The Snake Wife of the HP Professor

Ch.12: Birthday

It's a great holiday.Zenobia spent Christmas and New Year contentedly. With the warming potion, the winter was no longer difficult. Even after the snow fell on the second day of the New Year, she still played wildly outside for a day; Snape was also very satisfied, There are no old bees or little trolls to disturb his grind with potions, and he is completely taken care of in life, and even has an extra capable assistant to help with potion ingredients.

When the holiday was coming to an end, Silver Snake was still a little bit reluctant. Although she was also trapped in one world, she had to be careful in her actions at Hogwarts. It was better than being at home, and she was used to having someone in the same place. accompany each other in the room.However, her mind quickly turned to another important matter: when she was helping Snape tidy up his study, she accidentally discovered that Snape's birthday was coming soon.

January 17th is Snape's birthday, and after this birthday, he officially comes of age (wizards turn [-]).Adulthood is very important to everyone, both ancient and modern.Zenobia felt that she had to help Snape celebrate this birthday well.It is also an extremely solemn thing for her to witness the contractor's coming of age.

Yin Snake secretly made up her mind that she wanted to give the other party a surprise.Without Snape noticing, she began to prepare quietly, choosing new gifts, learning how to make cakes, thinking about the menu for birthday dinner...

On the evening of January [-]th, Zenobia made the cake, carefully cooked a few dishes, ordered a bowl of noodles, boiled two eggs, inserted the candles in the cake, went upstairs and rang the alarm in the study. The door, which Snape hadn't come out since Snape went in after lunch.It's just that for a long time, no one responded.Silver Snake felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help knocking harder on the door, and called Snape's name.

After a while, she heard a sound from inside, and the door was opened from the inside.It can be seen at a glance that the young man—perhaps it can be changed to "youth" from today—has a very bad complexion, a little shortness of breath, obvious black and blue eyes, and chapped and pale lips.

"You look terrible, do you have a cold?" Zenobia immediately understood that this person was sick, "I think you should lie down on the bed immediately..."

Snape nodded wearily, refused the girl's support, and went back to his room to rest.

"Sleeping alone is not enough," the girl hesitated, and seeing that the young man had no intention of stopping her, she followed into the bedroom, looked worriedly at the man lying on the bed and tore the quilt cover carelessly, and said, "You need to drink the magic potion , is there any medicine for a cold at home?"

Snape closed his eyes, and said in a sleepy tone, "You'll be fine after a night's sleep." Since he basically doesn't catch a cold, and the silver snake has a strong self-healing ability, the house in Spinner's End didn't have some Commonly used common potions.

Knowing that a sick person needs to be quiet, Zenobia didn't bother him any more. She kept some distance away, and when the young man fell asleep peacefully, she took out her staff silently, cast a silencing spell, and then chanted a healing spell in a low voice : Although light therapy is not effective for self-healing diseases, it can at least reduce the suffering of patients and promote the body's self-healing.

Snape's frown that had been tightly frowned gradually loosened under the effect of the light magic. After his breathing became smooth and his complexion improved slightly, the silver snake stopped casting spells, and then quietly left the bedroom and closed the door.

Zenobia regretted not being able to celebrate Snape's coming of age, but after all the other person's body was the most important thing, she put this regret behind her.It was still early, and Silver Snake was carrying an introduction to black magic, sitting on the sofa by the fireplace in the living room and studying it.

The birthday cake and egg longevity noodles with the heat-preserving spell were not put away, Zenobia thought to herself, if Snape's condition improved before midnight, she would still simply celebrate for him—at least the gift Send it out.

The house was so quiet that there was only the crackling of firewood in the fireplace. The snake-tailed girl gradually softened her head, and the magic book slipped from her hands... With a flash of white light, the girl turned back into a silver snake and slept in a coil on the sofa.Not long after, the door of the master bedroom on the second floor was gently opened, and Snape, who still had a tired face, came out.

The young man who was going down the stairs suddenly stopped, and he saw the delicate and attractive cake with candles on the dining table, and the bowl on the side seemed to be filled with noodles or something, still steaming leisurely.He raised his hand and wiped lightly in the void, and the time-revealing spell appeared: 23:07, Jan. 09,1977, [-]. His birthday... Snape suddenly felt a little complicated: disgust, depression, nostalgia... After seeing the dining table After serving the cake, he looked at the sleeping silver snake, his eyes became more and more hollow.

"Hiss~" The silver snake woke up suddenly, elongated its body, stretched comfortably, then changed back to a half-human shape, swam off the sofa, planned to go upstairs to see Snape's situation, but turned around and saw Snape The young man was standing on the landing in a daze. While reflecting on his regressive vigilance, he asked with a smile, "Have you recovered from your illness? How did you get up?"

"I'm fine." Snape walked down the stairs and stood in front of the dining table, frowning. "I assume, Miss Hayes made all these ridiculous things?"

"Ah, yes." The silver snake swam over, snapped its fingers, and the candles on the cake lit up one by one, "Today is your birthday, isn't it? Congratulations to Mr. Snape for finally coming of age! Hurry up, Blow out the candles and make a wish." As soon as the words fell, the light in the room suddenly dimmed.

Snape snorted, and said disgustedly: "Could it be that Miss Snake's brain is finally occupied by slugs? Trying to make some unknown things."

"How can you say you don't know what it means?" Zenobia shook her head disapprovingly, "This is your coming-of-age ceremony, although it is simple, you must treat it with caution. Alright, I will talk about it later, make a wish quickly, and the candles will be gone." It's going to burn!"

With a stiff face, Snape, as if impatient, extinguished the candle with a wave of his hand.Silver Snake looked at it for a while, and sighed inwardly, I'm afraid this person would never do something like make a pious wish and then blow out the candles with full expectation... Well, that's all, let's not embarrass the other party too much.

The lights came on again, and the silver snake urged the young man to eat noodles and eggs—Snape, who hadn't eaten at night, was ill and exhausted a lot of energy. He happened to be hungry at this time, so he didn't refuse, and quickly solved the problem. The cake was disliked by the birthday star, so the silver snake unceremoniously took it as its own.

Afterwards, Zenobia smiled and took out an exquisite gift box and handed it to the other party: "Happy birthday, sir."

The young man stared at her for a while with those pitch-black and menacing eyes, then closed his mouth tightly, and took the gift.The box was light and weightless, and Snape felt a little strange in his heart.

"Open it and have a look." Silver Snake smiled mysteriously.

Snape glanced at her suspiciously, always feeling that the other party's smile was a little weird, he hesitated for a moment, waved his wand, and the box opened automatically, revealing his birthday present: eight fangs of different lengths.After thinking for a while, he looked at the silver snake in amazement, his eyes very suspicious.

"That's right, my snake tooth." Zenobia explained.Silver training snake teeth, although not more precious than tooth liquid, are also top-quality, and the effect is different from pure light magic tooth liquid, snake teeth are good things for making some curse poisons, of course, the effect of removing curses is also powerful.It's a pity that each silver snake has only eighteen teeth, and it will only change teeth once in its life.Under normal circumstances, silver practice snakes will cherish the teeth they replace.

To Silver Snake's surprise, Snape was not as happy as she expected. Unlike last time, the other party couldn't wait to enter the potion room in the middle of the night as soon as he got his own toothpaste... The girl tilted her head in confusion, Looking at the serious young man, he asked softly, "You... don't seem happy?"

Snape's mood was very complicated. He looked at the puzzled eyes of the girl in front of him, and suddenly didn't know how to express his doubts.After a long time, he said in a deep and silky voice: "I thought that the Silver Snake Clan was particular about 'equal value exchange'."

Zenobia was at a loss at first, and after a while, she finally got an answer from the young man's implicit language and strange attitude.

"The exchange referred to in 'Equivalent Exchange' does not necessarily mean something that exists in tangible form. What's more..." The girl smiled sincerely, "I think we are already friends." Snape was a proud man , unwilling to accept gifts from others at will.However, no matter how precious snake slough, tooth liquid and snake teeth are in the eyes of ordinary magicians, in Zenobia's view, these are very common things that will bring coveted and dangerous things to herself.Galga's monsters usually give their replaced or dropped fur and teeth to the contractor they recognize, and even after death, they will spit out the magic core and give it to the other party.

Therefore, Silver Snake's behavior, from her point of view, is a matter of course.But obviously, the suspicious and sensitive potions master felt uncomfortable.

Snape lowered his eyes and said nothing, just put the box away.Silver Snake smiled, knowing that the other party had accepted her kindness.At this time, the air suddenly distorted, and a sudden wave of magic power caused both of them to be vigilant. They saw a light blue light surrounded in front of them, and the ancient magic lines flickered.

"It's..." Snape frowned.The current situation seemed very familiar to him: it seemed to be the same phenomenon when he signed an equal contract with Silver Snake last year, except that what appeared at that time was white mist without magic patterns.

Zenobia looked at the puzzled young man in surprise, and said softly: "Companionship contract." Only when both parties have a firm desire to protect each other, will the ordinary equal contract be upgraded to a companionship contract on its own. .

"What do you mean?"

"When equal contractors care about each other to a certain extent, the contract will be automatically upgraded to a 'companion contract'. With the 'companion contract', we can sense the position of the other party, and the restrictive conditions change from 'do not harm the other party' It has become 'Don't turn your back on each other', our relationship is not just a general friend, but a completely trustworthy companion." Zenobia explained eloquently, with agitated emotions, she felt that the whole person seemed to be floating in the clouds— ——She really didn't expect that in less than a year, she would be able to gain the trust of this cautious, suspicious, arrogant and awkward contractor... The most important thing is that this gloomy and mean young man has a real heart in his heart. Want to protect her will.

After hearing the girl's explanation, Snape's expression looked extremely unnatural.He viciously gouged out the smug girl, and sprayed the venom: "Aha, because of this inexplicable contract, I have to accept a giant monster whose brain structure is as delicate as a sleeping coral polyp as a companion. It is conceivable that my future life will be different... What a mess it will be. Maybe in order to get rid of this pitiful situation, I have to consider developing a modified Elixir of Felicity to hope for some turning points..."

"Sir," Zenobia couldn't stand the lengthy sarcasm, and couldn't help interrupting Snape's continuous flow of venom, "You know, I'm a snake, and I'm not related to trolls."

Snape glared at the girl and made a sinister smile: "Miss Hayes, I regret to inform you that there are some African tree snake skins, rat guts and a bucket of leeches in the potion room. I need your help." Deal with it. Go now!" After speaking, he took the box containing the snake's teeth and strode towards the potion room.

Silver Snake followed angrily, and slandered: "This is definitely out of shame! It's definitely intimidation!" Forget about those disgusting rat galls and leeches, but let her deal with the snake skin... Fortunately, her soul is not a purebred snake of.