HP solves the mystery

"You're here, Severus, let's start dancing."

Petunia stretched her body, turned around and found Severus leaning against the tree, and said with a faint smile.

Severus touched his earlobe uncomfortably and walked over.

Before dancing, he took out his spare wand and cast a Muggle shielding spell around him to ensure his own safety and face.

Ballroom dances in England are divided into fast three steps and slow three steps, namely blues, tango and Viennese waltz.

Severus made an inviting gesture, so Petunia stood on tiptoes and lifted the hem of her skirt...

Ah, no, so Penny nodded, put one hand on the boy's shoulder, and raised his hanging hand with the other.

Severus held the girl's hand, and the soft waist that belonged only to women was held by his palm. There was no ambiguity in his heart. The first thing he felt was the roughness of the palm, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Petunia's fingers were long and well-jointed, and the skin on the back of her hands was white and smooth. Her nails were cut very short, but her palms were not as soft as they looked, with thin calluses. When hands touch each other, the feeling conveyed is dry and warm.

"In a moment, you take out your left foot first, then your right foot... then take a step back..." Penny taught seriously, sensing someone's dazed mood, and asked doubtfully. "What's wrong? Severus, are you okay? Don't you regret agreeing?" She looked at Severus suspiciously. If someone nodded, it seemed that he would kill him with his eyes.

"Um, um, I just - I think dancing is troublesome -" Severus smelled the scent of perfume coming from Petunia's side, blinked and said uncertainly, "How about we dance first? I’m not sure I could learn it in three days…”

Penny was a little helpless, defeated in someone's clear eyes, so she could only encourage herself.

Take your time, it's just a very simple dance step, this person can definitely learn it!

"Okay, I'll set the beat, you take the first step...left, right, left, back, forward..." Petunia muttered, leading Severus to spin on the green ground. "One two three four, two two three four, very good, do it again..."

I have to say that Petunia is a very good coach, and Severus can quickly dance to the beat.

Of course, this is all due to the fact that the current dance steps are relatively simple.

Good, not as bad as I thought, Severus thought, slowly spinning in circles (Petunia controlling him). He stared at the thin sweat on the girl's forehead and gave his approval to the coach.

"Oh, my God, you learn so fast. If you practice harder and become more familiar, we can shine at the dance!" Petunia said, leading the dance a little faster.

"Yeah." Severus hummed in a low voice, and in order not to make a fool of himself at the ball, he practiced more intently.

However, it was too early to be happy. As the dancing speed increased, Severus could not keep up with the rhythm. Petunia frowned and dodged, but her foot was stepped on.

"Oh, I take that back. Fortunately, you didn't learn the two-step dance, otherwise your dance partner would have been sent to the hospital..." Penny made a rare joke and continued dancing at the same speed.

Severus pursed his lips when he heard this. This joke was really cold.

The two of them danced intently on the quiet green land. When the dance was in a closed position, and a dance required a 360° rotation, Penny felt the sole of her foot slip, her body's center of gravity became unstable, and she leaned back.

Before she could scream, Severus held her body in his arms, turned around, and chose to make a pad of her own.

The wizard's body can be both brittle and strong.

Severus' back hit the grass. The cushioning of his clothes didn't hurt much, but he was almost choked by the weight of his body. He couldn't touch women's bodies at will, so he could only sigh and put his hands away. Spread out and lie on the ground in a large shape.

"Are you okay?" He coughed and said feebly, "Fortunately, it was just dancing. If we both had to try to drive, we would have died..."

Petunia couldn't understand the joke in his mouth. Her light eyes were focused on Severus who fell to the ground. Seeing his messy hair but cold face and helpless look, she felt distressed and amused at the same time.

"Thank you, Severus, I'm...so sorry..."

Petunia groped around with her hands, trying to find a point of support on the ground. She placed her hands on both sides of Severus' head and looked down at him.

"Um, what are you doing?" Severus took a few deep breaths, looked up after feeling better, and felt that Petunia was a little strange, "Aren't you tired from holding your hands like this?"

"Haha." Penny smiled with unknown meaning, as if the bright sunshine melted in her eyes, and the fog in London seemed to have disappeared.

The moment before Severus exploded, she lay down next to Severus, looked at the gray sky and murmured softly.

"So cute." Petunia muttered, then turned to look at the person next to her. Her messy black hair made her skin even fairer. "She's so damn beautiful...why did she have such a bad personality before..."

But now it was like her soul had drifted away, she added in a low voice in her heart, as if she was outside the world.

"What?" Severus asked in confusion. Petunia's words were too quiet, so he really wasn't deaf.

"Nothing." Penny replied perfunctorily and quickly changed the subject.

"Do you have any plans for the future? What do you plan to do after you graduate from the wizarding school in the magical world?" she asked.

Severus remembered that he had discussed future plans with Petunia last year. Thinking about it, the goals at that time were really simple, but now he has the capital accumulated by investing in Zhang Mingyuan's restaurant, as well as the stocks and successful studs purchased through memory this year. futures trading, otherwise he would not have the money to buy a villa.

Of course, Zhang Mingyuan's asset planning and business planning were indispensable. Severus was responsible for coming up with the plan, and he was the one doing the legwork.

And in this year's British Derby organized by celebrities and wealthy people, Nelson Hunter once again won the flat horse racing championship, and horse bettors made another small profit (the championship title in this game is equivalent to the World Cup championship in football or the NBA championship) ), so Severus, who was far away in Hogwarts, had heard about it. Although he did not participate in horse racing, Zhang Mingyuan won the horse racing bet.

"Severus, are you listening?" Petunia saw that Severus had been in a daze for a long time, so she moved closer, "You won't be knocked silly, will you?" After saying this, even she couldn't help laughing. Click.

"You should be fatter again. It won't even weigh you if you fall on me..." Severus glanced sideways at her, and when he saw her squinting her eyes and giggling, he licked his dry lips.

"I thought I could go to Hogsmeade to look at a shop...but I figured it would be safer in London..." he said, and Petunia became quiet, "I don't know if they will. They ...They are actually - a group of terrifying followers of someone - they have caused chaos in the magical world - people are dying every day... Their actions are too radical, as if they are having a last carnival..." Okay Those Death Eaters still care about face and cover up their killing of wizards openly, but they are unscrupulous towards Muggles.

He couldn't help but wonder if they were responsible for most of the unsolved crimes that occurred in London in recent years.

Although it will end one day, what is gone and lost cannot come back.

"Well, this is the same as our Muggle world, right?" Petunia said uncertainly. The magical world's names for ordinary people are really strange. "But the end of the war does not mean peace. It is time for reform. As it happens, remaining unchanged will turn things into a pool of stagnant water. If no one does it, who knows whether it is right or wrong?"

"Just like the conservative party, liberal party and labor (party), there are contradictions, conflicts, disruptions and reforms. If the Scottish people do not resist, they will lose their jobs or lives. If women do not stand up, they will be imprisoned again and become The days when I was numb, in pain, and couldn't see the sunshine outside..."

"Gender should not be the fundamental reason for establishing affiliations, just like you don't know whether those people in the magical world are right or wrong..." Petunia told what she read in the book, but she didn't really understand it. But she felt she should speak out.

Well, but judging from his gradually blurred memories of later generations, Voldemort and his gang have done a lot of bad things, and the immutability of the wizarding world is not their business; the government departments do not want to make progress, so they rely on the increasing development and advancement of technology. There are more and more owls delivering messages in the Muggle world, and the wizarding world can't hide them for long.

At least after Voldemort's death, the influence, concepts and attitudes he brought, whether good or bad, were able to eliminate all kinds of prejudices and absurdities, making them more tolerant and perfect for the unknown future.

"You are right, every attempt is an exploration of the future..."

Severus nodded slightly. Based on what he observed, the magical world is in a backward feudal small-scale peasant mentality. There are many people and little land, and there are only so many people standing at the top. The gap between the rich and the poor is too wide, and most people are unable to be self-sufficient. . Moreover, there are only a few positions in the wizarding world. There are many monks and few, the poor are getting poorer, and the rich are getting richer (ps: Lao Deng can be regarded as agreeing with the wizarding world to maintain the status quo. Because when he was young, he agreed and inspired the global wizarding war started by Emperor Ge). I was afraid, so I just wanted to live on one-third of an acre; in fact, it was also because of my sister's death and Voldemort's cruelty.)

If Voldemort does not harm other people, open up the wizarding world to create wealth with the Muggle world. Don't enslave Muggles like house elves. Learn from the magnanimity of the Emperor and don't use violence to fight violence and the distorted lineage theory. The Death Eaters he leads are the emerging bourgeoisie in the wizarding world. Are they afraid that no one will support them? What's more, he now has many people supporting him.

Isn’t this the collision of old and new forces? One wants to colonize the wizarding and Muggle worlds, and the other chooses to blockade/protect the wizarding world.

Severus sometimes felt that his attitude was wrong and he shouldn't be so pessimistic, but the situation where his original body was bound to die made him choose to escape, and everything he thought about in the future began to move away from the magical world.

"Penny, I have decided that I will open a flower shop or a coffee shop in the future, and when I have some spare money, I will open a bookstore..." He looked at the gray sky and let out a long sigh, and his body suddenly felt relaxed. "I'll leave you a VIP card with a 50% discount..."

Petunia could see the change in Severus. Although she didn't understand what happened, she still nodded, but she still said, "That's fine, if your shop becomes famous in London, I can take advantage of it." Got it!"

"Okay, haha." Severus showed a comfortable smile, put his hands under his head, and changed to a comfortable position lying on the ground. He didn't care that his coat was stained by the snow on the ground. Since he came here After the world, he has always been away from home, and now he has some sense of reality.

"You will be the big boss in the future. I just want to study hard, study medicine, and then make money to buy a house. It would be even better if I could meet the right person and have a warm home..." in Petunia's eyes With sorrow, where is her future? Her parents' favoritism makes her long for family even more. If she has a child, she will love her wholeheartedly.

"Study medicine?" Severus was a little surprised. "I thought you would go into drama. You are very suitable."

Suitable? Petunia smiled bitterly. She liked theater very much and had gone to see it many times. But which theater actor didn't spend three years and three years and three years? How many three years does it take to go from obscurity to achievement?

She couldn't make any money, so she could make more money by studying medicine. She wanted to be an excellent female doctor like Dr. Emily Golding (the first female practicing doctor in the UK). (ps, Ms. Jin Yunmei from China, a great person.)

"Severus, between dreams and bread, I prefer bread..." Petunia answered honestly. There is nothing to be ashamed of. She is no longer the age to dream.

Severus remained silent. His current wealth was mostly earned by knowing the future development. His life at Hogwarts did not allow him to experience the pain of economic crisis. He had never experienced being involved in the trend. Feeling of powerlessness.

As the famous saying goes: A grain of dust of the times may become a mountain when it falls on an individual, but we live in an era full of dust.

In this era, the most harmed and affected by dust are none other than the most ordinary people like us.

Forced by helplessness, I can't help myself.

The two lay quietly on the ground, enjoying the leisure of the two of them in the whole world.

Gradually, light rain began to fall in the gray sky, falling low and leaving small craters on the snow.

Severus and Petunia had to stand up and looked at each other in embarrassment, with the corners of their mouths raised.

"I'll help you clean your clothes, just wait..." Severus took out his wand from the inside pocket of his coat, cast a Muggle shielding spell, and thought about the spell again.

"Cleaned up."

After the spell was recited, the clothes of the two people instantly became clean, but they were still wet.

"I should cast a spell of invulnerability to water and fire for both of us..." Severus touched his nose, thought for a while and then said, "Sweep it away with a whirlwind!"

Under Petunia's surprised eyes, the water that flew out of the coat condensed into a water ball, and then Severus waved his wand and moved it to a tree not far away, and then scattered at the roots of the tree.

"It's so magical." Petunia touched the sleeve of her dry coat, "No matter how many times I see it, I am always amazed by the magic."

Yes, that's amazing, Severus silently agreed.

"Then I'll go back first, Severus. I'll bring a radio that can play tapes tomorrow. The time will be the same as today." Petunia made a promise to continue tomorrow and hummed a Stevens song.

“It is dawning like the first morning, and the blackbirds are singing like the first songbirds…”

Severus stood still for a while, until the rain got heavier again, and then walked back to Spider-End Alley.

In England, you don’t have to run when it rains lightly, but you can’t run when it rains heavily. You just have to get used to it.