The second semester of the second academic year began with the arrival of Jerry, who flew back from St. Mungo's Hospital.

Ace and Snape quickly finalized the terms of cooperation with St. Mungo's Hospital. St. Mungo's Hospital also expressed its warm welcome to them and looked forward to the two of them joining the hospital after graduation.

"Ace! I miss you so much!" Asta opened the bedroom door, jumped on Ace and rubbed against him, making Ace giggle.

"Hurry, hahaha, stop! Ace—" He stretched out his hand to push Asta away, and Ace was able to breathe, "Asta! It's so itchy!"

Asta pouted, looked at Ace with wide eyes, and said reluctantly: "I just miss you too much~~"

Ace rubbed his arms, feeling a chill.

"Okay, Asta, I miss you too. Tell me, where did you, Uncle Taylor, and Aunt Taylor go during the holidays?"

"Oh, we went to Australia, a magical country..."

……

Snape had just solved a question on a new topic and was about to go find Ace. He saw Asta, Lily and their group near the greenhouse. He quickly walked over and asked, "Miss Taylor, do you know where Ace is?" ?”

Asta curled his lips and glanced at Snape: "I don't know, Ace has been missing for the past two days."

"I saw her going to the covered bridge. Silver, what are you doing with Ace? You haven't gone to the library to read with me recently." Lily replied aloud.

"I have something to do with her. When I'm done, I'll go read a book with you, Lily." Snape smiled at Lily and replied.He knew that Ace was going to Mirror Lake again, so he left in a hurry.

Lily pouted, looking a little unhappy.Sif didn't know what he was busy with this semester, and he and Senior Ace were often mysterious.

Asta patted Lily on the shoulder, hugged her and said, "Ace told me that Snape is helping her with a project called Defense Curse. I really don't know why you all like to be with him. , he’s obviously not handsome either, it’s true.”

She remembered the first time she saw Snape on the Hogwarts Express. He had greasy hair, pale skin, a light cyan under his dark eyes, cold eyes, and a loose robe covering his entire body. , like a dark little bat, very unpleasant at first glance.But Ace was very happy at the time and chatted with him all the way, including Lily.

Lily's face suddenly turned red, and she said, "No, no, Senior Asta, Sifu is very good, and we are friends."

"Lily, you should stay away from him." Lily's roommate, Henar, didn't agree, and her voice was long-drawn, "Avery and that Mulciber who are with him are always bullying people, and there are so many Muggles. Everyone of this blood has been teased by them.”

"Sif won't, Heinal, I believe him."

She has never seen Sifu bully anyone, he just doesn't like to talk to other people. Sifu also often helps her review her homework in Potions class, so he is obviously very nice.

……

When Snape arrived at Mirror Lake, he didn't see her on the giant tree where Ace often sat.He walked over there with some confusion, when suddenly a hand stretched out from the bushes nearby and pulled him in.

The wand slipped out of Snape's sleeve, and he immediately turned around to cast a curse on the attacker. His other hand reached up to cover his mouth, and he heard Ace whisper in his ear: "Shh, Severus, don't move."

Snape felt heat rising on his face, and his whole body turned red from head to neck, like a steamed shrimp.Through the robe, he could clearly feel the body temperature of the girl in front of him and smell the fragrance of laurel in her hair.His lips could touch the warm palms, and he could clearly see every curled eyelash of the girl who was half a head lower than him, and the gray-green eyes under her eyelashes were staring at him.

Snape stepped back suddenly, suppressing the desire to gasp for air, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

"Follow me." Ace pulled Snape and lay down on a piece of soft green moss, where the entire Mirror Lake could be seen through the bushes in front.

Snape touched his face uncomfortably and felt a surge of heat.Fortunately, due to the dim light in the Forbidden Forest, Ace didn't notice anything unusual about him. His face must have been very red.

"What's there? Isn't it the Mirror Lake?" Snape followed Ace's gaze and asked doubtfully.

"Shh, here we come." Ace gestured for Snape to look up.

A huge pure white bird circled down from the sky, its wings spread to a full four meters, and the wind brought by the wings caused ripples in the mirror lake.It has a neck that is more elegant and slender than a swan, legs that are as slender as a flamingo, and a veil-like tail feather trailing from its tail. Its pointed beak is also white, and only one pair of eyes is pitch black, as if it has no eyes. A ray of light can be reflected from inside.

It walked gracefully by the lake, combing its flawless white feathers from time to time. In the dark light, there was only that one bright spot, which was holy and noble.

Snape lay on the moss, his mouth slightly open in surprise, looking straight at the magical and beautiful scene in front of him.Ace lay on the side, holding his chin in his hands, his eyes blurred.

It wasn't until a while after it flew away that the two men crawled out of the bushes.

Snape was a little disbelieving to see such a beautiful creature, with a look of confusion on his face, "What is that?"

"Dovers, it is said that they will take away the souls left in the world and bring hope to the places they arrive. They are legendary creatures that only a few people have seen."

"how do you know?"

"This is the emblem of our family, Severus." Patting the dirt on his body, Ace turned to answer Snape, "I didn't expect to see such a legendary creature in the Forbidden Forest. "

Take away the dead and bring hope?Snape tossed and turned on the bed, the images he saw in the Forbidden Forest that afternoon flashing through his mind.

……

Under Professor Slughorn's admiring gaze, Ace handed over the bone-growing potion he made today.

Professor Slughorn held up his chubby belly, raised the bottle of potion with one hand, looked at it carefully, then unscrewed the cap and sniffed, squinting and smiling: "Miss Esperance Foley, if everyone was like this If you can make a potion perfectly and quickly like this, I don't think I'll be of much use at Hogwarts. No doubt about it, o!"

"Thank you for your compliment, Professor, Hogwarts still needs you very much, including me." Ace bowed and returned to his seat.

After saying hello to Asta and saying that he was going to the Room of Requirement, Ace packed up his books and left under her resentful gaze.

When they reached the corridor, James and Sirius ran past quickly and knocked down a Slytherin boy.The four of them turned around and smiled evilly, then ran away again.

Ace lifted the boy up and helped him pick up the books that had fallen to the ground.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Foley. It's James and Sirius again..." Ace listened to the boy and his classmates complaining with a headache.If you were a professor, you would definitely deduct [-] points from James and Sirius, who are more annoying than Peeves, and let them cry while holding the Gryffindor scoreboard!

After walking all the way from the underground to the eighth floor, Ace rubbed his face that was frozen with laughter and said to himself, "I need an alchemy experimental classroom." The gate appears.

Opening the door and seeing Snape inside, Ace was stunned for a moment before walking in. He put the heavy books in his hands on the long table and asked, "Severus, are there no classes today?"

Snape nodded in response, still concentrating on carving something on a small gold disc, and fine gold shavings slipped from his hands onto the table.Ace walked behind him and took a look. It was an unfinished "Invulnerable".

Sitting back at another table, Ace began to conduct his own experiments.It is too difficult to add enchantments to clothing, so Ace and Snape have recently been working on adding enchantments to accessories.

Put a small thin silver disc into a beaker - gold and silver are materials that most jewelry contains. Soak it in a special potion and go through a series of steaming, drying and other processes. Ace I also started to pick up the carving knife and carve the spell. This process requires absolute concentration, and there can be no deviation in the curvature, otherwise the material will be scrapped.

The cost of this experiment is extremely high. From the carving knife to carve the magic spell to the raw materials for soaking the potion, the cost of an experiment is twenty gold galleons. In addition to the carving knife, which is reusable, including gold and silver The materials included are all disposable consumables.It has cost Ace a lot of money to get the experiment to this point, but if the experiment is successful, the rewards will be considerable.

After finishing carving the silver medal, Ace stood up and stretched greatly.After Snape placed the last stroke, the entire golden disc instantly lost its luster and turned into a piece that looked like it had been buried in an unknown tomb for tens of thousands of years and decayed beyond recognition. However, it was better than before. It's better to turn it into a small pile of gravel.

Snape put down the carving knife, pinched his eyebrows, and sighed: "It seems that the potion for soaking gold needs to be improved."

"Severus, leave the rest to me. I'm sorry to trouble you during this time."

"It seems that the idle lady Ace is finally getting serious?" Snape looked at Ace, "I thought I wouldn't see this day."

Ace's lips twitched and he retorted, "I didn't expect that I could see Mr. Snape joking. I thought I wouldn't see this day."

Snape packed up the messy experimental table and books, stood up and said to Ace, "I'll make time. Goodbye, Ace."

Ace waved his hand, signaling him to leave quickly.She still has to think about how to improve the potion, which needs to be completed before Easter so that it can be given as a gift.

……

After class, Snape and Lily walked to the library together, and the two of them talked about the problems they had just learned in the Transfiguration class.A tall and thin man wearing a black robe walked towards him. His entire face was covered by a hood. It could be vaguely seen that he had black hair, dark eyes, and thin cheeks, but he was very good-looking.

When Lily looked up at him, his casual glance from the hood made Lily feel a chill in her vest, making her very uncomfortable.Snape only felt the strong pressure coming towards him. This man was very strong. This was his first judgment.

Voldemort quickly reached the third floor. "Sizzling honey candy." After saying the command, the gargoyles separated to both sides, and Voldemort followed the spiral escalator to Dumbledore's principal's office.

The spacious, beautiful circular room was filled with all kinds of funny little sounds.The table with slender legs was covered with many strange silverwares, whirling and spitting out small puffs of smoke.A tattered Sorting Hat was placed on a partition behind the huge table with claw-shaped legs in the room. It was dozing off and making a "purring" sound.Fox stood on a tall gilded branch behind the door, combing his beautiful gold and red feathers.

Dumbledore was sitting in front of a wall full of photos of previous principals, reviewing documents. He looked up at the door, obviously stunned.

Voldemort took off his hood, looked at Dumbledore, bowed slightly and saluted, and said: "Headmaster Dumbledore, long time no see, I would like to say hello to you."

"Oh -" Dumbledore was stunned for a while, then stood up and walked towards the handsome man in front of him, "Tom? Oh... why are you here?"

The two of them walked to the sofa and sat down. Principal Dumbledore poured him and himself a cup of sweet honey lemonade. After chatting for a long time, Dumbledore asked about the reason for Tom's visit, the most important person he had ever known. Proud student.

"Tom, what's wrong with you coming back this time?"

"Professor, I wonder if I have the honor to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts? This is my application letter." Voldemort took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was obviously a little surprised, "Oh, I'm afraid that won't work, Tom. The professor who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts has no plans to resign at the moment."

"Okay, thank you, Professor."

……

Voldemort quickly left the principal's office, but he did not leave Hogwarts immediately. Instead, he turned around and went to the eighth floor.

Ace came out of the Room of Requirement, preparing to take Astronomy.At the corner of the stairs on the seventh floor, Ace and Voldemort passed by each other. She looked back with some confusion, not remembering when Hogwarts had such a teacher.

Halfway there, Ace remembered that she had left her astronomy textbook in the Room of Requirement, so she had to turn around and go back.When she turned the corner, she saw the man walking back and forth in front of the Room of Requirement. She quickly withdrew her outstretched foot and hid behind the wall.Then she saw a door appeared there that she had never seen before. As the man pushed the door open, she saw through the gap that it was filled with messy things.

Voldemort pushed open the heavy door with his thin hands and walked in.

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