Start at Hogwarts

Chapter 7

"Severus, what a beautiful flower..."

The voice in his ear made Snape stop his movements. He glanced at Hurley, who seemed to appear everywhere, and never looked at her again. He just concentrated on digging for what he needed. herbs.

The guy who was used to appearing anytime and anywhere felt like "Oh, he did appear" after being taken aback.Snape walked all the way into the Forbidden Forest without a word, carefully looking for potion ingredients while walking.Hurley was right behind him, only three steps away. When the moonlight shone in the forest, that figure clung around him like a ghost.After an hour like this, Snape suddenly turned around and snorted fiercely: "Miss Hurley! Did you come to the Forbidden Forest to enjoy the moonlight, or did you mean to follow others in the middle of the night and cause trouble for others?" Trouble is your little special hobby?"

"I'm not here to look at the moon. The moon can be seen when I'm resting with Hufflepuff. It's very beautiful. I'm here to hunt. I want to change something, because there is no other way to support myself. I have been growing up since I was a child." I went hunting with Uncle Hurley. And I just want to follow you, and others don't want to, is this a hobby?" Hurley answered Snape's words quite seriously.

Only then did Snape notice that she was carrying a heavy-looking bow and a quiver with more than a dozen arrows stuck in it.Snape suddenly discovered that Hurley, who usually looks colder than boys, is actually very thin, with some healed scars on the back of his hands, and he is not afraid of the tough and violent behavior of people he doesn't like. It made her look like an arrogant boy, but she was actually quite...stupid...

"Aren't you going hunting? Don't follow me." Snape's voice softened to a certain point after being touched by Hurley's words that he had no other way to support himself, at least not as before. Kind of impatient and irritable.

"It's okay, I'll just go with Severus, and you can come back tomorrow for hunting..."

"Do you think the Forbidden Forest is a place where you can come casually? For a little wizard like you, the Forbidden Forest is very dangerous..." Unconsciously, he became irritable, but when he said this, he found that his current body was also a young wizard who was underage. , and it was also in the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night... Snape felt a little emboldened... The so-called teaching children should lead by example...

"Well, the Forbidden Forest is very dangerous, I can feel some animals are restless, so I can't leave Severus now, don't worry, I will protect your Severus, you continue to pick those flowers, I will give You stand by." Hurley didn't care about his attitude at all, anyway, she had always ignored it all the time, and often the only one who was angry at the end was Snape, and, she could tell, Severus Are you concerned about her... Hurley raised a smile.

The girl's eyes are bright at night, like flowing water.

Snape pursed his lips and walked forward in silence.If it was before, he would probably have scolded her mockingly, and if he had the confidence to say that he wanted to protect him, he didn't need anyone's protection, sympathy or anything else.But now in this situation, looking at the girl's extremely serious black eyes, he felt that those words could not be uttered.Those who choose to stab others in order to protect themselves to cover up their embarrassment, I feel that there is no need to tell this person... As for why, it is probably because she can't understand it...

He was used to saying those words that ostracized others with a sting in every sentence, and now he stopped being sarcastic, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only keep silent.Lantu Hurley, such a simple person, must be the one who will not live long in the future wars. Maybe he was pulled into the Order of the Phoenix by the great Mr. Principal at the very beginning, and finally shouted the slogan of justice for Order of the Phoenix to die... just like him in his previous life.

Snape was a little lost in thought, and inadvertently saw Hurley behind him about to reach out to pick a flower.

"Stop, stop now!"

Lantu saw a beautiful flower and was about to pick it off and give it to Severus, who was frowning all the time as if he was very unhappy, when he heard his anxious cry, he froze and remained motionless.

"You almost destroyed a rare potion material. I never imagined that this kind of wild redwood can be picked..." Severus finally stretched his brows, showing a faint smile on his face.Rantu took a step back and looked at Snape.It seemed to her that he only showed what could be called a happy expression when he met something about her beloved potion.

Looking at his baby's appearance, Lantu knew how rare the material was, but she didn't know anything about potions.Lan Tu bit her nails and her eyes were a little erratic. Suddenly, she turned her head and her expression became serious.

"Wait, Severus, I heard something approaching."

"What?" Snape looked at the redwood flowers that hadn't been dug up yet, and sighed regretfully.Stand up and leave here with Lantu and hide behind a big tree.He didn't doubt Lantu's words, but simply followed her suggestion and left here.A hunter is always sensitive to the surrounding nature.

Hiding behind the tree, Snape discovered that they had walked into a deeper part of the Forbidden Forest unknowingly. No wonder there were such rare potion ingredients as red cedar flowers.But he still doesn't have the confidence to protect himself in the Forbidden Forest when his body is still 11 years old. There is also a little guy who is also 11 years old, so he can only hide temporarily.

The rustling sound of the grass being parted caused the two people hiding behind the tree to look over at the same time. It was a centaur holding a fork.Horse people don't like others to enter their territory, and they hate humans more. Although it is not to the point of hatred, it is inevitable that the other party's bad temper will be hurt if they are seen at this time.The horseman who appeared was obviously in a bad mood, wandering around restlessly.At this time, we should be thankful that they walked away a long distance, otherwise they would be discovered.

"Let's go quietly over there." Snape whispered.

"But..." The flower you wanted so much is still there and hasn't been pulled out... Before Lan Tu finished speaking, he covered his mouth after only two words. "Keep your voice down! Do you want to be found by the centaur and skewered with his fork?"

Snape looked at the centaur who didn't seem to notice the movement here, and heaved a sigh of relief.At this time, he felt that his hand covering Hurley was being pulled?

Lantu blinked, took that hand and pressed it to his face, with a satisfied face, he sniffed and said softly, "Severus' hand smells good..."

"Let go." Pull, pull hard, can't pull... Swallowing back the growl that was almost on the verge of his mouth, considering the centaur who hadn't left yet, Snape's voice was almost squeezed out between his teeth .

"Let go of my hand!"

"No, it smells good." Lantu moved closer, and the tip of his nose touched Snape's palm.

If the moonlight could shine through at this time, Lantu would definitely be able to see the unnatural redness on Snape's face.

"Shameless!" The molested uncle, Professor Xin... roared angrily.

"Uncle Hurley said it's okay to do this to the person you like."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter anyway! Just pay attention to your behavior, ma'am!"

"It doesn't matter what, because it's Severus."

The two people who were debating whether it had anything to do with pulling the boy's hand were finally discovered by the centaur, and then in order to escape from his gleaming fork, Snape also dropped a lot of potion ingredients collected before, It made him extremely sad.It's all that brash Hurley's fault!He felt that it was necessary for that guy to take etiquette lessons!

He only came back from the Forbidden Forest at three o'clock in the morning, and later processed the newly picked materials. He didn't sleep that night, Snape rubbed his forehead tiredly, and cursed the ignorant culprit in his heart.

"What? Didn't Snape sleep well?"

"It's nothing serious. I read too late yesterday." Snape didn't have any impression of the boy in front of him who came to talk to him, but after he showed his talent for potions that surprised Professor Slughorn, he would stop talking from time to time. There will be some people who will show kindness to him, and it will be much more convenient to meet a future master of potions. They are all smart people with such ideas, and everyone knows it well.Although he is not interested in making friends with these people, there is no reason to reject these people who express their attitude. It will make his life in Slytherin House better, why not?

After finishing the morning class and walking back to the dormitory, Snape met the person he had silently criticized all morning, Rantu Hurley.

"Here you are." Lying in the palm of her hand was a sequoia flower, the petals of which were already dying.Snape saw that it was the one that hadn't been dug up last night. "Sequoia flowers are only useful if they are rooted together. If you pick them like this, it is a waste of a rare potion material." After seeing the scratches on Hurley's face and her The traces of being wet with dew on the clothes... I can't say it anymore...

"For you, Severus." Putting the flower in Snape's hand, Hurley walked away for the first time without asking him to chase him away...

Snape glanced at the useless flower in his hand, put it in the book in his hand, and walked back to his bedroom.That idiot ran so fast on purpose as if his leg was injured, and such a big movement would only make the injury worse... Who told her to meddle in picking this thing...

Snape felt a little... strange...

The author has something to say: Well done, Lantu, Lantu is a mighty woman! [Want to say so