HP solves the mystery

"What are you bringing? A thousand-year-old sauerkraut jar?" Severus took out an old clay pot from the bag where he had used the Seamless Stretch Technique, and said to the basilisk with an inexplicable look on his face.

The basilisk seemed to be lying on the glass jar where Severus had used a reinforcing spell to store fire, as if it were boneless, and yawned lazily.

[Hiss, that’s what Salazar left in the secret room. I don’t know what it is, but don’t you humans like antiques very much? Can be sold to those nobles. ] Basilisk replied.

Severus listened to it and seriously considered the possibility of selling the thousand-year-old clay pot to Lucius.

[It contains the venom of a giant spider and the hair of a unicorn. Bain said that many people buy these. ] The basilisk looked at him with a look of disgust on his face and pulled out the snake skin, ready to throw it away, and immediately said, "You have my snake slough in your hand, and there are unicorn hairs in the skin. Don't throw it away." 】

Severus held the snake's sloughed hand for a moment, then carefully unfolded the skin, revealing at least a dozen unicorn hairs, and blurted out, "You changed back to your body to grab the unicorn's tail." ?”

Compared with the big spider that Hagrid raised, he was more concerned about the origin of the unicorn hair. Although unicorns are beautiful, don't be greedy. If they are cursed, they will die soon.

The basilisk waggled its tail disdainfully, seeming a little unhappy that Severus underestimated its ability. It passionately talked about the creatures in the Forbidden Forest that worshiped it without hesitation. After speaking, it even asked if it could have another chocolate. frog.

Severus stared at it for a while, then opened the drawer and took out a box of chocolate frogs and gave it to the basilisk.

The basilisk took a bite of a chocolate frog, and while eating it happily, he did not forget to remind him, "I promised to buy the best crossbow for Bain, please remember to order some for me." 】

Severus nodded in agreement, watching the cute way it was eating from the corner of his eye, wondering again if it had only grown a body but not a brain over the millennium.

Basilisk: I am the MVP of Hogwarts, and I have no scruples against the wall.

The next day happened to be the weekend, and the one-star snow stopped. The little wizards who wanted to have fun filed out and went to Hogsmeade Village.

Andre said awkwardly that he had an appointment, and even Duke Bee didn't go, and left with a tall girl.

Severus recognized the fifth-year Ravenclaw student, whom he assumed was Andre's partner at the Christmas party.

Isn’t Andre going back for Christmas? He thought doubtfully, knowing that Andre had never been absent from the annual family banquet.

In addition to shops selling goods, Hogsmeade is also home to many wizarding families living together.

The Three Broomsticks Bar is not only a place to drink and entertain guests, it can also be used as a hotel for temporary accommodation when traveling. The wizards who come here will spend some money to stay here for three to five days.

Severus went straight to his destination, the Literary Residence. He wanted to buy some parchment and ink, which were consumed quickly due to too much homework.

After buying things, he seemed to have nothing to do. He didn't have to attend the Christmas dinner, so he didn't need to go to the Fengya Wizard Clothing Store like other little wizards.

Severus was walking alone on the way back to the castle. The cold wind blew his wizard robe up and down. He was walking on the uphill path. In the vast white snow, it seemed that he was the only one left in the world. of.

He didn't like being alone, but he learned to enjoy it as he grew up.

"Look, who is this? It's so pitiful that I'm here alone." The slightly harsh male voice was accompanied by a few sneers, which was particularly clear on the trail.

Severus looked up and saw that it was Mulciber, who had come around from the side. Whether intentionally or not, his body blocked the way uphill.

Mulciber kept talking without stopping.

"Where is your 'little friend'? Isn't he with you? Or has he abandoned you and taken up with someone else? Yes, after all, you are just a half-blood," he said as he approached, looking at Severus with malicious eyes. He didn't bother to hide it, "You're really good-looking. No wonder you can hook up with the young masters of the Black family and the Crouch family... Tsk, tsk, what a pity..."

"The young master of the Black family is now the Duke's new favorite, so he looks down on mixed-race people with no background. This world belongs to us after all..."

Mulciber came closer and closer, reaching out to lift Severus' face under his scarf.

Severus looked at him expressionlessly, clenched his fist, and hit Mulciber hard on the chin, feeling regretful that he could not bring a pistol.

Mulciber was caught off guard and took several steps back. If it weren't for the trees behind him, he would have fallen to the snow.

Mulciber rubbed his beaten chin and spat bloody saliva on the ground, which was also a little angry. No one has ever been able to hit him, never!

"Oh, I originally wanted to give you a clear path because of our friendship in studying black magic together. I think you are toasting instead of drinking as a penalty!" Mulciber wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth with his sleeve. , clenched his fist and swung it, hitting Severus' temple directly.

Mulciber apparently forgot about his identity as a wizard and wanted to fight Severus hand to hand.

Severus looked at Mulciber's fist, his eyes flashed, he ducked to the side, and punched back.

The two of them soon started fighting each other. Severus had improved his physical fitness during the summer training and was able to dodge very quickly. He always attacked Mulciber's painful areas; but Mulciber was not a vegetarian, so Both of them had injuries on their faces.

The two of them rolled to the ground during the struggle, and the thick snow was thrown into the air. Mulciber's eyes were blurred, and the anxious battle began to distance itself.

Severus took the opportunity to stand up, took out his wand and cast Mulciber's 'Flip in the Air' spell, causing Mulciber to flip in mid-air for two and a half weeks. Then he landed heavily on the snow, and then used 'Quick Confinement' to tie him up. live.

"You, you don't follow martial ethics!" Mulciber said inarticulately as he fell in the snow. His handsome face turned purple, and his eyes and cheeks were swollen.

Severus touched his sore shoulder, picked up the scarf stained with snow on the ground, frowned and replied sternly, "I am a wizard and have no martial virtues."

Mulciber was speechless. He actually forgot such an important point and hit someone with his fists. Was he really influenced by Avery's way of doing things?

"Haha, it seems you are not very good either, you are defeated." Severus said mockingly, and under his eyes that he wanted to eat people, he used the floating spell to get the people behind the tree aside, and also used " The weak leg curse made it impossible for him to walk, so Shi Shiran left.

Anyway, there were a lot of little wizards passing by, and they wouldn't freeze to death if they stayed there for a while.

However, Severus' mood was strangely much better. Maybe it would be good to have such a condiment to spice up his life once in a while.

In the next few days, Severus had been guarding against Mulciber's counterattack, but the man just looked at him pitifully, but did not dare to get close to him again.

After that, he saw Andre's dress for the banquet. The low-key luxury was in line with the magic world's design, and it was worth a lot of money at a glance.

Slytherin students basically never stay in school during Christmas. After all, nobles hold banquets on Christmas to invite other nobles to take the opportunity to exchange feelings, promote family development, and also have blind dates for their children.

Even those of mixed race will go home and will not choose to stay in school no matter what the big deal is.

A few days before Christmas, a rumor suddenly spread in various colleges that Dumbledore had invited Harold Minkan, the Minister of Magic, to Hogwarts for a dance.

I don’t know whether the rumors are true or not, but most students choose to stay in school. If the minister can come, they will try to leave a good impression in front of him.

The Slytherin students were still waiting and watching, writing letters asking their parents and relatives whether the matter was true.

Severus didn't care much. He didn't want to go to the Ministry of Magic, so he didn't quite understand the excitement of others.

"Go back to your old home for Christmas, don't waste time on the road." Phineas in the portrait said to his great-great-grandson Regulus, his eyes full of love.

Regulus looked helplessly at his ancestor who had squeezed away the man who had been drinking in the portrait, and nodded slightly.

When Phineas saw that the younger generation understood, he disappeared from the painting in the next moment. He came here because of a pinch, and it would be bad if he was seen by other paintings.

When Regulus saw him disappearing, his thoughts were swirling in his mind. What was Dumbledore's purpose for spreading these rumors? It wouldn't be right to say it was to trap the students, or some of them wanted to go home; or was it to test what the adult was doing?

Dumbledore felt that something was very wrong with his student, the one whose original name was Tom and was now named Voldemort. He had been quiet for the past few months, and even his Death Eaters were keeping to themselves. This was obviously something wrong.

They say that if a child is quiet, he must be acting like a monster.

Dumbledore firmly believed in this statement. After all, how many times had the Order of the Phoenix and Death Eaters fallen in love and killed each other in the past? It doesn't matter if someone doesn't die every time.

Dumbledore asked his businessman Mundungus to use his advantage to gather information between the Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters. The result was unsatisfactory. He didn't even find out any of Voldemort's movements!

Oh, and I have to say that his old man still has to pay Mundungus' wages, otherwise the shady businessman might go back to smuggling crucibles the next time he comes to find him.

The closer to Christmas, the more excited the little wizard becomes.

Some wizards with a small amount of money bought disposable invisibility cloaks and wandered around the castle to distract themselves.

On the morning before Christmas Eve, everyone woke up from their sleep and found that it had snowed heavily last night, and there were long ice edges outside the windows.

Although there was a blazing fire in the fireplace, the draft was blowing in the corridor and it was still bitingly cold. The window glass of the classroom was also rattled by the cold wind.

The little wizards are looking forward to the holidays more and more. In addition to attending the dance, staying in a warm and comfortable room is also a good choice.

The little wizards in the lower grades were bored and didn't feel the cold. They built snowmen in the yard outside the corridor.

The senior students carried their school bags and watched them play. They secretly complained about their childishness, but they also envied their innocence.

Hagrid dragged the last fir tree into the Great Hall, where Professors McGonagall and Flitwick were busy decorating the Christmas decorations.

Severus looked at the arrangement that he was accustomed to, and did not welcome the Minister of Magic's grandness at all. He thought that the possibility of the rumor being false was very high.

"Andre, are you really not going back?" Severus asked Andre, who was frowning at the side.

Andre was in a daze, but when he heard his roommate's voice, he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses.

"I wrote to my mother and told her that I won't go back for Christmas..." Andre replied, his hand unconsciously touching his cheek.

"Um, do you need some intelligence-enhancing potion?" Severus looked at his stupid look and was speechless. "How is your Apparition course going?"

Andre's face flashed with embarrassment when he heard the word 'intelligence enhancer', and when he asked about the progress of the Apparition, he stammered.

"I, I can move outside the circle now... I can succeed if I work harder..." Andre said with a guilty conscience. Recently, a lot of his time has been occupied by Barty Jr. who wants to teach him how to dance.

But, who the hell learns to dance with women’s steps? He was crying with tears in his heart. He couldn't fight or run away, so he could only learn to dance honestly.

Severus didn't know what he was thinking. If he knew, he would definitely say: Then let little Barty dance the girl's steps! It’s all about dancing anyway.

One day later, Christmas arrived in everyone's expectation, and this semester also meant the end.

The little wizards who were going home finished their breakfast and took the express back to London.

This holiday, because Lily stayed at Hogwarts to attend the Yule Ball with Potter, Severus had no one to wait for and took the bus to the city center with the basilisk in his arms.

[Hiss... Severus, why don't you buy a car? It's a bit cold. ] The basilisk revealed its head from the scarf and looked around, its pupils narrowed by the sudden wind.

Severus stood in the crowd of people crossing the road, secretly glad that he had cast the Ignore Charm on him when he got off the express, otherwise those people would not have been frightened to death when they saw the snake.

He touched the basilisk's cold head and whispered, "I'm not old enough to get a driver's license, and it's not that far away."

The basilisk nodded in confusion and retreated into Severus' breast pocket.

When he returned to his home in the city center, in addition to the suitcase he was carrying, Severus also took some new fruits and snacks from the supermarket not far away, all purchased at the strong request of the Basilisk.

No one had lived in the house for several months, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated.

If it were an ordinary person, it would take a long time to clean, but Severus was a wizard and could solve the problem with a few spells. He also rearranged the defensive magic and hidden magic in the home to make the house safer.

Christmas songs were played in various supermarkets, and people dressed as Santa Claus were delivering small gifts everywhere. Severus was enthusiastically given a candy cane.

He went to Diagon Alley to rent some owls and deliver Christmas gifts that he had already prepared.

It's just that he has been in this world for so long, but besides the basilisk Herbo, he doesn't have a single friend he can invite to Christmas.