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Summoned by Dumbledore, Snape and Esther came to the headmaster's office.As soon as he entered the door, Est saw a long-lost figure.

"Aunt Connie!" Esther flew up and hugged the old witch tightly, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"Good boy, good boy." Aunt Connie gently patted Esther on the back, "I've heard all about it. You did a good job. Auntie is proud of you, and your mother will be proud of you too." of."

"Esther, you can take your aunt downstairs to have some breakfast, I think she has come here so early in the morning, she probably hasn't eaten yet. I want to talk to Severus alone." Dumbledore said .

Esther wiped her eyes, nodded with a smile, and led her aunt to the auditorium.On the long table, everyone sat together regardless of the school, and it seemed that the atmosphere was very harmonious.Esther found two vacant seats and sat down with her aunt to have breakfast with her.

Esther and her aunt chatted while eating, wishing to tell her everything.Finally, when it came to Snape's proposal, Aunt Connie sighed, "You've really decided, haven't you?"

"Yes, Auntie," Esther said firmly.

"Well, then I can only wish you happiness. But I still want to remind you that it is definitely not easy for someone to walk between Dumbledore and the mysterious man. I hope you can gain his loyalty."

"Yes, I believe." Esther looked confident.

Harry, Ron and Hermione came down from their dormitories towards the end of breakfast.Seeing that Esther and Aunt Connie were there, Harry hurried over and sat beside Esther.

"Esther, you have lied to me for so long, you already knew I was a Horcrux, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Esther said apologetically, "Forgive me, I think it should be in memory, Dumbledore asked us to tell you at the end. I think he must have a reason for this arrangement."

"But I thought we were friends, shouldn't friends be honest?" Harry was very upset.

"Just because we are friends, I have to do what Dumbledore asked. I bet that his plan might help you survive, and it did, and I was right."

"So you already knew that I would not die? You didn't tell me that!"

"No, I don't know. I'm just guessing, but go for it if you have hope, don't you? Remember when I suggested you get the Elder Wand? I actually really think the Deathly Hallows are useful. So when you gave up the Elder Wand I Really desperate. But how did you survive in the end? Did the resurrection stone work?"

"I don't know," Harry said, "I used it to meet my parents and let them accompany me for the last ride. Then I was hit by Voldemort's Killing Curse and went into a white mist. Like King's Cross Station. Dumbledore said it might be a trance. I was stuck there and didn't know if I was alive or dead. There was no sense of time there, only a thing shaped like a child whimpered there .I poked around in it until I saw that doe, the one that saved us in the swamp, do you remember? I was pretty sure it was coming for me, so I just followed it. I saw a lot before Happy memory, remembering that Voldemort is not dead, I still have tasks to do, I wish I could wake up...and then I am alive... Dumbledore said the Elder Wand didn't belong to Voldemort so he couldn't kill me with it .”

"Yeah, the Elder Wand probably belongs to you." Esther pursed her lips and smiled, "I stunned Dumbledore and got the Elder Wand that night. Malfoy used the Disarming Curse on me, and he got it again. We You snatched Malfoy's wand again at Malfoy Manor, so I figured it probably belonged to you."

"Don't you need to kill each other to get the Elder Wand?" Hermione asked.

"I don't think so, because I do use the Elder Wand, which works just fine," said Esther.

"Merlin's beard, so the Elder Wand belongs to you, Harry, don't you want to ask Dumbledore to get it back?" Ron looked at Harry expectantly.

"No, I prefer my own wand. I'm grateful to the Elder Wand for fixing it, but I don't want to hold it, I'm not interested in it." Harry smiled coyly.

Ron groaned, looking disappointed.

"But whose doe really belongs to?" said Hermione. "I've asked a lot of people, and they all said they didn't see where the Patronus came from."

"I probably guessed whose it was." Harry glanced at Esther quickly, "Sirius said that Esther's Patronus is like a doe, just like my mother's."

"But, man, I was with her in the swamp, she can't possibly know where you were," said Ron.

"Yeah, that wasn't hers...but her Patronus wasn't supposed to be a doe... I remember your original Patronus was a bat..." said Harry.

"It used to be." Esther didn't hide it, but she didn't want to continue this topic.She could vaguely feel the end of the topic, something she didn't really want to hear.

"Tonks' patron saint has also changed, because of Professor Lupine." Hermione was the first to react. "Then your patron saint is also because you fell in love with someone? If so...could it be..."

"You don't like Harry, do you!" Ron opened his mouth in surprise.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you all in Defense Against the Dark Arts when school starts, especially you, Mr. Weasley." A cold voice sounded from behind them, and Snape swept across the three tables on the table expressionlessly. Student, "I think you'll have a lot of chances of getting detention for yourself. By the way, forgot to mention, I'm back as Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Hope we get along well. I really hope the points funnel still works ...then let's see, ten points from Gryffindor, for Mr. Weasley's stupid guesses and damage to a lady's reputation..."

"You can't do that, we're still on break!" Harry exclaimed.

"Just now Dumbledore has gone through the formalities for you to go back to school, so I think I can exercise my rights, Potter. Then I think, yelling at the professor—"

"Sev, don't do this." Esther held his hand to calm his emotions.

Snape acquiesced to Esther's behavior and did not continue to deduct points from Harry.Hermione didn't look surprised, but Ron was as surprised as if he'd swallowed a horned toad whole.Harry looked at Snape and Esther with complicated expressions, a little angry and a little guilty.

"Well, now that you've seen it, let's get straight to the point. My Patronus was changed because of Severus. And we're getting married soon. Stop your nonsense, Ron, don't get my fiancé wrong." " Esther said with a smile.

"But - Esther, do you know - that - can I speak to you alone?" Harry faltered.He glanced at Snape, as if he lacked confidence.

"I can guess what you want to say. I probably know what you know, but I don't want to know more, Harry. I don't want to dwell on the past, and please don't tell others, okay?" Strauss said sincerely.

Harry froze for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"It seems that you really know him very well, so I'm relieved." Aunt Connie stood up and said, "Then, Professor Snape, can you accompany me around the castle? Esther, you can accompany me again." My friends, sit down, okay?"

"Very willing, ma'am." Snape was much more polite.

As soon as Snape and Aunt Connie left, Ron wailed, "How can you like that old bat?"

"Ron, shut up!" Hermione stopped her, "You've been drinking mushroom soup for nothing."

"What mushroom soup?" Ron looked at Hermione blankly.

"When school first started, we hid in Grimmauld Place, knowing that Snape drank mushroom soup for two days after he became headmaster, have you forgotten?"

"Oh, the devil's soup, of course I remember, but what does that have to do with this?"

"Why do you think Esther gave us such a nasty drink for two days? It's because we scolded Professor Snape, you know?"

"Just because of this?" Ron looked at Esther with an unbelievable expression, "You're going to poison us for saying two bad things about him?"

"It's not that serious, you're still alive, aren't you?" Esther smiled lightly.

"Women are scary—" Ron and Harry looked at each other, shrinking their necks.

For the next two weeks, Esther participated in the rebuilding of Hogwarts Castle.Everyone worked separately during the day, making it difficult for her to see Snape, and at night Aunt Connie insisted that she live with her in the room on the second floor where Esther used to live.This left her with very little time with Snape.Even the fact that Snape was awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, for his meritorious service against Voldemort, she knew from the Daily Prophet.Esther congratulated Snape during a short lunch break.Snape obviously looked a little complacent, but his mouth was very disapproving.

"Well, well, it's nothing special, it's just a medal. Besides, Lupine got one too, so nothing to celebrate."

Lupine, who just passed the full moon night smoothly with the help of Wolfsbane Potion, smiled generously and ignored Snape's words.Sirius was not very happy, and said with a sneer, "Since you don't care about it, why didn't I see you return the Medal of Merlin to the Ministry of Magic?"

A blush welled up on Snape's face, standing out against his pale skin.His unrecovered voice made his voice sound harsher, "How I deal with it is my business. But you, Blake, what right do you have to make irresponsible remarks? You didn't even touch the edge of a medal, It seems that even with the addition of the identity of the Father of the Savior, they don't think you have anything to contribute."

"You!" Sirius also blushed, glaring at Snape angrily.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Esther quickly changed the subject, "How is Tonks, is the baby coming soon?"

"It's still another month." Lupine said softly. "Tonks said that thanks to your Felicia, otherwise our family might not have seen each other."

Esther waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, I promised her a long time ago that I would give her a bottle of Felix Elixir. This time it just came in handy."

"So you gave away the Felicia I left you?" Snape asked, looking down at Esther.

Esther felt like every cell in her brain was screaming for help.She tried to calm herself down, planted a kiss on Snape's lips, looked at him with a smile, and said, "I don't need it, sir, because I have you. You are my best Felicity, and there is nothing like it." You bring me more luck, I'm sure."

Snape seemed very unaccustomed to such daring acts of intimacy in front of other people.His half-joyed, half-annoyed expression was odd.Esther was amused by his reaction, and patted the back of his hand lightly to make him relax.Snape seemed to be burned, he stood up and said, "I'm done eating." He hurriedly walked out of the auditorium.

"Severus finished eating so soon?" Dumbledore, Grindelwald and McGonagall who had just come to eat looked at the few people at the table inexplicably.Esther laughed and said nothing, and Sirius lifted the bread to his mouth and threw it back on the plate with a sullen expression.Lupine unhurriedly swallowed the baked potatoes in his mouth, and said slowly, "It's always a bit uncomfortable at first, but it will be fine in the future."

Two days later, Hogwarts Castle was finally repaired as scheduled.Students will start school next Monday.Hermione and Ginny took Esther to the Three Broomsticks bar and had a drink to relax completely.The following weekend, Esther was going to enjoy two days of rare alone time at Hogwarts and Snape.But the flood of letters early on Saturday morning disrupted Esther's plan.

A large flock of owls came rushing in like a dark cloud, surprising everyone.A layer of various feathers was spread on the long table, and Esther suddenly lost his appetite.Owls collide in the air looking for their recipients.There was a pile of letters high in front of Harry, and there were quite a few in front of Ron and Hermione.Esther and Sirius also received some.The most surprising thing was the letter in front of Snape, which was probably not much worse than the one in front of Harry.Several of the pink envelopes looked particularly eye-catching.Esther suddenly remembered that today is Valentine's Day, and the content of these letters is self-evident.She tried to keep a smile on her face, glancing at Snape's reaction from time to time.

"It's great to be young, and to feel the throbbing and uneasiness brought by love." Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh with emotion as he looked at the young people at the table.

"If you want, I can also write you a few letters." Grindelwald looked at the letters that seemed to be exuding pink bubbles, and said disdainfully.

"I don't want it anymore, there are already enough materials for Little Rita," said Dumbledore.

"I also think that I would rather tell you personally than writing a letter." Grindelwald hooked his lips.

Snape was not too interested in these letters either, he frowned, picked up the letter closest to him, and read it. "Kate Fish? I don't remember knowing this person, and it's certainly not the parent of a student."

"Of course, parents of students will not send letters on Valentine's Day." Esther made his tone as joking as possible.She picked up another card with her wand, twirled it around in front of her, and sniffed it lightly, "I won't sprinkle a love potion on it either."

Apparently Snape also noticed the abnormality on the card, his face turned red and turned white.Seeing Esther put the card in front of her eyes, she couldn't help reaching out to grab it.

"Don't touch it, do you want to go on a date with a stranger?" Esther raised her eyebrows, and let the wand raise the card higher.

"Put it down, silly girl," Snape said in a low voice.

"Severus, relax, it's not a big deal. It's normal for girls to care about their boyfriends." Slughorn, who was sitting next to him, said briskly, and put a stick that hadn't been owled Contaminated sausage goes in mouth.

Aunt Connie gave Esther a wink and told her not to go too far.Esther grimaced, flicked her wand, and let the card float down by itself.Snape let the card disappear without looking at it.Esther looked at the place where the card disappeared and said eccentrically, "It's a pity, it should be kept as a souvenir. Someone is obsessed with you."

"Didn't you already know about this?" Snape said.

"Yeah, I should have thought about it a long time ago. You are a war hero now. Naturally, there will be people chasing you." Este's unhappy tone became more and more obvious.

Snape finally put down the stack of letters in front of him, looked at Esther, and said slowly, "Are you jealous? Just because some stupid fool wrote me some inexplicable cards? I thought you knew I was talking about you." -"

"I'm not jealous." Esther hurriedly said duplicity, not paying attention to what Snape was saying.

Snape gave Esther a meaningful look and stopped talking, but went through his letters one by one.Esther suddenly felt very bored, she cleaned up the letters in front of her, left the auditorium and went back to the room without looking back.

Esther stayed in the room and didn't come out again, and didn't even plan to eat lunch.She didn't know what she was angry about.Was it because he didn't want others to show love to Snape?But isn't it something to brag about when someone admits that her boyfriend is good?She knew that she shouldn't hold her "treasure" like a greedy dragon to keep others away, and besides, Snape was not her personal property, so she shouldn't be so possessive.But she just couldn't control her emotions, especially when he saw him turn his eyes from her to the letter.Who can guarantee that there is no second letter with a love potion inside?Who can guarantee that Snape will not be tempted by one of them?

While she was thinking wildly, Aunt Connie returned to the room, followed by a person holding a little boy over one year old in her arms.It was Leona and her son who had just returned home.

Leona still acted carelessly, and said enthusiastically as soon as she entered the door, "Esther, I came back from Australia to attend your wedding. How can I be more friends than you? Back then, you couldn't spare time to attend my wedding." I've been missing the wedding for a long time. Neil, this is Aunt Esther, say hello."

Esther was greatly healed by the baby boy's infantile grunts.Neil, like her mother, is a cheerful personality, opening her arms for a hug when she sees Esther.Esther hurriedly took Neil and dragged him in her arms strangely.Neil happily patted Esther on the face, and grinned.

"Look, he likes you." Leona also laughed, and looked at Neil dotingly, "Isn't she very beautiful, as long as she dresses up a little, she will become the most beautiful bride."

It was only then that Esther realized what Leona was saying.She looked at Leona blankly, and asked stupidly, "What bride? Who is going to get married?"

"You, didn't you invite us to the wedding?" Leona said.

"Me? Wedding? With whom?" Esther was confused.

"My God, you didn't know you were getting married today? We got a letter from an owl last week, saying that you were getting married today, so we came back in a hurry. We wanted to come back after the remnants of the Death Eaters were caught, But I really didn't want to miss your wedding, so I came back early. It's not easy to move across the country, but you told me that you didn't know you were getting married today?" Leona said angrily.

"I—I'm going to find Severus—" Esther handed Neal back to Leona in a panic, trying to go out to find Snape.

Aunt Connie stopped her and said, "You can't see each other until the wedding. I surprised you by letting him organize the wedding alone. You and his friends are in the same group, and the ceremony is held at Hogwarts, presumably It's not troublesome to prepare. Moreover, he has never pursued you, and the proposal is so casual. If the wedding is not troublesome, it will be too easy for him to get you. How can he cherish you in the future?"

"But it's about the two of us!" Esther exclaimed dissatisfied.

"I thought the letters from breakfast had already reminded you that in the days to come, it might not be just the two of you."

"He doesn't care about those people."

"Then what have you been mad about since morning? Do you dare say you don't give a damn?"

"I—" Esther was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that everyone ignored him, Neil began to babble to attract everyone's attention.Leona patted his back lightly, and said gently, "Esther, you can be your bride at ease, and leave the rest to Professor Snape, he can handle it completely."

Esther had to sit down.Leona left Neil in the care of Aunt Connie, opened her carry-on bag, took out some cosmetics and accessories, and said, "Do you want to try Muggle cosmetics? I think some of them are really good."

Halfway through the makeup, Hermione in a light green dress came in with a long white dress, and while putting it on Esther, she complained, "It's a good thing we can't deduct points for the school during the holidays, otherwise Gryffindor's There is not a single gem left, and it is not enough to make up for next year."

Esther couldn't help smiling imagining Snape's anger and nowhere to vent.The dress fits well, and Leona bluntly praised Snape for accurately estimating Esther's figure, making Esther blush from cheek to ear.It took hours to get dressed, and by the time Esther put on the necklace that Leona had lent her and put on the light blue glass slipper, the sun was already in the west.Finally, Esther put on a bright silver brooch handed down to her family by Aunt Connie as an embellishment, and then went downstairs with Hermione to the auditorium to attend the ceremony in a nervous mood.