[HP] look at you

With Barney's hard work, most of the Prince Manor remained intact, but some formations lost their effectiveness because no one maintained them.Snape was too young at the moment to recover.

"Elton can help." Olivia looked at Barney who was silent with his head down, "but it involves the safety of Prince's family, so it's better not to let others interfere. "

Snape froze for a moment, his eyes wandered past the mansion that still retained the old splendor, the excitement in his eyes gradually subsided, and some deep and dignified things gradually emerged.

His eyes finally fell on Olivia's face.

He thought for a long time, until Olivia couldn't help but wanted to ask to go to Prince's library, he said quickly in a low voice: "If Mr. Nelson doesn't find it troublesome, I hope to get his help."

Olivia looked at him in surprise.

Although he tried his best to appear calm, his flickering eyes still revealed his uneasiness.

He intentionally showed a smirk: "I think, since Miss Orpington has worked tirelessly to send me here, she shouldn't be stingy and give some help to her classmates, right?"

According to Snape's suspicious and sensitive character and the awkward degree of duplicity, saying this sentence is basically saying "you are my friend, I believe in you".

Olivia was slightly startled, as if something warm flowed through her heart.

How to put it, there is a feeling that the dedication has been affirmed.

She coughed lightly, and replied solemnly: "Of course. But I also hope that Mr. Snape can invite me into the library after rectifying the Prince Manor. I am yearning for the Prince's collection. It's been a long time."

Snape snorted, "As you wish."

Suddenly, the bell on the wall rang suddenly.

Barney immediately turned his head to the outside, warning: "Master, there are uninvited guests."

The atmosphere was tense instantly.

Snape looked at Olivia, and Olivia's face was a bit serious: "Barney, can you see what's going on outside here?"

"Barney can do it."

He stretched out his slender finger, and a mirror appeared out of thin air in front of them, showing the outside scene in the mirror.

Two men in wizard robes stood outside the fence of the Prince Manor, discussing something facing the inner house. Although they couldn't hear the sound, they didn't look like friendly guests.

Elton suddenly stepped forward, staring at them firmly.

Olivia looked at him, and he said in a cold tone, "Lestrange and the McNeil boy."

Olivia also grimaced.

Elton squeezed his sleeve tightly, Olivia quickly grabbed his hand, he clenched reflexively, and then slowly relaxed.

Snape was taken aback by the cold aura they radiated. He was aware of the danger, but he didn't know what to do. He was only in the first grade, and he couldn't even recite a few spells.

At this moment, he clearly realized his own weakness.

Olivia noticed Snape's uneasiness, held him with the other hand, and squeezed it twice gently, with a gentle comforting taste.

"Don't worry," she tilted her head and smiled, "Even if you can't beat it, running is fine." What's more, she and Elton may not be able to beat them.

Snape withdrew his hand and gave her a blank look: "Of course, judging from your excellent Quidditch skills, this is not a difficult task."

"Yes, it's different for you."

"I think a useful mind is more useful than a well-developed limb."

"So is it too late for you to take out the cauldron and boil the potion?"

Snape gritted his back molars, feeling that compared to the two malicious people outside, the sharp-mouthed girl in front of him was more attractive.

Olivia has an innocent look on her face. You are obviously the one who fires first every time, but is it amazing?

Elton has mixed feelings: These two people are still in the mood to play tricks, should he praise them for their excellent psychological quality?

The two people who were ignored outside tried to come in, but were blocked by the manor's defensive magic.However, they didn't make much effort, and disappeared in place after looking inside for a while.

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

Snape asked, "Who are they?"

Olivia sneered: "The descendants of the two pure-blood families are also subordinates of the mysterious man, or you can call them Death Eaters."

He said in horror, "Death Eaters? Why..."

"Is it hard to understand?" She asked without answering.

He thought for a while, and slowly let out a breath: "Prince..."

Olivia showed a mocking smile.It seems that although the mysterious person is stupid now, his sensitivity is still there. As soon as he heard that the heir of the Prince family appeared, he immediately came to recruit him.

She looked at Snape who was still thinking, and said softly, "When you get back to school, there will be excitement around you."

If it was other children of this age, they might not be able to understand the current situation at this moment, but Snape obviously thought it through completely.

He is powerless now, and Prince's wealth is like a piece of fat hanging on his head. He hasn't eaten it yet, but there are already countless people wanting to pounce on it.

If he was sensible and sent the meat out, he might still be able to eat some scraps, but if he was not sensible, he would probably be torn to pieces including the human body and the flesh.

Snape felt heavy.

Olivia suddenly remembered something: "Oops! Your mother is still in St. Mungo's!"

Snape turned his head in horror.

The three of them immediately apparated to St. Mungo's, and Snape almost ran to the door of a ward with the wind on his feet, smashed open the door and rushed in.

The woman sitting on the hospital bed was startled.

Snape breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sev..." She looked at her panting son in surprise, puzzled by his frightened expression, "What's wrong with you? Also, they are..."

Olivia looked at this haggard woman. She was not good-looking, and her temperament was a bit gloomy, with the sorrow of life in the corners of her eyes and brows.

She didn't like the woman very much, but she didn't show it, and said with a smile, "I'm Olivia Orpington, a friend of Severus."

Irene showed a surprised expression, which made Olivia couldn't help laughing, and Snape gave her a glare for it.

She also turned back with a blank look.Your mother thinks it's strange that you have friends, blame her?

Snape ignored her and said to Irene: "It's not safe here now, I want to take you back to Prince Manor."

"No!" Irene subconsciously refused, "I'm going back to Spider's End. I've been away for two days. Tobias doesn't know what's going on."

Snape almost begged: "Mom, the situation is very serious now, can you go to Prince Manor first?"

Irene shook her head in a panic: "I can't leave Tobias behind, he won't be willing to go to Prince Manor, he hates that, I can't..."

Snape staggered back two steps, and looked at Olivia in a daze and embarrassment, asking for help without even realizing it.

"Ms. Snape," Olivia stepped forward, still smiling faintly, "Old Mrs. Prince passed away ten years ago, and Mr. Prince passed away two years ago. You should never know Bar."

Irene seemed to hear something scary, she flinched and avoided looking.

"For more than ten years, you haven't visited them. Now that you know the news of their death, are you unwilling to go back and offer a bouquet of flowers? You gave up your family for a man, and now you are indifferent to their death?"

"Shut up! Who do you think you are? Why are you telling me what to do here! Sev..." Irene shouted angrily.

Olivia covered it loudly: "So you still know that your name is Severus. He has been talking about danger since he came in. Have you ever considered what danger is there? Is he safe? He is yours." Son, he is underage, your husband needs you, so he doesn't need you?"

Irene was dumbfounded, she looked at Snape blankly.

Snape turned his head in pain: "Olivia..."

Olivia ignored his stop, and sneered: "Or, your son, like your family, is insignificant compared to your husband?"

"No! No!" Irene was crushed, jumped out of bed, cried and held Snape in her arms, "Sev, I'm not... I just didn't notice it for a while, it's my fault, Forgive me, Sev, forgive me..."

Snape gritted his teeth tightly, clenched his palms with both hands, his face was pale and dull.

Apparition was a little burden on Irene's weak body, and she became more emotional after returning to Prince Manor, so Barney immediately sent her back to her previous room to rest.

Elton went to repair the formation, and Olivia sat alone in the living room.The tea leaves in the manor had long been spoiled, so Barney could only pour her a cup of hot water in shame, and she didn't mind warming her hands with it.

She has been running here and there today, she didn't use Apparation herself in order to take care of Snape, and she got a headache and nausea as a result of being led around.

She closed her eyes and rested on the chair for a while, when she heard the sound of footsteps, she opened her eyes and saw Snape walking in as tiredly, and threw herself into the chair opposite her.

Barney also poured him a cup of hot water, and he drank it blankly, only to get scalded.

"I'm sorry master!" Barney hit his head with the tray forcefully.

Snape narrowed his eyes, as if his head hurt even more from his shouting.

He waved impatiently: "Stop! Go where I can't see!"

Barney obediently disappeared.

The living room with only two people left was silent.

Olivia stared at the pattern on the wallpaper, Snape at the pattern on the carpet.

"Sorry……"

"Feel sorry……"

The two spoke at the same time, looked at each other in astonishment, and couldn't help but smile.

Olivia said first: "Just now at St. Mungo's, I'm sorry, I didn't intend to hurt Mrs. Snape...and you."

Snape twitched his lips, "You're just telling the truth."

He was clearly suppressing his emotions.Olivia knew that she had just uncovered his scar mercilessly and poked it hard. This was an unbearable shame for him who was extremely self-esteem because of his inferiority complex.

If she wasn't still his friend, and she had just provided him with great help, and his current situation still needed her, he would have driven her out of the manor.

"No." She looked at him intently, and said very seriously: "Since Mrs. Snape has chosen to come back here, it means that she still chose you. You are the most important thing to her."

Snape sneered: "She was only temporarily stimulated by your superb language skills, and when she regained her senses, she must be thinking of going back to find that—" He paused, and then said disgustedly as if giving up, "It will only Drinking and beating her men."

"No." Olivia looked at the boy who had accumulated countless negative emotions with extremely gentle eyes, her voice was soft and soft, "She can rely on you now, so she doesn't have to rely on anything else."

"……what?"

She looked around at the big house that looked depressing and dull: "It is said... it was actually my great-grandmother who said that Mrs. Snape's mother died of being too weak after she was born. Her father blamed her for this Because she is the sole heir of the Prince family, her grandmother forced her to study potions, and if she did not do well, she would be severely reprimanded. Such a family... She fled the family after graduation. I can understand it."

Snape had a weird expression: "I don't even know this, but you know it so clearly."

"..." Who made her family have a boring portrait who is passionate about gossip?It's like asking around from the wizarding world.

"Don't interrupt, listen to me. I think Mrs. Snape just used Mr. Snape as an excuse to get out of this painful family, and when she was expelled from the family and had nowhere to go, Snape Mr. Pu became her only support."

Did Irene really love that alcoholic and violent husband?Maybe it was there at the very beginning, but later on, what supported her refusing to give up was only because there was no way out.She didn't dare to go back to Prince, and she didn't have the courage to live alone. Apart from patience and expectation, what else could she do?

"Now that you have inherited the Prince family, you are fully capable of protecting Mrs. Snape. Compared to her filial son who has money and a house, why would she find her husband to embarrass herself?"

Snape: Sounds reasonable.

"Even if she can't recover for a while and wants to find abuse, you just pretend to be pitiful, let her stay here comfortably for a while, and promise that she won't go if you let her go out in the future."

Snape: There's always something wrong.

"I'm thirsty after talking a lot, Barney, get me another glass of water."

"Barney was ordered by the master to go where he can't see. Barney can't pour water for Miss Orpington." Barney could only hear her voice but not her body.

"..." Snape felt that the house-elf was really stupid, "Barney, come out and pour some water!"

"By the way, what did you want to say at the beginning?" Olivia drank the water, thinking of the topic that was diverted at first.

Snape was also dazed for a moment before remembering, his expression was a bit uncomfortable: "I want to say, I will trouble you and Mr. Nelson today, thank you for today and for your help before."

Olivia smiled lightly and said, "Anyway, I don't have anything to do on vacation, and these are just a matter of effort. And it is also very beneficial for me to help you take back the Prince's house. I will rely on you to supply the potions for my house in the future."

Snape couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Didn't you drink potions if you were killed? What are you saving so much for?"

"Be prepared, I will eat it when I am really dying, and—" Olivia winked at him, "The orange flavor is delicious, you may consider developing a potion with this flavor, I guarantee you will earn a lot of money." Big money."

"Shut up!" Snape said viciously, squeezing the teacup tightly in his hand.

He now regrets that he spent several days changing the prescription in a brain twitch. One can imagine how long this good-looking person who got a bargain will talk about it in the future.

"Hey, you, I'm not joking with you." Olivia, who thought about the business in her own shop, really thought that Snape could make money from it.

Snape, however, ignored her completely.

They had to eat at noon, and there were money, precious magic items, books, and potions in Prince Manor, but there was no food, and the food they ate couldn't be conjured out of thin air. They had to go to a nearby town to solve it.

"The Prince family either has their own farm, or buys it from Muggles for a long time. You just give the money to Barney and let him continue to do it as before." Teach the new manor owner one by one, "You can let Mrs. Snape handle other things, she should be more experienced than you."

Snape nodded, a little unsure: "When we start school, will my mother be safe inside alone?"

"No problem under normal circumstances," replied Elton, who had been repairing the formation, and he paused, "unless a large number of people force their way in."

"There shouldn't be such a situation at the moment." Olivia said, she analyzed with reason, "The ones who have the ability to do this are either Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix, or the Death Eaters, Dumbledore. It's impossible for Lido to do this, and the Death Eaters will probably try to win you over first."

Speaking of which, she glanced at the thoughtful Snape, and asked tentatively, "So, which side of them are you interested in now?"

He said absently, "I'm not interested in either."

Snape didn't trust any side now. Dumbledore protected Muggles, he didn't like it, and the Death Eaters respected pure blood. His half-blood status was obviously embarrassing, and he was targeted only because he had other plans.

But how to save yourself between the two parties?

He looked at Olivia.

Although she was a pure-blood and was still in Slytherin, others might not know it clearly, but he could feel that she had no affection for Death Eaters, and it could even be said that she hated them.On Dumbledore's side, she was just indifferent, not close to the Gryffindor group.

She herself said, "Just do what you want to do." Where does this kind of free and easy confidence come from?

Are her parents very powerful?

He suddenly found that she never seemed to mention her parents, but she often talked about the butler who was by her side now.Thinking about it this way, it seems that in school before, she never saw an owl deliver things to her—the disgusting and conceited Potter on the opposite side dropped packages almost every day—don’t ask him how he knew, Potter made the whole auditorium noisy can be heard.

So... it seems a little strange.

Snape was a little hesitant to ask, but Olivia saw him looking at her, thinking he was worried about Irene's safety, so she said, "Actually, there is another way, just like me, to hide the manor with the Fidelity Curse." .Anyway, you shouldn’t be interested in socializing with others. You won’t be able to learn it for a while, and I’ll teach you when I go back to school.”

"The Fidelity Curse?" Snape knew the spell, so he was a little surprised, "You hid your house? Then..." Why did she invite him to her house before the holiday?

Olivia looked away a little guilty.She had a cold and was confused at the time, thinking only that he was lonely and pitiful at school, forgetting that Snape later joined the Death Eaters, so she was actually relieved when he refused.

This made her a little ashamed. In fact, with his character, even if he joined the Death Eaters in the future, he would not reveal his friend's secrets.

But maybe she just wasn't sure if he really considered her a friend.Or, she dared not bet on whether he would value their friendship more than his own goals.

After all, she is not Lily.

Snape misunderstood her silent avoidance. He thought that Olivia trusted him so much that he would make the invitation. What a sincere and profound friendship this is, but he refused!If it was him himself, he would have let the opponent roll as far as he could.

When he thought of her expression at that time, he regretted and felt embarrassed for a while, and after a long time of boredom, he choked out a sentence: "When I learn it, you will be my secret keeper."

Olivia was stunned.

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Lestrange and McNeil from Rowling

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Ollie: Severus, you're flirting with me!