Snakes at Hogwarts

"Misfortune is upon us."

Standing in front of a damp and rough stone wall, Andros whispered the password to enter the Slytherin House lounge.

Of course he would know the password, Draco had already told him the password to enter and exit the lounge this week.

This place is located behind the Potions classroom and Snape's office, where there is a large dark, maze-like underground corridor.

The Slytherin lounge is here, hidden behind a stone wall that looks like any other.

Perhaps because he hadn't been back for so long, Andros, who had never lost his way before, spent a long time finding this special stone wall today.

After hearing the correct password, the stone wall slowly opened a crack on both sides that could only be passed by one person. Through the crack, Andros finally returned to the Slytherin lounge after a long absence.

There was no one in the lounge in the morning. Most students should still be in class at this time.

Today is Friday, Draco and the others probably haven't finished class yet.

Just when he passed the Potions classroom, Andros clearly heard the voice of the old bat coming from inside.

I don't know if it was because he stayed in the school hospital for too long, but Andros suddenly felt a little nostalgic when he heard Snape's voice.

What a strange hobby!

Why do you miss this?

He quickly stopped the morbid thoughts in his heart.

Andros has been trying to master Occlumency on his own for this period of time. Although he has had little success, he has been able to restrain some unnecessary thoughts.

Moreover, Occlumency can also block the connection with Ivar. He does not want everything in his heart to be completely perceived by another creature.

Not even if Ivar is a python that is very closely related to him.

After standing outside the Potions classroom and listening carefully for a while, Andros left with great satisfaction after hearing Snape curse and spray venom at the Gryffindors.

He had absolutely no intention of going in for class.

What a joke!

Finally, we have a reason to skip class for the first time, so why not make good use of it?

He didn't want to see Snape's stinky face as soon as he was released from the school hospital.

..

After withdrawing his thoughts, Andros quickly walked towards his dormitory under the lounge. He wanted to see how Ivar was doing.

It had been a week since he had seen his pet python, and Andros still missed it very much.

It should be fine, after all, he left a sufficient amount of emergency food in the dormitory.

With this thought in mind, Andros turned the brass door handle of the dormitory door, then opened the dusty wooden door and stepped in.

It was pitch dark inside, but before Andros could turn on the chandelier in the room, a dark shadow suddenly jumped out of the bed and rushed toward him quickly.

Without any time to think about it, Andros drew his wand almost instinctively.

"Armor protection!"

Magic power surged from Andros's body at an unprecedented speed, and then gathered in the wand on his right hand. Then, an invisible barrier condensed by magic power lay between Andros and the man. Between the dark shadows.

After draining his own magic power and almost causing a magic riot, Andros found that after he recovered, both the magic power in his body and the ability to control magic power were much stronger than before.

If it were his previous self, it would be absolutely impossible to release a complete Iron Armor Curse in such a short period of time.

boom!

As if hitting an invisible wall of air, the black shadow's body suddenly paused in mid-air, and then flew back in the direction it came from under the force of the force, hitting the floor hard.

Bang!

"Hiss! Hit me to death!" At the same time, Ivar's voice rang out from the dark floor.

Hearing this familiar voice, Andros finally realized what the black shadow that had just jumped towards him was.

He waved his wand to turn on the chandelier, and sure enough, a nearly eight-meter-long python was wriggling on the ground.

"Why did you sneak up on me!" Andros quickly closed the dormitory door, and then looked at Ivar on the floor angrily. He was startled by the sudden appearance of a black shadow.

"Hiss, who wants to sneak attack you!" Ivar's voice sounded extremely aggrieved.

Yes, it’s a grievance. Most people would never imagine that the same-sounding neighing sounds of snakes can contain quite a lot of emotion.

And Parseltongue, someone with such a talent can easily capture these emotions.

"Why did I sneak up on you~hiss? You~do you know? I'm almost worried to death because you haven't come back after being out for so long!"

"Every time I hear footsteps outside, I think it's you coming back, but it's not every time!"

"I finally sensed that you were outside, and I was about to give you a warm hug, but you actually used a magic spell to push me away, hissssssssss~" Ivar flapped his tail randomly, and it looked so similar. A frustrated little daughter-in-law.

There were even a few tears squeezed out of its snake eyes!

Python tears.

It turned out to be like this. Andros suddenly realized that he quickly waved his magic wand and moved Ivar's body to the comfortable big bed again.

"I didn't react, so I subconsciously used the spell." After explaining a few words, Andros also sat by the bed, softly comforting the aggrieved little snake.

It was only then that he discovered that the python had shrunk by at least one circle compared to five days ago, and its originally clean and tidy scales were now gray and dull.

"I remember I prepared enough emergency food, didn't you eat it?" Andros asked with some confusion.

He felt that Ivar should be able to open those sealed packages very easily, and Ivar also knew where he stored the food. .

"Hiss~ How could I not eat it! After eating all the edible things, I dug out the pet food."

"You know, that damn thing tastes terrible!" Ivar complained angrily.

"Then why have you lost weight?" Andros asked. The food he left was enough for Ivar to last for ten days and a half.

"Nonsense! Who knows when you will come back! I must hold on as long as possible~ Hiss!"

"I try to eat as little as possible every day, only to maintain normal survival needs, and lie on the bed motionless to save energy consumption."

"Who knows if you died outside!?"