[HP] Astringent

Of course, Vanessa didn't know that after Rita died down, her glorious deeds were widely circulated because they were reprinted by gossip tabloids.Because she is busy with the letter from Lihen Press, they plan to use the momentum to reprint Vanessa's book.There were also a few small magazines with odd names, like The Quibbler, who wanted to invite her to write a column about the harassment she encountered on the road-but she had never seen such a thing.Except for the republishing of the book, she personally wrote a letter and rejected them all.That afternoon, she received a sample booklet from editor Ella, which was the dark wizard special "Voldemort" written by her, and at the same time there was another sample book "Grindelwald" by another author of the Dark Lord special.

She opened Grindelwald's story with great interest, and she still felt unfinished after reading Vanessa.She had only read a few words on the back of Dumbledore's card on the Chocolate Frog before.It is a pity that the author has reservations about many stories, because he does not fully believe that Dumbledore can defeat Grindelwald. At that time, Dumbledore was just an ordinary teacher at Hogwarts, and Grindelwald had an army .

Vanessa was full of gossip, and planned to ask Dumbledore to verify the truth of the peak battle.However, all the little wizards who met her took the initiative to say hello to her and looked at her with admiration.

Vanessa walked downstairs in a daze.A strange sixth-year Hufflepuff boy stopped her: "Professor Weasley, can I have a word with you?"

They came to the corridor, but the students around did not follow them.

The boy's eyes were a little red, and he said excitedly: "I didn't know you founded the White Orphanage. If I knew..." He was vague for a long time, "I will definitely take your class!"

Vanessa was amused: "Don't worry, speak slowly."

Only then did the boy feel relieved, and the sentence became fluent: "I was abused by Muggle parents 12 years ago, and then taken in by an orphanage."

"Ah, it's you. You're already this big." Vanessa's eyes softened.Hall sent her a few rounds of photos, but she didn't pay much attention.Unexpectedly, after experiencing such a bad childhood, he still grew up to be the gentlest Hufflepuff.

"Really, thank you so much!" He bowed deeply, and Vanessa quickly helped him up.

"I just paid some money. Ben has always taken care of you so well."

"No, Mr. Hall often told me that it was a very kind person who helped him and me." The boy said sincerely, "I was only four years old at the time, but I remember clearly what my parents scolded me. , they said I was a monster, everyone hated me. They beat me for my own good, to get rid of the 'demon' possessing me..."

Vanessa looked at the big boy in front of her. Back then, she always lived and slept in the open. Every time she went into the jungle, she didn't know if she would come back alive.If it weren't for the fact that what happened to this child reminded her of Snape, she probably wouldn't have time to bother.

People may not believe it when they say it. Snape may be endless darkness to others, but to her he is a ray of light.All the praiseworthy bits and pieces she got came across by chance while looking up at him while running.

Vanessa listened quietly, and stroked his fluffy hair: "You are not a monster, you are a gift from Merlin. Maybe you haven't met the person who received the gift, and you don't know that person because of meeting you How happy."

Too bad Snape was Merlin's gift to her, and she wasn't his.

The boy stared at her seriously, showing a warm smile: "You speak better than Mr. Hall."

Vanessa was also a little embarrassed, but she was happy for him from the bottom of her heart: "I haven't done enough, and I haven't even visited you."

"It's okay, it's okay." The boy embarrassedly dug out a well-preserved photo from his schoolbag, which was a group photo of him in the orphanage a year before entering school, "Can you sign it for me?"

Vanessa has never been so thanked by others in her life. When she first listened to it, she still felt a sense of satisfaction, but after listening to it a lot, she began to feel ashamed.She is not the one who takes care of the orphanage in every detail, and it is not difficult to give money.She finally persuaded the boy to go away on the grounds that his friend was still waiting, and she was greatly relieved.It's just that she didn't get a chance to ask him how he knew about it.

Vanessa saw Snape as soon as she turned around, and was surprised that she hadn't noticed him all along.This is the third floor, normally Snape would not come here.But Snape ignored her and walked downstairs.

As soon as they entered the auditorium, everyone looked at Vanessa with admiration.In a trance, she felt that everyone had been cast with the Imperius Curse, not to mention how weird the scene was.Ginny called her over and slipped her a copy of "Century Gossip Weekly".After reading it, Nisha finally understood the whole story. The person described in it was a great saint!Not only was she unhappy, but she also had a sense of shame that left her nowhere to hide.

The most unacceptable thing is that Harry and Black were also moved to tears. Vanessa has no doubt that Black will immediately change the bottle cap into a ring and propose to her again.

Harry's face flushed with excitement: "Vanessa, I didn't even know you were so kind to me."

"No, honey..." Vanessa didn't know how to explain, "just because you are Lily Evans' son."

Harry didn't understand her subtext, and Blake had already made up even more bizarre stories: "Did you always like James?" He thought while eating roast lamb chops, making Vanessa choke.

"Cough, cough... You, your brain... contains..." Vanessa coughed violently and said, "Is it all pretending to be Achnatherum splendens?"

Mag looked at her now as lovingly as she looked at her own daughter, and offered her a napkin.You know it's not easy because she's sitting at the other end of the table.

Dumbledore said with a smile: "Vanessa, you are indeed a good boy."

Vanessa could no longer eat the plate of greasy grilled octopus feet in front of her.

At this moment, she regretted breaking up with Snape, otherwise he would sneer and tell the bad things he did to testify that he was a little bastard when he was young.

In fact, Snape ignored her, concentrating on the spaghetti in front of him the whole time.

Vanessa had to do it herself: "Jane was teased and nearly dropped out of school in fourth year because she wanted to expose me for having two boyfriends, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, I told the whole academy that she doesn't like to take a bath and likes to use perfume to cover up her body odor."

Blake apparently recalled the poor girl, and Vanessa went on: "I made up the thing about Selina liking Sirius, she said bad things about me behind my back, and I just figured out how to fuck her and her bf .Her boyfriend started chasing me later. To anger her, I purposely dated his boyfriend for a week and then dumped him. The most ridiculous thing is that she wanted to cast a jinx on me but her boyfriend stopped her. I lived in a courtyard full of pockmarks for a month." Professor McGonagall's face turned pale.

She smiled helplessly and said: "The story of murdering a rich man's fiancé to inherit an inheritance is more suitable for me."

"All people will change, and it is love that leads us forward." Dumbledore concluded meaningfully.

"Love made Grindelwald raise white?" she teased.

Dumbledore winked mischievously: "Illusions are always easier to accept than reality."

Fortunately, as February 24 approaches, everyone will focus back on the four warriors.In the second project, the warriors will dive into the Black Lake, defeat the mermaid, and save their treasures.Vanessa sat in the audience and started to get nervous for Harry.Because she had almost drowned herself in the bathtub the day before when she saw Harry practicing the Head Curse.

The other contestants stood on the shore together and jumped into the icy water of Bagman's sonorous voice.But Harry seemed to be waiting for a miracle to happen, wading into the lake.Then he scratched the sides of his neck frantically as if poisoned.Vanessa sat in the stands and couldn't see his changes at all.Then Harry jumped into the water excitedly.This game was not as entertaining as the first game, everyone couldn't see the movement in the lake, they could only wait for the result quietly.

The first one to come back was Cedric Diggory, who successfully brought back his treasure, Qiu Zhang, with a score of 47 points.The second was Viktor Krum, who used Transfiguration and surprisingly scored 40 points for his jewel.The third Fleur Delacour failed to bring back the hostage, and finally Harry, he ate the gills, and besides Ron, he brought back Delacour's sister, so he scored 45 points.

After entering March, the weather became clearer, just like Harry's mood.He could finally rest for another three months before worrying that he would be killed by an unknown monster.

Not to mention Hermione, she excitedly took out a glass jar with a few holes pierced on the lid, put a few leaves in the jar, and under one of them lay a beetle with patterns and patterns on its body. Rita's glasses were framed exactly the same.Hermione promised to release her when the Triwizard Tournament was over.Vanessa flipped through the "Daily Prophet", and had to say that without Rita, the newspaper became extremely dull.Vanessa is still a little regretful.

They were chatting happily when Harry opened the door and walked in. The strong rotten smell on his body made them shy away.

"Did you take a shower at the dump, bro?" Ron was the only one willing to speak to him.Both Vanessa and Hermione pinched their noses and closed their mouths tightly, they were afraid that the stench would get in from their mouths.

Harry took off his robes, but it didn't help: "Snape made me pick stinkbugs out of a box of beetles. It stinks when touched, just like him!"

"What's wrong with you again?" Vanessa opened all the windows.

"It's him who thinks I've made a mistake again. He thinks I stole his gillsweed, but Dobby gave it to me," said Harry angrily. "He must be hiding some dark secret fear." Otherwise Crouch wouldn't have sneaked into his office and searched it."

Vanessa asked suspiciously, "Crouch? Didn't Percy say he was too sick to get out of bed?"

Ron explained to her: "Maybe he's pretending to be sick. Sirius said that with his character, he might hope to take this opportunity to catch a dark wizard and restore his reputation."

"But that day I borrowed the prefect's lounge to practice the Bubble Curse until very late. When I came out, I didn't meet Crouch, but saw Professor Moody. If he hadn't helped me cover it up, Snape would have caught me. "

"Then how do you know it was Crouch who broke into his office?"

"It's written on the Fire Point map." Harry scratched the back of his head, "Remus gave it back to me."

Vanessa didn't bother to care about his violation of school rules, but felt that it was very strange, and asked: "Then did you see how Crouch escaped?"

"No! Then Snape came out and I tried to hide."

"Harry, can you lend me the Marauder's Map?" Vanessa eagerly wanted to confirm her guess.She'd always thought Moody was weird, but Blake said it was his post-war trauma that made him talk so much.

"Ah, sorry. I lent the map to Professor Moody."

This undoubtedly confirmed her guess: Moody really has a problem.