HP in the name of Slytherin

Severus was thinking about not letting the annoying Potter and Black come to disturb Catherine. Unexpectedly, the two of them did not show up. Instead, he saw a flash of red hair in the corner of the passage.

With several years of observation, Severus could determine who it belonged to even if he only saw an afterimage.

...It's Lily!

He glanced at Catherine, who was communicating with Myrtle, to make sure she was okay. Haierpo was also wagging his tail, listening to stories and eating, so he hurriedly ran towards the corner he saw just now in a low voice.

Lily heard the footsteps getting closer and closer. She was sure that she had been discovered, so she could only hide in the recess on the side of the wall, poking at an armor, trying to pretend that she was just studying it.

"Lily..." Severus called her helplessly.

Lily turned her head with a grimace, "Sif..."

She moved her toes unconsciously, wanting to ask what Catherine was telling Myrtle over there, but she was afraid of making it difficult for Severus... Of course, judging from Severus' recent behavior, it seemed that he was no longer so restrained when getting along with Catherine. .

"You, how are you lately?" she asked softly.

Severus was amused by her behavior, "Didn't we just meet at breakfast?"

Lily pursed her lips, "You know exactly what I'm asking... Of course, don't say anything that's hard to say. I, I can ask Catherine myself."

Her last words were spoken bravely and vainly, just like her current uneasy mood.

"I really can't..."

Severus wanted to say that he could not betray Catherine. Lily took a deep breath and tried to calm down before asking. Unexpectedly, the two of them heard Catherine's voice the next second: "Huh? What are you asking me for?"

A gray-white head poked out from behind Severus. Catherine held Severus' shoulders to comfort the little black-haired wizard who became nervous for a moment. At the same time, she looked at Lily and said, "Good afternoon, Lily~"

Lily said that she had just said this and was not ready yet!

"Good afternoon, Catherine!" She raised her hand dryly, like a bulky doll on the roadside soliciting customers.

This is too guilty!

Lily scratched her hair in embarrassment. In her efforts to hide herself, her hair and wizard robe were a little messy.

"Let me scare you," Catherine came around from behind Severus and came to the rescue with a smile, "Are you here to investigate the secret room?"

This was obviously done knowingly, as Myrtle had clearly seen Lily in her memory.

Faced with Catherine's inquiry, Lily pursed her lips, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Is Catherine also here to investigate the secret room? I just saw you and Myrtle talking."

The voices behind her became quieter.

"That's the secret room my father left for me after all, isn't it?" Catherine asked.

Lily looked at Catherine with her emerald eyes, and then quietly looked at Severus beside her. She grabbed the wizard's robe and said stubbornly: "But I don't think you will do anything to hurt others, right?"

"Of course." Catherine helped her smooth out her unfinished hair.

Lily felt the gentle movements of Catherine's fingertips and looked up. Catherine's gray-blue eyes stared at her gently, like a pool of clear and tranquil water, allowing her to slowly let go of her nervousness and alertness.

Catherine has always been like this since she entered school, Lily thought. She has never bullied anyone. Instead, she has always been very polite and humble. Severus also said that Catherine is very nice. Now standing next to her, she looks natural. A relaxed state, not at all closed and cautious like before.

Lily breathed a sigh of relief, "I just want to come back and see if there is anything we haven't discovered. I wanted to ask you, but you haven't been here this morning..."

"The issue of the secret room is very sensitive. It's normal that you didn't tell me at first," Catherine said. "But it is indeed somewhat dangerous and not suitable for you little wizards to explore."

"I know, I was a little worried after hearing what Myrtle said, but..."

Catherine helped her finish the unfinished words: "But you can't control other people. Children, it's normal to be curious."

Lily nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Catherine looked at Severus beside her: "Is Severus curious?"

The little black-haired wizard said in a somewhat dull tone as Haierbo boasted in a low voice, "You are obedient and have not betrayed the master" and "But you are still not as good as I, Haierbo": "If you need me to know, I will be curious, otherwise I don’t have to be curious.”

Lily looked at Severus with some surprise, always feeling that her little friend suddenly became special when facing Catherine, closer than she imagined.

"Everyone knows it, but you don't know it. It always feels weird," Catherine said with a smile, patting Helbo who was whispering, "Stop bullying Severus, go and share the memory with him." 】

Severus was raising his head to think about what he meant when Halbo suddenly rushed over and hit him on the head.

The cold touch disappeared in a flash, and Severus' head was stunned. It wasn't pain, but the sudden influx of a large number of memories into his mind.

Myrtle was indeed killed by something in Salazar's secret room. That day she was laughed at by her classmates again and hid in the women's bathroom to cry. Suddenly she heard a strange noise, which seemed to be a boy breaking in.

Myrtle wanted to go out and warn him that this was the women's restroom, but she didn't expect to see a huge orange eye. The next second she lost her memory and woke up as a ghost.

Later, through other people's conversations and her own memories, she knew that the strange hissing sound was probably Parseltongue, and as we all know, Parseltongue is one of the hallmarks of the Slytherin heir.

As a Ravenclaw, Myrtle naturally likes to read books. When she was still alive, she saw the ridiculous statement: Hogwarts belongs to the heir of Slytherin, and Salazar built a secret room for him. TA will eliminate hemp and mixed race species on campus when necessary.

Later, she told the news to Dumbledore who came to ask her for details. Unfortunately, ghosts' memories are often fragmented and incoherent, especially for a weak little ghost like her. Her words are not even qualified to be used as testimony, and Dumbledore also You can only check it out after listening to it.

He didn't find anything, and the incident just passed.

The night she met James, Myrtle originally said this to scare him. She went out for a night out at night, and even took the wrong way to the women's bathroom, so she didn't want to scare anyone.

Unexpectedly, James was so enthusiastic that he asked her for more details. Today, he called other little wizards over to ask her, which shocked Myrtle.

She felt that her inference was fine, but Dumbledore didn't find any clues here. She was afraid that others would laugh at her if she spoke out, so she kept it in her heart. Seeing the enthusiasm of James and his companions, Myrtle told them part of what she remembered.

Severus watched Myrtle's experience through Herbo's perspective. In reality, only two or three seconds passed.

Myrtle's memory was fragmented and messy, but the magic of this "memory sharing" was that Severus seemed to have experienced it himself, clearing up the context in a short period of time, even better than Potter and the others. It was much clearer to listen to Myrtle's confusing words.

Before Lily could react, Severus already knew the entire truth of their investigation.

"Miss Catherine?" Severus didn't think there was any reason for Catherine to tell him this.

This is a tacit understanding among Slytherins.

Catherine raised her lips and smiled, taking Lily's hand, "My girl, let's go and talk together."