Parents of Hogwarts

As November officially enters, the weather gets very cold.The mountains surrounding the school were gray and covered with ice and snow, and the lake surface was as cold and hard as tempered steel.

At the same time, the Quidditch season is finally about to begin.

Every day, you can see Quidditch players from different houses coming back from the field soaked to the skin, with mud on their soles. The weather these days is really not good.

In addition, because there were too many students in solitary confinement in that fight, many of them were Quidditch players from Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Professor Meadows didn't seem to want to let the Slytherin students return to the court at first, but after Professor Slughorn's persuasion, she still agreed to give them enough training time.

"Well, if only Professor Meadows hadn't said yes."

In the afternoon, in the potion preparation room behind the mirror on the fifth floor, Lily put her hands on the table and stared at the bubbling potion in the crucible, her tone sounding a little disappointed.

Karan held a sleepy bean with his fingers, and he used a silver knife to cut it perfectly from left to right, then cut it into thin slices, and poured the squeezed juice into the prepared glass bottle.

Snape watched Karan's operation carefully from the side, and couldn't help feeling a little envious. He and Lily could never be as perfect as Karan when dealing with Sleepy Beans.

After everything was dealt with, Karan had time to reply to Lily: "There is nothing we can do about it. No matter how much Meadows has objections to Slytherin House, Professor Slughorn at least helps her." Solving a problem, Rita Skeeter has never returned to Hogwarts until now. Meadows can't always hold on to those players."

"Of course, this will help us solve the problem."

This Saturday will be the first Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin. From the perspective of winning, Slytherin has a much greater chance of winning.This was mainly because Lucius sponsored an additional batch of the latest Nimbus 1001, and almost everyone believed that Slytherin would win.

The current captain of Slytherin, Rabastan Lestrange, always leads his team members and walks around the court with the latest brooms.

The Carlo brothers and sisters often smiled maliciously at Frank and Alice, with both contempt and threat in their eyes. They were both hitters in their respective colleges and were responsible for the Bludgers on the pitch.

Judging from the tense atmosphere between the two colleges, it seems that they both intend to continue the fight on the court and decide the real winner again.

Of course, this tense atmosphere did not extend to the potion preparation room that belonged to the three of them.However, Snape still lowered his head and did not participate in the conversation between the two.

Although he didn't like Quidditch that much, in his heart he still wanted Slytherin House to win.

Different final rankings will receive very different college points, which will directly affect the competition for the College Cup at the end.

This is a very high honor. Not everyone can simply ignore it like Karan. Even the professors are very concerned about the next few games.

Of course, this is also the reason why Quidditch itself is the most popular sport among wizards.

After pouting slightly in frustration and glaring at Snape in confusion, Lily finally regained her energy. She wrinkled her face to avoid the mist, and stirred the potion in the cauldron again.

Snape's head bowed even further. He looked a little embarrassed, but he always tried his best to avoid conflicts with Lily over such trivial matters.

It's not worth it.

Karan looked at this scene with the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and he deliberately pretended to tease: "Oh, it's better to be Hufflepuff, don't have to worry about such things."

Lily looked up at him with confusion on her face: "What does this mean?"

Snape couldn't help but sarcastically said: "That's because Hufflepuff is always last in the Quidditch rankings."

"How do you talk?"

Karan said with an unhappy look: "Ravenclaw is our strong enemy."

“Occasionally, I will be second to last.”

Seeing Callan's natural expression, Snape opened his mouth and finally decided not to dwell on this issue any longer, lest Callan take him into a ditch again.

He never won an argument with Karan.

Lily was made to giggle by Karan, but it didn't take long before she suddenly asked Karan with some suspicion: "Isn't your performance in the flying lesson also deliberately pretending? You didn't think about it." Will you try to lead the Hufflepuff Quidditch team to glory in the future?"

"Flying lessons...those broomsticks are not as fast as the Thestrals, so there is no need for me to put in so much effort."

Karan said with an indifferent expression, and he handed the prepared narcissus and powder to Lily's hand.

Lily used a brass scale to weigh the required weight while looking at Karan with an "I knew it" look.

Karan raised his eyebrows. After handling all the ingredients, he picked up Barian who was curled up under the table.There is a glass bottle with a big blue bellflower flame inside, which is specially used to keep a few people warm. There are many such bottles around, making the entire secret passage warm, unlike It's so cold outside.

As for Barian, she had been brought here a long time ago. Lily was a little worried at first that it would cause trouble for the three of them, but Karan happily agreed.

As for Snape, although he was forced to vote in favor under the eyes of the two men, he was still a little worried.

"Catoni is very smart." He reminded again, and looked at Lily cautiously.

Lily took a moment to glare at him and continued to concentrate on stirring the potion.

Karan sucked the cat and said with a casual smile: "Don't worry, it won't reveal its location."

Cats are actually very loyal magical animals, and Crookshanks himself is a special case.Moreover, Karan also secretly asked Steve for help before this, asking him to "admonish" Barian.

Today, Barian is no longer as afraid of Karan as she was at the beginning, but is still sucked deeply by him, and even narrows her eyes in comfort.

"By the way, why did Barian gain weight again during this time?"

Lily suddenly raised her head and asked, "Could it be that you secretly fed it something?"

Snape immediately shook his head and said, "It's not me."

Karan shook his head and said, "Not me either."

Lily narrowed her eyes and looked at the two of them, and finally fixed her sight on Karan.

"I don't believe it," she said.

"Oh"

Karan magically pulled out a piece of toffee, and Barian immediately bit it into a bite.

"Congratulations, you guessed it right"

"Karan"

Lily snatched Barian over angrily: "What should I do if it has a bad stomach?"

"Don't worry, it won't."

Karan took out another licorice wand, put it in front of Barian, and let her lick it with her tongue.

"I've asked Steve a long time ago. The recipe for catnives is very broad."

"steve"

Lily's eyes widened immediately, and then she frowned tightly: "That Steve from Scamander"

"Forehead......"

Karan suddenly realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. It seemed that the cat nives had become a weakness for him inadvertently.

What Steve said at the beginning was indeed correct. Catnives' penetration into the wizarding world is indeed getting deeper and deeper.

Snape stood aside, with his arms folded and a look on his face.

Lily had been avoiding contact between Barian and Steve, for fear that Steve would hear something he shouldn't hear.

Karan blinked and he suddenly said.

"I'm not going to go to the Quidditch match."