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Kissed Severus' dry lips lightly. The fact that Severus' head was fixed now made it inconvenient for him to avoid his lover's movements, so he had to bite Lucius' tongue lightly to vent his anger. Lucius pushed forward and kissed Severus even deeper.

Unexpectedly, the penetration of Lucius' tongue caused Severus' breathing to stop.The dark-haired man gulped air and tried to cough, but couldn't get enough oxygen anyway.Soon, Severus' lips turned blue.

In theory, Lucius knew that Severus was probably stuck with phlegm right now, and he should suck up his lover's phlegm right away.However, in an emergency, Lucius found that he could not find the manual aspirator.At the same time, Lucius was thinking about the spell to clear the foreign body in the airway.

Fortunately, the monitor attached to Severus sounded an alarm just in time, and Nurse Jones heard the sound and entered.She deftly inserted the catheter of the electric aspirator on the ambulance into Severus' mouth and sucked up the sputum.

Severus' hands gripped the sheets tightly, trying to match Nurse Jones' movements.However, his tightly wrinkled brows cannot be deceived.

After much difficulty, nurse Jones completed the suction operation.After making medical records, she went out again.

Relieved from the pain of suctioning, Severus was afraid to look at Lucius.As a doctor, he knew he couldn't be more normal.However, how should he, who can't even do a kiss, face his husband who is always so sexual?

On the other hand, Lucius held Severus' clenched fist in his hand, forcing his lover to look him in the eye.The platinum-blonde detective said apologetically to her husband: "Severus, I was the one who was stupid just now. I know a way to suck phlegm that will make you less painful."

Lucius spoke confidently to the surprised Severus, "I can suck up the phlegm with my mouth, right? ——Hey, did Nurse Jones help you suck up all the phlegm just now?"

After being told by Lucius, Severus felt as if he had phlegm again, but...

Without further ado, Lucius picked up the sputum suction tube he had just found, inserted it into his lover's mouth, and used his mouth to help the other party suck out the remaining sticky sputum.

Severus endured the sourness in his eyes, knowing that in this life he would never be able to break up with the typical husband whom he had always considered to be lazy and lazy. ——God forgive me, facing such a beautiful Lucius, I really have no will to give up!

The author has something to say: Oh also, in the world of Awake, if I want a tragic ending, I have finally made up the story!

[1]SteveLaughalot：1968-1972年Slytherin魁地奇队长，应该是与LuciusMalfoy同年级或高一年级的一个男孩。他的名字来源于HarryPotter:Exibition中的一张1940-1976年Slytherin魁地奇队展板。

Laughalot (laughs a lot) I really didn't choose such a funny name!

[HP/Awake][LM/SS] selection - 13

13. HP#1

HP#1

Lucius rolled over on the bed, trying to open his eyes.However, he suddenly became frightened: No, I obviously just took a nap on the computer desk, why am I in bed now?

—Merlin, or God, am I in a dream or in reality?Or, which world am I in?

Lucius touched his left wrist with trembling hands, and found that there were several scars on it that hadn't fully healed.

--damn it!

The fair-haired wizard opened his eyes and found that he was indeed lying on a cot in the potion refining room of Malfoy Manor, not far from the portrait he was painting before taking the dreamless sleep.

I don't know if the cot in the lab was too hard, or Lucius remembered that he spent too long in front of the computer after returning home from the hospital, and now he felt his back hurting.

Lucius opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling of the laboratory, not knowing what to do for a while.If Lucius didn't have any "dreams", he should be getting up, washing and changing, teaching Draco today and plotting how to exonerate both himself and Draco in future trials.However, now Lucius has no idea whether his efforts are meaningful: If everything is just an illusion caused by Detective Lucius Britten's brain injury in a car accident, why am I still intriguing with everyone?

Lucius turned over, looked at his half-drawn portrait of the potions laboratory, and called tentatively, "Severus."

Sure enough, the black-haired wizard appeared in the portrait.It seemed that Severus' face was as dark as his clothes.He stared at Lucius and asked blankly, "Lucius, are you dreaming?"

With a wry smile, Lucius replied, "Honey, you're always so direct. Unfortunately, I had those two dreams again."

"Two dreams?" Severus' portrait caught the difference between Lucius' words and the last time he spoke. "Yesterday you didn't tell me that you had two dreams. Besides the dream where everyone is a Muggle, what is the content of the other dream?"

Only then did Lucius realize that he had slipped his tongue.However, he really didn't want to tell Severus' portrait that in that dream, he saved his lover at the cost of losing his son. —how hard that must have been for Severus!

"Lucius, stop playing tricks here. Tell me about your dreams, it's very important!" Facing the troubled Lucius, the portrait of Severus growled.

Lucius looked at Severus with his impatience written all over his face in surprise, and wondered what was so important about his dream, and it was worth the anxiety that Severus, who was always calm, was so anxious about.

"Lucius, if you're not planning to use insanity as an excuse, tell me what you've been hiding!—were you in great pain in that dream you didn't mention?" Severus asked irritably.

Being told by his lover, the platinum-haired wizard turned pale and his eye circles turned red: "Draco is dead."

Severus shuddered, and his black eyes instantly went blank.After a long time, he sighed and said, "Lucius, tell me the details, maybe I can help."

As if seeing the dawn in the darkness, Lucius hugged the unfinished portrait and told about his two dreams in detail.

A few hours later, Severus, who had listened to the whole process, confirmed the details: "Lucius, before your first dream in this world, and before your first dream in the second world, you had very intense wish that things were different from reality, right?"

Lucius blinked his eyes that were red and swollen from crying, and said in a hoarse voice: "Severus, I know that the wizard's strong desire has great magical power, but it has never been powerful enough to create the world!"

The portrait of the former headmaster of Hogwarts was in a daze for a moment, and he sighed: "Now it seems that Tom Riddle is indeed not an ordinary wizard. —— Horrible, but great."

"What? The Dark Lord did this?" Lucius asked.

The black-haired portrait frowned again: "He's the only reasonable candidate. But, oddly enough..." Severus sized Lucius up, as if he had something to say.

"What is it?" asked the platinum-blonde wizard.

The black-haired portrait stared nervously at his lover's eyes that were still awake, and said: "There is no doubt that you and I are both high on Riddle's hate list. However, the person he hates the most and wants to punish It should be Potter. However, in your description, in the second world, the only difference from reality in the second world is that Draco died, but I survived. It is easy to explain that I survived: even the Dark Lord, It's also hard to punish someone who's dead. It makes perfect sense for me to live on for killing Draco. But what about Potter's punishment? - Unless... Lucius, Potter probably had an unusual relationship with Draco Infatuation. The Lord Redeemer spent more time stalking Draco in his sixth year than he did with the Weasley girls."

Lucius was in a daze, and said: "So, the dream I had was the result of the Dark Lord wanting to punish us? But what is the dream of the Muggle world? My father and my sister Luciana are still alive, yours Lily is still alive, we have been married for many years, and we have never joined Riddle's group, your situation is not very good, but..." Lucius stopped suddenly, and asked suspiciously: "Severus, there is something you didn't say, Yes or no?"

The black-haired portrait sighed, and said: "Well, I'm a little surprised why you haven't fallen into madness after traveling through the three worlds, or why Lily survived in your ideal world. If If Potter also contributed to the Muggle world, it would be easy to explain. Now it seems that Potter is indeed a very powerful wizard."

Lucius blinked, puzzled and said: "Severus, the more you talk, the more confused I become. Can you explain from the beginning?"

"Lucius, have you ever wondered? Many Roman and Celtic gods, wise and knowledgeable dragons, and noble and long-lived elves in our legends have never been credibly recorded in the last 1000 years. Now, what is left in our world is only money-grubbing goblins, fairy-like foxes, low reptile-like dragons, and beautiful veela. Human magic is also declining. In ancient times , human magicians can issue large-scale group attack magic, can call wind and rain, and change the world. The four founders of the Hogwarts school can build an amazingly strong defense system. Now, even the Dark Lord can hardly send out group attacks. Offensive magic, he alone can't break through the defense system established 1000 years ago, let alone change the world. - Oh, Lucius, don't tell me that the blood of the wizard is tainted, that can't explain the longevity The disappearance of the dragon for tens of thousands of years. Everything points to an explanation: due to various reasons, those races with powerful magic, and even some powerful wizards, have left our world."

The name of the most famous vanished wizard was blurted out by Lucius: "Salazar Slytherin?!"

The former head of Slytherin nodded and said: "This is a long-standing suspicion of the portraits in the headmaster's office. If the reason for your current situation and Potter's weirdness is the Dark Lord, then Salazar Slytherin's whereabouts are likely to be There is an explanation. The former headmasters suspect that those powerful races started sometime 2000 years ago, took a long time to create a world, and then gradually migrated to that world, never to return."

Lucius guessed: "So, Salazar Slytherin left Riddle with a message on how to go to that world?"

"That's possible. However, I suspect that with Riddle's character, even if he learned how to get to that magical world, he wouldn't go there. For me, the world with almost infinite knowledge It's no different from heaven. But, Lucius, think about it from your own perspective, would you like to go to a world where you are just an ordinary person?" said the portrait of Severus.

Patriarch Malfoy, who had always enjoyed his own money and power, thought for a moment and realized that he was unwilling to be an ordinary person.However, he quickly came to his senses and defended himself: "Severus, you just said that the little detective in the Muggle world is my ideal person! As long as I can be with you and Draco, I will not choose Become an ordinary person?"

The body of the black-haired portrait shook slightly.He watched Lucius for a long time before skipping the topic of Lucius' choice, and continued: "Here, Riddle is a much stronger wizard than most wizards, but when he gets there, he will disappear from everyone. I think Riddle is more interested in how to create a world and make himself the creator of that world."

Lucius thought for a long time before saying: "However, in my two dreams, not only did Riddle not become the Creator God, he died, which is not in line with his ideal at all."

The portrait of Severus said violently: "Lucius, didn't you listen to me just now? Even the legendary gods and ancient dragons would take hundreds of years to create a new world. How many years did Riddle live in total? , How could he create a complete world? It is very difficult to create a world out of thin air, but it is much easier to transform the existing world into his ideal. But, obviously, until death, he Didn't finish his plan either.—Do you remember Riddle's collection of all kinds of magical items with ancient heritage? We always thought that what he was looking for was the three-piece set of the Deathly Hallows. Now it seems that he really wants There's something to collect that's right in front of everyone's eyes that none of us thought of, and that's Hogwarts."

"Hogwarts?" Lucius asked in surprise.

The black-haired former headmaster nodded and said: "This is the common opinion of the headmasters. If there is anything in this world whose magic is more powerful than Riddle himself and all wizards in the past 500 years, it is Hogwarts. Only like Only with magic as powerful as Hogwarts can it be possible to help Riddle realize his dream."

Lucius gaped. "Then, his obsession with Hogwarts is fully explained."

The portrait of Severus said: "Yes. Now I think that before Riddle died, some magical preparations he had made to transform the world, combined with Hogwarts' own magic, caused a preliminary split in the real world. But , the newborn world is very unstable, and it will take a while to accept the entry of new consciousness. At the same time, the newborn world also needs a powerful force, such as the will of wizards, to support its own stability. This is why after a few days you I just dreamed, or entered the second world. What Riddle couldn't imagine was that the original logic of our world was so powerful that he himself died. Of course, he achieved his punishment for you, me and Potter's wish. What he can't imagine is that since the new world has absorbed your power, and possibly part of Potter's power, it will inevitably be controlled by your will. That world obviously doesn't suit you Anyone's expectations. So, the world is divided again. The magical power to support the third world is obviously very insufficient, so each of us is a Muggle."

Lucius understood for a long time before he said, "So, what's the matter with me switching worlds back and forth?"

Severus frowned and said, "I guess, the current situation is that any world is not stable enough, and it needs to continue to absorb human will to stabilize itself. Your and Potter's minds are the battlefields of several worlds competing for the right to survive, and they will take advantage of You sneaked in when you were asleep and weak-willed. Speaking of which, it's a miracle you and Potter haven't gone mad by now. I think it's something like Malfoy Manor, the Old Black House, or Hogwarts where you slept. Where the magic is deep."

Lucius felt his mouth parched. "So, how do we solve this problem?"

The portrait of the youngest former headmaster of Hogwarts smiled wryly: "Lucius, to be honest, I don't know, and neither do the other headmaster portraits of Hogwarts. I doubt any living wizard in the world, or a dead wizard who left a portrait , know how to solve such a problem. I can only suggest that you risk falling asleep again and seek help from me in the second world. There, I am still the living Headmaster of Hogwarts, and I can do more. You'll need to call Potter, by the way. If SalazarSlytherin left any messages for his descendants, they're probably written in Parseltongue."

Lucius bit his lip for a long time before saying, "What if we don't find a solution? I'll be an idiot, and Potter probably will too. What's next?"

The black-haired wizard's eyes became bottomless: "Lucius, I don't know. Presumably, one or two worlds will collapse, no, collapse to another world, and finally form one or two stable structures. It is unlikely that the three worlds will coexist at the same time. As for which world will become the ultimate victor, I am even less sure."

Lucius stared straight at Severus, and said for a while, "I hope the Muggle world wins."

Averting Lucius' eyes, Severus said, "Lucius, go take some soul stabilizers now. Do what you can..."

"Prepare Draco for me to be an idiot anytime, I understand." Lucius finished for Severus: "Then drink dreamless sleep and find you in the second world."

Severus let out a long sigh, and said in a barely audible voice, "I wish the Muggle world a victory, too."

Lucius kissed the paint-scented portrait, summoned his clothes, and began his hard, long day.

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[HP/Awake][LM/SS] selection - 14

14. HP#2

HP#2

Severus read the memory that Lucius sent the house-elf without saying a word, feeling that his life was ridiculous.He never imagined that the world he was in now was split from the original world by the remaining will of the Dark Lord, and his own life was preserved by the will of the Dark Lord to punish him—of course, to support The existence of Lucius and Potter's will in this world may also have contributed to their own survival.

——Fortunately, Draco survived in the original world, and Draco was not killed by me.

Thinking of this, Severus felt that the burden on his shoulders was slightly lighter.

—Merlin, there's still a Muggle world where Lucius and I didn't join the Death Eaters, where Draco was still a naive big kid, where Lily survived...

Thinking of the possibilities in the Muggle world, Severus couldn't help but wish that was the real world.

"Severus, are you alright?" Lucius cautiously greeted from the opposite side of the double-sided mirror.

Severus woke up from his own thoughts and realized that this was not the time for psychoanalysis.In fact, if he didn't act now, he would probably have to have Lucius and Potter psychoanalyzed by St. Munger's psychiatric witch doctor.

The black-haired wizard said to the two-way mirror: "Lucius, I'm fine, I'm very happy that Draco survived. - Regarding our current problems, my portrait in that world is very reasonable, I need to report to the principal's office I might want to show those portraits some of the memories you showed me. Given Potter's Parseltongue, I might show Potter that part of my memory too."

Lucius on the opposite side of the double-sided mirror laughed: "Severus, I knew you were the best."

Severus smiled wryly, stood up slowly with the help of the bed, and walked towards the principal's office, which was connected to the bedroom, with the double-sided mirror in his hand. ——Isn’t it? How many people would seek death by themselves?However, if the demise of me and this world allows Lucius and Draco to live well in the original world, then it should be.

Lucius chirped across the two-way mirror: "Severus, we can collapse three worlds into the Muggle world, can't we?"

Severus froze, and while pushing open the door of the principal's office, he said, "Lucius, if I'm not mistaken, the most stable world should be the original world, and it's better to let the split unstable world collapse back. valid reason."

The platinum-blonde wizard was stunned for a moment, and then said hastily: "But, Severus, I can't do without you! — Honey, you don't know how good the Muggle side is. The two of us have never served Riddle before, Draco's biggest worry is whether he can get the admission letter from Harvard, your Lily is still alive, Dumbledore injected himself with potassium chloride after the bone cancer spread..."

At this time, Dumbledore's voice came from the wall of the headmaster's office: "Good morning, Severus, Lucius. I just heard that I seem to have chosen a rather interesting way of dying. Lucius, may I ask whether potassium chloride is what?"

The wizard on the opposite side of the double-sided mirror paused and said, "Professor Dumbledore, good morning. Potassium chloride is a Muggle chemical that can be used to balance electrolytes. Large doses of intravenous bolus can cause cardiac arrest."

Severus suddenly felt that life was particularly ridiculous: what is it about the famous racist Lucius Malfoy explaining Muggle chemicals to the famous Muggle lover Albus Dumbledore?

"Sounds simple and convenient, and won't cause too much pain, it's definitely the method I would choose, isn't it?" Dumbledore actually giggled.

The current headmaster of Hogwarts roared angrily: "Albus, shut up!"—don't you think that the death curse is not concise, convenient and painless enough?Oh yes, the killing curse has to be performed by another person.

Ignoring the current Headmaster's order, Dumbledore continued, "Be patient, Severus. Lucius has some interesting news for us old fellows, I guess, doesn't he?"

Lucius on the other side of the double-sided mirror drew out: "Yes, Headmasters. You will now be amazed to find that I know more about the Muggle world than any of you, including Severus. Of course, What's more interesting is that I now have some speculation about where Salazar Slytherin will go after leaving Hogwarts."

The portraits on the wall who had been pretending to be asleep opened their eyes suspiciously, and began to whisper.

Severus rolled his eyes at Lucius who was curious about the headmaster's portraits, and sat down on the headmaster's chair.He picked up a pen and paper and wrote a note to Harry, asking the headmaster's house elf Sweety to bring the note to Harry, and bring the savior back to the headmaster's office by phantom walking.

Dumbledore fussed and said, "Oh, Severus, you young people are always in such a hurry. This is not the way we usually call students into the office. Normally, we will let the students fully breathe the free air of Hogwarts and enjoy the free time in the corridors." The opportunity to run..."

Severus simply ignored Dumbledore's ramblings, and began to list on another parchment where SalazarSlytherin and Tom Riddle might store the magical notes related to the split world: Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets, Gaunt's old mansion, Malfoy Manor, Lestrange Manor...

A few minutes later, Sweety showed up in the headmaster's office, pulling Harry along.

The double agent took one look at the haggard savior with the thick dark circles under his eyes, and knew that the kid had been suffering lately.

The black-haired and green-eyed savior greeted nervously but joyfully while pulling the crumpled clothes on his body, "Unc (uncle)—Professor Snape, good morning. Is there anything you can do with me?"

Hearing the golden boy almost call Severus "Uncle Severus", Lucius smirked and raised an eyebrow at Severus from the other side of the double-sided mirror.

The irritated Severus coughed, gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Potter, let me clarify one fact: the friendship I have with Lingtang has never been, and will not be given to you in the future, in a less formal way than 'Principal Snape', Call my power."

Dumbledore's portrait winked and snickered.

Harry wringed his fingers nervously, feeling like he was in first year again.The Savior said shamefully, "Yes, Headmaster Snape. I just want to say that I am very grateful to you..."

"Mr Potter, you can save your gratitude for a later time. What I'm trying to say is that while I don't agree with 'Uncle Severus' at all - and I can't imagine why anyone would - "

Severus glared at the snickering Lucius, and continued, "Mr. Lucius Malfoy, or Detective Lucius Britten, just explained to me why you have hallucinations that you can call me that way."

Harry was shocked at first, then incoherently excited: "Mr. Malfoy - that, those dreams, I mean - Uncle Lucius, Draco he..."

Lucius' calm voice came from the double-sided mirror: "Mr. Potter, or Harry, thank you for your concern. Draco is alive, and alive and well, in the other two worlds."

"So, is that real? The world where everyone lives is real?" The savior boy looked like he was jumping for joy.

Severus' dark eyes grew tunnel-like.He said hollowly: "To a certain extent, the world you mentioned is real. However, whether it can maintain the current state will depend on our actions in the next period of time. If you want to ask In my words, I suggest that you carefully keep the memory of that world, because it is difficult for that world to exist for a long time."

"No!" Lucius on the other side of the mirror and Harry in the principal's room exclaimed simultaneously.

Severus was unmoved: "Now, if you can stop protesting for a while, let's share the information gathered by my portrait in another world."

Some of Lucius' memories were poured by Severus into the high-grade Pensieve he had brought from Malfoy Manor.He tapped the Pensieve with his wand, and the memory inside was projected like a hologram.

After reading the memories of the portraits in the principal's room and Harry, he was surprised at first, and then became excited.Of course, their excitement is somewhat different.

The excitement of the savior is: "It turns out that the world where everyone lives is real!"

Even the eyes of the portrait who loves to pretend to be asleep are shining brightly.They made a fuss and exclaimed: "It turns out that it is really possible to create and divide the world!"

"Oh, I said how I spent my whole life, but I couldn't find the dragon and the high elves!"

"Tom Riddle is a genius. It's a pity that the magic is not complete!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? What a terrifying world it would be if Riddle were allowed to complete his magic!"

"Nullummagnumingeniumsinemixturadementiaefruit! (Latin: Great minds are always a little mad)"

The portraits of the headmaster's office quickly became a battle, with Latin, Middle Celtic, Middle English and modern English intertwined, and occasionally French and German emerged.

The current headmaster of Hogwarts rubbed his forehead: No one told me before I became headmaster that this job also includes listening to former headmasters quarreling, and joining their ranks after death!I now finally understand why my otherworldly portrait would rather be at Malfoy Manor...

Finally, Severus roared, "Do you still want to know how Riddle did it?"

The ex-principals finally quieted down.

The black-haired current headmaster ordered: "Now, you go to mobilize the general portrait of Hogwarts, and if possible, drop by your relatives outside the school, and recall whether Tom Riddle has read the old Parseltongue notes at any time, Also, where he might have put those notes.—You may go now!"

The ex-Headmasters left in twos and threes, muttering to each other about Severus' tyranny.

Severus summoned the Headmaster's house-elf again: "Sweety! Can you enter the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets?"

The house elf blinked her big green tennis ball eyes and said, "If you allow me, I can enter."

Severus nodded: "Very well, now, take your companions and go digging through the Slytherin chambers for anything that might contain information. If you're not sure, ask our snake whisperer Pot