[HP] Alchemy and Love

Lorencia's eyes widened: "It's obvious that Remus is avoiding me!"

"He's hiding from you because he's afraid you'll get angry..." Lily laughed halfway, looked at her expression, then stopped slowly, raising her eyebrows: "Are you serious? Do you really think Remus is alive?" Are you angry?"

"Isn't it obvious?" said Lorenthia, "that he avoids me, doesn't talk to me much, doesn't even stay in the same room with me..."

"Oh, but that's..." Lily shook her head, "Okay, my fault, if I knew you thought so, I should have come to you earlier and said...don't bother with those boys downstairs, we Go upstairs."

She took Lorencia and sat down in the corner of the study on the second floor. The cushion was a floral cushion directly on the floor. Lily leaned against Lorencia casually and kindly: "So, why do you think Remus mad at you?"

"If I hadn't pulled him there, this accident could have been completely avoided." Lorenzia said, "I shouldn't have forgotten that it was a full moon, and I just wanted to pull him to protect my family... Later I was too I was nervous, I forgot that I had defensive items on me at the time, so I could not shoot him at all..." She flattened her mouth aggrievedly, "But I really don't know how else to apologize, and I don't know how he wants me to You have to do it to forgive me...is that ridiculous, Lily?"

"No, no, sorry, sorry, I shouldn't have smiled..." Lily tried hard to hold back her smile, "I'm really sorry, I just think you are too cute. You know what? Remus is not avoiding you because of him Angry with you. It’s because he is afraid that you will be angry with him, so he doesn’t know how to face you.”

"Why am I angry with him?" Lorenthia asked in bewilderment. "I'm angry because he avoided me—but he didn't have to avoid me in the first place..."

"Oh, almost being attacked by a werewolf would be scary for most people," Lily said amusedly.

"But I wasn't attacked by a werewolf, it was Remus. And he didn't hurt me in the end." Lorenthia retorted naturally, "And it wasn't his fault, I should have noticed that it was a month ago." Round - at least half my fault."

"It's very nice of you to think that," Lily said softly, "but there aren't many people who do. How many people do you know who would treat him unfairly just because he was a werewolf? A werewolf attack is enough to scare most girls off. And, even if you weren't, I think Remus himself was."

"Why..." Lorenthia suddenly understood, "He's afraid of hurting me?"

"He said it was too dangerous for you to be with you. It was a fluke that there were so many people around this time, and you had a weapon at hand. You may not have such luck next time. He didn't want to take the risk in case he hurt you or you family." Lily said, "Oh, don't rush to refute, I absolutely don't agree with him, and James has scolded him for you. But I think you have to talk to him yourself to solve this matter. Just talk."

Lorenthia showed an uncertain expression: "Can I... can persuade him?"

"Honestly, I don't know," Lily admitted, "Remus can be stubborn sometimes. But he loves you, and he's definitely not mad at you—he's more mad at himself. You You can be sure of that."

"But how can I persuade him not to be angry with me?" Lorenzia asked distressedly.

Lily laughed. "Boys, you don't know how troublesome they are until they're in a relationship, don't you?" She gave Lorenthia a hand. "Well, be happy, it's Christmas. I Hope this topic didn't ruin your holiday mood?"

"No, I'm very happy." Lorenzia smiled.Although it seemed that she and Remus still had a lot to talk about, knowing that Remus was not angry with her, she was still very happy, "Thank you, Lily."

They quarreled late at night, and in the end everyone except Dearborn stayed at James and Lily's.When Lorenthia got up the next day, she saw presents piled at the foot of the bed.

Her parents', grandparents', James and Lily's, Kathy's, Edgar's... Lorenthia rummaged through the pile of presents eagerly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief—the one lying at the bottom A flat pack with "Remus Lupine" written on it.

Well, at least Remus was still willing to send her presents.After all, she had prepared a gift for Remus, and if Remus didn't give it to her, both parties would be very embarrassed.She unpacked it impatiently, and what appeared in front of her was a half-length mirror suitable for placing on a dressing table.

Lorenthia's original vanity mirror was broken beyond repair during the attack on Newt and Tina's house.She packed up and moved after the attack, and the mirror in the new apartment was too noisy and had a bad temper.She had always wanted to make a new one herself, but the existing mirrors in the shop didn't fit the size, and she didn't have time to go to the Muggle store to search for a mirror of the right size and process it herself, so she put it on hold for the time being.She only casually mentioned this matter when chatting with Lily, but Remus never expected to remember it.

It seemed that during the "Cold War Period", he was still paying attention to her every word and deed.Lorenthia couldn't help laughing, in a good mood.She put the mirror aside and unpacked other packages: Edgar sent a set of magic cat teasing sticks, probably because she heard about Mi Li's child, a kitten who was just three months old. The parents gave her a set of magical items such as amulets, and Lorenthia decided to dismantle them to study how her father made them; the grandparents still gave candies; the Longbottoms gave a potted plant ;Cathy gave her a set of Muggle weapon introduction manuals; Deanna gave her a set of magic carving knives... When the last package was unpacked, Lily knocked on the door and poked her head in: "Good morning, Loren. Christmas Happy! Come down for breakfast?"

"Come on now, I'm facing a problem now—" Lorenthia held up the package in her hand, "Is there any danger in opening Sirius' gift?"

"This kind of matter is best left to professionals." Lily pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, "James!"

James walked in with a crown of rage like a hedgehog - Lorenthia had never known that a person's hair could make such an explosive effect: "What?"

"Open the present." Lily said with a smile, and pushed him over, and Lorenthia quickly stuffed Sirius' package into his hand.

"Why me?" James wailed unwillingly, "What's the fun in presents if they can't be opened by themselves!"

"For a gift from you and Sirius, it's fun to watch others unwrap it." Lily said with a smile.

As a result, during breakfast a small crackling rocket circled James' head, and Lorenthia had to keep her head buried in the plate, lest she should laugh when she looked up. "How long will this effect last?" Lily finished laughing, and finally began to think for James, "There is still a meeting of the Order of the Phoenix tonight."

"You have a meeting tonight?" Regulus asked. "Christmas?"

"Edgar will be working overtime for the next few days. Therapist," Lily said sympathetically, "this meeting will be short, just a routine meeting—the Death Eaters must have Christmas too. "

James pushed her remindingly, and Lily fell silent.Even though Regulus had left the Death Eaters, and there was no possibility of his return, everyone tried to avoid mentioning the Order of the Phoenix in front of him.Lorenthia didn't notice this detail, she was busy thinking, everyone has nothing to do at Christmas, so there should be a great gathering, and Remus will definitely be there too... Maybe she can find a chance to catch him after the party , to make things clear.

After breakfast, Lorenthia was about to say goodbye and leave.Regulus stopped her outside the dining room, and he quickly shoved a small box into her hand: "Thank you for helping to save my life." He whispered, "Dumbledore made arrangements , I will go abroad soon, I think this should be given to you... as a thank you gift."

Lorenthia looked dazed, and before she had time to say anything, Regulus walked away as if nothing had happened.Curiosity almost exploded, so she went straight to the toilet, locked the door, opened the small box - and opened her mouth in shock.

Inside the box is the Slytherin locket.But except for Lorencia, I am afraid that no one will be able to recognize it at a glance. The exquisite patterns have all melted away, and even the gems seem to have melted and solidified again, turning into a mess of gray-green. The front of the locket appears to have been burned or dissolved by strong acid.She turned it over to the back with trembling hands: the back is still relatively good, but not so good.

For an alchemist to see such a fine work so brutally destroyed! !Lorenthia simply didn't know whether Regulus wanted to thank her or take revenge on her.But still, it's better to have something left than nothing at all. She put away the damaged locket, collected her mood and went out to say goodbye to James and Lily.

The locket involved so much of her energy that Lorenthia almost forgot about the evening party.She arrived in such a hurry that she was almost late.The people are basically all here, the most people Lorenthia has ever seen: Edgar, Dearborn, the Prewett Brothers, Dorcas, MacKinnon, Fenwick, Longbottom The couple, James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Weasley...even Ephias Dorge and Hagrid, who hardly showed up, and the newly joined Emmeline Vance was among them.The evening meeting was extremely lively. After the meeting, everyone was chatting lively and not in a hurry to leave.Lorenthia had been keeping an eye on Remus's position. She squeezed towards him in the crowd, and when she was halfway there, someone suddenly shouted: "It's rare that there are so many people here, let's take a group photo!"

"Whose whimsical idea is this? The photo was obtained by the Death Eaters, and then they can match the number and catch us all!" Moody cursed, but no one listened to him, James and Sirius immediately jumped up and urged: "Take a group photo, take a group photo! It won't be so easy for people to get it!"

"If you're worried, we can edit a few fewer photos and put all the photos in Dumbledore's place, isn't that all right?" Fabian Prewett said.

"Or at your place," joked Dorcas Meadows rarely.

"Moody's words make sense." Professor McGonagall said with a straight face, "This may be dangerous..."

"We live in a very dangerous environment every day." Frank pointed out.

In the end they still took pictures, because Dumbledore smiled and listened to the debate for a long time, and then stood on the side of the young people: "It's really rare for everyone to get together, and I don't think there's anything wrong with taking pictures as a souvenir." He mediated, "But The danger does exist, so the photos cannot be washed too much, and it is absolutely impossible for everyone to have them."

The hidden meaning in these words is that among the people present, some will be captured or killed in the future, which is inevitable.Lorenthia suddenly felt sad, but the emotions of the others didn't seem to be affected. "Then most of the photos will be with you and Mad-Eye, and we won't have any of them on us." James said with a smile, "Isn't that going to be a problem?"

"You yelled so madly, but you didn't intend to ask for a picture?" asked Dorcas Meadows. "Just for fun."

James chuckled and didn't refute.Everyone crowded and stood up, and Molly Weasley volunteered to take a photo: "Everyone come and look at me! Don't move, stand up—" The flash flashed several times, "Okay, okay! Deng Here, Bullido."

The huddled crowd dispersed, Lorenthia mustered up her courage, and grabbed Remus who was standing beside her and was about to leave. "Can we talk, Remus?" she whispered.

The author has something to say: Remus: No.

(not) (the author walks away consciously)