HP: Hogwarts, but pro-generation

Ender raised his chin in the direction of the library and then walked over.

"Don't try to cheat."

He walked forward without looking back and spoke to Xia who was motionless behind him.

Xia: Does he have eyes on the back of his head?!

James and Sirius couldn't help but let out a little laughter when they saw Xia's depressed expression. To Xia's ears, the sound seemed to confirm that she was going to cheat. It was extremely irritating!

"I didn't!" she said angrily to the backs of the three people.

There is a whole wall of floor-to-ceiling glass in the library of Priest Manor, which was specially built by an ancestor of Xia and Andre. He wrote in his biography left in the library: "She likes the swing in the garden, and I like the books in the library. Before this glass, there was only me in the library. But now with this window, when I sit by the window and look down, I can see the passion that belongs to me, and I have never lost my peace."

"She likes to say hello to me when she swings to the highest point. She once made a bet with me and said that she didn't believe I could see her waving every time. Fortunately, I really happened to see her smiling and waving. But in the end she seemed a little unhappy. I knew she was sulking because she was going to lose the bet. As a qualified partner, I should have missed it once, and I did restrain my gaze from looking at her. I have to say, this is really difficult, I don't want to miss every smile of my beloved."

"There will be a punishment for losing the bet, and I was looking forward to what kind of punishment she would give me. But she just asked a question: Why did you build this French window? I know you like quietness and the window doesn't match the surroundings."

"Because I like looking at you, that's what I said. Sure enough, she almost couldn't hold back her smile when she heard it. She said she felt the same way - every time she swung to the highest point, she could see me sitting by the window, especially when the sun was shining, I looked like I was in a painting."

"Ha! I didn't tell her that this was a carefully chosen spot, and that from this window not only would I be able to see her, but it would also make me look better when she looked at me. It's strange, why no one had ever thought of building a window here before? I really am a genius."

"Merlin, she's actually worried that our children and future generations will think this window ruins the beauty of the manor. My God, it's a testimony of our love, and anyone who can't appreciate it would be tasteless to me."

Now, the tasteless Xia sat on one side, looking at the three people bathing in the sun. It was a beautiful scene, but she felt a chill for no reason. If there was no window, she would always have the idea of ​​jumping out of the window to escape...

"First question, where were you going? What was in the room? Why couldn't I go in?"

"That's obviously three questions." Xia couldn't help choking. After meeting Ander's narrowed eyes, she smiled awkwardly and said honestly, "I also found it last time or the time before that. Oh, I can't remember which time I came. There's nothing inside, just a few paintings. I just chatted with the paintings. But Ander, can't you go in? Maybe I can ask Lillian for you."

"Lillian? Her portrait? But she's not..."

"That's another question. How about I finish explaining it first? It's a bit hard to explain it all the way back and forth."

After obtaining their consent, Xia told them what she thought they wanted to know, such as how she entered the room, whose portrait she was talking to, how Lillian came to Lestrange Manor, and what they talked about in the room just now...

“You mean, you and the founder have been chatting?”

"Horace has the ability to travel through time and space? How could he do that? Even if he has great powers... No, that's unlikely."

James and Sirius had very different concerns.

Ander still frowned. It was not that he did not believe what Xia said. She had no reason to lie to him. But there must be something missing. She was hiding something.

"Hey! Is that Lily?"

Before Ander could continue to ask, he was interrupted by Xia. She stood up from the chair, put one hand on her forehead as if looking into the distance, and pointed at the garden outside with the other hand, "It's Lily!"

James looked in the direction of Xia's finger, his eyes lit up. Xia had already run out before he said he was leaving. At this time, only Sirius and Ender were in the huge library. The former looked at his friend with a little concern, and after the other waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, he had to leave.

After Sirius left, Ender's gaze slowly fell on the garden outside. Xia must have run over there as fast as she could. She was leaning on Lily and Penny, panting, letting them take care of her hair that was messy from running.

Ander's hand still had the warmth of Xia, which was left when she quietly held his hand before leaving. When they were children, they would signal each other like this if they wanted to say something in private without being seen by adults.

Ander didn't know what Xia was going to tell him this time. After telling James and Sirius a lot about the "secret of the portrait", what else was there to tell him alone without telling them? Unless this matter was more important than the portrait, so important that it couldn't be known to more people.

Ender had a vague guess in his mind, maybe this was the key to Voldemort's capture of Xia...

On the other side, after accepting the concern from Lily and Petunia, Xia gave them the same explanation. Compared to Lily's shock, Petunia's emotions were more straightforward, but most of them were directed to Dumbledore.

"Isn't he the most powerful wizard? Why didn't he find you? Why couldn't he catch Voldemort?"

Shia has always known that Petunia is a very protective person. She doesn't care about others as long as the people she cares about are doing well. Maybe if it were someone else or Harry in the original book, Petunia would be a very unreasonable person, but no one would refuse to be the one who is loved, and Shia is the same. She can't and won't refuse the care from her friends, so she has to explain over and over again that Dumbledore is not omnipotent, and repeatedly assures her that she is safe and healthy now, but it still can't eliminate Petunia's complaints about Dumbledore.

While Thea and Penny were chatting, James had quietly sat next to Lily. He knew his feelings for Lily, and how upset Lily was after Thea was taken away. At that time, he actually wanted to stay by Lily's side to comfort her. This didn't mean that he didn't worry about Thea, but he also hoped that the girl he liked would feel better.

And now, he finally had the chance to care for Lily, face to face.