306 Suitcase, love, snowball fight (8k4)

306 Suitcase, love, snowball fight (8k4)

Several people failed to find Mr. Newt in the office, and finally found him at Hagrid's hut outside the castle. From the look of the two of them, it seemed that they were planning to go to the Forbidden Forest.

"Hagrid will be my assistant during class, but before class, we must know what is in the Forbidden Forest so that we can be prepared."

Mr. Newt looked at the little guys and asked, "Don't you want to go too? The Forbidden Forest is very dangerous, and this is against school rules."

Unfortunately, the four students present have all had the experience of sneaking into the Forbidden Forest.

"Hahaha." When Mr. Newt saw the embarrassed expression on Steve's face, he suddenly smiled heartily and said: "It's nothing, as long as you pay attention to safety, but you still have to be careful not to get caught by me in the future. Now that he is a professor at the school, he has the right to deduct points and will not show mercy to Hufflepuff."

"By the way, why did you come to me?"

Only then did Steve have the opportunity to tell what happened to Professor Lear.

After carefully listening to their concerns, it was Hagrid who took the lead and said dissatisfiedly: "You should believe Principal Dumbledore, he will not allow something like this to happen again."

This was the same idea as several people had before. Mr. Newt also nodded and said: "You should really believe Dumbledore. Although things in the first half of the semester were a bit scary, Dumbledore will definitely not sit back and ignore the safety of the school. He will I care about Hogwarts, especially the students."

"As for Professor Lear...Although I also worked in the Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures, I resigned very early, so I never met him. But I have heard of him and know him. He is a well-known expert on non-existence, and this is not an identity that is easy to fake - you must have heard him talk about Baiget, right?"

"Is that true?" Steve asked doubtfully, "Will a Boggart really look like that?"

"I don't know, kid." Mr. Newt shook his head and said frankly: "If things were really that simple, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" wouldn't have been revised so many times."

"I didn't find it hard." Steve said immediately. He was obviously enjoying the experience of going out with Mr. Newt: "The more revisions, the better!"

Mr. Newt smiled softly: "Very well, Steve, this is the fun of exploring magical animals - you never know what they can do, they are always full of unknown magic and secrets."

"Okay, kids, just trust Dumbledore. I've known him for a long time and know that he's not the kind of person who would make the same mistake."

Several people looked at each other, and then nodded in unison.

They naturally believed in Mr. Newt, especially since Steve was also in Hogwarts. It was impossible for Mr. Newt to ignore the threats in the school. After all, something as terrible as the Chamber of Secrets had just happened in the first half of the semester.

"What about the suitcases?" Steve suddenly asked in a low voice with some expectancy: "Have you brought them all? Which ones did you bring?"

"What suitcase?" Hagrid asked confused, "Who are they?"

"Some of my amazing animals," Mr. Newt said.

After he said this, Hagrid's eyes immediately lit up, as did everyone present.

"But I didn't bring them here," Mr. Newt said again.

At this moment, the light in Hagrid's eyes immediately went out.

"What about Pickett?" Steve asked suspiciously, "I've seen it at breakfast."

The little Bowtruckle seemed to hear someone calling him. It suddenly popped out from Mr. Newt's collar. It looked at Steve in surprise and joy, but was a little shy towards the three Callans behind him. and fear.

"Pickett is an exception." Mr. Newt said with a smile. He let Pickett hang on his finger and handed it to Steve.

"It is very shy and is afraid of strangers. But this time I brought it here specially. Do you remember the small island on the Black Lake? That was Bowtruckle Island. There are some trees there that can be made into wands. Pickett is from there, so I decided to bring him back to have a look."

Steve was playing with Pickett to his heart's content. Behind him, Callan, Guspard, and Snape looked at each other speechlessly - it seemed that Wolf was not an exception. It has become a common practice for the Scamander family to take magical animals away from Hogwarts.

Pickett was really shy, he only dared to stay with Steve, and he was obviously a little scared of the two expressionless guys, Gaspard and Snape.

"Let me give it a try." Karan smiled gently and stretched out his palm.

Pickett glanced at him cautiously, and then he was so frightened that he hid quickly. His reaction was even greater than when he faced Gaspard and Snape.

Gaspard smiled disdainfully and said, "Ha."

Snape stared mockingly at Callan's embarrassed hand in the air.

"What's going on?" Karan asked with a dark face.

"Uh..." Steve blinked in confusion, unable to say anything.

"Perhaps it's because of the change of environment." Mr. Newt reached out and took Pickett over. He said doubtfully: "Pickett rarely reacts like this. The last time he was almost there When he was sold to a bar owner, the guy had bad intentions towards Pickett - don't spit at me! Pickett! I've already explained it, it was a cover-up! It was just a false promise!"

However, Pickett had hid in Mr. Newt's collar and refused to come out even if he said anything.

"Oh, my God." Mr. Newt sighed helplessly: "That's it, kids, it's time for me to leave, and it's time for you to rush to the next class - or do you really plan to go to school with me? Shall we go to the Forbidden Forest together?"

Steve quickly asked hopefully: "Is it okay, Dad?"

Mr. Newt's face was deliberately straight.

"Of course not, Steve!" He said seriously: "This is not like being at home. Don't think that I will leave you alone when I become a professor. Just think of it as...Tina is fine too. Well, if you continue to disobey me, I will really call her over!"

Tina was Mrs. Scamander, and Mr. Newt's threat obviously worked. Steve sighed as he watched Mr. Newt and Hagrid leave.

Before entering the Forbidden Forest, Mr. Newt deliberately looked back, and then repeated the action he had done at breakfast - he tapped the watch on his wrist with two fingers, telling them to seize the time and do whatever they did. Okay, just don't make trouble under his nose.

"Is Mrs. Scamander really that strict?" Callan asked Steve on the way back to the castle.

He finally saw that only Tina could make Steve obey.

"Of course not!" Steve replied bravely, looking timid.

"And it's not important." He immediately added, and gradually lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that someone would hear him.

"My dad just lied. Pickett told me this when we were playing around."

The three of them immediately turned their heads and stared at Steve. They didn't expect to achieve such a gain.

Steve raised his head proudly and said: "It's just that I don't know what my father lied about. Pickett was scared by you before he could tell me this - especially you!"

He pointed at Karan and said: "This is the first time I have seen Pickett react so loudly. It has never been like this before. At most, it just hides when it predicts a dangerous guy."

Gespard said calmly: "It seems that this time it is right."

Snape nodded in agreement, the corners of his mouth curling up mockingly.

Karan rolled his eyes angrily: "Let's quickly think about why Mr. Newt lied, otherwise I will let you see what the real danger is!"

While he was speaking, several snowballs flew up beside him.

At this moment, the three of them immediately fell silent. Facing the powerful wandless magic, they would never be able to defeat Karan in a snowball fight.

"Could it be because of Professor Lear?" Steve was the first to guess.

"It's unlikely." Gaspard shook his head and said, "Mr. Newt is not familiar with Professor Lear, so there is no reason to help him cover up, and he certainly won't take the risk - after all, you and your son are both staying in Huo. Gwartz, this is too dangerous for you all."

Snape pursed his lips in silence, and said abruptly: "Is it because Mr. Newt is also pretending? That's why Pickett wants to take this opportunity to tell you something?"

Steve was shocked by Snape's guess.

"That's even more impossible."

The person who denied the guess this time was Karan. He shook his head and said: "Magical animals can tell the difference between good and bad wizards. This is what Qiqi did in the first half of the semester. I just saw that Pickett and Mr. Newt are quite close." Yes, it won’t be for this reason.”

Steve gradually relaxed.

The four of them gathered together in the snow, silently thinking about any possibilities, so that they did not even notice Lily approaching quietly.

"What are you doing here!"

The sudden sound startled them, causing Lily to giggle.

"Are you preparing for a snowball fight?" She saw a few snowballs that fell on the ground, and quickly grabbed two piles of snow and kneaded them into a ball. Her green eyes scanned the four people, as if looking for a target.

Steve suddenly hid behind Karan.

"No, no!" He refused with his head carefully exposed.

Karan told Lily what happened.

"Mr. Newt can lie? Is there such a thing?" Lily asked in surprise: "You actually thought about it for so long?"

"Have you guessed it yet?" Snape asked in surprise.

"You know it just after hearing it." Lily said and threw away the snowball in her hand, which made Steve look a little better.Then she took out a copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" from her backpack, waved it in front of a few people and said, "What else can make Mr. Newt lie? Of course it is his suitcase, his magical luggage The box never leaves my body and I carry it with me wherever I go.”

"And the book also mentioned that he secretly raised magical animals when he was in school. How could such a person not bring those magical animals with him at home? Even Steve still brings Wolf with him."

Several people immediately looked at Steve. Among them, he was the only one who knew Mr. Newt best.

Steve blinked: "It seems really possible. Although I haven't been to the basement at home before school started, so I don't know which magical animals are missing, but after all, Pickett is here, and what my dad took away happened to be magic." The suitcase...but why did he lie? Can't even tell me?"

Gaspard pushed up his glasses and said, "I remember that when I was a guest at your home, my parents and I visited the basement of your home, but that certainly didn't include all the magical animals, right?"

"That's right." Steve nodded blankly and said, "And it's not just you, even I can't go to some places... But why do you ask?"

Karan suddenly remembered what Steve said when he first met him, and he asked: "What place would not allow you to go there?"

"Dangerous." This time, Steve answered immediately: "Dangerous places will definitely not allow me to go alone, such as the bottom of a lake - because I will not cast a bubble spell on myself. Protection spells, and beyond that there are areas where powerful magical animals live.”

As he spoke, Steve gradually came to his senses: "Are you saying that there may be equally dangerous magical animals in my dad's suitcase?"

"At least it can't be due to environmental reasons." Karan said with experience: "The Traceless Stretch Spell also has its limits. It is still too difficult to create a lake in the suitcase."

"What magical animal could that be?" Steve asked doubtfully, "XXXXX level?"

However, not only the XXXXX level magical animals are dangerous enough, but even the slightly inferior XXXX level magical animals are enough to pose a threat to the students in the school. What is even more exaggerated is that such magical animals are not yet available in Steve's home. Few: Rune snake, bird snake, poisonous horned beast, griffin, horned beast, invisible beast, horse-shaped water monster...

They had no way of knowing exactly what was in Mr. Newt's suitcase, let alone sneaking into Newt's office to take a peek - according to Steve, if they really did this, they would probably be arrested. The secret magical creature in the suitcase is discovered, which would expose them.

And Mr. Newt deliberately concealed this matter, and he must not have wanted them to know.

"It's so troublesome." Steve couldn't help but lamented: "Why can't the reason be told directly? We still have to guess here. I can't ask directly, otherwise Pickett It’s exposed, and it may not know what’s in the suitcase - its body is so small, there’s no need to go into the suitcase, it just needs to stay in places like the collar.”

Several people originally came to see Mr. Newt for Professor Lear, but not only did they not know the reason for Professor Lear's change of attitude, they also learned a secret related to the suitcase.

The current situation reminds Callan of what Dumbledore said to Snape in the future: I don't want to put all my secrets in one basket.

Not only are the secrets in different baskets faced by these people, but the people who put the secrets in are also different.

Just when several people were deeply troubled, Lily suddenly came closer to Snape. She narrowed her eyes and stared at Snape, causing him to take several steps back, having a bad feeling in his heart.

"Sev," Lily said coldly, "I heard that you started studying black magic again?"

Snape pursed his lips and tightened his cheeks.

This was a question he had long expected.

Whether it was in Hogsmeade Village during the Christmas vacation or in Hogwarts School, he no longer avoided learning dark magic.

He knew that Lily would discover this sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

So, he turned his head and looked to the side.

Karan, Steve, and Gaspard all stood in a row. They watched this scene silently. No one spoke, but it seemed that no one planned to leave.

Steve was a little curious. He already knew that Snape was reading books on dark magic. After all, this was what happened in the library just now, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it - Slytherin liked black magic. Isn't magic a matter of course?Otherwise, what else could I like?Fantastic animals?

Gaspard was still expressionless as usual. He also knew all this, but he just thought it was no big deal - for him, it was just black magic, which was completely within the acceptable level, even in some cases. This is the minimum standard. Karan learned a lot of black magic spells when making magic threads.And no one can be too harsh on a Slytherin, that is the characteristic of their house.Do you want them to never study black magic for the rest of their lives?This is too strict.

The expression on Karan's face was much more frank than theirs, and he looked like he was watching a good show.

Snape silently looked away. He already knew who the leaker was.

"That's right, you don't need to look at him, that's what Karan told me!" Lily said loudly, which made Steve and Gaspard's eyes change when they looked at Karan, as if they were calling him a traitor.

Karan reluctantly spread his hands. He has always adhered to the principle of making mistakes early and exposing them early. Otherwise, it will be too late to stop things when things get serious.

Of course, that was only if he was certain, otherwise he would have told Dumbledore about the Horcruxes - he didn't want to create a Grindelwald or a more terrifying Voldemort.

Lily continued: "I know you are in a very bad situation. The name of traitor has been spread in Hogwarts for a long time, and I have heard about it. But is this the only way? You have to fight with Are those people fighting? Do they have to use black magic? Karan has already warned us like that, more than once."

In the solemn atmosphere, Steve's eyes gradually became cautious, but he was also waiting for Snape's rebuttal after silence, and the possible explosion.

Before he knew it, he had become just like Karan.

Gaspard was more interested in Karan's warning. After a few simple words, Gaspard raised his eyebrows. He didn't know whether he agreed that black magic can make people become extreme and evil. concept, and then continued reading.

Snape remained silent.

He didn't resent Karan's leak - because since the beginning of school this time, he had not deliberately concealed the matter.

He couldn't do it, he couldn't hide it anymore.

[He loves black magic. 】

From beginning to end, nothing has changed.

He resented his love, he didn't want Lily to hope, he didn't want her to feel sad about it, and he didn't want to become extreme and evil.

But in the end, he still couldn't change himself - he couldn't change the soul under this thin body, and he couldn't change himself shaped by past memories.

When did it start?

Snape didn't remember.

Perhaps it was the first time I saw my mother being beaten and scolded by that damn man.

Perhaps meeting Lily for the first time made him fully realize his own unbearableness and embarrassment.

Perhaps meeting Karan for the first time made him angry and couldn't bear to be compared.

Maybe... all of this started as soon as he could remember.

He was born that way.

The house filled with negative emotions is where he grew up.

Lily, who was as beautiful as light, was beyond his reach.

Leaving Spider Tail Alley and starting over is just the beginning, and it is far from enough time to completely change yourself.

The "traitor" situation did make his school life more difficult, but it seemed like nothing compared to escaping the hell of Spider-End Alley.

He loves his college, but he longs for his current life even more.

Lily was right, he did have other options.

He could choose to suffer in silence - it wouldn't be difficult, that's how he was raised.

He can choose other methods, such as potions - which are also very simple, and he can already prepare some potions on his own, which only require a small amount to make a mess of roommates who look down on him.

But Snape only chose the path of dark magic.

He couldn't, really couldn't, not think about the dark arts.

Because he wields malice so readily, it's like an extended arm.

Because, he is Severus Snape.

He couldn't change this, and he didn't know why he thought this way, but he became increasingly aware of the fact that he loved black magic and no one could stop it.

Even Lily...can't.

"I......"

Snape decided to break the silence and break the long-standing conflict.

But seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, Lily stopped his next words in advance and shouted immediately.

"You can ask us for help!"

Snape was stunned.

But Lily continued to say regardless: "You can ask Gaspard to help you make some - some messy gadgets!"

Gaspard pushed up his glasses and reminded calmly: "As a future inventor, I need to remind you that it is called alchemy and magic items."

"Okay, okay!" Lily said, and then pointed her finger at Steve: "You can still find him -"

This time, before Lily could finish speaking, Steve quickly said: "Fantastic animals, that's called magical animals - if I have to do this, I might try to communicate with the giant squid, and it might be willing to help us. If you're busy, just let those students who bully you [accidentally] fall into the black lake."

Several people immediately looked at him with strange eyes. They didn't expect that Steve could have such a magical effect.

"It will definitely be fished out!" Steve quickly defended: "The giant squid will not really cause harm to the students. At most, it will only make them suffer."

Several people couldn't help but imagine the scene where the usually friendly giant squid suddenly opened its mouth wide and suddenly pushed the student into the water, and then even fished the student out?What to do with it?Eat it directly?

Several people silently decided to stay away from the Black Lake in the future. They did not want to suffer from such a psychological shadow.

"Uh, okay." Lily suddenly felt that calling Steve might be a mistake. She didn't expect that the harm he would do would be so great.

Then she shifted her gaze and focused on Karan, who had an expectant look on his face.

Well, there's no need for [maybe] this time.

Karan itself was a mistake!

"No, this is too bullying. I will never allow you to help randomly until the end. I don't want to go to Azkaban. Dementors sound so scary..."

Karan's face turned gloomy a little bit, and Steve patted him on the shoulder pretending to be generous. His round face was full of pride, but then he was covered in a snowball that suddenly floated up.

"Damn it! You're bullying me again!"

The accidental victory made Steve so confident that he thought he could defeat Karan, but before he could finish pinching a snowball, a seventh snowball hit him on his thigh.

"I'm here to help you!" Gespad suddenly said: "It's time to balance the distribution of rights in the dormitory. We must not let Karan continue to dominate the family!"

The situation between the two of them fighting Karan immediately formed, and Gespard even took out a red ribbon to share.

"This is a modified magic thread, made from Karan's wandless magic floating spell as a template. It doesn't have many functions, but it's still fine for picking up rocks and making snowballs!"

Karan smiled disdainfully and said: "Are you kidding - eh! No more dividing! Only one can be used! Otherwise I will use the magic wand!"

Seeing the battle becoming more and more intense, Lily was intoxicated for a while before she focused her attention on Snape again.

Snape was still in a daze, as if he had lost all reaction to everything around him.

"And me!" Lily said after waving her palms: "You can also come to me for help, or do you think we will just watch you being bullied! I will help you even if you don't mention it. , I’ve long disliked your roommates. I’ve heard that they bully junior students. I really don’t know what’s going on in the minds of such people! I’m disgusted! I’m really disgusted!”

Finally, Lily opened her mouth and said: "Whether it's black magic or being bullied, we will help you - this is better than hanging around with those people all day long in the first grade. I really can't imagine it. What should I do if you guys keep doing this - it's really scary, and I thought we were friends, Sev, best friends... are you listening?"

Snape suddenly came to his senses.

"Of course... of course!" he said hesitantly, his face turning from red to purple, but fortunately the splashing snow covered up the strange look on his face.

"Best friends, of course," he said.

Lily laughed with relief, and then whispered: "But this is only for you, me, and Karan. Steve could have joined, but his speech just now was too threatening. Sex, it needs to be investigated. As for Gaspard - it would be great if he can join us before graduation - the bad guy who leads Karan to evil, it is really abominable! "

Snape's body became extremely stiff because of Lily's approach. He couldn't hear what the other party was saying at all, and he couldn't make any response. Only Lily's amazing green eyes were left in front of him, and there was There was his panicked reflection inside.

After whispering, Lily had completely relaxed. She smiled happily, and then couldn't wait to shout: "Split a magic thread from me! Why are you so stupid? Neither of you can beat a Karan!" Can’t one person be responsible for making snow, and another person be responsible for throwing snowballs?”

Lily's suggestion was adopted by the two defeated people, but the moment they had just made a lot of snowballs, all the snowballs flew up inexplicably and hit them one by one. Three of them immediately appeared on the spot. snowman.

"Why are you so stupid!" Karan mocked loudly: "Thank you for the snowball!"

Steve was furious, and Guspar was as cold as ice. Only Lily became more and more courageous and encouraged: "Don't give up! I don't believe we can't win even once! Can you play wizard chess? We can use tactics. ah!"

"And you, Sif!" Lily shouted anxiously: "Come on! Four people can definitely defeat Karan's wandless magic!"

"come here now!"

Snape ran over together immediately, his long hair spread on his cheeks, and the same old-fashioned hairstyle was full of vitality today.

Maybe it's because of the wind.

Karan watched this scene with a leisurely expression. The development of the situation was easier than he expected. Lily accepted Snape, who loved black magic, and no longer regarded this as a threat, but wanted to help him.

This was something he only thought of during the Christmas vacation - not long after he had just chosen to accept Wei Er - that is, trying to accept love. Karan suddenly found that he had overlooked a very important fact.

Dark magic is particularly scary, but it is not the cause of Snape's real change, nor is it the beginning of Lily's drift away from him.

The problem actually lies with people, with Snape's group of bad friends, and with Slytherin's future Death Eater students.

The first thing Lily hates in the future is those guys, which is why she doesn't want to see Snape loving dark magic.

Today, Snape still loves the dark arts, but he no longer wants to hang out with those people based on this - but to defeat them.

Black magic is not the cause of their conflict.

Talent is.

[Fortunately, I didn’t discover it too late. 】

Karan said silently in his heart, and he continued to watch leisurely as several people threw snowballs at him.But he didn't make a strong counterattack, he just allowed himself to dodge in a more timely manner.

He understood Snape and Snape's love for the dark arts.

Because so is he.

But it wasn't just the dark arts that he loved.

But the magic itself.

Karan, loves magic, uncontrollable love.

From beginning to end, always.

So, the next second, Karan stopped avoiding.

He stared at the snowballs flying towards him in the air. Instead of taking out his ash wand, he silently stretched out an arm and pointed his palm towards them.

An invisible wall of air seemed to form in front of him, and magic surged in the air, causing all the snowballs to slowly stop.

Steve watched this scene blankly, and the snowball he had just squeezed in his hand floated uncontrollably.

Lily's eyes widened in surprise, and Snape quickly crushed the snowballs in their hands.

Gaspard stared at the wall of snowballs. He didn't even have time to push up his glasses and shouted quickly: "Karan actually cheated - get out of the way... ugh -"

The words of vigilance were drowned in the snowballs coming, and then they were covered by more snowflakes.

Karan walked over with a smile and said, "I didn't cheat. This is just wandless magic."

The people who all fell down in the snow were so angry that they were speechless!

How abominable! ——This is the thought they all share——Wandless magic is so abominable!

Karan clapped his hands up and down indifferently, then stretched again and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Finish work."