[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Eli's hunch was absolutely right, Snape was much more difficult to change and persuade than Penny - the severity of prejudice and determination of the two were not at the same level, and he understood this earlier than Lily.

No matter what kind of family the freshmen came from, whether they knew anything about the wizarding world before entering school, they could fully feel the hostility between Gryffindor and Slytherin within one month after the start of school.Strange to say, there are four colleges in the school, but the smell of gunpowder is only concentrated between these two colleges, and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff can be protected from it to a considerable extent, which is really confusing.

If we look into the reason carefully, it is probably because the two are strong competitors no matter in the Quidditch Cup or the Academy Cup, and the temperament and characteristics of the academy are also very different.Therefore, although Professor McGonagall and Professor Slughorn are not very eccentric people-Professor Slughorn may have special treatment for some outstanding students-but even with two relatively fair deans Sitting in town, the hostile consciousness of the two colleges has not been reduced by half.

But Lily doesn't care about that, she doesn't think the childish rivalry between the two houses will have any effect on her getting her best friend to do her homework.

She used to do homework with Snape in the library - the Gryffindor common room was always filled with annoying egomaniac Potter and Black.Those two pompous guys make fun of breaking the rules, can't learn to respect people, and yet they are so popular, like everyone else is blind, it's annoying, she'd rather walk a few steps to the library Write with Seaver.

This is not limited to the date of two people, Lily will call Mary together every time-girls' friendship is so inseparable, like Siamese twins, there is almost no time to separate.

Snape was visibly unhappy about this, but he didn't come out in front of Lily.Eli thinks that this has nothing to do with him at all, and reads his book aloofly, and is alone in the turbulent undercurrent of his classmates.

"Don't read your books all the time, Eli, you can't finish them. How can you only see these books? You should talk to your friends more."

Lily took the book in front of him away and closed it, and leaned her head over to see where his homework was written.After seeing his progress clearly, she immediately let out a small exclamation: "You have almost finished writing! How can it be so fast? I just wrote a third of it!"

"Should we chat in the library..." Eli looked up unwillingly, looked at the book that Lily had taken away, sighed, closed the thesis, and pushed it towards Lily, "This is my idea, You can compare them, if you need."

That was a big thank you.Lily said with a smile, she took his thesis over, observed it carefully, compared it with her own, and got some inspirations. She is very good at this.

She is a smart witch. After more than a month of school, her talent has begun to show. Her Muggle family background did not bury this talent. Her excellence is obvious.

But Eli was not as smart as she was.If Lily has outstanding talent and strong creativity, and can stand out in Transfiguration and Potions classes, Eli has meticulous logical thinking and strong memory, and has a strong interest in exploring the principles of magic application. No one can compete in subjects like Charms and History of Magic.

This ability is especially evident in essay writing: no one can beat him in assignments that require essays. Since the beginning of the semester, he has added at least [-] points to Gryffindor for his excellent essay assignments.

"How did you write in such an orderly manner, Eli?" Mary also leaned her head over, looked at Eli's homework with Lily, cut out a section of her homework draft, and added a new one. Argumentative point.

Eli shrugged: "If you also have a father who is a history professor and start reading his papers when you are a few years old, you can do it too. I just practice makes perfect, it's not a big deal."

"Schoolmasters always say that." Mary muttered, looking around at the other three people sitting at the same table with her, showing a melancholy expression, "Oh my god, I just found out that the three of you have good grades ...you got good grades too, didn't you, Severus?"

When you've been writing homework with someone at the same table for nearly two months, it's really hard to call each other's last name in a distant manner, even if the other person is from a college with a bad relationship.

Snape, who was writing furiously on his homework, with the tip of his nose almost touching the parchment, just raised his eyelids and glanced at her, obviously feeling that there was no need to answer, so he simply hooked the corners of his lips as a response, then bowed down again. get down.

"Sev knew a lot of spells before school started." Lily said proudly for her friend, quite proudly, "He knows a lot! About potions, about spells, and about the wizarding world." He knows everything! I knew then that he would be a top student."

When the praise was different, Snape's reaction became completely different.He raised his head in embarrassment, coughed lightly in embarrassment, and couldn't help showing a smile when he looked at Lily.

"That's no big deal," he said. "Although you have no foundation, your progress is ahead of many people, Lily."

Lily returned his bright smile, looking very happy.She said longingly, "Although you say that, Sev, it's great to have a good foundation before entering school. I'm so envious—you and Eli know so much!"

Snape paused indistinctly when he heard the words, and couldn't help but glance at Eli, without saying a word.Eli smiled, and changed the subject in a casual manner: "Severus and I probably study in different directions. You know, I was in primary school before coming to Hogwarts."

Yes, that's right.Lily laughed, and exchanged glances with him mischievously: "It's true, we who have Muggle blood have to go to elementary school-I must say, although I didn't study magic in those few years, but more After a few years of learning, I think it is quite useful.”

"Yeah." Eli said naturally, "Actually, after graduating from Hogwarts, I kind of want to go back to study at a university—some Muggle courses are very interesting, and it should be very interesting to study further." Meaning, isn’t it? For example, the common sense of family medicine and nursing, ordinary people do not have Healing as before and Baixian essence, so it is necessary to learn some common sense of medicine.”

Yes.Lily nodded and suddenly felt a little strange: "This course is usually only offered in girls' schools. Do you know this Eli?"

Eli was stunned for a moment: "...Really? I heard it from others, and it's very useful."

That's right.There was nothing strange about this statement, Lily didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and the topic quickly shifted to another place.Eli watched her carefully to make sure she didn't think too much, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He clearly told the truth, but somehow felt guilty that he had just lied.Eli moved his body uncomfortably. Petunia's letter was in his schoolbag. It was just received yesterday morning. It was sent to his home and then forwarded to Hogwarts. After a long journey, it finally arrived at him. hands.

In her letter, she mentioned the art festival in her school, and told him proudly that she had been selected for the school choir, and now she had to rehearse for two hours after school every day.The late autumn in England is always cold very early. She seems to have caught a cold these two days, and her throat feels uncomfortable, but it may also be tired——she spent nearly a page complaining about the head of the choir, a Senior senior sister, it can be seen that she is very dissatisfied with her.

The words about the general knowledge class of family medicine and nursing appeared in one of the paragraphs, and she did not elaborate on it. In the letter, she said sourly in a slightly self-deprecating tone, there is nothing to say about this class, and you must think it is very unnecessary.You have something better, don't you?I heard from Lily that she felt like she had a cold before, so she went to the medical wing to get a bottle of potion and drank it, and the smoke in her ears all afternoon was fine—how convenient, Muggle medicine classes are in your eyes Must be stupid?

Eli has almost gotten used to her way of speaking, and she can read the awkward uneasiness and uncertainty between the lines that she always seems a bit mean.He hasn't answered the letter yet, and intends to enclose some strong mints with it.Although this is a kind of candy unique to the magic world, it does not have any magical effect. It only achieves an excellent refreshing effect through the combination of herbs, which is very effective in relieving stagnant throat.

This was the first time Penny had sent him a letter since he had sent the letter of apology.The letter was quite long, but there were very few things that could be called useful. It was almost all about Petunia telling her life, interspersed with her curious or vigilant imagination about the wizarding world and magic school.Being in Hogwarts, reading this letter is a wonderful and interesting feeling. In these letters with no important meaning, Eli can really appreciate the friendship from afar.

Isn't that what friends do?There is nothing earth-shattering to say, just sharing your own life, giving each other company and encouragement, this is the meaning of friendship.

In his reply letter, he planned to write about the suddenly changing stairs in the school, the interesting but complicated homework of the professors, the jokes made by the students when they were studying, the magical animals and magic he saw in the library, these things can often help Ma Answer some magical legends in the melon world.

Eli felt in his heart that there was nothing he couldn't say, but for some reason, he didn't really tell Lily about it.Maybe this is a secret between him and Petunia - friends also need privacy, don't they?

Eli convinced himself after a little thought, picked up another book when Lily was not paying attention, and continued to read.

Lily and Mary went back to the dormitory together after finishing their homework. Today was a rare sunny day, so they planned to take a walk by the lake.Only two boys from different colleges were left at the table in the library, quietly going about their business.

After finishing the book in his hand, Eli got up and went to the bookshelf to pick up another to-be-read list on the book list.Passing behind Snape on his way back, he glanced casually at his paper, then stopped, leaned forward, and tapped a word with his fingertips.

"This spell shouldn't be here," he said simply.

Snape frowned in surprise and looked in the direction of his finger.

Oolong came out of the hole.

He was silent for a moment, and crossed out the spell that belonged to the category of black magic with a pen.Eli sat back in his seat with the book in his arms, opened the book and began to read, Snape stopped writing and his eyes fell on him.

He looked at it for a while, then suddenly said softly, "You respect your father, Eli?"

"What?" Eli raised his head from the pages of the book, and responded with a little surprise, "Yes, of course, he is my father."

Snape's eyes narrowed slowly.

"A Muggle who isn't afraid of magic and doesn't think wizards are monsters?" he asked softly, showing a slightly mean smile with a hint of sarcasm. Lai, you're too lucky."

Eli's eyes narrowed slightly.

"I don't think so." He met the boy's gaze and said calmly, "Muggles have two attitudes towards wizards, acceptance and rejection. It's half and half, Severus It's not uncommon to marry a Muggle, and I respect my dad not because he's a Muggle or a wizard, but because he's a good dad."

Snape looked at him blankly for a moment, then lifted his lips and sneered slightly.

"Muggles can't be trusted," he said, in a whisper. "You'll understand sooner or later, Eli."

Eli closed the book and said without any hesitation, "I don't think so. I have my own experience and judgment, and I believe the inferences drawn from it."

"Ah, of course," said Snape softly. "A Gryffindor of Dumbledore's order, you must think so."

Eli was silent for a moment, and gave him a deep look.

"And what school are you, Severus?"

Snape said nothing, and the two looked at each other for a while.

"I hope you won't regret your persistence today, Eli," Snape said.

"Hope you dare to speak your mind in front of Lily, Severus," Eli responded.

They looked away at the same time, knowing that although the other party was a half-blood wizard like themselves, they were destined not to be the same type of person.