently.Penny's cheeks immediately turned red.

Lily muttered angrily at the side: "I originally thought you would give it to me. I am your sister."

Penny was stunned for a moment, but then her cheeks turned redder and redder, and she didn't even dare to look at Karan.

Lily hummed with satisfaction. She looked at the thing in her hand. It was a piece of black cloth sewn on top of each other, looking like a handkerchief.Although a little immature, it's not bad.

Lily looked around. Snape tried his best to pretend to be nonchalant, but his reddish cheeks betrayed him mercilessly.

Lily frowned and looked at Snape, and she suddenly said: "I can give it to you, but you must apologize to Karan first." She obviously had not forgotten Snape's previous question, and she still had a grudge in her heart.

"I'm sorry." Unexpectedly, Snape quickly apologized to Karan, and even Karan himself didn't respond. He replied blankly: "Oh... no... ....nothing."

"Tch" Lily pouted, but still handed the black handkerchief to Snape.

After Snape took the handkerchief, he looked at it carefully, then folded it and put it away carefully.

"It's your turn." Karan was really speechless and couldn't help but remind Snape: "Who are you giving it to?"

Snape was stunned. He lowered his head, and as if he was beating a drum in his heart, he whispered back: "I want to give it to my mother..."

"Oh" Karan raised his eyebrows.

"Snape, you are so mean" Lily looked at Petunia and shouted loudly. It was obvious that she and Petunia should do the same.

But then she suddenly glanced at Karan and shouted again: "You are really going too far."

Snape hesitated and put the thing he made into his pocket, not daring to let Lily see it: "I...I..."

"Nothing, nothing." Karan waved his hands repeatedly: "I believe that this will be a perfect gift for any mother."

With that said, Karan looked at Penny and Lily respectively, and said with a hint of distress: "It seems that there are two ladies left who have not received gifts, but I only have one left."

Petunia immediately opened her eyes and looked at Karan. Lily glared at Petunia with dissatisfaction. Petunia glared back unceremoniously. That clearly meant, "You dare to rob me. You dare to rob me."

Lily pursed her lips and said dullly: "Then just give it to Penny."

"It doesn't matter." Karan suddenly laughed. He took out what he had made. It was a thick black cloth, but his fingers suddenly staggered, revealing the true appearance of the black cloth, which was a stack of black cards. Each piece of cloth has the full names of the four people sewn in different colors, and these colors correspond to the color of each person's eyes.

Green Lily Evans and Penny Evans.

Brown Callan Sangster.

as well as......

Karan handed an almost invisible black cloth into Snape's hand and said to him: "Your eyes are black and it's hard to see, so I simply sewed the black line wider, so that At least you can see it if you get close.”

Lily and Petunia took it over lovingly, while Snape looked at the black cloth sign that belonged to him in surprise, nodded his head and said again: "Thank you."

"Very good, it seems that each of us has a gift." Karan stood up and put away the tools little by little, "That's it for today, I still have some things to do, we... ."

Karan made an appointment with Lily and Petunia again, and then left with a reluctant Snape.

This time, the two of them walked towards Spider End Lane together. Along the way, Snape didn't know what to say, so he simply kept silent.

Karan kept looking around, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and murmured: "Spider End Alley is really a bad place. Every time I come back here, I can't erase my bad impression. It's really... ...Tsk, tsk, tsk.”

"Snape, you don't want to live here forever, do you?"

"What did you say?" Snape didn't recover for a moment.

"Nothing." Karan shook his head, and he turned to Snape and asked, "By the way, your mother is a witch."

Snape nodded: "Yes, why do you ask?"

"Then do you have that kind of thing at home? It's that kind of thing..." Karan waggled his finger and kept giving various hints to Snape: "You know, that kind of thing..." ."

Snape's expression immediately became wary. He shook his head and said, "It's impossible. Wizards will not lend their wands to others casually. You should know this. And my mother never lets me take the room out of the room."

After a pause, Snape added in a low voice: "She was afraid that I would use a curse on that person, which is illegal."

cut.

Karan was secretly unhappy, and he turned to ask: "What about the books? Books about magic. You should have them at home. It should be no problem to take them out."

Snape lowered his head and hesitated, but did not reply.

"You should know that my situation is quite special, so I didn't leave any books behind. And I think it might also be helpful in explaining magic to Lily...and Petunia."

Karan almost forgot to take Penny with him.

"Well, I'll try to sneak some in next time." Snape finally agreed to the idea.

"Very good." Karan nodded with satisfaction. When they were about to separate, he pretended to mention casually: "It's a good heart shape, but a black heart still doesn't look romantic enough. At least it needs to be red or pink." , even green is better, it is more in line with Lily’s eye color.”

Snape immediately froze on the spot: "You...you saw it"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Karan put his finger on his lips and smiled mysteriously, leaving Snape who still hadn't moved, turned and walked away.

He walked on the rough cobblestones, passing by dilapidated houses one by one skillfully, and finally arrived in front of a neat building.

There was a little boy leaning on the door of the house who was looking back and forth. After seeing Karan appear, he immediately walked over. Karan asked in time: "How is it? Are Anthony's relatives still here to cause trouble?"

The boy immediately replied: "No, their reputations are spread around their respective homes. They are the ones who tried to rob the orphanage as you ordered. Besides, there are also people in the city to solve the will problem, so they should not do it again. Someone is coming to cause trouble."

Karan stretched his waist and nodded with satisfaction.

The little boy continued: "Except for the younger children, the older ones have all found jobs, and food and clothing have been completely solved, and there is even a lot left."

"That's good." Karan walked up the stairs with the boy: "Remember, orphans like us can only help each other, the older ones help the younger ones, and when the younger ones are old enough, they can feed back to the Anthony Home. As long as this If you continue to do this, even if you plan to continue to adopt orphans in the future, there will be no problems and you will be able to be self-sufficient."

"In this way," Karan looked around the hall: "Mr. Anthony can rest in peace."

"What about you...are you really going to leave?" the boy finally asked.

Karan raised his eyebrows: "Didn't I already say it yesterday? Now it doesn't matter whether I am in the Anthony House or not. The foundation has been laid. As long as you are united enough, you can live a good life, even if there is Anthony House. With the money spent, you can live a better life than most people in Spider End Alley."

"Besides," Karan said with dissatisfaction, "I can't live my whole life in this wretched place. The agreement with Mr. Anthony was originally only until the age of ten, and the extra year is enough."

The boy was accustomed to Karan's attitude and said nothing. He just stopped with him, looked at the portrait of the old man above the hall, and couldn't help but murmured: "Is it really enough?"

There was a look of nostalgia in Karan's eyes, he closed his eyes and opened them again: "Maybe it's enough, but maybe it won't be enough in a lifetime."

The two were silent for a while. The boy noticed the black cloth in Karan's hand and couldn't help but asked: "Karan, what is this?"

"Yeah" Karan lowered his head in confusion and found that he was still holding Penny's gift.

"This is..."

Karan threw it into the trash can in the hall and replied casually.

"Just a piece of trash picked up casually."