HP One More Chance.

His eyes were blue like water-coloured jewels, full of anger, doubt, or uneasiness, and a little flustered, deliberately trying to avoid his scrutiny; there was a faint blush on his cheeks, as if stained with a little star dust, radiant; Every move he saw, including pursing his lips like a child, and standing up straight with his chest held in his arms, without giving in...

——You are 17-year-old Alice Miku.

You don't know, you're just a 17-year-old...student yourself.

Especially that touch of iris blue that was frozen in her eyes that implied displeasure, the moment they looked at each other, it aroused his original despair and resentment before he entered the illusory dream.

He suddenly forgot that she was supposed to hate her in the first place.

Intertwined and entangled, confused and unclear.

——If these are true, then, will he cruelly disturb her An Ran's dream again, telling her that you are actually dead, and that you should have ceased to exist long ago in reality?

He seemed unable to do so.

Even though he knew that he had found the flaw in the dream, he still didn't want to shatter the dream immediately.

"...You don't even know..."

No, maybe, it's just that he couldn't think of it.

When he decided to sacrifice her for Lily a year ago, he had already told himself that he should be hard-hearted in order to accomplish the things he expected.In fact, he did so. From the moment he killed Alice Miku, he thought that he might have to bear these unpayable debts all his life until he died, and he would live in darkness forever , to repay endlessly for the sins he committed.

However, when Lily told him from the mouth of "Shirley Lou" that Alice Miku was still alive and that she should actually be alive, at that moment, all he thought of was "she is still alive". That's all.

He didn't know why this was so.

——If she didn't die, then wouldn't he need to carry these heavy darkness to live?

But he would rather believe that the inextricable connection between him and her was just an irrelevant joke.

A burst of ethereal bells suddenly sounded from far away, awakening him who was completely lost in his own contemplation.

Of course, she also recovered from the absent-minded state, and was about to open her mouth to say something:

"Hey, don't you think... arguing about this all the time is actually very tiring..."

"Obviously." He answered her.

After deciding to give up and continue staring at her, he calmed down for a while, and before she could make any further reaction, he took a step back instead, and when she spoke first to break the deadlock, he forced himself to put away for a moment All the impatience with her before.

"If only we could talk properly."

He knew that he no longer wanted to quarrel with her about these irrelevant things, like the mistletoe that fell quietly in an instant, since the matter had developed to this point, it seemed impossible to turn back.

But he still has a choice.

—A truce, a peace, appeasement, tranquility, redemption, rebirth.The meaning of mistletoe.

"Sorry, I'm really self-willed...Mr. Black Bat, no, it's Severus...Is it right? Severus," Alice raised her head and gave him a wry smile, " I don't know why, but I always want to know something I don't know, like that person... I don't really want to go to that banquet, but I always remember in my mind that from a long time ago, I It should be looking forward to meeting that person, it's true... But I just... I just don't know who he is."

What cannot be filled in the heart may be the loss that has been hollowed out.

He saw it inadvertently, and there was a touch of regret in her eyes.

"If I told you now that I knew where that man was, and I could see him, he was standing beside you... If so, would you believe it?"

He asked, and at the same time retreated from the retreating trend, walked forward, walked to her side, but turned his face away to look outside the empty corridor, "Think about it, even if this Everything may be false."

"But if this is really the case, I would rather believe that the mistletoe will suddenly appear in front of us at this moment, and then the person I was waiting for will appear by my side."

"Oh," he suddenly laughed inappropriately, "don't tell me, do you still think he will kiss you?"

"...That's not the case! That's not the case! I..." Alice quickly defended herself, but the more she said, the more suspicious she became.

"If you can prevent me from seeing that your face is as red as a poisoned apple, I might cancel that offensive thought just now." In fact, he still saw it, that weird feeling.

Although, in the eyes of others, Severus Snape was recognized as someone who had never had anything to do with these things.However, he is not completely unaware of that nonsense legend about Christmas:

If you are lucky enough to stand under the mistletoe with the person you like, then you must not refuse to kiss. Only in this way, the girl standing under the mistletoe can be happy.Even if they are enemies, as long as they meet under the mistletoe, they must hug each other and cease fighting.

Back then, when he was a student, every Christmas, he would actually be like those unrealistic boys who daydream all day long, secretly fantasizing that there might be such a chance that Merlin would be like this His wish was to let the mistletoe bloom in front of him and Lily.

But that's something that you only think about when you are a teenager.

There is no doubt that all is in the past.

Ever since the fate of each other was inextricably staggered, she was so stubborn that she would swear that she would never see him again in this life.

"He's not here, I'm sure. So... to find him, maybe we'll have to walk around Hogwarts again."

He couldn't find any better ending words to end this long and depressing topic, so he could only propose it without a suggestion, as if he had already removed all expectations, just waiting for her answer.

At the same time, it is also a choice.

After listening to his words, Alice was stunned for a moment, but quickly returned to normal, "Do you mind taking me around with you around the castle?"

"Well, for the time being, that's it... as long as you want."

He said calmly, then turned around and wanted to walk back, but unexpectedly, before he started to go out, Alice suddenly grabbed his hand and stopped him:

"So, Severus, can you go somewhere with me?"

"What?" He looked back suspiciously, "Where are you going?"

"You will know when you go there," she pretended to be mysterious and held his hand generously, "I know that if I go there at this time, I will definitely not let others know."

"you……"

He was still not used to and embarrassed by her sudden holding of his hand, but she obviously had no worries about it, she just held his hand tightly without saying a word, and started to move quickly Walking forward in the deserted and empty corridor, letting the high heels he was wearing hit the ground with a "bang bang", breaking the quiet scene.

The author has something to say: This chapter was written intermittently, and there was originally a kiss version, but because the author said it was a bit out of date, so I overturned the last [-] words and doubled it... Changed to become what it is now.

(So, if there is something weird in this chapter of 13.1... please ignore it. The author has just finished the exam recently, and the computer used for coding at home is a bit convulsive. I usually use it to read e-books and revised manuscripts The MP4 has broken again recently... all kinds of troubles, please forgive me)

But please look forward to it, maybe the next chapter will develop by leaps and bounds?

13.2 should be a very beautiful chapter, please look forward to it.

【I don't know if anyone has guessed where Alice and Severus are going? XD...]

☆, 13.2

"Where are you going!"

Although he promised the other party that he could take her around, it didn't mean that he allowed her to drag him around like his own pet.Snape thought so, but was still pulled by her passively and walked straight outside the castle.

"Don't pull me..." Snape protested, I can walk by myself, Miss Miku.

"No, you promised me." But Alice refused confidently, "It's very late now, people who are going to the banquet are already getting ready to come out one after another, are you sure we will stand here like this all the time, Or, walking slowly and waiting to be seen?" She glanced at him, "I don't guarantee that the two of us won't be seen."

"What does that matter? What you're saying now is completely inexplicable." He just felt that her worries were completely unnecessary. No one would notice them, let alone there was no one around now.

"But if I stay here in the castle any longer, I'm afraid I'll have to be the gossip headline of the Ravenclaw girls with you tomorrow morning." She finally let go of his hand with some compromise, "I'm sure you can't imagine, At least I don't want to."

Especially with you—thought Alice.

"If you didn't overestimate your own influence, it should be." His slightly mocking tone came out again, "but I'm sorry, I think if it's what you said, I would underestimate it. your influence."

"At least I think going to the Forbidden Forest is much more interesting than making headlines." Ellie replied without stopping, "I want to go to the Forbidden Forest."

"why."

"No reason, I just want to be there." You're annoying, Mr. Black Bat.

"So, you think it would be a good choice to go there at this time?" He looked at her uncertainly, but only waited until she nodded at him more firmly, "Then go, if you don't If you mind being caught and taught by the prefect tomorrow for violating discipline."

Anyone can hear that it is an irony, but his sarcasm has been tried and failed repeatedly when it comes to her:

"Don't worry about me, you don't know that I am the prefect of Ravenclaw now." She smiled confidently, very confidently, "The current prefect of Ravenclaw is me."

——Damn memory, he almost forgot.

At the age of 17, Alice seemed to be the prefect of Ravenclaw.However, she hadn't told him a word at the time, so that he only overheard it from someone else later.

But even if he knew, he didn't care about these things.Back then, Lily and Potter were also Gryffindor prefects, but that didn't mean anything—well, in fact, because of this incident, the two of them naturally walked together.

"Oh, that's no wonder, the prefect took the lead in violating the rules." Snape joked with a smirk, he now knew that she had always been so fond of doing unexpected and exciting things.

The Forbidden Forest, the place that was cursed by Merlin in his previous life.The school issued a clear rule that students are not allowed to enter under normal circumstances, and those who violate the law will be punished.Although there are such regulations, they are just in name only. Every dark and windy night, there will always be some restless students who want to run there to take risks out of curiosity—in contrast, they are sent to the hospital in the middle of the night Most of the fellows in the wing also had accidents in the Forbidden Forest: either their bones were broken, or their souls were scared out of their wits.

But the more dangerous the place, the more beautiful the scenery.

——This is what she would do.

"What do you think?" Alice smiled, "The moon is full tonight, maybe if you are lucky, you will meet it." She looked thoughtfully at the exit of the castle not far away, and a clear moonlight streamed down On the marble floor of the lobby, it was clear and cold.

"Meet what?"

"Hey, you're so verbose, Severus,"

Faced with his many puzzles, she still kept her secrets and just walked forward, "I know there is a way to find that person, as long as we can find him in the Forbidden Forest."

——If her consciousness is awake, then, is everything that happened tonight more than just an illusory dream?

In the days to come, when Severus Snape recalled the night and dream of her life-and-death moment, he would be glad that he didn't wake up all of this, and that he was able to get to know her again when she lost her memory .

——that stupid Alice, who always liked to quarrel with him, and would only whisper to him her weakest side.

There is only one Alice Miku who loves Severus Snape, not others.

Although, everything has an end, including life.

"I'll count to three, and then you can open your eyes."

Alice took Severus's hand, and walked through many forest branches and half-human tall grass in the dark, until she felt a cold wind passing through the hall, she motioned him to close his eyes, Then let him walk forward across the last bushes, led by her.

"One, two, three...here we go."

He opened his eyes and saw a small pond in the middle of a large open space.There were long, soft, milky-white grasses growing all around the pond—if it wasn't for the full moon tonight, and the grass would give off a natural fragrance and blue light, he would not have noticed these inconspicuous things of.

His still sober brain immediately reacted and told him: This is Yuncao.

"Look, I didn't lie to you...Only tonight I can walk here under their guidance. On weekdays, if the moonlight is not good, I will definitely get lost when I come to the Forbidden Forest." Ellie Si smiled and raised her head, seeing his astonished expression as she expected, she felt even more proud, "The grass on a full moon night can guide the maze, although I have never used this method in other places, But I think, as long as the principle is correct, we can probably find the person we are looking for if we pick one and cast a tracking spell on it."

Grass is the most widely used basic medicinal material in the longevity potion.Anyone who likes to read books and has a large collection of books knows that if they are used and sandwiched in books, the pages will naturally produce fragrance and will not be decayed by moths.However, common weeds can only be used as basic medicinal materials because they are out of season.As for the finest grasses, only on the night of the full moon, after absorbing enough moonlight essence, will they have the purest breath and have the effect of purification.

However, its greatest role is probably as food for the purest magical creature - the unicorn.

"If we come at the right time, maybe we can see unicorns. But it seems impossible now, you should know... Unicorns are only close to those who are white and pure in appearance and soul, without any Impurities and filthy people." She quietly walked to the mirror-like pond, scooped up a handful of cold water to wash her face, and then looked at the mirror in the night sky through the mirror formed by the water. A bright full moon.

"Are you mocking me, because I'm wearing black clothes, so it's impossible to win the unicorn's admiration for me." Snape snorted at this, only thinking that she was probably just making a little joke, so he didn't Care, "Unicorns who have too much contact with people, especially those who are very good at disguising, will not live long."

"That's right," Alice said with a regretful smile on the corner of her mouth, "because they are too pure, once they decide to trust others, they will believe in it without hesitation, and they will not be wary of others at all."

——But it doesn't know that people will hurt each other.

Alice stood up from the edge of the pool, took a few steps back, found a relatively flat lawn, sat down, and reached out to call Severus, who had been standing behind, to come and sit beside her.

"Why don't you come and sit for a while? You're not tired after walking for so long."

He hesitated for a moment, but finally walked over and sat down beside her.

"My mother told me when I was little,"

As soon as he sat down, she began to speak slowly, lowered her head, and carelessly fiddled with the bunch of wisteria in front of her that was "smiling" to her, "The water-colored irises blooming in the dark night gave me The glory of the people of the Miku family shines with the stars and the moon, because we have the right to wear the most brilliant blue, which represents the proof of our noble pure-blood nobles. However, the blue eyes that the people of the Miku family are born with , but it was given to us by the purest creature in the world—the unicorn, which symbolizes the immortal soul and long life of our family, and the power to heal and purify.”

If the fur of unicorns has a purer color than white, then their eyes are like the light of the misty sky before dawn. Although it is light, it is enough to dispel any haze, and it has a holy luster that will always flash , with spirituality to cleanse people's hearts.

She had never seen a unicorn before, but she could feel how powerful and warm the so-called healing power was.

"Speaking of which, my mother's eyes are black, so the whole family was worried that my eyes might not be blue... You probably don't know, if the Miku family is born without blue eyes , it means that the family does not accept that member. However, after I was born, I don’t know why, but my father alienated me because of my blue eyes.”

——"If you are an obedient and good boy, just stay in the other courtyard obediently, and you are not allowed to come out no matter what, you understand?"

She smiled wryly, lowering her head even lower, as if she was about to bury herself in her arms, "I still don't understand why, until I was imprisoned in Miku's other courtyard by my family, I was only five years old , but I still don't know why."

"Prisoned in another courtyard? Why." He asked, "You are only five years old."

"But I grew up alone, and even my parents couldn't get close to me at will." Her tone was a little self-deprecating, "They always think I don't know anything, but in fact, my ears can still hear it. ...Everyone in the family knows the truth except me..."

She will always remember that day when her mother looked at her and cried so desolately alone, just because her grandfather and father decided to lock her up alone in the other courtyard of Miku's house.

——That girl will eventually die at the hands of the person she loves.

It was at that time that she began to know her future destiny, and it turned out that everything would be like this.

"...But you finally received the Hogwarts admission letter, you finally..." Snape paused, hesitated, but finally said, "...you came here. "

"Yeah, so..." Alice took a deep breath and sighed, "Merlin knew how happy I was at the beginning. I was finally able to escape from the family, the so-called fate, and the The people around me who wanted to detain me escaped from everything... But even so, later, "

She suddenly turned her head and looked at him beside her, with some water in her eyes, "I gradually felt that maybe I really lost something because of this... I have been thinking about it for a long time, for a long time, but I still can't figure out what I lost." In an instant, I lost the pillar of my life, and I couldn't go on, even if it was just one step.

——One day, maybe after graduation, maybe in the near future, she still can't escape the palm of fate.

She only felt that her heart was always in a state of emptiness, and she often felt a sense of loss inexplicably, but she didn't know why.

The whole heart seems to have been hollowed out, and there is only a hollow in the chest, which echoes with the echo of despair.

"That person... Even if I forget who he is, my intuition tells me that that person is very important. I want to find him, and I want to see him. I have waited for a long time, and finally the banquet tonight is here. If I now Just go to the banquet, and then walk up to the podium, then, the person standing side by side with me is him."

She has been working hard without telling anyone why she is working hard.She knew that maybe only if she proved that she was a capable person, he would turn around and look at her, and then stop saying some hurtful sarcasm, but give her a formal compliment.

Obviously she no longer knew him, but all her feelings told her that he used to exist.

"...I want to see him..."

"But he won't be waiting for you at the banquet, absolutely not."

Snape suddenly said coldly, with just one sentence, trying to dispel all her guesses and expectations that could not be realized.

But she paid him no attention.

"...No, he's there..." As if in a daze, she suddenly didn't care what he said to her, even if he wanted to hit her, she didn't care, she just talked to herself, absentmindedly Looking at him, "...he'll be there..."

The originally soft and bright moonlight reflected on her smooth but blood-stained face at this moment, and it became extremely stern.

——He felt that something in his heart was clamoring.

"Don't be silly, he's not there!"

Snape hugged her weak shoulders, shook her, his tone was unusually angry and unwilling, "He won't be there, you know, he's not there..."

"Why do you have to say he's not there?!"

Alice suddenly yelled at him with a crying voice, and the tears that were still swirling in her eyes poured down in an instant, dripping down her cheeks on the grass.

"Why do you know he's not there?! I've... I can only put all my hopes there, I'm scared, I don't know anything, but I still... Even if you take me to find him, but What if the banquet is over and he leaves...I don't know why, but my heart just feels cold, I just feel...frightened and..."

—What if he is gone?

Maybe, she herself doesn't even understand what she wants to say at this moment, the only thing that is clear is that she knows that her tears keep coming out, crying silently but painfully.

Like a simple child, worried because of loss, crying because of fear.

"...I'm scared...he's gone...I can't find him..."

——Are you scared?

【do not you know?That's right...you've always been like this...you've always been like this, Severus. 】

--Do not.

He never thought that she had such a terrible feeling.

——“…………I’m scared…he’s gone…I can’t find him……”

In his heart, even though he only focused on Lily, he never let go of another person.However, the Alice Miku he knew was not a person who would have anything to do with "fear".

——She can sneak into the most secret place in the Hogwarts library alone, just to find those forbidden black magic books and stay out at night, or use a time converter to hide secretly in the middle of the night Sneaking into Slytherin's common room after a patrol... She was a restless Ravenclaw who had done a lot of heroic things that rivaled those of Gryffindors.

Even that day, in the Potions classroom, she told him "I won't die" in such a majestic tone; later, when he wanted to kill her, she told him without changing her face, "If you want to kill me, Just do it, treat it as what I owe you, and we will never default on each other from now on"...

In front of him, she never showed a trace of fear, only her inexhaustible stubbornness and fearlessness.

Since then, he has always believed that the person he needs to protect should be Lily.At least, relatively speaking.

Until the last moment, he still felt that way.

But what about this moment?

— She was actually scared.

Is it because I have always relied too much on the appearances that my eyes can see, always self-righteously thinking that I probably don’t need to pay attention to things that have nothing to do with me, so I selectively ignore them, and then eliminate them in my heart The only remaining perception of emotion.

Like anesthesia.

He used to tell himself all the time, "The one I love is Lily."

But what about her?

She may have been telling herself since before, "The one I love is him."

"You don't want him to leave..."

——No, it’s not like that.

Suddenly, as if suddenly enlightened, he finally understood the reason why he left Lily in the dungeon of the Riddle Mansion, and ran back to save her at the risk of being discovered by the Dark Lord.

His heart, his subconscious, had made a choice for him.

"...I...don't want you to leave..."

[Don't go, please, Severus. 】

--I am here.

It was just a matter of that moment, he quietly approached her, and after seeing her tearful eyes clearly, an indescribable feeling was clinging to his heart, and it was painful.

"Close your eyes."

He suddenly said so lightly in her ear, without any pretense.

She didn't listen to him, she was still crying badly, looking at him with red eyes like a fool.But when she found that his eyes were very malicious, just like the eyes when he said, "If you quarrel again, I will kill you" when we first met, she finally put away all objections resentfully, and obediently said Eyes closed.

The heartbeat is getting faster and faster, and it's a bit unsightly.

She was suspicious, if this went on like this, her heart might miss a few beats.

"you want……"

But before she was allowed to finish asking what she had managed to squeeze out, suddenly, a warm touch covered her lips involuntarily.

He kissed her.

In an instant, she only felt a feeling of electric shock spread from her lips to her whole body.She wanted to get out of the way immediately, but unexpectedly, her hands were held tightly by him at some point.

The elegant and fragrant scent of rutabaga permeated the small pond, floating in the air, with silvery rays of light making the moonlight even clearer.Even though the night wind was chilling, at this moment, between them, there was only a sense of warmth, melting the layer of ice that covered everyone's hearts.

The flowing time seemed to stop for them at that moment. Even though the breath flowing in the darkness was still cold, the steady breathing made people feel extremely at ease.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

——However, what if time really stopped at this moment?

She suddenly felt that she seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time, but at this moment, she felt that all of this was actually unreal.

that person.

--who's that person?

She still didn't know, she couldn't think of anything, her mind went blank.

——Are you still afraid?

[No, you are here, I know, I have always been clear. 】

After a few seconds.

Before she could pull her thoughts back from Merlin who was thousands of miles away, Snape had already let go of her hand, and then returned to the distance he should have kept, looking at her quietly, watching Seeing that she still closed her eyes stupidly, her face was expressionless, but a burst of blush had already climbed up her cheeks.

"Can you open your eyes, Miss Miku," he asked her with great interest, "...Alice."

——He knew she did it on purpose.

"Bastard, you actually..."

Before she started to say a few words again, Alice, who managed to stop the tears from streaming down her face, started to turn red again at this moment, staring at him pitifully as if she wanted to continue crying, "...you Unexpectedly!"

"Okay...don't cry, okay, you're crying...it's ugly." Snape reminded.

Of course, that was a meaningful sentence.

"...I want you to take care of it..." But even though Alice was still sobbing uncontrollably, she still muttered and blamed in a low voice, "But you...you actually..."

Before she finished speaking, she changed to a "tragic" expression again, pointing at the "culprit" opposite, hesitating to speak.

——He actually stole.kissed.her!

"You did it on purpose!" she yelled in a hoarse voice.

"No," he answered her deliberately, calmly, "it's mistletoe."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the thin-leaved vine covered with red berries that grew wildly from the branches above their heads and hung down in front of her and him.

"Mistletoe?" She frowned at him. "What 'mistletoe'?"

He just nodded helplessly, "It's mistletoe."

"Mistletoe!"

——If you are lucky enough to stand under the mistletoe with the person you like, then you must not refuse to kiss. Only in this way can the girl standing under the mistletoe be happy.Even if they are enemies, as long as they meet under the mistletoe, they must hug each other and cease fighting.

When Alice finally realized what was going on, she opened her blue eyes wide and looked at him in disbelief, as if seeing a ghost floating behind him.

"When did it come out?!"

"Just now, you were crying like a crybaby. You forgot, it's Christmas."

Everyone always seems to like today—well, let’s say it’s a special day. It’s really low taste to arrange such teasing things all over the place, and even put them in the Forbidden Forest.

—but to be honest, he didn't really care about it.

Especially now.

"...Just admit it, you did it on purpose." She continued to stare at him resentfully.

"If you must think that way, I can't possibly seal your mouth..." He answered her calmly, meaning nothing, "So, do as you like."

"But I definitely don't want to send my first kiss away like this, never!" She began to yell uncontrollably again, "Severus, you... you really..."

"I'm not interested in your first kiss either, Alice...Miss Miku." He laughed.

—Probably no one can figure out why he finds this funny.

"Are you sure I won't be unlucky for a whole year? But..." She continued to cover her face with her hands in frustration, and almost seemed to bury herself in the grass, "Oh, no, being with you, already It was the worst thing that happened to me this year."

In fact, she believed that Grandpa Merlin must have deliberately teased her, so she arranged such a play for him and her.

Very good, very good.

Imagine how much fun it would be if tomorrow the Ravenclaw girls were discussing "The Death of the Ravenclaw Drama Queen's First Kiss".

But she knew that no matter what, she would not let anyone other than him and her know about tonight's incident.

"Didn't you keep saying just now that I don't care about your affairs? That's just right," anyway, your bad luck has nothing to do with me.Snape thought so nonchalantly, but still held back the last sentence.

If he really said it, he estimated that he would die in the Forbidden Forest.

——He believed that she could actually "kill him".

"Hey, can you stop holding grudges like that." Alice complained to him with a bitter face.

"Then can you stop your many requests." He retorted without thinking.

"Hey, you said it, it's done."

Hearing what he said, she immediately cheered up and started talking seriously: "Don't tease me anymore, don't make me angry anymore, and don't bully me again."

"Well...you mean what you say," even though his affirmation sounded full of 1 reluctances, "but you have to promise me the same conditions."

"...It's too much, you really know how to fight an eye with an eye."

"Of course, learn from you."

After finishing speaking, both he and she looked at each other and smiled at the same time.That smile is definitely not the mocking and sneer when we first met, but