Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"Are you waiting for me?" Aesop was surprised.

Before coming here, even she herself didn't know that such a day would come. How could she say that the horned water snake had been waiting for her?

"To be precise, I'm waiting for someone, someone who can treat me as family." The horned water snake said sadly.

"Are you lonely? Where is your family?" Aesop did not understand the words of the horned water snake correctly.

"I...have forgotten. But I know that I need someone who is connected to me by blood and treats me as a family member." The horned water snake shook its head, "Can you agree to be my family?"

"Sorry, I don't know how to treat the horned water snake as a family member. I have no experience in this." Aesop declined.

She didn't want to be regarded as a freak by others, and William had always been afraid of the horned water snake. She already regarded William as a friend, so she could only give up the suggestion of the horned water snake.

"Even if your family is doomed, things will change only if you let me become a part of your family. - Aren't you going to agree?" the horned water snake asked a little disappointed.

"My family? Sorry, I have no family, let alone a family." Aesop thought for a moment, unless Aunt Gormley in Ireland was also included.

She could not understand the enigmatic words conveyed by the horned water snake, and even had a ridiculous illusion. She did not know any Parseltongue at all. The voice of the horned water snake was purely imaginary, and she had made everything up in her mind. .

Unfortunately, the horned water snake's next words broke the little illusion she had: "It seems that you still can't correctly understand the meaning of family. So that's it for today. When will you come back when you truly understand the meaning of our conversation today? Find me. Goodbye!"

After the long-horned water snake finished speaking, he took another deep look at Aesop, then got into the stream and swam away.

Aesop lowered her head and thought for a long time, but did not understand what the horned water snake was implying. She knelt down and patted the gnome: "William, stop pretending and get up quickly. The horned water snake has left."

"Has that monster finally left?" Upon hearing this, William immediately opened his eyes and looked around. After seeing that there was indeed no trace of the horned water snake, he jumped up from the ground.

"You're too mean to say that." Aesop said disapprovingly.

"What did you exchange?" William asked.

"It said it wants to be a part of my family, otherwise my family will be doomed." Aesop frowned, "The problem is that I don't have any family at all, except for my aunt."

"Well, maybe it's inappropriate for me to say this, but where does your teacher stand in your heart?" William asked.

When he was recuperating, he had a deep chat with Aesop, so when he mentioned Dean at this time, he was not worried that Aesop would become suspicious.

"My teacher..." Aesop hesitated for a moment, "I do regard my teacher as my family in my heart, but unfortunately I don't know if he is willing."

"Oh? How do you say this?" William suddenly became interested.

"I always have a feeling that the teacher always rejects me thousands of miles away. Maybe he accepts me as a student just out of some necessity." Aesop replied slowly while thinking.

"It sounds like you are a little dissatisfied with your teacher?" William asked.

"No, of course not. I am very grateful to my teacher, but I hope my teacher can be kinder to me."

"I didn't expect your teacher to be very strict." William said, suppressing a smile. He really couldn't imagine Dean teaching his students with a straight face.

"He's not harsh, but kind of... indifferent?" Aesop didn't know if his feeling was accurate, "He seems to dare not invest too much emotion in anyone."

"Emotions? Are you falling in love with your teacher?" William felt as if he had discovered a new world.

"No, no, the relationship I'm talking about is the kind of relationship between family members or friends." Aesop said with a blushing face.

She was indeed attracted to Dean once, but it was a pity that Dean always deliberately kept a distance from her, which made her realize that Dean did not want her to have unnecessary illusions and did so deliberately, so that until now, Dean cannot Treat her with a normal teacher-student attitude.

This made Aesop feel very uneasy, fearing that Dean would refuse to continue being her teacher.

This worry became more intense as she came to the New World "alone" and Dean failed to show up.

After noticing Aesop's uneasiness, William was finally clever enough to guess her worries, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Aesop was so slow that he hadn't noticed that Dean was actually by her side all the time. Thinking about it the other way around. , Did Dean fail too much as a teacher?

William felt that he had captured a good point. When the time was right, he could blackmail Aesop and Dean respectively~

After thinking of Dean, William then thought of the message Dean had given him yesterday, asking him to find an excuse to leave Aesop as soon as possible to avoid exposing the secret.

William felt that he should find an excuse as soon as possible. Based on his understanding of Dean, he must have discovered something wrong before reminding him.

William also realized that he had indeed been a little careless recently and exposed many flaws.

Fortunately, Aesop's nerves were thicker and he didn't notice it, but this could not but be said to be a hidden danger.

"Aesop, I think we built the hut. After being out for so long, we should go back and take a look." William suggested.

"What a coincidence, I thought so too." Aesop immediately agreed.

"Really?" William didn't believe that Aesop and he would have such a tacit understanding: countless painful experiences in the past proved the fact that the combination of him and Aesop was simply a disaster.

"Of course..." Aesop explained: "Winter is coming. Our cabin is very close to the seaside, so it is easier to get food."

"Actually, what you are thinking is that it is closer to Cape Cod Pier. If your teacher comes from Europa by boat, it will be easier to find you, right?" William said deliberately.

"This... is also a reason." Aesop did not deny it, but admitted it generously.

This is where William felt that Aesop was boring. To be honest, he didn't know how to cultivate Aesop before. William found that she lacked a bit of femininity, in other words, she was not that cute.

This made William unable to make up his mind to leave immediately.

William realizes that if he wants to truly leave Aesop, he must anger her. Unfortunately, Aesop is not a person who gets angry easily.

William recognized the reality and could only slowly look for opportunities to leave. He hoped that Dean would not rush him, and even more hoped that he would not reveal more flaws.

After talking about returning to the hut, the two of them suddenly became eager to return home.

In order to rush back to the hut before winter arrived, Aesop even took the risk of using unskilled apparation several times - Dean only taught her the spell and did not let her practice it, but under William's guidance Despite the encouragement, Aesop still couldn't resist the temptation.