HP solves the mystery

"What's Slughorn's answer?" Voldemort asked without raising his head as he touched Nagini's smooth scales.

Since the beginning of the war, they have been wooing Slughorn, but he is too slippery and unrestrained. He is still a two-faced person who wants to please. He has been swinging between Dumbledore and Voldemort. If it weren't for the fact that he is recognized by the wizarding world, The Potions Master, the Death Eaters didn't have the patience to deal with him.

"Lord...he didn't agree..." Orion bowed his head and replied respectfully. Since his youngest son Regulus was marked with the Dark Mark, it meant that the Black family and Voldemort were completely tied together, so he had to work harder to complete it. Task.

"Really..." Voldemort replied casually, "Did you give him the spider venom you bought from Germany?"

Orion gritted his teeth secretly as he thought about the expensive egg-sized glass bottle, which cost him three hundred galleons.

"Lord, Slughorn accepted it, but did not express his position." He seemed to think of something again, lowered his eyes and said, "Dumbledore seems to have noticed that the manpower we installed in Hogsmeade was used by the Ministry of Magic. Please walk most of it.”

Voldemort became interested and scratched Nagini's chin with his fingers, sighing in his mind that Dumbledore was still so sharp.

"Add another layer to the Ministry of Magic's stuff and try to get our people to send the Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Transportation." Voldemort nodded slightly. He knew Orion could do it, but he still added, "Do it more covertly." .”

Orion nodded in agreement, and when there were no further instructions, he quietly left.

May 5th was a rare sunny day. There were a few white clouds floating on the castle tower. It could be seen from the birds flying over from time to time that they wanted to drink water at the lake. It was a hot day.

Even though the newts exam was approaching, Potter's clinginess towards Lily did not go away. They were not together except when they were sleeping, and people in the school could see their silhouettes sticking together.

The three Sirius people who had been close to Potter in the past were left behind.

Sirius didn't think anything of it. It's easy to woo a goddess if you're friendly, and it's normal to be a little clingy. Lupine was even afraid that Potter wouldn't pass the exam, and even dragged him to talk to him for a long time, but in exchange for Potter's disapproval.

Peter Pettigrew saw this, but his heart was full of resentment. He expected to live a good life by climbing up to the two nobles (Potter and Black), but from the results, it seemed that he had made the wrong bet.

Some people are born in Rome, and some people are born as cows and horses.

Peter Pettigrew equally hated people who had a good hand but played badly.

"Peter, do you think I'm right?"

Lupine's voice rang in his ears. Peter didn't hear what they were saying clearly, but he nodded habitually to hide the jealousy in his eyes.

Lily's friend Jenny is also saying the same thing. If they fail the newts exam, it will be difficult for them to find a good job in the wizarding world.

Lily nodded in agreement, her emerald eyes flashed with confusion, where is her future? Should I follow my mother's advice and marry Potter, a nobleman in the wizarding world? What's more, Potter is so obsessed with himself. The advantage is that he doesn't have many relatives in his family. The only disadvantage is that he has too few relatives.

Lily was distracted in Charms class and made frequent mistakes in class practice. Professor Flitwick looked at her and shook his head.

Later, Lily followed Jenny's advice and met with Potter less often before the end of the exam, which was called studying hard.

Although Potter was puzzled, he started to review under Lily's urging.

As the number of meetings between the two decreased, rumors circulated in the academy that they had broken up, and that Potter had finally regained his consciousness and was about to return to the embrace of the noble lady.

Many people in Slytherin speculated whether Severus was going to pursue Lily, because even the first-year students knew a little bit about the love-hate relationship between the three of them, and besides, Severus's appearance and appearance I can use all my skills, the only bad thing is that I don't have money.

It's no wonder that the little wizards came to this conclusion. Lily's beauty is beyond doubt. Her beauty is one of the best in the entire Hogwarts. She is known as the "Flower of Gryffindor"; A powerful witch in Gryffindor, many young wizards who have been taught a lesson call her the 'Lioness of Gryffindor'.

In addition, Potter showed affection for Lily when she entered school, and even pursued her wildly later. When he embraced the beauty, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They no longer had to become cannon fodder for love.

Moreover, Severus and Lily were childhood sweethearts. Even though they were not assigned to the same house, their five-year friendship was enviable. Although their childhood sweetheart was taken away by Potter later, and he left sadly, this was not a problem for the little wizards. Just thinking.

It has been passed down from generation to generation, and there are many versions of the story. Among them, the one that is most recognized by the public is the one in which the lovers finally get married after being tortured physically and mentally. Lily becomes a princess in the story, and Potter is the one who brings the princess to the world. The happy prince, and Severus is the knight who silently protects the princess.

The person involved said: Impossible, absolutely impossible, I am no longer the person I used to be!

"Have you laughed enough? Are you under a happy spell?" Severus looked at Andre, who was smiling and bent over, with a dark face, his thin lips pursed into a straight line.

God knows when he heard these stories, the people around him looked at him with pity.

Severus was a little irritated. Could the love story between the two of them not include him as cannon fodder?

"Hahaha, I'm sorry Severus, I just... pfft..." Andre rubbed his belly and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands. He felt deeply that those people were really big-headed.

As the other two parties involved in the story, Lily and Potter had completely different reactions.

Lily was a little surprised when she heard the story, but then she listened to other people's explanations that made more and more sense, and combined with Severus's attitude towards her in the past few years, she believed it. After all, they grew up together and were good friends who talked about everything. Even if they became estranged later, it was because of Potter.

Potter's hair stood up in anger, and he took his wand and wanted to challenge the person who spread the rumors and Snape. Fortunately, he was finally stopped by Sirius and the three of them. As a result, he returned to his state of clinging to Lily.

Lily could only accept this sweet burden. Apart from going to class and studying in the library, she could not speak to Severus alone.

Severus didn't want to see Lily either, not only because he was afraid of getting caught up in the vortex of gossip, but also because the basilisk seemed to be bringing a gift back from the Forbidden Forest in the next few days, so he had to go back to the dormitory early to guard her.

He returned to the dormitory that day, and Andre had not come back until he finished writing his thesis.

Slytherin's dormitory is located in the cellar. Through the window, you can only see the water of the Black Lake and the fish in it.

Severus was holding a pen to write down the inappropriate measures in the store plan, when suddenly there was a rustling sound from the corner.

[Oh, um, Severus, look at the gift I brought you! Haierbo said vaguely and quickly climbed into the small basin for bathing.

Severus guessed that it was the one who made the noise, and said without raising his head, "Put your snacks in the drawer below. Get them yourself."

The basilisk hissed a few times and was a little unhappy that the contractor didn't look at the gift he had brought. The snake's body twisted into a twist in the small basin.

[Take a look at my gift first, Severus, you will like it...] The basilisk urged with expectation.

Severus turned his head curiously, and what he saw was a mantis lying on a small basin, soaked in water... a mantis?

Severus walked over and picked up the small thing, which was only six inches (about 15 centimeters). He looked carefully and found that it was a Bowtruckle with two small brown eyes and a body made of bark and twigs. There was a small branch in a bent state, and the two leaves above the head were shaking uneasily.

Severus recognized what it was, but seeing the expectant look on the basilisk's face, he couldn't help but tease it.

"What is this? A praying mantis?" He gently shook the Bowtruckle in his hand, covering his eyes shyly, and asked the Basilisk curiously.

The basilisk's eyes widened in shock, as if surprised that he didn't even recognize it, and its tail flicked in the water.

[Hiss... you are so stupid... stop shaking, this is a Bowtruckle! ] The basilisk saw the bowtruckle being shaken, and said with some distress, [This bowtruckle is injured, can you help treat it? 】

Upon hearing this, Severus held the Bowtruckle in his hand and carefully inspected its unnaturally bent branches.

"How to cure this? I'm not a Magical Creatures Keeper." He told the truth, and he was a little curious about where the Basilisk got the Bowtruckle. "Where did you find it? Why is it injured?"

The basilisk retracted into the small basin in embarrassment. It climbed a tree to rest in the Forbidden Forest and rested on the Bowtruckle when sleeping. According to Bain the Centaur's description, nearly a hundred Bowtruckles were not moved. Move it, and when it wakes up it can only bear the evil it has done and be responsible for healing the injured Bowtruckle.

It just wanted to find a tree to sleep in. Who knew that it was the tree where a bowtruckle lived?

Of course it was embarrassed to tell Severus about this, so it could only puff out gloomily. Maybe it should break some branches and let Severus sell them to make wands for Ollivander.

[Hiss... I asked, you can use Bai Xian to treat it, and... it must be broken...] The basilisk answered hesitantly.

Severus looked at the bowtruckle that was about to roll into a ball, and then at the basilisk that was 'addicted' to bathing, and reluctantly accepted the rescue mission.

After learning from Herbo that the Bowtruckle had a broken bone, Severus had an idea of ​​how to treat it.

However, there is no Shengguling potion now, and there are no Baixian medicinal materials for preparing super powerful healing medicines.

"Don't be afraid, I will treat you right away." Severus gently placed the Bowtruckle on the table and comforted him softly.

Bowtruckle seemed to understand and gave him a shy look.

He took out the worn-out quill, cut off the feathers and used the pen body as a splint to compare with the Bowtruckle. He also cut a few rags and tied them to the bent twig.

"The splint is tight." Severus took out his wand and chanted a spell on the simple splint.

The splint suddenly tightened, and the leaves above the Bowtruckle's head trembled even faster.

"Let's do this for now. I'll look for some fresh tomatoes tomorrow." He poked the Bowtruckle leaves, thinking that if he couldn't find them tomorrow, he would ask Madam Pomfrey or Professor Sprout for help.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, and when the grass grows above the knees, the time quietly enters June.

During this period, something happened. Barty Crouch, Director of the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic, advocated the use of tough measures to deal with Death Eaters, and advocated using violence to fight violence. In order to win the war, the three Aurors against the Death Eaters were The unforgivable curse was legalized.

This even made the headlines of the Daily Prophet. After reading the newspaper, the students all cast strange looks at the students of Slytherin House.

The Slytherin students in the center of the vortex stood still. They had long been accustomed to the hostile looks from other houses.

"Oh, little Barty, your father... is really..." Regulus raised his eyebrows at little Barty, this director is his father.

Little Barty swallowed the bread in his mouth and smiled warmly.

"I know him. In order to cater to the wishes of those in the Ministry of Magic and fight against Voldemort, he will do anything..." Little Barty took a sip of pumpkin juice. The expression on his face behind the glass was not very clear, "I'm really looking forward to it." What would be his reaction if he found out that I was the same..."

Regulus touched his left arm and lowered his eyelids.

"You are his son, I won't kill you directly." He said softly.

Little Barty laughed after hearing this, drank the pumpkin juice in one gulp, and left with the book without saying anything.

Severus looked at the newspaper and lamented the inefficiency of the Ministry of Magic. It had only made the decision now. If it had been agreed earlier, there would have been many fewer Aurors killed or injured.

The content of the newts exam is an upgraded version of the owl exam, which requires fewer classes but is more advanced.

Severus and Lily's classes overlapped somewhat, and he could occasionally catch Lily's complicated eyes during class.

After class that day, Severus walked last as usual, but he was stopped as soon as he left the classroom.

"Lily, what's the matter?" He looked next to Lily and found that she was alone.

Lily looked at the handsome bamboo horse and blushed a little thinking about the recent rumors. She bit her lip and hesitated for a while before speaking.

"Severus, I think you have heard the recent rumors, right? James and I are in a very good relationship now, and I like him very much..." A complicated look flashed in Lily's eyes, and she spoke awkwardly, "We plan to I will get married after graduation. I hope to receive your blessing..." She seemed to sense Severus' doubts and added, "You should also try to start a new relationship... It will be good for you and me..."

After Lily finished speaking, she felt embarrassed. It seemed too heartless to say this to Zhu Ma. Besides, he was very kind to her, but his family background was a little different.

"We can continue to be friends, Severus, you are very good, I... missed it..." She pursed her lips and showed a pitiful smile, with water in her eyes.

Before Severus could figure out what was happening, Lily turned around and left quickly.

While he was taking herbal medicine class, he was thinking about Lily's words in his mind.

Maybe, probably, it seems...that he has become a spare tire?