[HP] Astringent

It was all settled, and with the help of Veritaserum provided by Snape, Pedilou confessed to the crime.Because Blake escaped from Azkaban only by becoming an Animagus, Fudge specially ordered someone to arrange a separate cell, and a week later, he would be kissed by a dementor.

And Blake has changed from a murderer to a hero of the people. In order to compensate him, the Ministry of Magic decided to award him the Order of Merlin, First Class. The Daily Prophet has published his interviews these days, portraying him as a person who endures humiliation and values ​​love and justice. Heroes of the world.Had he not been alive, a new sculpture would have been erected next to the statue of the Potters in Godric's Hollow.

A couple with a loyal dog, what a harmonious picture.Vanessa thought sarcastically.

Blake originally lived in St. Mungo's. The more than ten years of prison life have brought irreparable damage to his body and spirit. There are the most professional therapists there.But there were witches who came here every day, and there were thousands of letters expressing their concern, nothing could stop him, so Dumbledore had to arrange for him to stay in the medical wing temporarily.

The Ministry of Magic was going to award Vanessa, Snape, and Sir Lupine Merlin the third-class badge. Vanessa is really not interested in this honor, and Snape is unwilling to stand with his deadly rival to receive the award. on stage.

Since that day, Snape has not been seen in public areas again.Vanessa didn't know whether she was qualified to find him, so she dragged it off until the day before the holiday.Soon students will be pouring into the auditorium to enjoy the last dinner of the term and wait for the Academy Cup award ceremony.

Maybe Blake will go to the dinner party, hear from Dumbledore that he is almost recovered, and tomorrow he will take the Hogwarts train to London with Harry, and stop by Harry's aunt and uncle - apparently he heard they do things.

Vanessa didn't want to see him at all, so she walked to Hagrid's cabin alone with the sunset.She stopped at the door for a moment, and recalled with disappointment that Dahei was no longer there.

"Want to go back to the castle together, Vanessa?" Hagrid asked eagerly.

"No..."

"I understand how you feel." He locked the door and said earnestly, "If Fangya suddenly disappears, or becomes a person, I will also collapse..."

Hagrid's rough voice was like countless mosquitoes, buzzing around Vanessa.

"I... I thought you might need a hug?"

Hagrid wiped the sweat from his hands on his well-worn overalls and looked at Vanessa awkwardly.She stepped forward, hugged Hagrid, and buried her face in his furry, warm beaver coat.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The dementors had been evacuated by Fudge, and she walked on the edge of the Forbidden Forest in peace.Suddenly the grass not far away rustled, and she approached cautiously.A small, thin black head poked out like a skeleton, blinking silver-white eyes, looking at her curiously.

It was a little Thestral, probably only four months old.

Vanessa stretched out her hand, and it poked its head, came over and sniffed it curiously, choked on the scent of the perfume on Vanessa's body, sneezed loudly, and retracted its neck.

"Don't go, little thing, why are you here by yourself? Where's your mother?"

Thestral loves to eat raw meat, but Vanessa doesn't smell blood at all, so it soon lost interest, wagging its long tail, and walked to the distant woods.Vanessa followed it, and it was not afraid, and continued walking slowly.

Under a poplar tree, a large thestral was dozing.The little thestrals jubilantly jolted past, slipping under the huge batwing wings.The Thestral glanced at her lazily, then closed his eyes again.

Vanessa walked over and touched its huge head. Because there is no fluff, it is not as comfortable as Dahei.But it was very docile, and Vanessa changed to a more comfortable position to massage it.

There was a commotion in the woods on the left, and the Thestral raised its head vigilantly, staring at the place covered by the trees in the distance.After a while, a person came out with a short body.

Vanessa called out in surprise, "Severus?"

Snape frowned, brushed off the dust and dead leaves on his body, and said doubtfully, "Why are you here?"

The two thestrals, big and small, were disturbed, stood up, shook their wings, and flew away.The blown wind brought Vanessa a few steps towards Snape, her hair was blown into a mess.

"I'm here to relax."

"Looking for a new pet?" He sneered, "Keeping Thestrals at home is a wonderful idea."

"Don't tell me I haven't thought of it! Wizards can't become magical creatures, can they?"

"I really should give you two points for Minerva, remember the content of the fifth grade Transfiguration class."

"It's an honor to be able to contribute to Hogwarts winning the House Cup after graduation." Vanessa raised her chin proudly.

Snape's face darkened instantly.You must know that Gryffindor has won two consecutive years since Harry entered school, and there is no suspense about the championship this year.Although Dumbledore had promised to deduct thirty points each from Harry, Ron and Hermione, who knew if he would add points back in other items.Fanny wisely didn't touch Snape's bad luck anymore, she laughed dryly twice, and dropped the subject.

"Why didn't you go to the ceremony?"

Snape snorted coldly: "Would you like to see that stupid dog show how miserable he has been in the past ten years, and then applaud along with other easily instigated little idiots, and then cry a few tears? I'm not interested .”

"Then what are you doing in the Forbidden Forest so late?"

"At least it's more just than your reason."

Vanessa pretended to be angry and said: "Hey, hey, how legitimate is your reason? You, you can guess without using your brain that you are looking for potion ingredients. When you were a student, you can just pick it up. Now the size You’re also a professor, so you can’t order it by mail? It’s the property of the school.”

Snape shook the bag in his hand and said, "It's too late, I'm in a hurry."

"Are you brewing potion again? Why don't you take a good rest for a few days just after solving something?"

Snape's face sank again, and when Vanessa thought he would not answer, he said, "After that is the real beginning."

The sun had completely sunk into the horizon, and only the bleak wind could be heard in the woods.Vanessa knew what he was talking about.Pediru's death is just a settlement of the past, just a small beginning.When Voldemort returns, it is the beginning of a difficult war.

"Ah...the spring night is short." Vanessa held Snape's wrist and said briskly, "Shall I have a drink with you tonight?"

"Unless you want to die suddenly."

"You see, my body is like this, and I took the initiative to drink with you, isn't it very touching?"

"Slick tongue, black and white, you have improved a lot over the years. However, I did not ask you to do so."

"Then why don't you drink with me?" Vanessa relentlessly pulled him and begged, "Just this once, okay?"

Vanessa had the intention of not letting Snape go if he disagreed. Snape was probably annoyed, and finally nodded.The two skipped the graduation ceremony together and sneaked back to the castle.

The case of wine was placed on top of the cabinet by Snape, and Vanessa opened it and found that there was a bottle missing.

"Okay, let me tell you why you don't want to drink it. It turns out you drank it behind my back!" Vanessa looked at Snape angrily.

Snape didn't bother to talk to her, and while peeling off the cardamom peel, he said casually: "You said give me the rest of the wine, and that's my wine. Now you want to drink my wine."

Vanessa waved her wand at his straight back, and at that moment Snape turned his head warily, squinting dangerously at her.She quickly put the wand back into her pocket and looked at the rest of the wine as if nothing had happened.

"Would you like tequila or rum?"

"Is there a difference?"

"Is there no difference between life and death water and compound decoction?"

Hearing this sentence, Snape's eyebrows were immediately drawn together, extremely dissatisfied with Vanessa's analogy.

"I didn't expect you to be able to distinguish the difference between Life and Death Water and Compound Potion. Although I just finished the Gryffindor test paper, I don't expect much from your brains and noses, but I can give you a chance to try it."

Vanessa was in a daze, and when the topic of potions came up, Snape became particularly scary.She swears he is absolutely the scariest professor Hogwarts has ever seen.

"Hmm... one smells nasty, and the other smells even nastier."

"Ten points from Gryffindor."

It won't work.Vanessa panicked, and then heard Snape continue, "It's a pity that I can't deduct points from the professor."

"Are you still kidding me?"

Vanessa threw the pillow over with her backhand, and Snape deflected her attack with a spell, and the pillow hit Vanessa's face firmly.She put aside the pillow angrily, just when she saw the corner of his mouth curl up into a beautiful arc, she quickly pressed it down again.It's been a long time since I saw him smile sincerely.For a while, Vanessa was a little lost.

Snape looked at her defiantly, as if he didn't take Vanessa seriously.She said viciously: "You wait, hum." The cruel words she uttered were not threatening, like a cat that has never had nails, scratching you, only to feel the soft pads.

Snape felt a little better, and the peeling action was much faster.

Vanessa summoned the elves and ordered fried chicken, French fries, Scotch eggs, Yorkshire bread pudding, and a large plate of shrimp and mayonnaise chips; and asked them to help get her wine glasses and mixing utensils come over.If it wasn't for the lack of time, she would have wanted to help Snape rearrange his office.

Snape smashed the grass cardamom nuts into airtight jars, and threaded sea buckthorn to hang on a shelf.Turning around, I found that the coffee table was full of food, the armchair was placed by the wall, and the small dining table on the other side of the room was moved over and arranged as an operating table, with bottles and cans of unknown purpose placed on it.

"These are all tools for mixing drinks. This is the shaker, and this is the measuring cup...here, that is a bar spoon. How about it, it's not as simple as brewing potions."

Snape sat down and looked at the ice filter with mild interest.He carefully observed the size of the cavity and said with satisfaction: "This is very suitable for filtering aconite."

"If you dare to touch the potion with my ice filter, I'll use your crucible to cook pasta." Vanessa snatched it back and wiped it distressedly.Boiling something as bad as potion with such a beautiful thing is a waste of money.

"Don't touch my cauldron again."

Seeing his stingy and vigilant look, Vanessa laughed: "It's not as good as a cooking pot, who likes to use your crucible." She arranged all the tools and said, "Here, I'll make you a dragon tongue." Lan Sunrise."

Vanessa poured the wine, pomegranate syrup, and orange juice into the shaker step by step, snapped the cap on, and then shook it rhythmically. She didn't use any fancy movements, but each movement was extraordinarily powerful.The bracelet swayed slightly with the movement, making a pleasant light sound.

Snape listened to the sound of liquid sloshing, and his mind drifted back to the past.Vanessa in her student days was difficult and annoying; she kept arguing about small things, she was too arrogant, and she cringed and couldn't even hold her wand when she was in danger; she knew she was in a group of boys all day long He just wanted to immerse himself in the potion, and he knew that seeing her would be a scream, so every time he saw a shadow, he immediately ran away, trying his best to hide his whereabouts for fear of being discovered by her.But now, Vanessa is still difficult and annoying, but he left a pot of half-made fake death potion, sitting here.

Really unpredictable.

"Severus, try it."

As soon as he raised his eyes, he bumped into Vanessa's warm brown pupils, full of anticipation, and looked at him brightly.She was still introducing triumphantly: "Don't you like sweetness? I specially reduced the amount of pomegranate syrup, and added an ounce of orange juice and three drops of Angodura bitter juice."

Her eyes widened, expecting a compliment more puppyish than Blake's, and definitely more endearing.

Snape took a sip, and there was a refreshing fruit aroma in the mouth. As the sweet and sour taste dissipated, there was a hint of bitterness lingering on the tip of the tongue.He didn't feel that he was drinking at all, but felt a warmth sliding down his throat and into his stomach.

"I wouldn't mind giving Gryffindor the first O ever, if you're brewing potions with such meticulous workmanship and exquisite finish."

"Thank you, Professor Snape."

Vanessa took back the empty wine glass with a smile, and replaced it with two "horse bottles", a small wine glass specially used for drinking tequila, and filled it with wine.Facing Snape's puzzled eyes, he explained: "I know, drinking still has the feeling of drinking."

They were sitting on opposite sides of the tea table, one was sitting on the sofa, the other was sitting cross-legged on the floor, drinking one glass after another in silence.