Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Some time after clearing out the remnants of Voldemort, Harry began raising snakes.

He told me that although the snake couldn't get into his house, he always saw the same snake every time he went out, so he wanted to keep it.

It seems that Harry can also use Parseltongue due to Voldemort's influence.

I asked him if he wanted to take the snake home with him, and Harry said he wanted to, but the snake couldn't enter the Black house, so Harry came to ask for my permission.

However, the snake was blocked by the barrier in the house... This can't be an ordinary snake, right? Although it doesn't look like a shapeshifter, what is it? Do you really want to keep it? It's unbelievable.

Hearing Harry's words, Ron rushed over immediately and excitedly said that the breath of this snake was different from that of ordinary snakes!

Seeing how excited he is, it can't be a bad thing.

But judging from Ron's reaction, this snake was definitely not an ordinary snake.

So, I urgently contacted the descendants of the snake god in Asia and asked the trio to act as intermediaries. They quickly helped me get in touch with the other party. Of course, they also charged a hefty intermediary fee.

The descendant wanted a high reward, but in the end he only asked to live in the Malfoy family. So I asked Lucius, who was very interested in the descendant and gladly accepted the request. Before he arrived, the snake had to stay outside the barrier because I was really worried about letting it into the house.

"This snake was originally a human, right?"

"Can you turn into a snake?"

"Yes, but I didn't transform into an ordinary snake, but a spiritual snake. Perhaps it can be understood as a snake-shaped elf? However, from a classification point of view, this is indeed an ordinary snake. It's just that because it has magic power, it should belong to the snakes of the magical world, not the snakes of the Muggle world."

"Humans can turn into snakes?"

"He was originally human, right? Harry doesn't seem to feel anything special, but I think it's a bit complicated. Oh no, could this be influenced by the Weasley brothers? They knew that the beetle was human, but they still kept it as if nothing had happened."

"But if it turns out to be a human, what does it eat? Will it eat mice, which I hate the most? Ordinary snakes usually eat mice."

Ron suddenly asked. You really hate rats...

"Oh! That's right, we should ask it what it eats!"

Harry said so.

"Really, Ron! He said he wouldn't eat rat unless he had to. He likes chicken best, just like Sirius. He also likes eggs and ham."

"Is that so? That's a pity. Well, actually, it's not a pity. If it eats mice, I'll have to catch mice. It's better if it doesn't eat mice, and we can still get along well."

"Please give me more advice!"

Then the man picked up Nagini and said nothing, just staring into its eyes silently.

"Well, this karma ends here with her. When her life ends, I will free her from this curse. I roughly know which god cast the curse, and I helped him before, so he should agree to lift the curse. She is living a happy life now, so there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

"What does this mean? Isn't the curse unbreakable?" I asked.

Ron answered for him, "Oh, so that's how it is. Probably when her life as a snake ends, the god who cursed her will take back her soul and destroy it. The end of life does not mean the end of everything. The gods will devour those tortured souls, perhaps because that is more delicious to them. Even if they are not eaten, they may be reduced to low-level followers and enslaved like cattle and horses."

"So, the end of life does not mean the end of the curse."

"Even though I can't restore her to her original form, I can at least prevent her from being devoured or becoming a slave forever. She can also be freed along with Tom's soul. Maybe when Harry dies, she will follow him. Her only attachment to this world is the last remnant of Tom's soul."

"That's what it is. But you're really sharp?"

"Really? But there shouldn't be a snake god in the West that can cast such a curse, right? There are many legends of giant snakes in the ancient myths of Southeast Asia, and there are indeed many giant snakes there. Maybe it's the bloodline of that area? Asia also has beliefs in snake gods, but in fact there are no snakes this big in Asia, so it shouldn't be Asia or East Asia. If it was an Asian snake god who cast the curse, it should turn into a cute and small snake."

"You just said 'she'. Did she accidentally marry the man she loved? Or did that man fall in love with Nagini's ancestor? Since she is happy now, it means she was not happy before. Maybe it was a curse caused by jealousy?"

"Just because of this?"

"The gods are so capricious. Humans have no idea what would anger them. Maybe you did something particularly disrespectful, or maybe the gods were just in a bad mood. What may seem trivial to humans may be outrageous to the gods."

"You are very perceptive and interesting. It seems that your soul is also unique."

"So, do you want to go to the Malfoys' house and have a chat? You're going to live there, right? I'll take you there. I really like Asian ghost stories. The atmosphere there is different from here. It's not gloomy, but very beautiful. Even the people who live there are beautiful and pleasing to the eye. Unlike Sirius, the atmosphere there is particularly healing. Mrs. Malfoy's family is the Black family, but they are completely different from Sirius. They are like elves from a fairy tale, very elegant. I was also very nervous when I first went there, afraid that something might go wrong, but now I'm completely used to it. I suggest that if you want to have a leisurely tea, it's best to go there."

"This place is great, but there are too many things to focus on. It's fine at other times, but once you start drinking tea, you can't help wondering if there are more interesting things there."

Ron, the interesting things you mentioned... is that how you describe this house? Although I know you think this place is interesting, those things are not cute, they are all dangerous things! Those things you found before are not something you can just play with, right?

And, every time we have tea, you always bring up these things. Why when we have tea? I always find it strange.

To me, the most troublesome thing is not the dangerous things, but the trouble they cause.

"Isn't it? This place is too interesting to concentrate. If I were to drink tea here, I would always be attracted by the things over there. I have been to some mansions of pure-blood nobles, but I have never seen a place as interesting as this one. This feeling of chaos really makes people want to laugh."

Interesting space...

"you're right!"

The two started laughing.

No... This guy is the same type as Ron... I can't stand it. I can't handle two of them...

So I rushed him to the Malfoys' house. Harry stayed at home because he had to take care of the snake.

After staying at the Malfoys for a while, he returned to Asia. He seemed very satisfied with the Malfoys' luxurious mansion and the delicious food, and even thanked me specifically. I didn't ask him in detail about his experience there, but Lucius liked him very much and sincerely invited him to come again next time.

Is this unbelievable? However, Lucius has always liked Ron, and it seems that he also likes people of the same type.

Later, Ron suggested that Harry go see the person who did the regular check-up, saying that Harry should be able to communicate with the basilisk. As a result, Harry was actually tempted..."

"It's a curse. If someone angers a very powerful spirit or god, they are sometimes cursed to turn into a wild beast or insect, most commonly a pig, dog, snake, or spider. The snake's ancestor may have angered a snake god. The curse is usually passed down from generation to generation, usually through the same sex. If the original cursed person was a man, then the next person to be cursed is also a man; if the original cursed person was a woman, then the next person to be cursed is also a woman. In this case, the cursed person cannot escape. Especially snakes, they are very persistent and are the most difficult to deal with once they are angered. Other curses may be lifted after a few generations, but the curse of snakes..."

"Then the curse cannot be lifted?"

"It's impossible to progress to this point. If this person could still maintain his human form, there might be a chance, but he has completely turned into a snake, and I'm afraid he can never go back to being a human. Although this sounds like animal shapeshifting, it's actually different. Animal shapeshifters rely on their own magic power to transform, while this one uses the power of the curse. The more you use it, the deeper the curse becomes. The same is true for magic. The more magic you cast, the more serious the curse becomes. You see, turning into an animal is very convenient, right? Therefore, many people choose to transform frequently to work, which accelerates the development of the curse."

"In the past in Asia, similar situations might occur in performance venues. Just like the traveling circuses in the UK, people with curses found it difficult to find legitimate jobs and eventually had to make a living in these places. The more work there was, the faster the curse developed. Although some people were forced to do this kind of work, the curse still eroded their lives. After the war, this phenomenon was finally banned in Asia."

"This snake is very old. He must have been born before the war. I guess he worked in a similar place."

"Therefore, avoiding the use of magic and transformation is the best way to slow down the development of the curse, but most people can't do it because magic is too convenient and people often can't help but use it."

"Now that he has completely turned into a snake, he will remain in this state until the end of his life. The curse can never be lifted."

"Is there any way to break this curse?"

"It's very difficult. If the god who cast the curse has died, the power of the curse has weakened and it may be easy to remove it. But if the power of the curse is extremely strong even if the god is dead, it will be almost impossible to remove the curse. If you really want to remove this curse, you must first resurrect the god. In any case, you must first find out which god cast the curse, and then keep praying until they forgive you. Gods are often very capricious, and once they are angry, they will rarely forgive you."

"What about this snake?"

"Maybe it came after the soul fragment in Harry's body? Those three men dealt with it. Voldemort may be very important to this snake, and it wants to witness Harry's fate."

"So it's a human... but it never told me. Its name is Nagini, and it always says it wants to be with me. So that's how it is."

"It's not a bad snake. As long as Harry doesn't mind that it was once human, it's fine. It also seems to have accepted its fate of continuing to live as a snake."

Harry communicated with Nagini in Parseltongue, and the snake responded to him.

"It said that Tom will never be resurrected. If it can accept this, it is willing to stay with me. Can you keep it? I will be responsible for taking care of it!"

"If Harry is okay with that, then that's fine with me."