Parents of Hogwarts

Today is the day to go to Diagon Alley.

After learning that the friends Lily and Petunia made were also magical wizards, the Evans family expressed their willingness to take Snape and Karan to Diagon Alley together, but since their private car only had four people, The seats needed to be squeezed in, so Karan politely declined the invitation through Lily, but still said that he would buy the school supplies on the list on the same day, but he would need to split up.

Snape sat in the dark bedroom, casually pointing his mother's wand at the ceiling to shoot flies, silently waiting for the time agreed with Karan.

His hair was still greasy, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the small cloth bag on the bed beside him. It was the scholarship fund that Dumbledore brought during his previous home visit. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, Dumbledore He arrived just when Snape's father, Tobias Snape, was away, and handed the gold galleons to Snape's mother, Eileen Prince, who later handed it over in full. himself.

Although Snape is not an orphan like Callan, his long-term Muggle life and the extreme poverty of his family still allow him to be included in the school's student aid criteria.

Thinking of this, and the way his mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief at that time, Snape couldn't help but make mistakes in his aiming movements, and he felt a little upset.

He simply stood up and straightened his only set of clothes again in front of the old mirror.In fact, there is no need to check anymore. Callan's transformation is very perfect, which is very different from the original appearance of these clothes. Even Tobias Snape showed rare surprise when he saw him, but his attitude towards him was still It's just so bad.

Eileen Prince didn't know what she was thinking of. She just murmured in a low voice: "Making friends is always a good thing, a good thing."

Snape didn't know why his mother said this. The very few conversations between mother and son made the two gradually strangers. Prince never told him what happened when he was in school, and since Snape was born Until now, Prince has a sullen look on his face.

It seemed like I had never been happy in my life.

Snape was starting to get upset again.

A feeling of impatience and anger arose in his heart for no reason. He didn't know why this was happening, whether it was because of anger towards his father or disgust at his mother's cowardice.

He didn't know, but maybe he didn't need to know, because he would be going to Hogwarts soon, where he would be free.

And, Lily will be there too.

When he thought of Lily, Snape couldn't help but smile a rare smile. This was a gentle expression that neither Callan nor Lily had ever seen before. He would only allow himself to show this kind of expression when he was alone. kind of look.

But when he thought of Karan, the smile gradually faded.

Yes, and Karan.

Snape still remembered the look in Dumbledore's eyes that seemed to see right through him, and the only question he asked him.

"Mr. Snape, what kind of person do you think Callan Sangster is?"

what kind of person

Obnoxious, talkative, exaggerated, as well as a heinous hatred of black magic, but the approach of not rejecting it, and the crazy acquisition of magical knowledge.In just a short period of time, Karan had read all of Prince's magic books. Although he didn't know how many of them he remembered, it was not a small amount after all.

"A very strange man, Professor Dumbledore."

Snape finally replied.

Yes, in Snape's view, Karan is such a strange person who seems to be full of contradictions.

He likes magic, but he doesn't hate Muggles.

She loves white magic, but has her own bottom line for accepting black magic.

And, in terms of his attitude towards himself and Lily.

That attitude was like a nonchalant concern.

Although the process is not so pleasant, the results seem to be not bad.

After looking blankly in the mirror for a long time, Snape slowly exhaled, put his mother's wand in his drawer, and tidied his clothes one last time.

This wand should be the last time he uses it.

Snape walked down the small attic and happened to see his mother cleaning the house. Snape didn't understand why she didn't use magic to do such a thing, but had to use the stupid Muggle method.

This is just plain stupid.

Even for his own mother, this is really stupid.

Prince raised his head, showing his tired and depressed look.She saw her son standing at the top of the stairs watching her silently, and then lowered her head again, looking for dust in the room.

It seemed that this was the only way she could talk to Snape.

"Really, don't you need me to accompany you?"

Snape turned his head, also not looking at his mother. He unconsciously smoothed his fingers on the cracks in the wall, and replied in a low voice: "No, I will meet Karan first, and then I will meet Karan in the opposite corner." It shouldn’t take long for Lane to go shopping with the Evans family.”

"That's good, that's good..." Prince murmured in a low voice, and repeated it again: "It's always a good thing to make friends..."

It seemed that he wanted his children to cherish this hard-won friendship, but for some reason, this was the only thing Prince said.

The room fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of Prince cleaning gently.

Snape felt as if he was being driven crazy by the silence.

Just like he never liked his parents' quarrels, this kind of silence also made him feel deeply disgusted.

The Evans family has never been like this, and Lily has never had such troubles. At least Snape has never heard Lily say this, and even Callan has never missed his parents.

Maybe it would be better if I really was an orphan.

For the first time, Snape thought so maliciously.

At this time, Prince seemed to be struggling in his heart for a while, and then suddenly walked up to Snape.

This was the first time that Snape had looked at his mother so close since he could remember.

He seemed to have vaguely guessed what would happen next, and was a little panicked for no reason.

But Prince just lowered her head. She took out a pile of crumpled pounds from her apron, put her hand into Snape's coat pocket, and said awkwardly: "Take it to buy something. At least don’t buy second-hand robes.”

Prince raised his head and looked at his son. He moved his arm slightly, as if he wanted to touch Snape's face, just like mothers usually do.

But in the end, she just lowered her head again and continued the housework that seemed to be endless in her lifetime.

At this moment, Snape suddenly felt a little breathless, as if he was suffocated.

He stood there with his whole body trembling slightly, but this time the silence no longer made him feel disgusted, but instead made him feel a little lucky.

"I am leaving."

Snape finally just whispered this in a hoarse voice and left.