Summary: The Elves' Daily Love

Severus Snape, of course, denied it.

"I'm not making excuses."

He spoke frankly, but his ears hidden under his hair were faintly pink.

"Hmm - if you say so, then so be it." Yun Ci drew out her wand, "Come on, let me see how powerful the new magic you have developed is -"

Severus Snape slowly drew out his wand and gave a thoughtful reminder: "Be careful——"

Outside the bamboo house, lights of various colors were flying around.

Not far away, Dumbledore was waiting with his hands in his pockets, watching the boy and girl fighting, the look in his eyes was obscure and difficult to discern.

He memorized the magic used by the two and assessed their degree of danger in his mind.

It is undeniable that these magics are beautiful.

Unfortunately, it's black magic.

Dumbledore looked at Severus Snape, then at Yun Ci, thinking about the relationship between the two...

Will the person in the prophecy turn to the dark side?

Maybe there is this possibility, but——

He would never allow it.

"——Well! Well! What a wonderful duel!" Dumbledore smiled as he walked towards the two who had finally finished their duel. "If we only look at the scene of your fight, I'm afraid no one would believe that you are little wizards who have just entered the third grade."

"Professor Dumbledore."

"Mr. Principal."

They both greeted Dumbledore.

Dumbledore followed up with the greetings, and after a few words, he suddenly proposed -

"Join the Order of the Phoenix?"

Yun Ci and Severus Snape looked at each other.

"Why? We haven't graduated yet."

"Oh! Of course not now!" Dumbledore smiled, "This is an invitation to the future. I hope you will successfully pass the NEWT and join the Order of the Phoenix."

Severus Snape didn't expect Dumbledore to make such a suggestion, and it was him.

He is from Slytherin.

Severus Snape knew very well what the Order of the Phoenix did.

The young wizards in Slytherin were jokingly called "Death Eater Reserves" by most people.

Dumbledore, the 'President' of the Order of the Phoenix, actually invited him, a 'reserve'?

Although Dumbledore did not express it very obviously, the clever Severus Snape could still vaguely sense from him some preference for Gryffindor and... dislike for Slytherin?

Maybe not to the point of disliking it, but Slytherin was definitely his least favorite house.

Severus Snape didn't understand.

But joining the Order of the Phoenix...

"Maybe we don't need to wait until then." Yun Ci's voice interrupted Severus Snape's thoughts, "I think the headmaster should have found out a lot of things."

Dumbledore did find out a lot.

For example, through these two destroyed Horcruxes and our understanding of Voldemort, we can speculate what else he might use to make Horcruxes and where he would hide them after making them.

The sword of Gryffindor is with him.

Except this...

Slytherin's locket.

Hufflepuff's gold cup.

This is almost certain.

As for whether Voldemort will create other...

Dumbledore could only say that it was impossible to speculate at the moment.

Yun Ci was also thinking about the same question at this time.

It was difficult to tell Dumbledore about the existence of the diary; after all, it was just an ordinary notebook.

Judging from the current timeline, as long as these three Horcruxes and Voldemort are dealt with, they will be completely safe and secure. However, the remaining three are not easy to destroy.

And Voldemort is not so easy to kill.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been entangled for so many years in the plot.

"——Until all the backup plans are found, it's better to maintain the status quo." Yun Ci said, "It's a pity that I can't help you in the short term."

"Of course, of course." Dumbledore said gently, "So - how many 'back-up plans' do you think there are?"

Yun Ci lowered her eyes: "At present, there are probably three more."

After receiving the accurate answer, Dumbledore nodded.

The purpose of his coming here this time has been achieved.

Three.

Just three more to go.

Dumbledore left thoughtfully.

Leaving behind Severus Snape who vaguely guessed something.

Yun Ci looked at him with a smile: "Snape."

"Ok?"

"Severus."

Severus Snape was stunned and looked at Yun Ci in surprise.

Yunci smiled and moved closer: "Can I ask you a question?"

Of course you can.

Severus Snape nodded. "What?"

"Are you interested in Voldemort's dark magic?" Yun Ci waved her wand, "Like the Unforgivable Curse?"

Severus Snape's answer was decisive: "Not."

If it were before, he might have chosen to join the Death Eaters because of the dark magic and yearned for Voldemort.

but now--

Severus Snape looked at Yun Ci.

He felt that he had not yet fully tapped her strength.

Compared to the mysterious Yunci, why would he go to a place where he could see everything at a glance?

He likes the Dark Arts, not Voldemort.

"Very good." Yun Ci said gently, "I am very happy to hear your answer."

"So, what you are going to talk about next is related to my choice?"

"Yeah, if your answer doesn't satisfy me, I won't tell you."

"What is it, then?"

"It's--the reason I'm here."

It was predicted that she could end the darkness ahead of time, and Mr. Su calculated that a looming disaster was waiting for her ahead, and the solution was to come here.

After the two parties discussed it, they decided that Yun Ci would come here to study.

Mr. Su had no intention of asking Yun Ci about her wishes. When Yun's father and mother heard that their daughter might die early, they immediately decided to let her leave, even though they were reluctant.

If it were a real 12-year-old child, he would definitely not be able to accept such an arrangement.

Fortunately, it is Yunci.

She is very receptive, and all this development is due to the joint efforts of her and Tiandao.

If Yun Ci didn't do some tricks with her choice of identity in this world, it would be really inconvenient for her to get in touch with her love target, so it has evolved into what it is now.

As Severus Snape listened to Yun Ci's story, the surprise on his expression became more and more obvious.

"So - you want to completely get rid of... that person." Severus Snape looked at Yun Ci's appearance, "This is incredible."

In fact, what he wanted to say was 'outrageous'.

Yun Ci held her chin up and refilled her cup with tea with a smile: "So, if you choose that side, we will be enemies."

She held the cup and gently clinked it against Severus Snape's cup: "Although we have duelled so many times before, but - I think you don't want to duel with me to the death?"

Severus Snape looked at Yun Ci quietly, picked up the lukewarm tea and drank it all in one gulp.

"—never."