dumb wizard

Time flew by, and the final exam was about to begin. The atmosphere at Hogwarts became tense. Little wizards walked through the corridors with books in their hands, hurrying, the library was overcrowded, and their wands shone with various lights.

Xiu, Harry, Draco, and Hermione occupied a table by the window of the library for a long time. Hermione's exam syndrome was onset, and a review plan was made for them all. There was no breathing time for them. Jaw-dropping.

A standard Ravenclaw, I really don't know how Hermione went to Gryffindor in the original book.

Hogwarts was too sunny in June, but fortunately the library cast a large cooling spell, so it wasn't too hot.

Xiu raised his head from the pile of books half as tall as a person, and looked out the window.

In front of Hogwarts Castle, there are large tracts of alfalfa spreading, and the small purple flowers that represent hope are swaying in the wind, so graceful.

I don't know how Professor Snape is doing, whether he has eaten the three meals he asked the house elf to deliver, and is not satisfied with the taste.Was it without him watching, drinking black coffee all the time, studying potions all night, cleaning up instead of showering and shampooing?

He sneaked a peek at Potions class this morning, and sure enough, the professor's hair became greasy again. He must have not washed his hair for more than two days!

Xiu's eyes dimmed slightly.

He hadn't been to the cellar for nearly a month.For more than a month before that, every time he went, he could not stay for half an hour before being kicked out, and the three meals he cooked as a professor could not move two chopsticks.

Xiu didn't even dare to ask why, for fear of getting the answer that his own existence made him feel bored.

He must have not done a good enough job to annoy Professor Snape.Xiu thought, the light in his eyes dimmed.

Shasha likes a person who doesn't like him, clumsily uses his own method to treat him well, but still can't get him a smile, and even loses the qualification to stay silently by his side in the end.

Xiu was in no mood to continue reading, and greeted Draco, Harry, and Hermione, picked up his books and left the library.

From the library to the Ravenclaw tower, you have to go through the fork leading to the bottom of the lake. Xiu looked at the time. It was just right for the elf to send the dinner to the cellar before six o'clock to make dinner.

Xiu cast the shrinking spell on the book and put it in his pocket, turned down the stairs, and went to the kitchen.

He has already thought about today's menu.Vinegar cabbage, braised mussels with bacon, stewed carp, roasted pork with chicken bones and candied dates, and ebony soup.

Even though he knew that Snape probably wouldn't eat it, Xiu still put his heart into it, and he didn't pretend to be someone else in all the procedures.

He squatted down to get the live carp in the bucket. The carp seemed to know his fate of being caught, and he struggled desperately. He managed to catch the head and tail of the fish, stood up, and put the carp on the cutting board.

His eyes suddenly went blank, Xiu shook his head, and kept his fingers on the edge of the stove to prevent himself from falling down.

Feeling very dizzy, Xiu blinked vigorously, waiting for the feeling of dizziness to pass.After a long while, Xiu finally regained his composure and took a closer look, but the carp on the chopping board was nowhere to be seen.

Xiu supported the stove with one hand and lowered his head to look for it.The restless carp jumped to the ground when Xiu was dizzy and let go, and is now flipping non-stop.

Xiu beckoned to a training elf next to him to help him catch the fish, then cleaned it himself, began to kill the fish, and disemboweled him. The bloody smell of the fish made Xiu feel uncomfortable again.

He should go to Madam Pomfrey for some potions.While thinking, Xiu pulled out the internal organs of the carp.No, I'd better go to the Room of Requirement and do it myself, lest Madam Pomfrey make a fuss.

After spending half an hour longer than usual, Xiu finally finished the meal and sent the elf to the cellar.

Washing his hands, taking off his apron, Xiu Xiu wanted to wave to the house elf to clean up the stove, but just as he raised his hand, his knees softened, the scene in front of him suddenly became pitch black, and he fell down.

The last memory is of the house-elf screaming in his ear, "My God! Mr. Wizard fainted!" "Oh! Come on!" "Mr. Wizard!"

What, fainted... Who fainted...?

A feeling of uneasiness struck Snape. The house elf who had brought dinner had just disappeared. Snape frowned as he looked at the food on the table exuding an enticing aroma.

Contrary to what Xiu thought, every time he asked the elf to bring food, Snape would taste it seriously, and when the capacity of his stomach allowed, he would eat all the food.

But today he didn't sit down to eat right away, the inexplicable uneasiness made him feel irritable.

Green flames suddenly rose from the fireplace, Madam Pomfrey's anxious face appeared in the fireplace, "Severus, come to the medical wing quickly, I need you!"

The feeling of uneasiness became more obvious. Snape cursed in a low voice, thought for a while, took a few bottles from the medicine cabinet containing all kinds of top-quality potions, and hurried to the medical wing.

The nearest medical wing is very deserted, because the final exam is approaching, the little animals who are keen on night tours and pranks have restrained a lot, and devoted themselves to the intense review. Except for some children who came to ask for refreshing potions, basically no one came. .

Snape entered the hospital wing just as Madam Pomfrey emerged from behind a white curtain.

"Severus, I need a potion of nourishment, a potion of restoration, a potion of refreshing, a potion of blood, oh, and maybe a potion of dreamlessness. Do you still have it in stock?"

Snape said dryly, "Yes. Bobby, it's some little troll who doesn't know how to live and die to increase your workload at this time. I thought that even the brainless lions of Gryffindor should know the exams. More important than pranks."

Madam Pomfrey's expression was angry and worried, "Severus, you have wronged the Gryffindor children this time, the one lying in there is Xiu, he passed out in the kitchen, the elves put him ..."

Before Madam Pomfrey could finish speaking, Snape had already passed her like a gust of wind, tearing back the white curtain.

Who is the boy lying on the hospital bed if he is not the one he is thinking of?

His face was so pale that it was almost transparent, his eyes were tightly closed, the obvious blue-black under the eye circles was shocking, his lips had completely lost their color, and the school robe that he was wearing to set off his slender figure seemed to have been painted. Like a magnifying spell, the boy looked like a corpse that had just risen from the grave.

how so?He'd seen Xiu in Potions class this morning, and he looked fantastic then, rosy-cheeked and smiling.

At this time Madam Pomfrey came in, and said distressedly: "This child is really worrying. I didn't see anything when the house elf first sent him here. He used a charm spell on himself, and he looked normal." Terrible. But after he passed out, the spell of delusion quickly expired. I checked him, he was malnourished, lacked sleep, and was severely anemic. It seemed that he was having a nightmare just now. I gave him some tranquilizers and let him sleep Be safe."

Snape's face livid.

damn it!How he takes care of himself!Didn't his little boyfriend notice that something was wrong with him at all?asshole!

Snape took out the potion he had just picked up from his pocket. It contained the restoration potion and the blood potion that Madam Pomfrey said, and he needed to go back to the cellar to get the other three.

"How long will it take him to wake up?" Snape asked, his eyes fixed on Xiu's pale little face for a moment.

Madam Pomfrey thought for a while and replied, "About two or three hours."

"Look at him!" Snape said, and the black robe flew away.

Back in the cellar, Snape saw the dinner table full of heat gradually dissipating, and remembered Madam Pomfrey saying that Hugh fainted in the kitchen, and he felt indescribable again.

Damn little bastard!No time to eat more and get more sleep when you have time to make him dinner?

Hastily grabbing the potion, Snape turned back to the hospital wing immediately.

Hugh was still unconscious, and Madam Pomfrey had to go to the Great Hall for dinner, and Snape reassured her that he would watch Hugh.

Madam Pomfrey was quite at ease with Snape, but she always wondered when Severus cared so much about a student, and this student was not a Slytherin.

Snape put the potion on the small table next to the bed, and stood by, looking at the boy with his eyes closed on the bed.

As the sky was getting darker, the magic lamp in the medical wing automatically turned on, and the gentle light reflected the beautiful young man on the hospital bed and the man guarding beside him, showing a different kind of warmth.

Snape felt as if he hadn't looked at the boy in front of him for a long time. He was alienating this boy who had too much influence on him. He was very good at this, and he could keep the boy away from him without even uttering bad words.

He was very successful. The boy hadn't been to the cellar for a long time, and he believed that the three meals a day sent by the elves would disappear soon.

Snape thought they would go on like this and become strangers in the end.Maybe the boy will mention him many years later, probably like the students he taught in the past, saying "ah, that old bat, so scary" with disgust and fear.

But he was lying here so weak that Snape felt that everything he was doing seemed like a joke.If that Ravenclaw sixth-year prefect really liked him, how could he let him become like this, and he hasn't come to see him until now! (It is said that the professor really wronged An Si~)

very quiet.A faint bitter medicinal fragrance lingered at the tip of the nose, which was the smell of that man.The corners of the lips are slightly raised.

The scent of medicine that made him nostalgic faded a bit, Xiu frowned his delicate eyebrows, trying to keep him, but he was powerless.

Snape looked at the time, it was time for Xiu to wake up, looked at the dozen or so bottles of potion on the table, probably the taste was unbearable even for himself, Snape took the water glass and poured water outside.

After pouring the water and returning, he found that the young man who had been sleeping peacefully on the hospital bed seemed to be troubled by something, his brows were frowned, and his eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings.

Snape leaned over to look at him, the young man seemed to have sensed it, the creases between his brows gradually relaxed, his bloodless lips were slightly pursed and curved upwards.

After a while, Xiu's eyelashes trembled a few times, and then slowly opened his eyes under Snape's gaze. His amber eyes were a little dazed, and seemed a little chaotic.

Snape couldn't help smiling at his bewildered look.

Xiu blinked his eyes and looked at the face that was close at hand, like marble sculptures, there seemed to be some smiles in the dark and deep eyes, and his lips were always tightly pursed with an upward curve when he was not speaking.

Xiu looked stupid.

Is it a dream?How else would he see Professor Snape, who was bored with him, smiling at him?

It must be.Xiu thought in a trance, this dream is so beautiful, if only he could never wake up.

He smiles so nicely.

Xiu pulled his hand out from under the quilt, and slowly reached out to the smiling face, wanting to touch it, but dared not.

It's better not to move around, the dream is too fragile, if you touch it, you will wake up.

Xiu withdrew his hand tremblingly, looked at the face in front of him without blinking, a happy arc was drawn on his lips, and even his eyebrows and eyes were smiling.

very nice.

But the smile on the face in front of him slowly disappeared, Xiu was a little disappointed, but it didn't matter, Xiu was already very satisfied to have a dream with him.

He hadn't seen this man so closely for a long, long time.