[HP] Aunt of the Savior

"Oh, that's Professor Edmund Victor who taught arithmetic and divination at Hogwarts the year before last." Lupine tilted his head and followed Sirius' gaze.Three wizards had just walked into the three broomsticks, and he immediately introduced the name of the wizard Sirius didn't know, and at the same time, the muscles on his face couldn't help twitching when he saw Lockhart.

"Victor?" Professor Victor is a wizard with dark chestnut hair. His age seems to be about the same as Sirius and the others. Such a classmate.With Sirius and James' wide range of communication back then, almost all the boys in Hogwarts have an impression of them, and it is impossible to forget Victor, who is similar in age.

"Professor Victor didn't study at Hogwarts. His father is French, and he returned to England after Voldemort lost power." Lupine explained, planning to cast an ignore spell on himself and Sirius by the way , he didn't want his colleagues to notice that he was here, and of course this was mainly aimed at the self-satisfied Professor Lockhart.

But Lockhart saw Sirius as soon as he came in, and now even if Lupine used a dozen ignore spells or a dozen impediment spells, they couldn't stop Lockhart from trying to grasp "Gidero Lockhart and Sirius... Blake at the same table drinking" precious opportunity.

"Ah, Remus, this is Mr. Sirius Black, right?" Lockhart enthusiastically strode towards Sirius and Lupine. "I don't think you will object to us young and promising wizards taking such a good opportunity to deepen our understanding and establish a more friendly and intimate relationship in private. For example, we can discuss the adventures we have experienced over the years..."

While talking smugly, Lockhart motioned to the owner, Ms. Rosmerta, to order three glasses of butterbeer. "Caredy, Edmund, I don't think you'd object to a butterbeer?"

"Oh, of course." Professor Victor looked somewhat embarrassed, and he nodded slightly to Lupine and Sirius, "I'm sorry to disturb you."

Sirius glanced sideways at the delighted Lockhart, nodded gracefully, stood up and sat aside with Lupine, and made room for more than half of the round table. "No, Professor Victor, you should be clear that the person who disturbs us is not you, but our Mr. Writer. Please sit down, two professors."

"Ladies first." Professor Victor helped Professor Bubaji pull out the chair next to him in a gentlemanly manner.

"Thank you." Jody replied in a low voice, deliberately shy and nervous.Her current mood was both helpless and complicated. If possible, she did not wish to contact Lupine and Sirius privately in this capacity.Thanks to James, she knew they were all smart and didn't want them to notice anything wrong.

It's all Lockhart's fault!Jody cursed this hot-headed idiot repeatedly in his heart.

Early this morning, Lockhart ran into the faculty lounge and suggested that all the professors present go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink.But the older professors McGonagall, Sprout and Flitwick all found various reasons to resolutely reject Lockhart's proposal.Lockhart had no choice but to follow what he said before coming to Hogwarts, and turned his target to the young professors again.But of course, he bumped into Snape, and he couldn't find Lupine who left school early in the morning. As a result, only Professor Bubaji, who had a "cowardly and gentle" personality, could not refuse him, and finally added that he volunteered to participate. Professor Victor.

Jody could feel Snape's needle-pricking gaze behind her as she left the staff room, and she knew her lover must be very upset right now.But she couldn't trust Lockhart completely. What if he was the second Quirrell?

But now, looking at Lupine and Sirius in front of him, Jody felt a little headache.

With other people present, Lupine couldn't continue talking with Sirius about the topic just now, so he could only sip the wine in his glass.Sirius, on the other hand, looked at the chattering Lockhart with a mocking look, and the latter was proudly talking about his fight with the Wanlun female ghost and the high praise of him from the "Daily Prophet".

"... Speaking of adventures, it has been commented recently that my most exciting experience was actually my experience in Weekend with a Werewolf. I lived with a werewolf in his house for three days. But in fact That's not a big deal, as long as there is wolf's poison potion--it's a difficult potion to make, but I can easily cook a big pot--when a werewolf drinks it, it will immediately become as docile as an ordinary person. Really Unfortunately, why did Severus refuse to accept my invitation? Then we can have a good discussion about this potion, and I can introduce my werewolf friend to him. I believe that the research on potions is the most effective."

Lupine gave Lockhart an unnatural look.He didn't know whether the guy's words were unintentional or meant.

And Jody used great willpower to control herself not to show an abnormal expression. She lowered her eyes, as if she was savoring the taste of butter beer intently.It was obvious that Lockhart was too stupid to even understand the effects of the chamaejasbane potion and how to take it, but this topic must have been difficult for Lupine.At the same time, she was thinking the same question as Lupine.

Lupine's sudden abnormality did not attract Lockhart's attention, and he obviously paid more attention to Sirius than anyone else.From the very beginning, he sat next to Sirius, actively trying to chat with him, in addition to being proud, there seemed to be a hint of showing off in his tone. "By the way, Sirius, I've heard about you. I believe your adventures must be very exciting, right? Of course, you may not be as rich as me, but if you want to be on the cover of "Wizard Weekly" People, I can recommend a photojournalist with good photography skills to you, and he helped me take the photo that I won the Most Charming Smile Award."

"Mr. Lockhart, please believe me, I'm not very interested in being admired for showing a few teeth in the photo." Sirius said bluntly. "And I never thought of my past as something to brag about."

Professor Victor on the side couldn't help but smile admiringly. Taking advantage of Lockhart's momentary silence, he finally seized the opportunity to speak, narrowed his brown-green eyes, and formally introduced himself to Sirius , his accent is slightly French: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Black, I'm Victor, Edmund Victor, you can call me Edmund."

"Hello, Edmund, you can also call me Sirius." Sirius' attitude towards Victor was much more polite and friendly than Lockhart. "You weren't a student at Hogwarts, were you?"

"No, I went to school at Beauxbatons." Professor Victor nodded, "Although it is also very good there, I still regret not being able to study at Hogwarts, which is a great school , It’s just too cold in winter.” He raised the glass of butter beer in front of him, and smiled at the owner Ms. Rosmerta from a distance: “Fortunately, there is such a delicious butter beer here.”

Ms. Rosmerta seemed pleased to hear that from her guests, as she offered them a free extra snack to go with the butterbeer for the second time.

Sirius found that he and this Professor Victor got along quite well, at least during this conversation, they cooperated very well.After Victor and Sirius started chatting and tried not to let Lockhart find an opportunity to interject and brag about himself, everyone felt better.

Of course, this certainly does not include Lockhart.After Sirius said for the third time that he hadn't seen any of Lockhart's works, Lockhart finally couldn't help but find a reason to write back to his admirers and left.

This time, everyone was really relieved.

"I guess I should go back too," Jody said.Lockhart had already left, and she didn't want to stay in front of Lupine and Sirius anymore.She was sure Snape would never like her drinking with them.

But Professor Victor enthusiastically persuaded her to keep her: "Oh, Caredi, I think now is the real time for young wizards to 'get to know' better. You should spend this holiday relaxedly instead of being forced to listen to a People who love big talk tell stories."

"I really don't understand why Dumbledore would hire that kind of person... Seriously, you don't look like someone who can't get rid of Lockhart, Edmund." Sirius stroked his hair with a hand, There was a hint of mockery in the voice. "Why?"

"I think Kerry Di is a very attractive lady. When a lady encounters troubles, of course I should do something." Victor said generously. He inherited the enthusiasm in the blood of his French father. Not at all shy about making such a confession-like speech. "So I'm happy to accompany her for a walk in Hogsmeade during my break, no one else's business."

"Cough..." Jody almost choked on butterbeer because of Victor's words.Her face quickly turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she could hardly believe her ears.

Sirius, on the other hand, was not surprised by Victor's words at all, and even winked at him, as if to express some kind of encouragement.

Professor Victor raised the corners of his mouth and also showed a sly and happy smile.Yes, if the occasion is right, he would even like to tell the lady next to him how much he adores her. He has been very fond of this gentle and friendly lady since his first year teaching at Hogwarts. I have a good impression.Although their day-to-day interactions had been minimal over the past year, it only made the romantic and amorous wizard more passionate.

Therefore, Professor Victor is of course unwilling to let Professor Bubbaji and the heartthrob Professor Lockhart go out for a drink alone, and the reason why he expresses it so directly now is because of the gentleman's defense of his pursuit of himself. The priority when you like a lady.At least the handsome and rich Sirius Black is a more attractive man than the smooth-talking Lockhart, isn't he?And the good-tempered Professor Lupine had as many opportunities to approach the lady as he did?

Professor Victor's brains turned quickly, and the plan was well-measured.But Professor Victor completely forgot at this time that in Hogwarts, there is actually another gentleman who has many opportunities to get close to the lady he likes, and he is closer to this lady than they are many.

"I can't believe that Professor Victor actually..." Jody curled up comfortably in Snape's arms. When she talked about what happened today, her tone seemed to be full of disbelief. "It's unimaginable—I mean, we don't know each other at all, do we?"

After Jody finished speaking, she tilted her head and stared at Snape's profile.She wasn't going to tell Snape, even if she was being honest, how much she liked seeing him look like this - the look of jealousy.

Snape pursed his lips tightly.In fact, he had seen the Frenchman look at Jody occasionally, so he wasn't particularly surprised by these words, but he didn't want to remind Jody to notice this guy.So he squeezed her time even more, and stayed in the staff room as much as possible during recess, preventing the guy from finding a chance to be alone with Jody.

But today... it's all because of that damn Lockhart!

As long as he thought of what Victor said to Jody, Snape couldn't help but feel sour waves in his heart.He has always known that Jody is pleasing, and now it seems that this pleasing quality has to be added with the attribute that it has nothing to do with appearance.

But Jody likes me, Snape repeated to himself.Although he should have heard how indifferent, even teasing, Jody was when he narrated the incident.But for a moment just now, a trace of fear of losing still flashed through his heart, and he knew why.Perhaps, more than Jody, he hopes that the plan to resurrect James and Lily will succeed... No, it cannot fail.