Settle at Hogwarts

Tabor did not disturb the two of them, but just started to finish the potion being brewed on the table, and then cleaned up all the utensils.

By the time Tubo returned to the living room, Lily and Severus had already packed up and were sitting quietly on the sofa, waiting.

It's not the holidays yet, so there aren't many customers in Diagon Alley.

Tubo just sent Lily and Severus to the entrance of Ollivander's wand shop, handed them a bag of Galleons and left.

Ollivander was better off when he was young, but in middle age he developed a habit of watching little wizards try out wands.It seems uncomfortable if I don't fiddle with it for half an hour every time.

So in the past few years, Tabor has brought the little wizards to Diagon Alley. After measuring the sizes of the school uniforms, he puts them at Ollivander's while he and his parents buy other needed items.

There are still a few months before school starts in September. This time they only need to buy wands and some school supplies. The school uniforms can wait until the holidays.

When Tabor returned to the entrance of Ollivander's Wand Shop with two complete textbooks for first grade and two portions of ice cream, he happened to see Severus and Lily walking out of the shop one after another.

"It's going well."

After Tabor asked casually, he stuffed the ice cream into their hands.

"We all found a suitable wand, but when Sif tried the wand just now, he almost blew up the entire store."

Lily was eating the ice cream happily, as if thinking of Ollivander's expression just now, she couldn't help laughing.

"Lily, I didn't mean it!"

Tabor wasn't surprised.

Perhaps the bottle of magic enhancement potion he gave to Irene had an effect. Severus' magic power had been strong since he was a child.

"Okay, although you have got your own wand, when you want to practice magic spells, you must have me or Duoduo present, do you understand?"

Looking at the two well-behaved little ones, Tabor felt relieved and sent Lily home first.

Then he took Severus to the hidden Prince Castle.

Elderberry's wand slid in the air, and its magic power condensed into beating magic patterns.

An ancient castle that has experienced the precipitation of time gradually appears on the empty wasteland.

"Squeaky."

Listening to the sound of the rusty door, Tabor frowned in disgust.

The stone road behind the gate was almost covered with weeds.The herbs originally planted in the courtyard have long since withered, and there are faint traces of the activities of vixen and goblins in the grass.

"In just a few years, it was so dilapidated."

Tabor simply used a cutting spell to cut across the stone road and cut off all the weeds covering the road.

"Sev, let's go to the castle first."

"Okay, uncle."

Severus carefully followed Tabor towards the castle that was covered by unknown vines.

"This is the old castle of the Prince family. Don't look at its dilapidated appearance. In fact, the Prince family has a lot of books, especially on potion making. There have been many potion masters in the family, and they are all here. I left my own notes.”

Tabor pushed open the heavy wooden door of the castle, kicked away the magical animal hiding behind the door, and then summoned Duoduo very simply.

"Owner!"

As soon as Duoduo appeared, he immediately discovered where this place was, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Tabor didn't mean to take care of his subordinates' emotions. He directly ordered: "Clean up this place and drive out those nasty little animals."

"Yes! This shouldn't be like this! Duoduo must restore this place to its original appearance..."

Tabor pulled Severus into the library and walked straight to the innermost part.

"Tub! You're finally here."

The portrait that had been hanging on the door was a little annoyed: "More than ten years! If you don't come back, I will think that the family's bloodline will be cut off!"

Seeing the appearance of his ancestor, Tabor reluctantly motioned for Severus to step forward.

"I brought the heir to you."

The portrait on the wall immediately stopped howling and stared at Severus intently, speaking as gently as he could.

"Son, who are you?"

"Severus Prince Snape."

The portrait lowered its head and thought hard, but never thought of anyone in the wizarding world with the surname Snape.

"You are Irene's child, right? How about your surname being Prince from now on?"

Severus turned his head and glanced at Tabor, but saw that he didn't react at all. He obviously wanted to make his own decision.

In fact, Severus didn't like the surname Snape, especially after knowing what kind of person his father was, he hated it even more.

It would not be bad if he could have the same surname as his uncle.

"it is good."

Hearing Severus's agreement, the ancestor in the portrait became even happier and opened the door directly, revealing the room inside.

"Go in! Good boy~!"

Tabor did not accompany Severus, but just returned to the room where he once lived and walked around, then sat on the sofa that Duoduo had just packed up, waiting quietly.

"uncle."

Tabor looked at Severus who was approaching him: "I thought you would stay down there for a long time!"

"Does uncle want me to lose my father's surname?"

Severus asked cautiously, not sure if he was doing the right thing.

"I once said, these are all up to you. I don't care about your father, so why would I care about his last name?"

After Tabor finished speaking, he thought of the birthday party he had held before entering school, and planned to prepare a similar birthday party for Severus.

At least let him get to know a bunch of Slytherin guys.

"Severus, brew up a batch of cheer potion before the summer vacation. After the vacation, I will help you hold a social dinner here to celebrate your acceptance to Hogwarts."

"Ok."

Severus agreed simply. For him, brewing the elixir was not too difficult.

"I will invite many Slytherin families to this banquet. You may get to know your classmates for the next seven years at the banquet."

Tabor hoped that Severus could get along with a few good friends, so that at least when he faced the robbers one on one, someone other than Lily would be able to stand up and help him.

"Uncle, will Lily be invited to the party?"

Tabor hesitated for a moment. He was a little worried that Lily would not be able to adapt to the atmosphere of a banquet full of wizards.

"If you want to invite her, I won't object."

The two only stayed at Prince Castle for half a day before Tabor sent Severus back to Cokeworth.

Time soon came to the end of the semester, and Tabor met with all the school trustees the day before the final dinner.