448 Sisters and Love
"Wizard Duel Cup...Contest?"
Lily looked at the ticket in her hand in confusion. She originally thought there was only one Quidditch World Cup, but she didn't expect that even a duel competition between wizards could be of this scale.
How will the wizards participating in the competition fight?Isn't there any danger?
"Dueling competitions...are truly Professor Meadows' hobby."
She sighed softly and let Penny take the letter from her hand.
After watching it several times, Petunia curiously asked Lily, who was lying on her back on the soft bed, "Are you going then?"
"I should be going there. Competitions of this scale are not common."
After hesitating for a while, she murmured in a low voice: "And Karan and Sif have also been invited, so they will probably agree."
"Humph!"
As soon as she heard Snape's name, Petunia snorted coldly. She didn't have a good impression of the long-haired, thin boy.
She held Lily's hand tightly and said: "You should be more careful when facing that guy Snape. I feel that he has been plotting against you. Otherwise, why would he risk his life... What’s that called?”
"It's the Lihuo World." Lily replied helplessly, turning her back, obviously not wanting to listen to Petunia's nagging anymore.
"Yes, it's the Lihuo World!"
Petunia didn't care whether Lily liked it or not, she still muttered dissatisfiedly: "When a boy is willing to risk his life to do such a thing for a girl, do you know what the reason is?"
Lily blocked her ears hard, but Petunia still shouted loudly:
"It's because of love!"
While holding Lily's palm, she kept whispering in her ear: "It's because of love, because of love, because of love -"
"Oh, are you bored?"
Lily was so angry that she laughed out loud at Petunia's actions: "If you keep doing this, I won't tell you what happened at Hogwarts in the future."
"That won't do!"
Penny immediately crossed her arms and retorted: "If you do this, I will ask my parents to send me to boarding school, and then you will never be able to see me during the holidays again."
Due to the changes in the timeline, the sisters who originally did not bother each other became talkative about everything.
At first, Penny still had the purpose of asking about Callan's condition, but later she was still deeply attracted by the fantasy world of magic. Now in the Evans family, she is the sister who is most looking forward to Lily's return.
"I know."
Lily held Petunia's arm and swung around twice. Normally, she would not behave like this in front of Karan and Snape. She would only become an obedient sister in front of her own sister.
However, what should be refuted still needs to be refuted.
"What about Karan?"
Lily then asked back: "It wasn't just Sif who took the risk at that time, but also Karan and his roommates... Well, forget it, let's exclude Gaspard. But Anyway, Karan saved Sif, was it also because of love?"
"how can that be!"
Penny immediately said with a look of disdain: "Didn't you already say that Karan only loves his wand and sometimes talks to his wand. I guess even if you two combined, they can't compare. The wand holds an important place in Karan's heart."
Then, Penny added dejectedly: "Even if I add some of the same."
In order to cut off Penny's thoughts about Karan, Lily has put in a lot of effort.After Callan's Defense failed, she elaborated on Callan's fondness for ash wands, which finally worked.
After the absurdity at the beginning, all that was left in Penny's heart was fright and a trace of sadness, but this sadness quickly disappeared over time.
"That's not a big deal, right?"
The originally vowed words turned into questions under Penny's suspicious eyes. Lily couldn't help but wonder about the status of the ash wand in Karan's heart... If Karan really had to choose, would Karan choose between herself and him? What judgment does Seaver make based on comparison?
After all, although they are all good friends, Wand is called a good boy in Karan's mouth!
"Maybe I should ask him this question myself..."
Lily squinted her eyes and said, she had already made a plan silently in her heart.
Penny nodded in agreement.
Lily sat up from the bed, took out the letter, and began to reply to Meadows' invitation. Petunia tacitly took care of the owl that sent the letter.
After watching the owl fly away with the reply, Penny's mouth started to move again.
"What about James Potter?" Petunia asked with a smile.
"What happened to him?"
Lily picked up "History of Magic" and covered her face with the thick book, obviously intending to get over it.
But Penny would not let go of this opportunity. She asked with a wicked smile: "What did you say happened to him? He asked you to go to some village again, and he did the same thing as Snape - he But I almost died in front of you. If this is not love, then what else can be called love?"
Lily remained silent, and Petunia immediately tickled her: "Come on, tell me, tell me, when you first told me about this, even I fell in love with him. If any boy is willing to do it for me If you do something like this, then I will definitely marry him in the future, this is called love!"
"How old are you?"
Lily kept twisting her body to avoid Petunia's attack: "Why do you always talk about love? It's still too early for the two of us to reach adulthood."
Penny would not be dealt with such a casual answer, she continued to attack: "Come on, come on, come on, that boy named James has done so many things for you, but you are not even willing to agree to a date, I We all feel sorry for him.”
"What do you have to feel bad about?" Lily glanced sideways at Petunia: "That's because you haven't seen Potter in the first grade, or in the second grade. He is so annoying. He relies on himself to be the leader. As a member of the Diqi team, I showed off my power in school, and I always made trouble and violated school rules, which cost me all the credits I had finally earned."
"what--"
Petunia screamed and covered her heart in an exaggerated manner: "If I were him, I would definitely want to commit suicide because of your words. Of course - I mean Potter in the third grade."
Lily pretended to hit her with "History of Magic": "It's time to let you know the weight of the magic world!"
Penny quickly dodged, and she accidentally fell to the floor, but she took the opportunity to look like she was dying, stretched her arms high, and at the same time put on that exaggerated look: "Lily... ..live...take my love with you..."
"Get up!" Lily said angrily.
Petunia stood up immediately, her eyes scanning Lily over and over again, especially the dazzling red hair and green eyes.
Her gaze made Lily's heart tremble. Just when Lily was almost unable to bear it any longer, Petunia pretended to lament: "Oh, I really don't blame you. If I do, I can only blame your beauty."
"We are also sisters, why do you look so good-looking?"
Lily could tell that Petunia's loss this time must come from her heart, which actually made her unable to get angry.
Lily's eyes rolled, and she suddenly pulled Petunia over and whispered in her ear: "In magic, there is a subject called transfiguration, which can transform people, and can also be used on Muggles... .....But I am not yet an adult, and I have traces on my body. If I use magic casually, I will be discovered by people from the Ministry of Magic. During the previous holidays, you and your parents also saw with your own eyes the magic that came from the Ministry of Magic. Letter...but if it takes a few more years..."
Petunia's eyes shone brightly when she heard it, and her eyes became brighter and brighter. She asked a lot of questions in succession, including hair color and face shape.Fortunately, Lily's grades have always been excellent and she answered everything carefully.
"Wow......"
Penny's heart suddenly couldn't calm down. She was stunned for a long time, and she kept saying "Wow".
"Don't talk nonsense." Lily warned with a cautious look: "Not even your parents can tell them."
Petunia nodded vigorously, but then she wondered: "What if my parents find out then?"
Lily blinked, and she suddenly thought of Karan's forgetting spell.
"no!"
Lily shook her head vigorously, took a deep breath, and stopped on the lawless road in time.
Penny looked at her in confusion, but Lily didn't dare to say such things casually, lest the number of "witnesses" appear in court would increase.
Who knows when Karan will go astray.
The answer in Lily's heart has never changed - it's possible anytime, anywhere!
When she thought of this, Lily couldn't sit still.
She walked back to the table, spread out a brand new notebook, and bit the tip of the pen in her mouth, but she didn't know how to write.
Penny walked over curiously. She gently opened the cover of the notebook and saw the words "Karan: A Self-Defense Guide."
"What is this?" Penny was confused.
"It's a prophecy." Lily said with a heavy heart.
Unlike the two little boys who are now doing business in the Gobstone shop, Lily has not forgotten the contents of the prophecy screen.
So, once again, she began to be deeply troubled by the threats Karan faced. She couldn't figure out what led to the emergence of the world of fire, and she had been silently preparing for it.
But it's not just Karan who can't figure it out, Lily can't understand it either - Karan has changed so much in a year, and he no longer looks like himself.
Could it be Antioch?
Lily thought hard for a long time, but Professor Meadows was also a descendant of Antioch, and she had not undergone such a big change in just one year.
Penny didn't understand what Lily was thinking. She asked casually: "Is this a paper assigned by some school? But I remember that you and Karan are not from the same college. What is his name... ."
"Hufflepuff." Lily reminded, holding her head, still having a headache from the prophecy.
"Oh, yes, Hufflepuff."
Penny opened the package of a chocolate frog and was hesitating whether to eat it, but she was also worried that she would gain weight.
She looked at Lily's figure and suddenly felt that it wouldn't matter if her sister gained weight, maybe it would keep Snape away from Lily.
So the chocolate frog was handed to Lily's mouth. Petunia, who felt that she had done a good thing, clapped her hands and said in a relieved tone: "Even if it is a thesis, would it be better for you to study Snape, so as not to Did Callan's fondness for wands scare the professor?"
"This isn't a paper, and there's no way I could write this stuff."
Lily responded vaguely. She glanced at another chocolate frog handed over by Penny, but she still took it with her hand and ate it little by little: "By the way, Penny, let me ask you, what do you think exists?" Can a person change a lot?"
"A lot of changes?" Penny suddenly felt a little guilty. Could it be that Lily had noticed her plan to gain weight?
"Yes, well, it's just..."
Lily struggled to swallow the chocolate. She struggled for a while, and then said helplessly: "Oh, let's forget it. It probably has something to do with magic."
Petunia was unhappy when she heard this. She pinched her waist and said, "What's wrong with not knowing magic? What's wrong with Muggles? I don't see magic helping you deal with Snape and Potter."
"Why did you mention them again?"
Lily put her quill down, her head hurting more and more at Petunia's words.
After seeing Lily like this, Petunia couldn't bear to continue talking, but she still asked with concern: "That's not to mention Snape, but what are you going to do with Potter? If his temper If nothing changes, he will definitely not give up dating you in the next semester. And you also said that he is not threatening you with any life-saving favor at all, but is acting openly and honestly——"
"So -!" Lily sighed, and she finally couldn't help but say what was in her heart: "That's why I have a headache. If only before this, I would have rejected him directly, and there wouldn't have been any Psychological burden.”
"What about now?" Petunia asked, leaning her head.
"Now..."
After confiding her feelings, Lily simply continued to express her true thoughts: "I know Potter has changed a lot, and he is not as annoying as before, but I don't want to fall in love in the third grade - Not even fourth grade!”
Before Petunia could continue to ask questions, Lily blocked her curiosity in advance.
"And the Sifu you mentioned, we are just good friends. He can risk his life to save me. This does not mean that I will not do the same thing, and the same is true for Karan. , we are all just friends..."
She repeated the words "friend" emphatically twice, hoping to dispel Petunia's curiosity.
"But what if I have to choose one?" Penny asked still unwilling to give up.
Lily curled her lips, Penny now looked similar to Karan when she first met, both of them had to choose one of the two.
But somehow, Lily moved her gaze to the corner of the table, and Petunia also looked over.
Lily's willow wand was placed there.
"sense of security......"
After hesitating for a while, Lily said hesitantly, her cheeks flushed: "If I have to choose one, no matter who it is, I must choose the one who can give me more security."
Lily's heart suddenly started beating fast, and she felt inexplicably guilty. It seemed that she had not completely considered love.
But Petunia is not so easily satisfied. The love she imagines is exactly that kind of vigorous emotion, which is at least richer than a sense of security.
"Then you'd better stop falling in love." Petunia looked at Lily's flustered look with hatred on her face: "You are so easy to deceive. I'm really afraid that you will be deceived by some bad guy."
Lily muttered reluctantly: "I'm not that stupid."
"It won't be the case then!" Petunia said loudly deliberately: "Is there anything more likely to make people blind than love? It's all written like this in novels. First they fall in love, and then they turn against each other and become enemies. You must be careful in the future. Some."
Lily wanted to reply, "What kind of books do you usually read?" But at the end, she suddenly froze.
She stared at the blank notebook, and an idea came to her mind——
Occlumency could not bring about a complete transformation in Karan...
But if...
Is it [love]?