HP solves the mystery

On the day before Christmas, the little wizards at Hogwarts had already packed their things and were waiting for the time to take the express to pick up their luggage and go home.

Students staying at school are much calmer. In addition to enjoying free room and board at school, they can also go to Hogsmeade Village.

Many little wizards rubbed their sleepy eyes and couldn't even muster the energy to eat breakfast. They were too excited and stayed up all night yesterday.

Severus had no expectations. The Hogwarts Express was not as good as the trains of later generations. It had no air conditioning or WiFi. He could only borrow a few books from Regulus and planned to read them in the box.

Regulus ate an egg and was used to his roommate's 'nerdy' hobbies. At worst, he would harass him to play wizard chess together.

"Regulus, your brother, um, I mean, is he going back?" Little Barty asked abruptly. After all, it was a reunion festival, and it lasted for half a month. As far as he knew, Sirius went to Poland last year. Spent at the special family.

Regulus frowned when he heard this, and his chewing movements slowed down. Because Sirius didn't go back last year, his ears were calloused by his parents and the elders in the portrait.

But when we go back, there will be another bloody storm in the family, which is really hard to say, not to mention what happened with cousin Andromeda, and the family has been dissatisfied for a long time.

It is known that the family is full of Slytherins, and a Gryffindor has been mixed in. Now it is the heyday of Voldemort, so it is better not to go directly to Avada.

"I don't know, little Barty, this isn't something you should pay attention to," Regulus replied calmly, speaking with a hint of meaning, "You should ask your high-ranking father if he will accompany you. Spending Christmas with Mrs. Crouch.”

This time, Barty's brows furrowed. He only saw his father a handful of times a year, not to mention that his father was still busy with the Ministry of Magic. Regulus knew how to change the subject.

This has to be said that Barty Jr.'s enthusiasm for Voldemort includes his desire for father's love. Anyway, Barty Crouch Sr. is one of the important promoters.

"That's not important, Regulus." Even though little Barty was stabbed in a painful spot, he spoke very hard, "You may be more concerned about what message Mrs. Langstrange will convey to that adult... You know Yes, that day is not far away..."

He said vaguely, glanced at Severus aside, and closed his mouth.

Andre just ate breakfast, thinking about buying some snacks on the train later. He didn't pay attention to what little Barty said. That adult would not absorb a mediocre mixed-race like him.

After eating for a while, the restaurant became noisy. The young wizards were carrying their luggage in groups of twos and threes, preparing to go to Hogsmeade Station to take the express home.

The train station is located below Hogsmeade Village. After passing Duke Bee's shop and walking a little further, you can see two buildings, with the train station in the middle.

Severus followed Regulus and the other three, carrying a suitcase that had been treated with the rudimentary Seamless Stretch Technique. Under Hagrid's care and loud shouts, he walked into the station step by step.

He looked at the heavy snowflakes floating in the sky, and his breath turned into white mist. He was a little afraid that he would freeze to death when he returned to Spider End Alley. After all, he could still cast the Warming Charm at Hogwarts, so when he returned home Underage wizards cannot use wands.

There were a lot of empty seats in the car, so he took advantage of the crowds to separate from Regulus and the others and sit in the car at the end, which was quieter.

Because there is only a Muggle-killing spell, not a wizard-killing spell.

Severus closed the door. The train started on time at nine o'clock, and he had not even turned a few pages in his book when the door opened.

"Severus, I finally found you! Why don't you follow me closer!" Regulus's hair was a little messy and his face was flushed. After seeing the people in the box, his tightly pursed lips finally relaxed a little. After a few steps, Went in.

Behind him, Barty Jr. and Andre both stood up, with condemnation in their eyes.

"Um, isn't there too many people and I can't find you? Besides, don't you go find your friends to play?" He touched his nose feeling uncomfortable and moved some seats for a child who was sitting over.

Regulus chuckled after hearing this, put his luggage on the shelf, took out the wizard chess and called the other two over.

"Do you want to get rid of us and be with your little Gryffindor girlfriend? Well, the little girl with red hair and green eyes...I heard that she even invited you to her house for Christmas..." Andre said with quick eyes and hands. He took a seat by the window, not wanting to participate in wizard chess, and said to Severus while eating multi-flavored beans, his face full of sincerity.

Severus has black lines all over his head, what kind of little girlfriend? They all know about the Christmas invitation. Doesn’t the whole Slytherin know about it?

"We are just ordinary friends. I still like to spend Christmas at my own home." He denied the term 'little girlfriend', looked at Andre's teasing look, and coughed, "I like quiet places, and Don’t disturb me while I’m reading!”

He answered the question in one breath, shook the book in his hand, lowered his head and read again.

Barty Jr. and Regulus both played wizard chess a little louder.

Not long after, the door was opened again, and the fiery red hair instantly lit up the room.

"Oh, Sev, I knew you would be behind." Lily's cheerful voice sounded, as if she didn't see the other three Slytherins in the carriage, and continued, "I almost thought you weren't going back. Fortunately, Helena told me that she saw you at the station, do you want to go to my box over there?"

Severus actually admired Lily. During this period, she was still able to keep in touch with her childhood friends in Slytherin, but she was a little confused when it came to the affairs of Potter and the others.

"Thank you, Lily, I think it's good for me to stay here." He looked behind her, she was very immune to the four Potters, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and shook his head in refusal. Where Lily was there, Potter was still there. Will it be far? He was not in a panic.

Lily's bright smile froze, she glanced at Regulus and the others, and pursed her lips, "Okay, I'm in the car near the middle. If, I mean if, you feel uncomfortable staying here, you are always welcome. You go over..."

Severus nodded and continued reading, and Lily had to leave in frustration.

"Brother, to be honest, if you like it, you have to work hard for it. If I were you, I would have taken her down long ago!" Little Barty ordered the knight to kill the horse, and took the time to say to Severus, Her tone was full of hatred, "She has a good talent for magic and is quite famous in Gryffindor. The most important thing is not to lose to that rude lion of Potter!"

Severus' love for Lily was known to everyone in Slytherin or Gryffindor. Apart from the strange combination of Slytherin and Gryffindor, Wave was also indispensable. Thanks to the publicity of a few people, otherwise the reputation would not be so great.

Severus glanced at him inexplicably and cleared his throat, "You like her?"

As soon as these words came out, the box fell completely silent, and Andre stopped eating the multi-flavor beans, leaving only the sound of hacking and slashing chess pieces.

Little Barty hit the wizard chessboard with a distorted expression, and the chess pieces inside screamed with excitement.

"I-I don't like the rude Gryffindor lioness! What's more, it's a mud..."

"Little Barty! Shut up and keep playing chess!"

Regulus interrupted what he was going to say next and looked at him seriously. He shouldn't say that word, and he couldn't say it. Besides, were there few such wizards in their family business? What's more, it's still when that adult is recruiting talented people.

The family's ancestral motto said, don't underestimate any Muggle! But he said to be pure, Muggles are weak!

This is really a simple and contradictory question. It depends on how people who know it use it. (In fact, the main thing is to monopolize talents and resources, rather than simply thinking about blood. Mixed blood is often stronger.)

"In short, I won't like a Gryffindor wizard, at least he must be a Ravenclaw..." Little Barty opened his mouth, and finally he could only hold back this sentence.

Severus' face turned cold when he heard the word 'mud'. For whatever reason, he didn't want to hear the word 'mudblood'.

"Little Barty, you should be glad that you didn't say it..." He looked at him coldly. Although he came from a later generation and didn't have much sense of belonging to the magical world, this word was too 'eye-catching'.

This is the iconic word that marks the break between Lily and Snape in the original book! ! !

Moreover, wizards in the magical world always like to pretend to be confused. Don’t they know the proportion of pure-blood, mixed-blood, and hemp wizards? Just relying on those few pure-blood families, the wizarding world in England should disappear.

"I'm not talking about you," little Badin pursed his lips. Seeing his hateful eyes, thinking about the recent interactions, he hesitated and said, "I know, I will pay attention. Don't look at me like a child." Look at me the same way! Snape!"

"..."

Severus rolled his eyes at him and continued reading. A young boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, wasn't he still a child?

Andre took out a chocolate frog. As soon as he opened it, it jumped onto the wizard chess piece and pushed the king chess pieces down. He was stabbed a few times by the knight who rescued him. Then he jumped to the window and jumped out in pursuit of freedom. And the joy went away.

Andre looked at it in confusion, and when he saw that it was gone, his face wrinkled up.

"Ahem, okay Andre, let's eat some chocolate balls." Severus took out a handful of strawberry chocolate balls from his bag. Looking at his silly expression, he thought to himself that this child was only growing taller. Brain? Or are all foodies like this?

Andre smiled, showing his big white teeth, and took it unceremoniously and started eating.

Seeing that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the box, Severus took out some marshmallows and shared some among them, peeled one off and ate it himself, and continued to immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge.

The wizard chess pieces continued to make noise, but the person who started playing chess restored them to this state and then put them away.

Little Barty stared at Regulus for a while, his eyes began to feel sore, and he took out a blanket from nowhere to cover himself and took a nap.

Regulus ate a marshmallow and became immune to the glares from his friends. He shamelessly approached Severus and read a book with him, whispering about how Christmas was spent at home.

Severus responded in a very perfunctory manner.

A certain child was very happy and took out a big fluffy blanket to cover the two of them. Although the Hogwarts Express is a magical train, it will not be very cold or hot, so it is normal to bring a blanket, right?

The express is the same as when going to school. It will drive for five or six hours without stopping, going straight to platform nine and three-quarters of King's Cross station, and then getting off collectively in central London.

By the time the express arrived in London, it was already past three in the afternoon, and the snowflakes outside were no different from those at Hogwarts, still falling heavily.

Severus carried the suitcase and followed Regulus and the three of them. He was actually quite curious about how they got home.

As soon as they got off the bus, their family members hugged them and screamed heartily, touching their little faces and saying they had lost weight.

His sharp eyes noticed among the crowds of people that most of them were women. He guessed that those ladies might be their mothers.

Taking advantage of his height, Andre waved to Severus and told him not to forget to write to him.

Severus nodded and looked at where Regulus and the two were, but not even a hair could be seen. It seemed that they had left long ago.

He followed the flow of people and walked towards the station exit, planning to wait for Lily at the old place to go back together. They had made an appointment before, but he couldn't break the appointment.