[HP] Wolf and Alice

[01]

Alice was reprimanded by her mother again today, and the cause turned out to be a report in the "Daily Prophet".

"Oh, my dear Henry!" Mrs. Atwood said while holding the newspaper, stroking her cheek excitedly, "my dear Henry, you are indeed the pride of our family!"

Alice didn't want to care about anything related to Henry, but her mother's exaggerated expression inevitably aroused her curiosity.

So she reached out and took the newspaper, spread it out, and laid it flat on the table.

...Oh, it turned out that some Aurors from the Ministry of Magic managed to capture a Death Eater, and Henry, who was an intern, was also mentioned in passing.

"Just a mention of Henry's name, mother."

"You lazy guy, what right do you have to accuse Henry here?"

Mrs. Atwood was naturally unhappy when she heard what Alice said.

Alice curled her lips helplessly, and did not continue to argue with her mother.

Because she knew that once their argument started, it would be endless.

Henry Atwood is Alice Atwood's brother, several years older than Alice.But specifically how old she was, Alice herself hadn't calculated it.

Because they were not close since childhood.

The reason is simple, that is because Alice is a "squib".

Squibs, in fact, refer to those children who are born into wizarding families but have no magical powers.

And Alice is such a child.

Alice's father, Thomas Atwood, was a well-known potion master in the magic world when he was young, and it is precisely because of this that the beautiful Mrs. Atwood will marry him.

It's a pity that Mr. Atwood passed away when Alice was five years old. Although he left a large amount of property after his death, the life of the Atwood family gradually became more difficult.

— especially after Mrs. Atwood discovers that Alice is a "squib."

In fact, Alice has been jealous of Henry since she was a child.

Because Henry has the ability to make objects fly out of thin air without using his hands, he often uses his magic power to tease Alice.

But what makes Alice jealous most is that Henry received a letter from Hogwarts when he was 11 years old.And Alice, who waited until she was 17 years old, failed to wait for her owl.

Henry inherited Thomas' talent for potions, and soon became popular after entering Slytherin College. His dean, Professor Slughorn, also liked him very much.After Henry graduated, Professor Slughorn personally wrote a letter of recommendation to Henry, recommending him to enter the Ministry of Magic as an Auror.

After that Mrs. Atwood was even more proud of Henry than Alice herself was.

Alice was not able to enter Hogwarts to study because she had no magic power.As a wizard, Mrs. Atwood didn't bother to send Alice to a Muggle school.

Therefore, for the entire 17 years, Alice lived like an alien who was incompatible with anyone.

Fortunately, even if she, Alice Atwood, was a Squib, she was still the daughter of Potions Master Thomas Atwood.

The dean of St. Mungo's, after receiving a letter of help from Mrs. Atwood, was willing to offer this "Miss Squib" a position as a nurse at St. Mungo's.

And Alice thought, it was mostly because of her father's face that Mr. Dean was willing to take her in.

"You're really annoying me more and more, Alice." Mrs. Atwood's shrill voice interrupted Alice's thoughts, "I'm going to buy ingredients today, so don't stay in the house for me In a daze, go to St. Mungo's if you can!"

"But today is the weekend, Mom!" Alice retorted with some dissatisfaction, "today is not my duty day at all!"

"So what?" asked Mrs. Atwood. "If you had worked harder, you wouldn't have been working for two years and still be a little nurse!"

... not sure.

Alice silently thought that the most important reason she thought she had not been promoted was because she was a squib.

That's it.

Because she was already inferior from birth, wasn't she?

Although going to St. Mungo's to work overtime on weekends was something Alice was particularly resistant to, but under Mrs. Atwood's fierce threats, Alice finally compromised.

After all, compared to working in St. Mungoley, her mother's reprimand bothered her more.

After arriving at St. Mungo's, Alice looked up and saw the blond woman in a dark blue robe—her colleague.

Abigail Graham.

"Hi, good morning, Abby."

Alice leaned forward to say hello to Abigail enthusiastically, but Abigail just turned her head and glanced at her quickly, and then responded coldly: "Good morning, why did you come to St. Mungo?"

Alice knew what Abigail wanted to ask: How did you come to St. Mungo's on the weekend?

Alice shrugged helplessly and said, "I was kicked out of the house by my mother."

Abigail gave a faint "oh" after hearing this, and didn't ask any more questions.

Although Abigail is Alice's colleague, her position is actually much "senior" than Alice.

Alice was just a little nurse, and Abigail, when she was only 20 years old, was already a pharmacist.

It's really an amazing thing.

St. Mungo's entry requirements are very strict, and for a position like "pharmacist", the difficulty of entry is even more difficult.Many people have to stay in other small treatment homes for a period of time and have certain work experience before they can be admitted to St. Mungo's.

But Abigail, not long after graduating from school, was officially hired.

The reason is also very simple, because her OWLs and NEWTs are all "O".

Although Alice has never been to school, she doesn't know how difficult it is to achieve this level, but just from the mouths of other colleagues, Alice is enough to know how good Abigail is.

Abigail is very good, but her popularity in St Mungo's is not good.

Alice thinks there are several reasons for this situation.First, Abigail is very indifferent. She doesn't even smile when meeting people, and she doesn't like to take the initiative to talk to others. Even if someone takes the initiative to talk to her, she still looks indifferent.

And second, because she was a wizard from a Muggle family.

Alice had heard people of this kind called "Mudbloods."

In fact, Alice's popularity in St. Mungo's is not very good, and she probably doesn't need to go into details for the reason, right?

So Alice naturally fell in love with Abigail.

Although St. Mungoley often has a lot of mean girls who say behind their backs: "A Mudblood and a Squib are really a perfect match." Such words, but Alice herself doesn't care.

Because she knew that Abigail was better than those mean guys!

Alice has always wanted to know what it was like to go to school at Hogwarts, so she would pester Abigail to tell her some of the past in Hogwarts.

"What college did you go to, Abby?"

"Ravenclaw," Abigail replied.

"Is that so..."

Alice nodded suddenly. Although she didn't really understand the differences between the four colleges, she felt that since it was Abigail's college, it must be very powerful.

"My brother is in Slytherin," Alice said. "What do you think of Slytherin?"

After pondering for a moment, Abigail said, "Actually...the Sorting Hat also wanted to sort me into Slytherin at first."

"Really!" Alice screamed excitedly, "If that's the case, you might be classmates with Henry!"

"But I said no," Abigail went on.

"Why?" Alice was puzzled.

Abigail looked at Alice, her eyes suddenly became serious.

"Because someone from my background, it's better not to enter Slytherin." Abigail replied truthfully, "I could already foresee at the time that if I entered Slytherin, my life would be different." How depressing it has become. But the sorting hat listened to my worries and thought that I was more suitable for Slytherin, but in the end, under my insistence, it still sorted me into Ravenclaw."

Alice listened with half understanding, nodded and asked, "Then which academy do you think I would be sorted into if I were a wizard?"

Abigail thought for a while, and finally said, "It should be Gryffindor."

"Gryffindor?" Alice blinked, "But didn't you say that Gryffindor and Slytherin have always been hostile houses? My brother is a Slytherin, and I might really be divided." Into Gryffindor?"

Abigail was stunned after hearing this, and didn't speak for a while.

It was the first time Alice saw Abigail lost in thought like this.

"...It's possible." After a long time, Abigail nodded slightly and said, "It's not surprising."

After listening to Abigail's words, Alice only felt that she admired her even more!

Abigail always knows a lot of things she doesn't know, and she always does everything perfectly!

However, Mrs. Atwood has been persuading Alice, hoping that she can stay away from the young witch from a Muggle family.

"You shouldn't be wasting your time with that little girl, Alice," said Mrs. Atwood sharply. "It won't do you any good."

"Why?" Alice couldn't help but argue for her friend, "Abby is very good."

"But she doesn't have a good family, and it's useless to be good," continued Mrs. Atwood. "Although I hate to say it, Alice, the only way you're going to do well in the future is to marry To a man of great birth, be his wife, so that others will not look down on you. I also know that Miss Graham is very good, but she has no decent family or brothers and sisters. No matter how you get along with her, you It is impossible to get in touch with those really powerful people, do you understand?"

Alice was very angry after hearing what her mother said.

"It's not that I'm useless except to marry and have children!" she said, "What's more, I... I don't make friends for those purposes!"

Mrs. Atwood just looked at her sadly, and said, "You're young, Alice. You'll see in a few years."

But Alice felt that no matter how many years she had, she would never agree with her mother's opinion.