[HP] Aunt of the Savior

The time in Laurel Cottage seemed to pass very quickly, and before he knew it, Harry had already lived here for a week.Just the thought of being able to live here only during the holidays made Harry feel a little downcast.

Of course, the room Aunt Jody prepared for him was obviously more beautiful and more suitable for his age than the guest room in Laurel Cottage, but life here was much more pleasant than Harry had imagined. Broom!

Oh, of course, Harry pursed his lips, living with Mr. Snape was much better than the Dursleys.

No matter how much Harry disliked, or more accurately feared, the stern Mr. Snape, he respected the man - especially when he realized the tension between his Aunt Jody and Snape. after intimacy.

Jody once explained briefly to Harry during the chat that she and his godfather lived in a very unstable life before and could not take good care of the young him, so he was handed over to the Dursleys to be raised.

But it didn't occur to Jody that her explanation had created some wonderful misunderstandings and worries in Harry.

...The so-called unsettled life might mean—his godfather and aunt did not have their own house to settle down?Although Harry didn't want to admit it, he was really worried that these two relatives he suddenly had would disappear from his life again because of the financial situation. You know, Uncle Vernon always liked to complain that it took him a lot to raise Harry. How many pounds.

Aunt Jody had said that Mr. Snape was the Potions professor at the only wizarding school in England, so he was always strict, and that he would be Mr. Snape's student in the future.But she never said what his aunt and godfather did for a living.

Harry felt that the owner of Laurel Cottage was probably Mr. Snape, and it was probably because of this that it was inconvenient for Aunt Jody to take him away from the Dursleys forever, and he only stayed in Laurel Cottage during the holidays.This thought made Harry even more pessimistic about Aunt Jody's situation.He even feels guilty because his aunt seems to have spent a lot of money on him.

After thinking about it, Harry suddenly felt that the reason why Mr. Snape was unhappy was because his arrival might have disturbed Mr. Snape.

In this way, compared to Uncle Vernon, Harry felt that Mr. Snape, who accepted them into Laurel Cottage, was much more respectable in every respect.

Mr. Snape always criticized Harry for being too playful, but he never complained about his existence to his face like Uncle Vernon treated him like air.And Mr. Snape didn't do nothing like Uncle Vernon-Harry thought Mr. Snape's cooking was quite delicious.

Although neither Jody nor Snape knew what Harry had misunderstood, it was certainly impossible for the two adults in Laurel Cottage to be unaware of some of Harry's emotions.

"Don't you think Harry is afraid of you?" After taking a shower at night, Jody held a big white towel and said reproachfully while helping Snape to dry his hair. "He's just a seven-year-old kid, and you're being too hard on him."

Harry had never complained to Jody about this, but Harry's emotions were all on his face, and there was nothing to hide from the eyes of adults.Jody could only tell Harry Snape's occupation, explaining that his stern attitude was just a professional habit, so as not to worry this sensitive child all day long.

"I think you spoil him too much. He needs to know a lot more useful knowledge than waste time on a stupid broom and learn how not to blow his head off." Snape snorted , to be honest, he was very upset with Jody's recent behavior, and Jody was with Harry almost half of the day - after almost seven years of their separation!Especially when she left him at home to play broomsticks with that boy!Even if Snape arranged Harry's room in the guest room farthest from their bedroom that Regulus used to live in, it wouldn't prevent Harry from encroaching on the alone time between him and Jody. .

"Severus, you can't deny that riding a broomstick is useful just because you weren't good at it when you were a kid," Jody said, throwing the towel to Snape, as he walked into the bathroom. "And we all know that the little wizard's excellent ability to control the broomstick is also a manifestation of their outstanding magic power."

"...It is also a kind of capital to show off at the same time." Snape muttered in a low voice, with a disgusted expression on his face.When Jody went to play Quidditch with Harry, he had secretly followed him once.Seeing Harry's outstanding performance in the sky, he thought of James as much as Jody.He turned up the volume, making sure Jody in the bathroom could hear him: "I just hope we don't raise a braggart who loves to show off."

This sentence made Jody speed up her shower: "Harry is not an idiot, he is a very bright kid, and he is very curious."

"All parents feel that way, but most children don't think so." Snape's thin lips pursed. "But I believe that as a professor at Hogwarts, I have a better say than you in judging whether a child has enough wisdom in his head."

"Oh, I really sympathize with the Hogwarts students." Jody came out of the bathroom refreshingly, just like Jody did just now, Snape also took over the job of brushing her hair.Snape was as gentle as he was brewing a potion as he toweled the beads of water from Jody's beautiful black hair.

"Need I remind you? You were the one who suggested that I go to Hogwarts to become a professor." Snape paused for a moment and raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, but that doesn't change the fact that I sympathize with those poor students." Jody couldn't help laughing, "But I hope that the Hogwarts students will never know about this, otherwise they may Curse me, especially the Slytherins."

"It's a pity that your judgment is not accurate." Snape said triumphantly: "Under my leadership, the House Cup has been held by Slytherin House for two consecutive years. I have reason to believe that at least in the I'm still pretty popular in our academy."

"That's good news." Jody said vaguely.

Snape didn't know whether the good news she was talking about was that Snape was respected in the House or that Slytherins had won the House Cup two years in a row, but he also stopped insisting that Harry was stupid. "alright."

Jody tapped the towel with his wand, sent it back to where it was supposed to be, and got under the covers. "It's not that I don't want Harry to learn more useful knowledge, it's just that I don't know what to say to him."

Snape lay down beside her and turned off the light with a flick of his wand.In the darkness, Jody heard him whisper, "He's going to face everything someday."

"You're right, I may have spoiled him too much. When he enters Hogwarts, he will always know these things, about the Dark Lord, and about his parents..." Jody turned his head to Sne Pu leaned on Pu's direction and sincerely admitted his mistake. "I don't know which house Harry will go to in the future."

"A Gryffindor without a doubt." Snape said in a very unhappy tone, which did a good job of hiding the trace of uneasiness in his heart.He couldn't tell Jody that the reason he had made sure to distance himself from Harry was not only because Harry had a James-like face, but also because of the overwhelming guilt he felt every time he faced the kid.

Jody let out a pleasant chuckle. "I think so too, but maybe he's a Slytherin?"

Snape snorted heavily.He thought tonight's conversation should stop here, otherwise he would have a nightmare of a boy exactly like James Potter appearing at the Slytherin table.

Although Snape doubted whether he would be able to meet Jody's wishes and be less harsh on Harry, to his surprise, the boy himself suddenly became interested.

"Aunt Jody," said Harry suddenly after breakfast. "Can I walk around by myself today?"

Jody looked at Harry in great surprise.Perhaps because he was lonely since he was a child, Harry was always happy that Jody could play with him.

Harry writhed on the chair a little uneasy, took a peek at Snape, who seemed to be oblivious to the conversation between Harry and Jody, and quickly looked away. "I just wanted to have a look around here and see... if I could make some new friends, I've never had friends before."

"Okay." Although Harry's hesitations seemed to be just an excuse, Jody remembered what Snape said last night, and decided to hold back her ever-present affection for Harry a little. "Then don't go to dangerous places, and remember to come back when you have lunch."

Jody thought for a while, pulled out her wand, and cast a few more spells on Harry to ensure that she could get the news as soon as he was in danger. The famous Lightning Scar.

Jody exhorted anxiously: "Harry, if you meet anyone, don't tell them that your name is Harry Potter, and don't mention Laurel Cottage, me, or Severus to others." , okay? It's more dangerous to reveal your name and family situation in the wizarding world than in Muggle society."

"Is this also because of magic?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"Yes, because of magic." Jody lied without changing his face, and patted Harry on the shoulder, "Okay, Harry, let's go out and play!"

Harry jumped off his chair and ran out of Laurel Cottage.He was sure that he had seen Mr. Snape smile for the first time in a split second - although it was possible that it was just a slight movement of the corners of his mouth, Harry still wanted to believe that he was doing the right thing.

Jody forbade Harry to ride the broom by himself, which left Harry without a good toy to pass the time alone.But he has other plans today.It wasn't all a lie when he told Jody that he wanted to make friends—when he was riding his broom on the top of the hill the other day, he saw a lot of children playing on the other side of the woods, and they stood out against the green fields, because They both have brilliant red hair.After learning that his mother had red hair, Harry had an unusual fondness for this hair color.

However, before he could pass through the woods, he heard two little girls chattering and discussing in the woods.

"Mum says there's a very powerful Mister Wizard living around here, we shouldn't be here, Fred and George must be lying again, we've come so far and we haven't seen anything... oh, Luna, we shouldn't Came here, the road here is... very nasty."

"If we can get here, we can definitely go back. Guiluying will show us the way, don't worry. I can feel... oh..."

Before Harry could figure out what a guide firefly was, he saw the two little girls who were talking just now stepping over some thorny vines, and almost got caught by them.

"Be careful!" Harry ran over in a hurry, stretched out his hand to catch the two little girls who almost fell, and he noticed that they seemed to be younger than himself.

The little girls were surprised by Harry's sudden appearance.The little red-haired girl blushed immediately and murmured a thank you.

"Oh, thank you." The little girl with long blond hair was not in a hurry, her expression was very curious. "That's where you came from? So do you see the castle over there?"

Harry shook his head.

"Oh..." The little girl with long blond hair was a little disappointed, "Thank you, I'm Luna."

"I'm Ginny." The red-haired Ginny asked, "Then what's your name?"

"I'm James." Harry decided to use his middle name, which would make him feel less guilty about lying.

Harry quickly became acquainted with Ginny and Luna, because he found that they were all little wizards like himself.The three of them walked in the direction the girls came from and chatted.

Luna said many things that Harry didn't know, which made Harry a little inferior.But he wasn't so upset after Ginny quietly told him it was normal.Then Harry realized that Ginny was probably one of those red-haired kids he'd seen that day, because Ginny had told Harry she had six older brothers (which Harry envied).By the time they got out of the woods, Ginny had already planned to introduce James to her brothers, but she was still a little annoyed that her brothers had lied to her that there was a big castle behind the woods.

Although he felt a little guilty about lying to his friends, Harry was glad that he had made new friends so smoothly.Maybe he'll find enough friends to play Quidditch with!