HP Winter Memories

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

—— "My Journey and Memoirs"

Harry wasn't sure if "long time no see" would be ridiculed as soon as he opened his mouth, after all, the result of that battle was that it was impossible to see each other again.But he's more sure about how despised a straight-to-the-point question would be to a Slytherin, especially something like "Hey Professor, why aren't you dead?" Pick up demeaning questions.Fortunately, this opening statement didn't bother him for a few seconds, and he asked the person he was talking to to help him solve the problem unceremoniously.

"I really can't see that the person who was urging a work break talk just now has become so quiet. Just in case, I'd better explain in advance, because I don't know if the years are only adding to your age. First of all don't call me Professor anymore, you used to be very good and always remember not to use it. (Harry is a little embarrassed by this) Second, my name is now Septimus Outlander (Septimius Outlander) Outlander)," said the former Professor Snape, who called himself Septimus, sharply but without any intentional annoyance.Harry nodded.

Then he went on: "The truth is, Severus Snape has been in the papers a little too much for a while, especially when certain people have dabbled in speaking to color the headlines. So let the public go ahead What they've long known, Severus Snape is dead, utterly dead."

Harry's first reaction was that he didn't expect Snape to be so "gentle and talkative" today. Although the sentence "Snape is completely dead" made him feel sad for a moment, the feeling quickly faded away. Sure enough, Snape, who changed his name, also seemed to have changed a different person and a different way of life, just like his design of his journey.

So Harry immediately showed a simple smile: "Hi sir, I mean Mr. Outlander." At the same time, he stretched out his hand and said respectfully: "My name is Harry Walker now, you can call me Harry , although you would call me Walker if you like." In order to avoid Snape thinking that he still likes the name of the boy who survived, he explained: "I found that people named Harry on the streets of England are the same as Tom. It's all over the place."

"Very well, Walker." Without expecting it, Harry got a quick handshake from Snape, and the other party seemed uninterested in commenting on his name, or perhaps felt his last name, as he observed. The choice is quite appropriate, after all, Snape's own is Outlander (outlander), and he himself is very satisfied with his own: Walker (walker, a hiker), which is completely self-realistic about their current situation.

Then, Snape took a few glances at the street in the distance and took out a box from his coat pocket, knocked it lightly, and to Harry's surprise, he took out a cigarette from it, and what was even more surprising was He also gestured to hand it to Harry, who in shock just shook his head.Snape lit it with a lighter without hesitation, and then took a deep breath.

"Mr. Outlander?"

"Like a grown-up, Bo~Walker. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Don't you just come all the way, Walker?" Snape raised the corners of his mouth, obviously Said jokingly.

"No sir, it's just that I haven't been able to connect this picture with you for a while." Harry also said relaxedly, maybe he will take back the statement that he didn't comment on his choice of name, because you can never be sure Leitlin's way of playing cards.However, it is very difficult to just talk to Snape in a normal way, and now he is having a relaxed chat with a Snape who calls himself Outlander, who is taking a break from the paint work, this is the best time for him since the trip The most important event is a completely new experience.

"So to get down to business, if you don't mind, maybe Mr. Walker can tell me how you found me." So Snape is still Snape, and prudence is always a Slytherin virtue.

"To be precise, I didn't find you, but I met you. Although I know you must have a thousand guesses about what I said, what I said below is by no means false." Harry gestured to the suitcase at their feet, The brown-black old box, from the degree of wear and tear on the corners, can also show that it is the result of multiple uses. "I've been traveling for quite some time now. And as you said about you, it's quite a thing of the past."

Snape took a look at the suitcase, the scuffs and smudges were naturally not old, and then continued to blow smoke rings. From the first time he saw the boy, he knew that the guy had grown up, at least from what it used to be. up.

"I didn't see any reports in the papers about your travels around the world."

"I think I haven't been in the newspaper for a year, at least Hermione now has more means to ensure that woman Rita Skeeter can't do whatever she wants in the newspaper."

"Indeed, that's why the "Daily Prophet" is becoming less and less attractive." Snape showed a very regretful look.

Harry assures that it's all dry humor, resisting the urge to stare and adding, "I just want to go all the way south from Scotland."

"It's unbelievable that you can travel around the world without looking at a map. Congratulations, you are no longer in Scotland but at the southernmost tip of the whole of England," Snape said.

"Then I'll go in the other direction."

Harry thought Snape was starting to look at him like a troll's head, and trying to sit up straight, he rubbed his hands together and asked, "Then why are you here?"

"You see, I'm Septimus Outlander, the local painter, and I live here, that's all. What the hell are you going to do? Or what do you want?" Snape's There was a faint hint of vigilance in his tone.

Harry found that after all these years he still had no idea how to dominate a conversation or moderate it, and he didn't want Snape to feel like he was looking for him on purpose to dig into his privacy.So he had to be honest with himself: "I don't know. Really. After that, I mean after the reconstruction, Hermione was the only one who went back to complete the NEWTs, and the Ministry of Magic gave us a special special for everyone in the seventh year." She took care of her, so no one wanted to do it. But you know her character, she went to work for the Department of Magical Legal Affairs anyway. Me and Ron and the DA," Snape nodded at this, "Some members of the DA went to the Pride But I found out that this is actually what most people thought I was going to do, but I found out that I have been through this since I was 11 years old and I don’t want to continue this experience for the rest of my life.”

"Understandable." Snape said, without the tension just now, it seemed that he was really listening to him as a teacher.

"Then I accepted the suggestion and joined the Quidditch team. I didn't even have to go directly to the professional team during the selection, hmph," Harry said sarcastically, "What everyone went to watch wasn't Quidditch at all but..."

"It's the real savior who survived the catastrophe again." An objective and pertinent comment without sarcasm.

"Yes. Famous and famous, I've become a monkey." Harry spit, but he expressed his disdain for this "And whether it's in the team or at home, I have to endure Ginny's arguments all day long, Ginny, you know her We decided to be together after graduation, but then I found out that she was really... She was too urgent for "certain things", and I had no direction for my career or future life at all, anyway, everyone needs to calm down for a while .”

"So you gave full play to the boldness of your character and ran away from home." Snape made a concluding comment.

"You can say that." Harry propped his hands on his knees, a little helpless but completely accepted Snape's "joke". You sit and talk about life topics.

"From the moment it looks like you haven't been calm for 'some' time, you've traveled quite a distance." Snape tapped his suitcase with his toe.

"It's been two years to be exact. At first I just wanted to leave the circle that I was familiar with or what I was familiar with, and maybe find something that really suits me to do. For too many years, the goal of life was just to survive, but now Think longer term."

Snape nodded, and then he threw the last butt of the cigarette on the ground and stamped it out with his toe.Harry noticed that he was looking away again like before they started talking, which made Harry think that he looked like he was waiting for someone but also watching something.Could it be that Snape was also afraid that his employer would find out that he wasn't working, and Harry immediately dismissed the thought the next second, this is Snape!

"So I don't know what I want to do. At first, I just wanted to go a little farther, as long as no one recognized me. Later, I gradually liked traveling. Only when I came out did I realize how big the world is. I recorded everything on the way. Now I have a This is a complete travel diary. It’s just that I still haven’t found any career direction to make a living, until you just suddenly appeared.”

Snape raised his eyebrows and replied in a brisk tone: "It's a great honor, I understand that when you met my lord, you suddenly found that you could be like your former professor to sigh about life, ask for career planning information, or simply ask for a teacher Learned the art, for even at the heights I noticed your interest in my work."

That's really good advice, Harry thought seriously, he too could start over with a different face like Snape. "Then, Mr. Outlander, are you still recruiting apprentices? I don't know if the description of my self-experience just now can be used as a resume for applicants, and you can reserve the right to speak about my ability."

"When did you take what I said so seriously! This is not you at all, Potter." Snape acted as if he was totally taken aback.

"Yeah, you forgot, I'm Walker now!" Harry blinked innocently.

"No, thank you. Thank you for your recommendation." Snape also said with a very innocent smile.

The expected answer.

"Okay, that's the end of the gossip, no matter where you want to go and continue south or whatever you want, we'd better pretend that we haven't met each other before, before I ask for a loyalty spell, you'd better pack your bags and hit the road now. In the end, please remember that the road of life is first come, first served.” He was referring to the right of abode or the right of residence in this small town, or it would not be easy to live a quiet life for a few years, and he did not want the rest of his life to continue to be troubled by the pronoun Mr. Porter Generate new intersection points.

Then Snape stood up and started walking towards the paint bucket and ladder.Harry hurriedly followed with the suitcase.

"But you see, sir, I have just arrived here, and even ordinary travelers have to go around before they can leave, and as you said, I am still developing my career direction, so of course I have to look for opportunities everywhere. You said, since I am currently very interested in tourism Enthusiasm, then you think I publish travel diaries, like Lockhart did back then, but I'm telling real people..."

Before Harry finished speaking, Snape suddenly stood upright and turned around suddenly, squinting his eyes as if Snape had possessed him back then, and "pinned" Harry there directly with his eyes.

"The Slytherin way of doing things doesn't suit you."

"You mean I need a real Slytherin to help me?"

"You know what I'm talking about, Walker, no, it's Potter, I specifically said to Potter," said the kind Septimus in the life mentor mode just now, and the "reclusive" Snape disappeared, and he replaced With a serious tone, he quickly whispered: "I believe that you did meet me by chance. As you can see, I am not dead. I am working as a painter now. You want to talk and we just reached the meeting. , I don't care about your career prospects at all, but to be fair, I never felt qualified for your thesis level. Now the conversation is over, unless you want me to forget it all, then I think you can embark on your journey Now, continue to look for new life goals like a lost lamb." Then he left quickly.

Harry hadn't even chased after him before he found that he was going to swallow the rest of the words, because the young woman he had seen on the hillside on the way here was coming towards them, and it was from the beginning of Snape's conversation. After looking in the direction several times.

"Septimus~" the woman greeted happily with a melodious voice.

"Hi. Is today going well?" The gentle Snape or Septimus appeared in an instant. He quickly walked over and separated a large distance from Harry. While greeting, he took the initiative to take the drawing board in the woman's hand And the easel on her back.

"It's okay, thank you. What about you?" The woman smiled like a spring breeze. She gave her Septimus a kiss on the cheek, and then she was immediately pulled back to Harry and walked towards the inside of the shop that was being painted, as if He doesn't exist at all.

Harry immediately keenly felt that there was a lot to do here, maybe he really wanted to consider replacing Lockhart's former job, although the actual ability of that idiot was not advisable, but there was one thing that could be used for reference——smile .

"Hello, do you need any help?"

"Hello, I would like to ask if there is anything worth seeing around here? Museums, memorials or something like that?"

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