[HP] look at you

On the day before Christmas, Olivia sent the prepared presents to the owl.

For this reason, she also specially asked Tian Tian to run outside Orpington Manor to use the owl.Because since her grandfather's death five years ago, she has closed and hidden Orpington Manor under the Fidelity Charm from no one but her and Elton, not even an owl.

After all, it's a bit too eye-catching for an orphan girl to guard a large family business.Now the atmosphere in the wizarding world is tense and people are panicking. In order to protect herself, she can only take precautions.

What she gave Lily and Mary were ornaments made by herself with alchemy, engraved with runes.

Lily is a lily bracelet, and Mary's is a margarita flower necklace. They all have the effect of helping sleep-there are five people in a dormitory in Gryffindor, and they are always woken up by the movement of their roommates.

At the same time, she also gave each of them a white and red cashmere skirt, indicating that she also has one, and hopes that they can wear it to school together.

She gave Snape the clothes she bought at the mall last time, a white shirt, a black sweater, dark khaki pants, a pair of cashmere-lined shoes and a scarf.

She also wrote a letter, saying that she recently bought a lot of clothes and shoes for practicing ancient runes, and she embroidered runes on each piece of clothing in the dark, which has the effect of avoiding dust and keeping warm, and the shoes can also relieve fatigue.Make the best use of everything, everyone helps to try it on, Lily and Mary also have it, I hope he can give feedback after wearing it, and let her know whether it is perfect.

These are of course Olivia's excuses. She has long noticed that the wizard robes that Snape has been wearing are all worn out and thin. Must be shivering with cold.

However, with Snape's self-esteem, he would feel ashamed to give him clothes directly, so he could only use such a tactful way to avoid his sensitive points.

In addition to the three of them, she also gave gifts to all the professors, each of which was a pair of socks, which also had the effect of keeping warm and relieving fatigue.

When Tiantian came back, she also brought the gifts they gave her.

What Lily sent was a watercolor painting album, which was a collection of works by some famous watercolor painters, and a bottle of cold medicine was also attached.She also wrote a letter, specifically explaining that although giving medicine as a gift is rude, since she refuses to take the wizard's refreshing potion, this kind of pill should be very suitable for her, and she hopes to see her recover when school starts.

What Mary sent was a pillow made by her mother, stuffed with dried lavender, because Olivia said that she likes to read in bed most.At the same time, she also sent a bottle of cold medicine.

The brands are all the same!

Olivia strongly suspected that they had negotiated.

Snape also prepared a gift, which was a bottle of potion.There is no packaging, it is simply packed in a box, and the bottle is also unadorned, which looks very shabby.

She looked at the color, opened it and smelled it again, it seemed like a refreshing medicine, but the color and taste were a bit wrong—why did it smell like orange juice?

She hesitated for a while, but took a sip anyway.

The ears immediately started to smoke.

"..." Sure enough, it's still refreshing.

It's just that it really tastes like orange juice, slightly sweet and sour.

Olivia was speechless.Are these guys really worried that her cold will turn into pneumonia, and they all send cold medicine.

"Huh?" Evangeline noticed this because of her movement, "Is this made by Prince's family?"

Olivia was almost shocked.

Of course she knew that Snape's mother was from the Prince family, but the people in the portraits couldn't smell or taste, and Evangeline could tell from the ordinaryness just by glancing at it like this. It can be seen on the bottle that the producer has the blood of the Prince family?

Are you really getting old?

Evangeline didn't hear Olivia's slander, or she might have lost her temper. She fanned her fan casually and said, "What's so strange about this? Look at the cork on the bottle, it's from the Prince family. People are used to chipping plugs like that."

Olivia touched the medicine bottle.Every pharmacist must have some habits in making potions. Snape learned from her mother, so he naturally brought the methods of the Prince family.

"Is there any descendant in Prince's family?" Evangeline is keen on socializing even if she becomes a portrait, and she can know all about the gossip in the wizarding world. "Prince in this generation has only one daughter. Melon and was removed from the list?"

She immediately thought of it: "Is that your mixed-race friend?"

Olivia almost wanted to kneel down to her great-grandmother. As expected of a woman who once served as the Minister of Magic, if it weren't for her portrait, Voldemort might not be as arrogant as he is now.

Evangeline's eyes lit up, and she fanned her fan quickly: "The Prince family is fine. It is said that their collection of books is comparable to that of Ravenclaw. As a Potions family, their family background is also very rich. It doesn't matter if they are mixed blood." Come on, Ollie, take him down quickly!"

Olivia had black lines all over her face, she wiped her face helplessly and said, "But the Prince family didn't recognize him, isn't his mother dismissed?"

"The members of the Prince family are all dead, and there is nothing but the name. According to the law of the wizarding world, only he is eligible to inherit the Prince family."

Olivia froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered that this was the case.After Sirius was expelled, the Black family was still inherited by him.But—did Severus inherit the Prince family?

She asked uncertainly, "What if he didn't inherit?"

"Gringotts will naturally be greedy by the goblins, and the manor will be divided up by the Ministry of Magic." Evangeline said this with a sense of urgency, "So you have to hurry up, or there will be no descendants, the Orpington family That’s what happens.”

She covered her face with a fan very sadly: "There are so many tokens of love between me and Allen at home, I don't want them to fall into other people's hands."

Olivia couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to spend a lot of effort to comfort this young-looking old man.

When she finally calmed down, Olivia hurriedly asked: "Then how can he inherit the Prince family?"

"I know where Prince's house is. Take him there. He is a descendant of Prince's family, so he can go in naturally." Evangeline was very concerned about this matter, and Olivia guessed She could only roll her eyes secretly in her thoughts.

"As for the property of Gringotts, let him go to Gringotts to do blood identification magic, and he can get it back. It's better to go early, otherwise those goblins will definitely take a large sum of money under the pretext of storage fees."

She seemed to have regarded the Princes' house as her own, and felt very distressed about the possible loss of property.

Olivia could only pretend not to understand what she was thinking, and ran to write to Snape.

In her letter, she stated that the elders in the family discovered his identity through his gift, and she explained in detail the current situation of the Prince family and how to inherit the Prince family, and wrote at the end: If you trust me I would be more than happy to help you with any problems you may have, and you are as dear to me as Lily and Mary.

It was three days after the letter was sent that Snape sent a reply.

Dear Olivia:

Thank you very much for the information you provided me. I have been confirming this with my mother these two days.My mother is indeed a descendant of the Prince family, so I am indeed the sole heir of the Prince family.

Yesterday I went to Gringotts with my mother to confirm my identity. My mother collapsed due to emotion. I sent her to St. Mungo's for treatment.She is currently weak and cannot take me to Prince's mansion. You said in your letter that you knew the address, and I hope you can tell me.

Thank you again for your help.

Happy holidays to you.

your faithful friend severus snape

This is a very formal letter, and the wording is so rigorous and formal that Olivia is not used to it.

Due to his gloomy and sensitive personality, Snape spoke coldly to unfamiliar people, and was mean and vicious to those he disliked. He was kind to her and Lily, but it was inevitable that he would habitually carry a gun with a stick.This can be called a poisonous tongue, but it is actually a manifestation of his low EQ and not being able to get along with others.

In Olivia's view, he is the kind of child with personality defects under typical domestic violence, sensitive, suspicious, irritable, narrow-minded, cold and selfish, and aggressive.

In all fairness, a person with such a character is really unpleasant. If Lily's death hadn't hit him later, he would definitely be no different from the group of Death Eaters under Voldemort.

Such a person, if he hadn't preconceived the forbearance, tenacity, persistence, bravery and affection hidden under his eccentric appearance, Olivia would never have looked at him differently and cared for him everywhere.

After all, who would try to understand such a nasty kid?

But now, seeing this letter full of excitement, joy, hope, trepidation and gratitude, although she tried her best to keep calm, she couldn't help being touched.

From the very beginning, she actually had the idea that Snape could avoid future tragedies—anyone who knew his future fate should have such an idea, but it was just a not-so-firm idea.She didn't think she could reverse the child's hunger for power and hatred of Muggles, and she didn't have the obsession to do it herself.If I really want to say it, it's just a normal person's instinctive pity and pity for the unfortunate. Sincerely, but also a little superficial.

But now, when she saw that his fate seemed to have finally taken a small turning point, for some reason, she also felt happy from the bottom of her heart.

This unreasonable joy made her realize that she really wanted to help and protect this little boy who was not very lovable so far.

She started to write a letter.

Dear Severus:

I am really happy for you when I read your letter. You have finally learned how to speak like a normal person. It seems that my influence on you for the past four months has also played a role.

Well, this is just a small joke, please don't throw the letter out in anger, or you have to pick it up, how tiring it is.

Hahahahahaha.

Oh, down to business.

First, how is your mother's health and does she need better treatment?I still have some precious potions from Prince's family in my house - as I said, buying them in advance is much more useful than making them yourself - well, if you need them, I can lend them to you temporarily, and when you master them All the knowledge of the Prince family will be returned later.As your friend, I charge no interest.

Then, I can give you the address you mentioned, but do you want to go alone?Please calm down your boiling brain and think about it.The news of your identification at Gringotts has probably spread throughout the wizarding world. Those who are eyeing Prince's wealth may be waiting to knock you away with a stick. I won't pay the ransom then.

If you are still a little worried about your own safety, please wait for me under Big Ben and I will find you.

I think you know how to keep yourself safe.

If you don’t know, go to hell—this is your word, and I will give it back to you.

Your faithful friend OO

Under the Big Ben in London the next morning, Olivia saw Snape whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He wasn't wearing wizard robes, but the suit she had given him, without the coat, and with his expression, he looked like an ordinary Muggle boy who was at odds with his family.

Olivia watched and smiled for a while before walking over. Snape saw that she opened her mouth to speak, and suddenly noticed the person behind her, and held back abruptly, making her feel embarrassed for him. Panic.

"Severus Snape, my friend. This is Elton Nelson, my butler." She briefly introduced, "Elton will accompany us there, in case something happens, we can deal with it .”

Snape glared at her: "Then you don't go, you're useless anyway."

"Believe it or not, I'll hit you ten?"

"... sooner or later, a bottle of potion will poison you to death!"

"Then you must make it orange-flavored, otherwise I won't drink it."

Snape's face instantly turned pink.

He became angry from embarrassment: "Are you going to send me there with your mouth?"

"That's a bit difficult." Olivia walked over to hold his arm with a smile, "Don't move, or I won't guarantee that your mouth can be delivered completely - although you are cuter without that mouth."

Snape knew what she was going to do, but he was still upset, and he hit her with his arm: "Guess I'll push you later, will it be your head or your body?"

Olivia clamped his arm tightly, and smiled sweetly: "I guess it will be my whole body plus your arm."

Elton bent down and supported the shoulders of the two of them, like pressing down on two puppies barking at each other, and said indifferently: "Don't move around, I don't want to find your body with two heads at all."

The two people who were suppressed by the old man settled down and showed their cuteness with actions.

Elton first cast an Ignore Charm, and then with a snap, all three disappeared in place.

The Prince family is also a manor, located in Derbyshire, not too far from Cumbria in Orpington Manor.But unlike the lake and mountains of Orpington Manor, Prince Manor is in a dense forest.The forest is dark and gloomy, surrounding the cold and solemn manor, the monster statue at the gate looks hideous and treacherous.

Olivia looked at Snape silently.Sure enough, it fits Snape's temperament very well. Could it be that the Princes' family actually have such a gloomy and strange temper?

Snape actually understood the meaning of her eyes instantly, and gave her a hard look.

Olivia looked back at him innocently.

Snape felt itchy.

Elton checked all around to make sure there was nothing unusual.

Snape stepped forward to knock on the door under Olivia's signal, and a dark red light flashed on the door knocker.

The heavy iron door suddenly opened automatically, and the sound of the lock rings colliding was somewhat harsh and intimidating in the silent environment.The little professor who hadn't cultivated his future tolerance suddenly withdrew his hand and took a step back towards Olivia.

"Crack!" A house-elf suddenly appeared at the door.

Against this gloomy background, the ugly face of the house elf really has a scary effect, especially this elf, like the circle, is so old that his skin is almost pulled off, but his eyes like copper bells burst out With a frightening light, Olivia couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat when she saw it.

"Oh, I didn't expect that in Barney's lifetime, the descendants of the Prince family would be able to welcome back." The house-elf said in a strange tone that was definitely not happy, "After Barney dies, he should be able to return." I have explained something to the old master. It’s just that the old master doesn’t know if he will be happy, and there will be Muggle blood stepping into Prince’s territory, which is probably something that none of the ancestors of the Prince family could have predicted.”

His voice was rough and hoarse, matching the current atmosphere, it seemed like a devil's curse.

Snape didn't seem to have expected this situation, he reflexively erected his defensive thorns, and said with a sneer: "Maybe the Prince family can only have such a tragic ending, unless they would rather be divided and devoured by outsiders, then they have no choice but to Accept such an impure heir without hesitation, and you, a lowly servant, can do nothing about it."

"Oh, yes." To their surprise, Barney did not continue to attack, but murmured in a low voice, "This is the fate, what else can old Barney do, it can't be worse..."

Snape looked as if his nose was going on a crooked way with rage.

Olivia patted him on the shoulder reassuringly.

"Don't worry about it. When you come back to inherit the Prince family, you can go to the Ministry of Magic to bring back a few elves. They will be completely loyal to you. You can give him a piece of clothing for this disobedient man and throw him out to fend for himself. .”

Her soft voice sounded like the roar of a beast to Barney, and his body convulsed as if he had been shocked by an electric shock.

He suddenly raised his voice and screamed: "No, you can't do this to me! I have served the Prince family for generations, and I am the most loyal servant of the Prince family. You can't drive me away!"

Snape understood what Olivia meant, and he showed a pleasant but malicious smile in relief: "I have this ability, you know."

Barney wept bitterly: "Oh no."

"If you are so loyal to the Prince family, now your master and your master's guests are standing in front of you, do you need me to teach you what to do?" Olivia knew that Snape didn't talk to him. The experience of getting along with the house elves, he taught the lesson in an anti-customer manner.

Barney bent down slowly: "Barney welcomes the master home, Barney welcomes the master's guests to visit Prince's house, Barney is very sorry for the previous faux pas, and Barney is willing to punish himself."

As he spoke, he was about to bang his head against the door.

"Wait!" Olivia hurriedly stopped him.Such an old elf, don't hit it a few times, it will really kill him. "Your host and guests want to go in, so you should clean up the inside first, you don't want the Prince family to be rude."

Barney looked at Snape.

Snape followed Olivia's example and ordered: "Hurry up!"

"Yes, my master."

Barney disappeared in place.

The three of them walked in along the main road inside the door.

Although it has not been popular for many years, the gardening landscape inside is still maintained neatly. Although some architectural statues are inevitably old, they are not dilapidated. Even the fountains in front of the residential buildings began to spray when they came in. water flow.

"He took good care of this." Olivia pointed softly at Snape, "He is a loyal servant of the Prince family, no matter how he treats you, he will never betray you now. Treat him well . Subdue him, and he will serve you wholeheartedly."

Snape still hated Barney's disgust for him just now: "All house-elves must be loyal to their masters, and it's okay without him."

"But no one knows the Prince family better than him, even your mother. You need to rely on him to slowly recover all the wealth and secret treasures of the Prince family." Olivia persuaded him patiently.

She pretended to be cruel just now to persuade Barney, not really looking down on him.On the contrary, she has a lot of respect for Barney, who is loyal to the Prince family.

"Moreover, he served your mother, your grandfather, your great-grandfather, and many of your relatives and grandparents. Although most of them didn't take him seriously, he loved this place and your family with his life. You can Ignore him, but don't be too cruel to him. We can't just trample on that precious kindness just because others are kind to us without asking for anything in return, can we?"

Snape was silent for a while, then softened his voice: "Well, you have a point."

The author has something to say:

Prince Manor comes from Rowling Encyclopedia. There is this entry, indicating that it does exist

As for the outcome of the Prince Manor in the original book, the author does not know

barney from the author original

I still quite like house elves, and I sympathize with them, they love the family they serve from the bottom of their hearts, whether it is the result of brainwashing or not

There is a house elf resettlement office in the Ministry of Magic. I guess, after all the people in a family die, the house elves should also find a place again. Of course, there are also those who stick to the family like Barney and Kreacher.