HP Winter Memories

No matter how deeply you have been hurt, there will always be someone who will let you forgive all the difficulties that life has made to you before.

—— "My Journey and Memoirs"

When Mr. and Mrs. Charles came back, the guests in the bar had started to leave one after another. Mrs. Charles slightly sprained her ankle, but she was not so lucky to have a plaster cast on her right arm. Mr. Charles helped her back home to rest.From Mr. Charles' point of view, Harry has managed his bar quite well during his absence, especially since Mrs. Charles can't fully undertake the work in the shop now, and he very much hopes that Harry can stay and help.

When Harry was talking with Mr. Charles, Snape, who was sitting in the corner, understood the general idea of ​​the matter. He was relatively familiar with the Charles and his wife, and the enthusiasm of the couple was very popular here, including Liesel, who had also Bring him here for dinner or to hang out.Snape and Harry exchanged glances quietly before leaving through the main entrance of the pub.But he didn't really go far, but after going around in a circle, he slipped into the hotel where Harry lived on the third floor under the cover of night when no one was around.

It didn't take long for Harry to negotiate a job with Mr. Charles. The salary is not high, but his room and board here can be all free.Because this is a small town, there will not be too many customers.Harry only needs to serve lunch during the day and bartender at night.And judging from today's brief performance, both of these things are handy for him.The food, in particular, seemed to be getting good reviews, and even if Harry didn't ask for help, Mr. Charles had an idea of ​​letting him stay.

"I clearly remember that some people said earlier that they were quite hesitant about their profession, but judging from the situation just now, are you very comfortable with this profession?" Snape sat in Harry's room In the armchair closest to the window, half hidden in the shadow of the room's dim light, Harry just opened the door and came in when he spoke suddenly, even though Harry had prepared himself, he was really startled.There was a feeling that he had actually entered Snape's room by mistake.

"Actually, there's nothing new about it. I also saved my travel expenses by doing odd jobs along the way." Harry calmed down, sat in the chair opposite him pretending to be calm, and brought him the special gift from downstairs. A glass of draft beer was placed on the square table in front of Snape, who had drunk a lot tonight.Snape nodded politely in thanks.

"I thought the savior was never short of money. What did you do after graduation to ruin your own coffers? So you're not just traveling but looking for a job all over the world?" Snape rolled his lips, gloating .

Harry knew that Snape didn't mean to be sarcastic, but he was still not very happy, he folded his arms, "I thought you didn't come to care about my money and career problems, and I was never a rich young man, the savior is A life-threatening job is not a money-making job. And if it was a job I would have quit."

Snape put away his obnoxious performance, "I didn't mean that, I shouldn't use the past to talk about things. I just didn't expect you to travel like this. I don't know you anymore, I admit I I never got to know you seriously, maybe I don’t even know this world anymore.”

This was Snape's indirect relief, so Harry was not so tense anymore. He sighed and lowered his arms, "Given our previous situation, it really can't, as you said, it's all in the past. I'm now It’s not a matter of money. If you just spend money to travel, you can only see the scenery and walk around the streets, but if you can stay in one place for a while, you will see more different things. These are just calculating the distance What I can’t feel when traveling. And through this way, I can get in touch with all kinds of people. In their eyes, I can be just a young man who works around to make a living, and I can be talked on an equal footing.”

Snape seemed a little surprised at what he said, but he didn't show it, at least it seemed to Harry that he just paused a bit more than he usually did in conversation. "Equal dialogue, this is understandable."

"So, sir, if you are here to confirm and tell me not to disturb your life here, then you can rest assured that I really have not shown that I know you or visit you in the past few days."

"I know that, you have a Tracking Charm on you, but I didn't come here for that. Why, your vigilance has dropped after a long time of easy life?" Snape's tone was brisk, unlike his previous sternness, It is also different from his usual irony, and he is not cold and vicious at all.

First of all, Harry was very surprised that Snape would take the initiative to contact him. Secondly, regarding the Tracking Curse, he was sure that it was not a matter of his vigilance. He had not been in contact with people in the wizarding world for a long time. The only ones who have not been discovered by him after using the tracking spell are professor-level people.But what surprised him was that he was wrong again. It wasn't Snape but Liesel used an improved tracking spell, with effects similar to confusion and expulsion spells, so not only did Harry not take the initiative to contact them , and often they are automatically disturbed by other things as soon as they think about planning.Sure enough, things related to Snape will exceed your expectations.

"Close your jaw, Potter. Yes, Liesel is a wizard too. You really need to travel outside our closed magical circle to see the world. Hogwarts is the UK's magic school, but not the only one." A magic school, not everyone will go to the same school."

Harry didn't need to hide his astonished expression. It turned out that his speculation in the afternoon was a little off. Liesel studied art magic, just like those magic portraits were drawn by professional magic painters, just like the old masters in the principal's office. The portraits of the principal are all painted by famous painters.Hogwarts is a basic professional magic education school, and there are other schools for professional magic education such as music, art and even drama.

"I don't mean to pry you, sir. But I just happen to have a little question about the portrait in that church."

"I think we wizards don't believe in religion, but you know the common sense of believing in Merlin. Didn't you notice that the portraits of the characters in the church hall are all stories from the Bible, and we are not responsible for that church?" Snape said. answer.

"What about the portrait of Sir Kane? I heard it was drawn by Liesel. Although the portrait doesn't move, the portrait is magical." Harry asked.

Snape's eyes flickered a little, and Harry couldn't tell whether it was surprise or admiration for his discovery, because he had never understood the profound thoughts in Snape's eyes.He didn't seem to be answering Harry's question, but rather, it seemed that Harry's words reminded him of something, "Sir Kane may indeed have something to do with this matter."

"What do you mean sir? What is it?"

"I think you've learned to detect magic during Auror training, get out your wand Potter, test me and you'll know."

Harry immediately released the corresponding spell without any hesitation, only to find that Snape's current magic power was not as good as before, but it didn't feel like ordinary magic power could never be repaired after being damaged.In addition, Snape has no wand now. After reminding Harry, he remembered that after Snape disappeared in the Shrieking Shack, only the wand was left behind, so everyone was sure that he was dead. Now his wand is placed in the magic wand. Displayed at the War Heroes Memorial.

"Is this related to Nagini, and V... the disappearance of the Dark Lord? Is this the price you paid for surviving? That Vincent said that Liesel saved you?"

Snape nodded in approval and denied him: "It doesn't matter you can say that word, I did almost die under Nagini's fangs, but it wasn't Liesel who saved me that time, she saved me a long time ago , I was about the same age as you are now. I now guess that was the real reason why I survived indirectly this time.” Snape paused as if considering how many stories to tell Harry, if a Gryffindor To help you then your story has to make them curious and highlight the "feeling of justice".

"On the first day you asked me how I survived, I didn't answer you because I didn't know the details. Do you still remember that I gave you all my memories at that time, and I thought I was indeed dead after that gone."

Harry felt a little guilty, "I'm sorry Professor, if I hadn't been so impulsive at the time, if I..."

Snape interrupted Harry's apology "No, I didn't mean to say that, you did a good job at least you saw what I gave you and chose to trust me, and that's enough for you to end that. I also I don't know who took my 'corpse' away from Hogwarts. When I woke up, it was already here. To be exact, it was in Sir Kane's mansion tens of kilometers away, and there was no one there But I'm sure I don't know him, and I think you noticed the date on Sir Kane's portrait, he had been dead for many years at that time. I survived with no physical changes except half my magic power."

"But Liesel must know Sir Kane, that portrait!" Harry interjected, this amazing experience almost brought him back to the past, adventuring with Ron, reasoning with Hermione, he leaned forward nervously bent over to know more.

"Yes, I also thought about this possibility, but Liesel was not in this town when I came back. I waited here for two full months before she came back. She said she had an art exhibition in Paris. After returning from the end, I was even more surprised to see me, and I didn’t know more about me and the war. I thought she had no connection with the magic world because of the war, like many reclusive wizards. Until recently, I got more and more It turns out that’s not the case.”

After finishing speaking, Snape seemed to be in a memory, and he didn't speak for a long time.And Harry didn't dare to interrupt rashly. He overturned his previous speculation today, thinking that the classic "beauty saves the hero" scene in the movie was staged here, and it turned out that the "beauty" saved the "hero" many years ago.But this time, Harry imagined Snape waking up alone in an empty mansion. The owner of the house had died a few years ago, and he had no way of knowing how he was rescued. The "romantic" storyline has more of the horror and panic in detective novels.But now that Snape came to him to talk about it, there must be new clues.

Then Snape talked about an event that caused him to suspect now that he thought about it: "We once encountered an unintentional attack by a fleeing Death Eater. I don't have a wand, and magic without a wand consumes too much magic power. Fortunately, there are only two fringe elements that are not very powerful, enough for Liesel to deal with alone. But you know not everyone can use the death spell, so I took over the job. At that time, I used Liesel's The wand, the spell we cast together."

After Snape said the names of the two Death Eaters, Harry had the impression that when he was an Auror, it was during the arrest and interrogation period. These two Death Eaters were newly joined after Voldemort's resurrection and their status was relatively low. , ran faster, disappeared for a long time, and was finally found dead in the Muggle police station.It turned out that Snape solved it here.Now Harry noticed the point too, Snape said they cast spells together and with one wand.

"As you can imagine, I can share a wand with Liesel. It's not like the wand changes masters because of obedience, but as if I were its master too. I always thought it was because Liesel used it many years ago. I found a special way to save me, and now I find that it is not so simple. Now my mana is rising, especially recently, but it is not the so-called mana recovery. So if you really want to do something like you said As a repayment of my 'favor' (Snape is so disdainful of this word, he almost looks disgusted), help me investigate this matter, investigate Liesel.

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